Every household has its own Christmas-tree traditions. Some get the Anthea Turner treatment, with only carefully coordinated baubles allowed anywhere near them; in these houses, you suspect that the all-too-perfect presents below are actually empty cardboard boxes. Other trees find...
28/11/08 The Changeling, in cinemas now Angelina Jolie makes a grab for an Oscar in Clint Eastwood’s true story of corruption and conspiracy set in 1920s Los Angeles. Jolie plays Christine Collins, a single mother and telephone exchange manager, whose...
SCOTS rockers Idlewild are the latest big name on the bill of Glasgow's Hogmanay party. The band join Paolo Nutini, Blondie tribute act Bleachie and the winners of the Road to Hogmanay band contest. Next month, Idlewild will also play...
As the first airing of Do They Know It's Christmas? wafts through Woolworths' doorway and high-street checkout queues grow into po-faced conga lines, it's natural to question what it's all for. All too often, the spirit of Christmas gets buried...
Most of the ribbing was affectionate. He was a "dancing pig in Cuban heels" and an old bloke with "baby elephant moves". But it was John Sergeant's swan-like grace in withdrawing from this year's Strictly Come Dancing that left the...
Star rating: ** During Scouting for Girls' opening number, James Bond, vocalist Roy Stride declared: "Since I was a boy I've wanted to be like Roger Moore." It's unsurprising, because, like Moore, the London trio ply their trade with a...
Harry Potter-themed silliness in the Potter Puppet Pals' The Mysterious Ticking Noise Must Love Jaws. Jaws recut in the vein of Free Willy. Stoopid and annoying? It's cats and dogs singing Christmas songs...
20/11/08 My Best Friend’s Girl, cinemas from Friday Romantic comedy meets crude dude humour in this movie starring darlings of Hollywood fluff and farce, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs and Dane Cook. Hudson plays Alexis, feisty ex-girlfriend of Dustin (Biggs), who...
Star rating *** It was hard to tell whether Mr West was being tongue-in-cheek when he apologised to fans for ruining all their future gig-going by "jading your minds with greatness", but it's clear that he has put his heart...
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