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Dawn Collinson

The fruits of La Viña

LIKE the bottle of wine which tastes fabulous overlooking a sun-drenched Mediterranean shoreline but vile the minute it passes through Duty Free, cuisine is a notoriously tricky commodity to import. Read

American singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright

I want Two entertain

HE'S from one of America's musical dynasties, he's modelled for Gap and has penned three multi-million selling albums. Read

Driver ambition

WHY movie star Minnie is aiming for new success as a singer Read

52 Lark Lane bistro & bar, Liverpool

52 Lark Lane bistro & bar, Liverpool

THERE was a rumour, doing the rounds on the Liverpool grapevine a couple of weeks ago, that It Girl supreme Tara Palmer-Tomkinson had been gracing us with her presence. Read

Beverley puts heart into soul

ON THE sleeve notes of Beverley Knight's latest album, there's a handy dictionary definition of its title. Read

Sexy in the city

BEING soap's newest heart-throb, surrounded by a cast of the sexiest babes on TV, is a tough job. Read

Peter's relaxed about success

FROM the moment Aussie pop star Peter Andre began a very public flirtation with model Jordan in the I'm A Celebrity camp, his love life became a national preoccupation. Read

Macy Gray, American R&B singer, songwriter

Mad, glad and lovely to know

ANY way you look at it, Macy Gray just doesn't fit. She never has, and she still doesn't. First it was as a child, teased and tormented for being bright and looking different and for what she admits was her "really funny voice". Read

Bill Bailey, Comedian and Black Books star

Droll Troll

TROLL isn't a nickname most people would relish but comedian Bill Bailey, he of the trademark wild hair and bewildered stare, takes no offence. Read

Suranne Jones, actress who plays Coronation Street character Karen

Street Smart

WHEN actress Suranne Jones was at Liverpool John Lennon Airport last week, a fan had the nerve to suggest that her Coronation Street character Karen wasn't quite the fiery force she once was. Read

Huey from the band Fun Loving Criminals

How love tamed a wild Criminal

OF ALL the bars in all the world, Fun Lovin Criminals frontman Huey Morgan had to walk in to the one where Ian McCulloch was drinking. Read

Comedian, Jeff Green

Comic puts pain to paper for a laugh

WHEN comedian Jeff Green's long-term relationship broke up, he shrugs philosophically, he didn't so much lose a girlfriend as gain a book idea. Read

Actress Glynis Barber ar Mrs Robinson in the theatrical version of The Graduate

Glynis reveals naked truth behind scene

WHEN actress Glynis Barber opted not to bare all as Mrs Robinson in The Graduate it was, she insists, nothing more than a simple personal choice. Read

Liverpool Empire Theatre: Darren Day

Brand new Day

"DARREN Day?" smiles the cabbie as he pulls up outside the Empire Theatre. "He's the bloke with the allergy to wedding cake isn't he ..." Read

Soul singer George Benson

Summer Lovin'

MUSIC legend George Benson is a man who loves a challenge. Read

Hazel breaks down barriers

FROM punk to torch songs, Hazel O'Connor says there's one element which has never changed in her music over three decades - passion. Read

Why Paul is feeling onTopol the world just now

ACTOR Paul Nicholas, star of stage, screen and a generation of female fantasies, has a shocking revelation to make - he wants to be a drag artist. Read

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