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Trending: A lounge suit at a wedding? How very dare he?

Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Were we transported back to 1952 this weekend? To read comments on the Prime Minister's sartorial choices at a "society wedding" (read, posh), you'd think so. Essentially the story can be summarised thus: man wears lounge suit – rather than a morning suit – to wedding.

Trending: The 'oof' word – when charity gets nasty

Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Forget the antics of Joey Barton, the toughest footballers these days are to be found playing in charity games. It's something that Gordon Ramsay discovered at the weekend, after he was floored by Teddy Sheringham during the Soccer Aid event at Old Trafford.

Elvis Presley's crypt up for auction

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:23:03 +0100

For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King.

Actress Keira Knightley to marry rocker

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Hollywood star Keira Knightley is to marry her rock star boyfriend, James Righton from Klaxons. The couple have become engaged after dating since early last year.

The Clinton charity gala? It was the worst party ever...

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:12:26 +0100

It was billed as the chance to exchange small-talk with Bill Clinton and rub shoulders with glamorous celebrities. But angry guests who attended a London fundraiser for the former US president are to receive refunds after the hosts admitted that the event, described as the “worst party ever”, was a total shambles.

Keira Knightley engaged to rock star boyfriend James Righton from Klaxons

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:42:06 +0100

Hollywood star Keira Knightley is to marry her rock star boyfriend, James Righton from Klaxons.

Spotlight On... Adrian Wyatt, Quintain founder and chief executive

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Who's Adrian Wyatt?

Protests in Thailand over provocative shows by Lady Gaga

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:12 +0100

Lady Gaga's provocative lyrics and costumes have angered Christian groups in South Korea and the Philippines and Islamists in Indonesia, where the show may be banned.

Alec Baldwin launches foul-mouthed tirade at producer Harvey Weinstein

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:30:28 +0100

Calling the all-powerful film mogul Harvey Weinstein a “douchbag” at a party packed with his movie peers is not a recommended formula for anyone wishing to thrive in Hollywood.

Eddie Izzard halts 27-marathon challenge

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:31:13 +0100

Eddie Izzard has had to abandon his gruelling challenge to run a marathon each day for 27 days in South Africa due to "medical complications".

Mining tycoon beats Wal-Mart heiress to title of richest woman

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

In the half-hour it took you to get ready for work this morning, Gina Rinehart earned more than $1m. Her gross pay today will be nearly US$50m (£32m). The Australian mining tycoon is not just seriously rich – she has been crowned the world's wealthiest woman.

Cannes Film Festival charges Canadian journalists to interview stars such as Brad Pitt

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:11:24 +0100

Interviews with Hollywood’s top stars can be staid affairs. Reined in by a host of publicists and PRs, very rarely do they let slip anything of great interest. But now Canadian journalists at the Cannes Film Festival have been told they must pay for the privilege.

Chelsea Flower Show: It's the Monsters of Rock Garden

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

It was a case of sex, drugs and rockeries as Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey and Sir Cliff Richard joined other special guests to enjoy an exclusive preview of the Chelsea Flower Show yesterday.

The great Google gathering

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Secluded within the 300-acre grounds of a luxury Hertfordshire hotel, a select gathering of new media gurus, political pointy-heads, start-up whiz kids and pop stars awarded the post-chart career title "humanitarian" are meeting to carve up the digital future.

Trending: Just a run-of-the-treadmill day in the life of world leaders

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

When you're the leader of the free world, every second counts. So rather than slipping on a pair of headphones and cranking up the volume on Now That's What I Call Running 3 in the gym at Camp David at the weekend, Barack Obama instead collared David Cameron for some eurozone chat – while they were both on the treadmill.

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb loses cancer battle

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:30:01 +0100

Robin Gibb, who with his brothers in the Bee Gees defined the disco phenomenon, died yesterday following a lengthy battle with cancer.

Second best day of his life? Mark Zuckerberg surprises friends with secret wedding

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:01 +0100

They will surely rank among Facebook's most envy-inducing updates, and they came from the website's founder himself. On Friday, Mark Zuckerberg, also the social network's chief executive, posted "Mark listed FB on Nasdaq".

Chopper inventor dies

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

The man who designed Raleigh's iconic Chopper bicycle has died of cancer. Alan Oakley, 85, from Nottingham, passed away on Friday. His wife, Karen, told the BBC he drew the design for the Chopper on an envelope in 1967. Initially inspired to replicate the design of Peter Fonda's motorbike in the film Easy Rider, Mr Oakley, left, came up with his drawing as he flew home the US, where he was sent to "get to grips" with youth culture. Raleigh sold 1.5 million Choppers in the UK and it saved the firm from bankruptcy. A limited edition Mk3, above, was released in 2004. PA

Steve Hilton's social network

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

In a small and outwardly-unremarkable city called Palo Alto, which boasts roughly 65,000 residents and sits on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay, two intriguing news stories were being played out yesterday.

