Naomi Watts believes total honesty is the key to a successful relationship.

Naomi Watts is “very, very scared” about playing Marilyn Monroe in a new biopic.

THE hypnotic Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives won the top honour at the Cannes Film Festival while Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem earned acting honours.

Actress Naomi Watts admitted today she was sent to boot camp to “toughen up” in preparation for her role as a CIA spy in new film 'Fair Game'.

'Mr & Mrs Smith' director Doug Liman is attempting to do what other moviemakers have failed to do - bring Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman together on the big screen.

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan defended his bombshell book about the Bush administration today, saying he did not speak up against the overselling of war in Iraq because he gave the president the benefit of the doubt.

Former US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says he was foolish to have revealed the identity of a CIA employee.

US President George Bush today acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative, although he also said he hopes the controversy over his decision to spare prison for a former White House aide has “run its course.”

The US judge who oversaw the CIA leak trial of a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney said today that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing Lewis “Scooter” Libby to prison.

Lawyers for Lewis "Scooter" Libby are preparing a last-ditch effort to delay the former US White House aide's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence.

FORMER White House aide Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

Former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

Former US White House aide Lewis ’Scooter’ Libby faces sentencing today in the CIA leak trial.

Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame told a House of Representatives committee that White House and State Department officials “carelessly and recklessly” revealed her secret identity.

Attorneys for convicted former vice presidential aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby began working on a request for a new trial today as the Bush White House tried to knock down speculation about a possible pardon in the CIA leak case.

The man who was once US vice president Dick Cheney’s closest adviser is facing up to 25 years behind bars after being convicted of lying and obstructing a media leak investigation that shook the top levels of the Bush administration.

FORMER White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby was convicted yesterday of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity to reporters.

Former White House aide I Lewis “Scooter” Libby was convicted today of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity.

A juror was today dismissed from the trial of former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby after court officials learned she had been exposed to information about the case over the weekend.

Attorneys and a federal judge today began privately questioning each juror in the Iraq-related CIA leak trial after one juror apparently saw or read something about the case over the weekend.

A Washington jury is moving into its second week of debate on whether former US White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby obstructed the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative married to a prominent Iraq war critic.

Five weeks and 19 witnesses into the CIA leak trial, US jurors are today set to begin deciding the fate of former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

Prosecutors have just three hours left to convince US jurors in the Washington CIA leak case.

Lewis “Scooter” Libby abandoned plans to testify in his own defence and decided against calling his former boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, to help defend him in the CIA leak trial.

A television journalist deflected criticism of his ethics and credibility as the prosecution rested its case in the CIA leak trial of former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

A television journalist deflected criticism of his ethics and credibility as the prosecution rested its case today in the CIA leak trial of former White House aide Lewis ’Scooter’ Libby.

Prosecutors in the CIA leak trial will call former New York Times reporter Judith Miller to the stand in the US today.

AT the opening of the Cleraun media conference in Dublin last Saturday, Communications Minister Noel Dempsey was forceful in criticising The Irish Times for breaking the story about the money given to Bertie Ahern.

Former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, today said they had decided to sue Vice President Dick Cheney and presidential adviser Karl Rove because they engaged in a “whispering campaign” to destroy her career.

COULD US Vice-President Dick Cheney be a star prosecution witness in the perjury trial of his former chief of staff?

It was twice the laughs for members of the White House Correspondents’ Association and guests when President George W Bush and a look-alike, sound-alike sidekick poked fun at the president and fellow politicians.

A federal judge in Washington DC today refused to dismiss charges against Lewis Libby, the former top White House aide who was indicted on perjury and obstruction charges last year in the CIA leak scandal.

THE White House has refused to challenge claims that President George W Bush authorised the leaks of intelligence information to counter US administration critics on Iraq.

The White House today declined to challenge assertions that President George Bush authorised the leaks of intelligence information to counter US administration critics on Iraq.

US vice president Dick Cheney’s former top aide told prosecutors President George Bush authorised the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.

US Vice President Dick Cheney’s former top aide told prosecutors President George Bush authorised the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.

The US Justice Department has opened another investigation into leaks of classified information, this time to determine who divulged the existence of President George Bush’s secret domestic spying programme.

Tony Blair was “double-crossed” by US President George Bush’s aides in the run-up to the Iraq war, the former diplomat at the centre of the political crisis engulfing the White House argued today.

MOST Americans say they aren’t impressed by the ethics and honesty of the Bush administration, already under scrutiny for its justifications for an unpopular war in Iraq and its role in the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity.

US VICE President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff yesterday pleaded not guilty in the CIA leak scandal, marking the start of what could be a long road to a trial in which top Bush officials could be summoned to testify.

US Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff today pleaded not guilty in the CIA leak scandal, marking the start of what could be a long road to a trial in which Cheney and other top Bush administration officials could be summoned to testify.

SENATE Democratic leader Harry Reid yesterday said US President George W Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney should apologise for the actions of their aides in the CIA leak case.

President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should apologise for the possible involvement of their aides in the alleged illegal disclosure of a CIA undercover agent’s identity, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said today.

The White House was today left reeling from the indictment of one of its most senior aides, Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby, charged with lying to the FBI and a grand jury under oath.