Thursday 26 February 2015

Strictly fab Claudia Winkleman is up for ‘TV Oscar’ after just 12 weeks on show





CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN is in line for a top entertainment award – after just 12 weeks on Strictly Come Dancing.


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'He's really scary' Margot Robbie thought she'd be arrested for slapping Leonardo DiCaprio





WHILE many would have jumped at the chance of kissing Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie instead chose to "whack" him across the face during their first meeting last year.


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Review: Moore invigorates dark, messy 'Maps to the Stars'

"Maps to the Stars" is such a deliriously perfect title for a Hollywood send-up that it's amazing it hasn't been used in that form before. The tritest of all exercises in voyeuristic celebrity worship, that flimsy fold-up guide to...


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Wednesday 25 February 2015

Madonna takes a tumble at the Brit Awards

LONDON (AP) " Madonna has given music fans a shock when she tumbled down several stairs at the Brit Awards.The 56-year-old queen of pop was closing Wednesday's ceremony in London with a performance of her song "Living For Love."Madonna...


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APNewsBreak: Texas paid $2.2M for Garcia Marquez archive

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) " The University of Texas' literary archive said Wednesday it paid $2.2 million for the works of Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a price the school sought to keep secret until ordered to make it public by...


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Margot Robbie: The marvel of Margot

It's rare these days for an actor to possess a genuine wide-eyed demeanour, even one whose unlikely route to movie stardom began in rural Dalby, three hours' drive from Queensland's Gold Coast. Yet Margot Robbie - today poised and...


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The Folio Society: 'Emma' Anti Heroines





The Folio Society: 'Emma' Anti Heroines


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BRIT Awards 2015: Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran sweep the board with TWO gongs apiece





AFTER taking home no less than four Grammy Awards, including song of the year, earlier this month, Sam Smith continued to add to his trophy cabinet at the BRITs 2015 tonight.


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Publishers say they stand by Fox's Bill O'Reilly

NEW YORK (AP) " Bill O'Reilly's book publishers say they stand behind the Fox News Channel host's work despite questions that have been raised about his reporting.O'Reilly's series of books about the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Abraham...


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Madonna takes a tumble at the Brit Awards

LONDON (AP) " Madonna has given music fans a shock when she tumbled down several stairs at the Brit Awards.The 56-year-old queen of pop was closing Wednesday's ceremony in London with a performance of her song "Living For Love."Madonna...


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Nickelodeon debuts mobile channel Noggin for the pre-K set

NEW YORK (AP) " Nickelodeon is creating brand-new content for its $6-a-month mobile channel Noggin, aimed at preschoolers.The ad-free service will debut next Thursday on Apple mobile devices. There's no immediate word on an Android...


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Album review: Kiasmos, Kiasmos

One of the most interesting, if not visually engaging, artists at Laneway was electronica boffin Jon Hopkins, who added edge and scratchy beats to elevate his sound above the quasi-ambience of his albums. You suspect Icelandic duo...


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Album review: Kodaline, Coming Up For Air

Irish band Kodaline move away from indie folk-fuelled first album In A Perfect World with the release of their sophomore album, Coming Up For Air .The four-piece did well with debut album singles All I Want and High Hopes...


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BRIT Awards 2015: Madonna FALLS DOWN flight of stairs on stage as she closes the ceremony





HER performance was the most hotly-anticipated of the night, however just seconds into Madonna's set at the BRIT Awards 2015, she was seen falling backwards to the ground.


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Nickelodeon debuts mobile channel Noggin for the pre-K set

NEW YORK (AP) " Nickelodeon is creating brand-new content for its $6-a-month mobile channel Noggin, aimed at preschoolers.The ad-free service will debut next Thursday on Apple mobile devices. There's no immediate word on an Android...


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Smith and Sheeran win, Kanye stirs it up at UK's Brit Awards

LONDON (AP) " Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran each won a pair of prizes Wednesday at Britain's leading music awards " but it took Kanye West to introduce some edge, with a song that proved too strong for television.And Madonna gave the...


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Papa don't screech: The painful monent Madonna falls down flight of stairs at Brit Awards

Madonna took a nasty tumble on stage during a live performance at the 2015 Brit Awards.The singer toppled off a set of stairs after her dancers pulled on a long, flowing cape she was wearing. It appeared the pop diva was trying...


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Review: Smith, Robbie pour on the charm in sharp 'Focus'

If the mark of a good con artist is that he or she makes you think you know exactly what's going on " when of course you haven't a clue " that's also the mark of a good con-artist movie, isn't it? To make you feel like you totally...


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Judge orders Lohan to redo some community service hours

LOS ANGELES (AP) " A judge has ordered Lindsay Lohan to perform 125 hours of community service after a prosecutor determined the actress improperly received credit for performing in a London stage play.Los Angeles Superior Court...


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Obese exercise instructor helps others beat the bulge: 'People don't expect me to be fit'





EVEN though she weighs in at 18-and-a-half-stone, Charlotte Clarke is determined to help others slim down with this year's latest fitness craze, The Jungle Body.


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