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Black Cat hopes to charm the West End

19.10.09
All-black cast of a new West End production of the Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof began rehearsals... more

Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is a masterpiece

25.09.09
Francis Ford Coppola’s first Godfather is a masterpiece ... more

Final farewell paid to king of pop Michael Jackson

04.09.09
Michael Jackson took centre stage for the last time at a funeral service at which friends and family were given the opportunity to grieve in private... more

Gloria Vanderbilt: the grand dame of New York society

21.08.09
Gloria Vanderbilt's life of scandalous affairs, intriguing business ventures and unbridled extravagance has provided the material for her latest creation - a steamy novel that has Manhattan in a spin... more

Rachel Weisz mesmerizes in magical Streetcar Named Desire

29.07.09
This production has both realism and magic, and makes A Streetcar Named Desire seem a resonantly modern tragedy.... more

Ignore the Puritans - mother knows best

02.04.09
Pity the pregnant woman who has the audacity to contemplate a second drink. Caroline Williams, 26, five months pregnant, was thrown out of The Cricketer in Hove for taking a sip from a friend's glass... more

Mayfair’s poker ‘Don’ who gambled it all

31.03.09
He has won millions at cards but, as the Serious Fraud Office probes his £1 billion development company, has Achilleas Kallakis finally been dealt a losing hand? ... more

On the Waterfront is enthralling

13.02.09
On the Waterfront is an extraordinary piece of expressionistic theatre with a stylised ritual that ranks as a thrilling work of art.... more

On The Waterfront is a West End contender

27.01.09
The 94-year-old writer of 1954 film On The Waterfront will attend the West End premiere of his stage version... more

'He deserves an Oscar': Critics acclaim Heath Ledger's last performance as the Joker

15.07.08
Heath Ledger has been widely tipped to receive a posthumous Oscar nomination for his performance as the psychotic villain who battles Bale's Caped Crusader in the superhero sequel, The Dark Knight.... more

Getting to know The Metros

24.06.08
It's a busy time for The Metros. They are playing most of the big summer festivals, including Glastonbury, but they've taken time out to talk to us.... more

First review by BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Indiana Jones franchise shows its age

18.05.08
Not enough jokes, and while the stunts are clever there's a sense that we've seen a lot of them before...Baz's verdict on the highly-anticipated Indiana Jones movie.... 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

A fun blast from America's past

17.03.08
Joe Allen - a New York-style bar cum dining room tucked away in Covent Garden - doesn't take its clientele or its nosh too seriously. It's a place to feast on the ambience rather than the food. ... more

How P.J. Proby's life is falling apart at the seams

01.03.08
Not many people would choose to live between two thundering trunk roads in the Midlands with articulated lorries rattling by on both sides, but that is where P.J. Proby can be found these days. P.J. is the Texan-born rock star who is famous above all for being run out of Britain in the Sixties for splitting his too-tight trousers repeatedly on stage ... more

Season of controversial film

01.10.07
The Barbican Cinema is to host a season of films that have either been banned, rejected or censored by the BBFC.... more

Why I'm bringing Brando to the West End

10.08.07
Steven Berkoff, one of British theatre's most vocal and unpredictable figures, talks about why he thinks he can now turn the iconic Fifties film On the Waterfront into a stage success.... more

Fame game falls flat

16.08.06
Marlon Brando's Corset purports to be a study of how the modern obsession with fame prostitutes us all, but it's as shallow and pretentious as those it is parodying.... more

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