Boy wizard Harry Potter is back in cinemas later this month with the sixth instalment of the movie franchise.
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/ 18 November 2008
Singer Michael Jackson may be too sick to travel to London to give evidence in a court case against him brought by a son of the king of Bahrain.
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/ 15 October 2008
Indian novelist Aravind Adiga on Tuesday won the Man Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, with The White Tiger.
Stars of the screen, stage and sporting arena paid tribute on Friday to Nelson Mandela, whose visit to London was overshadowed by events in Zimbabwe.
A lack of memorable movies mean the 2008 Cannes film festival is unlikely to live long in the minds of many critics, who argue that after a solid start the main competition faded. With four out of 22 films in the main competition this year yet to screen, critics and journalists struggled to come up with many highlights.
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/ 11 December 2007
British band Led Zeppelin blasted their way through more than two hours of high-octane rock’n’roll on Monday, turning back time on a night of passion and nostalgia. The quartet had a crowd of around 20 000 at London’s 02 Arena calling for more at the end of 16 tracks ranging from their most famous numbers to less familiar fare.
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/ 10 December 2007
British rockers Led Zeppelin reunite on Monday to headline a tribute concert to late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun in what has been billed as one of the biggest gigs in years. The three surviving members of the hugely successful 1970s group have rarely performed together since splitting in 1980.
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/ 28 November 2007
The Golden Compass, a -million picture based on Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel Northern Lights, is caught between a United States Catholic group that has called for a boycott of what it sees as an attack on religion and Pullman purists who do not want the original watered down.
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/ 19 October 2007
Scottish-born actress Deborah Kerr, best known for her performance as the adulterous wife alongside Burt Lancaster in the 1953 film From Here to Eternity, has died aged 86. ”She died on [October 16],” agent Anne Hutton said on October 18.
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/ 17 October 2007
British rock legends Led Zeppelin have performed only a handful of times since splitting in 1980 after the shock death of drummer John Bonham, and by their own admission each occasion was a ”shambles”. A reunion concert on November 26 offers the surviving members of one of rock music’s most and influential acts an opportunity to remind the world what they can do.