Guy Pearce’s Batman ambition
Guy Pearce wants to star in the next Batman film. The Australian actor - who worked with ‘The Dark Knight’ director Christopher Nolan on ‘Memento’- wouldn’t usually be interested in playing a comic book character, but would love to reunite with Nolan.

Tim Roth’s Skellig role
Tim Roth is to star in a film version of children’s book ‘Skellig’. ‘The Incredible Hulk’ actor has signed up for the lead role in a TV movie based on David Almond’s novel of the same name.

R&B star Usher loves his ladies-only club tour
R&B star Usher is to embark on a tour for ladies only, saying he is finalising dates at about 15 “intimate” venues.

Toronto dreams
Cinema’s biggest names get set for ‘people’s festival’

Slumdog will close film festival
The European premiere of Danny Boyle’s latest film, Slumdog Millionaire, will close this year’s London Film Festival in October.

Knightley stars at Duchess launch
Actress Keira Knightley joins fellow stars on the red carpet as The Duchess receives its world premiere in London.

Hollywood star Tim Robbins gets his skates on for street hockey

Raindance Film Festival Announce Line-Up
The 16th Raindance Film Festival’s programme is today announced by festival patron Ken Loach, with the full line-up which includes 75 features and over 100 shorts alongside a host of live events, exclusive Q&As and masterclasses. The Raindance Film Festival will take place from 1-12 October 2008 in London’s West End with some of the film indust…

Rimes launches psoriasis campaign
Singer LeAnn Rimes backs a campaign to inform people about the skin condition psoriasis, from which she suffers.

Britney Spears ‘Father Saved My Life’
Now with her dark days behind her, Britney Spears feels better than she has in years and admits she owes it all to one person: her dad. Britney in an interview with the Daily Star, praised her conservator-father Jamie for his efforts and self-sacrifice.

Amy Winehouse Bestival No Show
Bestival organisers have been forced to come up witha back up plan over fears Amy Winehouse will not turn up to perform. The troubled Back To Black hitmaker scrapped her performance at French music festival Rock En Seine in Paris last week (29Aug08) just hours before she was due to take to the stage.

Online addict David Duchovny
David Duchovny checked into rehab after his addiction to online pornography spiralled out of control, it has been claimed.

Guy Pearce’s Batman ambition
Guy Pearce wants to star in the next Batman film. The Australian actor - who worked with ‘The Dark Knight’ director Christopher Nolan on ‘Memento’- wouldn’t usually be interested in playing a comic book character, but would love to reunite with Nolan.

Jessica Simpson’s rosy gas
‘Come On Over’ singer Jessica Simpson has revealed she has a wind problem, but insists her gas smells like “roses”.

The Who coat sale
A coat signed by The Who is up for auction. Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townsend scribbled their names on the parka jacket - a Lambretta-inspired replica of the coat on the cover of the band’s cult album ‘Quadrophenia’ - which is being put on eBay to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT)

James Gandolfini’s Hawaiian wedding
‘The Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini married his fiancee Deborah Lin in an intimate ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Saturday (30.08.08).

Allen thanks Met in ‘kidnap plot’
Singer Lily Allen thanks police for foiling an alleged kidnap plot involving one of her friends.

Keira Knightley’s royal premiere
Keira Knightley wowed the crowd at the world premiere of ‘The Duchess’ last night (03.

Duffy’s ’shoestring’ songs
Duffy has revealed her hit album ‘Rockferry’ cost virtually nothing to make.

Rock stalker Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston will play a “free-spirited stalker” when she guest stars on ‘30 Rock’ later this year.

Kid Rock’s Amy admiration
Kid Rock is obsessed with Amy Winehouse.

U2 postpone new album
U2 have postponed the release of their new album - because they can’t stop writing new songs. The Irish group has been recording tracks for the follow up to How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb in Morocco and France, where frontman Bono has a vacation home - and the bandmates have amassed “50 to 60″ tracks, according to the frontman.

Liam Gallagher’s Apple plans
Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher says he wants to move to New York when his children have grown up.

Celebs News: Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe lost his virginity to an older woman
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he lost his virginity to an older woman.

3am: Could Jaime Winston and Alfie Allen have the shortest engagement ever?
Could Jaime Winston and Alfie Allen have the shortest engagement ever? It seems sis Lily’s unscripted announcement on Tuesday about the couple’s wedding plans went down like a lead balloon with the stormy pair.

Keira Knightley’s royal premiere
Keira Knightley wowed the crowd at the world premiere of ‘The Duchess’ last night (03.

