The Cabin in the Woods (16s) begins in an entirely conventional fashion, as five college kids take off in a camper van for a weekend at, you guessed it, a remote cabin in the woods.

Ben Affleck could be entering the political arena – for a film role.

One of the five remaining 'X Factor' finalists will be voted off in tonight’s live show.

The five' X Factor' finalists revealed their guilty pleasures – and musical heroes – in tonight’s live show.

Adam Sandler remains an acquired taste, an actor generally devoid of charm or screen chemistry whose films remain very much in the Second Division … as with this one, which also contains Nicole Kidman in the cast without giving her anything worthwhile to do.

Liam Neeson has signed on to star in new movie 'Battleship'.

Tennis star Andy Roddick has announced his engagement to model girlfriend Brooklyn Decker.

American internet firm Yahoo has appointed co-founder Jerry Yang as its new chief executive after chairman Terry Semel stepped down from the role.

The number of American children having obesity surgery has trebled in recent years, surging at a pace that could mean more than 1,000 such operations this year, research suggests.

The number of US children having obesity surgery has trebled in recent years, surging at a pace that could mean more than 1,000 such operations this year, research published today suggested.

A man who paid $5 (€4.09) for a painting by still-life artist Joseph Decker that had been sitting in a garage for more than 60 years has sold it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington for $1m (€819,000).

GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was looking increasingly lonely yesterday after a regional election rout compounded growing international isolation over his strict anti-war stance on Iraq.

GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was looking increasingly lonely yesterday after a regional election rout compounded growing international isolation over his strict anti-war stance on Iraq.