Five times Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks declared he no longer feels insecure about his acting.

IT GRIPPED millions who read it, causing uproar and profiteering, and now its creator has all but dismissed its factual core.

GIVE a Frenchman the chance to mock America and he will take it. It has ever been so - but especially in these days when American restaurants have been pouring French wine down their sinks and renaming ‘French fries’ as freedom fries.