Celebrity sense and nonsense

The pseudo-scientific utterances of famous stars are often dangerously misleading or just wrong.

Fans, Romans, countrymen: Lend me your votes

Singer Youssou N'Dour has announced his presidential bid, and joins a long list of celebrities with lofty political ambitions.

Famous and fallible

It's somewhat reassuring when rich, famous, shiny celebrities prove they are as flawed as the rest of us. We round up a few choice moments.

Goodbye to the A-list?

As big-name actors prove a box-office turn-off, now may be the time for mainstream Hollywood stars to take a hike, writes Peter Bradshaw.

William and Kate leave stars starstruck at Los Angeles dinner

It was the night when Hollywood royalty came to meet British royalty -- and there was no question who were the more starstruck.

Brittany Murphy dies

Actress Brittany Murphy, who starred in such films as Sin City and 8 Mile but suffered waning fortunes in recent years, has died.

Cause célèbre

Celebrity philanthropy is on the rise and there’s no stopping it.

The life of jazz

William Claxton called photography "jazz for the eyes". But jazz photographs have to be music to the ears as well...

The paparazzi games

Nadine Hutton writes about her collaborative photographic exhibition that takes a satrical look at the mass-media freak show.

A couple in the nose

Hadley Freeman meets the authors of an intelligent and funny guide to the intangible world of fine fragrance.

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