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Avatar triumphant at Golden Globes
18th January 2010 It's already swept all before it at the box office, but last night James Cameron's 3D tale of life on another planet established its popularity...
18th January 2010 It's already swept all before it at the box office, but last night James Cameron's 3D tale of life on another planet established its popularity...
An Education leads Baftas
8th January 2010 First round of Bafta voting puts the Lone Scherfig film in the running for 17 awards, with Avatar, The Hurt Locker and District 9 following close behindLone Scherfig's An Education is officially the frontrunner for this year's British Academy film awards, following the publication of the Bafta longlists. Avatar, The Hurt Locker and – perhaps the biggest...
8th January 2010 First round of Bafta voting puts the Lone Scherfig film in the running for 17 awards, with Avatar, The Hurt Locker and District 9 following close behindLone Scherfig's An Education is officially the frontrunner for this year's British Academy film awards, following the publication of the Bafta longlists. Avatar, The Hurt Locker and – perhaps the biggest...
Lee Mack
7th January 2010 Gulbenkian, CanterburyTribute shows to the Goons, the Carry Ons and Tommy Cooper may be all the rage – but the past isn't the only place where old-school comedy flourishes. Lee Mack has just had his sitcom Not Going Out re-commissioned, and recently extended this 96-date UK tour. But, give or take the rude words, his jokes are as much 1970s as 2010....
7th January 2010 Gulbenkian, CanterburyTribute shows to the Goons, the Carry Ons and Tommy Cooper may be all the rage – but the past isn't the only place where old-school comedy flourishes. Lee Mack has just had his sitcom Not Going Out re-commissioned, and recently extended this 96-date UK tour. But, give or take the rude words, his jokes are as much 1970s as 2010....
The 00s: Comedy
9th December 2009 Comedians pushed the boundaries of taste as never before, packing out stadiums as they went. But the tide is now turning.We didn't know it at the time, but in a tiny Edinburgh fringe venue in August 2001, the forthcoming decade was given a sneak preview. The sketch show Rubbernecker featured four little-known talents: Robin Ince, Stephen Merchant, Jimmy...
9th December 2009 Comedians pushed the boundaries of taste as never before, packing out stadiums as they went. But the tide is now turning.We didn't know it at the time, but in a tiny Edinburgh fringe venue in August 2001, the forthcoming decade was given a sneak preview. The sketch show Rubbernecker featured four little-known talents: Robin Ince, Stephen Merchant, Jimmy...
Masters of reality
3rd December 2009 In the last 10 years, The X Factor and its ilk have bucked record-buying trends and breathed new life into a dying industry. We talk to the talent show's hits and missesThe cruel king of 21st-century pop is laughing gently down the phone, considering for a moment all he has done. "Look," Simon Cowell begins finally, just as he does on TV. "I don't think...
3rd December 2009 In the last 10 years, The X Factor and its ilk have bucked record-buying trends and breathed new life into a dying industry. We talk to the talent show's hits and missesThe cruel king of 21st-century pop is laughing gently down the phone, considering for a moment all he has done. "Look," Simon Cowell begins finally, just as he does on TV. "I don't think...
Chinese remake
23rd November 2009 Disney co-production said to be inspired by original High School Musical, rather than a direct translationOne has millions of devoted adherents, a doctrine of clean-cut conformity and an unstoppable, culture-changing momentum; the other is communist China. Now, in a particularly fitting match, two of the most persuasive ideologies of recent times are...
23rd November 2009 Disney co-production said to be inspired by original High School Musical, rather than a direct translationOne has millions of devoted adherents, a doctrine of clean-cut conformity and an unstoppable, culture-changing momentum; the other is communist China. Now, in a particularly fitting match, two of the most persuasive ideologies of recent times are...
Obama in a grass skirt? Hawaii to host APEC 2011
15th November 2009 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama invited fellow leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to a summit in Hawaii in 2011, but may have alarmed them with the dress code.
15th November 2009 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama invited fellow leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to a summit in Hawaii in 2011, but may have alarmed them with the dress code.
Elvis' hair leaves the building
19th October 2009 A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 (11,200 pounds) on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house.
19th October 2009 A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 (11,200 pounds) on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house.
Booker goes to Hilary Mantel
6th October 2009 Hilary Mantel wins the 2009 Booker prize for her fictionalised life of Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall. She was the bookies' favourite, the people's favourite and tonight Hilary Mantel became the judges' favourite as Wolf Hall, her vividly told tale of Tudor intrigue, emerged triumphant at the Man Booker prize. By the end of their three-hour meeting today the...
6th October 2009 Hilary Mantel wins the 2009 Booker prize for her fictionalised life of Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall. She was the bookies' favourite, the people's favourite and tonight Hilary Mantel became the judges' favourite as Wolf Hall, her vividly told tale of Tudor intrigue, emerged triumphant at the Man Booker prize. By the end of their three-hour meeting today the...
Happy birthday, Brigitte Bardot
22nd September 2009 The French cinema star whose sexy, liberated style outraged and inspired in equal measure is about to turn 75. Agnès Poirier finds out how the pinup girl became an existentialist iconAfter the internation uproar and scandal provoked by the 1956 film And God Created Woman, Brigitte Bardot said she wished she had never been born. Now, as Bardot –...
22nd September 2009 The French cinema star whose sexy, liberated style outraged and inspired in equal measure is about to turn 75. Agnès Poirier finds out how the pinup girl became an existentialist iconAfter the internation uproar and scandal provoked by the 1956 film And God Created Woman, Brigitte Bardot said she wished she had never been born. Now, as Bardot –...
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12th March 2010
Christine Bleakley was in tears this morning as she completed her daunting bid to waterski across the world's busiest shipping lane. Despite falling eight times into the 4C freezing sea, she made it across 22 miles of choppy ocean in just one hour 40 minutes. Setting off for the French coast at 7.46am, The One Show presenter was good spirits supported by her co-host Adrian Chiles. Christine was determined to complete her challenge whatever the weather after raising thousands of pounds for Sport Relief.
11th March 2010
Innocent's Creative Director Dan Germain shared a stage at The Entrepreneurs Forum's Use Your Loaf youth event yesterday with Trunki's Rob Law. Numerous other young entrepreneurs also spoke at the event including Fraser Doughty (Super Jam), Julian Leighton (Orange Bus), Emily Cummins the young entrepreneur of the year, Jonathan Grubin (MiniG Media), Matt Scott (MES Footwork) and Darren Williams (Hair X-Tensions)
