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Shows, films and the week's radio. BEST REALITY Big Brother's Celebrity Hijack Channel 4 and E4, Thursday The original big daddy of reality TV programming was never really going to disappear, now was it? For as much as the execs at the top of BB towers eventu ally hung their heads in shame over the 'Shilpagate' race row last year, a show which ...

Unfortunately I've been pretty hammered by the flu so I'm just now getting around to it.

The extraordinary life, work, and legacy of one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Jane Austen , are the focus of a new exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum from November 6, 2009, through March 14, 2010.

Five-time Oscar bridesmaid Kate Winslet must have caught the bouquet when Helen Mirren flung it over her shoulder, because she finally got her turn at the altar this year.

If you thought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was a ridiculous idea, then go ahead and skip to the next review; and while you're at it, loosen up your sphincter a little.

Lest we forget that women in England can be knighted, or made a dame as the case may be, I have prepared my list of nominations for actresses from Harry Potter for her majesty's perusal when next she awards the OBEs.

No.10 - Kate Beckinsale Kate Beckinsale began her career as a lady-boner popper in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.

I have a bone to pick with Queen Elizabeth II. With grimy musicians like Mick Jagger getting MBE and OBE Awards isn't it time was gave out a few for services to drama.

Jane Austen excels at exploring nuances implicit in a precise turn of phrase and at taking tiny moments in life and expanding on their significance.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." This is the first line of Jane Austen's most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice .

One of the major players of the American independent film scene in the early 1990s, James Schamus has gradually been moving toward the mainstream through a series of collaborations with Taiwanese director Ang Lee.

9, 1960, Hammersmith, London, Eng. Main British actor best known for his leading roles as the endearing and funny love interest in romantic comedies.

Film Friday: 'The Final Destination' & 'Taking Woodstock' The Final Destination If the cooling temperatures didn't tell you this yet, the lineup of new films opening this weekend confirms it: summer is officially over.

Ang Lee has seamlessly jumped from Jane Austen fare to gracefully flying martial artists to giant green comic book superheroes to lovelorn cowboys to a film called Lust, Caution .

"I had to learn to become young again," Lee said of his comedy set against the legendary Woodstock music festival.

Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" doesn't put the music center stage, but it's impossible to think of Woodstock without recalling its history-making performances.