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Funny foreigners: the overseas comics storming Edinburgh
Report: Comedians from abroad are invading the festival. How do they do jokes in a foreign language? Brian Logan tells the one about the Dutchman, the German and the Norwegian . . . -
The Libertines and their fans
Report: They threw impromptu gigs, pulled beer-soaked all-nighters and tattooed their fans. As the Libertines reform, Tim Jonze salutes the band that put the madness back into pop
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Sloths, sharks and spoofs sate appetite for online DIY films
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How the west is lost
Jonathan Jones: In our age of abundance we have taken the culture of 'embarrassment' to insane extremes. We veer from madly optimistic to pathologically pessimistic -
Digested watch: The Blind Side
Paul MacInnes: If you can't stomach Sandra Bullock's Oscar-winning turn as the mother of all do-gooders, try this condensed version -
Junkitecture and the Jellyfish theatre
Report: Jellyfish is Britain's first fully functioning recycled theatre. Jonathan Glancey examines the rise of 'junkitecture'
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What's in a film title?
Joe Queenan: M Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender reminds me that most movies with 'last' in the title are bad -
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'The Last Boy Scout is a comedy masterpiece' -
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'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – best of the trilogy'
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Toy Story 3 heads for box-office record
Charles Gant: Though unlikely to overtake Avatar as No 1 in the all-time UK box-office rankings, Pixar's animated film is expected to make an assault on second place in the next few weeks -
The art of festival flyering
Chris Wilkinson: Edinburgh's Royal Mile is awash with flyers hoping to attract the public to fringe shows. But a friendly word as you hand out your leaflet may be the key -
Roger and Val - and other boring TV couples
Sarah Dempster: At its best "dull couple" comedy captures with affection the minutiae of everyday mundanity. At its worst, it's just people in jumpers talking about power tools -
Poem of the week: From Longfellow's translation of the Divine Comedy
This time, a poignant excerpt as Dante meets his muse Longfellow's Victorian version of the great medieval allegory
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