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It's a subtle, fleeting shot that captures the instant when somebody is confronted by the irretrievable cost of their own failure.

In his 2001 memoir, The Boys Are Back In Town, British political writer Simon Carr recounts his triumphs and failures as a widowed father raising two boys with as few rules as possible.

Model-turned-actress Emma Booth says filming romantic scenes with British heartthrob Clive Owen in the Australian outback was like every woman's dream - apart from the flies that kept crawling up her nose.

Natalie also has a sex scene - her first - in her next movie , December's "Brothers," and she said the decision to go more intense with her roles has come with age.

The actress has a lesbian sex scene in the upcoming - Black Swan' Access Hollywood video A A - Housewives' Kandi on ex-fiance's death "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kandi Burruss sits down with Access to talk about the sudden death of her ex-fiance, A.J. Jewell.

CLIVE Owen often plays characters who are tormented, but it comes in the most elegant packaging on screen: like the character in his debut film Croupier , Owen wraps himself in a shell of charm that is frequently at odds with the anxiety beneath it.

Express' Karmah Elmusa breaks down a meatless "Top Chef" meal. THIS WEEK'S EPISODE opens with Robin spewing some nonsense about how thrilled the outcome of last week's Restaurant Wars made her.

International stage and screen superstar Natalie Portman guest judge on tonight's episode of Bravo's Top Chef.

Things are finally shaking up on this season of Top Chef , when North Jersey native Michael Isabella, previously touted to reach at least the final four, was eliminated last night partly because his dish lacked an important ingredient and partly because he was arrogant.

Ah, London. There's no place like it in the minds of many, not least Johnny Depp's Sweeney Todd, though his reasoning may not be quite the message the tourist board are after.

Nick Montealegre and Matt Bendik arrange furniture at Voyeur, a new nightclub on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood Night-life entrepreneurs routinely fixate on the details of their new clubs -- the lighting, the furniture, the vibe.

Films like "Croupier" , "The Bourne Identity" , and "The Inside Man" make good use of Owen's demeanor.

Jude Law and Robert De Niro are being considered for 'Thor'. The Hollywood actors are rumoured to have joined the cast of the upcoming superhero movie - which is based on the Marvel comic book about the Norse warrior god - according to reports from a movie website.

Clive Owen has become many men on-screen: a CIA sniper , an adulterous dermatologist , even the savior of humankind .

Natalie Portman perches on a stool at the counter of a vegan restaurant in downtown Manhattan, nibbling on a soy-cheese sandwich and minding her own business.

David Schwimmer will direct Clive Owen and Catherine Keener in "Trust," a dark drama about the damaging effects an online sexual predator has on a family .

Director Mike Nichols, pictured here in January 2005, will receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.

"Wow, I didn't realize I could love him any more than I already did, but he COOKS?! *swoon*" - Liev Schreiber, on Liev Schreiber - Spiritually Younger' Since Becoming a Dad Jon Furniss/WireImage Taking time off between acting roles has become increasingly important to Clive Owen as his daughters Hannah , 12, and Eve , 10, have gotten older.

For the first time since starring in 2004's "Closer," Clive Owen does not - I repeat, does not - fire a gun or fight off hordes of evil guys with brooding impassivity in his latest film, "The Boys are Back." Based off the book The Boys Are Back In Town , the film is as much a character piece as it is a story.

He's best known for playing sexy rogues in films like the dark 2006 drama Closer , but Clive Owen is heading into family-friendly territory with his new film, The Boys Are Back .