Day the disco music died: Donna Summer loses her fight against cancer

Fri, 18 May 2012 02:00:11 +0100

Donna Summer, whose soaring voice and effervescent stage presence ignited the disco craze of the 1970s, kick-starting a glittering career that spanned four decades, has died. She was 63.

Spotlight On... Ralph Whitworth; Founder, Relational Investors

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

And he is...?

Ed Sheeran and Adele take Ivor Novello Awards

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:09:29 +0100

A sympathetic portrayal of a young girl’s descent into crack addiction and prostitution didn’t sound like the recipe for a global hit.

The Kennedy Curse strikes again as estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr is found dead

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:39:15 +0100

The curse of the Kennedy family has struck again after Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, was found dead today.

Jennifer Lopez tops Forbes most powerful celebrity list

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:52:53 +0100

Jennifer Lopez has topped the annual Forbes list of the 100 most powerful celebrities in the world, taking over from fellow pop singer Lady Gaga and beating media mogul Oprah Winfrey.

Masseur drops sexual assault claim against John Travolta

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:19:43 +0100

A masseur who accused John Travolta of sexual assault has dropped his $2 million lawsuit against him.

Australia mourns 'Angel of the Gap' Don Ritchie, the man who talked 160 out of suicide

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:30:01 +0100

For nearly five decades he gazed out of his Sydney home overlooking the Pacific Ocean, inspired by one of Australia's most picturesque views. But it was not just a love for the sea that drew him to the dramatic panorama.

Carlos Fuentes, author of The Old Gringo, dies at 83

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's best-known authors and a critic of governments in Mexico and the US, died yesterday after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83.

Veteran actor John Woodvine in theatre collapse

Sat, 12 May 2012 14:27:47 +0100

Veteran stage and screen actor John Woodvine was in a stable condition in hospital today after collapsing while performing in a musical last night.

Horst Faas: The chronicler of Vietnam who captured horror because he felt it

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

If the conflicts of today are defined by the video grabs and digital shots of the amateur observers at the scene, the wars and disasters of the last century were pictured in the work of the professional photojournalists seeking, often at great personal danger, the still image that would encompass a scene. None were more courageous or hard-bitten than the German photographer Horst Faas, who became famous for his work with the Associated Press during the Vietnam War.

Nigel Doughty died of natural causes

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:50:01 +0100

The Nottingham Forest owner and private equity tycoon Nigel Doughty died of natural causes, an inquest found yesterday.

Spotlight On... Jose Ignacio GoirigolzarriNewchairmanof Spanish bank Bankia

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri. So how do you pronounce that exactly?

Russell Brand to host 2012 MTV Movie Awards

Thu, 10 May 2012 18:23:14 +0100

Russell Brand will host the MTV Movie Awards for the first time when it airs in June, bringing his style of comedy dubbed “high to low brow” to the show, the network said today.

Expect reign: Prince Charles reads the weather

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:55:12 +0100

The threat of floods and yet more miserable wet weather means all too often these days the television weather report is a thoroughly dispiriting business.

Vidal Sassoon, the man who invented modern hairdressing, dies aged 84

Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:01 +0100

Vidal Sassoon, the revolutionary hairdresser of swinging London whose scissors helped cut away sexism and patriarchy as well as hair, was found dead in his Los Angeles home yesterday after succumbing to leukaemia.

John Lydon says he wanted to be a painter

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

John Lydon, the former Sex Pistol, would have "loved to be a painter", he says in one of a series of interviews with leading punk rockers to be aired in a BBC season entitled "Punk Britannia" next month.

Public relations: This time it's personal

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Pippa Middleton is the latest in a line of people indulging in the ultimate luxury, the personal public relations person. It's a boom business – and for gaffe-prone celebrities one can see why. After all, most will have accountants to look after their taxation matters, bankers to tend to their fiscal affairs and lawyers to sort out whatever legal wrangles come their way.

Spotlight On... Robert Hiscox, chairman of insurer Hiscox

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Probably the longest-serving executive in the City?

Maurice Sendak: Dead at 83, the beloved writer who showed children where the wild things were

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, one of the most influential and best-loved children's books of the past 50 years, has died at the age of 83. The writer and illustrator, whose books entranced generations of children, died at a hospital close to his home in Connecticut. He had suffered complications after having a stroke on Friday.

