Back in the 1950s and 60s, the Southend Odeon was THE place in south Essex to see not just nationally, but internationally famous acts and groups. Doubling up as a cinema and an auditorium, the Odeon - on Southend High Street - was consistently putting on major shows and acts to more than 2,000 people at a time. Click to continue reading...

The clean-living Cliff Richard of Brazilian football vs the clean-living pin-up boy of English cricket. I can hardly tell them apart.

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Touchline tongues Continuing the Campness of Cristiano, Ronaldo has already bought underwear for another man, confessed to liking George Michael and Elton John, and expressed a desire to be just like Sir Cliff Richard. But snogging another man does sort of take things to a new level. The excitement of beating Arsenal and getting through to the [. Click to continue reading...

C-Ron's going on a summer holiday... Regular readers of OTP will know that we have been tracking Cristiano Ronaldo's rapid descent into campness. First there was the news that he had bought £2,500 of underwear for team-mate Danny Welbeck. Then, this morning we told you of the Man Yoo star's revelations about his musical tastes. Click to continue reading...