Times Out

• Serious job for smiling star at Oran Mor

  STEPHANIE McGregor smiles as she reveals how she has been spending the week talking to herself.

• MUSIC - Benedetti's back in town

  Nicola Benedetti is regarded as one of the world's most talented musicians – now she wants to help inspire the next generation.

• PAUL GREENWOOD'S MOVIES - Jack The Giant Slayer, The Croods, Identity Thief, Stolen

  JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (12A, 114 MINS)

• NIGHTMOVES - Mr Reem 2013 @ Fabriq

  LITTLE did I know, as I descended the minimalist staircase into the bowels of Club Fabriq, what I was letting myself in for.

• CLUBS - Cheer up and dance to The Smiths

  HAS the world changed or have I changed?" asked Morrissey on The Queen Is Dead in 1986.

• MUSIC - Kodaline get personal

  UP and coming Irish band Kodaline reckon their songs will stick in people's heads – because the tunes come straight from the heart.

• DINERTEC @ La Vita, Newton Mearns

  The Moll often dresses to kill.

• Catriona's picking up stitches

  WHERE has Catriona Evans been in recent years?

• Waking up at 3am provides lots of joke material for bubbly Lucy

  WHEN Lucy Porter answers the phone, she has just finished making herself a cup of tea.

• Sounds of Glasgow's music history

  WHETHER it was Scottish Opera being founded, Barrowland opening its doors or modern bands such as Glasvegas and Franz Ferdinand hitting the charts, Glasgow has a rich musical heritage.

• NEW MOVIES - Welcome To The Punch, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Paperboy, Shell, Maniac

  WECLOME TO THE PUNCH (15)

• NIGHTMOVES @ Strata

  THE current clubbing landscape in Queen Street means that, with the exception of basement techno Mecca La Cheetah, it's a magnet for pretty much exactly the kind of people that I can't keep a straight face when surrounded by.

• CLUBBING - Rubix birthday date for Objekt

  IN just a year of existence, Rubix has accomplished quite a bit.

• DINERTEC @ La Rotunda, Tunnel Street

  The city was jumping to the Sound of the Underground as Girls Aloud were in town....

• MOVIES – Olivia Wilde works her magic

  AS a lifelong fan of magic, Olivia Wilde is thrilled to be part of Steve Carell and Jim Carrey's latest comedy – The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.

• THEATRE – Good Omens spell success for Amy

  YOU suggest, in a gentle way of course, that there may be serious question marks over Amy Hoff's sanity.

• MUSIC – Bullet for my Valentine Thai up their latest album

  METAL giants Bullet For My Valentine reckon they've hit upon the best way to make an album – isolating themselves from everybody.

• THEATRE – comic Stephen Dick makes a play for stage succes

  HOW shy was Stephen Dick?

• MOVIES – Jennifer Lopez gets down to earth for Parker

  AS THE queen of bling, Jennifer Lopez's reputation for diva-like behaviour is legendary, so on meeting the star you would expect a cool, aloof ice queen.

• MUSIC – Jessie Ware at the 02 ABC

  SHE'S had a Top five album, been nominated for top awards and was recently the toast of Hollywood.