TIGER WOODS arrived without warning on a lazy Sunday afternoon at the Masters.

Why did somebody behind their vast Hollywood desk reckon this terrible film would be worth spending money on?

In a gala adorned with Hollywood stars, The Walt Disney Co. wowed an industry crowd in a showcase of its upcoming films that included a sequel to its 1982 sci-fi flick 'Tron' and a Lone Ranger remake with Johnny Depp as Tonto.

SINGER Amy Winehouse won five Grammy awards, including record and song of the year for her autobiographical hit Rehab.

Few Hollywood players have come out in support of Paris Hilton, who was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation with an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

The US, Britain and France are looking ahead to sanctions if Iran continues to defy demands that it halt uranium enrichment, but not the sweeping economic and military embargoes the UN Security Council imposed on Iraq after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

Actor and comedian Chris Tucker testified today in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial that during the time he befriended Jackson’s young accuser he found the boy to be unusually sophisticated and cunning for a 12-year-old.

The mother of Michael Jackson’s accuser has denied under questioning from the singer’s attorney that bruises she claimed to have received in an altercation with shopping centre security guards were actually inflicted by her former husband.

The comedy camp owner who first introduced Michael Jackson to his young accuser described today how he visited the boy in hospital.

Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson case have waited more than a decade for what a judge has now granted them: the chance to tell jurors about past sexual abuse allegations that never led to criminal charges.

A comedian who gave €16,000 to the family of the boy now accusing Michael Jackson of sexual abuse told a court she received a tearful phone call from the boy’s mother that led her to believe the family was being held against its will.

The judge in Michael Jackson’s child abuse trial agreed yesterday to allow testimony that the boy accusing the singer of molestation once claimed that comedian George Lopez stole money from his wallet.

Michael Jackson’s lawyers today won permission to ask witnesses whether the boy accusing the singer of molestation once claimed that comedian George Lopez had stolen his wallet containing $300 and demanded the money back.

Michael Jackson’s young accuser took the witness stand today, facing the singer in court for the first time.

Jurors were given opposing images of Michael Jackson at the opening of the pop star’s trial – the prosecution portraying him as a perverted child molester and the defence saying he was the victim of a con artist who used her cancer-stricken son to prey on celebrities for money.