Matilda hits 10
Maximum nominations for Tim Minchin's musical
15/03/2012 … Tim Minchin's Matilda musical has scored ten nominations in the leading West End theatre awards, the Oliviers.
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Thu 15 March 2012
Jack Whitehall's a League player
15/03/2012 … Jack Whitehall is to become a regular on Sky1’s sports panel show A League Of Their Own.
Gallagher suffers heart attack
15/03/2012 … American comedian Gallagher has been rushed to hospital after suffering a ‘mild to serious’ heart attack before a gig.
The artist formerly known as Big Yin
Billy Connolly's sketches on display
15/03/2012 … Billy Connolly has revealed a new strand to his career – as a fine artist.
Wed 14 March 2012
Matt Lucas film baffles critics
First screening for Small Apartments
14/03/2012 … Small Apartments, in which Matt Lucas makes his debut big-screen leading role, has received its first screening in the States.
McIntyre: Pogues have banned my joke
Humour failure over Fairytale Of New York
14/03/2012 … The Pogues have banned Michael McIntyre from joking about their Christmas song Fairytale Of New York, he claims.
Tue 13 March 2012
This Is Spinal Tap... but with Whitesnake
Dead Cat Bounce make mockumentary
13/03/2012 … Irish comedy rock band Dead Cat Bounce are making their own This Is Spinal Tap – a ‘guerrilla mockumentary’ about Eighties soft rockers Whitesnake.
The Infidel gets Hindi remake
13/03/2012 … David Baddiel's film The Infidel is to be remade in Hindi.