Flying high … the Stool Pigeon’s existence is a cause for celebration Does anybody out there like the idea of a music paper that is equally comfortable pontificating about Nas, Roky Erickson, Marc Almond and Holy Fuck, has the reassuringly newsprint-y feel of Melody Maker in the late 70s, and doesn’t actually cost any money [...]

Supermodel Karolina Kurkova (second left) beside actors Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger during a game of boules at the Chanel party in St-Tropez in May. Photograph: MaxPPP/PacificCoastNews.com According to Martine Pilate, who wrote La Véritable Histoire de la Pétanque and so should probably know, none of this would ever have happened without her grandad. Round [...]

Plastic fantastic … Woody and friends celebrate Toy Story 3′s romp to the top of the box-office charts. Photograph: Allstar/Samuel Goldwin Films/Sportsphoto Ltd The winner Toy Story 3 Production year: 2010 Country: USA Cert (UK): U Runtime: 108 mins Directors: Lee Unkrich Cast: Joan Cusack, Michael Keaton, Ned Beatty, Tim Allen, Timothy Dalton, Tom Hanks [...]