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Tuesday April 15, 2008

In brief: Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky has UK premiere

Director Mike Leigh (left) joined cast members Sally Hawkins (right), John Hurt and Jim Broadbent for the UK premiere of his new "anti-miserablist film" Happy-Go-Lucky in London on Monday night; Hawkins won a best actress gong at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year for her portrayal of the lead character Poppy… Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher has criticised the choice of rapper Jay-Z as Glastonbury's headline act, declaring it goes against the festival's "tradition of guitar music"… Actress Cate Blanchett has given birth to her third son, Ignatius Martin Upton… Gordon Brown listed JD Salinger's cult teen novel Catcher in the Rye as a "big influence" when he appeared on stage with novelist Sebastian Faulks at the London Book Fair on Monday… Queen guitarist Brian May is planning a sequel to the hit musical We Will Rock YouNaomi Campbell is due to fly in to Rio de Janeiro today to give blood in order to publicise the fight against dengue fever…

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