Arts: United Kingdom

The Guardian - TV & Radio (24 minutes ago)

The actor is a laconic delight as he dispenses surprising levels of wisdom in response to reader questions, while Obama, Paul McCartney and Ayo Edebiri pay homage to an African musical greatBill Nighy is the agony uncle you never knew you needed as he answers readers' questions in his new show. It's a laconic delight, listening to his louche...

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BBC - Arts (25 minutes ago)

The Hollywood actor teams up with Kew's Millenium Seed Bank as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.

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BBC - Arts (25 minutes ago)

A Buckingham Palace source admits there could be "more days of pain ahead" as the memoir, which puts Prince Andrew under further scrutiny, is released.

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BBC - Arts (25 minutes ago)

The family of the author, known for To Kill A Mockingbird, say newly found stories reveal her brilliance.

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BBC - Arts (2 hours ago)

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.

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The Guardian - Media (2 hours ago)

Owner of London-based immersive film and TV business sold for undisclosed sum to Ari Emanuel's MariExperiential entertainment is having a gold rush but commercial success is far from certainThe parent company behind Secret Cinema, the London-based immersive film and TV business, has been bought by the Hollywood power broker Ari Emanuel.TodayTix,...

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The Guardian - Media (2 hours ago)

Started after the 2024 election, the Unnamed and Unbound: Black Voters Matter Podcast works to dispel propaganda from the administration and build communityIn a recent episode of Unnamed and Unbound: Black Voters Matter Podcast, the co-host Cliff Albright spoke with his guests about the power of resilience and community building during a time of...

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BBC - Arts (5 hours ago)

Matt Willis has spoken openly about his own battles with addiction.

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The Guardian - Media (6 hours ago)

From 007 to Elsa, Vermillio claims it can trace percentage of AI-generated image drawn from pre-existing materialAsk Google's AI video tool to create a film of a time-travelling doctor who flies around in a blue British phone booth and the result, unsurprisingly, resembles Doctor Who.And if you ask OpenAI's technology to do the same, a similar...

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The Guardian - Media (6 hours ago)

The Guardian's Queensland correspondent and three SBS journalists win top award for investigation into children locked up in police watch houses Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian Australia's Ben Smee and a team from SBS have been named joint winners of the...

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The Guardian - Media (6 hours ago)

Measures come amid concern generative AI characters are having inappropriate conversations with under-18sParents will be able to block their children's interactions with Meta's AI character chatbots, as the tech company addresses concerns over inappropriate conversations.The social media company is adding new safeguards to its "teen accounts”,...

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BBC - Arts (7 hours ago)

The 18 decommissioned Confederate monuments have been deconstructed and displayed to make a statement on the horrors of slavery.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (7 hours ago)

The Hollywood star narrates kooky comedy Leonard and Hungry Paul. Plus: how the letters of Mary, Queen of Scots were decoded. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, BBC TwoJulia Roberts narrates an endearing comedy drama based on Rónán Hession's novel. Leonard (Alex Lawther) is a thirtysomething oddball who lives with his doting mother. But when...

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BBC - Arts (8 hours ago)

Going to Japan is almost the only way to see a top-flight suo sumo tournament. This week, London is hosting.

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BBC - Arts (16 hours ago)

Questions around the up-and-coming TikTok star's connection to a teenage girl's death have eclipsed his career's rise.

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BBC - Arts (16 hours ago)

The series is full of celebs who are connected in different ways, which adds a whole new layer of drama.

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BBC - Arts (16 hours ago)

Lesley Benzies was one of the architects behind one of the most successful video games in history.

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BBC - Arts (17 hours ago)

Prince Andrew has lost his titles - but will much of his life remain the same and will it stop the negative headlines?

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (18 hours ago)

It was back to ballroom business as usual and Alex Kingston's Fast Car rumba topped the scores. La Voix was cut adrift at the bottom with the worst ever week four score. But who wouldn't make it through to Icons Week?Roll the industry standard scene-setting, tension-building montage.Replenish your drinks and refill your nibbles ramekins. We're...

