Once cupcakes ruled, then macaroons invaded; now they are being outflanked by whoopie pies, and éclairs are advancing. Lydia Slater enters the frosted fray... more
Sofia Coppola’s boyfriend is lead singer and they won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album this year. Now, Phoenix tell Nosheen Iqbal, they are set to conquer London.... more
Top model Jamie Dornan reads modern philosophy
and wants to be an actor, so why do people only
want to talk to him about oiling up and his grooming technique? ... more
Female film-makers are making a big impact at the movies. Does this mean, asks Courtney Hunt, director of Oscar-nominated Frozen River, that we are seeing a New Women's Cinema emerge?... more
Designers 'gift' a celebrity one of their items, they wear it to parties and are photographed. Sales soar - and it costs a fraction of a normal ad campaign, says Bella Blissett... more
Head down to a Pecha Kucha night where anyone can give a talk so long as it's quick. But, says Harry Mount, the ultimate faux pas is to be boring... more
Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes are convincing as ill-matched aristocrats in Saul Dibb's period drama, The Duchess, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more
Josh Hartnett has been a Hollywood heart-throb for a decade but he hates his celebrity status. Now he is set to be the star of the West End version of Rain Man: how on earth will he cope?... more
Carole Caplin, a one-time topless model, was befriended by an exhausted Cherie Blair so that she could realign her chakras and facilitate discounts with obscure designers.... more
Quentin Tarantino has directed some of the most violent films ever made. Here, in a rare interview, he makes no apology for his latest slasher tribute.... more
This week's top releases include Oscar winner Andrea Arnold's first feature, a French and Saunders series, and a bonkers Japanese exploitation flick.... more
Our critics introduce the names to watch out for over the next 12 months - the ones you won’t have heard of before, the ones that you’ll suddenly see everywhere – and the one the critics will love best in 2007.... more
Jack White joins his old Detroit mucker Brendan Benson on stage at the Brixton Academy, tuneful Parisians Phoenix play the Astoria and the New York Dolls will be whipping up a storm.... more
Marie Antoinette is based partly upon Antonia Fraser's biography but mostly on director Sofia Coppola's imagination. And, just when things are getting really interesting, the film fades to black. ... more
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