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Likely Lads

He may come from a small village in Maidstone, Kent, but Aaron Michael Sidwell has become a household name (and a bit of a heart throb) thanks to his part as mixed-up kid, Steven Beale in Britain’s favourite soap, EastEnders.

19-year-old Aaron currently plays the troubled Steven Beale in EastEnders, originally joining the cast in September 2007 as Steven, Ian Beale’s stepson, returned from New Zealand. Aaron took over the role from Edward Savage who last appeared in 2002.

If you, like me, have watched all Futurama episodes so many times now that you can quote every long ramble given by the Professor and secretly want to read Al Gore’s take on Harry Potter, then you will have been eagerly waiting for the release of Bender’s Big Score.

After selling two million copies of the marvellous Inside In, Inside Out, indie poster boys The Kooks seem to have succumbed to the curse which has plagued so many musicians. Enjoying huge success and critical acclaim with their debut and becoming festival heroes with their summery anthems, there seemed no end to the band’s reign of the hearts of a nation. Well, not until now at least. Yes folks, it may be a cliche, but the Kooks have fallen foul of second album syndrome.

Girls Aloud: Tangled up in music

Girls Aloud talk about their third album release, Tangled Up, and about the highs and lows of being a celeb

If the tabloids are to be believed, Girls Aloud are an intimidating bunch; bitchy, loud and not afraid of voicing their often controversial views. They like a drink too, as the papers like to point out on a daily basis when they print pictures of the girls falling out of taxis and nightclubs in the wee small hours.

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RIHANNA SHINES

Now confirmed as only the seventh artist to spend 10 weeks at number one in the UK, Rihanna’s rise in the music industry has been pretty rapid

“So much has happened in my life, I feel like I’ve grown five years in a year,” the 19-year-old reveals. And since bursting onto the pop and R&B scene two years ago, the Barbados-born starlet has achieved more than most of her peers.

Out of upstate New York comes the Gym Class Heroes, the five piece hip-hop band that uses live instruments and musicians instead of looped samples and canned beats.

Colin McRae: DiRT

Format: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Players: 1-10

As good as it looks? Our final verdict.

Colin McRae may be getting on a bit, but Codemasters' classic rally series has been given a new lease of life, with Colin McRae: DiRT. McRae's first outing on next-gen consoles is a glorious looking off-road racer, flying the flag for mud and mayhem in the pristine faces of Forza and PGR.

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The Olympic and Paralympic games. 2012

Yeah! London won! But now the post-vote partying is over, what does it mean to young people that the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be staged in seven years time?