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Oprah Winfrey quits ABC show after 25 lucrative years

20.11.09

Oprah Winfrey is pulling the plug on her fabulously successful talk show.... more

Red Bull stick to twin threat plan to erode Jenson Button's lead

11.09.09

Team boss makes promise to back his drivers equally as Vettel and Webber close in on Briton at top of the standings... more

Angelina Jolie signs up for Flight Club

10.07.09

Reaching the heights of fame is clearly not enough for Angelina Jolie... more

Danny La Rue, comic in a frock, dies of cancer

01.06.09

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Jimmy Carr is warm as well as nasty

10.12.08

Jimmy Carr is such a consummate craftsman that somehow his jokes about his girlfriend, disability and the homeless rarely offend.... more

Duval still a believer as he rolls back the years

18.07.08

David Duval says he is still a great golfer and, he insists, going into the second round of the Open Championship just four shots off the overnight lead proves the point... more

Farewell, Jack... Emmerdale cast bids tearful farewell to Clive Hornby at beloved actor's funeral

15.07.08

Past and present castmembers of Emmerdale gathered in Leeds yesterday to pay their last respects to the soap's longest running star Clive Hornby.... more

The dark days of Doris Day: The 'girl next door' had a dark side behind her squeaky clean public image

13.06.08

To her millions of fans she was squeaky clean. But Doris Day's public image hid a dark side. So much for the 'girl next door'... more

It's all there in black and white

18.04.07

The Host gallery's latest show spans the spectrum of monochrome from 1859 to 2007 and takes in ten pioneers of the medium.... more

Jimmy gets down to business

04.12.06

Of all today's comedians, the ex-marketing man Jimmy Carr is the most instinctively businesslike and his latest show, Gag Reflex, is a scarily efficient display of jokesmithery.... more

Something funny's going on in the capital

25.10.06

The Borat movie, starring London's Sacha Baron Cohen, is hailed as one of the most hilarious films in years, while the capital's comedy clubs brim with young talent. We're gagging for it.... more

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As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels
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Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

Sky in plot to hire students on the cheap

Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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