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Few laughs on offer in romantic comedy Admission

11:18am Monday 17th June 2013

Rom-com doesn't make the grade, writes Damon Smith.

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Showbiz News

Birds Of A Feather could fly again

10:18am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Birds Of A Feather could be coming back to television after it was reported that ITV has signed up the original cast for a new series.

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Wine

A dry, citrussy French and a velvety Spanish red

4:02pm Monday 10th June 2013

Nick Nunn gives us his pick of the best wines of offer this week.

Walks

Enjoying a walk in Glazebury

9:00am Thursday 13th June 2013

Glazebury, once in Lancashire, has since 1974 been Cheshire’s most northerly village.

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Travel

Hidden gems of the Aegean coast

10:55am Monday 17th June 2013

Turkey has plenty of hidden charms to offer if you're willing to venture off the beaten track.

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Gardening

Rocky Horror still rocking 40 years on

11:14am Monday 17th June 2013

The Rocky Horror Show may be 40 years old but it still has fan Gareth Parker rocking in the aisles.

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Motors

Review: Citroen Berlingo Multispace

12:51pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

If practicality is your middle name, the restyled Citroen Berlingo Multispace may well be the car for you.

Caprice to star in reality show

1:31pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

Caprice is set to star in a reality TV series similar to the Real Housewives franchise.

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Hollywood designer to the stars Martyn Lawrence Bullard learnt his trade in Bromley

11:52am Tuesday 18th June 2013

HOLLYWOOD’s top designer dipped his toe in the industry buying trinkets at markets in Bromley and Greenwich.

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Will.i.am's Voice record label rage

12:19pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

The Voice coach Will.i.am has hit out at record label Universal over the failure of last year's winner to succeed in the charts.

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DJ Whiley slams BGT and The Voice

12:19pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

DJ Jo Whiley has criticised Britain's Got Talent and The Voice - saying that contestants do not know what they are letting themselves in for.

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Spider-Man 3 and 4 dates all set

12:05pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone could be returning for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4, after Sony Pictures announced release dates for the upcoming films.

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Birds Of A Feather could fly again

10:18am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Birds Of A Feather could be coming back to television after it was reported that ITV has signed up the original cast for a new series.

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Adams: I don't see point in diets

10:18am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Amy Adams has said she's turning her back on Hollywood diets as she doesn't see the point in them.

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World War Z draws massive NY crowd

5:42am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Thousands of fans brought Times Square to a standstill as they waited to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt at his premiere for World War Z.

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Perry talks Brand, Mayer with Vogue

5:29am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Katy Perry "goes there" with Vogue about two of her high-profile relationships, as the magazine's July cover story.

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DJ Whiley slams BGT and The Voice

1:20am Tuesday 18th June 2013

DJ Jo Whiley has criticised Britain's Got Talent and The Voice - saying that contestants do not know what they are letting themselves in for.

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Will.i.am's Voice record label rage

1:20am Tuesday 18th June 2013

The Voice coach Will.i.am has hit out at record label Universal over the failure of last year's winner to succeed in the charts.

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Keith is back in Austen follow-up

1:20am Tuesday 18th June 2013

The Good Life star Penelope Keith is returning to television in an adaptation of PD James's follow-up to Pride And Prejudice.

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Taylor Bradford slams 50 Shades

1:20am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has dismissed erotic romance 50 Shades Of Grey.

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Cryer: Sitcoms do not need jokes

1:20am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Barry Cryer has criticised today's sitcoms for lacking believable characters.

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Artist Andres Jaroslavsky sets up new painting class

11:08am Thursday 13th June 2013

YORK artist, tutor and gallery owner Andres Jaroslavsky is starting a six-week painting course on Saturday afternoon at his Corner Gallery in Scarcroft Road.

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James Edgington column - On the Edge

9:43am Friday 7th June 2013

I AVOID Britain’s Got Talent. I did before I was on it, and now even more so, although it is like that moment when someone falls in the street and your instinct takes over to laugh, but really you want to help.

Stone Roses out for film premiere

12:20pm Friday 31st May 2013

Ian Brown took to the red carpet in Manchester at the premiere of his film Made Of Stone.

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Dancing on Ice to end next year

9:03am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Dancing On Ice is to be axed after one further series, it has been announced.

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Cinema staff go Star Trek mad!

10:42am Sunday 12th May 2013

RESISTANCE is futile!

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Jazz superstars and top bands head Hampshire venue's summer line-up

10:36am Sunday 12th May 2013

JAZZ superstars, rock bands, top tribute acts and 60s pop bands are among a star-spangled summertime package at The Concorde Club.

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Charlatans to play Forest Live, Delamere Forest

4:45pm Thursday 4th April 2013

THE Charlatans have been named as the third and final headliner of this year’s Forest Live concert, along with Blondie and Paloma Faith.

Ant and Dec enjoy chart success

2:44pm Monday 25th March 2013

Ant and Dec could be Rhumbl-ing the music charts once again, as their revived hit song lands the top spot in the iTunes download chart.

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Walters given South Bank award

3:35pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

Julie Walters has been honoured with an outstanding achievement award to recognise a career spanning almost four decades.