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BBC - Arts (23 hours ago)

In reflecting on a gentle melancholy many can relate to, this book teaches us to appreciate the small joys in life.

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BBC - Arts (23 hours ago)

Appleby Blue Almshouse in London wins the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.

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The Guardian - Media (A day ago)

Why sanitise or sugarcoat the classics? New adaptations of Austen and Brontë could explore everything from slavery to death in childbirthNews that Andrew Davies – the man behind the nation's most beloved Pride and Prejudice adaptation – is planning to have Jane Austen's Emma die in childbirth drew gasps from audiences at Cliveden literary...

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BBC - Arts (A day ago)

"His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous," the band wrote.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (A day ago)

The millennial crowd-pleasers return with a second helping of their sizzling romcom … and it's just as much of a pleasure. We already know exactly which spin-off we want too!For a while, it seemed as if the romcom as an art form died and had been replaced by Marvel sequels and issue-led dramedies. Rachel and Ross were a distant memory (and not...

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The Guardian - Media (A day ago)

Johnathan Walton, who was a victim of Marianne 'Mair' Smyth, had helped UK authorities track her downA US podcaster and author who helped UK authorities convict a woman derisively known as the "Queen of the Con” of defrauding a group of Northern Irish mortgage advice customers has expressed disappointment in her being sentenced on Friday to only...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (A day ago)

Strange New Worlds finally lands on ITV1 for Trekkies. Plus: the pressure is on in the penultimate episode of thrilling crime drama Frauds. Here's what to watch this evening10.20pm, ITV1 Continue reading...

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The Guardian - Media (A day ago)

Layoffs follow $8.4bn merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global in AugustParamount Skydance will begin mass layoffs the week of 27 October, eliminating about 2,000 US jobs as part of a $2bn cost-cutting plan under new chief executive David Ellison, Variety reported on Saturday.The layoffs follow the $8.4bn merger between Skydance Media and...

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BBC - Arts (A day ago)

The 99-year-old broadcaster and naturalist wins for his work narrating the series Secret Lives of Orangutans.

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

The pair are now back together, but in her new series, Molly-Mae Hague says things are "not perfect".

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

The Scottish singer is far from ready to put his feet up.

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

The Malcolm Arnold Festival has brought his work back to the "central stage", its organiser says.

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

The DSI London fashion house in Croydon has 52 artisans making on-screen costumes from scratch.

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

Comedian Chris McCausland says he was "closed off" before going on Strictly Come Dancing.

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

The prince said he had made the decision because "continued accusations about me distract from the work" of the Royal Family.

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The Guardian - Media (2 days ago)

The appetite for onscreen versions of much-loved literature is endless, but dogged faithfulness to a text is not the only way to stay true to authors' spiritIt is a truth universally acknowledged that every classic novel must be in want of a sexed-up adaptation. Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy waded out of the lake in a wet shirt in the...

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The Guardian - Media (2 days ago)

Fans who moan when a show is axed after its first season should be careful what they wish for. If only my TV obsession had ended a long time agoIt's an all-too-familiar feeling. The second series of your favourite TV show has just begun streaming and your mind is full of hopeful expectation. Season one ended sooo perfectly: future plotlines were...

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The Guardian - Media (2 days ago)

Actor who played the mild-mannered car dealer Roy Evans in more than 600 episodes of the BBC TV soap EastEndersTony Caunter, who has died aged 88, spent more than 30 years as a jobbing actor before finding fame in EastEnders as the mild-mannered Roy Evans, a car dealer who married Pat Butcher. The couple met on Boxing Day 1994 when the bombastic...

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The Guardian - Media (2 days ago)

Oscar-winning film about displaced Palestinians in West Bank will not be heading to Mubi due to links with Sequoia Capital, which has ties to Israeli militaryThe Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land is to be self-released on US streaming platforms next week after a rejection of a Mubi offer.The film, which follows the forced displacement of...

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

The hit show was held in north Wales during the Covid pandemic, with iconic props left behind.

