People
John Malkovich joins Bernie Madoff hit list
It looks as if the actor and director John Malkovich (pictured) can be added to the long list of Hollywood victims of Bernie Madoff’s alleged $50 billion
fraud, following the release on Wednesday night at the US Bankruptcy Court in New York of a roll-call of 13,567 investors.... [continued]
People: Button man Roth loses money with Madoff 
The full list of Madoff investors
Lebedev seeks to gloss over his KGB past
Having concluded his deal to buy the London Evening Standard, the Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev (pictured) has asked the British media to stop talking about
his former job as a Soviet spy. In an interview broadcast on ITN News yesterday, he said: "I personally would advise to use 'foreign intelligence'... [continued]
People: Lebedev outlines his plans for Standard
People: Geordie Grieg takes over the Standard
Jude Law breaks away from pretty boy roles by playing a trannie
Jude Law, the British star whose good looks often land him pretty boy roles - Lord Alfred Douglas in the film Wilde, for example - will appear as a cross-dressing supermodel
in his next movie. The film, called Rage, a murder mystery set in the New York fashion world, also... [continued]
Film Talk: More from the Berlin Film Festival
Beckham’s Milan move angers US fans
The news that David Beckham (pictured with his wife, Victoria) wants to sign a permanent contract with AC Milan, where he has been on a free loan since January, has
provoked howls of outrage from supporters of L A Galaxy, the American club he joined 18 months ago. Promising to... [continued]
Goldenbuns Beckham may stay in Milan
People: Beckhams to appear in Italian film
The sports pages
Stephen King slams ‘Twilight’ author
The Twilight series, Stephanie Meyer's adolescent tales of vampire romance, have won over hordes of teenage fans, inspired Twilight-themed rock bands and been
picked as a New York Times editor's choice. The film has taken $186 million at the US box office over recent weeks and turned... [continued]
End of the road: Hollywood stars have had their comeuppance
In brief: Danny Boyle and Kristin Scott Thomas win critics’ awards
Danny Boyle was named British director of the year at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards last night for Slumdog Millionaire, which also won best film as well as a screenwriting gong for Simon Beaufoy. Kristin Scott Thomas (pictured above with Slumdog star, Dev Patel) won the Best... [continued]
Christian Bale tirade: the fall-out continues
The fallout from actor Christian Bale's on-set tirade continues to entertain Hollywood, with bloggers, musicians and now comedy artists having a field day with the audio tape that
surfaced earlier this week. The now infamous tape was made during the filming last summer of Terminator Salvation when Bale (pictured), filming... [continued]
The original tape
The RevoLucian remix
The Mae Shi version
Comedy.com: Rob Delaney defends Bale
Blair ‘groomed’ me for PM says Charles Clarke
Charles Clarke, the former Home Secretary, has claimed that Tony Blair wanted him to be his successor as leader of the Labour Party, and Prime Minister, and that he had a "longstanding strategy" to prevent Gordon Brown from getting the job. In an interview in this week's... [continued]
Andrew Sachs defends Carol Thatcher
Andrew Sachs, the Fawlty Towers actor at the centre of the ‘Manuelgate’ affair, which led to the suspension of Jonathan Ross, is among those who have come
to the defence of Carol Thatcher (pictured), since she was sacked by the BBC on Tuesday. The former Prime Minister’s daughter lost her... [continued]
People: BBC sacks Thatcher over ‘golliwog’ gaffe
