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Justin Bieber apologises for smoking cannabis...and searches for the future Mrs Bieber
Monday 11 February 2013
‘Squeaky clean’ teen pop idol Justin Bieber has apologised for smoking cannabis on Saturday Night Live.
Raging Bill? Martin Scorsese to direct Clinton documentary
Tuesday 18 December 2012
Scorsese is set to make a film for HBO about the former US president. Here, John Walsh imagines Clinton on camera
A feast of Peruvian songs on the menu
Saturday 10 November 2012
Music and food go together like, well, ham and eggs. So a restaurant launching its own record label makes perfect sense. Especially when that restaurant is Ceviche, a noisy, buzzy Peruvian joint which opened in Soho in London nine months ago.
Smells like teen spirit, all over again
Saturday 27 October 2012
Dig out your Doc Martens: grunge is back, with new releases from stalwarts of the scene and a host of young pretenders
Taylor Swift to perform at MTV awards next month
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Six-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift will perform at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards next month. But she won't be the only gold winner in the room.
The Voice: The talent show that failed to conquer the charts
Friday 08 June 2012
Everyone knows that the first single released by the winner of a TV talent show is guaranteed a place at the top of the charts. Really, any old rubbish will do.
They love Nicki Minaj and Adele – but where are the real guides for girls?
Friday 11 May 2012
Survey links narrow range of inspirational figures to stereotypical career ambitions
Meet the mini-mice: What does it take to make a Miley Cyrus?
Saturday 11 February 2012
Britney and Justin started there – and so did Ryan Gosling. Glittering careers begin in the Disney tween machine. So how does the House of Mouse keep cranking out the pre-teen talent?
Album: Various artists, Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Universal/Amnesty)
Sunday 05 February 2012
The temptation to cover the work of Bob Dylan has proven irresistible to successive generations of artists, so it's no surprise that this album – compiled to honour 50 years of Amnesty International – runs to 72 tracks and four discs.
Urban Outfitters rocked by boss's shock departure
Sunday 15 January 2012
It's the latest setback for the edgy fashion chain after accusations over race and design copying
Justin Bieber is Hollywood's richest teenager
Monday 15 August 2011
Justin Bieber is Hollywood's richest teenager.
Harriet Walker: Why not, if your daughter has style?
Tuesday 26 July 2011
The real danger of dressing like one's daughter depends on the daughter
Sirens, Channel 4, Monday<br/>Shameless US, More4, Thursday<br/>The Itch of the Golden Nit, BBC2, Saturday
Sunday 03 July 2011
The gallows humour of ambulance drivers gets lost in a muddled attempt at a comedy drama
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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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