LONDON The Gulf of Mexico oil spill shows that the United States should follow the example of South American socialists in nationalizing its energy industry, filmmaker Oliver Stone said Tuesday. The Academy Award-winning director of “Born on the Fourth of July” and “JFK” said that... 

April 2, 2005: Actor Hayden Christiansen arrives at Nickelodeon’s 18th annual Kids’ Choice Awards at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, California. The Force apparently was not with “Star Wars” actor Hayden Christensen when he pitched an idea for a new television series to... 

Commanding … Peter Egan in The Secret Of Sherlock Holmes. Photograph: Tristram Kenton The premise behind Jeremy Paul’s 1988 play is reasonable enough – elementary, even. Since Sherlock Holmes possesses one of the more fascinating minds in literature, he is ripe for psychoanalysis. The... 

Comic-Con attendees cross the street in downtown San Diego (they are the ones in the white body armour and helmet) Photograph: Denis Poroy/AP The concept, look and tone of Super, a new superhero movie which had its presentation at Comic-Con, reminded me of something but I can’t think... 

West End debut … Whoopi Goldberg is set to play Mother Superior in Sister Act. Photograph: Timothy White/PA Sister Act: The Musical is in no way like Sister Act: the movie. At least, that’s what the production team were at pains to tell us when it opened last summer. It had a...