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Del Boy Trotter returns

The nation’s favourite wheeler-dealer, Del Boy Trotter, is to return to UK TV screens, it has been announced, in a new comedy drama about his teenage years.
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Karl Malden dies aged 97

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Karl Malden, one of Hollywood’s strongest and most versatile supporting actors, who won an Oscar playing his Broadway-originated role as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire died yesterday. He was 97.
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Mollie Sugden as Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served?

Sitcom veteran Mollie Sugden dies aged 86

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Comedy actress Mollie Sugden died in hospital yesterday after a long illness, aged 86.
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Top Gear ticket hike for Dublin return

Friday, 26 June 2009

Fans of Top Gear were happy to pay through the nose to attend the live show last year, and there appears to be some confidence that they will do so again.
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Transformers enjoys record box office debut

Friday, 26 June 2009

The Transformers robots are record-breakers at the US box office, it was announced today.
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Rhys Meyers handcuffed after fracas at airport

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was taken away in handcuffs by police at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris following an alleged drunken brawl.
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BBC1 will clampdown on F-words to promote family viewing

Thursday, 25 June 2009

The BBC yesterday pledged to ban "malicious intrusion, intimidation and humiliation" from its entertainment programmes as part of a review of its editorial standards in the wake of the "Sachsgate" scandal involving Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.
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Irish move: Cohen and  Isla Fisher

Bruno creator Sacha Baron Cohen moving to Ireland

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Sacha Baron Cohen, currently shocking the world with his camp character Bruno, is leaving Hollywood for Ireland.
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Sarah Jessica Parker confirms surrogate twins

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her actor husband Matthew Broderick had twin daughters via a surrogate mother, the couple's publicist has said.
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Apprentice reject Ben to hold forth as TV pundit on panel show

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

He may have failed to make the grade as Sir Alan Sugar’s Apprentice, but a career as a panel show pundit could be on the horizon for Belfast bigmouth Ben Clarke as he guests on a BBC political talk show this week.
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The Gruffalo makes his TV debut

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Much-loved children's book The Gruffalo will be brought to the screen this Christmas as an animation.
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 Charlie's Angels, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett-Majors.

Cancer-stricken Farrah Fawcett agrees to marry Ryan O'Neal

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Ryan O'Neal says he plans to marry Farrah Fawcett, who is struggling to overcome cancer.
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Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz no longer playing dumb

Monday, 22 June 2009

After years of playing the ditzy blonde known for having one of the broadest smiles in Hollywood, Cameron Diaz is moving on.
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Standing ovation as Boyle returns to tour

Monday, 22 June 2009

Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle received a standing ovation when she returned to the talent show's live tour.
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Former Formula One World champion Michael Schumacher

Schumacher revealed as Top Gear's Stig

Monday, 22 June 2009

Michael Schumacher revealed himself as Top Gear's mysterious test driver the Stig last night.
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Sir Alan Sugar

Tories complain over BBC’s decision to stick with Sugar

Saturday, 20 June 2009

The Conservative party has formally complained to the BBC's governing body over the decision that Sir Alan Sugar will continue on The Apprentice.
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Stephen Fry sheds six stone

Friday, 19 June 2009

Actor, writer and TV presenter Stephen Fry says he has lost six stone since last December and is enjoying a much more active lifestyle thanks to his recent weight loss.
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Transformation: Shia LaBeouf has gone from jobbing child actor to giant superstar

Shia Talent

Friday, 19 June 2009

One of Hollywood’s brightest new stars, Shia LaBeouf already has a string of film hits to his name. He talks to Shereen Low about the highs and lows of fame
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In Pictures: Bruno hails 'D-listers' at premiere

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest comedy creation gave beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown some advice to help his comeback last night: “Wear some tight slacks.”
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Dr Stuart MacDonald

Ulster doctor thrilled to make Mastermind final

Thursday, 18 June 2009

A Co Down GP who is in the final of Mastermind has admitted he never thought he would get past the audition.
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 Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell unveils new format for X Factor

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

X Factor judge Simon Cowell unveiled a new format for the talent show today and acknowledged that Susan Boyle had found it "very, very difficult" to cope with the intense media pressure following her appearance on Britain's Got Talent.
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