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Anthony Hilton: Sorrell-bashers should lay off. He deserves his pay and who can do it better?
Saturday 08 June 2013
He may be an employee but the group is his creation
Film review: My Neighbour Totoro
Friday 24 May 2013
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Voices Toshiyuki Amagasa, Shigeru Chiba, 86mins
Tate removes more than 30 Graham Ovenden works from collection after child sex conviction
Thursday 04 April 2013
The Tate has removed more than 30 prints by the artist Graham Ovenden from its online collection and will not show any of his works at its galleries following his conviction for a string of child sex offences.
Stephen Fry to co-star in US comedy Super Clyde alongside Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint
Tuesday 19 March 2013
Stephen Fry is to appear in a US pilot for CBS comedy Super Clyde alongside Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint.
She shan't go to the ball: Emma Watson turns down role in Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella
Wednesday 13 March 2013
The slipper doesn't fit for Emma Watson who has turned down the title role in Kenneth Branagh’s new film Cinderella.
Oz the Great and Powerful stomps all over Jack the Giant Slayer to take $40 million on its debut weekend
Monday 11 March 2013
Oz the Great and Powerful clearly cast a spell over cinema-goers this weekend.
Sundance party-goers shocked by rude antics at lewder-than-expected bash
Sunday 27 January 2013
A prestigious Hollywood agency has had to apologise after a lewder-than-expected party at the Sundance Film Festival shocked its guests.
One Minute With: Jess Richards, novelist
Saturday 01 December 2012
Where are you now and what can you see?
Tim Walker: Storyteller, Somerset House, London
Monday 22 October 2012
A flying saucer chased by a foxhunt and tables laid for a party and suspended in trees are some of the fashion photographer Tim Walker's more extravagant gestures.
Dickens tops chart as classic tales remain a hit with parents
Monday 20 August 2012
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' 1843 classic in which the stingy Ebenezer Scrooge discovers the generous Christmas spirit, is the book parents most want to pass on to their children, according to a new poll.
The Avengers film takes $1 billion worldwide in first 19 days
Monday 14 May 2012
The Avengers movie has topped the American box office for the second week in a row, taking $1 billion in its first 19 days.
'Hunger Games' on target to set new box-office record
Sunday 25 March 2012
Teen 'death match' film becomes instant success and draws huge audiences on opening weekend
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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