People
NPG scores £5m from Randy Lerner
While the American owners of Manchester United and Liverpool have attracted abuse for saddling their new clubs with hefty debts, Randy Lerner's stewardship of Aston Villa has been welcomed by Villa fans. Now, it seems, art fans too will be singing the "There's only one Randy... [continued]
Unwed Bruni to stay at home
French and Indian diplomats who have been agonising over whether President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend Carla Bruni should be given a double room during their upcoming trip to India – where unmarried couples are a rarity – can finally relax. Bruni has told the French newspaper... [continued]
Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger found dead in New York
Michelle Williams, the former fiancee of actor Heath Ledger, and mother of his two-year-old daughter, was flying home to New York today after learning of the
Australian-born actor's mysterious death. Ledger, 28, best known for his Oscar-nominated role as one of two cowboys in the 2005 film, Brokeback Mountain, was... [continued]
In pictures: Heath Ledger's life 
See Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
See I'm Not There trailer
See The Dark Knight trailer
Fred Thompson quits White House race
The actor Fred Thompson, who has enjoyed playing the President of the United States on screen (in the 2005 film, Last Best Chance), has decided that trying to do it for real
is too much like hard work. Thompson, star of the long-running TV series Law and Order, has thrown... [continued]
Fred flunks it for the Republicans
Fred Thompson's 'exit speech'
A L Kennedy wins Costa award
Scottish-born writer and stand-up comedian A L Kennedy has won one of Britain's most important literary prizes for her novel about postwar trauma. Kennedy was given the Costa book award - and handed a cheque for £25,000 - for her fifth book, Day, which tells the story... [continued]
Scientology book takes on Travolta
On the heels of Andrew Morton's new book about Tom Cruise and Scientology, comes investigative journalist Ian Halperin's Hollywood Undercover, in which he describes how he once posed as a member of the 'Israeli royal family' and claimed to be gay in order to test how officials... [continued]
Amy Winehouse filmed inhaling ‘crack’
After claiming that Amy Winehouse had been caught on film inhaling something from a pipe - alleged to be crack cocaine - the Sun newspaper has released footage on its website of the soul singer claiming she had taken "about six valium" before lighting up... David... [continued]
‘4 months’ misses out on Oscar nomination
While Hollywood was generally delighted that two of the year's tougher films - No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood - both figured large in yesterday's Oscar shortlist,
the absence of a 'gruelling' Romanian film from the nominations for best foreign language category has stunned those who... [continued]
See the 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days trailer
People: No Country and Juno Oscar's shortlist