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

Seventeen prints titled "Arrival of Spring in Woldgate" went under the hammer at Sotheby's earlier.

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The Guardian - Media (2 days ago)

Boots, hit show about a closeted teen joining the marines, has led to a statement on 'restoring the warrior ethos'The Pentagon has slammed Netflix for making "woke garbage” after the release of the hit gay military drama Boots.The show, based on Greg Cope White's 2015 memoir The Pink Marine, tells the story of a closeted teenager who enlists in...

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The Guardian - Media (2 days ago)

Survey responses cited in $2.7bn defamation lawsuit filed against Fox by voting technology company SmartmaticFox News employees expressed concerns about the network's editorial standards and the conduct of top hosts in an internal survey conducted in the summer and fall of 2020, with one going as far as to wonder if they had sold their "soul to the...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (2 days ago)

More murder and suspicion in Anthony Horowitz's gripping series. Plus: moreish French drama The Intruder concludes. Here's what to watch this evening9.20pm, BBC One Continue reading...

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BBC - Arts (2 days ago)

Trisha Paytas, Danielle Deadwyler and Natasha Lyonne will join the series when it returns in 2026.

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

The actress talks about co-writing her debut thriller, about a female surgeon, with Harlan Coben.

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The Guardian - Media (3 days ago)

Rudimentary but powerful device detonates outside home of Report presenter Sigfrido Ranucci in Campo AscolanoA prominent Italian investigative journalist has been targeted in a bomb attack, with the rudimentary but powerful device almost destroying his car and damaging a neighbour's home.Sigfrido Ranucci, who hosts Report, an investigative...

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

The regulator says the documentary, broadcast earlier this year, was "materially misleading".

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

The Christmas specials will also air, with the BBC acknowledging it had not been a "straightforward decision".

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

South Korean writer Baek Se-hee was known for her 2018 bestselling memoir about her struggle with depression.

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The Guardian - Media (3 days ago)

Deal reportedly closed for $140m a year, on the heels of worldwide success of Apple-produced Brad Pitt film F1Apple has landed US broadcast rights to Formula One in a five-year deal that would help the tech giant bolster its streaming service with one of the country's fastest-growing sports, following the success of its Brad Pitt-starrer F1: The...

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Performers and suppliers say they have not been paid what they are owed since the event in August.

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The Guardian - Media (3 days ago)

Restaurants can see bookings surge by hundreds after a feature by Jesse Burgess. But is it just hype?When the presenter Jesse Burgess goes to a restaurant, the kitchen always sends him dishes he didn't order. One of the ironies of fame is that the more you can afford, the less you have to pay for it. Except that Burgess isn't a celebrity, he says....

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The Guardian - Media (3 days ago)

Chief global affairs officer of company behind ChatGPT tells Sydney audience 'we are going to be in Australia, one way or the other'Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOpen AI has broken ranks with the Tech Council of Australia over copyright restrictions, declaring that its artificial intelligence models are "going to be in...

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The Guardian - Media (3 days ago)

Court of appeal rules in former actor's favour after finding tweets calling him racist did cause harm to his reputationLaurence Fox's libel claim after he was called a racist on social media will go to a retrial, the court of appeal has ruled.The former actor was successfully sued by Simon Blake, who is now the chief executive of Stonewall, and the...

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Michael Eavis is now a household name, having first put on the festival to "clear his overdraft".

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

He is honoured for his creative mind and championing social change, says the college.

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

For many social media users, it was the subtitles that stole the show.

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

"I didn't think that was going to happen at all," the star says, as judges laud his "classic" album.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (3 days ago)

Alex Lawther and Jamie-Lee O'Donnell star in this adaptation of Rónán Hession's understated 2019 novel. Its quiet celebration of the gentle life is the opposite of today's frantic TV – even if it does feature a Hollywood megastar's voiceOn a well-maintained driveway in an unremarkable suburb of Dublin, a small man in a sleeveless jumper is...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (3 days ago)

To celebrate the return of charming hit Nobody Wants This, romcom superfans like Russell T Davies and Jack Rooke pick their favourite shows. Prepare to be swept off your feet!It's perfect, that's all. It's got the perfect meet-cute (boob, crashed car, injured dog); the perfect combination of realism and romance (especially for non-romantics like...

