Imagine if you worked in advertising and then daubed subversive messages on street hoardings in your spare time. That's pretty much what the jingle writer, comedian, actress and improviser Rachel Parris is up to in her debut solo show.
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Disney’s Lone Ranger sparks anger as birth defect is used to make villain Butch Cavendish ‘look more evil’
Monday 22 July 2013
Charities and community groups call for boycott as promotional material compares facial scars to not having a soul
Gallery: Disney's 'Aireal' system uses air vortexes to mimic touch feedback for computers
Friday 19 July 2013
New system could be used for video-gaming or to enhance gesture-based interfaces
Lovefilm rival Wuaki.tv launches in UK from £2.99 a month
Friday 12 July 2013
New streaming service hopes to attract consumers with hybrid model of subscriptions and on-demand titles
Despicable Me 2 beats Johnny Depp's The Lone Ranger to top US Box office
Monday 08 July 2013
The animated film took more than $50m more than The Lone Ranger in its opening weekend
Mickey Mouse remixed: The cartoon icon returns in new Disney shorts
Sunday 07 July 2013
After 85 years in the fame game, the world’s most famous mouse has had a makeover. Laura Davis charts the changing face of Disney’s leading man
Paperback review: Hildegard of Bingen, By Fiona Maddocks
Sunday 07 July 2013
Every woman needs some turbot liver
The Lone Ranger rides again but is lame horse at US box office
Saturday 06 July 2013
$250m remake in slow start during Independence Day holiday
Microsoft shows off 3D touchscreen that 'touches' back
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Microsoft have shown off a new touchscreen that mimics how physical objects feel by offering ‘tactile feedback’ to users.
Grease and Lady and the Tramp animator John David Wilson dies aged 93
Tuesday 02 July 2013
The animator behind the iconic opening credits to 1978 film Grease has died aged 93.
Gaming reviews: The Yawhg; XCOM: Enemy Unknown; Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Friday 28 June 2013
Video: The Bolshoi Ballet
Sunday 23 June 2013
The Bolshoi Ballet is at the Royal Opera House, London WC2 (roh.org.uk), 29 July to 17 August. See the previews for the programme below:
Streaming services sign Hollywood deals
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Netflix and LoveFilm have both struck deals with big Hollywood studios as the online streaming services compete to snap up television and film rights.
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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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