Maybe they should’ve read the script first … Steve Carell (Barry), left, and Paul Rudd (Tim) in Dinner for Schmucks. Photograph: Merie Weismiller The basics As the price of career advancement, ambitious financial executive Tim (Paul Rudd) is invited to attend a “dinner for schmucks”, an annual event at which various eccentric guests unwittingly compete [...]

Chelsea and Marc. Aren’t they lovely? Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features What is Truman trying to prove?” wondered a waspishly pained Cecil Beaton of Mr Capote’s legendary Black and White Ball. “The foolishness of spending so much time organising the party is something for a younger man or worthless woman to indulge in, if [...]

Fish Story. No One Knows About Persian Cats; Fish StoryNetwork Releasing DVD; Third Window DVD Music movies have to be one of the trickiest genres to tackle. Anything current can seem dated almost immediately; actors tend to show themselves up as non-musicians, and true-life rock tales are mostly based on the complete lies the music [...]

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 to 45 days in jail. [...]

Tongue-in-cheek Sex Bomb … Tom Jones with Alan Yentob in Imagine. Photograph: BBC Oh, BBC1 documentary series Imagine, with last week’s glorious Diana Athill-fest you were really spoiling us. Last night, however, Yentob and his product returned to form – that is to say somewhere...