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CWC reports profits of £90m
Friday 04 November 2011
Cable & Wireless Communications said its Caribbean business had stabilised and smartphone usage was booming as it yesterday reported better than expected half-year profits of $145m (£90m).
Mackenzie Crook: 'I could play a lead... it would have to be a skinny lead'
Sunday 30 October 2011
His gangly, manic screen appearances have made him instantly recognisable, but now 'The Office' star hopes for recognition as a children's author. Genevieve Roberts meets Mackenzie Crook
Screen Talk: Ranger reined in
Friday 19 August 2011
"Belt-tightening" and "austerity measures" are hardly buzzwords for Hollywood and those involved in movies that cost more than $100 million to make.
Johnny Depp to be a Night Stalker
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Johnny Depp has purchased the rights to create a movie version of 70s TV show 'The Night Stalker'.
Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story, Museum of London Docklands, London
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Not all 'Yo Ho Ho' and buried booty
Culture Club: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (12A)
Thursday 26 May 2011
Readers review this week's big film
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rob Marshall, 138 mins (12A)<br/>Win Win, Tom McCarthy, 106 mins (15)
Sunday 22 May 2011
Hold fast mates! It's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Voyage to the Bottom of the Barrel'
Cannes confidential: A critic's-eye view of the festival news
Sunday 15 May 2011
Scandal, glamour, satires on the Pope and Sarkozy, lost masterpieces and the usual suspects: it's all go on La Croisette
Johnny Depp: Captain Jack in no mood to quit the life of a buccaneer
Friday 13 May 2011
Johnny Depp has voyaged from cult actor to franchise mega-stardom. As the latest Pirates of the Caribbean makes landfall, he explains the lure of the sea to Gill Pringle
Orlando Bloom not allowed toilet break during labour
Thursday 12 May 2011
Orlando Bloom had to "pee in a bottle" when wife Miranda Kerr was in labour.
Win VIP tickets to the premiere of Pirates Of The Caribbean
Wednesday 04 May 2011
Disney's latest blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" premieres at London’s Westfield on 12 May and, thanks to Spanish carmaker SEAT, you could be there!
British child actor to star alongside Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean
Friday 29 April 2011
What's it like be a 15-year-old playing a pirate in a Hollywood blockbuster alongside Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz?
Chris de Burgh, Royal Albert Hall, London
Friday 22 April 2011
Swaggering onto the stage sporting a buccaneer's waistcoat, Chris de Burgh initially looks like he watched his Pirates of the Caribbean DVDs a little too closely when penning his latest (and 18th) album – 2010's Moonfleet & Other Stories.
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