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Reece Shearsmith is to star in Cool Rider, the Grease 2 concert that takes place at the Lyric Theatre in London.

Reece,听known for his television work in The League of Gentlemen and for appearing in Betty Blue Eyes in the West End, will play biology teacher Mr Stuart.

Cool Rider is on for one night only on 27th January 2014 at London's Lyric Theatre.

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Peter May is an author who has done for Outer Hebridean crime what Bergerac did for Jersey! The Lewis trilogy was a runaway best-seller and now Peter is back with a new book Entry Island.

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Entry Island by Peter May is out now.

Denise Van Outen is about to star in her very own one-woman show Some Girl I Used To Know.

Stephanie Canworth has it all. She's beautiful, has a successful career, a supportive husband and she's a media darling; life is great. But it takes just one Facebook poke from a blast-from-the-past and all the old memories start flooding back - candy floss, kisses, first loves and broken hearts - and with the old memories come the old temptations.

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Some Girl I Used To Know听opens at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds on the 29th January and then tours until the 19th March.

1: The Wolf of Wall Street

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Margot Robbie

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

The Wolf of Wall Street is out now, certificate 18.

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2: The Delivery Man

Director:Ken Scott

Cast: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders

Delivery driver David Wozniak has a life no one would envy:听 in debt to the mob; a job that鈥檚 going nowhere and a pregnant girlfriend who believes their child will be better off without him, then he finds out he鈥檚 the father of 533 children through sperm donations he made 20 years earlier.
Just when things couldn鈥檛 look any worse David is hit with a lawsuit from 142 of his offspring who demand to know the identity of their biological father.
As David struggles to decide whether or not he should reveal his true identity, with the help of his friend, full time Dad and part time lawyer, Brett听he embarks on a journey that leads him to discover not only his true self but the father he could become.

The Delivery Man is out now, rated 12A

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3: Tim鈥檚 Vermeer

Director: Teller

Cast: Tim Jenison

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer ("Girl with a Pearl Earring") manage to paint so photo-realistically - 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney and eventually to Buckingham Palace, to see the Queen's Vermeer.

Tim鈥檚 Vermeer is out now, certificate 12A

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DVD / BLURAY

4: IN A WORLD

Director: Lake Bell

Cast: Lake Bell, Rob Corddry, Demetri Martin, Fred Melamed, Eva Lon

Underachieving voice coach Carol Solomon not only lives in the house of her egotistical father, Sam Sotto, but also in the massive shadow he casts as the undisputed king of the vicious, male-dominated world of movie-trailer voice-overs. When Sam kicks her out to make room for his girlfriend Jamie, Carol lands her first voice-over gig with the help of charming sound engineer Louis.

Soon afterwards, Sam discovers Carol is in the running to become the official voice of a blockbuster, female-centered movie 鈥渜uadrilogy.鈥� Threatened by his own daughter鈥檚 rising star, Sam tries to discourage her while secretly pushing his reps to land him the gig instead.

In a World is out on DVD next Monday.

Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas, published by Atlantic Books.

Barracuda is set in Melbourne, Australia and centres on Danny, a talented potential Olympic swimmer who is spotted by a coach and given a scholarship to a private school. It tackles class, shame, dreams, disillusionment and violence.

Baracuda by Christos Tsiolkas is out in paperback now.

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The News: A User鈥檚 Manual by Alain de Botton, published by Hamish Hamilton

The News occupies all our lives. We tend to invest it with an authority and importance which used to be preserved for religion. Alain de Botton mixes current affairs with philosophical reflections to create an intelligent yet witty guide to the precautions we should take before venturing near the news and the noise it generates.

The News: A User鈥檚 Manual by Alain de Botton is out on the 6th February.

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PERSONAL PICK

鈥�The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared鈥� by Jonas Jonasson.

The Hundred-Year-Old Man has been translated into 30 languages and has sold over four million copies worldwide. Set in Sweden it follows the adventures of Allan Karlsson as he escapes the confines of his nursing home,听 involving criminals, several murders and a suitcase full of cash. We learn of his past where, remarkably, he played a key role behind the scenes in some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.听