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Celebrating Carnaby Street cool

04.02.10
It's 50 years since one Soho side-street started to take off as London's hippest shopping destination. Jonathan Prynn joins the celebration... more

The unlikely rebirth of Richard Wilson

22.12.09
Richard Wilson talks about making his Shakespearean debut at 73 — and why old age is for cissies.... more

Film books of the year

03.12.09
Mad mothers, blue eyes and bitchy wit are just some of the prerequisites for Hollywood stardom, according to this year’s best film biographies, says Charlotte O’Sullivan... more

Something to get your teeth into: the history of Hammer Horror

20.10.09
It has been dismissed as shlock and melodrama but it is one of the quintessentially British forms of film-making... more

Catwalk Confidential: a model of aspiration

08.09.09
Robyn Peterson was one of the stars of Edinburgh with her one-woman show about her experiences in the fashion industry... more

Jackson joins 'cemetery of stars'

04.09.09
Michael Jackson joins a long list of famous Americans who have been laid to rest in a Forest Lawn cemetery over the last century... more

Michael Jackson to be buried on day he was due to celebrate 51st birthday

18.08.09
Michael Jackson will be buried in a private ceremony on August 29 - the date he was due to celebrate his 51st birthday, a family spokesman has said... more

Scarlett Johansson goes grunge

14.07.09
As the new face of Mango, Scarlett Johansson has swapped preppie for leopardskin and tousled blonde. Liz Hoggard met her in Madrid... more

Caught on film - when Banksy had dinner with Joan Collins

15.06.09
A new film records the unlikely meeting between Joan Collins and the mysterious artist Banksy. Caroline Roux got a sneaky peak... more

Alan Carr: I couldn't come out to my football boss dad - I've never been in!

22.08.08
His soccer boss father wanted him to be a footballer, but Alan Carr always knew he was different. Now Britain's campest comic is making millions. ... more

Remember our first kiss? Simon Cowell's childhood sweetheart surprises him live on U.S. TV

02.05.08
He is known to millions as TV's Mr Nasty but Simon Cowell showed he has an altogether softer side after being ambushed on television by the first girl he ever kissed. The star was left blushing when Brit Tara McDonald-Smith called him during a Q&A session on his US show American Idol and revealed how the pair kissed at the bottom of his garden when they were just nine... more

Hollywood's 'perfect woman': A cross between Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Carmen Electra

26.02.08
Introducing Carlizina Jolectron, the latest Hollywood beauty. On closer inspection, the stunning actress appears rather familiar. In fact, Carlizina isn't even a real woman - she's a digital combination of Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Carmen Electra ... more

Acid portrait of the entertainment industry

29.11.07
It was made in 1950, but Joseph L Mankiewicz's acid portrait of the entertainment industry, All About Eve, still feels bang up to date.... more

First great picture show from Kate the curator

29.11.07
Kate Middleton has curated her first exhibition - and was immediately tipped as a future star of the art world.... more

A festival of film

15.10.07
With hundreds of movies being shown at venues across the capital, the 51st London Film Festival has something to offer fans of all genres.... more

Animated conversation

08.10.07
Animated films should be aimed at everybody, not just at children, says the genre's golden boy, Brad Bird.... more

Boys are back with a class act

04.01.07
Alan Bennett's The History Boys returns to London making a far stronger emotional impact than in 2004, leaving Nicholas de Jongh moved, disturbed and exhilarated.... more

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