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Britney mimes during 'tribute' show
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Britney Spears tried to put her widely-criticised appearance on X Factor behind her as she celebrated her 27th birthday with a special show on US television.
Top Hollywood award honours Jackson
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Samuel L Jackson has received the prestigious American Cinematheque Award for his contribution to the movie world.
Police arrest Hudson brother-in-law
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson in connection with the shooting deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation.
Stars 'naked' for charity calendar
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Bruce Forsyth, Joanna Lumley and Sir Michael Parkinson have posed in ways the public have never seen them before - for a "really naked" charity calendar.
Take That 'wanted to re-name album'
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Take That considered re-naming their album after they found out it had almost the same title as Britney Spears's new release, Mark Owen has revealed.
Film professor scoops Turner Prize
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
An artist who created an exhibition with cartoon characters such as Homer Simpson won the Turner Prize.
Brian Paddick booted out of Jungle
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Brian Paddick has become the sixth person to be voted off I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Des O'Connor collects CBE at palace
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Des O'Connor received the royal seal of approval when the Queen praised him for giving the country hours of "enjoyable entertainment" as she presented him with a CBE for a lifetime in showbusiness.
I won't give evidence - Boy George
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Boy George chose not to give evidence in defence of allegations that he handcuffed a male escort to his bed and threatened him.
Nasty Nick returns to Albert Square
4:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
EastEnders' nastiest villain, Nick Cotton, will make a shock return to Albert Square on Christmas Day, to visit his long-suffering mother Dot Branning, it has been revealed.
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Early taste of Christmas wine
Next week is The Oxford Times Wine Club Christmas Tasting and, with just four weeks to go until Christmas Day, it is an excellent opportunity to sample a specially-selected range of wines for the festive season.
The Mole and Chicken, Easington, near Thame
One of the pictures on this page gives a good impression of the delights to be enjoyed at the Mole and Chicken on one of those sunny days that now seem as far as can be from our present situation.
Imagine This: New London Theatre
I had trouble shifting my +1 for the musical Imagine This, which opened last week at the New London Theatre. No-one was interested (one German friend would have come, but funnily enough I hadn’t thought to ask him), and while nobody actually said, “Sounds like a gas”, there were plenty of unprintable responses, averaging out at: “Holocaust – the musical? Um, no thanks . . . ”
Hansel and Gretel: Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company
Another winter rolls in and, to cheer our spirits, Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company travel hither and yon through the county with colour, music and fun trailing in their wake. For those of us who live in villages these harbingers of the festive season are a welcome sight.
United job is proving a big draw
Applications to be the next manager of Oxford United have been pouring in.
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