Well, not all of them, obviously. But the London launch of a US newspaper heavyweight, and a high-profile fundraiser for a Presidential candidate, has given us threadbare cause to run that rather glib headline. Moving on.... For London's business and financial elite, the pink pages of the Financial Times are the only thing to be seen reading on the morning commute to work. However, the FT's sturdy grip on matters monetary will be challenged......

April already? How did that happen? We feel the best way to avoid getting April Fooled is to stay in and watch some TV. Here are a few things you may want to take a peek at! On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 31 March Poppy Shakespeare (Channel 4, 21:00-22:45) We really enjoyed the book, and are looking forward to the screen version of this quirky drama about the NHS and mental health care in......

Our weekly roundup of film reviews returns, courtesy of James Bryan… This week, the Coens’ masterful noir No Country For Old Men, the dire AVPR (don’t ask), a spoof musical biopic Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Good Night. No Country for Old Men arrives in the UK soaked in rapturous Stateside reviews. It’s the latest from critical darlings the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Fargo etc.)......

A particularly silly article entitled Is London the New New York? Or Is It the Other Way Around? appeared recently in the New York Sun. The main arguments for the immediate twinning of our two cities put forward by the hackette what wrote said article seem to be: A) Paul McCartney, Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna all own homes in both cities; B) sushi-lovers can choose to eat from at least two Nobu restaurants; C)......

Research by motor insurer, MORE TH>N, reveals Conservative leader David Cameron’s call to reduce traffic in the school run would save lives and that many motorists would switch to hybrid cars given the right incentives. Keith Maxwell, motor insurance manager for insurer MORE TH>N comments: “From our own research we know that British motorists are already considering changing their driving habits. Registrations of hybrid vehicles increased by three-quarters from 2004 to 20052, demonstrating a......

This week: Proof, Lady Vengeance, and Final Destination 3. Plus all the usual news and rumours. Bloody hell, Jake Gyllenhaal again! We've typed his name so many times in the past few weeks that we can actually spell it correctly without having to check Google. What's weird though is that with every J.G. 2006 release the reviews get steadily worse. Brokeback Mountain is an 'instant classic'. Jarhead was 'stylish but boring' and now we......

Ken's plans for the Olympics and added police will, he promises, cost us no more than 65p a week. The number of speed cameras in London rose by 100 in the past year, and there'll probably be a similar increase this year. Looks like Gwyneth Paltrow might be leaving London for good. Shame. You're not going to believe this (or maybe you are) but Pete Doherty was arrested twice yesterday. He was pulled over in......

Despite the tube strike around 200,000 people turned out to watch the fireworks display on New Year's Eve. Similar amounts watched the parade on January first. New Year's Eve violence: 35 people were stabbed in London plus two men were shot in Hackney on Monday night The minimum cash fare on the underground rises to £3 as of this week. Gwyneth Paltrow just adores London fashions. You can give it a rest now Gwynnie. Stonehenge......

Londonist's record at publishing end of year polls has been a little sketchy as of late, so we thought we'd redress the balance a little bit by giving you a sneak preview of Time Out's Top 100 Movers & Shakers list of 2005 which is published this week. The list is designed to rank the "most influential and dynamic individuals of the year, who have had a major impact on the capital in 2005," so......

Oh please. We're having trouble keeping up with Gwyneth Paltrow's opinions on London. First, we're "dirty" with bad customer service (i.e. if you go to the loo in a London shop, you are expected to wipe your own arse. Oh, the humanity!); then she denied it; now she is once again proclaiming her love for the Big Smoke and denying ("that's such bullshit") she ever slagged it off. Once more we refer our readers......

Plate-faced actress Gwyneth Paltrow has reacted angrily to reports that she "slammed London". Er, what? It's right there in black and white, blondie - unless you'd like to sue Marie Claire US for misquoting you. In a classic display of doublethink, Gwyneth hopes to deflect the criticism she has attracted for her objectionable comments by insisting that her words have been misinterpreted - when it's actually pretty clear exactly what she thinks. War is......

It appears Gwyneth Paltrow, Oscar-winning actress and macrobiotic mother, has a bone to pick with our "dirty", "cold", "depressing", "relaxed" (no, we don't understand that last one, either) city. She advised fellow Americans in this month's Marie Claire - the US version, of course - to watch out for "dirty streets" and the rain - how original of her. Goodness, what a wonderful way to make herself popular with her adopted home's inhabitants! Also,......

For the longest time we just didn't know what to do with Gwyneth Paltrow so tried our best to ignore her. For a while she was 'the head in a box chick', but then along came The Royal Tenenbaums and we sat up to take notice again... where the hell did that performance come from? After the horrors of Bounce we still worry after her and while that mess was obviously just a plea......

Seven days to go until the London Film Festival opens its doors. Here's another two of the films on offer. It turned a few heads when it was announced that Bent Hamer (Kitchen Stories) was going to direct the film adaptation of Charles Bukowski's Factotum, but any misgivings can be more or less laid to rest - perhaps because if anyone knows a thing or two about drinking it's the Norwegians. Not that Buk's......

Here we go again then with London Fashion Week. Don't get us wrong, we have nothing against fashion (although it may have a few questions to ask us one day, but that's a different matter). It's just LFW brings up the same tired old debates every year. For example: fur. Yes, we've already had our first London Fashion Week Disrupted by Protestors headline, and things only kicked off yesterday. PETA members were escorted out......

Tonight sees the inaugural UK Music Hall Of Fame ceremony at the Hackney Empire theatre. The UK Music Hall Of Fame is a lot like the US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame except it's British...but includes US artists such as Elvis, and Madonna who are two of the chosen 'founding members' along with U2, The Beatles, and Bob Marley. Of course, if you've been watching the Jamie Theakston fronted series on Channel 4......