Tinchy Stryder: ‘Jay-Z liked what he saw in me. I reminded him of him’

Tinchy Stryder: ‘It can feel like I’m juggling two different fan bases.’ Photograph: Alex Kane The second thing you are told, before meeting Tinchy Stryder, is that he’s an unfailingly nice guy. A rapper who crossed over to mainstream pop from east London’s grime... 

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Danny Leigh named Film 2010 co-host

Danny Leigh will share Film 2010 hosting duties with Claudia Winkleman. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Guardian film blogger Danny Leigh was yesterday named as a presenter on the revamped Film 2010 programme, which returns to BBC1 this autumn. Leigh, who has written a weekly series... 

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What to see: Lyn Gardner’s theatre tips | Lyn Gardner

Out on the tiles … Francis Alÿs’s A Story of Deception at Tate Modern. Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex Features After the feast, the famine. Well, not entirely – there are still plenty must-see shows around, but it’s probably the quietest week of the year so far for new... 

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Lindsay Lohan Goes on Date With Ex Gal Pal Sam Ronson

Lindsay Lohan arriving at Samantha Ronson’s home in Hollywood Hills on March 26, 2009. (X17online.com) Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan sought comfort from ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson over the weekend after a week of legal woes, the first time the pair have been spotted together in months, TMZ reported... 

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Bristol Palin: will true love win out?

Ah, the good old days Photograph: LARRY W. SMITH/EPA Quite frankly, only the gossamer-touched Fiona Phillips could do justice to a link between Charles Taylor’s war crimes trial and Bristol Palin’s marital disappointment. Lost in Showbiz simply isn’t up to the task, so do... 

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