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Jack Whitehall returns to host the BRIT Awards ceremony, which, for the first time in its 49-year history is being held outside London, at Manchester’s Co-op Live. Leading the nominations are Olivia D

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HER CURVEBALL WIT AND INIMITABLE CHARACTERS MAKE LISA KUDROW ONE OF OUR MOST ADORED COMIC ACTORS. NOW, SHE’S RETURNING TO OUR SCREENS FOR A THIRD AND FINAL SEASON OF HBO’S THE COMEBACK .

Which childhood book sparked your love of reading? The Shoe Shop Bears by Margaret J Baker, now sadly out of print. It was the first book I bought with my own money. I was bored by picture books and w

...to the cinema this week to see The Testament of Ann Lee. Amanda Seyfried stars in the title role as the irrepressible leader of an 18th-century religious movement, who preached gender and social eq