Cinema-going booms: it’s in 3D and you escape mum and dad

Avatar and other 3D blockbusters boosted British cinema audiences last year. Photograph: Allstar The UK Film Council published its analysis of British cinema attendance last week, stating that 2009 was the year cinema “bucked the recession” and announcing that the 174 million bums-on-seats... 

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Act your age: the new wave of high-powered child stars

Twelve-year-old Chloe Moretz in the horror remake Let Me In In the last few weeks you can’t have failed to be aware of Will Smith’s pint-sized 12-year-old son Jaden; he’s been unleashed at film premieres from Beijing to Berlin. Sometimes he’s even worn a little Michael... 

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Justin Bieber ‘Can’t Lie’, He Doesn’t Hate Girls Flashing Him

© /WENN Though Justin Bieber has appeared as a nice gentleman and singer, he finally exposed his boy nature. During a recent interview, the “Baby” hitmaker”, who often says he loves his fans, has revealed one other thing he likes about them –... 

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How boules got cool

Supermodel Karolina Kurkova (second left) beside actors Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger during a game of boules at the Chanel party in St-Tropez in May. Photograph: MaxPPP/PacificCoastNews.com According to Martine Pilate, who wrote La Véritable Histoire de la Pétanque and so should probably... 

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orchid definition of orchid by the free online dictionary thesaurus

orchid definition of orchid by the free online dictionary thesaurus . or·chid ôr k d n. . a. A member of the orchid family. b. The flower of any of these plants especially one cultivated for ornament. . A pale to light purple from grayish to ...

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When will wealthy people like Conrad Black learn to avoid fancy dress at all costs?

Oh dear … Conrad Black and wife Barbara Amiel in fancy dress at Kensington Palace in 2000. Photograph: Julian Parker/Justin Goff Sometimes a picture is worth so much more than a thousand words. Marilyn Monroe, pure sex and pure innocence as she “accidentally” straddled the... 

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