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Dick Dale: the surf guitar king whose wave kept on rolling
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Dick Dale: the surf guitar king whose wave kept on rolling

While his music featured most famously in Pulp Fiction, echoes of Dale’s sound can be heard across t...

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann review – a moral failure
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The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann review – a moral failure

Netflix’s long-awaited documentary on the McCann case offered no new facts, no new insight – it didn...

Netflix cuts real-life disaster footage out of Bird Box after criticism
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Netflix cuts real-life disaster footage out of Bird Box after criticism

Sandra Bullock film re-edited to remove clips of 2013 Québec train explosionCatherine Shoard @cather...

Highly relatable: Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges on their family affair
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Highly relatable: Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges on their family affair

She’s Hollywood royalty – he’s a rapidly rising star. In Ben Is Back, they play mother and drug-addi...

Italian police reveal '€3m painting' stolen from church was a copy
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Italian police reveal '€3m painting' stolen from church was a copy

Masterpiece by 17th-century artist Brueghel the Younger was swapped to foil heist Angela Giuffrida i...

'We've been ashamed of our voice': the secret history of UK Jewish theatre
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'We've been ashamed of our voice': the secret history of UK Jewish theatre

The US has a rich tradition of Jewish theatre – but in the UK it’s been more circumspect. Artists fr...

How we made Booker T and the MGs' Green Onions
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How we made Booker T and the MGs' Green Onions

 ‘It was originally called Funky Onions – but to laced-up, deep-south America, that sounded like a c...

Babylonian treasure seized at Heathrow to be returned to Iraq
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Babylonian treasure seized at Heathrow to be returned to Iraq

Stone dating from second millennium BC was claimed to be ‘for home decoration’Dalya AlbergeSun 10 Ma...

Peaky Blinders writer plans £100m film studio in Midlands
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Peaky Blinders writer plans £100m film studio in Midlands

Steven Knight says the 40-acre site near Birmingham will help the UK meet high demand from productio...

Michael Jackson: chilling film forces America to confront singer's legacy
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Michael Jackson: chilling film forces America to confront singer's legacy

Jackson is accused of sexually abusing boys, prompting fresh soul-searching in what could be a natio...

Ricky Gervais interview: ‘Awards shows are all tedious’
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Ricky Gervais interview: ‘Awards shows are all tedious’

Ricky Gervais: 'I’ve never watched an award show I wasn’t presenting,' ( Rex Features )“I used to wo...

'It's not fair': R Kelly tearfully denies abuse allegations in tense interview
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'It's not fair': R Kelly tearfully denies abuse allegations in tense interview

'It's not fair': R Kelly tearfully denies abuse allegations in tense interviewThe singer was release...

Luke Perry: forever the thrillingly cool teen pinup
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Luke Perry: forever the thrillingly cool teen pinup

Luke Perry: perpetually the thrillingly cool high schooler centerfold girlPerry never fully got away...

Screen queens: the funny, fearless women who revolutionised TV
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Screen queens: the funny, fearless women who revolutionised TV

hoebe Waller-Bridge exploded into our living rooms with Fleabag, her vicious comedy about an angry,...

Teddy Pendergrass: sex, drugs and the tragic life of the ‘Black Elvis
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Teddy Pendergrass: sex, drugs and the tragic life of the ‘Black Elvis

From car crashes to conspiracies, a new documentary charts the chaotic career of the late soul heart...

Sort of Blue: The jazz collection by Miles Davis that changed music
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Sort of Blue: The jazz collection by Miles Davis that changed music

At the point when Miles Davis visited the UK in the harvest time of 1960, there was no huge ballyhoo...

'Too enormous to drop': would we be able to in any case tune in to Michael Jackson?
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'Too enormous to drop': would we be able to in any case tune in to Michael Jackson?

His records were woven into the lives of millions – yet Leaving Neverland seems to clarify the King...

Obama lays into Putin
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Obama lays into Putin

'Trump goes about as though Russia is our closest companion. Yet, it's our enemy. What's more, this...

Imprint Hollis: hesitant pop star who re-imagined shake
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Imprint Hollis: hesitant pop star who re-imagined shake

Barely any performers begin in pop, move into the cutting edge, create post-shake and afterward go q...

When good TV goes bad: How Harry Hill’s TV Burp got greedy
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When good TV goes bad: How Harry Hill’s TV Burp got greedy

In its prime the show was a TV masterclass. By the 10th series, it was just repeating itselfRich Pel...