Eddie Murphy is set to host next year's Oscars.

Brett Ratner has admitted 'Beverly Hills Cop 3' was a "bad movie".

A shortened trading week will see Halfords and Mothercare publish updates, while publisher Bloomsbury will look to restore confidence after its profits warning in December.

An upturn in sales at H Samuel gave owner Signet a boost today as the company insisted its UK business was not up for sale.

Shares in H Samuel owner Signet slumped today as the market reacted to the decision of two private equity firms to opt against a joint bid for the jeweller.

Entrepreneur Gerald Ratner’s interest in buying the Ernest Jones and H Samuel jewellery businesses was under pressure from a familiar quarter today.

Jewellery retailer Signet – owner of H Samuel and Ernest Jones – confirmed today it is in merger talks with US rival Zale Corporation.

Struggling fashion chain French Connection issued a third profits warning in 18 months today as it conceded its controversial lesbian kiss advertising campaign had failed to win over shoppers.

The claws were out in Hollywood when Lindsay Lohan turned up at the home of X-Men: The Last Stand director Brett Ratner, only to find him in bed with Romanian model Alina Puscau.

UK department store group House of Fraser shares sparked back to life today after a “dawn raid” for the company’s stock reignited speculation about a potential takeover.

Marks & Spencer said today that its grip on the UK clothing market was still weakening after sales declined for the seventh quarter in a row.

Brett Ratner is spicing up the new X-Men movie with the addition of his very own fantasy - a sex siren mutant who seduces her opponents rather than battles them.

Troubled British supermarket group Morrisons appeared to have won important breathing space today as the City gave its backing to a major boardroom overhaul.

Movie-maker Brett Ratner has fuelled Hollywood reports that Janet Jackson has wed boyfriend Jermaine Dupri by referring to the rap mogul as "a married man" in a new documentary.

The spotlight was back on retail tycoon Philip Green today after time restrictions on a fresh takeover approach for Marks & Spencer were lifted.

X-Men director Bryan Singer is hoping to save the troubled Superman movie, after becoming the latest in a long line of filmmakers to be attached to the project.

Marks & Spencer unveiled a masterplan today for defeating a potential £9.1bn (€13.65bn) offer from tycoon Philip Green – with a pledge to return to its retail roots.

British actor Corin Redgrave called on the US to follow its release of five Britons detained in Guantanamo Bay with the return of all the estimated 660 people held at the US Navy base in Cuba.

A MASS brawl erupted prior to the weigh-in for the potential history making heavyweight title fight between Roy Jones and John Ruiz in Las Vegas tonight.

"It was a daunting prospect, but I think it sort of worked out," veteran British actor Anthony Hopkins says about revisiting Hollywood’s favourite psychopath, Hannibal Lecter, for a third time.

Israel's national bus company is to sue Yasser Arafat for at least €20m in damages caused by dozens of Palestinian attacks and suicide bombings.

Red Dragon director Brett Ratner says his movie will be faithful to Thomas Harris's book.