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The second half of the last century saw stars like Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda and Elizabeth Taylor making flashy appearances on Broadway in between filming some of the most lauded films of the day. However, this trend…
EastEnders aired a major showdown between Ravi Gulati and Max Branning on Thursday. The BBC One soap this week has seen Ravi discover that his now-fiancée, Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy), has had an affair with her…
Step forward Richard Ayoade , who makes his intention to do the bare minimum very clear in this opener. A mere 22 seasons in, the show remains an effortlessly enjoyable way to spend an hour – the other comics making up…
"You caught me in my devotion, and nothing comes before God. So I won't say I apologise for the delay. I just want you to know that God comes first in all my life. For allowing my success, I give God the glory." He is…
"There is no need to vandalise anything," says the trim, soulful Italian, explaining that he has already taken care of all that, given how the work cuts villains, imposters and straw men down to size. "But," he says…
While the museum will include Star Wars-themed memorabilia, it will also feature other historic and modern pieces among the more than 1,200 works of narrative art. The BBC’s Regan Morris got a sneak-peak of some exhibits…
Higgins' book, Ukrainian Lessons: Art in a Time of War , examines the role of culture in Ukraine's resistance to Russia's invasion, drawing on multiple reporting trips to Ukraine. Keefe, who won the prize in 2021 with…
She was 70. Dubbed America's best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice, which expanded the boundaries of traditional blues-based jazz and worked effortlessly across folk…
At the world premiere for series two of the Netflix show on Wednesday night, stars including Maya Jama, Hugh Bonneville and Theo James remained tight-lipped about the prospect of Meghan joining the cast. “It’s…
The 90-minute documentary Stolen Babies is as unsparing as it is unsentimental and opens with a bald statement of verified fact: "Between 1949 and 1976 over 250,000 unmarried mothers in the UK were forced into handing…