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Talent is a seventies send-up

2009-09-23T23:00:00Z

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

First review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009-07-06T23:00:00Z

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

The magic of Bonnie Wright

2009-06-25T11:19:05Z

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

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

2009-03-25T09:13:40Z

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

I've become a waste avenger

2009-03-16T08:51:47Z

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

Obama shortlisted for two book prizes

2009-03-10T10:08:35Z

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

Julie calls for more women�s roles on TV

2009-02-27T16:21:10Z

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

HMV looks to a boost from Woolies collapse

2008-12-11T10:08:41Z

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

Super Thursday sees bookshops start Christmas countdown

2008-10-02T07:43:54Z

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

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

2008-08-04T10:15:10Z

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.

Thank you for the music, the magic - and Meryl

2008-07-11T08:02:21Z

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

My, my, how can you resist Mamma Mia?

2008-07-09T23:00:00Z

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

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

2008-07-03T23:20:05Z

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

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

2008-07-01T10:10:02Z

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.

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

2008-07-01T07:57:34Z

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!

Mamma Mia... it makes you want to dance

2008-06-30T23:00:00Z

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

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

2008-06-30T20:26:28Z

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.

Summer Blockbusters for the thinking fan

2008-06-20T13:57:20Z

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.

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

2008-06-12T20:06:43Z

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

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

2008-05-27T21:47:24Z

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.

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

2008-05-11T00:43:46Z

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

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

2008-02-28T15:29:38Z

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

Almost impossible to dislike

2008-01-30T00:00:00Z

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

Miss Austen in love

2007-03-08T00:00:00Z

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.

Austen biopic gets stuck in the mud

2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

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.

And next year's winners will be ...

2007-02-15T16:15:39Z

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.

Victoria's secrets

2007-01-12T15:11:04Z

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.

On the road to nowhere

2006-09-06T23:00:00Z

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.

Potter star in the driving seat

2006-09-05T10:46:47Z

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.

Helena lands Potter role

2006-08-01T23:00:00Z

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.