Friday 22 August 2014

Is this the new Hunger Games? Exclusive extract from Rick Yancey's The Infinite Sea





LAST year alien blockbuster The 5th Wave left readers shocked and crying out for more. We have an exclusive sneak peak at the sequel, The Infinite Sea.


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Maisie Williams passes her driving test in between filming Game of Thrones season five





SHE may ride a horse in her role as Arya Stark, but today Maisie Williams proved she can drive a car.


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Carry On star Leslie Philips suffers a stroke on bus ride home





LEGENDARY actor Leslie Phillips has suffered a stroke, it was revealed today.


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She's still got it! Goldie Hawn heads out for gym session in skin-tight work-out gear





SHE HAS always been one of Hollywood's hottest actresses and Goldie Hawn isn't letting up on her strict exercise regime any time soon.


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Instagram Style Envy: 10 Looks we loved this week on the 'gram









Instagram has quickly become the modern day house of style. Every day we're inspired by the outfits and over the top ensembles that are shared on the social network, so it seemed like a good idea to share a few of my favourite styles each week to share the love, as these women truly are providing inspiration daily. This week we have everything from white overalls to pre-fall ensembles on the streets of London. It's a hodgepodge of fashion food for the soul. Enjoy and look out next Friday for more favorites. Oh, and each picture is followed by a link to the instagrammer. Show some love and follow!












































































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Friday playlist: The evolution of Miley Cyrus

Gone are the days of the young sweet Hannah Montana. Miley Cyrus ' metamorphosis through her teenage years has transformed her into a, erm, 'colourful' butterfly.In 2006


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Siobhan Keogh: Should video games get government funding?

The election campaign is in full swing, and you'd think that wouldn't have much to do with video games. In years past it hasn't, after all. This year, however, Labour has released a policy about the 'Interactive Production industry'....


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Another day, another ice bucket challenge: Rosie Huntington Whiteley, Natalie Massenet and Marigay McKee









It's the dawning of a new day, which means more ALS Ice Bucket celebrity challenges to report. Overnight we had fashion figures everywhere taking the challenge and dumping ice cold buckets of water over their heads - or rather having their minions do it for them. Today we are sharing ALS ice bucket challenges from model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Net-a-Porter's Natalie Massenet and Saks' President Marigay McKee. Enjoy the screams.

























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Britain's porky pets: The obesity crisis in the animal world





WITH half of all dogs and one in four cats now considered obese, simple tips such as swapping treats for toys will help keep them healthy.


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Spark wants 70,000 Lightboxers by June

Spark's new internet television service is aiming to attract at least 70,000 paying customers by the middle of next year.The venture, Lightbox, has launched in beta mode and is due to become available to the wider public at...


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Kate Bush returns to the stage - but where did she go?





FOR the first time since 1979 the singer is about to perform live again to sell-out audiences. Why has she been away so long?


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Katie Holmes speaks out 'Confidence took time'





HAVING had a lacklustre film career over the past decade Katie Holmes has spoken out about being an anxious mother and her own worst critic in a tough industry.


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Dominic Corry: The best female-led action movies

This week sees the New Zealand release of Lucy , a new action thriller starring Scarlett Johansson as a young woman who gains superpowers when an experimental drug leaks inside her stomach. It's not the best film ever made, but...


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Pampered Pets: What’s causing my cat’s nosebleeds?





OUR vet David Grant works his animal magic.


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Handbags, family photos and pets: Five things that Darcy Bussell can't live without





FORMER ballerina and Strictly judge Darcey Bussell, 45, lives in London with her husband Angus Forbes, 48, and their daughters Phoebe, 13, and 10-year-old Zoe.


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Children's theatre round-up: Hetty Feather, The Elephantom and Aliens Love Underpants





IF YOU want to drag your children away from the telly or their computer screens you need to find something worth taking them to. Here's a selection of the best kids' shows around that are sufficiently entertaining for mums and dads as well.


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Calamity Jane review: Jodie Prenger stars in 'pleasurably barnstorming' show





THE Wild West lands in Newbury for a thigh-slapping jamboree with an all-singing and all-dancing cast in the stage version of Doris Day's classic film


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Adultery by Paulo Coelho: Explores subjective reality via a woman's torn heart





THE potential of youth and happiness are put under the microscope in Coelho's latest philosophical novel where matters of the heart rule over the mind


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I Can't Begin To Tell You: Resistance, spies and family in gripping drama





A BRITISH-born wife and mother faces increasing danger as she struggles to reconcile the emotional ties of marriage and motherhood with being part of the Danish resistance during the Nazi occupation


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24 Hours At Waterloo review: A gripping hour-by-hour of Wellington's victory





HISTORIAN and former soldier Robert Kershaw uses contemporary diaries, letters and reports to reconstruct the events of June 18, 1815 - the Duke of Wellington's most famous battle against Napoleon


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