It was the annual White House correspondents' dinner on Saturday, hosted by the late-night talk star Jimmy Kimmel, and the Comedian-in-Chief Barack Obama didn't waste the opportunity, poking fun at himself and his administration (a little) and at his foes in the overheated political chamber of an American election year (a lot).

The President displayed his talent for stand-up at the annual White House correspondents' dinner

Who knew that Elton John is a staunch enemy of modern technology? This news first emerged on The Larry King Show a few years back, when the Queen Mother of rock sheepishly admitted that he had no idea of the website address of his own charity, and only last year he revealed: "I don't have a phone, I don't have a computer, I don't have an iPad and I don't have an iPod".

Dance: I saw the Nederlands Dans Theater 2 at Sadler's Wells, which was fantastic. The dancers are all aged between 17 and 23, and the final work in the triple bill was Paul Lightfoot's 'Passe-Partout'. The quality of movement was amazing, showing the fluidity, grace and capabilities of human bodies. Modern dance at its best.

So, George Clooney is thrown into a cell after his arrest at a protest over the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. "You've got one call, kid," the officer says (probably). "Make it a good one." Who does he phone? Mummy, of course.

The actor George Clooney was arrested yesterday after taking part in a protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington.

Hollywood star George Clooney and his father were released tonight following their arrest at a demonstration in Washington.

The suits at KPMG are experts at wielding the axe at other businesses. They have recently fired thousands as the administrator of retailers Peacocks, Blacks Leisure and La Senza.

This perfectly competent, if rather slight, political drama is enlivened by Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the competing spin doctors plotting to get their Democrat candidate elected during the Primary campaign.

Who really deserves to win and who was disgracefully left off the shortlist?

After the triumph that The King's Speech enjoyed last year, the Baftas 2012 were a disappointment for the Brits. The hopes that Gary Oldman or Michael Fassbender might pip The Artist's Jean Dujardin to the Best Actor award were dashed. Many had thought that Kenneth Branagh would win a Supporting Actor award for his perfectly-measured portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Night With Marilyn. In the event, Branagh lost out to Christopher Plummer for Beginners.

The champagne is on ice and the red carpet is being rolled out as some of the biggest names in Hollywood gather for tonight's Bafta film awards.

Great cast but the plot needs a slap: who vomits on your coffee table then stays for a chat?