Leap second: how one second can be long enough to spell disaster
As the world gets ready to reset its clocks, we reflect on what a difference a second can make, from the basketball court to the campaign trail
March 2015
Charlie Sheen launches racist Twitter tirade against President Obama
Former Two and a Half Men star calls Obama ‘Barry Satera Kenya’ in rambling message that criticises president for filling out NCAA bracket
September 2014
Lost in showbiz
Oh great and gentle muse, inspire Beyoncé with the genius of poetry
Alexis Petridis: What is it with celebrities and verse? We’ve had lines from Charlie Sheen and Pamela Anderson, but now they must bow before the singer’s perfect stanzas (except Bey of Light was written for her)
August 2014
Charlie Sheen says Danish authorities are complicit in pilot whale ‘slaughter’
Actor had donated boat used by activists who were arrested after trying to save pod of 33 pilot whales in Denmark’s Faroe Islands
November 2013
Witness disappears before testifying about alleged Charlie Sheen sex tape
Girlfriend calls police when missing man's dog returns home with bloodied leash days before testimony was scheduled
September 2013
Shortcuts
Charlie Sheen: are celebrity jurors ever a good thing?
The star tweeted a picture of himself turning up for jury duty. In the end, he wasn't called to serve – which, as similar cases show us, is probably a good thing …
August 2013
Trailer review
Machete Kills trailer: a big knife and even bigger guest stars
Stuart Heritage: Robert Rodríguez's latest offering is a deliberately bad movie full of death, destruction and resurrected Hollywood actors
July 2013
Shortcuts
Freddie Mercury, the PG version, and other family-friendly celeb biopics
Judy Murray doesn't deserve this sniping
Barbara Ellen
June 2013
Shortcuts
'You're dumped': how to end a relationship by text
Stuart Heritage: Russell Brand did it to Katy Perry and Charlie Sheen did it to his sitcom co-star. Does that mean it's OK for us all to text our goodbyes?
April 2013
Hollywood report
Baseball biopic 42 starring Harrison Ford tops the scoreboard
In a field of weak players, the smartly timed US drama about the Brooklyn Dodgers' legendary baseballer Jackie Robinson hits well clear of nearest US box office rival Scary Movie 5, writes Jeremy Kay
February 2013
Christopher Dorner: $1m reward in LA manhunt - video
LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police chief Charlie Beck offer a reward for information about rogue ex-police officer
LA authorities to offer $1m reward after failure of Christopher Dorner manhunt
Rogue ex-police officer still at large in southern California after bungling LAPD shoot at innocent members of the public
Charlie Sheen: the road to rehab
Five years ago, Charlie Sheen was famous for being the highest paid actor on TV. Then came tiger blood, Adonis DNA and his porn star 'goddesses'. Emma Brockes meets him
December 2012
Media Monkey
Charlie Sheen shines again
Media Monkey: The Hollywood star launched an on-stage tirade at guests at a bar opening, but blamed the misunderstanding on his 'lisp'
November 2012
Angus T Jones joins the 'Ratner moment' hall of fame
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
Ellie Mae O'Hagan: When the star of Two and a Half Men condemned the show as 'blasphemous filth', he became the latest in a long line of people to be struck by a bolt of honesty
Two and a Half Men actor apologises for 'filth' claim
Angus T Jones says sorry for calling on fans to stop watching US comedy which he said was 'filling your head with filth'
CBS silent on fate of Two and a Half Men actor after public complaint
Actor Angus Jones shocks producers by releasing religious testimonials that call show where he's worked for 10 years 'filth'