3am: Chris Evans joins the ranks of celebs with crazy baby names
Chris Evans joins the ranks of celebs with crazy baby names.

Russell Brand’s Eva offer
Russell Brand has offered to “pee” on Eva Longoria.

3am: Jude Law is taking piano lessons
Mozart, Beethoven and now Jude Law?

Clocked: GQ awards
at the GQ Men of the year after party

Hilary Swank’s fat film
Hilary Swank is set to gain 30lbs for her next movie role.

Celebs News: Britney Spears had sex at 14 claims mum’s tell-all book
Britney Spears was drinking at 13, had sex at 14 and took drugs at 15, her mum has claimed in a tell-all book.

Keira Knightley’s royal premiere
Keira Knightley wowed the crowd at the world premiere of ‘The Duchess’ last night (03.

PARTIES: The Duchess Premiere, London
Keira Knightley caused furore in Leicester Square when she hit the red carpet to promote her Oscar-tipped film. She was joined by co-star Ralph Fiennes and boyfriend Ruper Friend for support.

Tyra Banks’ TV fortune
Tyra Banks is the top-earning woman on TV.

Courtney Love’s birthday fortune
Courtney Love spent 150,000 on her daughter’s birthday party.

3am: Russell Brand reveals urge to fondle the Queen’s breasts
Self-confessed sex addict Russell Brand revealed to US chat show host Jay Leno that he was tempted to fondle the Queen breasts at the Royal Variety Performance.

Celebs On Sunday: Sugababes reveal their sexy style secrets
The Sugababes reveal exactly what keeps them looking so drop-dead gorgeous.

Terror films
Bollywood takes on the darker sides of its city’s life

Ne-Yo gets damages for Kelly tour
R&B singer Ne-Yo has been awarded $700,000 after he was dropped from a double-headlining tour with R Kelly.

‘Real’ Bond novels fetch 31,200
Bond memorabilia once owned by the man thought to be Ian Fleming’s inspiration goes under the hammer.

Film trailer voice-over king dies
Don LaFontaine, who voiced more than 5,000 movie trailers in a 33-year career, dies in Los Angeles aged 68.

Spears to ‘kick off’ MTV ceremony
Singer Britney Spears will “kick off” this year’s MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, it is announced.

Turner to be shown with Masters
Tate Britain is to hold a major exhibition of JMW Turner and the Old Masters, ranking him alongside the likes of Rembrandt.

Rimes launches psoriasis campaign
Singer LeAnn Rimes backs a campaign to inform people about the skin condition psoriasis, from which she suffers.

Muhammad novel set for UK release
A controversial novel about the Prophet Muhammad and his child bride, scrapped in the US, will be released in the UK.

Debi Mazar On Sarah Palin
Debi Mazar definitely doesn’t want to see Sarah Palin as our next vice president, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Entourage’ star doesn’t support her in some way. Mazar knows all about teen pregnancy. Her mom had her when she was just 15 years old.

David Bowie to re-release his Best Of..
David Bowie is to re-release a limited edition best of compilation he gave away with Britain’s Mail On Sunday newspaper in June after fans swarmed to pick up the freebie album. The re-released iSelect: Bowie features the rocker’s favourite tunes from his back catalogue and his personal reflections about each track.

Country’s ‘Guitar Man’ Reed dies
Country singer and actor Jerry Reed, dubbed the “Guitar Man”, dies of complications arising from emphysema.

‘Not about Diana’
Why Keira Knightley won’t talk about the late princess

US band pays $1m to fire victims
The US rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a fire that killed 100 people agree to pay $1m ( 564,000) to survivors and victims’ relatives.

Britain’s Olympic stars join famous faces at Lottery Awards

‘Real’ Bond novels fetch 31,200
Bond memorabilia once owned by the man thought to be Ian Fleming’s inspiration goes under the hammer.

Johnny Depp’s Riddler fun
Johnny Depp says playing The Riddler in a new Batman movie would be a “fun gig”.

Russell Crowe indulges his two great loves on day off Down Under

The Who coat sale
A coat signed by The Who is up for auction. Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townsend scribbled their names on the parka jacket - a Lambretta-inspired replica of the coat on the cover of the band’s cult album ‘Quadrophenia’ - which is being put on eBay to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT)

Britney Spears To Open VMAs
Britney Spears will open the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (07Aug08) with a heartfelt message to her fans. The news ends weeks of speculation about the pop star’s role in this year’s show, which will be hosted by comedian Russell Brand.

