Anyone who has ever surfed the internet in a quest for enlightenment about British theatre will undoubtedly have come across the West End Whingers’ blog. By now, Andrew and Phil have become internet blogging stars, doing for theatre what Belle de Jour did for prostitution with only slightly less lubricant. Andrew and Phil have ranted against ticket prices, bar prices, fringe theatre and the general state of affairs since 2006, accumulating a huge fan......

"Retirement? You're talking about death, right?" Robert Altman has died. No real London connection aside from the messy 'Resurrection Blues' at the Old Vic last year and the fact that The Long Goodbye is one of Londonist's favourite films: They don't make 'em like that anymore.......

The latest defection from LA to join the gangs of Hollywood ex-patratriates gobbling up the primest of London prime real estate is Neve Campbell. The film actress is currently in London rehearsing the Robert Altman directed, Arthur Miller scripted play Resurrection Blues at the Old Vic theatre in Waterloo. The Old Vic is no stranger to asylum seekers from Hollywood: no less than Kevin Spacey runs the place as Artistic Director and keeps up......

It was sighs all round this morning in the Londonist office when we read the news that Robert Altman is to direct Resurrection Blues at the Old Vic, starting next month. The audible relief sprang not from the fact that Altman is an accomplished director and should do a cracking job of Arthur Miller's script. Nor was it anything to do with the fact that Altman has brought on board Neve Campbell and Matthew......

What is Kevin Spacey doing? Just as it looked as he was recovering from the whole 'taking my dog for a walk in the middle of the night' debacle, and the fact that Cloaca wasn't very good, he has to go and give Justin Timerblake a job. Londonist actually breathed a sigh of relief at the weekend when we read in this Observer interview that (contrary to tabloid rumours) Spacey hadn't been offering Cameron......