Fame

Marina Diamandis 'embarrassed' by ambition

Music Gossip

24 Dec 2011

Marina Diamandis was "embarrassed" by her ambitions for fame. The Marina and the Diamonds star didn't tell anyone she had been secretly writing songs until she was 20 years old because she didn't think she was good enough to do well, so preferred to…

James Blunt not prepared for fame by military

Music Gossip

2 Dec 2011

James Blunt's military training didn't help prepare him for fame. The 'You're Beautiful' singer was a second lieutenant in the Life Guards, a unit of the British Army's Household Cavalry, before achieving pop success in 2005, and admits his former…

Kenny Thomas needed to step away from fame

Music Gossip

13 Oct 2011

Kenny Thomas thinks stepping out of the spotlight helped him stay creative. The singer had huge pop success in the 1990s with singles such as 'Thinking About Your Love', and while he never stopped making music, he thinks it was important that his…

Colin Firth won't change with Oscar success

Celebrity Gossip

12 Mar 2011

Colin Firth's wife insists his Oscar success won't change him. The 50-year-old star picked up the coveted Best Actor statue at last month's Academy Awards and despite his triumph, the British hunk's wife Livia insists they will continue to lead a…

Ne-Yo doesn't want women who only love his success

Celebrity Gossip

28 Nov 2010

Ne-Yo is sick of women who are only interested in him for his fame. The 'Beautiful Monster' singer - who became a father to daughter Madilyn Grace earlier this month -will never marry a woman who relies on him for money. He explained: "I don't…

Fame

16 Sep 2009

Pointless remake and updating of Alan Parker’s 1982 original film (and subsequent TV series) for the High School Musical crowd. The soundtrack is abysmal. General release from Fri 25 Sep.

Fame

22 Jan 2009

MUSICAL Running through the list of musical numbers in the programme your heart slowly starts to sink. Clearly the creators of this stage version of Fame couldn’t afford the copyright to songs from either the film or TV versions. What, no…

Preview 2009 - Theatre

8 Jan 2009

Recession? What recession? If you believe the old adage that entertainment thrives in hard times (proven by the rise of the cinema in the austere 30s) surely theatre, which offers escape into alternative worlds, is the ideal diversion from dreary…