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Katy Perry is Thai'd up with Russell Brand

02.10.09
Russell Brand has enjoyed a passionate trip to Thailand after becoming smitten with US pop star Katy Perry.... more

Stepping back in time as reforms go into reverse

07.07.09
His hair is greyer, and his thick, black, Peter Sellers-style bureaucrat’s glasses a fraction slimmer. But otherwise, India’s new finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, could have stepped through a time warp from the last time he delivered a national budget 25 years ago in the last days of Indira Gandhi ... more

Flippers - my answer to all this flummery

24.06.09
As I've mentioned before, I love tradition. My father loved tradition. His father did before him. In fact, our family's love of tradition goes further back than anyone can remember... more

Profile: Sacha Baron Cohen and the making of Bruno

18.06.09
Sacha Baron Cohen is cinema’s most secretive star. So what — and who — is behind his latest outrageous creation, unveiled last night?.... more

Who won what at Standard Film Awards

03.02.09
Irish martyrdom, Indian poverty, American politics - the judges of the Evening Standard British Film Awards faced difficult choices.... more

Tilda's the leading lady at Standard film awards

02.02.09
Tilda Swinton, the striking, idiosyncratic face of British cinema, led the cavalcade of winners at the Evening Standard British Film Awards... more

Cherishable stories from Clive James

30.01.09
Within a few minutes of arriving on stage at Artsdepot, Clive James pointed out that he was not a stand-up comedian.... more

I feel a complete s**t leaving my creditors £1m out of pocket

28.01.09
In his first interview since his business failed, Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens talks about his guilt and his battle to keep his restaurants going ... more

Now Golden Globe winners battle for Standard's British film prizes

13.01.09
Kate Winslet, Sally Hawkins and Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle are among the stars battling for honours at this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards... more

Terroirs is a Gallic treat

12.01.09
If you hanker after a genuine and affordable taste of France, take a trip to Terroirs.... more

Doorman's 50 years of stars at the Dorchester

27.11.08
For 50 years Ted Whitcombe has welcomed the world's biggest stars through the revolving doors of The Dorchester... more

Parents' paradise at Lamberts

01.10.08
Lamberts know how to please both children and their parents. They seem to have thought of everything, says Chris Blackhurst.... more

Former Bond girl Britt Ekland, out and about with an outsize pout

07.09.08
Those bee-stung lips helped to make her one of the pin-ups of the Sixties and Seventies. But Britt Ekland, 65, appears to have opted for collagen implants to recapture the look of her heyday and ended up with the dreaded 'trout pout'. ... more

CDs of the week

05.09.08
Joan Baez continues to keep her hand in with protest songs, Metallica won't gain new fans and Glasvegas bring out the debut album of the year.... more

My wife waltzed away with a suave French seducer, reveals Len Goodman

25.08.08
His twinkly charm and eccentric sense of humour have made Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman an unlikely TV icon. Now he's telling the story of his life in a rollicking autobiography.... more

The True Britt - one half of the Posh and Becks of the Seventies puts on her one-woman show

19.08.08
Sellers knocked her out with a joint. Rod Stewart wore her knickers. And Jack Nicholson watched her give birth. Britt Ekland's one-woman show is not for the squemish.... more

Life, death and Joan on Oscar night

13.08.08
Theatre conventions are broken in Joan Rivers's play but when you're 75 and a comedy legend you get away with it.... more

Part 2: The inside story of how Lord Snowdon's marriage to Princess Margaret turned into open war

01.06.08
Cannabis in his pocket. Sex drugs in the fridge. Lovers galore - and a wife who got 'cuddly' with his best friend. Told for the first time, biographer Anne de Courcy reveals the inside story behind Princess Margaret's marriage.... more

Roman rule too brutal for Grant

27.05.08
Avram Grant reminded Michael Hart of the movie in which Peter Sellers plays a gardener who, inexplicably, becomes the President of the United States... more

'Do I look sexy today, Baby. C'mon, a girl's gotta know,' asks Raquel Welch

26.04.08
She smelled like a Bounty bar, drank Squirt grapefruit juice and loved raunchy videos. As Raquel Welch makes a glamorous comeback, the writer who nicknamed her 'Rocky' recalls their intense and unlikely friendship... more

Sneak peek: Robert Downey Jr's controversial new comedy

18.03.08
The trailer for Robert Downey Jr's new comedy has been released amid controversy over the actor's casting as black man... more

Joker in the gym

06.09.07
Run, Fat Boy, Run has an awkward tone and non-atmosphere that may leave you wanting to run a mile.... more

Bond's toughest mission ... his first acting award

05.02.07
Daniel Craig has been named best actor at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for his performance in Casino Royale.... more

How 007 made us love him

05.02.07
Bond, Borat and British cinema - our Evening Standard film awards judges reveal how they chose the winners.... more

How Mackenzie stole the show

30.01.07
No one expected Gareth from The Office to act everyone off the stage in Chekhov. But that's just what he did at the Royal Court where The Seagull opened last week.... more

Trip makes benefit for glorious Cohen

24.10.06
Borat Sagdiyev's big-screen debut has enraged the representatives of his supposed homeland but the real target of this boisterous faux-documentary is America and Americans.... more

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