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Ian Burrell: There aren't enough female comics on TV - and the BBC knows it's not funny
Viewpoint: The Sarah Millican Show will be the first comedy-entertainment show made from the BBC's new Salford studios Ian Burrell: NI's standards committee once looked like a fig leaf.
Child-abuse case involving mom and boyfriend waived to grand jury
The cases of a Lexington mother and her boyfriend who are accused of child abuse were waived to a grand jury at a hearing Fayette District Court Wednesday.
Jennifer Saunders fronts 'Choccy Philly? Don't Be Silly' campaign
Kraft is launching an integrated advertising campaign, called 'Choccy Philly? Don't Be Silly', which stars Jennifer Saunders parodying people's extreme reaction to its new cream cheese chocolate spread.
BRIGHT NEW DAWN: Dawn French, who weighed 127kg at her heaviest, has lost more than 45kg but says she misses her old body.
Fatty Saunders Is Still Ab Fab! Patsy and Edina Star In Alexis Bittar's New Ad Campaign
Ab Fab stars Patsy and Edina have been cast in Alexis Bittar's fall/winter 2012 campaign.
Second Arrest In Fayette Co. Child Abuse Case
Last week, police arrested Dustin Watson, 22, and charged him with criminal abuse.
Still fab after all these years
LIKE many ambitious TV projects, the three Absolutely Fabulous specials commissioned to mark the comedy's 20th anniversary had an inauspicious start.
'Poirot' gets Blu-ray update while 'Poldark' lands on DVD
The fussy Belgian detective, perfectly embodied by David Suchet's terrific performance, came to definitive life in this wonderfully realized show based on Agatha Christie's novels.
Saunders to star in new comedy
According to the BBC, the six-part series is based on the work of PG Wodehouse, who wrote a number of stories about the fictional estate of Blandings Castle.
'Ab Fab' Boozies Edina & Patsy Pose For Alexis Bittar [VIDEO]
When fame jewelry designer Alexis Bittar selected Absolutely Fabulous legends Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders to model his autumn/winter 2012 line, you could literally see Edina & Patsy drop their cigarettes into a pot of Veuve.
Helen Brennan reviews Jennifer Saunders' evening of questions...
JENNIFER Saunders had 500 people rolling about laughing with an absolutely fabulous night as she entertained an invited audience at Edge Hill University.
"Drive" : Ryan Gosling stars in this thriller about a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver.
The Ladies of "Absolutely Fabulous" Star in Alexis Bittar's New Campaign
New York jewelry designer Alexis Bittar has always featured strong, sometimes unconventional women in his campaigns -- take 2010's fabulous Joan Collins ads , for example -- and this year, Bittar has booked the ultimate cult fashion twosome: Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone, the star characters behind UK hit "Absolutely Fabulous," which is celebrating ... (more)
'Ab Fab's' Patsy and Edina Star in New Alexis Bittar Campaign
New York jewelry designer Alexis Bittar booked Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley to star in his latest advertising campaign as their Absolutely Fabulous alter egos, Edina Monson and Patsy Stone.
GOSSIP: Matt Bomer Comes To Glee, Cher Loves The '70s, and Patsy And Edina Are In Vogue, Sweetie!,
Or at least he won't talk about it. [ TVLine ] *Life imitates art imitating life: Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are appearing as AbFab' s Patsy and Edina in a spread in British Vogue [ Vogue.uk ] *Tony Perkins thinks the new Star Wars multiplayer game, The Old Republic , "has gone to the Dark Side" for allowing characters to enter same-sex ... (more)
10 people who turned down honours
The names of people who have rejected honours from the Queen has been released after Cabinet Office officials were forced to publish the information.
Following his visit to Buckingham Palace the chef shows you how to create a cosy afternoon tea of quintessential Australian dishes.
Travel Agenda: Westin Xian hotel; Amsterdam Fashion Week; Snowdrops...
Today: In central China, the Westin Xian hotel opens in the city of Xian. It has a large indoor pool, a Heavenly spa and a Cantonese restaurant.
Where are all the female comics?
Decades after they started out, French and Saunders are still Britain's best-known 'funny girls'. But a new generation of women is about to change all that, discovers Gerard Gilbert.
STV extends its banking facility
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