Archive for July, 2008

Set your mind at ease with NBA’s Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant and top-scorer LeBron James will head the list of 12 players named by the United States for the Beijing Olympics. They also named Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Jason Kidd as the US seeks to end a recent run of disappointments. US aim to win the gold medal in Athens – the first time an NBA-based team had done so at the [...]

The singer Amy Winehouse has spent the night in hospital after an ambulance was called to her London home. The 24-year-old confirmed she had been taken to University College Hospital after suffering a reaction to medication. There have long been concerns about the singer’s health, and she received hospital treatment last month for traces of lung disease emphysema. The decision to release her [...]

The new Batman film has broken another box office record in North America as it spends a second week at number one. The Dark Knight passed the $300m (£151m) mark quicker than any other movie, doing so 10 days after release.They took $75.6m over the weekend in the US and Canada, with comedy Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell, new at number two. Ferrell and co-star John C Reilly reunited with director [...]

A passenger plane en route from London to Melbourne has made an emergency landing in the Philippines after suffering cabin pressure problems. Qantas Airways said its Boeing 747-400, with 346 passengers and 19 crew, diverted to Manila shortly after leaving Hong Kong and landed safely. Airport authority spokesman Octavio Lina said there was a “big hole in the right side near the wing”. He [...]

Will Smith was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood last year, according to US business Forbes magazine. The I Am Legend star earned $80m (£40m) – but Dodgeball star Vince Vaughn proved the best value for money, raking in $14.73 for every dollar he was paid. The magazine pulled together lists of Hollywood’s big earners for its special Entertainment All Stars issue. Smith, Johnny Depp and [...]