Bruce Willis can still save the day judging by the box office performance of A Good Day to Die Hard. Despite being universally panned by the critics the fifth instalment in the Die Hard franchise topped the UK box office in its debut week taking £4.6 million.

If ever there was a room full of smug ticket holders, this was it. You can hardly blame them: Soho Theatre’s cabaret basement holds 150, and Rob Delaney has amassed 600,000+ followers on Twitter. Needless to say, these shows – the American comedian’s first in the UK –  sold out in minutes.

If you go down to the flicks today ... you'll see a man and his teddy struggling for laughs in a tale suffering arrested development

'Flat-out sexy', it says here. 'An intelligent perceptive rom-com'

Fashion: Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

Given Todd Solondz's reputation for controversy, his sidestepping of provocative subject matter makes his new film, Dark Horse, seem almost quaint in comparison with his masterwork, Happiness.

Not many films get to announce their sequel by having its star, in character, storm a chat show to broadcast the news. But few films of the last 10 years are as universally loved as Anchorman – it's kind of a big deal.

Will Ferrell's swashbuckling newscaster Ron Burgundy had his own breaking news to announce last night: A sequel to "Anchorman" is finally happening.

Sale: An unbelievable property - really - with attached zoo and unattached beauties

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd

Bridesmaids star Chris O'Dowd, 32, who played a love-struck cop in the 2011 box-office hit, is now one of Hollywood's leading men. But he has also just been nominated for Bafta's Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award. "The way my career is going is terrific – but it was somewhat unexpected," says O'Dowd. "This nomination just makes me feel really young."

In a spider-ridden Los Angeles garage, surrounded by half-read self-help books and the whiff of stale cat's-pee, a stand-up comedian called Marc Maron has for the past two years been taking listeners on a twice-weekly journey behind the red velvet curtains of his profession.

This year's funniest comedy stars Kristen Wiig, also its co-writer, as a woman whose efforts to organise a pre-wedding party for her best buddy, Maya Rudolph, are stymied by another friend, the sickeningly perfect Rose Byrne.