There may still be 36 hours to go until the audience at this year's Golden Globes gets to see famous people tearing open envelopes, clearing their throats and announcing that "the winner is ..." But Anne Hathaway could be forgiven for starting her victory celebrations early.

9 Jan 2009

This column's traditional new year challenge is to attempt the neat metaphysical trick of looking forward to that at which, over the next 12 months, we will be looking back. Former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman turns 60 today, and if he can blow out all his candles in one go will probably consider himself fit enough to return to the ring.

9 Jan 2009

In April 1988, a 46-year-old Alex Ferguson, not yet knighted and virtually the same age as Jose Mourinho is now, gave his take on how Liverpool benefited from refereeing decisions. "I can understand why clubs come away from Anfield choking on their own vomit and biting their tongues knowing they have been done by the referee," he said. "It would be a miracle to win here. I am not getting at ...

9 Jan 2009

IT is certainly an audacious move by the minister of information. Call it whatever you want -- restructuring, re-organising, streamlining, streaming, rearranging, rescheduling -- TV1 is now almost unrecognisable to its loyal viewers. Could that be a death knell for the station?

9 Jan 2009

Model Lucy Pinder is the first evictee in Celebrity Big Brother after going up against Ulrika Jonsson.

9 Jan 2009

Time is running out for Blu-ray discs, the high definition (HD) format that are supposed to be replacing the DVD.

9 Jan 2009