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Englebert Humperdinck for Eurovision? It’s a stroke of genius | Deborah Orr

Great news, firstly, that Englebert is still alive. Who knew? Even better that he is going to represent Britain at Eurovision This week’s really excellent news is that Engelbert Humperdinck is still alive. Who knew? He’s alive, and he is also going to represent Britain in the Eurovision song contest. This, surely, is a stroke of genius. Pop music started out as something for the young folk, and has never quite shaken off that image, even though it established itself as “the new simple listening” as far back as the 1970s.

BBC Calls the Midwife for a second series

Hit Sunday night drama starring Jenny Agutter and Miranda Hart gets recommissioned after just two episodes The BBC has commissioned a second series of hit Sunday night drama Call the Midwife, which stars Jenny Agutter, Miranda Hart and Pam Ferris, after airing just two episodes. BBC1′s six-part drama, which grew its audience by 600,000 to average 8.6 million for its second installment on Sunday night, is based on the late Jennifer Worth’s trilogy of memoirs about life and midwifery in London’s East End in the 1950s.

2011 showed us new ways of seeing

The sense of new images hitting our eyes from everywhere is one of the most remarkable aspects of 2011 Reasons to be cheerful in 2011? Let’s see. It was a year when eyes opened a bit wider, when images from Earth and space and the enigmatic microverse of quantum physics expanded our field of vision – and the spread of new means of communication made those images more accessible and shareable than ever before. David Attenborough showed us what life is like under the surface of the Arctic’s frozen sea.

Natasha Kaplinsky takes ITV news anchor role

Former BBC and Channel 5 newsreader lands interim role on London Tonight and national network news programmes Natasha Kaplinsky, the former BBC and Channel 5 newsreader, is to take an interim role at ITV presenting London Tonight and national network news programmes. Kaplinsky, who became the highest-paid newsreader in Britain when she signed a deal in 2007 to defect from the BBC to Channel 5 on a reported deal of £1m a year, left the Richard Desmond-owned broadcaster at the end of last year.

Max: A Musical Portrait of Peter Maxwell Davies – review

An affectionate look at the Orkneys’ reclusive composer proves both touching and revealing A few weeks ago composer Peter Maxwell Davies made the news by suggesting that audience members who forget to switch off their mobile phones should be fined if the performance is interrupted. There was a very obvious irony here: anyone listening to one of Maxwell Davies’s early works could be forgiven for wondering whether a ring tone had been written into the score. Back in the 1960s, Max, as he is commonly known, was one of the enfants terribles of British music – a pioneer of the ...

Ryan, Charlize are secretly dating

Ryan and Charlene are reportedly Hollywood’s newest A-list couple. Picture: File Source: news.com.au RYAN Reynolds has moved on from one blond beauty to another. The 34-year-old has been dating Oscar winner Charlize Theron, 35, “for months,” a source told US Weekly. “They’re exclusive and it’s very hush-hush,” the source said. Reynolds finalised his divorce from Scarlett Johansson, 26, earlier this month, after he completed publicity for his huge role in this summer’s Green Lantern.

EastEnders’ Pat to leave Albert Square

Actor Pam St Clement states quitting BBC1 soap after more than 25 years will be like a ‘bereavement’ EastEnders veteran Pam St Clement is to bow out of Albert Square, more than a quarter of a century after making her debut as no-nonsense Pat. The actor, 69, one of the longest-serving stars of the show, will leave Walford later this year. St Clement stated she had other things she wanted to do but stated leaving the soap would be like a “bereavement”. During her colourful years in the show, Pat remarried several times, has gone to prison and enjoyed affairs ...

Radio review: Last Word; Private Passions

When stars die, it’s sad. But at least you get to hear their work again in the tributes When I was a kid, the only way to see films, outside of the cinema, was when they were shown on telly, so the ideal news you could receive was of the death of a major film star. We’d run about the house going “Cary Grant’s gone! Yesssssss! Goodbye Six O’Clock news, hello North by Northwest!”, as a commemorative season hit the schedules. Then we had feel bad because he was dead. Now that I have a DVD player, I mainly get ...

Lucky in love Jen rings in new boyfriend

Jennifer Aniston spotted wearing the same gold ring at the Spike Guys Choice Awards earlier this month. Picture: Getty Source: news.com.au The actress’ golden bling certainly attracted attention. Picture: Getty Source: news.com.au Aniston and Justin Theroux went public with their romance at the MTV Movie Awards earlier this month. Picture: Getty Source: news.com.au JENNIFER Aniston and her new boyfriend, actor Justin Theroux, have been spotted flashing gold rings on their wedding fingers while out and about in New York – but is it love or a publicity stunt? The couple, who only went public with their relationship earlier this month, ...

Twilight star to wed after whirlwind romance

Newly engaged….musician Paul McDonald (L) and actress Nikki Reed arrive at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios. Picture: AFP Source: news.com.au Twilight actress Nikki Reed to wedHas been dating singer for 2 monthsAnnounced news at MTV Movie Awards Twilight actress Nikki Reed and American Idol season 10 contestant Paul McDonald are engaged after less than two months of dating, Us Weekly reports. Speaking to an E! reporter Sunday night at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles , Reed flashed a diamond ring and stated of McDonald, “He’s the one.