Guardian Music — Bernard Cribbins' records have been loved by such unlikely champions as Danny Baker and Noël Coward. He explains how his best-known hit came to beThe children of 2012 probably know Bernard Cribbins best for his recent role as Doctor Who's sidekick W... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Two Criterion Collection releases highlight the week's new DVD list, Roy Ward Baker's A Night to Remember and the four film box set David Lean Directs Noel Coward (In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter)... more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: The High Life Matt Longo is a 25-year-old singer-songwriter from NYC who writes, performs and produces his own material with a collective of musicians who don’t mind coming in to record strings and horns at all hours of the night. His a... more info

Guardian Music — The memoirs of a Hollywood pimpIn his greatly underrated 2006 biography of Nicole Kidman, the film critic David Thomson explained why he had made the surprising decision not to meet the actress in the course of his research. For the magic of cinema t... more info

Guardian Music — Adele and The Artist have much to teach us about how to win big in awards seasonThere has, in the past few days, been substantial sweeping of "the board". First, almost-silent movie The Artist swept the board at the Baftas, prompting the winner of th... more info

Guardian Music — Why would anyone want Coleen Rooney's dress or Kevin Spacey's suit? We speak to five people who bought a celebrity cast-offDaniel Hopkins, 39, hairdresser, Brighton: bought Kevin Spacey's suit for £160I was getting married last September and I'd bee... more info

Perez Hilton — Aww! The Broadway revival of Noel Coward's Private Lives, which stars Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross, will reportedly close early on December 31st! Apparently, the comedy was expected to run until February 5th, but due to poor ticket sales, the schedu... more info

ContactMusic — Sex The City star Kim Cattralls latest theatre project is to close early due to poor ticket sales Noel Coward play Private Lives was scheduled to run on Broadway until February 12 but it will now close on New Years Eve 31Dec11 after 65 performanc... more info

Metalsucks — How do a dude dressed like a clown, the slow motion vomiting of Jägermeister run backwards and forwards, the inside of the human body, and the inside of a motor relate to each other from a thematic standpoint? And, for that matter, how do they rela... more info

Guardian Music — My friend the trumpeter Reg Service, who has died aged 93, was one of a small but significant group of black Britons who played jazz and swing music in the UK before the second world war.He grew up in Streatham, south London, the son of Mabel Moore,... more info