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Troilus and Cressida is not fit for heroes

24.07.09
When Troilus and Cressidea is done well, the piece is riveting. Unfortunately, this lacklustre offering is not done well.... more

Diane Kruger: screen siren

29.05.09
Quentin Tarantino takes actors and turns them into stars, so what will Inglourious Basterds do for Diane Kruger... more

Fabio reign has taken us out of dark ages under the brolly wally

21.11.08
It feels like a lifetime ago that we were treated to the most tragicomic vista in the history of the English international team, says Matthew Norman... more

Co-stars in contest for best actress at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

07.11.08
Comedy co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack will go head to head for honours at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Heavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize

04.11.08
Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Best films in London this half-term

14.10.08
This half-term there are several must-see movies, from High School Musical 3 to Burn After Reading. Janie Lawrence offers a preview.... more

Deranged 'fan' has crack at poor Zac

09.10.08
The star of the High School Musical films is today recovering from an unprovoked attack that took place as he left a West End theatre.... more

Sad Office star Lucy Davis steps out without her wedding ring

11.08.08
Actress Lucy Davis cuts a sad figure as she steps out in Los Angeles without her wedding ring.... more

Hunt for actor to play gay Hadrian

25.07.08
Emperor Hadrian was a lover of beauty, a military hero and a bisexual man with the most complicated personal life, as thousands of visitors to the British Museum are discovering... more

Great Days out: A-I

22.07.08
From a trip on Star Over London to a butterfly house visit here is your A-Z guide of great things to do in London.... more

Sneak peek: Troy and Gabriella take on senior year in High School Musical 3

16.07.08
With perfect hair, fabulous new outfits and a host of new songs the stars of High School Musical are back - in their biggest film so far. ... more

Ex-EastEnder Letitia Dean wins rave reviews as High School Musical hits the stage

07.07.08
The show is the latest new outing for the record-breaking global phenomenon, which first appeared as a children's TV film over two years ago.... more

High School Musical comes to London

07.07.08
High School Musical's We're All in This Together, is so rousing that if it were hooked up to the National Grid we'd never need fossil fuels again.... more

Spectacular satire at the expense of fighting men

29.05.08
Declan Donnellan's too flippantly inclined production of Troilus and Cressida takes the cynic's stance and revels in mockery, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Rising star makes the grade

15.05.08
An actress who renounced Oxbridge academia for the stage has been chosen as the class brainbox in hit show High School Musical... more

Underground meeting with a real-life Delphic sibyl

11.04.08
The sibyls of Greek antiquity, who reach far back beyond the Trojan War, Homer and Herodotus, were women inspired by the gods to prophesy... more

Orlando Bloom gets flirty with his secret crush Jennifer Aniston at star-studded LA party

02.04.08
Orlando Bloom and Jennifer Aniston have quietly enjoyed a ongoing flirtation for months, and their latest encounter was no exception. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor was spotted cosying up to Hollywood's most famous bachelorette at a star-studded party in Los Angeles on Friday. While he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties, including Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria and Jennifer's best friend Courteney Cox, it was Jennifer, 39, who really caught his attention... more

Has Saffron Burrows got the trout pout to end all trout pouts?

04.03.08
She's a 35-year-old actress whose good looks have won her many admirers and a previous career as a model. However it seems Saffron Burrows has gone one giant step too far in her attempt to achieve fuller lips and ended up with possibly the world's worst trout pout. It was hard not notice the British-born beauty's 'bee-stung lips' as she attended the premiere of her latest movie, The Bank Job, in New York ... more

EXCLUSIVE: Orlando Bloom's secret crush on Jennifer Aniston

26.02.08
Jennifer Aniston has been enjoying an ongoing flirtation with her Travelling costar Aaron Eckhart, but the actress is said to have won the attention of a dashing younger admirer – Orlando Bloom... more

School's in for summer

28.01.08
High School Musical, the blockbuster children's TV film, is coming to the London stage.... more

Ice school musical glides in

27.12.07
Cheesy and sugary but high-speed skating show is a big hit with under-10s.... more

Timeless vision of war

29.11.07
Nicholas de Jongh was bewitched by Katie Mitchell's Women of Troy, which recreates the classic Greek tragedy using smart English ladies flaunting their 1940s finery.... more

Daring to be different

20.11.07
Despite the controversy caused by her last production, theatre director Katie Mitchell is pulling no punches with her interpretation of Women Of Troy.... more

Challenging tale of needless carnage

09.08.07
Helen of Troy is part of the summer season of free theatre at The Scoop - but for an enterprise keen on all-round accessibility it is an odd choice.... more

Breakfast is the way to start one's day

08.08.07
Despite the serious content, Ravenhill for Breakfast, a series of plays about the war on terror, makes a very pleasant and engaging way to start one's Fringe day.... more

It's Miller time

23.04.07
Greenford's gifted allrounder Troy Miller is a brilliant drummer, keyboard player and composer who had the Pizza Express Jazz Club swinging for three nights at the weekend.... more

Film Brad would be proud to show his kids

14.09.06
Babel, a complex story of interlocking destinies, is set to be the hit of next month's London Film Festival. After the disaster that was Troy, will it restore Brad Pitt's credibility?... more

Welcome sorbet of life's gentle richness

07.09.06
Biyi Bandele's snapshot of south-west London life, Brixton Stories, adapted from his novel The Street at the behest of the RSC, has the feel of a modern-day epic poem.... more

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