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It's time for the Grammy Awards: here's everything you need to know

With 2022's rescheduled Grammy Awards ceremony just around the corner, we give you a preview of everything you need to know before the night.

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Who's most likely to win Best Picture at the Oscars and why?

10 nominees in the hottest category at the Academy Awards but who will win? We rank the most and least likely nominees to get the Best Picture Oscar.

Food and Drink

Meet France's latest 3-star Michelin chefs

Chefs Arnaud Donckele in Paris and Dimitri Droisneau in Cassis (south-eastern France) have been awarded three stars in France by the Michelin guide.

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How this year's Berlinale is bursting open the gender binary

Gender has been a major theme of the festival, which opened with Francois Ozon’s gender-flipped film Peter von Kant, adapted from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 movie ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’.

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'Pose' star Mj Rodriguez to be honoured at this year's GLAAD awards

Rodriguez was the star of Ryan Murphy series 'Pose' and also appears in Oscar-bait film 'Tik, Tik...BOOM!' alongside Andrew Garfield.

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Javier Bardem's The Good Boss wins six at this year's Goya Awards

Spanish cinema held the annual Goya awards ceremony on Saturday with the film The Good Boss -- which attracted a record 20 nominations --winning six prizes.

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What happened to Bruce Willis?

Following the creation of a new Razzie awards category for the actors' 2021 output, we investigate how Bruce Willis went from a 'Die Hard' action star to a one-man low-budget film factory.

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Everything that happened at the BRIT Awards 2022

Each year guarantees a riotous, boozy night of music unlike any other. From Adele's clean sweep to a successful change of host, here's what went down at the this year's BRITs.

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Oscar nominations 2022: Seven things you need to know

Campion makes history, Gaga's House of Gucci doesn't, Kristen Stewart is unsnubbed and Europe lays claim to Best International Film.

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'Dune' dominates BAFTAs with 11 nods: The nominations list in full

The 75th annual British Academy Film Awards will take place on 13 March at London's Royal Albert Hall. Here is the list of films that nominated this year.

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Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie among Rock Hall nominees for 2022

The American institution has been honouring performers that shaped our musical landscape for almost 40 years. Here's who is in contention for an induction at this year's ceremony.

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Film guild nominations reveal major Oscar contenders for 2022

What is the best way to whittle down this year's Oscars favourites in a sea of hundreds of contenders? Ask America's film guilds.

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Author who died before his work was published nominated for NBCC

Anthony Veasna So's book "Afterparties" was widely anticipated when he died and joins notable names on the National Book Critics Circle nominees list.

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Grammy's moves from Los Angeles to Las Vegas due to Omicron

The show postponed its original date on Jan. 31 at the newly renamed Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles after organisers determined there were "too many risks" because of the virus's latest surge.

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Watch back: VinFuture prize outlines vision for a brighter future

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Watch the VinFuture Prize ceremony as it happened.

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SAG award nominees 2022 announced

The nominees include big hitters like Lady Gaga and Ben Affleck with recognition for "Don't Look Up" and "Belfast".

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A 'triumph' for visibility: Joelle Taylor wins TS Eliot poetry prize

The prestigious award was given to Taylor for her collection “C+nto & Othered Poems,” on her experiences as a butch lesbian.

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Beijing rehearses medal ceremony ahead of Winter Games

With one month to go before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a dress rehearsal for the medal presentations .

Art

Esch-Sur-Alzette: Why you need to visit Europe's Capital of Culture

Luxembourg's industrial town of Esch-Sur-Alzette has been named Europe's Capital of Culture 2022. Here's why you need to visit this fascinating former steel industry centre.

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New Zealand honours 10 for bravery in Christchurch mosques attack

Ten people were given official bravery awards on Thursday for helping to save lives during the 2019 attack in which 51 were killed by a far-right gunman.