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Power lesbians: The female celebs who are out and proud

24.08.09
Mary Portas and her glamorous journalist girlfriend are just two of a new generation of female celebrities who are out and proud... more

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09
Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09
Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Queens of New York

20.04.09
It's taken almost four years for Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I to revive their theatrical duel in New York but now they're ruling Broadway... more

Who won what at Standard Film Awards

03.02.09
Irish martyrdom, Indian poverty, American politics - the judges of the Evening Standard British Film Awards faced difficult choices.... more

£69m Mamma Mia! razes Titanic

16.12.08
Mamma Mia! has beaten Titanic to become the highest grossing film ever released in the UK.... more

Film

08.10.08
Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors ... 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

Live and let dye: Pierce Brosnan ditches his greying roots for the red carpet

03.07.08
Actor Pierce Brosnan looked younger than ever when he sported noticeably darker hair for the red carpet. ... 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

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

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

Meryl Mia! How Streep's gushing fan letter won her dream role in new film

18.05.08
With 14 Oscar nominations under her belt, Meryl Streep is generally on the receiving end of gushing fan letters. But after watching the stage musical Mamma Mia! on Broadway she decided to fire one off herself – with remarkable consequences ... more

Wet-weather gear for a stormy battle

27.02.08
Though first performed over 60 years ago, the contemporary resonances of Peter Grimes can still chill the heart of a modern audience.... more

The hottest tickets for the year ahead

04.01.08
From Kylie Minogue and masterpieces of Impressionism to an invasion of Chinese dance companies, the next 12 months will be a treat for London's arts lovers.... more

Now theatre critics are panned

14.05.07
The head of the National Theatre has launched an astonishing attack on critics as "dead white men".... more

Grimes eclipsed by glory of Venice

27.11.06
Three decades after his death, Britten's reputation as an operatic composer soars higher than ever as these productions of Peter Grimes and Death In Venice prove.... more

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