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An Evening with Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Covent Garden - review

20.07.11
Martha Wainwright not only supported her older brother Rufus on the second night of his "House of Rufus" extravaganza, she promptly upstaged him... more

Madeleine Peyroux, Barbican Hall - review

11.07.11
Despite years of fame, the charismatic Madeleine Peyroux still looks tense and awkward onstage but always sings straight from the heart... more

My generation is being priced out of London

25.05.11
Well, zip-a-dee-doo-dah. The average rent in London is set to top £1,000 a month: an acute shortage of properties has sent prices soaring... more

CDs of the week: The Cars and Hugh Laurie

06.05.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

Imagine Piaf...set to electric flamenco guitar for a taste of Anna Calvi

28.01.11
Female singers including Jessie J, Clare Maguire and Adele are set to dominate music this year, but Anna Calvi is probably the wild card... more

Marion Cotillard is pregnant

11.01.11
Marion Cotillard and director partner Guillaume Canet are expecting their first child together ... more

Planet fashion ... All the world's a catwalk

17.09.10
London, New York, Paris and Milan may be the world's fashion capitals, but sometimes designers crave a more exotic backdrop for their creations. Illen Rowe and Pandora Sykes report from far-flung front rows... more

Hollywood's love affair with Marion Cotillard

10.09.10
Marion Cotillard has an Oscar on her mantelpiece, a heart-throb lover and the fashion world at her feet. Where can she go from here, asks Pip Clements... more

Weekend events: what to do in London

27.08.10
Choreographer Michael Clark's new work can be seen at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall and we round up the best gigs and comedy in the capital... more

Guillaume the conqueror

30.04.10
Hollywood's new favourite Frenchman has seduced Europe's most beautiful women, played Keira Knightley's lover and directed hit thrillers. But can Guillaume Canet's Gallic charm vanquish Hermione Eyre?... more

Ma foi, c'est Martha Wainwright

12.11.09
Martha Wainwright seized Edith Piaf's haunting tales of prostitutes, death and ennui for herself and didn't let go.... more

Diana Vickers is a fine new Little Voice in a big role

21.10.09
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is amusing, affecting and decidedly old-fashioned.... more

X Factor star Diana Vickers makes West End debut

20.10.09
Former X Factor wannabe Diana Vickers vamps it up as a sequinned sex-bomb in her new West End show.... more

Coco Before Chanel is pretty as a picture

31.07.09
Coco Before Chanel is sumptuously tailored – if only it had unearthed a bit more of life’s real filth.... more

Elena captures passion of Piaf

22.10.08
The tiny, black-dressed Elena Roger as Piaf makes the evening work, thanks to the enraptured intensity which characterises her singing.... more

Playing Piaf

15.08.08
As she opens to great acclaim at the Donmar Warehouse, Elena Roger reveals how her Argentinian upbringing made her perfect casting for the role of the tortured French singer... more

Elena Roger is Playing Piaf

15.08.08
Elena Roger reveals how her Argentinian upbringing made her perfect casting for the role of the tortured French singer Edith Piaf.... more

Pitch-perfect pain in Piaf

14.08.08
In Jamie Lloyd's bare, low-tech production - on a black, brick stage - the romance of Edith Piaf is stripped away as surely as her clothes.... more

Divas leading ladies astray

26.06.08
It makes you miserable to think that a ballerina as able as Irina Kolesnikova is hamming it to Over the Rainbow in Divas.... more

A night with a talented diva

07.05.08
Celine Dion swept into London with her Titanic voice and John Aizlewood was in the 02 Arena to see the 'anti-diva diva' do what she does best.... more

Fancy dress the Madonna and Guy way: A smoky sophisticated Edith Piaf and.... Asterix

24.03.08
As a legend in her own right perhaps Madonna wanted to draw comparisons with France's most famous singer. The Queen of Pop chose to recreate the smoky look of tragic jazz singer Edith Piaf for a Kabbalah fancy dress party. Dripping in diamonds and shrouded in a fur stole the 49 year-old singer's sophisticated look was in stark contrast to that chosen by her husband. Guy Ritchie, 39, opted to dress as cartoon character Asterix - donning a shapeless white tunic, platinum blonde plaits and a Viking helmet with horns... more

No regrets about Piaf performance

26.02.08
Re-released to coincide with awards season, La Vie en Rose provides many reasons to cheer, not least Marion Cotillard's Oscar-winning performance.... more

Not even Valentine's Day roses can cheer up glum Keira Knightley

16.02.08
Keira Knightley's boyfriend may have arrived with a giant bunch of Valentine's Day flowers, but not even that romantic gesture could raise a smile on the star... more

Heartbreak for Keira Knightley and Julie Christie as the Brits are snubbed at the Baftas

11.02.08
British actresses were sensationally snubbed at the Baftas in favour of an unknown French starlet. Julie Christie and Keira Knightley both lost out in the best actress category to Marion Cotillard, the 32-year-old star of La Vie En Rose about the life of the Parisian singer Edith Piaf... more

Why the Brits are lining up to storm Oscar night

17.01.08
Hollywood's showcase may be threatened by the writers' strike but that won't stop British talents bound for glory.... more

DVDs of the week

27.11.07
Marion Cotillard is the star turn in La Vie En Rose, dandyesque comic Russell Brand plays Hackney and a documentary on T.Rex's Marc Bolan.... more

Fresh from France

31.07.07
Keren Ann has had five unsuccessful albums, but her absorbing gig at the Arts Theatre suggested her appeal may yet transcend international boundaries. ... more

Piaf might regret a thing or two

21.06.07
A stunning performance from Marrion Cotilard lifts La Vie En Rose, a film that leaves us none the wiser about the extraordinary life of France's best loved singer.... more

Indifferent anarchy from punk posturing Peyroux

18.04.07
Folksy jazz warbler Madeleine Peyroux showed an almost wilful indifference to intonation or melody at her lacklustre Hammersmith Apollo gig.... more

Tragic story of Europe's Billie Holiday

12.02.07
La Vie En Rose is a biopic of Edith Piaf, the iconic singer who died of drink and drug abuse. Despite its faults, the film left several audience members with tears in their eyes.... more


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