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Dame Edna Everage to take on role of goblin in Hobbit movie

20.06.11
Dame Edna Everage is taking on a new persona - an ugly goblin in the Hobbit movie ... more

Feats of clay in Mary & Max

08.10.10
Mary & Max is a charmer of a ‘claymation’ film about the friendship between an eight-year-old girl and a 300lb bruiser with Asperger’s syndrome. And it’s based on a true story, as director Adam Elliot tells Nick Roddick... more

Bruce Chatwin: letters from a fallen angel

25.08.10
Bruce Chatwin’s mystique has been much damaged since his death. Now his wife of 23 years casts light on the bisexual travel writer’s carefully constructed world... more

A once-beautiful novelist Candia McWilliam calls herself 'a fat ghost'— how far should a writer go?

04.08.10
Novelist Candia McWilliam has written a brutally frank autobiography — and it’s unlike any other memoir you are likely to read, says David Sexton... more

Great Dame’s sequined comeback is distinctly Everage

16.09.09
Dame Edna Everage's show was certainly a notable spectacle in all sorts of ways, but somehow this ambitious revival never really took flight... more

Oscar Humphries: My new found love of collectable furniture

01.06.09
Former bad boy Oscar Humphries has found a new love: high-end collectable furniture... more

It was either quit my job or lose my man, says Denise Van Outen as she quits radio show

29.08.08
She had just bagged herself an amazing technicolor toyboy when she landed a job on breakfast radio. Not the best combination, says Denise Van Outen... more

What to do in London this week

23.06.08
Visit Shoreditch for a weekend of culture, try Ruby Blue for a fun evening out and see Kevin Spacey in a new light at the Larger Than Life exhibition.... more

I'd Do Anything's Niamh gets the boot but is told 'You'll be a star'

19.05.08
Niamh has become the eighth Nancy hopeful to be eliminated from BBC One's talent show I'd Do Anything. Following a public vote, Rachel and Niamh emerged as the least popular contestants in tonight's results show and Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to save Rachel ... more

Backstage with the Nancys: The final five Oliver! hopefuls really will do ANYTHING to win

16.05.08
This is the third of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hugely popular BBC1 talent search shows. After discovering Connie Fisher for Maria in The Sound Of Music, and Lee Mead for Joseph, both have gone on to spectacular success. We're down from 12 Nancy hopefuls to five. With the quarter-finals looming and so much at stake, it's not surprising that the pressure is beginning to tell: tears, temper tantrums, rebellion ... more

The high life in focus

14.05.08
An exhibition of Patrick Lichfield photographs includes his shots of Mick and Bianca Jagger, Joanna Lumley and Henry Cooper.... more

JK and the bust that nearly got away

10.04.08
Author JK Rowling clearly intended to make a splash at the prestigious British Book Awards. But she suffered an embarrassing cleavage malfunction in her waist-cinching purple satin dress, and her blushes were spared only with the help of her male assistant... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

26.07.07
Catch Chopper Reid in London this weekend before he heads off to Edinburgh while Rhona Cameron returns to her stand-up roots at the Menier Chocolate Factory.... more

DVDs of the week

03.04.07
The dinosaurs at the New York National History Museum come to life, Eddie Murphy travels back 24 years in time, and Dame Edna's 1987 talk shows are revived on DVD this week.... more

Organised chaos of punk mark 2

14.09.06
British Sea Power spent Sunday evening alongside Barry Humphries at the John Betjeman Gala. Last night, it was back to indie basics: a tiny venue, a fistful of new songs and a rip-roaring show.... more

A classy tribute to Betjeman

11.09.06
The late poet laureate John Betjeman died in 1984, but the calibre of performers at last night's celebration of his work spoke volumes about the esteem in which he is still held.... more


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