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2010 Archives
Sun 31 January 2010
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Hackney Empire New Act Final 2010
31/01/2010 … With the Hackney Empire closing down today – although hopefully only temporarily – this could be the last final of this well-regarded new talent showcase; or…
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31/01/2010 … IMPROVISED hip-hop act Abandoman won the Hackney Empire new act of the year contest on Saturday, with Inel Tomlinson second, Frisky & Mannish third and Andrew Ryan…
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31/01/2010 … JACK DEE has helped raise £45,000 for the search for Madeleine McCann after acting as auctioneer at a London charity sale.
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31/01/2010 … DIANE HOLLAND, who played ballroom dancing instructor Yvonne in Hi-De-Hi!, left £685,563 in her will, most of it to sister Gilda – the wife of Hi-De-Hi! writer…
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Dave Gibson at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … It is almost predictably standard for a comic to open their set by pointing out which celebrities they look like.
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Inel Tomlinson at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … Inel Tomlinson strutted onto stage with the confidence of a pro and gave the most assured, polished and natural performance of the night.