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The Guardian - Media (3 days ago)

A legitimately epic story is unfolding, involving the antichrist, savage depictions of a billionaire … and loads of scenes about The Donald's penisEven outside its notoriously tight weekly production schedule, South Park has always run on an unpredictable calendar, sometimes taking years between seasons. This time around, it's jumping from one...

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The Guardian - Media (3 days ago)

It's more than just the Tory house bible. On multiple ethical and political grounds, Lisa Nandy must think hard before nodding any deal throughDoes anyone, outside its longsuffering former and current employees, still care about the Daily Telegraph? The vexed and long-running saga over who owns the Telegraph Media Group, which last week landed back...

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

A German museum has seen hundreds of fans visit a painting depicted in the singer's video.

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have paid tribute to an "irreplaceable rock soldier".

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

The Irish group has sold more than 44 million records worldwide and enjoyed global success.

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Fender says his Mercury Prize winning album is a collection of stories about life in North Shields.

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The Guardian - Media (3 days ago)

Editors at the Indiana Daily Student say administration's move to control news content amounts to censorshipIndiana University has ordered its student-run newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student (IDS), to cease printing new editions and fired the school's director of student media, who also served as the paper's adviser, according to multiple reports....

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (3 days ago)

Kathryn Bigelow's nuclear thriller is dazzling and almost unbearably tense, and Roald Dahl's wicked couple come to life … with plenty of fart gagsA missile of unknown origin has been launched from the Pacific – and it's heading for the US. From that hook, Kathryn Bigelow has fashioned an almost unbearably tense thriller out of the American...

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Those involved in band's journey reflect on 20th anniversary of I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor.

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Did Bruce Springsteen let Jeremy Allen White use his guitar?

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Emeli Sandé covered D'Angelo's hit in the Radio 1Xtra Live Lounge back in 2016.

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Andrea Bisset shot to fame after appearing in YouTube videos but has now appeared in a major film.

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BBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Flowers and cards have been left by the bandstand in West Park in the One Direction star's home city

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (3 days ago)

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are back as the sex podcaster and the hot rabbi in the sparkling romcom with cracking chemistry, while Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy star in the author's latest cheerfully absurd mysteryThe first series of this sparkling romcom about Kristen Bell's sex podcaster Joanne and Adam Brody's hot rabbi Noah was given real spice by...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (3 days ago)

The Boss discusses his new biopic, along with Jeremy Allen White. Plus, Gardeners' World looks ahead to spring. Here's what to watch this evening10.40pm, BBC One Continue reading...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (3 days ago)

There are volcanic tales of his explosive temper, shocking footage of nuns protesting his Christ movie and vast amounts of detail in this rich, info-packed docuseries. Then it reaches the 90s and it all peters outThe world is not short on documentaries about Martin Scorsese. Those wanting to see his inspirations and methodology can already seek out...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (4 days ago)

Lovable prankster-satirist Oobah Butler takes on hustle culture by trying to get rich quick. His tour of crypto-CEOs exposes the bleakness of their world – but it sure makes for comedy goldNear the start of this hilarious and ambiently horrifying documentary, presenter Oobah Butler informs the viewer what exactly is riding on the success of his...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (4 days ago)

Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar star in this fun, propulsive tale of a genius code-cracker, an oddball entrepreneur … and an evil supercomputer known as Charlie Big Potatoes trapped in a secret lair. Brace yourself for a wild rideThere's in media res and then there's the opening of The Iris Affair. The new caper-drama opens with a man being beaten...

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

Exclusive: Articles about Sam and Brittany Groth failed to include key comments, documents filed in defamation and privacy case sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA News Corp reporter failed to include a Victorian Liberal MP's statement that allegations about the...

