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Adam suffers from sugar-coated syndrome

07.08.09

Adam, a romantic comedy about a young man with Asperger's, tries hard to lay on the sweetness but in the end leaves just a bitter taste.... more

Tom Hanks no longer 'insecure' about acting

05.05.09

Five times Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks declared he no longer feels insecure about his acting.... more

Topolski art underneath the arches

17.03.09

The Topolski Century tells the story of the 20th century as you've never been told it before but you may need a guided tour to get the most from it. ... more

Life lived backwards in Benjamin Button

05.02.09

Brad Pitt grows younger while Cate Blanchett ages in an extraordinary tale that makes an ordinary film in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.... more

Is this the year Brits sweep the Oscars?

06.01.09

All hopes are on Kate Winslet, Danny Boyle and Sally Hawkins doing at the Academy Awards what Team GB did at the Olympics, says Mike Goodridge.... more

No lifeguards at this pool ... Madoff loses $10,000 statue

31.12.08

Disgraced financier Bernie Madoff has suffered a fresh setback - a $10,000 statue has been stolen from his Florida home... more

Black-balling bankers at the capital�s clubs

18.08.08

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Todd Barry is in your facebook

27.06.08

Todd Barry is so beautifully arid he is positively parched. Yet he manages to take the most mundane subjects and weave absurd material.... more

Prom Night: A night to forget in a hurry

06.06.08

Packed with talentless nonentities who are killed in no particular order, and it's another formulaic chiller about a madman preying on high-school students. ... more

Hanks reveals himself to be a Villan

10.01.08

Tom Hanks outed himself as an unlikely Aston Villa football fan at the London premiere of his new film Charlie Wilson's War.... more

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Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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