Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard wake up one lucky viewer for new ITV promo





SUSANNA Reid and Ben Shephard gave one Good Morning Britain the shock of their life when they came to them live from their bedroom.


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Janice Dickinson claims she was 'sexually assaulted' by American TV star Bill Cosby





JANICE DICKINSON has claimed she was 'sexually assaulted' by American TV star Bill Cosby in the 1980s.


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'Ant has to wait for me to ask him to be Best Man' Declan Donnelly opens up about proposal





THEY'RE the best of friends who are never seen apart on television, but Declan Donnelly hasn't asked Ant McPartlin to be his Best Man just yet.


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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Emma rework is a complete waste of time





WHEN asked if I would like to review Alexander McCall Smith’s reworking of Jane Austen’s Emma, I responded with a snarky remark about Joanna Trollope’s efforts with Sense And Sensibility earlier in the year.


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TV pick: Dreams Lie Deeper

Nearly 10 years after television cameras followed him to Matata where he played for victims for the 2005 eastern Bay of Plenty flood, Dave Dobbyn has been back on musical counselling duties. Though this time Dobbyn's journey isn't...


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10 home-video releases to give for the holidays

NEW YORK (AP) " Are you worried there will be nothing to look at once the holiday decorations come down?Here, in no particular order, is a list of 10 home-video goodies to fill the gap. They may not fit so well in loved ones' stockings,...


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VIDEO: Has David Bowie lost the plot on new single Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)?





DAVID BOWIE releases the new video for his jazz noir single Sue from the Nothing Has Changed album


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When child abuse is a family affair





BEING born to, and bred by, a sadistically violent parent is a life sentence.


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The Fall makes victims of us all





THE CREEPIEST drama commissioned by the BBC has returned for another series and once again it is not the series to watch with your maiden aunt.


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Gemma Collins favourite to get most bushtucker trials during her time on I'm A Celebrity





THE reality star is already having a tough time in the jungle but it looks like things are about to get a whole lot worse for Gemma Collins.


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Joan Smalls, Isabeli Fontana and Gigi Hadid strip off for racy Pirelli calendar





THIS year's calendar - entitled Calendar Girls 2015 - brings together 12 of the world's most sought-after models


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Jessica Simpson sticks her tongue out at Eric Johnson before they smooch at premiere





JESSICA Simpson enjoyed a night out with her husband Eric Johnson last night and couldn't resist indulging in a serious PDA.


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Enigma won a war but lost personal battles





BENEDICT Cumberbatch has not yet played that cinematic stardom rite-of-passage, a superhero , but his Alan Turing in The Imitation Game is arguably just that: a superbrained maths genius who must singlehandedly save Britain during the Second World War by cracking the Enigma code.


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Anybody can do anything if they have the right karma





STELLA SWEENEY is a Dublin beauty therapist and mother whose chaotic life is transformed when she develops Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disease that leaves her unable to move anything but her eyelids for months on end.


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Theatre round up: White Christmas, East is East and Jonah and Otto





CHRISTMAS has come early for theatre lovers with this revival of Irving Berlin's classic musical.


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Triple Bill: 'This company is on a roll'





A TAD clever and a shade self conscious it may be but company dancer Liam Scarlett's latest, The Age Of Anxiety, is more than just another rung up the choreographic ladder.


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The Block eyeing apartment or bare land options

the next move for hit reality television show the block nz could be into an auckland apartment building or giving its contestants the challenge of starting from scratch on bare land.In Friday's auction of houses renovated by the...


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Defining that classic-rock sound

Glyn Johns is a walking rebuttal to the maxim that if you remember the 1960s, you weren't there.He was there - overseeing the Rolling Stones' first recording session, arranging the Beatles' rooftop concert, reeling from the first...


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Attorneys in Morgan accident lawsuit meet in court

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) " Attorneys are meeting in federal court in actor-comedian Tracy Morgan's lawsuit against Wal-Mart over a fatal auto accident last summer.A Wal-Mart truck slammed into the back of a limo van that was carrying...


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Eddie Redmayne was daunted about playing Steven Hawking after Benedict Cumberbatch





ACTOR Eddie Redmayne has said he felt a little daunted about the prospect of playing Steven Hawking after Benedict Cumberbatch.


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