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Review: Kylie and Jason reunite to put the Eighties magic back in Christmas at Hit Factory Live
Saturday 22 December 2012
Cool isn’t really what it’s about when you come to see this show
Dallas stars launch revamped series
Wednesday 22 August 2012
Stars of the classic US soap opera Dallas have been reunited in London to mark the arrival of a new series to UK television screens.
Relationships: All the single ladies... put your defences up
Tuesday 14 August 2012
News that Jennifer Aniston is to marry Justin Theroux will have sent shockwaves through the celebrity magazine market. After all, who is going to be their "go-to" girl when they want to write about "unhappy", single females? Here are the front-runners:
Kathryn Joosten: US actress who starred in Desperate Housewives
Friday 08 June 2012
The American actress Kathryn Joosten was known to millions of television viewers worldwide as Karen McCluskey, the nosy, gossipy neighbour in Desperate Housewives, observing the lives and relationships of the group of women in the fictional Wisteria Lane.
Desperate Housewives star, Kathryn Joosten, dies aged 72
Sunday 03 June 2012
The actress Kathryn Joosten, best known for playing nosey neighbour Karen McCluskey on the hit US TV show Desperate Housewives, has died aged 72 after a long battle with lung cancer.
Dallas: The oil barons are back
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Dallas was bold and brash, the ultimate Eighties soap. But will anyone tune in to the 21st century remake? By Sarah Hughes
TV credit where credits are due
Tuesday 14 June 2011
With ‘Dexter’ and ‘Mad Men’ leading the way, TV title sequences are outdoing their film forebears. Gerard Gilbert celebrates the rebirth of an art form
A Desperate Housewives actress is taking a producer to court for killing off her character
Thursday 26 May 2011
It could lead to a power shift in soaps
Around the world in 80 dishes No. 50: Smoked fish chowder
Thursday 07 April 2011
Ingredients to serve 4 to 6
'Last stand' at palace in battle for Ivory Coast
Saturday 02 April 2011
The International Committee of the Red Cross said today that more than 800 people were killed on Tuesday in intercommunal violence in the Ivory Coast town of Duekoue.
Cultural Life: Marianela Nunez, ballerina
Friday 01 April 2011
Ballet: I went to see the Royal Ballet's 'Giselle' at the Royal Opera House. My fiancé, Thiago Soares, was playing Count Albrecht with Mara Galeazzi as Giselle. It was a wonderful performance. I loved every minute of it. The whole company was brilliant and the production is fantastic in every way. It's one of my favourites to watch and dance.
Oil, greed and double dealing: JR is re-shot as 'Dallas' returns
Thursday 03 February 2011
JR is to be shot again – by the cameras, at least. Actor Larry Hagman has, not for the first time, ended months of suspense by confirming that he will reprise his most famous role in a TV remake of Dallas, the 1980s soap.
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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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