Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Verdi's Rigoletto review: 'As finely sung and acted as you could hope for'





SIMON KEENLYSIDE gives a superb performance in the title role of the hunchbacked jester at the corrupt court of the Duke of Mantua


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Shock opera Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House is a 'real triumph'





IS THIS bold, brash operatic biopic of Anna Nicole Smith the modern equivalent of Verdi's La Traviata?


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Brave Hayley beats childhood ailment colitis





WHEN Hayley Sparkes appears on ITV's This Morning giving advice to viewers on fashion and make-up or demonstrating the latest products on QVC she always appears confident, relaxed and immaculately presented.


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Theatre Review: Forbidden Broadway





IT'S more than 30 years since Gerard Alessandrini devised his revue pastiching the most successful shows on Broadway with lyrics that send up the construction of the songs or the demands on the performers.


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Feeling blue: Susanna Reid swaps sexy yellow lace dress for demure frock at breakfast





SUSANNA Reid's hemlines have been known for getting a little shorter over the last few months, but today that wasn't the case.


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Dairy diet can beat diabetes: Full fat cream and milk can slash risk of disease





A HIGH fat diet packed with butter, cream, whole milk and cheese could hold the key to beating diabetes.


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Sugar ban: Junk food should be axed from school to stop tooth decay





SUGAR-packed junk food should be taxed and banned from schools in a bid to curb soaring levels of obesity and tooth decay.


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Desensitisation therapy treatment sounds good for tinnitus sufferer





IMAGINE putting your headphones on to listen to your favourite music and instead hearing a constant whooshing noise.


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Twins! Charlotte Hawkins comes face-to-face with her doppelganger Kathleen Rose Perkins





CHARLOTTE Hawkins felt like she was looking in the mirror as she interviewed the latest celebrity on Good Morning Britain today.


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World's most expensive iPhone made worth eye watering £1.7million





WE somehow doubt you'll be able to get this luxurious phone on a contract.


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Captain Carol! Vorderman shows off her curves in sexy military-style attire





SHE'S made no secret of her love of flying, and now Carol Vorderman has taken to dressing the part too.


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Victoria's Secret Angels bare all for racy nude book





SUPERMODELS Candice Swanepoel and Doutzen Kroes strip to their birthday suits for a raunchy photo shoot with Victoria's Secret photographer Russell James


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Open-water swimming keeps you fit





MY WIFE thinks I'm mad when I jump out of bed at 5.30am every Saturday to drive 20 miles up the M4 to Datchet in Berkshire and plunge into a dark, murky, cold lake.


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'It's a yes' Simon Cowell wants Bruce Forsyth for Christmas special on HIS show





SIMON COWELL says he might beat the BBC at its own game by hiring Sir Bruce Forsyth for a one off Christmas special.


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Jane Fonda steals the show in glitzy black outfit at Hollywood film premiere





SHE may be turning 78 later this year, but Jane Fonda still knows how to pull out all of the stops.


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Prince William and Kate admit they are Downton Abbey fans





PRINCE William, Kate and baby George will all tune in to Downton Abbey when it returns to ITV on Sunday evening.


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London Fashion Week LIVE: Princess Diana's handbag designer Anya Hindmarch and more





FOLLOW our live blog for all the shows, clothes and and frows on the final day of London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015, brought to you by our fashion team ANTONIA KRASKOWSKI and EMMA KNIVETON


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All eyes on the Beckhams as they arrive at Reading FC's training ground to watch sons play





IT'S not often you'd see the Beckhams in Reading, so it's no wonder onlookers were surprised when the A-list couple stopped by recently.


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Rapper Common's father, Lonnie Lynn, dies at 71

LOS ANGELES (AP) Lonnie Lynn, known to hip-hop fans for his soulful spoken-word poems on rapper son Common's albums, has died.Lynn died at age 71 on Friday, Common said in an interview Monday in Los Angeles. He gave no further...


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Celebrity social: Ten things you missed

You gotta give it to her. One of the few people who can make wearing a sheet look good! Ellen DeGeneres: Kri


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