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

In response to pledge, company has claimed in a statement that its policies 'prohibit discrimination of any kind'Warner Bros Discovery has rebuked a pledge signed by more than 4,000 film industry figures to not work with Israeli film institutions "implicated in the genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”, saying that such a pledge...

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

Rebranding Birmingham Airport as Ozzy Osbourne International would be amazing, according to his widow.

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

Suppliers also say they have been met with silence when they contact organisers to ask for payment.

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

As Manchester's finest turns 60, with new film Saipan coming soon, we rank the British comedy hero's best big-screen performances, from Tropic Thunder and Mindhorn to Philomena and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. A-Ha!Steve Coogan entered the unofficial British comedy hall of fame at the tender age of 30, when he joined four of the Pythons and the...

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

My husband, Peter O'Kill, who has died aged 79, was a press and television journalist. He went from Fleet Street to a successful career at the BBC, culminating as associate editor of Breakfast News.Starting at the BBC in the early 1980s, Peter worked as a producer on the first airing of Breakfast Time, on 17 January 1983. It was a live programme...

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media … Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us todayThere was no greater vantage point to see America burn than the Pennsylvania railroad. Working in the summer of 1919 as a dining car waiter, Claude McKay was so fearful that he...

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

Survey by Internet Matters finds children being left worried and upset by content showing shootings, stabbings and warMore than half of children who get news from social media are left worried and upset after seeing content that involves war, violence and death, according to new research that found social media companies are "pushing” distressing...

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

The former MasterChef presenter is taking legal action against the corporation after he was sacked.

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

The celebrated Irish writer had his pass revoked in 1895 after being imprisoned for a gay relationship.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (4 days ago)

From tricking art dealers to making frightening deals with crypto entrepreneurs, Oobah Butler's new documentary sees him launch an almighty cash grab. Here, he tells the story of his rollercoaster rideI've never met a billionaire before. And this isn't how I imagined it would go. Don't get me wrong: his brightly lit Manhattan office is pleasant,...

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

And how some feel Access to Work is 'Access to nowhere'

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

The veteran actress blamed nerves for her releasing wind at a tense moment during the game.

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

Relatives tell People magazine they are grateful for the "extraordinary messages" after the star's death.

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

Experts say while the big-screen magic still matters, it must come at a price that doesn't hurt the pocket.

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

The rock band discuss the themes that fuelled their critically-acclaimed new album, From The Pyre.

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

Reporters who declined to sign new set of Pentagon rules had to clear out of world's largest military headquartersPentagon reporters who declined to sign a new set of policies that press advocates and news organizations denounced as incompatible with the tenets of journalism were set to return their press badges by 5pm on Wednesday, ending decades...

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

Comedian Serena Terry is ready to return to the stage after struggling with depression and ADHD.

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BBC - Arts (4 days ago)

Bookmakers say the stars are front-runners for the prize, which is held in Newcastle on Thursday.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (4 days ago)

A monstrous piece of technology causes a lof of trouble in The Iris Affair. Plus: viral prankster Oobah Butler tries to make a million. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky Atlantic Continue reading...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (4 days ago)

Suspend your disbelief and, wow, this high-stakes drama is good. The performances are excellent, the action is tense and the script is highly eruditeOver two high-stakes seasons, this drama about a US ambassador to the UK who finds herself moonlighting for the president and the entire state department has proved itself to be a rare beast: a...

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The Guardian - Media (4 days ago)

Research also finds majority of people are against letting politicians front current affairs programmesA larger proportion of people who frequently watch GB News wrongly believe that net migration to the UK is increasing than those of other major channels, according to a study examining public attitudes to broadcasting impartiality.Research by...

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The singer, who has died aged 51, was credited with creating the album that became the genre's blueprint.

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The three-time Oscar winner appears in the family drama Anemone, his first film since 2017's Phantom Thread.

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

Many of us like to think we could handle the pressure of being a traitor, so choose the tactics you'd deploy.

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

Graham is asking dads for their experiences raising sons for an upcoming book of letters.

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The 35-year-old will play a second consecutive night at Slane Castle "due to overwhelming demand".

