Tom’s medal for services to Scientology

Patrick Barkham: The actor and proselytiser for the Church of Scientology was awarded this gold-coloured medallion by the movement in 2004 but an edited video clip of Cruise giving an intense spiel for the award ceremony has only just emerged on YouTube

What’s on TV? Let’s look in the mailbox

Renting DVDs through the post is cheaper than the cinema and offers more choice, but is it good value? Huma Qureshi screen-tests three websites.

Consumers will be the winners after the DVD dust settles

Once the spat between HD-TV and Blu-ray has been decided we can at last look forward to cheaper high-definition DVDs and players

The videos we laughed, winced and wondered at are blocked by China

Video-sharing sites such as YouTube look set to be banned in China as the government announced plans to clamp down on 'degenerate thinking' online. By David Stanway in Beijing and Bobbie Johnson

The gong show

Join us for an orgy of back slapping, glittering prizes and A-list celebs as we celebrate the good, the bad and the diabolical of 2007. No crying into your champagne at the back...

Hammer is back – with a premiere on MySpace

The first production from the recently revived Hammer Films, Beyond the Rave, will debut on MySpace in a series of 20 four-minute 'webisodes'. By Owen Gibson

Scorsese advert nets itself a new audience

Having previously made adverts for American Express, Martin Scorsese has now directed an eight-minute promotional film for a brand of cava made by the Catalan company Freixenet

Hooray for the internet movie database

Netbytes: The IMDb is still the best place for movie trivia, but few people realise its history as a net pioneer dates back to before the web existed

Police shut down website after two-year music piracy inquiry

British police have closed down what they claim is one of the world's largest music piracy websites after a two-year pan-European operation.

Video games make children’s Baftas debut

Video games are among the nominations for children's Baftas for the first time this year.

Festival shows movies on web at same time

The UK's largest independent film festival will this week become the first to simultaneously show its movies via the web. By Owen Gibson.

Pushing the impossible

Movie studios believe they can create the perfect copy protection system. But it would be easier to break the speed of light.

How three Swedish geeks became Hollywood’s Number One enemy

The Pirate Bay directs 2m surfers to copyright-busting film and TV downloads every day. Bobbie Johnson meets the men who have enraged Hollywood.