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• Plug The Ticket
• October 26, 2012, 07:45

Skyfall: Donald Clarke goes on The Ticket’s secret service to Pinewood Studios, home of Mr James Bond, and hears from Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Barbara Broccoli about the new British secret agent’s latest run-out, as directed by Sam Mendes. …

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• October 19, 2012, 07:45

Frankenweenie: when Tim Burton originally pitched his Frankenstein-meets-pet film at Disney he was told it was too scary for kids, but 28 years later the animation is set to be a monster box office hit. Annie Mac: the Irish rep …

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• October 12, 2012, 08:13

Stitches: Geordie comedian Ross Noble talks about playing a zombie clown with a taste for making “balloon” animals from his victim’s innards in Irish comedy horror flick Stitches. Bat For Lashes: how Natasha Khan spent a three year gap between …

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• October 5, 2012, 08:20

What Richard Did: Lenny Abrahamson on his harrowing new film about a middle-class, rugby-playing youth whose life is disrupted following a violent altercation outside a SoCoDu party. Hard Working Class Heroes: 10 acts appearing at this weekend’s festival in the …

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• September 28, 2012, 08:34

On the Road: Sam Riley on playing Jack Kerouac’s boho alter-ego Sal Paradise in On the Road. Flying Lotus: Steve Ellison on new album “Until the Quiet Comes” and why he’s not capable of repeating himself when it comes to …

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• September 7, 2012, 08:30

The xx: Romy on Shakira, private lives, Sade, dance music, friendship and why less is more. Heathers: David Guetta faves the McNamara sisters on what comes next with new album “Kingdom” James Murphy: the LCD Soundsystem man on Shut Up …

• Interview The Ticket
• August 24, 2012, 10:10

You’ll find my interview with Questlove from the Electric Picnic-bound The Roots in The Ticket today. It’s an interview I’ve been trying to lock down since last December and I finally got him on the line one night last week …

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• August 24, 2012, 08:58

The Cure: Electric Picnic headliner Robert Smith on a lengthy, successful career on his own terms. The Roots: Questlove talks (and talks) about the best band hip-hop and his 15 different jobs ahead of next week’s Picnic appearance Electric Picnic …