In brief: Clive Owen launches film in Berlin

British actor Clive Owen attended the opening of the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday to help launch The International, a thriller set in the financial world. Also on the red carpet was Tilda Swinton, president of the festival jury, which will awards the prestigious Golden Bear when the festival concludes.......... Lord Archer is to be allowed back into the fold of Marylebone Cricket Club after a seven-year suspension of his membership following his conviction for perjury. He won't, however, be reinstated in time to watch this summer's Ashes series between England and Australia.......... After months of speculation, it has been confirmed that Sarah Jessica Parker and her co-stars Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon will definitely be making a sequel to last year's hit film, Sex and the City: The Movie........... The Queen has cancelled a state visit to an undisclosed country. Despite speculation that it may be related to the Duke of Edinburgh's recent back injury, the Palace insists it was because of too many other commitments........... Michael Phelps, the American swimmer who won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, has been suspended from competition for three months after photographs were published appearing to show him smoking cannabis... ·