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Billy Elliot actor Jamie Bell praises 'warrior' girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood after birth of their baby boy
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Former Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell has become a father to a baby boy.
BT Sport releases further details of its new programmes and presenters ahead of the channel launch
Thursday 18 July 2013
Neil Warnock heads the list of new appointments that will bring all the coverage from its 'state of the art' studios
TV review: John Oliver takes over at The Daily Show without host Jon Stewart
Wednesday 12 June 2013
The new chap was nervous, certainly, but no less funny than his boss
Gilded Age hasn't cometh: Julian Fellowes to postpone 'American Downton' until British one concludes
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Those awaiting what has been dubbed the "American Downton" will have to be patient. The Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has said he is prepared to postpone writing The Gilded Age until the much-loved British series concludes - but there is no end in sight for the Crawley family just yet.
Jean Stapleton: Actress hailed as sweetly naive Edith
in 'All in the Family'
Monday 03 June 2013
Jean Stapleton was a character actress who played Archie Bunker’s far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in the groundbreaking 1970s US comedy All in the Family.
Sorry Netflix: Arrested Development downloaded illegally by 100,000 fans in 24 hours
Thursday 30 May 2013
More than 175,000 people have illegally downloaded episodes of the revived cult series Arrested Development since it was released exclusively on Netflix on Sunday.
Ooh, aah! Eric Cantona shows off prosthetic penis in new film You and The Night at Cannes
Tuesday 21 May 2013
If you thought Eric Cantona couldn’t do anything more outrageous than kung-fu kicking a football spectator, in You and The Night, the ex-footballer plays a character known as ‘The Stud’ who has a prosthetic penis so long that it would provide shade over Old Trafford.
Jeanne Cooper: Star of US daytime TV for four decades
Sunday 12 May 2013
Jeanne Cooper, who died on 8 May at the age of 84, was an enduring star of American soap opera. She played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on The Young and the Restless.
Television soap star Jeanne Cooper dies aged 84
Thursday 09 May 2013
Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on The Young and the Restless, has died aged 84.
Film-maker killed in row with neighbour
Sunday 31 March 2013
American who recorded plight of children in Romanian orphanages is shot dead after dispute over pruning of trees
First Night: Louis CK; O2 Arena, London
Thursday 21 March 2013
Doggone it! A stand-up who's dark and knows when to bite
Barbra Streisand announces European tour
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Following her high profile appearance at the Oscars last month Barbra Streisand has announced a European tour.
Homeland's Damian Lewis rooting for Wales in Six Nations
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Despite living in London, Damian Lewis backed Wales over England to win the Six Nations, he revealed.
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- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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