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I want to break free: Sacha Baron Cohen exits Freddie Mercury biopic over 'creative differences' with Queen
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen is reported to have quit playing the lead in an impending Freddie Mercury biopic due to a disagreement with the remaining members of Queen.
Isla Fisher on making it in Hollywood (and how being married to Sacha Baron Cohen DIDN'T help)
Friday 24 May 2013
'Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed,' says Australian actress
Philip, Boris and Nessie: All provide reasons to stay in EU
Thursday 24 January 2013
German tabloid begs 'beautifully crazy' Britain to stay
Malcolm Tucker and the The Thick of It triumph at the British Comedy Awards
Thursday 13 December 2012
Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front won best actor and actress gongs for their efforts in Armando Iannucci's Shadow Cabinet
Page 3 Profile: Karl Rove, Republican strategist
Thursday 08 November 2012
Sharing in the election joy?
New Zealand Prime Minister denies calling David Beckham 'thick'
Monday 05 November 2012
New Zealand's prime minister has denied allegations that he called David Beckham “thick”.
Bournemouth police commissioner candidate vows to end the town's stag and hen party culture
Thursday 25 October 2012
The stag and hen party culture in Bournemouth is causing anti-social behaviour and strict new measures are needed to “reclaim” the town’s night-time economy, according to a local police and crime commissioner candidate.
Mime artists sweep awards in Edinburgh
Sunday 26 August 2012
Comics give another meaning to the phrase speechless with laughter
Queen, Hammersmith Apollo, London
Kimya Dawson, The Haunt, Brighton
Sunday 15 July 2012
Brian May thinks Adam Lambert's 'a keeper', and the audience agrees
Where ravens dare...
Sunday 24 June 2012
Meet Mr T, the Hollywood veteran making his London debut in 'Dr Dee'
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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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