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Amy Winehouse ended up flashing her recently enhanced boobs to photographers in the street.... more

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The Camden Fringe is the in full flow — Bruce Dessau guides you to the funniest bits around.... more

A case of ale and farewell for Al Murray?

11.05.09
By the end of his UK tour Al Murray will have entertained a quarter of a million laugh-thirsty punters but this may be his peak. ... more

Frank Skinner is tack-sharp and topical

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Frank Skinner might not have a regular television series at the moment, but he is certainly keeping himself busy.... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

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Bad blood among top shopkeepers on the High St

28.11.08
Retailers slashing prices in an attempt to prise open the nation's wallets is not well-liked at all by ballsier rivals... more

Harry Hill set to replace Ross at ITV's awards

03.11.08
Harry Hill is tipped as Jonathan Ross's replacement, along with fellow comics Dara O'Briain, Graham Norton and Al Murray at the British Comedy Awards.... more

Queen is missing something

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Mercury's appearance on screen during Bohemian Rhapsody only emphasised that, in Queen’s case, the past is a superior place. ... more

Coldplay on top of the Q world

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Coldplay were the big winners at the Q Awards. The band won Best Album and Best Act in the World Today at the annual showbiz bash. ... more

Paul Daniels, The Krankies, Cannon & Ball... So just why do these geriatric jokers still play to sell-out crowds?

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It's something of a surprise to discover that some are still with us, let alone fresh from sell-out shows in seaside resorts all around the country.... more

ITV will bring back variety shows to win Saturday night ratings battle

14.08.08
ITV is to bring back variety shows for its autumn season in a bid to win the Saturday night prime-time ratings war.... more

Welsh songbird Duffy wins best song for Mercy at Mojo Awards

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Welsh singer Duffy, who has been dubbed 'the new Dusty Springfield, has won song of the year for her hit Mercy at the Mojo magazine awards.... more

Jungle romance is over: I'm A Celebrity's Cerys and Marc split up

19.02.08
I'm A Celebrity couple Cerys Matthews and Marc Bannerman have split up after just three months, it was reported today. Welsh singer Matthews apparently broke up with the former Eastenders star over the telephone two days before Valentines Day... more

Stars mourn legendary Red Rose Comedy Club

14.01.08
One of London's oldest and most respected comedy clubs, where some of the country's best comedians cut their teeth, is to shut down after 20 years.... more

Critic's Choice: Top 5 Comedy

20.09.07
There's top class laughs this week, including Al Murray, Rhona Cameron, Jason Byrne and Russel Brand to name a few.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

26.07.07
Catch Chopper Reid in London this weekend before he heads off to Edinburgh while Rhona Cameron returns to her stand-up roots at the Menier Chocolate Factory.... more

Iranian jokes are hostage to fortune

18.07.07
Omid Djalili wowed the crowd with some edgy humour light years away from Little Britain's fancy dress frivolity at the Comedy Hayday in Hackney.... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy

07.06.07
Mark Thomas is at the Tricycle, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Al Murray all line-up at the Lyric Hammersmith, and Daniel Kitson kicks off the Sunday season of al fresco gigs this weekend.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy shows

22.02.07
Rising star Russell Howard will be in his element live on stage, former poetry boyband member Luke Wright goes it alone and a terrific bill gathers for the Great Ormond Street Benefit gig.... more

Ecological with the truth

02.01.07
Al Gore uses his skills and clout to try to stop global warming in An Inconvenient Truth, Adrift proves to be one of 2006's finest psychological nail-biters and Crank is Speed without the bus.... more

The ultimate pub guide

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Kate Moss has decreed that pubs beat parties, clubs or bars. Luckily, London has a fantastic array of watering holes. Here we select the best places to huddle this Christmas.... more

Jimmy gets down to business

04.12.06
Of all today's comedians, the ex-marketing man Jimmy Carr is the most instinctively businesslike and his latest show, Gag Reflex, is a scarily efficient display of jokesmithery.... more

Our pick of the comedy stores

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Here is our pick of the best comedy clubs in London.... more

Critic's Choice: Comedy

31.08.06
Brilliantly bitchy stand-up from Alan Carr, laddish behaviour from doctor comic Simon Brodkin and some fine yarn-spinning from Owen O'Neill all make Bruce Dessau's top comedy picks.... more

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