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New Orleans is recovering its old spirit

28.10.09
Despite the ravages of Hurricane Katrina four years ago Lindsay Johns finds that New Orleans is well on the path to recovery... more

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

CDs of the week

02.10.09
Kiss bring out their first new material for ten years and Lethal Bizzle has a rollercoaster of a third album.... more

Marathon swimmer promotes film with dip in Thames

02.09.09
Marathon swimmer Martin Strel emerges from the Thames on his way to the London premiere of Big River Man, a documentary about his record breaking swim along the Amazon... more

Toyota ‘is set to build hybrid cars in Britain’

14.07.09
Toyota is to build a major hybrid car in the UK for the first time, possibly creating thousands of new jobs, reports claimed ... more

Raiders of the lost movie

28.04.09
Twenty-five years after two 12-year-old boys started filming their own version of Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark their touching remake has its UK premiere.... more

Beyoncé bares her soul in Cadillac Records

19.02.09
Darnell Martin's Cadillac Records is distinguished by some more than adequate performances but drifts through the story of the record label.... more

Tennis star’s rape charge ordeal leaves family with £10,000 debts

09.02.09
The family of a young British tennis star falsely accused of rape in America is facing debts of thousands of pounds after a legal battle to clear his name... more

British tennis player faces 'rape victim' in US court

06.01.09
A British tennis protégé accused of rape will come face to face with his alleged victim in a US court... more

British tennis protégé faces rape charge

19.11.08
A British tennis protégé has been arrested in the United States on suspicion of raping a woman following a party ... more

Britney hospital dash after son has seizure

10.11.08
Britney Spears has been keeping a vigil at her son's hospital bedside after he suffered a seizure during a family reunion.... more

How Hiram and Blanche did their bit for the President

05.11.08
After Barack Obama's historic victory last night, one of the greatest taboos in American politics has been put to rest... more

Millions flee New Orleans as Gustav bears down

01.09.08
New Orleans is a rain-lashed ghost city, with just a handful of remaining citizens hiding in their homes as they await Hurricane Gustav... more

Morgan Freeman divorcing wife of 24 years... days after car crash with a younger female companion

06.08.08
Morgan Freeman is getting a divorce from his wife of 24 years, according to US reports.... more

Too Many Broken Bones: Jason Donovan's arm in a cast after mystery injury

05.08.08
Former Neighbour actor Jason Donovan is recovering after breaking his right arm and thumb.... more

Pictured: The horrific car crash which nearly killed Morgan Freeman

04.08.08
The Oscar-winning star and a female passenger were cut free from the vehicle after it veered off the highway and flipped over several times before ending up in a ditch.... more

Mixed traditions at World Music Awards

31.07.08
The World Music Awards was the most whole-hearted of the Proms' forays beyond the Western classical tradition; offering music from three continents.... more

Lloyd's set for biggest profits fall since 2002

17.07.08
Lloyd's insurers are braced for their biggest profits decline since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2002... more

Toyota to build Prius in the US

11.07.08
Toyota, caught by surprise by the runaway popularity of its hybrid petrol-electric, will begin building them in the US after stocks have sold out... more

Jamie Lynn Spears names her new baby girl Maddie Briann

19.06.08
Britney Spears' 17-year-old sister has given birth to a healthy girl. Jamie Lynn welcomed her first child via Caesarean section after an ultrasound revealed the baby might be in breech position, according to reports.... more

Homecoming queen: Britney Spears flies in for pregnant teen sister's baby shower

05.05.08
Britney Spears has flown back to her hometown in Louisianna for the first time in over a year to attend her teen sister's baby shower. The troubled star was reunited her mother Lynne and pregnant Jamie Lynn, 17, as she arrived at the small party held at the family's gated mansion in Kentwood over the weekend. Around 30 guests attended the ladies-only celebration, with police keeping guard as paparazzie circled around the house and also in helicopters... more

Meeting of the diva misfits

27.02.08
The little-known friendship of the black jazz diva Ella Fitzgerald and white Hollywood sex goddess Marilyn Monroe makes for an absorbing piece of theatre... more

Raucous night of hobo blues

25.01.08
Heavily bearded and with a tractor driver's cap, Seasick Steve looks like no other star around, yet a star is exactly what he is.... more

DVDs of the week

04.09.07
The week's top DVDs are led by an example of British film at its best in This Is England.... more

The things I'll do for Dylan

17.04.07
Wembley Arena is a vile venue, but you just have to put up with it for a legend.... more

Shadow brings enlightenment

18.12.06
Josh "DJ Shadow" Davis makes music for the head and heart rather than the dancefloor: and his live shows have become revelatory multimedia extravaganzas.... more

Voodoo spell broken

14.11.06
Cassandra Wilson was in her element at her London Jazz Festival gig until a heckler broke the spell and hustled the concert to a premature and slightly edgy finish.... more

Rosamund plays it cool

19.10.06
Tennessee Williams's Summer And Smoke has been rediscovered on the London stage but actress Rosamund Pike is a little too serene for the role of a sexually desolate preacher's daughter.... more

Blues 'white boy' is true original

27.09.06
The snowy-bearded sage of Tippo, Mississippi, is maturing like a pint of charcoal-mellowed bourbon. And at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, he was as junty and upbeat as ever.... more

A little help from his friends

22.08.06
For his first London dates since the tragic loss of his son, Martin Taylor departs from his solo-virtuoso mode and gets a little help from his friends.... more

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