Courtney Love’s birthday fortune
Courtney Love spent 150,000 on her daughter’s birthday party.

Rage Against The Machine spark protest
Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello sparked a 200-strong protest after police reportedly refused to let them perform at a political rally on Tuesday (02.09.08) The Rage Against The Machine musicians - famed for criticising the US government in their lyrics - sang some of their hit tracks over a megaphone at Minnesota’s left-wing event Ripple Effect, backed by angry fans.

Turner to be shown with Masters
Tate Britain is to hold a major exhibition of JMW Turner and the Old Masters, ranking him alongside the likes of Rembrandt.

Celebs News: Exclusive: Ulrika Jonsson set to replace Fiona Phillips on GMTV
Ulrika Jonsson could be set for a dramatic return to breakfast television. The former TV-am weather girl has been in secret talks with GMTV about becoming their new sofa queen when Fiona Phillips leaves.

Britain’s Olympic stars join famous faces at Lottery Awards

3am: 3am’s naughty but nice wicked whisper
Which naughty celeb asked to check a female fan’s photograph to make sure she had wiped the Columbian marching powder from his nose?

3am: Steve Coogan launches foul rant at 3am girls at the GQ awards after party
Comedian Steve Coogan failed to see the funny side when we caught him playing tonsil tennis - and lobbed a volley of four-letter words our way. What a wit!

Clocked: GQ awards
at the GQ Men of the year after party

Keira Knightley’s royal premiere
Keira Knightley wowed the crowd at the world premiere of ‘The Duchess’ last night (03.

Michael Jackson’s Pammie dates
Michael Jackson has reportedly met Pamela Anderson for a string of dates in Malibu, US.

Rimes launches psoriasis campaign
Singer LeAnn Rimes backs a campaign to inform people about the skin condition psoriasis, from which she suffers.

Madonna’s crew to quit?
Madonna’s ‘Sticky and Sweet’ touring crew are threatening to quit over complaints about the way they are being treated on tour.

Josh Hartnett’s CCTV sex
‘Pearl Harbor’ actor Josh Hartnett - who is currently starring in a London theatre production of ‘Rain Man’ - was caught having sex in a hotel library by CCTV cameras.

Drag queen Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he wants to play a drag queen in his next movie so he can wear “loads of eye make-up”.

Mel C’s Spice snub
Pregnant Mel C won’t take parenting tips from the other Spice Girls - Victoria Beckham, Mel B, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell - because she only trusts her mother.

Helen Mirren’s rape ordeal
‘The Queen’ star Dame Helen Mirren has revealed she was date-raped twice when she was younger, but never reported the crimes.

Jodie Foster pregnant?
Jodie Foster has sparked rumours she is pregnant, after displaying what appeared to be baby bump while out in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Led Zeppelin’s GQ glory
Led Zeppelin won the Outstanding Achievement prize at last night’s GQ Men of the Year awards (02.

Wild teenager Britney Spears
Britney Spears had sex at 14 and started taking drugs aged 15, according to her mother.

Russell Brand’s Eva offer
Russell Brand has offered to “pee” on Eva Longoria.

David Beckham’s ageing angst
David Beckham is terrified of turning into a “fat, bald old man”.

Matthew McConaughey’s great love
Matthew McConaughey says fiancee Camila Alves is the “love of his life”.

Anti-Scientologists target Will Smith
Will Smith has been targeted by an anti-Scientologist group.

Courtney Love’s birthday fortune
Courtney Love spent 150,000 on her daughter’s birthday party.

Keira Knightley’s top pout
Keira Knightley has topped a poll of perfect pouts.

Duffy’s ’shoestring’ songs
Duffy has revealed her hit album ‘Rockferry’ cost virtually nothing to make.

Celebs News: Wendy Richard: Big Brother race row is making me ill
Former EastEnders actress Wendy Richard says she devastated by the uproar caused by her remarks on Big Brother’s Little Brother on Monday.

Zoe: Zoe: How I was lamped by Kelly Osbourne
I?ve experienced tantrums, tiaras and a bit of stiletto stomping at showbiz parties, but I was shocked to be slapped in the face by Kelly Osbourne on Thursday night.

Angelina Jolie depressed?
Angelina Jolie is reportedly suffering from postpartum depression.

Take That’s neighbour eviction
Take That have landed their pop band neighbours with an eviction notice.

Clocked: GQ awards
at the GQ Men of the year after party

Celebs News: Video exclusive: Keira Knightley and stars talk at Duchess premiere
Mirror.co.uk caught up with the stars, including Keira Knightley and Dominic Cooper on the red carpet at the world premiere of The Duchess.

