A small London theatre company has taken New York by storm with stars such as Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire and Matt Damon joining audiences for its interactive show... more
Barack Obama loves her, the purists call her the real thing — and now, says Esperanza Spalding, who performs at the London Jazz Festival next month, she wants the world to hear her astonishing music
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Brothers is relevant to anyone concerned about the British soldiers currently living and dying in Afghanistan and to anyone who's ever felt like a stranger in their own land... more
It is exactly a week since the ridiculous mass hysteria first erupted over the death of MJ (as he is now being called). For seven days the nation has been deluged with little else but the ceaseless outpourings of grief... more
First word on Barack Obama's historic nomination acceptance speech from a bevy of celebrities in attendance was decidedly partisan: 'It was excellent,' Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said. 'It was amazing.'
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When Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac signed up to star alongside each other in the upcoming movie Soul Men, nobody could have predicted both men would be dead before the film's release.... more
The writer, director and star of Kidulthood insists its portrayal of teenage sex, violence and drug-taking reflects his own experience of life in London... more
As a director representing black America, Charles Burnett is as important as Spike Lee, argues Derek Malcom as he reviews Burnett's seminal piece of cinema.... more
It was a meeting of two of the showbiz world's biggest male stars - and a sight to make the heart of most red-blooded females beat unseasonably fast... more
Hillary Clinton's team is under suspicion following the appearance of a picture of her rival, Barack Obama, wearing a Somali Muslim turban. Whoever is responsible no doubt hopes to undermine his presidential campaign. I think the photo will only enhance Obama's multicultural mystique... more
Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Moor in the Donmar Warehouse’s production has been hailed as one of the best ever. Experiencing a ‘memorable jealousy’ gave him the necessary inspiration.... more
If you have the patience David Fincher's Zodiac, a meticulously made thriller about the serial kiiller who terrified San Francisco in the Sixties and Seventies, should provide ample reward.... more
Tommy Lee Jones makes his directorial debut with The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada while Clive Owen thinks he's planned the perfect bank robbery in Inside Man.... more
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