Linda Evangelista and her billionaire ex François-Henri Pinault kiss and make up in child support row

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

The briefly titillating court battle over how large a fortune French luxury goods billionaire François-Henri Pinault should be paying to supermodel Linda Evangelista monthly to support the child they had together came to a quiet and discreet end yesterday as both sides delivered settlement details to the judge.

Dustin Hoffman helps jogger in Hyde Park after heart attack

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:40:28 +0100

A jogger who suffered a cardiac arrest was saved after Hollywood veteran Dustin Hoffman went to his aid.

Stars turn out for Prada-themed Met Gala

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:13:22 +0100

It's known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models and even a few star football quarterbacks putting on their most fashion-forward outfits for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala.

Hello dolly! 'Tanning lady' joins plastic hall of fame

Tue, 08 May 2012 12:21:37 +0100

Being made into an action figure is a rather perverse form of flattery. More often than not the dolly renditions of real people are more unsettling than they are celebratory.

For sale: thousands of pounds worth of Pete Doherty's blood, sweat and tears

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Each piece could fetch tens of thousands of pounds when it is auctioned next week. But despite the high price tag, this is one collection of artwork unlikely to find its way into the austere corridors of Sotheby's.

Trending: Boys and their £100k, 500-horsepower toys

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

In the 1960s a young Twiggy joined Mary Quant, Peter Sellers and The Beatles in picking the modest Mini as her car of choice to cut across swinging London. Today's young stars don't quite seem to have grasped the concept of stealth wealth. So as the typical 18-year-old gets to work in a battered-old Corsa, teen idol Justin Bieber, One Direction's Harry Styles and snooker player Judd Trump and are all bombing around in £100k-plus supercars.

Ska pioneer Brevett dies, aged 80

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

The Jamaican double bassist and ska pioneer Lloyd Brevett has died at the age of 80.

Norton's salary boosted by So TV

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Graham Norton earned more than £4.5m last year after profits from the production company he founded boosted his BBC salary.

Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch dies aged 47

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Musicians including Moby and Justin Timberlake have paid tribute to the groundbreaking hip hop artist Adam Yauch, co-founder of the influential rappers the Beastie Boys, whose death at the age of 47 was announced yesterday.

Coldplay's Chris Martin reveals tinnitus struggle

Fri, 04 May 2012 10:11:01 +0100

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has revealed that years of playing live has left him with tinnitus.

Demi Moore changes Twitter name to @justdemi

Fri, 04 May 2012 08:39:02 +0100

Demi Moore is no longer (at)mrskutcher, in real life or on Twitter.

Adele's album 21 overtakes sales of Michael Jackson's Thriller

Thu, 03 May 2012 17:40:20 +0100

Adele has sent more records tumbling after her album 21 outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller, becoming the fifth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK.

Tulisa Contostavlos named world's sexiest woman

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:34:56 +0100

Tulisa Contostavlos has usurped Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Cheryl Cole to be named the world's sexiest woman.

Trending: For bailed-out bankers, ‘creature comforts’ takes on a whole new meaning

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Few things say wealth like a hedge shaped as a horse leaping a fence on the trail of an imaginary fox.

It's Dinner time: Heston Blumenthal's latest hit earns a spot at the foodie top table

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Heston, it seems, has outdone himself. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal – his first venture outside the Berkshire village of Bray and widely regarded as London's best new place to eat of last year – has trumped his own Fat Duck in this year's list of the world's best restaurants.

Hockney tops list of givers – but charities warn of tougher times

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Britain's wealthiest people are donating a larger proportion of their wealth than at any other time in the past 11 years.

Fighting for love online: Just follow our tips, Cheryl pet

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

She's an SWF with a GSOH who loves platitudes, hates footballers and promises to fight, fight, fight, fight, fight for your love. Yes, according to red-top reports, Cheryl Cole is venturing into the tricksy world of online dating.

I lost my memory to meningitis, reveals Lydon

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Together with his dirty-looking band, decked out in chains and safety pins, with a spattering of hair dye, Johnny Rotten distilled the essence of the angry young men of the 1970s. He roared there was "no future" and claimed to be "the anti-christ" against the background of suburban moral panic. But that was a long time ago.

Katie Price to marry for third time

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:50:28 +0100

The model and celebrity Katie Price is set to walk down the aisle for a third time.

Gaga for Gaga: World tour

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Perhaps it was for the best that no one chose to copy the meat dress. After all, the "little monsters", as Lady Gaga's army of fans call themselves, did not seem to be struggling for wardrobe options when they turned out in Seoul for the start of their idol's world tour.

