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Articles from 5th Feb 2010
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Invictus: Clint Eastwood's shines spotlight on Nelson Mandela
Feb 05 2010 | Liverpool Arts
ON FEBRUARY 11, 1990, when Nelson Mandela walked free from Robben Island after more than a quarter of a century in his eight feet by eight feet cell, he discovered a country divided by apartheid. Read
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Film Review: The Princess and the Frog (U) Rating: llll
Feb 05 2010 | Liverpool Arts
THE Princess and the Frog,the first Walt Disney film to include an African-American princess, is an enchanting reworking of the Grimm Brothers’ fairytale, set in New Orleans around the time of World War I. Read
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Boyzone star Ronan Keating comes to Liverpool Empire
Feb 05 2010 | Liverpool Arts
Who is he? Blonde 32-year-old Irish singer and sometime member of boyband Boyzone. Read
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Bob Golding on becoming national treasure Eric Morecambe in his one-man show at Liverpool Playhouse
Feb 05 2010 | Liverpool Arts
Bob Golding tells Laura Davis about the challenges of imitating a national treasure Read
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Kelly Clarkson talks music, Idol and those rumours
Feb 05 2010 | Liverpool Arts
IF YOU searched in the dictionary for a definition of pop sensation, you might very well find two words. Kelly Clarkson. Read
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In Treatment Season 1 (15)
Feb 05 2010 | Film & Cinema
BRILLIANTLY written and acted, In Treatment has been ludicrously hidden away on Sky Arts, but this DVD release should finally bring it the mainstream attention it deserves. HBO’s therapy-based drama helped me fill the void left by the end of The Wire and that took some doing. We follow Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne), a middle-aged Irish American therapist, as he sees his patients on their weekly visit. So every Monday, we get Laura (the beautiful Melissa George), the troubled young doctor who falls in love with him, Tuesday brings US bomber pilot Alex wrestling with his conscience after killing civilians, Wednesday suicidal teenager Sophie and Thursday self-destructive couple Jake and Amy. At times, you marvel as Paul dissects his patients and unravels the reasons behind their troubles. But his own marriage is falling apart and he begins to doubt the value of his own profession, especially in his regular battles with his own therapist, Gina. A superior piece of TV-making. Read
