Professional weirdo The Darjeeling Limited's Jason Schwartzman has carved out a career playing freaks and geeks. Andrea Hubert meets the actor recently named 'the coolest man in Hollywood'

Lord of the dance party Original dance head Andrew Weatherall tells Louis Pattison about the things that saved (and raved) his life...

Donutcown achinmop! Countdown may be the quiz show that time forgot but not for Pete Cashmore, whose victory in it went on to define his life

Original gangster
Between 1930 and 1968 Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson was the most feared criminal in Harlem. So why has he never entered the pantheon of mainstream US villains, asks Joe Queenan

Preview
German Film Festival, London | Discovering Latin America Film Festival, London | London Children's Film Festival, London | Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol
In cinemas this weekend
DVD releases

Music
Hot Chip, London | Bridget St John, London
Rock
Jazz
Classical
Rob Fitzpatrick's new releases review

Internet
Ffffound! | Silent UK | What we learned on the web this week | Blog Roll

Games
Time Shift | The Simpsons | Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Clubs
Trailer Trash, Bradford | Death To All Culture Snitches, London | Underground, Dublin | The Big Reunion, Skegness | Smirnoff Electric Cabaret, London

Exhibitions
Fusion Now!, London | Site Platform: Simon Blackmore, Sheffield | Pascale Marthine Tayou, Milton Keynes | Keith Tyson, London | Klara Liden, London | Michael Curran And Hans-Peter Feldmann, Bristol | At 25 Metres, Liverpool | Miroslaw Balka And Thomas Scheibitz, Dublin

Theatre
Doubt: A Parable, London | Water, Manchester | Donkeys' Years, Bath | St Nicholas, Guildford | Meeting Joe Strummer, on tour | Tales From The Brothers Grimm, Oxford | Some Kind Of Bliss, London | An Oak Tree, Lancaster

Comedy
Al Murray: The Pub Landlord, DVD/Book | Paul Merton's Silent Clowns, on tour | Felix Dexter, on tour

Dance
The Royal Ballet: Jewels, London | CoisCéim Dance Theatre: Knots, Salford | Firsts, London

Events
Erotica | Taking Off | Body and Soul