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2008-06-05 01:11:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Alan Sugar has taken the unusual step of allowing four candidates to fight for the 100,000-pound prize money in the final of "The Apprentice". Usually just two go through in a head-to-head final, but four remain to battle it out next we

2008-06-04 23:34:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Progressive-rock band Yes said on Wednesday it cancelled its upcoming 40th anniversary tour of North America because singer Jon Anderson has been diagnosed with acute respiratory failure. Anderson, 63, was hospitalized last month a

2008-06-04 23:25:00

LONDON (Reuters) - British author Rose Tremain landed the Orange Prize for women writers on Wednesday with "The Road Home," the tale of an East European immigrant grappling with the challenges of life in London. "This was a powerfully imagined story and a

2008-06-04 21:20:00

LONDON (AFP) - Rose Tremain was awarded the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction at a ceremony in London on Wednesday for "The Road Home," about an eastern European immigrant seeking work in Britain. She beat out five other authors, including three debutant

2008-06-04 20:26:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Author Rose Tremain landed the Orange Prize for women writers on Wednesday with "The Road Home," the tale of an East European immigrant grappling with the challenges of life in London. "This was a powerfully imagined story and a wonderf

2008-06-04 18:26:29

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has seen her husband in court again and branded the proceedings as "like Disneyland". Her loudly whispered observation came on the third day of lengthy pre-trial legal argument in the Snaresbrook Crown Court case wh

2008-06-04 16:48:00

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Filmmaker Guy Ritchie is on the trail of Sherlock Holmes. The crime caper specialist has signed on to rewrite and direct a project that will reimagine the super sleuth as more adventuresome and less stuffy than previous

2008-06-04 16:30:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Artist Tracey Emin has "sexed up" the Summer Exhibition at London's Royal Academy, bringing graphic images to an annual event traditionally seen as a strait-laced celebration of art. The 44-year-old, a central figure in the Young Britis

2008-06-04 16:28:21

Singer Lily Allen left industry figures, journalists and fans gobsmacked at the Glamour Women of the Year awards. The Smile star arrived at the "Glammies" which recognise the achievements of women in film, TV and music, to theatre, business, literature wi

2008-06-04 16:15:06

Julie Walters has compared her home life with the plot lines of radio favourite The Archers. The actress lives on an organic livestock farm in West Sussex with husband Grant Roffey, 50, and said the two lead separate lives while she is filming.Walters tol