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FUNNYMAN Robin Williams is to have heart surgery after falling ill on tour. The comedy actor, 57, was in intensive care at a Miami hospital after suffering breathing problems on Thursday. He needs an aortic valve replacement.

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

SIENNA MILLER has upset people in London over the raucous launch of her label Twenty8Twelve during London Fashion Week. Complaints have flooded in from people who said the street was blocked by large cars and filled with noisy partygoers.

AN ACTOR, I was born in London in 1927. I made guest appearances in Fawlty Towers and Blackadder Goes Forth, and my TV series include Butterflies and As Time Goes By.

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

A RUGBY PLAYER, I was born in Halifax in 1980. I scored 44 points on my Test debut for England against Romania in 2001, but received hate mail after missing three penalties and a drop kick in England’s defeat to France.

A ROCK star, I was born Mark Berry in Manchester in 1964. I was percussionist and freaky dancer in The Happy Mondays, and won the 2005 series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

A PIANIST, I was born in London in 1945. I made my debut at the Royal Festival Hall at the age of 19 and was made a CBE in the New Year’s honours list.

Thais that bind

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

LOVE was the last thing on Bharat Nalluri’s mind when he journeyed to Thailand to make an emotional drama based around the events of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

Revealed: Demure Carla Lynch is Scummy Mummy in TV’s Balls of Steel

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

YOU would never suspect that polite young office worker Carla Lynch has a foul-mouthed alter ego.

Frankie’s going to Hollywood

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

THE bright lights of Hollywood could soon be beckoning for the West End’s latest star Ryan Molloy.

String of hits led to solo success

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

FRANKIE VALLI — born Francis Stephen Castellucio in 1934 — rose to fame in the 1960s through his involvement in the US music scene.

Green’s too busy to paint town red

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

TELLY star Robson Green says filming on his home territory can be murder for his social life.

Alison Moyet’s taking a Turn for the better

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

ALISON MOYET is best remembered as one half of the hugely successful electro-pop duo Yazoo, who shot to fame in the early eighties with hits such as Only You and Don’t Go.

Mila’s hubby in baby rush

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

NORTH film director Paul Anderson may miss the start of the most important project of his life . . . the birth of his baby daughter.

Toon star to wed?

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

COULD footballer Shola Ameobi be preparing himself for the biggest match of his life . . . his own wedding?

New girl for Journey South’s Andy

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:00:00 GMT

JOURNEY South star Andy Pemberton is singing for joy after falling in love with a girl he met on holiday, the Sunday Sun can reveal.

Newcastle man Micky Cochrane stars in Carlsberg ad

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:00:00 GMT

NORTH man Micky Cochrane is probably the best actor in the world . . . after appearing in the new Carlsberg advert.

Showbiz gossip

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT

SHE’S not famed for opening up to journalists, but surprisingly Mariah Carey has talked openly about being hospitalised for exhaustion in 2001, and also discussed her multi-million divorce from music mogul Tommy Mottola.

Brangelina not splitting

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT

ANGELINA Jolie and Brad Pitt’s relationship is fine and the couple are not heading for a break-up, according to a source close to the couple, refuting the growing split rumours in People magazine.

Views that will thrill

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT

A NEW TV series is looking for Britain’s favourite view and, of the 16 selected to face the public vote, five are in the North. IAN ROBSON takes a closer look . . .

Ray to play the hero

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT

HUNKY star Ray Stevenson is set to win over an army of comic fans in his next movie, as the violent vigilante The Punisher.

Castle revisited for Brideshead

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT

A BEAUTIFUL North stately home which took centre stage in a classic TV series is to repeat the role in a Hollywood blockbuster.

Showbiz gossip

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT

THEIR honeymoon may be over but the loving feeling lingers on for Eva Longoria.

Bell loses screen virginity

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT

SCREEN actor Jamie Bell loses his virginity in his latest movie while filming his very first sex scenes.