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March 21, 2013
Jude Law this week became the latest star to quit Jane Got a Gun, a troubled production which has already seen its director and a star other than Law exit the project.
The film first hit headlines at the start of the week when director Lynne Ramsay failed to report to ...
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Tags: Jane Got a Gun, Jude Law, Michael Fassbander, Natalie Portman
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World News
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March 14, 2013
A power cut in the West End resulted in some theatres having to cancel their shows last night.
Evening performances of both Matilda the Musical and Trelawny of the Wells, scheduled at the Cambridge Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse respectively, had to be cancelled – with confirmation made via their spokespeople ...
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Tags: Cambridge Theatre, covent garden, Donmar Warehouse, London West End
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Nights Out
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March 07, 2013
Fatboy Slim yesterday became the first-ever DJ to perform a set at the Houses of Parliament.
Real name Norman Cook, the DJ, a huge international star, merely starred as a warm-up act - a stark contrast to having performed to a quarter of a million party goers on Brighton Beach almost ...
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Shows, Events & Gigs
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February 28, 2013
Australian police have claimed that they have seized their largest-ever haul of the harmful drug methamphetamine, which was hidden in a large shipment from the south of China.
In total, the drugs weighed 585kg, which means that they had a street value of US$440m. Three individuals, an Australian, a Hong Kong ...
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Tags: Australia, Australian Federal Police, New South Wales Police, Sydney, the Australian Crime Commission
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World News
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February 21, 2013
Rapper Ja Rule has left a New York prison, but has been taken straight back into custody over his tax evasion case, the sentence he had been serving simultaneously.
As is well known in the world of music, the rapper had been serving time for gun possession. Two years for that ...
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Tags: Ja Rule, new york, USA
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World News
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February 14, 2013
Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing a charge of murder after his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was slain at his home in the South African capital, Pretoria.
Police were first called to the residence in the early hours of Thursday morning, where they discovered paramedics treating Miss Steenkamp, aged 29, ...
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Tags: Olympic Games, Oscar Pistorious, Pretoria, South Africa
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World News
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February 07, 2013
England secured a first win over South American rivals Brazil in 23 years last night as a spectacular Frank Lampard strike gave the Three Lions a deserved victory at Wembley.
The Samba Boys returned to Wembley to mark the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Football Association and played a full part ...
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Tags: Brazil, England, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Wembley
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World News
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January 31, 2013
Over 1,000 movie posters from Hollywood’s golden age have been received by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after being donated.
The posters document an era of "B-Movies" in the 20th Century’s first half, with genres such as westerns, musicals and war films all covered. Dwight M Cleveland, a ...
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Tags: Beverly Hills, Oscar Academy, Oscars
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World News
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January 24, 2013
Conflicting reports continue to emerge over whether or not Beyonce sang live at the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
A spokeswoman representing the Marine Corps Band explained to a leading UK newspaper that a "last minute" decision was made by Beyonce to perform to a backing track that had been pre-recorded. ...
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Tags: Beyonce, President Barack Obama, US Marine Corp
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Shows, Events & Gigs
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January 17, 2013
John McTiernan, director of the Die Hard series, yesterday lost an appeal that aimed to have a prison sentence of one year overturned.
Aged 62, McTiernan was originally handed his sentence after it was found that he lied to the FBI during a wiretapping case. He was free on bail as ...
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Tags: Die Hard, FBI, John McTiernan, Rollerball
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World News