Wales on Sunday

Free As a Bird

T'S difficult to get an idea of what the real Robin Wright Penn sounds like. For the Hollywood actress changes her accent almost as often as the rest of us put the kettle on. "It's because when I'm around you people I feel just like I have to speak like this because I hate my accent," admits the 43-year- old during an interview in the UK to promote her latest film, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.

5 Minutes with ... Jorgie Porter

You've been in Hollyoaks for a while now, what's it been like? It has been hard work. I've been here more or less nearly every day from when I started - if I'm lucky, I get a bit of a day off. So it has been hard work. I absolutely love it - there's nothing else I'd rather be doing. How would you describe your character Theresa McQueen? My character is a little, feisty, gobby Lolita. Are you anything like her? To be honest, I'm more laid back, a bit geeky and not as full-on. What was your rea...

Soapbox Coming This Week

POBOL Y CWM: THE divorce isn't going as smoothly as anticipated for Gaynor but, ironically, it's the signing of the divorce that brings everyone together and for a moment, the family is happy. On the day of the school's walking trip, Ffion tries to get an explanation from Cai about his recent behaviour towards her. EASTENDERS: MINTY is still reeling after discovering that Dawn has succumbed to Phil Mitchell's dubious charms. There's trouble at the Vic as Peggy receives a surprise visit from A...

A Forsty Dawn

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (U, 94 mins) Featuring the voices of John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg. Director: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier

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MARLEY & ME (Cert PG, 110 mins) NEWLYWEDS John and Jenny Grogan (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston) move from Michigan to West Palm Beach to pursue careers as journalists. When fellow reporter Sebastian plants a seed of worry in John's mind about his wife wanting a baby, he decides to dodge the bullet by buying Jenny a yellow Labrador pup called Marley. The adorable bundle of fun soon grows into 100 pounds of uncontrollable energy. An obedience trainer fails to take charge of the mutt, so John...

Topmovies

This week's Top 10 films 1. (1) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (12A) THE robots in disguise continue their age-old feud in the eagerly-awaited sequel to one of the biggest box office hits of 2007. 2. (2) The Hangover (15) THE Hangover is a bawdy and sporadically amusing buddy comedy about three best men who 'misplace' the groom during an alcohol-fuelled stag weekend in Vegas. 3. (-) Year One (12A) HAROLD Ramis's ramshackle road movie through the Paleolithic era fails to raise a single de...

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Angela& Tony

Keeping it Real! ANGELA: With the amazing weather we have been having over the last few weeks who needs to go abroad? TONY: Me! Duty free and all that ha-ha!

Books

IN THE FALLING SNOW by Caryl Phillips (Harvill Secker, pounds 17.99) FROM his one-bedroom flat in London, middle-aged Keith Gordon is watching his life unravel. His teenage son is involved with a local gang and Keith is struggling to look out for him without the support of his estranged wife. In this interesting story about black culture played out over three generations of the same family, we watch as trouble grows for both Keith's son and his ageing father, who emigrated from the West Indie...

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Exploring the Green, Green Heart of Wales

Biosphere, a special area in which people work to balance the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use. In North Wales the winners of the Green Snowdonia Tourism Awards have recently been announced.

Best of the Rest

Prefuse 73 @ The Globe, Cardiff (Wednesday) Celebrated cut and scratch DJ brings his urban US blip-hop sounds to the capital. Inquiries: 07738 983947 The Cavern Beatles @ Grand Theatre, Swansea (Tomorrow) The Cavern's resident house band and spot-on Fab Four look-a-likes bar none.

Gavin's in a Spin

best album Wilco - Wilco (The Album) (Out Now) ONE of America's most wilful musical talents, Jeff Tweedy has never taken the easy path. Co-credited with inventing the genre of alt-country with Uncle Tupelo - cowboy twang meets punkish bang - he promptly turned his back on that legacy with the ever more experimental leanings of his next band, Wilco.

Switchedon ; What Are Your Favourite Tv Stars Up To?

EX-GLADIATORS presenter Caroline Flack takes over from Amanda Hamilton on the BBC's Something For The Weekend. She will co-host the Sunday morning show with Tim Lovejoy next month. She admitted: "I'm not sure if my cooking is up to scratch." FORMER EastEnder Michelle Ryan has dismissed suggestions that she tried to break Hollywood with her series Bionic Woman and said she still has plans to succeed in the United States. "It was all filmed in Canada anyway," she said. "Hollywood can wait."

Journey Into the Unknown

T is easy to be cynical about TV documentaries which follow the creator on their "journey". Personal stories told with the support of a camera crew can seem self-indulgent at best and exploitative at worst. Yet Dawn Porter's latest film is about as personal, emotive and serious as it gets.

Alex Cleans Up at the Horrid Hotels ; 8 Lifetelevision

ALEX POLIZZI, whose family are akin to hotel royalty, is not exactly delighted to be compared with Gordon Ramsay. But her show The Hotel Inspector is not dissimilar to the celebrity chef's Kitchen Nightmares - rancid restaurants are replaced with horrid hotels, and the potty-mouthed Ramsay substituted with the feisty and dynamic Alex.

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