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... 

AP July 16: Actor George Clooney leaves a tribunal in Milan, Italy. Clooney appeared in court as a witness in a fraud trial against defendants charged with co opting his name for a line of clothing. MILAN Actor George Clooney has testified at a fraud trial in Milan and even the judge said it seemed like a... 

AP July 6: Lindsay Lohan tearfully reacts as a L.A. judge sentences her to 90 days in jail and 90 in an in-patient rehab facility. LOS ANGELES “Lindsay Lohan Sentenced” became the top trending topic on Twitter Tuesday, and for good reason. Judge Marsha Revel of the Los Angeles Superior Court slapped the... 

Born again … a detail from a poster of It’s a Wonderful Life. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive At home or hospitalised? With drugs or without? At the movies, there are as many types of rebirth as there are regular birth. There’s the fundamental lifestyle shift, where a finely-balanced... 

Northern Rock will be one of the targets for the Square Mile when the government starts to offload bank assets nationalised during the financial crisis. Photograph: Christopher Thomond A takeover battle is looming for control of banks such as Northern Rock, which was bailed out by the taxpayer...