Hollywood star Tim Robbins gets his skates on for street hockey

Toronto dreams
Cinema’s biggest names get set for ‘people’s festival’

Guy Ritchie has no birthday plans
Guy Ritchie has no plans to celebrate his upcoming 40th birthday - despite throwing a lavish party for wife Madonna just last month. The RocknRolla filmmaker will turn 40 on 10 September but insists he has no intention of marking the milestone with a bash like the one he threw his pop star partner when she turned 50.

Amy Winehouse Bestival No Show
Bestival organisers have been forced to come up witha back up plan over fears Amy Winehouse will not turn up to perform. The troubled Back To Black hitmaker scrapped her performance at French music festival Rock En Seine in Paris last week (29Aug08) just hours before she was due to take to the stage.

US band pays $1m to fire victims
The US rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a fire that killed 100 people agree to pay $1m ( 564,000) to survivors and victims’ relatives.

Slumdog will close film festival
The European premiere of Danny Boyle’s latest film, Slumdog Millionaire, will close this year’s London Film Festival in October.

Celebs News: Jade fears cancer has spread and she only has years to live
Doctors have warned Jade Goody that her cancer may have already spread - and she could have less than 10 years to live.

Celebs News: Video exclusive: Keira Knightley and stars talk at Duchess premiere
Mirror.co.uk caught up with the stars, including Keira Knightley and Dominic Cooper on the red carpet at the world premiere of The Duchess.

Hollywood star Tim Robbins gets his skates on for street hockey

Led Zeppelin’s GQ glory
Led Zeppelin won the Outstanding Achievement prize at last night’s GQ Men of the Year awards (02.

Celebs On Sunday: America Ferrera: ‘People meet me and think I’m gorgeous - they have such low expectations!’
Ugly Betty star America Ferrera, 24, on having a joint birthday with Miss Suarez, bitch-fi ghts on set, and how her beauty always takes people by surprise?

Rage Against The Machine spark protest
Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello sparked a 200-strong protest after police reportedly refused to let them perform at a political rally on Tuesday (02.09.08) The Rage Against The Machine musicians - famed for criticising the US government in their lyrics - sang some of their hit tracks over a megaphone at Minnesota’s left-wing event Ripple Effect, backed by angry fans.

U2 postpone new album
U2 have postponed the release of their new album - because they can’t stop writing new songs. The Irish group has been recording tracks for the follow up to How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb in Morocco and France, where frontman Bono has a vacation home - and the bandmates have amassed “50 to 60″ tracks, according to the frontman.

Choke to open Raindance Festival
The UK premiere of Chuck Palahnuik’s Choke will open the Raindance Film Festival in London next month.

Toronto dreams
Cinema’s biggest names get set for ‘people’s festival’

Debi Mazar On Sarah Palin
Debi Mazar definitely doesn’t want to see Sarah Palin as our next vice president, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Entourage’ star doesn’t support her in some way. Mazar knows all about teen pregnancy. Her mom had her when she was just 15 years old.

Russell Crowe indulges his two great loves on day off Down Under

Helen Mirren’s rape ordeal
‘The Queen’ star Dame Helen Mirren has revealed she was date-raped twice when she was younger, but never reported the crimes.

Rage Against The Machine spark protest
Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello sparked a 200-strong protest after police reportedly refused to let them perform at a political rally on Tuesday (02.09.08) The Rage Against The Machine musicians - famed for criticising the US government in their lyrics - sang some of their hit tracks over a megaphone at Minnesota’s left-wing event Ripple Effect, backed by angry fans.

Lily Allen’s kidnap ordeal
Lily Allen has revealed how her friend was kept in a car boot for six days in a terrifying kidnap ordeal.

Kanye West’s sunglass ship
Kanye West reportedly spent $15,000 getting 50 pairs of his favourite Carrera sunglasses shipped from the UK to America.

Heath Ledger tops movie villain poll
Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker in Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight has been named the summer’s best movie villain. The late actor, who died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January, won 95 per cent of the votes in a poll conducted by Moviefone.com - easily beating off competition from Cate Blanchett’s villainous Indiana Jones soviet agent foe.

Jodie Foster pregnant?
Jodie Foster has sparked rumours she is pregnant, after displaying what appeared to be baby bump while out in Los Angeles over the weekend.

David Beckham’s sex boosting beads
David Beckham - who is married to former Spice Girls singer Victoria - has been wearing a mystical necklace to improve his sex life.

