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Despite Foibles
– and
Olympic eBayers
– the
Torch Is
Lighting Up the
UK

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Monday,
May 21st, 2012
Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie was the first bearer of the Olympic torch, which he took at Land's End, Cornwall on Saturday, May 19. (The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Images)

The Olympic torch got a big sendoff in the UK over the weekend, with an estimated 100,000 people turning out to cheer the beginning of the flame relay.

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WATCH: The
Trailer for
‘Skyfall,’
The 23rd Bond
Movie

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Monday,
May 21st, 2012
Daniel Craig in 'Skyfall'

Amid all the stories about the Bond franchise taking a turn towards the comic, and the outbreak of mass head-scratching that followed Quantum of Solace, the trailer for Skyfall has arrived. It’s the 23rd Bond movie, so of course ...

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Sherlock Recap:
The Reichenbach
Fall

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Monday,
May 21st, 2012
Sherlock and Moriarty in 'The Reichenbach Falls'

We open on poor John. 18 months since he last saw a counsellor, to help him deal with his war experiences. And now he’s back, because the unthinkable has happened. Sherlock Holmes is dead and John is beside himself with grief.

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R.I.P. Robin
Gibb of the Bee
Gees: Seven
Great
Performances

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Sunday,
May 20th, 2012
Robin Gibb in 2010. (Press Association via AP Images)

Robin Gibb, member of the hugely successful British band the Bee Gees, has died today (May 20) of cancer at 62, BBC News reports. With news of Donna Summer‘s death breaking on Friday, it has been a sad weekend for lovers of disco ...

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Hugh Dancy
Brings, Erm,
‘Paroxysms’
to Hysterical
Women in New
Film

By Tom Brook | Posted on Friday,
May 18th, 2012
Hugh Dancy in 'Hysteria' (Photo: Sony Pictures Classics)

The affable Hugh Dancy stars as a man who brings relief to women in Hysteria, a new film set in Victorian England out Friday (May 18).

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‘Doctor
Who’
Rogues Gallery:
The Haemovores

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Friday,
May 18th, 2012
‘Doctor Who’ Rogues Gallery: The Haemovores

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Adele Scoops
‘Songwriter
of the
Year’
Award, Thanks
To Me

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Friday,
May 18th, 2012
Adele goes to collect her Ivor Novello award

Forgive a moment of hubris here, but it seems I’m directly responsible for creating the best-selling British album of recent times, and as such, given that there are no trophies for the kind of thing I do, I have decided to step ...

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Royal Roundup:
Princess Anne,
Olympic
Torchbearer

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Friday,
May 18th, 2012
Princess Anne takes the Olympic flame from Greek Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos in Athens. (Kostas Tsironis/AP Images)

In a rainy ceremony in Athens that included school children singing “God Save the Queen,” Princess Anne accepted the Olympic torch on Thursday as it was symbolically handed over to London.

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British
‘Hotel
Rwanda’
Director
Ventures into
Comedy

By Tom Brook | Posted on Thursday,
May 17th, 2012
Brendan Fraser and Yaya DaCosta in 'Whole Lotta Sole'

New York-based, Belfast-born filmmaker Terry George, probably best known for his genocide-themed picture Hotel Rwanda, has a new picture screening at the Cannes Film Market this week.

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Top Gear
Thursday:
‘Top Gear’
Wins
Prestigious
Award,
‘Doctor
Who’s
Matt Smith Hits
the Track

By staff | Posted on Thursday,
May 17th, 2012
'Top Gear' producer Andrew Wilman (left) with Jeremy Clarkson at the Rose d'Or Festival in Switzerland last week. (Rose d'Or)

Top Gear has received a special prize from the Rose d’Or festival in Switzerland. The 2012 Honorary Rose Award recognized the show’s extraordinary global reach.

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