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Michael Caine turned 80 in March. A grandfather of three, the dual Oscar winner has now been making movies for seven decades. Once he was associated with his 1960s character ...
06 June 2013 Issue no: 434
Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby hits the big screen this month. Tom Hawking talks to actor Tobey Maguire about his star turn as Nick Carraway; Rebecca Harkins-Cross takes on the ...
24 May 2013 Issue no: 433
Marking the anniversary this month of Hillary and Tenzing’s towering achievement, Brigitte Muir – the first Australian woman to climb Everest – gives a personal account of her close encounters ...
10 May 2013 Issue no: 432
Eleven re-generations and an all-ages fan base are proof that Doctor Who is a huge success. On the show’s 50th anniversary, Lee Zachariah maps the Time Lord’s journey from shoddy ...
26 April 2013 Issue no: 431
In her short career, Rihanna has made as many headlines for her social media activities as for her music. On Twitter, on tour, in the bath...Rihanna hasn’t blurred the line ...
12 April 2013 Issue no: 430
In his latest film, Hyde Park on Hudson, Bill Murray has taken on his most challenging role: President Franklin D Roosevelt. Greg Truman tracked down the elusive actor to see ...
02 April 2013 Issue no: 429
From a humble bean in Central America to a worldwide global industry, chocolate’s 3913-year journey has fuelled empires, destroyed landscapes, lured lovers and fattened millions. This Easter, before you bite ...
21 March 2013 Issue no: 428
They have been in and out of fashion more often than wide lapels. But the evidence on the street, and on screens, is that things are getting hairy again. In ...
07 March 2013 Issue no: 427
Across the world, the divide between poverty and prosperity is starting to look like an open-cut mine. But is there a solution? Does help for the very poor lie with ...
21 February 2013 Issue no: 426
Dustin Hoffman is a screen legend – renowned for his roles in movies such as The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy and Tootsie. Recently, he made his debut as a director with ...
07 February 2013 Issue no: 425
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