James Gandolfini’s Hawaiian wedding
‘The Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini married his fiancee Deborah Lin in an intimate ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Saturday (30.08.08).

Jolie posters ‘glamorised guns’
Two film posters for Angelina Jolie thriller Wanted are criticised by an advertising watchdog for glamorising gun violence.

Online addict David Duchovny
David Duchovny checked into rehab after his addiction to online pornography spiralled out of control, it has been claimed.

Paul McCartney’s Nancy love song
Sir Paul McCartney has written a love song for his girlfriend, US heiress Nancy Shevell.

Slumdog will close film festival
The European premiere of Danny Boyle’s latest film, Slumdog Millionaire, will close this year’s London Film Festival in October.

R&B star Usher loves his ladies-only club tour
R&B star Usher is to embark on a tour for ladies only, saying he is finalising dates at about 15 “intimate” venues.

‘Real’ Bond novels fetch 31,200
Bond memorabilia once owned by the man thought to be Ian Fleming’s inspiration goes under the hammer.

Terror films
Bollywood takes on the darker sides of its city’s life

Spears to ‘kick off’ MTV ceremony
Singer Britney Spears will “kick off” this year’s MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, it is announced.

Take That’s neighbour eviction
Take That have landed their pop band neighbours with an eviction notice.

Peanuts’ animator Melendez dies
Bill Melendez, the US animator behind the Peanuts movies and TV specials, dies in California at the age of 91.

James Bond’s 007 drink
James Bond is to swap vodka Martinis for a new ‘Zero Zero Seven’ brand of Coca-Cola.

Kanye West’s sunglass ship
Kanye West reportedly spent $15,000 getting 50 pairs of his favourite Carrera sunglasses shipped from the UK to America.

US band pays $1m to fire victims
The US rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a fire that killed 100 people agree to pay $1m ( 564,000) to survivors and victims’ relatives.

Beyonce Knowles’s icon wish
Beyonce Knowles is “over being a pop star”.

The Who coat sale
A coat signed by The Who is up for auction. Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townsend scribbled their names on the parka jacket - a Lambretta-inspired replica of the coat on the cover of the band’s cult album ‘Quadrophenia’ - which is being put on eBay to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT)

Anti-Scientologists target Will Smith
Will Smith has been targeted by an anti-Scientologist group.

Tyra Banks’ TV fortune
Tyra Banks is the top-earning woman on TV.

Rock stalker Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston will play a “free-spirited stalker” when she guest stars on ‘30 Rock’ later this year.

Alfie Allen’s and Jaime Winstone Engaged
Lily Allen has let slip that her brother Alfie may be about to get engaged to girlfriend Jaime Winstone. The singer was co-hosting the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London on Tuesday (02Sep08) night when she welcomed Ray Winstone’s actress daughter onto the stage, telling the shocked audience, “Introducing my soon-to-be-sister-in-law, Jaime Winstone.”

Jerry O’Connell’s royal demands
Jerry O’Connell says his unborn twin daughters can only date kings.

Kid Rock’s Amy admiration
Kid Rock is obsessed with Amy Winehouse.

Guy Ritchie denies Russell Crowe set for Sherlock role
Director Guy Ritchie has denied Australian actor Russell Crowe is to play Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick Dr Watson in a new movie about the fictional detective. The Gladiator actor was rumoured to be starring opposite Robert Downey Jr. as the legendary sleuth’s confidante and storyteller in Ritchie’s forthcoming picture.

Courtney Love’s birthday fortune
Courtney Love spent 150,000 on her daughter’s birthday party.

‘Not about Diana’
Why Keira Knightley won’t talk about the late princess

Charge over McConaughey ’scuffle’
Two men are charged after a paparazzo was allegedly thrown into the sea while trying to photograph actor Matthew McConaughey.

Monroe footage under hammer
Amateur footage featuring Marilyn Monroe on the set of Some Like It Hot is put up for auction in Australia.

Turner to be shown with Masters
Tate Britain is to hold a major exhibition of JMW Turner and the Old Masters, ranking him alongside the likes of Rembrandt.

Piano girl Alexa Ray Joel entertains famous parents at benefit event

Russell Brand’s Eva offer
Russell Brand has offered to “pee” on Eva Longoria.

Zeppelin triumph at GQ Awards
Rock group Led Zeppelin and producer Mark Ronson are among the winners at the annual GQ Men of the Year Awards.

Keira Knightley’s royal premiere
Keira Knightley wowed the crowd at the world premiere of ‘The Duchess’ last night (03.

