"Every trade magazine you pick up, you see more and more of the same ads: The Departed, The Queen, Iwo Jima, " says John Levy, executive producer of Best Picture winners Platoon and The Last Emperor.

FORBES: Oscar's Old-World Marketing

Guest himself takes the role of the director, and brings along his usual repertory players, including Bob Balaban, Michael McKean, Eugene Levy, and John Michael Higgins.

NEWYORKER: For Your Consideration

Also standing in the police elections are Independent Sue Mountstevens, John Savage for Labour and Pete Levy for the Liberal Democrats.

BBC: Avon and Somerset: Maddock to look at budget area split

Also standing is Pete Levy for the Liberal Democrats, Ken Maddock representing the Conservatives, John Savage for Labour and Ian Kealey for UKIP.

BBC: Avon and Somerset PCC elections: Sue Mountstevens

Also standing is Pete Levy for the Lib Dems, Ken Maddock representing the Conservatives, John Savage for Labour and Sue Mountstevens as an independent.

BBC: Ian Kealey

Labour backbencher John McDonnell urged ministers to review the possibility of incorporating a bank financial transaction tax within the bank levy.

BBC: Finance (No.3) Bill

But Tory former minister John Redwood, leader of his party's policy group on economic competitiveness, branded the bank levy a tax on lending money to businesses and individuals.

BBC: Finance (No.3) Bill part one