Suspiciously well-timed rumours, malicious blogging, lavish gala dinners and self-funded publicity drives; the Oscars may be shiny but the battle to win them is a dirty game, says Shane Danielson
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Tom Hollander always wanted to be taken seriously — but as he prepares to take the lead in the Old Vic’s Christmas farce, he’s finally made his peace with comedy, he tells Nick Curtis... more
Love affair for Agatha Christie's dapper detective Hercule Poirot and his 'little grey cells' has gone a stage further — the actor who plays him has been named an Honorary Famous Belgian... more
Marion Cotillard has an Oscar on her mantelpiece, a heart-throb lover and the fashion world at her feet. Where can she go from here, asks Pip Clements... more
Alan Sillitoe, who died yesterday at 82, will be remembered for just two books, his first novel, Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, published in 1958, and its follow-up, The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, a collection of short stories, published in 1959
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As Keira Knightley prepares to make her stage debut and Ben Whishaw sells out the Royal Court, the signs are good, says Matt Wolf, for a theatrical boomtime.
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Immigration has become a subject so toxic, generating such splenetic aggravation, that it is worth stopping to ask why it is virtually impossible to have a rational debate on the issue... more
For decades the much loved presenter has endured rumours about her private life. Now, with extraordinary candour, she has chosen to set the record straight – about her many men (including Peter Purves and Albert Finney), about Joan Armatrading...and about the lifelong secret which could have destroyed her Blue Peter career.... more
From the writer of Art and starring Ralph Fiennes, Tamsin Greig, Janet McTeer and Ken Stott, God of Carnage should be a polished comedy, says Nick Curtis in his preview.... more
Director Sidney Lumet has a cast that ratchets up the tension in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, a thriller about a robbery that turns into a colossal mess.... more
One movie has an all-star cast of Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Romola Garai and Rufus Sewell.
the other was filmed in Nigeria on a shoestring budget.... more
Amazing Grace may not be an outstanding success, but it is hardly a failure. It gives a good idea of the horrors of the slave trade, and deals with the parliamentary debates without boring.... more
Ridley Scott directs Russell Crowe in A Good Year, a film that leaves the viewer feeling that it would be fun to leave the real world behind and bask in wine, food and women in Provence.... more
All The King's Men showed up for this year's Toronto Film Festival. As well as the movie of that name, in which Jude Law put in his best performance for years, the festival's guest list outgunned Cannes and Venice.... more
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