Oprah's on the phone: 'It was like God called me'When the world's most powerful media goddess blesses a little film, as Oprah did with Precious, a miracle of attention follows. Just a hug from this deity, who's just announced she's ending her talk show, can be a religious experience too

Hunted and haunted by the Twi-Hard hordesVancouver gossip blogger Lainey recalls the hormonal hurricane surrounding the making of The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Tutankhamun: gambling on the bling king's golden touchThirty years later, James Adams looks at the risks and rewards of staging blockbuster shows

Agony and ecstasy: the art of the castratiTwo new discs focus on a time when young boys went under the knife to become the rock stars of baroque opera

Jimmy Buffet's Parrot Heads hail their antiheroBarefooted Buffett lulls fans into a logy state of beach-based hypnosis

Michael Jackson moonwalk glove sells for $350,000The left-hand, sequined white glove Jackson wore for his moonwalk on Motown's 25th anniversary TV special was the top item among the memorabilia auctioned at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square

Michel Marc Bouchard: ‘My next play will be about big lies'The Quebec playwright discusses fear, lies, the church and the Spanish flu