Dame Judi Dench, Kathy Burke, Julie Christie, Sting, Sir Richard Branson and Mike Leigh are all national treasures, each and every one of them, but what do they know about affairs of state?... more
Prestigious agency at the centre of one of the most bitter disputes in literary London was taken over by one of the capital's top showbusiness agents, Michael Foster... more
British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby... more
AA Gill’s Blonde was the fairest of them all. Then she decided to become a brunette. Would she still be able to work her magic or do blondes really have more fun?... more
Celebrity hairdressser Mark Cowperthwaite jumped to his death in a hospital atrium after being tormented by years of depression, an inquest has heard... more
Actress Julie Christie revealed the secret to maintaining her striking looks at the age of 66 - a good make-up artist. The always glamorous star - who missed out on an Oscar this year - was pictured heading into her trailer looking decidedly close to her age... more
It appears this year's Oscars had a modest audience to match its toned-down ceremony after having its lowest ever TV ratings. The three-hour broadcast of the star-studded ceremony on U.S. TV channel ABC attracted an average of 32million viewers - a 21 per cent drop from 2007's 41million
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Re-released to coincide with awards season, La Vie en Rose provides many reasons to cheer, not least Marion Cotillard's Oscar-winning performance.... more
It was a spine tingling moment that capped an extraordinary evening for British Oscar winner Daniel-Day Lewis. Having just been announced as Best Actor in There Will Be Blood, the London-born actor was 'knighted' by last year's British success story, Dame Helen Mirren. Imitating the famous pose on stage at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, Day-Lewis joked about her performance as the Queen, saying: 'This is the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you'
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A timely re-release of Away From Her provides a second chance to catch Julie Christie's magnificent turn as an ageing bohemian with Alzheimer's.... more
British actresses were sensationally snubbed at the Baftas in favour of an unknown French starlet. Julie Christie and Keira Knightley both lost out in the best actress category to Marion Cotillard, the 32-year-old star of La Vie En Rose about the life of the Parisian singer Edith Piaf... more
British stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie move closer to Oscars glory after confirming predictions they would make the nominations list.... more
The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.... more
The musical marriage of former Belle And Sebastian leader Isobel Campbell and ex-Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan works a treat, says John Aizlewood.... more
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