Neil Patrick Harris

In a year when its hypocrisy has been more evident than usual, Hollywood seemed depressed at having so little diversity to celebrate.

He sings, he jokes, he makes things disappear. Will the Oscars launch him as a variety-show superstar?

Adventurous and inventive, the cheesy-looking How I Met Your Mother redefined what a sitcom can be

The highly bankable little blue characters star in their own movie

A week in the life of Nicolas Sarkozy

Apart from every moment Shrek didn’t win something, writes Jaime Weinman