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The singer talks to BBC Radio 1 as she prepares to release her debut project SE9 Part 1.

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The Guardian - Media (5 days ago)

This rivetingly tense Bafta-winning drama crackles with raw energy. Its third series is its finest yet – and is rapidly becoming one of the greatest TV series in existenceThe third time's a charm. Not many TV shows' third seasons are their best, but that is the case with the pulsating, propulsive Blue Lights. One broadsheet critic has hailed the...

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The Guardian - Media (5 days ago)

The actor is reportedly in line to play the Beatles' manager in the 1917 director's ambitious saga about the Fab FourHappy Valley star James Norton is being lined up to play Beatles manager Brian Epstein in the four-film Sam Mendes biopic of the band, it has been reported.According to Deadline, Norton is to play Epstein, who discovered the Beatles...

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The Guardian - Media (5 days ago)

Despite the glowing story, the cover earned the ire of the US president with criticism of his appearanceIt is a glowing story in a publication Donald Trump has long exalted – but for one catch. The cover picture, the president decreed, "may be the Worst of All Time”.Time magazine's paean to Trump's role in brokering a Gaza ceasefire, leading...

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

1711 Ireland: A Witch's Fate from Ulster University is one of the first productions launched at Studio Ulster.

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The Grammy-winning singer, who died of cancer, "transformed R&B forever", says Beyoncé.

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The Oscar winner lent her voice as the narrator of Leonard and Hungry Paul after becoming a fan of Rónán Hession's bestselling book.

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

Elton says his new autobiography helped him deal with some of the grief around Mayall's death.

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The star who played Pat Butcher says the actor who was her on-screen husband Roy was a "lovely man".

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The actor, who played Roy Evans in the BBC soap, died in Eastbourne on Monday.

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The Guardian - Media (5 days ago)

There are many options for getting better prices on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ and Sky's Now TVMany of the streaming services offer free trials, so you could sign up to one, binge-watch the shows everyone is talking about and then cancel before you are rolled over into a paid-for subscription. Read the terms and conditions very carefully to...

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The Guardian - Media (5 days ago)

This word-of-mouth sensation's scenes about the US marines' treatment of homosexuality are incredibly powerful. Until it throws in a weird food fight and starts trying to become an Orange Is the New Black-style comedy dramaOne of the pitfalls of the streaming era is that so many shows seem to go unheralded. Last week, Netflix's Boots looked likely...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (5 days ago)

The first banishment in week two of the wickedly fun celebrity series. Plus: can a couple in Wales build an off-grid home for £100k? Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC OneIs Alan Carr even worse than Linda? Or is he, somehow, going to get away with murdering his best mate Paloma Faith? The producers very naughtily left us on a cliffhanger...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (5 days ago)

This six-part adaption of Swedish author Mikael Niemi's novel is an odd beast. It conjures a fine sense of an isolated 19th-century village … but the murder investigation at its heart is risibleA debate recently went viral on social media, after someone posed the question to women: would you rather be lost in the woods with a man or a bear? Like...

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BBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The Australian pop star filed for divorce from Daniel Bernard in March, after three years of marriage.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (5 days ago)

The acting may be brilliant in the horrible real-life story of a family whose sordid tale ends in a double murder. But when everything about the subjects is so rotten, why on Earth would you want to watch?How fascinatingly horrible were the Murdaugh family? Very, according to how much true-crime content they've generated. There's already been a hit...

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The Guardian - Media (5 days ago)

Lise Sobéron's Wondermum app has name and graphics allegedly similar to DC's Wonder Woman, lawyers claimA French woman is involved in the mother of all battles with DC Comics for naming her family advice app Wondermum.Lise Sobéron received a letter from the superhero comic book company's French lawyers on 1 April this year demanding she stop...

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Fayaz Khan, 26, was also sentenced at Southwark crown court for entering the UK illegally on a small boatA man who threatened on TikTok to kill the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has been jailed for five years.Fayaz Khan, an Afghan national whose real name is believed to be Fayaz Husseini, made the threat last October in a video that Farage and a...