Knightley stars at Duchess launch
Actress Keira Knightley joins fellow stars on the red carpet as The Duchess receives its world premiere in London.

Rimes launches psoriasis campaign
Singer LeAnn Rimes backs a campaign to inform people about the skin condition psoriasis, from which she suffers.

Jerry O’Connell’s royal demands
Jerry O’Connell says his unborn twin daughters can only date kings.

Cultural Olympiad plans unveiled
Plans for a four-year programme of cultural events ahead of the 2012 Olympics are announced in London.

Country’s ‘Guitar Man’ Reed dies
Country singer and actor Jerry Reed, dubbed the “Guitar Man”, dies of complications arising from emphysema.

Kid Rock’s Amy admiration
Kid Rock is obsessed with Amy Winehouse.

3am: Noel Fielding sinks a few drinks with a mystery blonde after the GQ awards
We hardly had Noel Fielding down as a heartthrob, but it seems the wacky comedian has a string of girls fighting for his affection.

Celebs News: Jade fears cancer has spread and she only has years to live
Doctors have warned Jade Goody that her cancer may have already spread - and she could have less than 10 years to live.

Zoe: Kylie Minogue sports beehive and eyeliner
Look who’s mis-beehiving herself now. Princess of pop Kylie took a leaf out of Amy Winehouse’s book when she went out on the town this week.

Slipknot number one after recount
Masked metal band Slipknot score their first US number one album - but only after a recount put them ahead of rapper The Game.

Clocked: Will goggles our Danielle
at the GQ Men of the year after party

3am: Jude Law is taking piano lessons
Mozart, Beethoven and now Jude Law?

Celebs News: Pictures: Keira Knightley and The Duchess world premiere
Demure actress Keira Knightley spilled some on-screen sex secrets at the world premiere of her new movie The Duchess last night.

Raindance Film Festival Announce Line-Up
The 16th Raindance Film Festival’s programme is today announced by festival patron Ken Loach, with the full line-up which includes 75 features and over 100 shorts alongside a host of live events, exclusive Q&As and masterclasses. The Raindance Film Festival will take place from 1-12 October 2008 in London’s West End with some of the film indust…

Russell Brand calls on Chris Rock for tips
Outrageous funnyman Russell Brand has called on Chris Rock to advise him prior to his MTV Video Music Awards hosting stint this weekend. Brand was a surprising choice to host the prizegiving, but he wants to impress - so he asked the one-time Oscars host for a few tips.

Polly Hudson: X Factor’s Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole: Could they work as a couple?
I’ve become obsessed with one thought and one thought only. How brilliant would it be if Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell were a couple?

3am: Could Jaime Winston and Alfie Allen have the shortest engagement ever?
Could Jaime Winston and Alfie Allen have the shortest engagement ever? It seems sis Lily’s unscripted announcement on Tuesday about the couple’s wedding plans went down like a lead balloon with the stormy pair.

3am: 3am’s naughty but nice wicked whisper
Which naughty celeb asked to check a female fan’s photograph to make sure she had wiped the Columbian marching powder from his nose?

Jessica Simpson’s rosy gas
‘Come On Over’ singer Jessica Simpson has revealed she has a wind problem, but insists her gas smells like “roses”.

Guy Ritchie denies Russell Crowe set for Sherlock role
Director Guy Ritchie has denied Australian actor Russell Crowe is to play Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick Dr Watson in a new movie about the fictional detective. The Gladiator actor was rumoured to be starring opposite Robert Downey Jr. as the legendary sleuth’s confidante and storyteller in Ritchie’s forthcoming picture.

Courtney Love’s birthday fortune
Courtney Love spent 150,000 on her daughter’s birthday party.

Britney Spears To Open VMAs
Britney Spears will open the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (07Aug08) with a heartfelt message to her fans. The news ends weeks of speculation about the pop star’s role in this year’s show, which will be hosted by comedian Russell Brand.

Step Brothers Topples Hellboy
Hellboy’s reign at the top of the UK box office came to an abrupt end after just one week as comedy Step Brothers claimed the number one spot in the opening weekend. Starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly the film follows Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirtynine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen).

The Who coat sale
A coat signed by The Who is up for auction. Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townsend scribbled their names on the parka jacket - a Lambretta-inspired replica of the coat on the cover of the band’s cult album ‘Quadrophenia’ - which is being put on eBay to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT)

Debi Mazar On Sarah Palin
Debi Mazar definitely doesn’t want to see Sarah Palin as our next vice president, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Entourage’ star doesn’t support her in some way. Mazar knows all about teen pregnancy. Her mom had her when she was just 15 years old.

