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Sun 07 August 2016
'Culture sells newspapers'
Comedy awards boss calls for more Fringe coverage
07/08/2016 … Edinburgh Comedy Awards producer Nica Burns has called on newspaper editors to support the arts, as in-depth coverage of the Fringe shrinks.
Fri 05 August 2016
Eddie Izzard to play a young Edward VII
Opposite Judi Dench as Victoria
05/08/2016 … Eddie Izzard is to play a young Edward VII in a film starring Judi Dench as Queen Victoria.
Comics revealed for Celebrity Storage Hunters
05/08/2016 … Vic Reeves, Tim Vine, Johnny Vegas and Katherine Ryan are among the comedians taking part in a new series of Celebrity Storage Hunters.
The real Big Lebowski dies
05/08/2016 … David Huddleston, who played the title role in The Big Lebowski, has died at the age of 85.
Fringe show's H2Woe
05/08/2016 … • 'Soldiers and comedians both know that a minute's silence means something went wrong.
Book deal for Andrew O'Neill
Comedian to write his history of heavy metal
05/08/2016 … Andrew O’Neill has signed a book deal to write about his passion for heavy metal music.
© Eva Rinaldi / Creative Commons Now Dirty Rotten Scoundrels gets a female reboot
05/08/2016 … First there was Ghostbusters, now Hollywood is to remake Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with female leads.