Entertainment

Deborah Hobson

Box office powerhouse Will Smith, the multi-millionaire star of hit films like Men in Black, Hitch and The Pursuit of Happyness, is at the centre of renewed rumours about his sexuality amid lurid claims by a Hollywood Madame that he has had dalliances with male prostitutes.

Disgraced Tv presenter Jonathan Ross has a long history of subjecting his guests to crude and offensive comments. Now the BBC has suspended the star British broadcaster from working for them for three months without pay (he has a multi-million pounds contract with the corporation) after his latest outrageous antics. Here are some of Ross's low points.

Deborah Hobson

Oscar winning Hollywood actress Halley Berry has been named the "sexiest woman alive" by popular men's magazine Esquire. The 42-year-old American beauty, who has been the subject of male sexual fantasies for years, became a mother for the first time in May this year.

Richard Owen

Spike LeeItalian partisan organisations are to stage protests tomorrow at the Italian premiere of outspoken Black US director Spike Lee's new film, Miracle at St. Anna, which they say is full of lies, and insults the memory of the Italian Resistance during the Second World War.

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Forget the sparkly jumpsuits. Forget the girls with blue eye shadow, the boys with feathered hair, the less than impressive dance moves. Forget how uncool you ever felt belting out The Name of the Game in the privacy of your car.

Dwayne Johnson is dropping the name "The Rock" in an attempt to morph from his mega wrestling fame. But Johnson, who next stars opposite Steve Carell in the comedy Get Smart, isn't alone in creating a new stage name.

Marc Wadsworth

Screen stars and film moguls have been flocking to a glitzy American showbiz event described as a liberating antidote to business as usual in Tinseltown.