Guy Pearce’s Batman ambition
Guy Pearce wants to star in the next Batman film. The Australian actor - who worked with ‘The Dark Knight’ director Christopher Nolan on ‘Memento’- wouldn’t usually be interested in playing a comic book character, but would love to reunite with Nolan.

Matthew McConaughey’s great love
Matthew McConaughey says fiancee Camila Alves is the “love of his life”.

Wild teenager Britney Spears
Britney Spears had sex at 14 and started taking drugs aged 15, according to her mother.

Madonna’s crew to quit?
Madonna’s ‘Sticky and Sweet’ touring crew are threatening to quit over complaints about the way they are being treated on tour.

Katie Holmes to face protestors
Katie Holmes’ debut in Arthur Miller’s play ‘All My Sons’ on New York’s Broadway will be attended by anti-Scientology group Anonymous, who will stage a silent protest in a bid to “save” the actress.

Jodie Foster pregnant?
Jodie Foster has sparked rumours she is pregnant, after displaying what appeared to be baby bump while out in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Britney Spears to open awards
Britney Spears is set to open the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend.

Madonna late for Guy
‘Give It 2 Me’ singer Madonna turned up to husband Guy Ritchie’s world premiere for ‘RocknRolla’ an hour late.

Ageing rocker Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher says he wants Oasis to keep rocking until they are pensioners - like The Rolling Stones.

Anne Hathaway’s Lucas love
Anne Hathaway has been spotted canoodling with actor Josh Lucas.

Jessica Simpson’s musical focus
Jessica Simpson has no plans to return to acting.

Rage Against The Machine spark protest
Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello sparked a 200-strong protest after police reportedly refused to let them perform at a political rally on Tuesday (02.09.08) The Rage Against The Machine musicians - famed for criticising the US government in their lyrics - sang some of their hit tracks over a megaphone at Minnesota’s left-wing event Ripple Effect, backed by angry fans.

Madonna’s car ban
Guy Ritchie has banned his wife Madonna from driving a fast car because she is “appalling” behind the wheel.

Lindsay Lohan in love
Lindsay Lohan has confessed she “loves” Samantha Ronson in a new blog.

Mark Ronson, Led Zeppelin and Josh Brolin are Men Of The Year
Mark Ronson, Led Zeppelin and Josh Brolin were all hailed as GQ magazine’s Men of the Year at a star-studded ceremony in London. The event at London’s Royal Opera House on Tuesday night saw the British publication pay tribute to a variety of leading men.

Britney Spears to open awards
Britney Spears is set to open the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend.

Take That’s neighbour eviction
Take That have landed their pop band neighbours with an eviction notice.

Beyonce Knowles’s icon wish
Beyonce Knowles is “over being a pop star”.

Ronnie Wood’s Russian retreat
Ronnie Wood has left rehab and is staying with his young Russian lover.

Duffy’s ’shoestring’ songs
Duffy has revealed her hit album ‘Rockferry’ cost virtually nothing to make.

3am: Novel based on REM’s Michael Stipe’s antics out soon
at the GQ Men of the year after party

Celebs News: Video exclusive: Keira Knightley and stars talk at Duchess premiere
Mirror.co.uk caught up with the stars, including Keira Knightley and Dominic Cooper on the red carpet at the world premiere of The Duchess.

3am: Noel Fielding sinks a few drinks with a mystery blonde after the GQ awards
We hardly had Noel Fielding down as a heartthrob, but it seems the wacky comedian has a string of girls fighting for his affection.

Rage Against The Machine spark protest
Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello sparked a 200-strong protest after police reportedly refused to let them perform at a political rally on Tuesday (02.09.08) The Rage Against The Machine musicians - famed for criticising the US government in their lyrics - sang some of their hit tracks over a megaphone at Minnesota’s left-wing event Ripple Effect, backed by angry fans.

3am: Brandon Flowers, Ricky Wilson and Dave Grohl supergroup on the cards?
If there was a musical dream team this would surely be it.

Celebs On Sunday: America Ferrera: ‘People meet me and think I’m gorgeous - they have such low expectations!’
Ugly Betty star America Ferrera, 24, on having a joint birthday with Miss Suarez, bitch-fi ghts on set, and how her beauty always takes people by surprise?

Clocked: Will goggles our Danielle
at the GQ Men of the year after party

3am: Novel based on REM’s Michael Stipe’s antics out soon
at the GQ Men of the year after party

Debi Mazar On Sarah Palin
Debi Mazar definitely doesn’t want to see Sarah Palin as our next vice president, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Entourage’ star doesn’t support her in some way. Mazar knows all about teen pregnancy. Her mom had her when she was just 15 years old.

