Monday, 16 March 2015

'It was psychological warfare' Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson opens up about being bullied





SHE may be a successful actress now, but Eleanor Tomlinson has revealed she was bullied as a teenager.


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TV show reunites Cambodian families scattered by Khmer Rouge

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) " Tears welling in her eyes, Sam Somaly looked into the camera and pleaded to three siblings she had not seen in nearly 40 years " family lost to a nightmare that still haunts Cambodia today."I am your...


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TV show reunites Cambodian families scattered by Khmer Rouge

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) " Palms clasped together, tears welling in her eyes, Sam Somaly looked into the camera and issued a desperate plea to three siblings she had not seen in nearly 40 years " family lost a lifetime ago to a nightmare...


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X Factor bullying: Reality TV chief Julie Christie now in the frame

The humiliation of X Factor contestant Joe Irvine last night could have easily been dismissed as a publicity stunt - after all, humiliations and bullying are common in reality TV.Husband and wife judges Willy Moon and Natalia...


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X Factor: 10 possible replacements for Kills and Moon

1. Anika Moa: She helped teach prisoners to write songs in Maori TV's Songs from the Inside so she's more than qualified to mentor some reality show contestants locked in a hou


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X Factor's Joe Irvine: A man who managed to beat the bullies with a calm smile

The most surprising thing on X Factor last night wasn't the bullying tirade by husband and wife judges Natalia Kills and Willy Moon. No, it was the response of the man they had targeted. Joe Irvine, 25, of Invercargill, smiled...


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Tour news: Imagine Dragons conjure up two NZ shows

Imagine Dragons have announced two New Zealand shows in September.The Las Vegas stadium dance-rock act will perform at Auckland's Vector Arena on September 8, and Christchurch's Horncastle Arena on September 10.They were last...


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Paul Casserly: Jeremy Clarkson, John Campbell and Willy Moon - three versions of the c-word

* Warning: This column contains explicit language. When Jarvis Cocker sang, "Let's be perfectly clear boys and girls, c**** are still running the world," he


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Jinx doco star arrested for mob murder

Robert Durst, the eccentric millionaire who is the subject of the television documentary series The Jinx about his links to three sensational killings, has been arrested on a murder warrant. FBI agents arrested Durst at a New...


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Music legend Lulu admits her songs help her with PTSD after violent upbringing





SHE is one of Britain’s most iconic stars with a career spanning half a century, but singer Lulu has revealed how her brutal childhood left her struggling with Post Traumatic Stress disorder.


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Cricket legend Andrew Flintoff wins in Australia… on their version of I'm A Celebrity





CRICKET hero Andrew Flintoff has been made king of the jungle in the Australian version of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!


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Sleeping cuts risk of diabetes: Just 30 minutes extra helps, says new study





BEATING diabetes may be as simple as getting a good night’s sleep, it was claimed yesterday.


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Top 10 facts about milk bottles





AN ARTWORK entitled No-one Home goes on display today at the Old Truman Brewery in east London featuring 1,461 milk bottles, one for each day since the Syrian crisis began four years ago.


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Back in Time for Dinner: New TV show sees family cook and eat meals from 1950s-1990s





STANDING over the stove in the dreary kitchen of her East London home, Rochelle Robshaw is trying to muster enthusiasm for a pan of grey-looking liver that she’s preparing for her family’s evening meal.


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Man behind the muscles: Aidan Turner discusses his new role as Captain Ross Poldark





MOVE over, Mr Darcy, there’s a new hunk in town.


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Sunday, 15 March 2015

Theater: Chenoweth soars in manic 'On the Twentieth Century'

NEW YORK (AP) " The effervescent revival of the 1978 musical comedy "On the Twentieth Century" that just steamed into the American Airlines Theatre marks a bewitching Broadway return for Tony- and Emmy Award-winner Kristen Chenoweth...


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Why Russell Brand can't watch his 'uncomfortable' documentary

Russell Brand found making a documentary about his life "painful and sad".The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star pulled out of attending the world premiere of Brand: A Second Coming - which reportedly features details about his...


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Womad 2015: The definitive review

It's no surprise that two acclaimed acts on the opening night of this Womad festival should be so diametrically different.One was England's Richard Thompson and his electrifying trio who opened with the furiously angry Stuck on...


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Is this the next Blurred Lines case?

Music producer Jermaine Dupri says he may have a Blurred Lines case on his hands. Dupri claims R&B singer Ciara's latest song, I Bet , is too close to Usher's U Got It Bad - the massive 2001 hit that Dupri co-produced - for...


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The best, the worst and the harshest jokes from Justin Bieber's roasting

Justin Bieber really wants you to like him again. After being the butt of the joke for hours during the taping of his Comedy Central roast, the 21-year-old singer gave a contrition speech."I turned a lot of people off over the past...


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