• French resistance: In a taped interview broadcast last year, Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard said the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks were fabricated. The French thesp also expressed doubts about man really having walked on the moon.
• Pulling strings: Dmitry Medvedev has officially been voted Russia's new president. Outgoing Pres Vladimir Putin will remain as prime minister and puppet master.
• Lucky roll: The FBI reveals that Rolling Stone Mick Jagger narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by the Hell's Angels 40 years ago, following the infamous killing of a Stones fan at their 1969 Altamont concert.