Friday 9 January 2015

It's a (Dr.)No! James Bond car chase 'banned by Rome due to delicate fountains'





PRODUCERS behind the new James Bond movie Spectre were said to be planning to film a high speed car chase through the centre of Rome.


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To Kill A Mockingbird, Child 44 and The Examined Life: Julian Ovenden's six best books





JULIAN OVENDEN, 38, is the Sheffield-born actor and singer most recently seen as the dashing Charles Blake in Downton Abbey.


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Good reads of 2015: Literary line–up is blessed with gems





CHARLOTTE HEATHCOTE looks ahead to an exciting year for book lovers with something to suit all tastes, including fiction by William Boyd and Kate Atkinson, and biographies of John Le Carré, Alfred Hitchcock and Elvis Costello.


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Kooza review: It has spectacle in spades





FOR years founder Guy Laliberte's vision of an international touring circus appeared corrupted by its own success.


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Destiny: Bungie reveal new surprises in store for fans in Crota's End Hard Mode settings





DESTINY raid, Crota's End has been completed more than a million times by fans and Bungie have revealed some of the plans for the new Hard Mode setting.


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True blue! Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt is stunning in two piece at Golden Globes event





DOWNTON Abbey's Joanne Froggatt looked super stylish as she arrived at the pre-Golden Globes Audi party in Los Angeles last night.


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MICROSOFT: Xbox One games available to play and re-download even if delisted from Store





MICROSOFT have confirmed delisted Xbox One games will remain available to play and re-download from the online Games Store.


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Corr, Cara! British model Delevingne flaunts impressive curves in skin-tight dress





SHE'S one of the most famous modern catwalk models of her time and all eyes were certainly on Cara Delevingne last night.


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He knows what to do! Brooklyn Beckham shares behind-the-scenes snaps of solo fashion shoot





HIS 12-year-old brother Romeo has already modelled for Burberry, but Brooklyn Beckham has proved he's not going to let his younger sibling have all the fun.


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Michael Jackson, MC Hammer and Wu-Tang Clan: Simon Webbe's six best albums





SIMON WEBBE, 36, is a member of the band Blue, whose hits include Too Close and If You Come Back.


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Erebus: Into The Unknown review: Compelling mix of documentary and drama





AVIATION disasters have been all too common over the past year and this is a compelling mix of documentary and drama that revisits events from 1979 when an Air New Zealand flight crashed into the Antarctic with 257 passengers on board.


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Stars weigh in on how they'd improve awards season

LOS ANGELES (AP) " Hollywood's awards season kicks into high gear with the Golden Globes on Sunday, and it won't stop until the Oscars are handed out on Feb. 22.Awards shows are usually long and sometimes predictable, but at least...


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The Last Of The Unjust review: A fresh perspective on the horrors of the Holocaust





THIS film demands a lot of the viewer.


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Taken 3 review: Not nearly as nasty or repellent as the first Taken





HERE comes trouble.


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Foxcatcher review: A chilling and unsettling dramatisation of true events





YOU probably need to have a far greater interest in professional wrestling than I do to appreciate fully Foxcatcher, a chilling and unsettling dramatisation of true events.


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Into The Woods review: Triumphant interpretation of a Grimm storyline





STEPHEN Sondheim hasn't had much luck with the movies.


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BBC 'didn't feel' Rita Ora's plunging outfit on The One Show would cause offence





MORE than 400 complaints poured into the BBC after Rita Ora chose a revealing, white suit jacket to appear on The One Show on Monday.


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Ten things you never knew about... taxation





ON JANUARY 9, 1799 British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced income tax as a temporary measure to raise money for the Napoleonic Wars.


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The amazing one-handed pianist who defied his sceptics to become a world-class performer





NICHOLAS MCCARTHY defied the teachers who said it was impossible, graduated from the Royal College of Music and now performs around the world.


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TV star Stephen Fry 'surprised' by The Grand Budapest Hotel BAFTA nominations





HE announced the BAFTA nominees at the crack of dawn this morning and Stephen Fry's commented on the names announced.


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