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Ross offers to take 50 per cent pay cut

The chatshow presenter made the offer with his current £18 million three-year contract due to expire in July, sources claim

Could Cowell spot a Springsteen?

At heart, Simon Cowell wants to be a talent spotter like the great American music moguls of the past. But is he up to it?

Simon Cowell’s lavish LA life

The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent creator is right at home among the fast cars and bling mansions of Beverly Hills

The real X Factor winner - Simon Cowell

Joe McElderry might have swiped the official title, but it was really Simon Cowell’s night. Here’s how he did it again

Halle unlocks memories of abuse

The actress has been a volunteer at a battered woman’s shelter for years but has only now chosen to reveal this part of her life

PROFILE: James Cameron

The director turned Hollywood upside down with Titanic. Now, with his sci-fi epic Avatar, he is taking it to a new dimension

People like them

And who should PLT meet? Only the man with the most famous friends in the world. His secret? He's likeable, he says

What it's like to be a Hollywood wife

It’s not all sunshine, shopping and star-studded parties. There's also loss of status and real loneliness to contend with

Running wild with Michelle Rodriguez

The Avatar star went from Hollywood darling to unemployable bad girl. Now she’s back - and still knows where the party is

Meet the hustlers of Tiger Woods and co

Rachel Uchitel, the woman who triggered the Tiger Woods scandal, works in nightclub VIP. How do these party queens operate?

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Significant others: Leah Wood

Singer and model Leah Wood, 31, was born in Los Angeles but moved to London with her family aged 8 and has lived there ever since

50 People of the Decade

A panel of Times editors and contributors nominate the personalities who have shaped our world over the past ten years

Celebrity Watch: Lady Gaga's the greatest

Who’s been a wow and who’s been a cow on this week’s Celebrity Watch, the barometer of fickle fame

Dame Judi Dench: ‘I am very un-divaish’

Ahead of her new film, Britain’s greatest actress talks about her life, career and why politicians are failing the arts

Lady Gaga's teacup and Cheryl's hair

2009 in fashion: there may have been a recession, but life goes on

Body watch: How to avoid Ulrika Jonsson's neck

Shed pounds and you may be left with the body of a 16-year-old, but it takes a devastating toll from the neck up