Does Colin Farrell have the power to annihilate sections of the internet? The question arises following the distribution of a video allegedly showing the actor and some lady allegedly engaged in alleged sex acts.

The tape, of course, rapidly found its way onto a scurrilous website, whose name or URL we have no intention of revealing.

"A website attempting to distribute an unauthorised tape of Colin Farrell was shut down today," Dancia Smith, Farrell's publicist, crowed. "Mr Farrell will take legal action against anyone who tries to distribute this tape." But the site's owner claimed that the breakdown was a server failure caused by heavy traffic. Who knows? Who cares?