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Penn to head Cannes festival jury
Sean Penn, the Oscar-winning actor-cum-director once known as Hollywood's bad boy, has been chosen to head the jury of the 2008 Cannes film festival. Announcing the appointment this
morning in France, the festival's artistic director Thierry Fremaux said that Penn "represents the independent American cinema as well as a vision... [continued]
Sean Penn's Christmas present: divorce papers 
Penn enters the Oscar race
Watch a trailer for 'Into the Wild'
Nader bestows blessing on Edwards
Democrat presidential hopeful John Edwards may consider an endorsement by Ralph Nader a mixed blessing – but as he awaits today's Iowa caucus result, he's got one
nonetheless. Many Democrat voters still blame Nader for handing the 2000 election to George W Bush. The veteran environmental and... [continued]
The Kings of TV are back
White House 2008: all the candidates
Nicole, Gwyneth and Stella are attacked for their bad science
Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicole Kidman and Stella McCartney have come under attack for spouting 'pseudo-science'. They and health gurus including Gillian
McKeith have been slammed by the charity Sense About Science for making spurious claims based on vague scientific concepts. Paltrow's comments about fighting 'evil genes'... [continued]
Nicole towers over her man at premiere
Disgraced athlete pleads for probation
Marion Jones, disgraced former golden girl of American athletics, has launched a last-ditch attempt to escape a jail sentence. In court papers filed this week, her lawyer said she
had been already punished enough for lying about using steroids, and about her knowledge of an alleged money-laundering... [continued]
Lombardo's lie detector nails the cheats
Flashman creator dies aged 82
George MacDonald Fraser, author of the historical Flashman novels, has died at the age of 82 after a long struggle with cancer. His eponymous Victorian hero was a bully and a cad, but MacDonald Fraser was remembered last night as a "very respected and very considerate... [continued]
England cricketers to star in Bollywood movie
England bowlers Simon Jones and Sajid Mahmood are to appear alongside other Test cricketers in a Bollywood movie about cricket. The film, called Victory,
tells the story of a young boy from a village in Rajastan who dreams of playing cricket for India. Filming has already begun... [continued]
Australia v India: the second Test in pictures
Rebel league power struggle
Watch and hear Brett Lee's duet with Asha Bhosle
Was Eddie Murphy’s wedding legal?
Comedy actor Eddie Murphy and his fiancee, film producer Tracey Edmonds, who flew to French Polynesia to tie the knot at a beach ceremony on New Year's Day, may not have been married legally, it transpires. According to a local lawyer, French law applies - which means that a couple... [continued]
In Brief: Clarkson for Prime Minister
Multiple murderer Harold Shipman has been added to the 56,000 entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; other new additions include DNA man Francis Crick and Frances Shand Kydd, mother of the late Princess of Wales… The Costa prize for a first book – formerly... [continued]