Clarkson loses footpath appeal

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Ramblers have claimed a victory against the Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson after he lost an appeal to restrict public access to a path near his lighthouse home on the Isle of Man.

They walk! they talk! they smile a lot! A year in Will&Kate

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

A year on, and Waity Katie has come several steps closer to being Head-of-Statey Katie. With the eyes of the world on her, the Duchess of Cambridge has succeeded for 12 months in walking, talking, meeting and greeting, often all at the same time. Her natural grace, peerless elegance and sparkling sense of style are like something from a fairytale, or Just Seventeen, and she is imitated – if never bettered – by swooning secretaries across the globe. The column inches in celebration of the royal couple's first year are set to be wider than one of the Duchess's spindly little legs and more breathless than her aspirational mother, so here's a cut-out-and-weep guide on this, the eve of their paper wedding anniversary.

A prank call and a glimpse inside the mind of the iPhone visionary

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Two precocious American teenage boys call the Pope for a prank. One says he is Henry Kissinger.

Robert Redford the Sundance Kid shoots down a PM 'in trouble'

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:45:51 +0100

Who would movie-goers rather trust behind the camera, David Cameron or Robert Redford?

World's most beautiful – have they just noticed?

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Were she not famed for her stability and ability in even the pointiest of heels, one might expect Beyoncé Knowles to be staggering under the weight of accolades piled upon her – mum of the year, protofeminist icon, and now, most beautiful person in the world.

Justin Bieber reveals new 'mature' direction as Biebermania hits London

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:16:24 +0100

They stalked him from Heathrow to his Kensington hotel, one hyperventilating mass of phone-wielding, TwitPic-posting, pubescent shrieking as the Justin Bieber circus hit town.

Susan Sarandon mysteriously cut from White House guest list

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:01 +0100

Sleep easy, America: a clear and present threat to national security has once more been averted by your intelligence services.

Trending: Richard Wilson puts one foot in the meta-fictional world

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Richard Wilson, the Scots actor best known for the role of Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave, is to narrate his own celebrity autobiography for BBC Radio 4 next month.

Trending: Somebody get that woman a bottle of Frizz-Ease...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Could Cher be using the opportunity of appearing at the Glaad awards with Chaz Bono to solicit the help of a hairdresser?

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb recovering from coma

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:42:29 +0100

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has shown signs of recovery after waking from a coma by responding to his family, his spokesman said.

Conor Maynard: Britain's Justin Bieber? The YouTube star outselling a rival teen idol

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

He already has the doe-eyed good looks and an army of female fans called the Mayniacs. Now Conor Maynard can really be called "Britain's Justin Bieber" after the Brighton musical prodigy displaced the Canadian teen idol from the chart summit with his debut single.

The IoS Happy List 2012 - the 100

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:48 +0100

Ena Abrahams
Health campaigner

A retired headmistress, 88, who campaigns to save the Connaught Day Hospital within Whipps Cross Hospital, east London. Ms Abrahams, who obtained a master's degree in sociology in her late seventies, has successfully lobbied for the hospital's paediatric A&E unit to be open 24 hours a day.

The IoS Happy List 2012 - the celebrities who inspire

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:35 +0100

Rebecca Adlington

This, the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals in 100 years, is the ever-smiling face of the athletes who will, we're confident, make us all proud at London 2012.

IoS Happy List 2012

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:32 +0100

Click here for full 2012 happy list

This Sunday, The Independent on Sunday publishes its fifth annual Happy List, naming 100 outstanding people whose volunteering, caring, fund-raising, mentoring, charity founding, or selflessness makes Britain a more contented, better-adjusted, supportive, and happier place.

Lord Ashley, champion of disabled, dies

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Lord Ashley of Stoke, the veteran Labour peer and disability rights campaigner, has died after a short illness, his family announced yesterday. He was 89. As Jack Ashley, he became Britain's first deaf MP, following an unsuccessful ear operation in 1968. He died on Friday night.

Giants of rock bid farewell to father of all guitar heroes

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

The world's most unlikely guitar hero, Bert Weedon, is dead. The author of Play In A Day, which introduced successive generations of British rock stars to their ideal instrument, died peacefully at his home in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, aged 91. Since the news broke, tributes have flooded in from crusty axe-wielders across the nation, saying how much he, and his teaching manual, influenced their careers.

Men At Work flautist 'devastated by song theft case' is found dead at home

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Greg Ham, musician with Australian band Men At Work, has been found dead at his home in Melbourne.

Spotlight On... Harold Tillman; Retail entrepreneur

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Who's this dapper chap?

