Entertainment

Theatergoers Name Wicked ‘Best New Musical’

The hit musical Wicked, at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre, has dominated the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards 2007, winning 4 awards: Best New Musical, Best Set Design, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical (Idina Menzel).

T-Mobile Street Gigs 2007 Head To Edinburgh

Get set to take in ‘The View’ as Scotland’s finest new band rock Edinburgh castle. Now in its third year, T-Mobile Street Gigs have already brought you unique gigs by some of the biggest and most exciting new artists.

BBC Announces Digital Radio Plans

BBC Radio has made two announcements concerning its services on digital radio. The first confirms the next phase of the BBC's DAB digital radio transmitter network. Under plans announced today, the network will grow by a further ten transmitters with most of these in service by the end of April.

Timeless Tracks Digitally Remastered

The past 50 years has seen pop culture embrace and celebrate a multitude of iconic artists and seminal tracks. Each generation has been shaped and influenced by key musicians, who have cut through the mould, set standards, captured the spirit of their time and earned their places in history.

Avril Lavigne To Release “Girlfriend”

Avril Lavigne is back with her brand new single “Girlfriend” - a blast of pure power pop perfection. A mix of bad girl chants, guitars cranked up to the max and full on modern attitude with a capital A, “Girlfriend” is the turbo-charged kick off single from Avril’s forthcoming album “The Best Damn Thing”.

BAFTA Winners Announced

This year's Orange British Academy Film Awards were held last night at the Royal Opera House in London. Winners included Helen Mirren who won Best Actress for her role in The Queen, which also won Best Film.

Dita Von Teese Named Ultra Vixen

Bizarre Magazine has announced the winners of the inaugural Ultra Vixen Hall of Fame list, to be published in February’s issue. What makes a Bizarre Ultra Vixen? It’s all about balance, a lethal combination of sass, confidence, sexiness, danger, and fun.

The Stakes Are High In The Seafarer

Following the sell-out success of The History Boys and Two Thousand Years, the National Theatre returns to The Lowry with the widely acclaimed black comedy, The Seafarer, from Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th March.

Sotheby’s To Hold First Modern Russian Art Sale

Sotheby’s, which leads the Russian art market and has in 2006 seen global sales of Russian Art realise more than £82 million is delighted to announce that it will stage the first ever dedicated sale of Modern and Contemporary Russian Art in London on Thursday, February 15, 2007.

Five Life Commissions Gina Ford Documentary

Five Life has commissioned Shine North to produce a one hour documentary on controversial child care guru Gina Ford, which will transmit on Five Life on Sunday March 4th at 9pm.

Nintendo Legends Available On Wii!

Two of Nintendo’s iconic heroes take centre stage on Wii’s innovative Virtual Console this week. Transport back to the early 90’s with the much-loved SNES classic Super Mario World and reacquaint yourself with Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach in what was the biggest Mario game of its time!