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.
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Obama gets 'ruff' with White House opponents
Monday 30 April 2012
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).
Obama turns entertainer – but not everyone approves
Monday 30 April 2012
The President displayed his talent for stand-up at the annual White House correspondents' dinner
Trending: Sex, replies and videotape
Friday 23 March 2012
Caught on camera while on the job? As Tulisa's proved, it doesn't matter what you're getting up to – it's how you conduct yourself afterwards that counts
Sobriety bracelets head wave of new penalty enforcements
Saturday 17 March 2012
Offenders would be fitted with "sobriety bracelets" to check for alcohol in their blood under plans to toughen up community sentences to be launched by the Government.
'Sobriety bracelets' to fight crime in London
Saturday 11 February 2012
Criminals convicted of serious drink-related offences will be fitted with US-style "sobriety bracelets" to keep them dry under a pilot scheme.
Caught and social: The celebrity winners and losers
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Yesterday we brought you some of the key parties and events from the UK this year, today here are some of big events of the celebrity world in 2011.
Michael Lohan undergoing heart surgery
Tuesday 06 December 2011
Michael Lohan is undergoing heart surgery.
Doubles in the movies
Wednesday 27 July 2011
As Dominic Cooper plays Uday Hussein and his hired lookalike in a new film, Geoffrey Macnab chronicles cinema's rich history of doppelgänger dramas
Lindsay Lohan completes house arrest
Thursday 30 June 2011
Lindsay Lohan has completed her house arrest.
Letter from the editor: Summer is anarchy
Monday 27 June 2011
Simon returns today, bringing Californian sunshine with him – which is great, as long as the golf shorts stay on the course. To be fair, he doesn’t do office casual.
Stevie Nicks: 'Love is fleeting for me...in my life as a travelling woman'
Sunday 26 June 2011
On the eve of her first solo album release in 10 years, the Fleetwood Mac songstress talks to Simon Price
Why Last Night is a new morning for Eva Mendes
Friday 20 May 2011
Eva Mendes has been typecast for her looks but in her most recent films, the actress strips away the glamour to focus on her talent. Kaleem Aftab meets her
Lindsay Lohan living in fear of stalker
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Lindsay Lohan claims she has a stalker who has threatened to kill her.
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