Alicia Keys, Jay-Z and Sade Up for Black Ball Charity Gig

Three big musical acts, Alicia keys, Jay-Z and Sade, are booked for a good cause. They are tapped to perform at the annual Black Ball charity concert at New York’s Hammerstein Ball on September 30. This gig is organized by Alicia’s Keep a Child Alive organization. “Sade? Jay-Z?... 

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This week’s new film events

Gregory Woo in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, part of Family Friendly Film Festival Photograph: Robert Zuckerman Family Friendly Film Festival, Manchester Summer holiday’s sorted for Manchester parents for the next fortnight. And you don’t even need to feel guilty about plonking... 

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Inception, effects-fests and the big-budget unreality curse | Danny Leigh

Cash or credit? … Leonardo DiCaprio, left, and Ellen Page in Inception. Photograph: Warner Bros/AP It may be one of the summer’s darker ironies that, as government ministers vie to find out quite how little can be spent on the nation’s health and education, the film industry... 

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Alleged Michael Jackson love child surfaces wants money

From TMZ A woman who claims to be Michael Jackson's illegitimate love child conceived when MJ was a minor has filed legal doents claiming there was a diabolical plot toAlleged Michael Jackson love child surfaces wants money...

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Rewind radio: The First Time With…; Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service; Chain Reaction; The Reunion

Ruby Wax: ‘one of the best interviewers ever’. Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Observer The First Time With… | iPlayer Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service | iPlayer Chain Reaction | iPlayer The Reunion | Back from a month abroad, where they will insist on conducting conversations... 

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