Big Stunt: Get Smart crashes in

Steve Carell takes his Sunbeam Tiger for a spin in Get Smart, out in the UK on August 22. The film is based on the Sixties screwball TV comedy, with Carell starring as Maxwell Smart, employee of top secret spy agency Control, who battles crime syndicate Kaos with the help of Anne Hathaway’s glamorous Agent 99. Co-created by Mel Brooks, the original show ran for five years and 138 episodes, picking up seven Emmys along the way. For more details on the film go to www.warnerbros.co.uk/getsmart/

Big Drive: Lotus Eagle

The British sports car renaissance continues with the official unveiling of the first new model from Lotus in 13 years, the 276bhp 3.5 litre Project Eagle. The mid-engined roadster will have a top speed of 160mph and comes in two and four-seat versions - assuming two of your four passengers are children. Production begins in 2009, with Lotus building 2,000 cars a year. The price will be in the Porsche league - in the region of £45,000, with convertible and “ultra-high performance” variants to follow. www.grouplotus.com

Big Gig: Kylie Minogue on tour

It’s been an eventful year for the Australian pop pixie: she hit 40 in May, collected her OBE medal “for services to music” from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace at the beginning of this month (she went with her parents Ron and Carol) and is now on the road with a 53-date, £10m production. Expect cheerleader outfits, kinky boots and Japanese-themed sets. The tour reaches a climax this week with four nights at the Metro Radio arena in Newcastle, followed by a sevennight run at the O2 arena, in southeast London. Ticket prices start at £40. www.the02.co.uk

Big Download: Adeona laptop tracker

This free software sits on your laptop and sends the IP (internet protocol) addresses you use to get onto the internet to a secure website only you can access. If the machine is then stolen, perhaps after being left on a train by a forgetful civil servant, those addresses will continue to be logged, giving geographical information the police can use to track down the culprit. Best of all, MacBook owners can instruct Adeona (named after a Roman goddess who saw lost children safely home) to fire off the laptop’s built-in webcam, snapping a picture of its light-fingered new owner. http://adeona.cs.washington.edu

Big Game: You’re in the Movies

You may soon have the chance to appear in your own B-movie, as Microsoft has showcased a new Xbox 360 game that captures footage of you via the console’s Live Vision webcam (pictured). You play mini-games in which your image is superimposed on the screen character. Footage of your gameplay is automatically compiled into a short, campy video - of, say, zombies or giant lizards - to which you can then add sound and upload the finished piece to YouTube. It works well but the movies look more Ed Wood than John Woo. Released in December. tinyurl.com/5ckx76

Big Event: British International Motor Show

Cars, more cars, some bands and boats - that’s the agenda for the motor show at ExCel in London from Wednesday until August 3. More than 20 world premieres are promised - including the Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed and the Citroën C-Surf concept 4x4, pictured. There’s also the Ultimate Collection, a Sunday Times-sponsored gathering of more than 20 supercars. Live music comes from UB40, Blondie and Status Quo. Tickets start at £10. www.britishmotorshow.co.uk

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