Nicki Minaj to Introduce ‘Crazy’ Alter Ego in Debut Album

© Andres Otero/WENN Nicki Minaj said she has an alter ego and will reveal it when releasing her first studio album later this year. The Young Money female rapper actually has hinted the alter ego since May, writing on Twitter “I’ve officially changed... 

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The Fairy Jobmother; Don’t Stop Believing; The Cove | TV review

Happily ever after: Fairy Jobmother Hayley Taylor attempts to get Barking family Stephen, Tara and Lynda Phillips off the dole. Photograph: Richard Ansett It’s a shame David Cameron went to America last week. For many reasons, including the fact that he got to kick Scotland again, but... 

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A Kind of Loving | Radio review

The 1962 film version of A Kind of Loving. Photograph: Moviestore Collection I’m sure something happens in A Kind of Loving (Radio 4, daily, 10.45am). In fact, I know something happens, because I’ve seen the film, a breakthrough moment in the British New Wave, a bit like Room at... 

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Steven Spielberg skips Clinton wedding to meet Dartmoor pigs

Steven Spielberg, whose new project War Horse begins shooting in the UK next month. Photograph: Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP/Getty Images The invite was posted and the place was set, and yet Steven Spielberg turned out to be conspicuous by his absence at last week’s Clinton wedding in New... 

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TV review: The Hospital and Who Do You Think You Are?

Another excellent episode . . . The Hospital, Channel 4. Photograph: Channel 4 I have always agreed with Victoria Wood that I wouldn’t be an adolescent again if you bumped my pocket money up to three and six. After viewing the first episode of The Hospital (Channel 4) last night, which... 

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