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The Godfather star James Caan dies aged 82 | James Caan

Actor who played Sonny Corleone in the groundbreaking 1972 epic engineered a comeback after his career went off the rails in the early 1980s James Caan, the American actor renowned for his role as Sonny Corleone in the mafia epic The Godfather, as well as a string of key films in the 1970s, has died

The Selecters Pauline Black: When we get on stage, something alchemical happens | Ska

As the ska band release a new album, their formidable frontwoman talks candidly about the heyday of 2 Tone, doing battle with men and microaggressions, and finding her birth mother at 42 I like, says Pauline Black, to be mistress of my own shit. Its an admirable approach to life; also a sensible one, when

At last: swimsuit babe Sarah Palin | Digital video

University of Alaska student Richard Millay has popped up with some "Alaska Gold": an old VHS videocassette of the 1984 Miss Alaska Pageant, in which Contestant number 8, Sarah Heath, appears in her swimsuit. She's now better known, of course, as Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, and would-be US vice president.

Double trouble: the hard life of the movie doppelganger

From the poor mans Tom Hardy to a king-sized Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood cant resist cloning its stars. It rarely ends well Logan Marshall-Green has always had a lot in common with Tom Hardy. The same nose, pillowy pout, penchant for hipster face thatch but, alas, not the mad energy that has made Hardy

Fred Again review restless mood swings from rave ringmaster

Alexandra Palace, LondonAn enthusiastic crowd laps up Fred Gibsons collective-healing vibes, but the pacing is off and the emotional moments dont always connect In the space of 18 months, producer, singer and DJ Fred Gibsons artist moniker has morphed from a propulsive statement of forward momentum to a sigh of resignation at his sheer ubiquity