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Talent is a seventies send-up

24.09.09
You'd have thought Talent would have been in with a fighting chance but this is no talent show winner.... more

First review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

07.07.09
The sixth instalment of the Harry Potter saga is a slickly unemotional affair with a host of special effects.... more

The magic of Bonnie Wright

26.06.09
Bonnie Wright has gone from Voldemort's accomplice to Harry Potter's leading lady. Lydia Slater is enchanted by Ginny Weasley... more

Just a Mo as Walters signs up for lead in C4 drama

25.03.09
Julie Walters is to play Mo Mowlam in a new one-off drama for Channel 4... more

I've become a waste avenger

16.03.09
This week sees the launch of the commendable Recycle Now campaign. The heartening news is that our recycling rates have risen from 17 per cent to an impressive 34 per cent in the past five years; not enough but getting better every day... more

Obama shortlisted for two book prizes

10.03.09
President Barack Obama appears twice on this year's Galaxy British Book Awards shortlist... more

Julie calls for more women’s roles on TV

27.02.09
Top performers led by Julie Walters, Simon Callow, Charles Dance and David Soul are calling for more roles for women on television... more

HMV looks to a boost from Woolies collapse

11.12.08
Retail: The demise of Woolworths and the knock-on effects for the likes of Zavvi leave HMV boss Simon Fox sad but confident his group can capture much of the market share that is up for grabs... more

Super Thursday sees bookshops start Christmas countdown

02.10.08
The race for the top 10 Christmas books begins with more than 800 titles in the running... more

Lynda Bellingham dares to bare all in stage version of Calendar Girls

04.08.08
The 60-year-old actress, who is a regular presenter on ITV's Loose Women, is daring to bare all in a stage version of the award-winning film Calendar Girls. ... more

Thank you for the music, the magic - and Meryl

11.07.08
Some of the film critics - outside our own life-enhancing Standard cast - have given Mamma Mia! a rather stingy clutch of ratings on its release this week: "Pulped to Hollywood blancmange," gripes one... more

My, my, how can you resist Mamma Mia?

10.07.08
It's loud, deliriously camp and unsubtle but the screen version of the abba musical Mamma Mia! is as feelgood as it gets.... more

They all said I was crazy, that Abba was so passe - Mamma made Mia fortune

04.07.08
The smash musical has hit the big screen. But for producer Judy Craymer, it has been an epic 13-year labour of love. ... more

Mamma Mia...It makes you want to dance in the cinema

01.07.08
Mamma Mia! is ultimately a triumph; an ironical, seriously camp musical that eschews showbiz polish and instead celebrates fallible human beings and their need for pleasure. ... more

You can keep those Bond girls! How Brosnan's wife took the plunge on the red carpet

01.07.08
As a former James Bond, Pierce Brosnan could have been forgiven for thinking he might have been the star attraction at last night's premiere of Mamma Mia!... more

Mamma Mia... it makes you want to dance

01.07.08
Mamma Mia is ultimately a triumph; an ironical, seriously camp musical that eschews showbiz polish and celebrates fallible human beings.... more

Mama Mia! Scarlet woman Meryl Streep turns the blue carpet red at film premiere

30.06.08
She may be nearing 60 but Meryl Streep showed that she still had that extra something as she arrived for the the UK premiere of her new movie Mamma Mia.... more

Summer Blockbusters for the thinking fan

20.06.08
Prince Caspian gets the blockbuster season rolling - there are lots more big movies to look forward to. This year the emphasis is on brains as well as brawn.... more

Mamma Meryl! Get ready for an Abba singalong with the summer's most unexpected hit movie

12.06.08
Meryl Streep delivers the goods on Abba's classics and takes them from the West End to Hollywood with her athletic vibrant character. ... more

My mother was a snob, says Mary Whitehouse's son

27.05.08
On the eve of a drama about Mary Whitehouse the zealot clean-up TV campaigner, her youngest son launches an astonishing attack on the mother he didn't talk to for 15 years. ... more

Julie Walters: I thought Mary Whitehouse was just a busybody who spoiled all our fun - until I played her on TV

11.05.08
It is an uncanny and slightly terrifying likeness. From the winged glasses and stiffly coiffured hair to the leather gloves and crocodile hide handbag, Julie Walters is the very image of morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse... more

Julie Walters receives CBE as Charles reveals he loves the Harry Potter films

28.02.08
Julie Walters has described her excitement at being made a CBE as she revealed the Prince of Wales is a Harry Potter fan. The award-winning star famed for her parts on stage, screen and television said Charles told her he 'loved' the movies featuring the boy wizard... more

Almost impossible to dislike

30.01.08
Mad Funny Just isn't without promise but the show opts for dippiness at the expense of real feeling.... more

Miss Austen in love

08.03.07
Becoming Jane is your typical well-made British period piece. Only a lack of real inspiration and true cinematic flair prevent it from being a complete success.... more

Austen biopic gets stuck in the mud

05.03.07
For a romantic comedy Becoming Jane has serious aspirations. The feminist heroine is both brittle and self-conscious, while the horror of poverty is also forcefully conveyed.... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07
The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.... more

Victoria's secrets

12.01.07
After a painful divorce and critical failure, Victoria Wood is back with a new version of Acorn Antiques and enjoying single life, says Bruce Dessau.... more

On the road to nowhere

07.09.06
Was there ever a more mishandled British film than Driving Lessons? This woeful effort starring Rupert Grint makes less and less sense as it plods on.... more

Potter star in the driving seat

05.09.06
Rupert Grint is having driving lessons in real life and in the movies. He stars in Driving Lessons opposite Julie Walters, which had its premiere in Mayfair last night.... more

Helena lands Potter role

02.08.06
Film news: Helena Bonham Carter has won the role of evil Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange in the next Harry Potter film. The 40-year-old star will play one of Lord Voldemort's followers in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.... more

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