Jamie Bell dances his way into adult roles

A decade later, The Eagle's Jamie Bell is still trying to shake his dancer image after his breakout performance in Billy Elliot.

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• Trailer: The Eagle
• Review: The Eagle
• Channing Tatum set to spread his wings

Softer Idol right for the times, says Lythgoe

Is American Idol and its new judging panel going soft this year? Yes, says executive producer Nigel Lythgoe.

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• During hard times, feel-good pop music rules
• American Idol tops Thursday night ratings
• Aerosmith shoots down false rumours
• American Idol loses viewers despite make-over
• American Idol sings a new tune

Flavours of the Week: Irina Shayk, Adrianne Palicki, Nina Dobrev and more

Here's a look at the top trending women who caught our eye this week.

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Review: Radiohead's The King of Limbs

At this point, you can basically categorize Radiohead records in two ways.

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• New Radiohead album The King of Limbs earns cheers, sparks jeers

Anna Porter wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

Anna Porter has won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for her book Ghosts of Europe, an examination of democracy in Central Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall. She was presented with the $25,000 award at the Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa Wednesday night.The Ghosts of Europe: Journeys Through Central Europe’s Troubled Past and Uncertain Future is published by Douglas & McIntyre. In their citation, the jury — L. Ian MacDonald, Rosemary Speirs and Paul Wells — called Porter “not only of a journalist on a personal odyssey back to her own origins in Communist Hungary, but of a gifted storyteller who shapes a historically consequential narrative.”

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Shelley Fralic's 'Social Studies'

An insightful take on pop culture, social trends and modern-day life.

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