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Ulrika Jonsson fears Big Brother axe

Celevrity Big Brother contestants- Lucy, Tommy, La Toya, Terry, Michelle, Coolio, Ben, Verne, Tina, Mutya and Ulrika

CBB eviction nominee fears the mood in the house has changed for the worse ahead of Friday's first public vote

Four stars for Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle’s Hindi epic is exactly the kind of exotic, edgy thriller that the new generation of Academy voters adore

I may have just two years to live

In his first TV interview since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze discusses his grim future

Vote for Breakthrough Award winner

The fifth Times/South Bank Show Breakthrough award will once again be decided exclusively by our readers: vote here now

Return of the Phantom Andrew Lloyd Webber plans to bring Eurovision glory back to Britain and unveil a Phantom of the Opera sequel

Film 

Meet the new intelligent action hero

From anguished intellectual to gun-toting beefcake, Liev Schreiber embodies an Obama-era symbol, he tells Kevin Maher

Goofy gets to play Lady Macbeth

Anne Hathaway, rom-com queen, tells Kevin Maher what it’s like finally to tear up the scenery — and go for an Oscar

Why Daniel Craig keeps experimenting

His new film turns him from chilly Bond action man into a thoughtful leader of Jewish partisans fighting the Nazis

Bafta shortlists five for the future

The Bafta Rising Star Award shortlist included Michael Fassbender, Noel Clarke, Rebecca Hall, Michael Cera and Toby Kebbell

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson attends the launch party for Frank Miller’s latest film ’The Spirit’

Sex symbol on ageing

Hugh dares wins From cattle-droving to saving the world as a mutant antihero, there?s very little Hugh Jackman won?t tackle

Visual arts 

Crunch time for Mr Brit Art

Tabloid pictures of him and Lily Allen are the least of Jay Jopling's worries as his art empire comes under serious attack

Tate Times Painting Challenge winner

This year's winning entry by Heather Hodkinson is as confusing as her dreams, finds Rachel Campbell-Johnston

Unique Chagall works valued at £300,000

Books inscribed with original drawings by one of most celebrated artists of 20th century to be sold for first time

The god of small and ordinary things

He taught and counselled Damien Hirst, yet is a noted artist in his own right. Michael Craig-Martin talks about his split identity

Modern Art Explained

Swan Island - Sean Scully

What do you think of this Sean Scully?

In search of Eva. Once upon a time, Eva Mendes was hilariously indiscreet, but has the Hollywood machine got to The Spirit star?

TV & Radio 

Celevrity Big Brother contestants- Lucy, Tommy, La Toya, Terry, Michelle, Coolio, Ben, Verne, Tina, Mutya and Ulrika

Terry Christian makes eviction choices

This year's Celebrity Big Brother housemates will find out who is first up for eviction during a surprise live show

Cat Deeley

Don't underestimate Cat Deeley

She left Ant and Dec behind two years ago for American TV. Now, Cat Deeley tells why it pays to stay on her good side

Best TV sitcoms of 2009

A host of hilarious new sitcoms are set to hit our screens - all of them British. Our correspondent falls head over heels

Humphrys rips into quiz show snitch

One of UK’s most ruthless interrogators has made a scathing attack on a BBC broadcaster for bringing Mastermind into disrepute

2009's best TV

Soldiers

From Mad Men to Generation Kill

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Gregg Wallace is the greediest bastard who ever lived. I do not mean this in a bad way
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Stage 

David Tennant in Hamlet

David Tennant back as Hamlet

The Doctor Who actor has returned to the role of Hamlet at London's Novello Theatre after undergoing back surgery

Andrew Previn and Tom Stoppard

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour back!

It's Tom Stoppard and André Previn’s seldom-seen musical. The National Theatre aims to show it can still captivate

Mandy Patinkin on acting versus singing

He famously swaggered through The Princess Bride but it’s as a singer that Mandy Patinkin excels, says David Cote

I heard 42 Handel operas - and lived

In 2009 Radio 3 will broadcast all 42 operas - the good, bad and ugly. Emma Pomfret heard the lot back to back

Graham Norton

Graham Norton

Donning drag for his stage-musical debut

First Night reviews

The big arts quiz. 2008 was a great year for the arts, but how much do you remember? Test your knowledge with our quiz

Music 

Florence and the Machine

10 hot new music acts for 2009

With blues-infused folk, some doo-wop soul and electro synth-pop aplenty, there’ll be something for everybody

The Killers

UK singles sales hit new record

With more than 115 million single tracks sold across all formats, 2008 was the biggest sales year on record

Little Boots on the path to stardom

Little Boots, an elfin blonde singer and keyboard player, topped BBC’s annual poll of most promising musical talent for 2009

Goth-folk: A walk on the dark side

If ever there was a year to embrace your inner dark side, 2009 would be it. Here comes the goth-folk revolution

Bright young things

The band Friendly Fires, who are nominated for the Times / South Bank Show Breakthrough Award

Vote for the winner of The South Bank Show Breakthrough Award

Wallace & Gromit are back on TV, where they belong. Watch our behind-the-scenes video and interview with Nick Park

Books 

Author Diana Athill

‘Perfect memoir of old age’ wins Costa

After being appointed OBE in the New Year’s Honours List, Diana Athill has become the oldest winner of the Costa Awards

Jodi Picoult

The Hottest Reads of 2009

Fiction highlights, some major anniversaries and room for new children's blockbuster: Nicholas Clee picks some of the likely highlights for the new year

Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall by Luke Haines

The Sunday Times review by Robert Sandall: so ahead of his time, he missed the Britpop boat

Six-legged Soldiers by Jeffrey A Lockwood

The Sunday Times review by Max Hastings: from Napoleon's Grand Army to the second world war, fleas have played a critical role in the history of combat

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Paulo Coelho

A Christmas Story by Paulo Coelho

A magical short story to get you in the Christmas mood

Times Literary Supplement 

Aguirre, Wrath of God

Enslaving the Amazon

The wonder of the world's largest river, and what Europeans have done to it

The many deaths of Roberto Bolaño

How a brave Chilean poet became a cult novelist and chronicler of the apocalypse

Down home with Warren Buffett

Does the Oracle of Omaha, with his folksy philosophy and his cult following, merit a 900-page biography?

Shakespeare and deep England

Jonathan Bate's eloquent evocation of the man from Warwickshire

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