Teenage passions

Glee: a teenage addiction Photograph: Contract Number (Programme)/Channel 4 Things we love Grown-up festivals The summer season means fun weekends. But we would much rather go to real festivals than London’s Underage one – that’s only cool when you’re 14. BlackBerry hype Everyone... 

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Katy Perry’s ‘California Gurls’ Beats Out Eminem and Rihanna’s Collaboration

Katy Perry’s summer anthem “California Gurls” has kept a charging Eminem off the top of the U.S. pop charts. Chart experts expected the rapper’s collaboration with Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”, to take over at the top, but Perry’s hit has scored a... 

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Madonna, Demi and other women I’d like to show their age

Madonna, ‘looking preposterously beautiful’, says Churchwell, in Dolce & Gabbana’s advertising campaign. It seems that older women are being celebrated by our society at last – or so we’re being told. A raft of recent stories have assured women that it is no longer... 

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This week’s new films

Splice. Splice (15) (Vincenzo Natali, 2009, US) Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac. 104 mins In case anyone thought mucking around with animal genes then raising the resultant mutant as your own child was a good idea, here’s a strong warning. Scientists Brody and Polley initially... 

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scorecard by the numbers twincities

scorecard by the numbers twincities. Aug. —vs. Brazil at East Rutherford N.J. million threeyear contract resigned Jason Michaels DE Dwan Edwards OT Cornell Green WR Chad Jackson TE Michael ...

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This week’s new comedy

Stewart Lee will be at The Big Comedy Caravan. The Big Comedy Campervan, Scarborough Like swallows, stand-ups migrate once a year. But in their case they go north, for the annual trade fair, meat market and genuine cultural mecca that is the Edinburgh festival fringe. However, a select few... 

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