Bafta film nominees announced early

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

Waltz With Bashir and I've Loved You So Long are among this year's Orange British Academy Film Awards nominations.

Biography list for Best and Barker

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

Footballer George Best, comedian Ronnie Barker and past prime ministers Sir Edward Heath and Lord Callaghan have been added to the online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Poirot actor given freedom of city

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

Poirot actor David Suchet has been given freedom of the City of London.

Swayze: Cancer put me through hell

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

Patrick Swayze said his year-long battle with pancreatic cancer put him "through hell" while he pushed ahead on his new cable TV series.

Shaw's stalker could face jail term

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

TV actor Martin Shaw said justice had been done after his "stalker" was found guilty of a five-year campaign of harassment.

Price speeding charge is dismissed

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

The case against glamour model Katie Price for an alleged speeding offence has been dropped in her absence due to a legal technicality.

Jessica and Ray hot tips to win DOI

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

Jessica Taylor and Ray Quinn have been tipped for success by their Dancing On Ice co-stars.

Celebrities on suspended Ross show

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

Stephen Fry and Lee Evans will appear on Jonathan Ross's Friday night chat show when it returns this month, the BBC has confirmed.

Brangelina began 'after Jen split'

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

Brad Pitt tried to extricate himself from his tabloid love triangle, saying his relationship with current flame Angelina Jolie began after he split up with Jennifer Aniston.

Ulrika: House doesn't look cohesive

5:34am Thursday 8th January 2009

Celebrity Big Brother eviction nominee Ulrika Jonsson fears the mood in the house has changed for the worse ahead of the first public vote.