The Secret of Sherlock Holmes | Theatre review

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... 

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Chauffeurs, cigars and clauses | Jane Graham

Mean green … getting the cash is only the start of the interference. Photograph: Photolink/Getty Images In Hollywood, the deal is king. Deals are how scripts get optioned, how stars and directors get signed up, how films make it to production. A good one can mean financial security and... 

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Paris Hilton in France Drug Bust

AP This June 4, 2007 file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office shows Paris Hilton after the heiress turned herself in to begin her stay at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif.. Hilton pleaded no contest in 2007 to alcohol-related reckless driving and was sentenced... 

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DJ Tiesto Is NOT Dead in Car Crash

© PNP/WENN Dutch mixmaster DJ Tiesto is the latest celebrity to deny false death rumors after internet gossips reported he had died in a car crash. On Wednesday, July 7, links on Twitter.com claimed the DJ had passed away in an horrific road accident in California.... 

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How Inception proves the art of baffling films does make sense

A scene from Inception: Leonardo DiCaprio suggests that people see it twice to understand the plot. Photograph: Stephen Vaughan/Warner Bros ‘Dad, what do you think it meant when the totem wobbled like that?” Many parents will be asked a tricky question like this as they leave the... 

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