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Bieber shares picture from hospital

10:57am Friday 8th March 2013

Justin Bieber posted an online picture of himself in a hospital bed just hours after leaving the stage during a UK show, complaining he was short of breath.

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Hoppen joins Dragons' Den panel

3:56am Tuesday 19th February 2013

Interior designer and businesswoman Kelly Hoppen is to join the fearsome panel on TV's Dragons' Den.

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I've served up last TV show: Delia

10:13am Tuesday 5th February 2013

Delia Smith has called time on her television career and said programme makers were now sacrificing education for entertainment.

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Will Neil take the Big Brother crown?

12:40pm Friday 25th January 2013

FORMER Saints defender Neil Ruddock could become part of reality television royalty if he is crowned winner of Celebrity Big Brother during tonight’s final.

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Pamela boobs on ice dance show

10:02pm Sunday 6th January 2013

Pamela Anderson suffered a stumble and a wardrobe malfunction as she became the first celebrity to be axed from Dancing On Ice.

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First BB housemates up for eviction

9:09pm Sunday 6th January 2013

Model Paula Hamilton and US reality stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have joined jockey Frankie Dettori as the first housemates up for eviction from Celebrity Big Brother.

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'Child sex' charges rocker remanded

11:35am Monday 31st December 2012

Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has reappeared before a court to face allegations of plotting to rape a baby.

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Live blog - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 European Premiere in London

5:20pm Wednesday 14th November 2012

From 5.30pm: Live coverage of the European premiere of the final installment of the Twilight Saga in London's Leicester Square. Follow the event as Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart - fresh from their very public break-up - walk the red carpet alongside Taylor Lautner and other fellow vampires.

Stones announce Paris warm-up gig

10:56am Thursday 25th October 2012

The Rolling Stones have surprised fans by announcing they are to play a warm-up gig - their first for five years - with an intimate show in Paris tonight.

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Williams: Monogamy not natural

10:56am Thursday 25th October 2012

Robbie Williams has admitted that if he started drinking again he'd end up being unfaithful.

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Hugh Bonneville on dog's demands

10:56am Thursday 25th October 2012

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has unmasked a diva on the hit show.

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McGovern: Live shows are terrifying

10:56am Thursday 25th October 2012

Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern has confessed she "embraces the terror" every time she goes on stage with her band.

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Craig 'wanted to keep 007 pants on'

10:56am Thursday 25th October 2012

Skyfall star Berenice Marlohe has told how Daniel Craig kept his pants on during their shower scene - until she persuaded him to take them off.

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Kylie dazzles Charles and Camilla

10:56am Thursday 25th October 2012

Kylie Minogue dazzled the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall when she performed a surprise concert by royal appointment.

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Cruise files suit against publisher

10:56am Thursday 25th October 2012

Tom Cruise has filed a 50 million US dollars defamation lawsuit against the publishers of Life & Style magazine for articles that said the actor has abandoned his six-year-old daughter Suri.

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Dani: I'll set my mum on Craig!

9:48am Wednesday 26th September 2012

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Dani Harmer has revealed her secret weapon for coping with criticism on the show - her mum.

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X Factor 'wildcard' entry returns

1:11pm Friday 28th September 2012

X Factor bosses are once again to introduce a "wildcard" entry to the live stages of the show.

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X Factor reject: I still like Louis

4:48pm Monday 8th October 2012

Tearful X Factor loser Carolynne Poole said she still has "a soft spot" for Louis Walsh after he voted against her staying on the hit show.

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Melanie Masson voted off X Factor

8:26am Monday 15th October 2012

X Factor hopeful Melanie Masson has become the second contestant to leave the show after the judges' vote went to deadlock again.

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Harris: I'm a modern Bond girl

10:31am Wednesday 24th October 2012

Naomie Harris has insisted there's more to being a Bond girl than looking good.

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Ill Spraggan misses X Factor shows

4:54pm Saturday 27th October 2012

X Factor hopeful Lucy Spraggan will not take part in this weekend's live shows due to illness, a spokesman for the talent show has confirmed.

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Patten: BBC must face Savile truth

8:08am Sunday 28th October 2012

The chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, has said he is dedicated to getting to the bottom of the Jimmy Savile scandal that has engulfed the corporation, vowing there would be "no covering our backs".

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Starr quizzed again in Savile probe

2:48pm Friday 2nd November 2012

Freddie Starr, who was arrested on Thursday by police officers investigating the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal, returned for further questioning on Friday.

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Gig ends as singer loses his voice

5:22am Wednesday 14th November 2012

American rock band The Killers have been forced to cancel a UK concert just four songs in because their lead singer lost his voice.

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Stewart: I don't regret a thing

10:22am Wednesday 14th November 2012

Kristen Stewart has revealed that she has no regrets about signing up to the Twilight franchise.

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Twilight changed my life: Pattinson

7:34pm Wednesday 14th November 2012

Twilight star Robert Pattinson has told frenzied fans at the final film's London premiere that the saga had "changed everything" about his life.

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Evicted MP 'not so self-important'

11:24pm Wednesday 21st November 2012

Tory MP Nadine Dorries became the first person to be evicted from I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! after 12 days in the jungle.

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