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20/02/2007 … THE FINALISTS in the Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year competition on March 4 have been named as Tamika Campbell, Isma Almas, Christian Lee, Liz Carr, Teak Show,…

From the ashes

New venue for Gilded Balloon site

20/02/2007 … A tented village of Fringe venues is to be created on the site of Edinburgh’s old Gilded Balloon.

'Paddy' whacked

McGuinness acts against MySpace fake

20/02/2007 … Phoenix Nights star Patrick McGuinness has taken legal action after a fan posed as him on MySpace.

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20/02/2007 … DAVE HOWARTH won the Leeds University heat of the Revels Student Comedy Award run by Chortle last night.

The lying game

Mack joins Pants On Fire panel

20/02/2007 … Lee Mack is to be a regular on the first BBC panel show to be fronted by Angus Deayton since his career was hit by a string of tabloid revelations.

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19/02/2007 … TICKETS for the new April dates in Ricky Gervais' Fame tour got on sale from 10am ths Tuesday (20th).

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18/02/2007 … CARL DONNELLY won the Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year title at the Leicester Comedy Festival on Saturday night.

by Tanith Carey

18/02/2007 … Whenever someone shoots from relative obscurity to the stratosphere of fame, cash-in books are guaranteed to follow, as journalists scrabble through the cuttings…