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

Attorneys for Debbie Brockman, released with no charges, deny agent's claim she 'threw objects' at border patrol carAttorneys representing a producer for Chicago's WGN television station who was temporarily detained by federal agents last week in Chicago, say the incident "should be alarming and horrifying to every person in this country”.Debbie...

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BBC - Arts (6 days ago)

Dan says intense fan intrusion "could have killed me", but that they "can't live in fear any more".

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (6 days ago)

The X Factor star and Prof Alice Roberts are an awkward presenting duo in this superficial history show. Do they really think we're so thick we can't imagine the mindset of people from the past?We are halfway through October and the inundation of Halloween-related programmes has begun. Most of it is the televisual equivalent of the worthless tat...

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

After 16 years and almost 1,700 episodes, Maron is ending his show – which changed the face of podcasting. No wonder it's sparking an outpouring of sadness When I discovered Marc Maron's influential podcast WTF, I was working in a pub. It was a weird time for me. I had just left university and had absolutely no idea what I was doing with my life,...

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

Laura Friedman, who spent 20 years in Hollywood before winning her House seat, says film industry needs help but president's vague policy idea is bafflingLaura Friedman's love affair with film started young, staying up late to watch old Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney flicks. "It definitely gave me big dreams and I moved to Hollywood to follow...

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

The special edition of Jennifer L Armentrout's new 'romantasy' will stand out on any bookshelf, even if you've got your eyes closed. I refuse to be sniffy about itWould you like a book that smells like garlic? Didn't think so. But that didn't stop author Jennifer L Armentrout from using garlic-infused ink to print 1,000 copies of her new novel The...

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

Actor who played senior police officers on TV and delighted critics with his Falstaff for the English Shakespeare CompanyJohn Woodvine, who has died aged 96, was a proud Tynesider and stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a resilient and formidable actor on stage and television for more than 70 years.Built like a barn door, but somehow lean...

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

The End of an Era will air across six episodes on Disney+, with Swift promising 'all the stories woven throughout' record-breaking tourTaylor Swift has announced a docuseries that will follow the creation of her history-making Eras tour.Disney+ will air the six-episode series The End of an Era from 12 December onwards, with the first two episodes...

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

Trade unions and online safety experts sign letter warning jobs losses could expose children to harmful contentTrade unions and online safety experts have urged MPs to investigate TikTok's plans to make hundreds of jobs for UK-based content moderators redundant.The video app company is planning 439 redundancies in its trust and safety team in...

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BBC - Arts (6 days ago)

The singer said she never wanted her daughters to feel the way she had felt previously about her body.

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

A half-century ago, CBS's own president was boasting of his support for an antidemocratic political project. Our new book uses never-before-reported documents to tell the story of a scheme to undermine accountability journalismIf you only just started paying attention to the inner workings of the media industry, you might think America's...

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BBC - Arts (6 days ago)

The actor portrays the playwright, alongside Jessie Buckley, in new film Hamnet.

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BBC - Arts (6 days ago)

Martin Hibbert meets cast members to talk about what it is like to live with a spinal cord injury.

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BBC - Arts (6 days ago)

Two men are accused of murdering former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins at HMP Wakefield.

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

Guardian also finds a thriving trade on Telegram for retatrutide, which is still in clinical trials and illegal to sellAn online parallel market for an unlicensed weight-loss drug is being fuelled by TikTok fitness influencers and sellers on WhatsApp, a Guardian investigation can reveal.Retatrutide, which is still in clinical trials, is being...

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Familiar faces from Brookside will return to the small screen for a one-off special episode.

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The Guardian - Media (6 days ago)

Musicians have long criticized the streaming service's paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emergingThis month, indie musicians in Oakland, California, gathered for a series of talks called Death to Spotify, where attenders explored "what it means to decentralize music discovery, production and listening from capitalist economies”.The...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (6 days ago)

Prof Alice Roberts joins Rylan to investigate witch trials in Chelmsford. Plus: an exposé of the international dog-fighting trade. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky HistoryRylan Clark returns to his old Essex stomping ground of Chelmsford – which he calls "witchcraft ground zero” – for this three-part series in which he revisits old...

