Friday, 30 January 2015

Elvis kitsch up for auction after quirky owner's death

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) " Thousands of Elvis Presley-themed items are going up for auction this weekend in north Mississippi.They're from the kitschy collection of the late Paul MacLeod. The Elvis super fan operated his home as...


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Obama, Cooper push for media help in better vet portrayal

NEW YORK (AP) " The first lady and "American Sniper" star Bradley Cooper have banded together to push for accurate representation in film and TV of U.S. troops who've returned from war.Michelle Obama and Cooper joined a list of...


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Dinner date? Kylie Minogue stops by Chiltern Firehouse amid rumours she’s dating the owner





AUSTRALIAN beauty Kylie Minogue couldn't disguise her smile as she headed to the Chiltern Firehouse restaurant in London.


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WATCH: Matt Damon launches the 'Buy a Lady a Drink' campaign for Water.org





ACTOR Matt Damon has joined forces with Stella Artois to launch its first global social impact campaign ‘Buy a Lady a Drink’.


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Horsing around! Martin Freeman and Sherlock cast film elaborate Victorian street scene





WE'VE already seen Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in their Victorian outfits, and now the entire set has had an old-fashioned makeover.


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Salem - tune in for the TV fantasy

After the horrid Charmed and the hammy Coven series of American Horror Story , I'd all but given up on TV witches. But Salem (Wednesdays, The Zone, 9.30pm) brings new meaning to the phrase "toil and trouble". It's dark, creepy...


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'Foyle's War' returns for a final, satisfying season

LOS ANGELES (AP) " The end is at hand for "Foyle's War," the absorbing, impeccably produced World War II-era series that moved smoothly from crime to spy drama as the years passed.That the final three episodes build to a satisfying...


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Garden of the Week: Snowdrops at Chelsea Physic Garden





CHELSEA Physic Garden has its annual programme of snowdrop events from January 31, with a series of walks, talks and workshops.


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Brian Blessed pulls out of King Lear due to heart condition





VETERAN actor Brian Blessed has withdrawn from a production of King Lear just over a week after collapsing on stage.


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'I’m not going to your pathetic level' Katie Price hits out at Katie Hopkins in CBB House





THEY seemed to be putting their differences behind them, but it looks like a storm is brewing between Katie Price and Katie Hopkins in the Celebrity Big Brother House.


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Jay-Z business makes bid for Aspiro music streaming company

NEW YORK (AP) " A business controlled by rapper Jay-Z has made a $56 million offer to buy the Scandinavian music streaming company Aspiro.Project Panther Bidco Ltd. has offered 1.05 Swedish kroner (13 cents) in cash per share of...


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Piers Linney announces his departure from Dragons' Den





AFTER more than 200 pitches and nine deals, digital entrepreneur Piers Linney has announced he is quitting Dragons' Den - after two years on the popular BBC show.


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WATCH: 'Avenge them' Epic Game Of Thrones season five trailer leaked online





FANS of Game of Thrones are getting excited for the show's upcoming fifth season, after an epic two-minute trailer was leaked online.


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Steve Braunias: The secret diary of ... Eleanor Catton

Monday Interesting questions of gender and identity are raised at the Jaipur literary festival in India when I'm judged to have lost the egg and spoon race.I don't wish to complain. But it's vitally important for writers and...


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'Gotham' star Taylor delights fans with his Penguin villainy

NEW YORK (AP) " Although filmed in the real Gotham City, Fox's "Gotham" inhabits a New York all its own. What resides here is part reverential mythmaking (it recounts Batman's genesis), part free-floating film noir (whose 1940s manners...


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StarCraft 2 getting new games in 2015 and 2016





ACTIVISION Blizzard are set to launch a new StarCraft 2 game in 2015.


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Girlfriend supports partner through sex change: 'We’re in love and that’s what matters'





A WOMAN met the man of her dreams online, but just three weeks into their relationship he revealed that he wanted to have gender reassignment surgery.


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Childhood sweethearts banned from getting engaged as teenagers finally wed - 35 YEARS late





CHILDHOOD sweethearts Carolyn Walker and Ian Cook have finally married - 35 YEARS after they were banned from getting engaged as teenagers.


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Sweet love! Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer celebrate marriage with ANOTHER wedding cake





THEY got married at the beginning of this month, but it seems Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer are still celebrating as they enjoyed their second wedding cake in Cambridge.


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Concert review: Paul Simon and Sting, Vector Arena

Paul Simon and Sting may sound like a somewhat unlikely pairing. At 73 and 63 respectively, they're from opposite sides of the Atlantic, and found fame in different decades with different genres.But more than 40 years on, their...


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