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Betwixt! Trafalgar Studio 2, London

There are boy-meets-girl and boy-meets-boy musicals. It is a fairly safe bet, though, that this is the first boy-meets-disembodied-head-with-Bavarian-accent tuner. Will it set off a trend? The love between this unlikely couple is at the centre of an endearingly daft and reprehensibly enjoyable show, written and directed by Ian McFarlane.

Self-styled Lady Gaga flounces off after unfashionable defeat

Flamboyant Mattek-Sands fails to live up to her own billing as the American exits with graceless complaint

Spring, By David Szalay

Its (few) flaws are frustrating – but the gorgeous articulacy of Szalay's new love story is something to which most writers can only aspire

The secret life of animals

The Smithsonian's database of thousands of 'candid camera' shots gives a fascinating insight into wild behaviour

Ryan Phillippe - The thirty-something teen star clicks at last

As Reese Witherspoon's husband, Ryan Phillippe hated being a target for paparazzi. So it took a change of heart to play a snapper in his latest role. By Kaleem Aftab

Lady Gaga 'to cast transsexuals in video'

Lady Gaga is rumoured to be casting transsexuals in the video for 'Born This Way'.

Ol' blue eyes is back: Ryan Gosling's leading role in Blue Valentine has been a long time coming

Ryan Gosling burst into the public consciousness playing the pretty boy heartthrob in the weepy mega-hit The Notebook, but it's as a man who has trouble with women that he's getting all the awards acclaim.

Face mask that's so good every crook wants one

US manufacturer in the dock after disguise is linked to robberies.

Katie Price disqualified from driving

Katie Price was disqualified from driving today after she received three further points on her licence for speeding, a court heard.

London Boulevard (18)

Starring: Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley

Chelsea's ground rules for her big day

The secrecy and exclusivity of the former first daughter's wedding is tantalising the United States

Diana death 'linked to arms trade' says QC

Diana, Princess of Wales was killed because she planned to expose senior members of the British arms trade involved with land mines, a leading lawyer claimed today.

The Widow's Tale, By Mick Jackson

Outsider's truths that hit home

Woods is ready for the hecklers on his return to a 'normal' golfing life

Tiger Woods will today play his first competitive round in front of "normal golf fans" for more than five months after announcing he is fully prepared to deal with being barracked. Although the Augusta-type welcome he received in the Charlotte pro-am yesterday must make him confident of a comfortable ride.

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Theatre review: Daniel Radcliffe gives an admirably honest performance in Michael Grandage's The Cripple of Inishmaan

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Love struck: Photographs of JFK's visit to Berlin 50 years ago reveal a nation instantly smitten

In pictures: JFK's visit to Berlin in 1963

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Mark Hix gets creative with English peas

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