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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

TODAY'S PAPER - WEEKEND FEATURE

First star of the new silent era

NOBODY expected The Artist to sweep up so many prizes and awards.

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Break-ups that Seal our fate

WHEN Seal, the singer, and Mrs Seal, the model, ended their apparently rock-solid marriage a month ago, hands flew to mouths in dismay.

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The ghost in the machine

IF EVER Florence Welch creates her own fragrance, it should be called Vintage, and for authenticity its top note would be the musty tang of second-hand clothes.

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Thin is in: in search of the perfect male body

ARE MEN more body conscious now than they were 10 years ago?

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Trick and treat

PARENTS are invariably blind to the faults of offspring, so when I’m asked if there’s any chance Lola might be trained to replicate the tricks and antics of Uggie, the breakout star of The Artist, I’m wildly indignant.

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This much I know: Declan Kelly

I was a late starter.

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The reel deal

DISAPPOINTED by the failure of three promising screenplays to make it to the big screen, writer-director Terry McMahon did two things: First, he had the words “the art is in the completion. Begin,” tattooed onto his body.

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All the single ladies

She spent her twenties in fear of not having a man.

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Happily ever after

“There were no mobile phones then, so it was like: ‘Maybe, I’ll give you a call’”

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This much I know: John A Murphy

I was born in Macroom, the youngest of four.

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A tale of two cities

I WANT Shelly Corkery to be a bitch: even just a bitch off the record.

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Whistles in the fast lane

HAVE I met Kate?” asks Jane Shepherdson, CEO of Whistles, pioneer of the vastly improved high street shopping experience.

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This much I know: Stephen Brennan

Irish theatre is like the rest of the country, full of well intentioned amateurs, prostitutes, posturers and administrators.

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A question of style

I never get chatted up.

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Meet the new Eminem

MICHAEL STAFFORD has been through the grinder.

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Don’t I know your face from somewhere?

Fashion’s enduring love of celebrity has recently found expression in a new guise — the rise of celebrity children as models and brand ambassadors.

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This much I know: Rebecca Storm

I’ve never seen singing as work.

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The photoshoot that made history

OK, DAVID BAILEY, a little surprise quiz for you, because who doesn’t like a surprise quiz?

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Daring to be different

BEING an outsider is never easy but with marginality comes the rarefied privilege of bucking trends or indeed, creating them.

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Television just got interesting

Birdsong, BBC One, tomorrow

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This much I know: Sheila O’Flanagan

There was never a time when I wasn’t writing something.

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