Aspiring stars are invited to follow in the footsteps of Daniel Craig, Derek Jacobi and Matt Lucas and audition for the National Youth Theatre.... more
Calvin, 25, was born in Dumfries. He's had five top ten hits, including Acceptable in the 80s, and a number one album. He has also worked with Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Kylie Minogue...... more
Don’t get left behind by the latest music crazes and gizmos — from tweeting the stars to remixing your voice, there’s more fun to be had than you might think... more
Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has given birth to her second child nine weeks early after being struck down by a potentially deadly pregnancy condition for a second time... more
She was dressed to impress for a night alongside London's elite, but Meg Matthews made the wrong kind of impression when she took an embarrassing tumble while leaving the Serpentine Gallery Summer party. The 42-year-old former party queen and ex wife of Oasis star Noel Gallagher was helped to her feet by horrified security . ... more
As one of Britain's foremost hair stylists, Nicky Clarke knows a thing or two about looking his best for a special occasion. So it seemed entirely appropriate that he should lend a hand to girlfriend Kelly Hoppen when they attended a star-studded event in London last night
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If you thought that they looked bad before the Brit Awards started then these pictures of Britain's finest pop stars as the night wore on are even more shocking. The most candid display of drunkenness came as Bianca Gascoigne, stepdaughter of former England footballer Paul, ended up in a heap in the gutter after being turned away from Kylie Minogue's party at Movida nightclub in the early hours of the morning
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Kelly Brook and Kylie Minogue, stole the show at one of the most important dates in the British fashion diary. The Strictly Come Dancing star and pop's queen of reinvention shone on the red carpet at the Elle Style Awards in gorgeous full-length Grecian style gowns. And despite a full quota of celebrities from the worlds of fashion, film and music, both emerged clear winners in the fashion style stakes
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Mark Thomas is at the Tricycle, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Al Murray all line-up at the Lyric Hammersmith, and Daniel Kitson kicks off the Sunday season of al fresco gigs this weekend.... more
Forget Hoxton and Notting Hill. Camden, once so forlorn, is gradually becoming cool again, and a favourite hangout of increasing numbers of celebrity boozers.... more
Ozzy Osborne's latest disc disappoints, Sophie Ellis-Bextor releases a fun-filled opus and G Love get busy with some serious funk in this week's album reviews.... more
The Feeling brought a sold-out Apollo to its feet on the last night of their tour, no small task in a venue with an atmosphere akin to a funeral on the moon.... more
David Smyth chats with Pete Townshend and his girlfriend Rachel Fuller about their unprofessional webcasts, and does his bit to save Camden's Electric Ballroom in his weekly column.... more
A crowd dotted with transvestites, other pop stars, a bearded lady and several people in monkey costumes filled a specially-erected circus tent to launch Mika's debut album.
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Home Secretary talks about dangerous dogs, Jon Venables, his deprived childhood in Fifties Notting Hill - and why he won’t rule out standing for Labour’s top job
The £2.6bn Large Hadron Collider is to close again for maintenance. Brian Cox, the astrophysicist making science sexy — and who used to be D:ream — still believes things can only get better
How do you sell a below-par van Gogh for a tidy profit? I hear one canny businessman is sending it to market while it happens to be on display at the Royal Academy of Arts
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