The Buggles reunite for one night only

The Buggles are back … still from Video Killed the Radio Star. Photograph: YouTube The Buggles, the English band that launched MTV with their one and only hit, are reuniting. Thirty-one years after Video Killed the Radio Star signalled the dawn of music television, the group will play... 

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Gisele’s plan for model mothers: make breastfeeding compulsory

Gisele Bündchen … not a fan of the bottle. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters It is well known that the US has four branches of government: the executive, the legislature, the judiciary and celebrities. The country’s constitution is also famously insistent about ensuring the separation... 

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Precious materials

Alison Goldfrapp live at the Roundhouse: ‘like a woman who has recently been extricated from a bin full of unwound VHS tapes’. Photograph: Marilyn Kingwill Imagine a gig – a proper gig – where everyone gets in for free. Now imagine an event where the fabled guest list (a bit of an oxymoron,... 

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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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Wyclef Jean eyes Haiti presidential role

Wyclef Jean – rumours have circulated for some time that the Haitian-born recording artist may enter the 2010 presidential contest. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP Musician Wyclef Jean is considering a run for president of Haiti but has not decided whether to seek a five-year term as leader... 

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