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The UK’s newest Apple Store opens in Basingstoke this weekend.
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Located at Queen Anne’s Walk, Festival Place, the new store will open at 9am with the usual Apple Store celebrations and queuing fans likely to be present. The store offers a Genius Bar, One to One sessions and workshops which will kick off on Sunday 21st with a session on Mac OS X Lion “the…
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BBC drama tells story of ‘The Man Who Crossed Hitler’
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A new one-off BBC drama tells the little-known story of prosecutor Hans Litten who, in the summer of 1931, forced Adolf Hitler into the witness box of Berlin’s central criminal court. Litten (Ed Stoppard) took the extraordinary decision to compel Hitler (Ian Hart) to appear in court in an attempt to expose the true character…
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Orange updates mobile broadband plans
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UK mobile network Orange has updated its mobile broadband range to offer three packages – Small, Medium and Large – which it says will allow customers to choose the right plan for their needs. Plans are available from £10 (£5 per month for existing Orange subscribers) for 500MB of data rising to £30pm for 3GB.…
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Fright Night premiere closes Empire’s BIG SCREEN weekend
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Empire magazine’s BIG SCREEN weekend closed on Sunday with the premiere of Craig Gillespie’s Fright Night – a remake of the 1985 film starring Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale.
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Audio: Roland Emmerich discusses Anonymous
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Film producer Roland Emmerich visited Empire’s BIG SCREEN weekend to discuss his latest film Anonymous, a thriller which pushes the theory that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (Rhys Ifans) is the true author of the works of William Shakespeare.
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In conversation with David Arnold
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TV and film composer David Arnold spoke to us during Empire’s BIG SCREEN weekend about the role music plays in establishing a film character and telling a story, his own inspirations and the life of a score beyond the film.