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BBC - Arts (6 days ago)

The European Broadcasting Union had previously announced it would hold a vote on Israel's participation in November.

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BBC - Arts (6 days ago)

The pair worked together on eight films including the Oscar-winning Annie Hall and Manhattan.

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BBC - Arts (A week ago)

The disgraced Lostprophets frontman was fatally injured at HMP Wakefield on Saturday.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (A week ago)

Tim Robinson is hilarious as a man hellbent on taking down a negligent chair manufacturer in this cringe caper full of roaringly good slapstickMeet Ron Trosper, a faithful office grunt in small town Ohio. Ron works for a company that builds shopping malls, and their latest one is the first for which Ron has been made project lead, despite some of...

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BBC - Arts (A week ago)

Gavin Plumb is in jail for his plot to kidnap, rape and murder TV star Holly Willoughby.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (A week ago)

It was a brutal killing spree that gripped Italy – yet so little is still known. Why were lovers murdered in their cars? Why were their sexual organs often targeted? Author Tobias Jones sifts the evidenceSome criminal cases are so vast that even the number of victims is uncertain: in the case of the unsolved "Monster of Florence” crimes that...

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The Guardian - Media (A week ago)

Even his colleague has dubbed Jesse Watters's claim about Ocasio-Cortez and Stephen Miller 'creepy'Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security adviser, is one of the most influential people in the Trump administration. He is also such a hate-filled little man that members of his own family...

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The Guardian - Media (A week ago)

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m markLast month something unusual happened in the television world. At 9pm, traditionally a crucial time slot for Britain's main broadcasters, none of their shows were able to attract an average audience of 1 million viewers.An ITV...

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BBC - Arts (A week ago)

Alumni at Tring Park School include Dame Julie Andrews, Thandiwe Newton and Ella Henderson.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (A week ago)

In this hilariously odd new show, Tim Robinson finds himself investigating a conspiracy. Plus, the incredibly tense Blue Lights continues. Here's what to watch this evening9.45pm, Sky Comedy Continue reading...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (A week ago)

The Stooges frontman serves up an entertainingly sideways take on the climate crisis. Plus, the long-awaited return of a hugely popular LGBTQ+ podcast Continue reading...

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BBC - Arts (A week ago)

First Wives Club co-star Goldie Hawn says Diane Keaton left "memories beyond imagination" following her death aged 79.

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (A week ago)

This high-pedigree TV drama about midlife women who form a punk band is up there with Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax. It's rich, plot-packed, and perfectly seasoned with humourSally Wainwright should be prescribed on the NHS as a form of HRT. Alongside oestrogen and progesterone tablets, patches, gels and sprays to counter the myriad ills...

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The Guardian - TV & Radio (A week ago)

Movie Week saw Thunderbird puppet Ross King left bottom of the standings. But which box office flops would be doomed for the dance-off? And which Hollywood hoofers would be sent home?Wave goodbye to Thomas Skinner, who has already wheeled his suitcase towards the Strictly taxi of doom, the same journey he made on BBC stablemate The Apprentice....

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The Guardian - Media (A week ago)

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents 'absolutely horrifying'A video editor and producer for Chicago's WGN television station was arrested by masked federal agents on Friday morning, and later released, during an Ice raid on the city's North Side, as shown in videos shared widely on social...

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BBC - Arts (A week ago)

Three families share the realisations that enabled them to declutter and transform their homes and lives.

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BBC - Arts (A week ago)

The co-directors of Netflix's most watched film ever say "there's more we can do with these characters"

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The Guardian - Media (A week ago)

Al Murray and Matt Forde say action over portrayal as foul-mouthed drug addict is attack on freedom of expressionA decision to sue the makers of Spitting Image over a depiction of Paddington Bear as a foul-mouthed drug addict is an attack on comedy and freedom of expression, the comedians behind the reinvention have said.StudioCanal, the production...

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