Rihanna posts holiday photographs on Facebook

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:52:01 +0100

After holidaying in Hawaii earlier this year, Rihanna did what many do: put the photographs on Facebook. Unlike most people, however, the pop singer has 54.5 million fans on the site, and the pictures are available to anyone who wants to see them.

TV stalwart Dick Clark dies

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

New Year's Eve master of ceremonies and American Bandstand host Dick Clark, whose long-running dance show helped rock 'n' roll seduce mainstream America, has died, aged 82.

Günter Grass in hospital

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Nobel laureate Günter Grass is expected to be released from a Hamburg hospital within days, after undergoing what his secretary called a routine test.

Spotlight On... Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

So the Duke of Westminster has fallen on hard times?

Angelina Jolie gets promoted to UN envoy

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:56:03 +0100

After a decade of promoting refugee causes around the world, Angelina Jolie herself has been promoted.

The smile that came back from the dead: Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba leaves hospital

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

A familiar broad smile – many would say a miraculous one – spread across the face of Fabrice Muamba yesterday as he was discharged from hospital, 30 days after suffering a severe and very public heart attack from which many feared he could never recover.

Penn and Teller star Raymond Teller sues magician over rights to magic trick

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:50:47 +0100

Two magicians at crossed wands are heading to court over the rights to a magic trick.

Status Quo to star on silver screen

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:35:46 +0100

Status Quo are swapping gold discs for the silver screen - by launching a movie career.

Simon Cowell gives ex-fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy £5m house

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:07:31 +0100

Simon Cowell is giving his ex-fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy a £5 million gift following the end of their stormy relationship, according to reports.

Holographic Tupac Shakur performs on stage with Snoop Dogg

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:07:20 +0100

The American rapper Tupac Shakur, who was shot in 1996, was resurrected last weekend at a Californian music festival.

An unlikely protest pin-up for the summer's Olympic Games

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Protesters will not be allowed to ruin the Olympics, organisers vowed after Trenton Oldfield's Boat Race invasion. But the role of civil disobedience in British history could itself be hailed with a theatrical tribute to the suffragettes at the London Games' opening ceremony.

Trending: Cowell's crush joins tales with added X Factor

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

The news that Simon Cowell supposedly had a fling with his fellow X Factor judge Dannii Minogue filled the weekend's tabloids. The story comes from Tom Bower's new biography of the publicity-friendly music mogul, in which Cowell admitted that he "had a crush" on Minogue, adding, "it was genuine love".

Family gathers as ailing Bee Gee Robin Gibb falls into coma

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

The family of the singer Robin Gibb was keeping vigil at his hospital bed in Chelsea in west London last night. The 62-year-old Bee Gees singer was fighting for his life after contracting pneumonia and falling into a coma. He recently suffered cancer of the colon; subsequently, the disease spread to his liver.

Hollywood in nuptial nirvana as Brangelina prepare to tie the knot

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Their first child was dubbed, without any detectable irony, "the most eagerly anticipated baby since Jesus". So it may come as little surprise that the engagement of Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie has sent Hollywood into the kind of media frenzy that might foreshadow the Second Coming.

Man accused of breaking into Sean 'Diddy' Combs' mansion

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:08:30 +0100

A man has been accused of breaking into Sean "Diddy" Combs' mansion, where he apparently ate food, drank alcohol and wore the rap mogul's clothes.

Sir Bruce Forsyth to play Hop Farm Festival

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:48:20 +0100

Sir Bruce Forsyth has signed up to share a stage with Bob Dylan, Suede and Primal Scream at this year's Hop Farm Music Festival.

Spotlight On... Tim Allan; Founder of Portland public relations consultancy

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

So why is Tony Blair's one-time flack back in the news?

Marc Anthony files for divorce from Jennifer Lopez

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:51:46 +0100

Latin pop singer Marc Anthony has filed for divorce from singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, ending their seven-year marriage.

Young, gifted - and rich! Adele and Daniel Radcliffe lead British moneymakers

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:00:19 +0100

Daniel Radcliffe is laughing all the way to Gringotts after his starring role in the Harry Potter films earned him £54 million and a lead role in the Young Rich List of British millionaires.

William Boyd to write official James Bond novel

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:43 +0100

William Boyd, the celebrated author and James Bond enthusiast, is to step into Ian Fleming’s shoes and send Britain’s most famous fictional spy out on a new mission.

Le grand résistant Raymond Aubrac dies at 97

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

Raymond Aubrac, one of the leading figures of the French Resistance against the Nazis, has died at the age of 97.

Pete Doherty plans spell in rehab

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:50:08 +0100

Libertines star Pete Doherty said he has “a long way to go” before he gets off drugs but is planning to enter rehab later this month. .