Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant brands Ayesha Hazarika 'f**king arsehole'

Hugh Grant has apologised after calling comedian and Labour party activist Ayesha Hazarika a 'f**king arsehole' at the party conference earlier this week.

The second of Richard Curtis's romcoms, following Four Weddings, about bumbling good eggs and frightfully pretty girls. Hugh Grant plays a bookseller who pulls a film star (Julia Roberts) - it's amusing, in particular when Grant's character ineptly poses as a journalist from Horse & Hound at a press junket for a sci-fi movie.

Hugh Grant is impossibly perfect casting as an eternal bachelor boy in this Oscar-nominated adaptation of Nick Hornby's unusual coming-of-age comedy-drama. He's Will, a happily superficial chap whose inherited wealth (from his dad's Christmas novelty pop single) means he never needs to work again. Will is disconnected from the world until a chance encounter with a depressed single mum (Toni Collette) and her precocious son Marcus, played by a pre-hottie, pudding-bowled Nicholas Hoult.

Hugh Grant turned away from Edinburgh comedy show

Actor refused entry by bouncers after some members of his party were unable to provide proof of age.

Hugh Grant barred from Fringe venue

Hugh Grant was turned away from a comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe last night - thanks to overzealous bouncers.

I recently attended a Graham Norton Show recording, so I can bear witness that it's a brilliantly slick operation and Norton is a master of audience-wrangling, winning us all over immediately and making us feel a big part of the show - though not bigger than the array of guests, who we'll see again in this end-of-series compilation.

Remember Madonna, being her usual steely and scary self, despite Norton's efforts to try to get her to loosen up a bit? And what of the great Sir David Attenborough, all soft and mooning, not over a gorilla, but a comely young woman - actress Cameron Diaz? Just watch his face as he hangs on her every single word.

We also see again Dame Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Katy Perry and the voluble, unstoppable force that is Will Smith.

Graham Norton's best bits are trotted out for another viewing in a compilation episode, and there are plenty of them. The BBC's king of chat (and Telegraph agony uncle) has managed this series to enjoy light-hearted badinage with an increasingly impressive array of A-listers. He even managed to loosen Madonna up. Also worth revisiting tonight are chats with Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Will Smith, Cameron Diaz and Katy Perry. It's a long time and a lot of sport until October, so enjoy the banter.

It's not the first time Ronnie Corbett has perched on Graham's red couch, but when he last appeared on the show in 2009 he was sitting next to a near-hysterical Ricky Gervais. This time Hugh Grant joins the recently decorated comedian (Corbett received a CBE in the last Honours List) so it may be a more sombre conversation, presuming Grant is prepared to discuss his recent statements to the Leveson Inquiry about alleged phone hacking as well as promoting his latest film.

Hugh Grant demands better 'Bridget Jones 3' scripts

Hugh Grant has confessed that he has not been won over by the scripts submitted for the third Bridget Jones movie.

Steve Coogan gives evidence to Leveson Inquiry

Comedian and actor Steve Coogan has given evidence to the judge-led inquiry into media ethics at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

The Leveson inquiry into the media in the wake of the phone hacking scandal has seen a number of high profile celebrities give evidence including Hugh Grant, and ex-footballer Garry Flincroft.