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From Gun-Toting Black Panther to Ivy League Professor
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In his new book Panther Baby, Jamal Joseph tells the story of his journey from young Panther to his time in jail to his current job at Columbia University.
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Kevin Bridges wins 1.7million viewers
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And 1m for Ten O'Clock Live
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Shush!
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Comedian Christopher Green is British Library's first artist in residence
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ITV sports show for Alistair McGowan
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Exec produced by Harry Hill
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E4 extends its PhoneShop contract
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Series three ordered
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Weird but true
NY Post: Weird But True
A jail inmate who allegedly escaped while being treated at a DeLand, Fla., hospital wasn’t hard to find — he made his getaway wearing a patient gown, in shackles and while hooked up to a heart monitor.
Accused forger Michael Burke slipped out of a bathroom, but didn’t get...
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Billy Connolly, the 6ft dwarf
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Big Yin joins Hobbit movies
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Total Recall: Luis Guzman's Best Movies
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Ready or not, it's time for another 3D Journey. Only this time instead of Brendan Fraser making his way to the center of the earth, we've got Dwayne Johnson muscling to the shores of The Mysterious Island in the company of Michael Caine, Vanessa Hudgens, and the inimitable Luis Guzmán[…]
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Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum The Vow Interview
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The duo discusses how they got involved in "The Vow," whether they met the real-life people the film is based on, and more.
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Ridley Scott Talks New Blade Runner Project
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He doesn't have a script -- or any idea whether it'll be a prequel, sequel, or something else.
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Billy Connolly Joins The Hobbit
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He'll play "Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield."
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Stallone and Schwarzenegger Enter The Tomb
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The duo will reunite for an action thriller about a prison designer who must team up with a convict to bust out of his own joint.
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Beyond Good and Awful: Literary Value in the Age of the Amazon Review
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It’s a basic but still weird fact about books that two people’s experiences of the same book can be radically different but equally valid.
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Today's Movie Trailer: The Bourne Legacy
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Matt Damon is out and Jeremy Renner is in for the fourth entry in the Bourne series. Renner, who gave us a glimpse at his secret agent abilities with Deember’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, will star alongside Ed Norton, Rachel Weisz, Albert Finney and Joan Allen (who also appeared[…]
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Sorkin’s Newsroom Plans Premiere, Adds to Vast History of Fake TV Networks
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The fictional cable network in The Newsroom will reportedly now be ACN, for Atlantis Cable News, joining a digital-cable-tier's worth of fake-network names from TV's past.
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The Oscars vs. Motion Capture: Tintin and Apes Snubs Raise Big Questions About the Academy
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In an era of increasing motion capture use, what does it mean to animate a film?
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Review: Worthing Symphony Orchestra – Family Film & Sport’ feat: Julian Lloyd Webber & John Inverdale
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On paper this looked like an odd marriage. Julian Lloyd Webber and the WSO are fine but where does a sports commentator come in? In the end it was a stroke of genius. The capacity audience witnessed an evening of sublime brilliance, both the orchestra and Webber (cello concerto by[…]
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Review: Bent Double – Komedia
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The reigning comedy queen of Brighton Zoe Lyon was in formidable form compering Bent Double, displaying her impeccable talent for sharp and spontaneous jokes.
The first of three acts on show started a little disappointingly with Julie Jepson, who looked desperate for a laugh whilst checking her watch every 10[…]
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Review: The Nutcracker – Moscow City Ballet
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Chichester’s Festival Theatre became the Winter Palace as Igor Shavruk’s excellent orchestra of soloists opened this enchanting cocktail of champagne and snowflakes. I started a smile that lasted the whole evening, except when I gasped at the dancing. The party turns of the second act, especially the pas de deux[…]
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Review: Romeo & Juliet – Moscow City Ballet
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Chichester’s stage seemed made for this drama, grand yet intimate. Prokofiev’s popular score was brilliantly realised by Igor Shavruk’s small orchestra. The choreography really needed to shine to match such music, and so it did. Laughter and delight mixed with real passion and pain. Except in the love scene, Mercutio[…]
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Film: The Iron Lady (TBC)
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Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Remember in the 1980s a certain Comic Strip film satirising Hollywood’s hypothetical take on the miners’ action and featuring Jennifer Saunders playing Meryl Streep… playing Margaret Thatcher? Not that the casting director of The Iron Lady saw that of course, but Hollywood’s interpretation of still a heatedly regarded[…]
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