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Harvey Weinstein in intensive care after emergency heart surgery

The jailed movie mogul was said to be a "train wreck" health wise earlier this year and has used a wheelchair at recent court hearings. He was in custody in New York while awaiting a retrial in Manhattan that is tentatively scheduled to begin on 12 November.

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Tributes paid to actor James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader

The Oscar winning American actor with the unmistakable baritone gave voice to Darth Vader, one of the cinema's most famous villains.

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Blur vs Oasis 'Battle of Britpop' to hit the stage next year

Bucket hats are making a comeback... Oasis has announced a reunion tour... Blur released a live album... The 90s are back, and hitting the West End next year.

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What were the Tops & Flops of the 81st Venice Film Festival?

Here are the films which premiered on the Lido this year that you need to add to your watchlist... And the ones you'd do best to avoid.

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Noel Gallagher to be added to National Portrait Gallery

Noel Gallagher has said he is "thrilled and honoured" to have his portrait added to the National Portrait Gallery. Let’s hope Liam doesn’t get jealous...

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Idris Elba joins UK PM Keir Starmer for new anti-knife crime coalition

The actor and musician will join UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in Downing Street to promote a coalition of organisations coming together to stop knife crime.

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Kendrick Lamar to headline 2025 Super Bowl half-time show

One of rap's biggest stars will headline next year's Super Bowl half-time show, the biggest sports event in the US. It draws tens of millions of viewers - as well as being broadcast around the world.

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Venice Film Festival 2024: Pedro Almodóvar triumphs

And the winner is...

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Venice 2024 review: 'Joker: Folie À Deux' - Don't send in the clown

The sequel to 2019’s 'Joker' is the buzziest title of this year’s Venice Film Festival. This time, Lady Gaga joins director Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix for a follow-up that isn’t a straightforward psychological thriller but a semi-jukebox musical. Bold gambit. Shame it doesn't pay off.

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Venice 2024 review: '2073' - An urgent and haunting docu-hybrid

The director of 'Amy' and 'Senna' delivers a genre-bending documentary set in the future which tackles the biggest challenges endangering our present. It's eerily remarkable.

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Venice 2024: Pedro Almodóvar's new film 'is in favour of euthanasia’

Returning to the Lido this year after 2021’s 'Parallel Mothers', Pedro Almodóvar's English-language debut stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore as two friends who confront life, death, and the controversial topic of euthanasia.

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Venice 2024 review: 'The Brutalist' - A masterful American saga

Six years in the making, this powerful American saga is one Paul Thomas Anderson would be proud of. And it's our pick for the top prize of the 81st Venice Film Festival... So far.

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Album anniversaries: Three records to celebrate in September 2024

From euphoric Swedish pop to sensual British triphop via a peerless theatrical rock opus, here's our pick of the three albums celebrating a major anniversary this month.

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Venice 2024 review: 'The Order' - Jude Law vs white supremacists

Australian director Justin Kurzel adapts real-life events and delivers a gripping thriller about a notorious hate group in the US, as well as deliver a cautionary tale about the current heirs of white supremacists.

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Venice 2024 review: 'Babygirl' - Nicole Kidman shines in BDSM drama

Already the most talked about film in this year's Competition, Nicole Kidman stars as a woman willing to risk it all for a torrid affair that allows her deepest desires to finally surface.

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Venice 2024: Nicole Kidman on erotic and sex-positive drama ‘Babygirl’

'Babygirl' has already become one of the most talked about movies on the Lido this year. Many are already tipping it for awards glory, especially when it comes to the performers, led by Nicole Kidman, who hopes it will be a “liberating story”.

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Film of the Week: 'Emilia Pérez' – Audiard’s Cannes-winning triumph

Following 'A Prophet' (2009), ‘Dheepan’ (2015) and 'Paris, 13th District' (2021), French director Jacques Audiard orchestrates a barnstorming comeback. His Mexico-set gangster trans musical featuring gender transitioning, cartels, gorgeous choreographies and songs about vaginoplasty is unmissable.

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Venice 2024 review: ‘Maria’ – Angelina Jolie’s (divine?) Callas

Chilean director Pablo Larraín rounds off his trilogy of tragic women with his Maria Callas biopic, starring Angelina Jolie. Divine diva or does it miss the high notes?

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Venice 2024: Is cinema journalism ‘at risk of extinction’?

It's only Day 2 of the Venice Film Festival, and there's already trouble a-brewing... Why is press access to talent so hard this year?

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Venice 2024 review: 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' - Is the juice back?

Tim Burton returns with the second sequel of his career, which follows a string of duds. Does the once master of all things oddball reclaim his quirky throne?

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