Ronnie Wood’s Russian retreat
Ronnie Wood has left rehab and is staying with his young Russian lover.

Beyonce Knowles’s icon wish
Beyonce Knowles is “over being a pop star”.

Kid Rock’s Amy admiration
Kid Rock is obsessed with Amy Winehouse.

Britney Spears To Open VMAs
Britney Spears will open the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (07Aug08) with a heartfelt message to her fans. The news ends weeks of speculation about the pop star’s role in this year’s show, which will be hosted by comedian Russell Brand.

Allen thanks Met in ‘kidnap plot’
Singer Lily Allen thanks police for foiling an alleged kidnap plot involving one of her friends.

Knightley stars at Duchess launch
Actress Keira Knightley joins fellow stars on the red carpet as The Duchess receives its world premiere in London.

Zeppelin triumph at GQ Awards
Rock group Led Zeppelin and producer Mark Ronson are among the winners at the annual GQ Men of the Year Awards.

Britain’s Olympic stars join famous faces at Lottery Awards

Toronto dreams
Cinema’s biggest names get set for ‘people’s festival’

Getting Closer
Ne-Yo on writing for Beyonce and his love of Coldplay

US band pays $1m to fire victims
The US rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a fire that killed 100 people agree to pay $1m ( 564,000) to survivors and victims’ relatives.

Country’s ‘Guitar Man’ Reed dies
Country singer and actor Jerry Reed, dubbed the “Guitar Man”, dies of complications arising from emphysema.

Slumdog will close film festival
The European premiere of Danny Boyle’s latest film, Slumdog Millionaire, will close this year’s London Film Festival in October.

Allen thanks Met in ‘kidnap plot’
Singer Lily Allen thanks police for foiling an alleged kidnap plot involving one of her friends.

Spears to ‘kick off’ MTV ceremony
Singer Britney Spears will “kick off” this year’s MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, it is announced.

Hilary Swank’s fat film
Hilary Swank is set to gain 30lbs for her next movie role.

TRENDS: Summer Fragrances
Check out our pick of the most delicious summer scents around

Terror films
Bollywood takes on the darker sides of its city’s life

Country’s ‘Guitar Man’ Reed dies
Country singer and actor Jerry Reed, dubbed the “Guitar Man”, dies of complications arising from emphysema.

Celebs News: Picture: Geri Halliwell follows Victoria Beckham in throwing ceremonial first pitch for baseball game
We may have known her as Ginger Spice, but Geri Halliwell turns Sporty here to help open a baseball game.

Turner to be shown with Masters
Tate Britain is to hold a major exhibition of JMW Turner and the Old Masters, ranking him alongside the likes of Rembrandt.

Spears to ‘kick off’ MTV ceremony
Singer Britney Spears will “kick off” this year’s MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, it is announced.

Clocked: Will goggles our Danielle
at the GQ Men of the year after party

Knightley stars at Duchess launch
Actress Keira Knightley joins fellow stars on the red carpet as The Duchess receives its world premiere in London.

Monroe footage under hammer
Amateur footage featuring Marilyn Monroe on the set of Some Like It Hot is put up for auction in Australia.

Body and mind
How culture is an integral part of the Olympics

‘Real’ Bond novels fetch 31,200
Bond memorabilia once owned by the man thought to be Ian Fleming’s inspiration goes under the hammer.

3am: Lily Allen had a real blast while queening it at the GQ awards
It seems down-to-earth Lily Allen had a real blast while queening it at the GQ awards. She even got some putupon lackey to hold the train of her voluminous ballgown.

Amy Winehouse ‘brain damaged’
Doctors fear ‘Rehab’ singer Amy Winehouse could be brain damaged after a 36-hour cannabis smoking session led to an overdose in July this year.

Keira Knightley’s top pout
Keira Knightley has topped a poll of perfect pouts.

Jennifer Lopez’s kids confession
Jennifer Lopez “doesn’t know” if she will have any more children.

Kid Rock’s Amy admiration
Kid Rock is obsessed with Amy Winehouse.

3am: Orlando Bloom and Will Young say hello to the 3am girls at the GQ awards
Orlando Bloom said hi to his fave columnists after arriving fashionably late for the GQ Awards.

Keira Knightley’s royal premiere
Keira Knightley wowed the crowd at the world premiere of ‘The Duchess’ last night (03.