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VIDEO: Sting urges public to save the rainforest

30.09.09
Sting urged the public today to show their support for efforts to save the world's rainforests. ... more

Funny men in Night at the Museum 2

22.05.09
Ben Stiller calls in the kings of comedy for a Night at the Museum sequel that outclasses the original and scales the heights of absurdity.... more

Internet the vital 'tool' for green issues, claims Charles

19.05.09
The power of the internet to "inform and challenge" people's thinking could be used to tackle the world's environmental problems, the Prince of Wales suggested... more

A drop in the Anguilla ocean

10.05.09
A-listers love the tiny island Anguilla for its empty shores and laid-back beach shacks and you don't need a star's salary to join them... more

Prince Charles makes MySpace rainforest plea

05.05.09
Prince Charles took to the internet with celebrities and the Dalai Lama to make a plea to save the rainforests... more

Penn is the great pretender in Milk

22.01.09
Sean Penn miraculously transforms himself into San Francisco's gay activist Harvey Milk and turns in a winning performance.... more

The best of the best

30.12.08
Who do the experts consider to be the actor, dancer, playwright or conductor at the very top of their game? We asked our critics to give their highly subjective views.... more

Best DVDs of 2008

19.12.08
From The Dark Knight to Curb Your Enthusiasm, here are DVDs not to be without.... more

Robin Williams is still a master of comedy

14.11.08
There are better storytellers but Robin Williams oozed the kind of charisma umpteen lesser clowns would kill for at his stand-up gig at the Gielgud Theatre.... more

Robin & Rowan to star in 60th bash for Charles

30.09.08
Comedy giants Rowan Atkinson and Robin Williams are to return to the British stage after long absences for a televised gala to celebrate Prince Charles's 60th birthday. ... more

Robin & Rowan celebrate Prince's sixtieth

30.09.08
Comedy giants Rowan Atkinson and Robin Williams will return to the British stage for the first time in more than a decade to celebrate Prince Charles's 60th birthday... more

So is Paul McKenna a genius or a snake-oil salesman?

04.08.08
Flashy, ambitious and a little prone to psychobabble, it is no wonder celebrities have taken DJ turned hypnotist turned self-help guru Paul McKenna to their hearts. ... more

Tarzan's favourite side-kick Cheeta turns 76 but won't retire ... as he pens his autobiography

29.03.08
It is 76 years since Cheeta the chimp was plucked from the African jungle to become a Hollywood star in the Tarzan movies. Yet incredibly, he is still going strong ... more

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reveal their 'secret lovers' in spoof music videos

06.03.08
They both happily married, but Good Will Hunting duo Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are each having illicit love affairs - in spoof YouTube videos, that is. The pair star in two separate - rather risqué - clips that have become online phenomena after being convinced to feature in sparring skits by American comedian Sarah Silverman and her TV host show boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel ... more

Musical labour of love

22.11.07
Sentimental fantasy, August Rush, has its heart in the right place but nothing much else. ... more

Presidential joker

01.11.07
Man of the Year, starring Robin Williams, is too compromised to be more than a reasonably pleasurable entertainment.... more

Please don't call me J-Lo

06.09.07
A disastrous relationship and over-exposure nearly killed Jennifer Lopez's career. Now she is reinventing herself as a Latin movie star.... more

Licence to be ghastly

09.08.07
Licence to Wed is a ghastly romantic comedy that sees Robin Williams give a wincingly awful performance.... more

DVDs of the week

03.04.07
The dinosaurs at the New York National History Museum come to life, Eddie Murphy travels back 24 years in time, and Dame Edna's 1987 talk shows are revived on DVD this week.... more

Stone sweeps Razzies with Basic Instinct 2

26.02.07
Sharon Stone gained the dubious honour of being named worst actress at this year's Razzies as Basic Instinct 2 'won' four awards.... more

Mirren reigns supreme

08.01.07
The Queen's Helen Mirren has been crowned best actress by the New York Film Critics Circle, while Forest Whitaker was named best actor.... more

The bones of a good story

21.12.06
Ben Stiller stars as a nightwatchman at New York's Natural History Museum where all the stuffed, waxed and preserved residents come out to play after hours.... more

Out too long in the cold

07.12.06
Robin Williams and Nicole Kidman lend their voices to the warbling penguins in Happy Feet but they can't distract us from a weak storyline and some rather poor songs.... more

White carpet treatment for star penguins

13.11.06
These penguins kept their cool at a Hollywood film premiere, despite being stars of the show at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.... more

Our pick of the comedy stores

25.10.06
Here is our pick of the best comedy clubs in London.... more

Radio tale is on wrong wavelength

14.09.06
Despite good performances from Robin Williams and Toni Collette, The Night Listener doesn't work as well as it might, says Derek Malcolm.... more
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