A trio of US-based producers, including George Linder, known for his work on the Running Man franchise, have secured the rights to develop a motion picture or television project based on the compelling non-fiction book, Treasures,…
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Tell us: what 90s dance track would you gift to your teenager? | John Lewis Christmas ad
In the new John Lewis Christmas ad, a boy buys his dad a vinyl copy of the track Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick. But this wouldn’t be everyone’s choice. With this in mind, we would like to hear your favourite 90s club tracks that you…
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The Strad News – Pekka Kuusisto loaned 1695 ‘Sandars’ Stradivari violin
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The violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto has received the 1695 ‘Sandars’ Stradivari violin, on loan from the Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation (ASAF).
Kuusisto previously performed on the c.1709…
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The Lost Boys of Mercury review – heartbreaking film on the enduring wounds of church-school abuse | Film
Great courage, physical and moral, is shown by the three principal interviewees in this heartbreaking French documentary. André, Michel and Daniel are former wards of the church-run Belle Étoile correctional school in the Savoie town of Mercury…
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‘You definitely felt disposable’: models – one 27, one 62 – discuss Botox, weight loss, creativity and the threat of AI | All ages
It’s easy to think of models as people whose lives are full of glitz and glamour, who “don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day”. But according to New York-based Danielle Mareka, 27, and 62-year-old Dee O, who lives in London, the…
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Joel Edgerton to Receive Camerimage Acting Honor
Australian multi-hyphenate Joel Edgerton will be honored with this year’s Actors Award at the 33nd Camerimage, the world’s leading film festival on the art of cinematography.
Edgerton will attend Camerimage, which runs Nov. 15-22 in…
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‘I want to ride out on a unicorn every night’: swords’n’sorcery heavy metal band Castle Rat | Metal
While many a rocker has cribbed from high fantasy, few have truly walked the walk. Sure, they might bedeck their album sleeves with ghouls, goblins, manacled maidens and brawny barbarians, but did a member of Cirith Ungol ever have to retrieve a…
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France’s CNC Chief Charts Asian Expansion Strategy at TCCF
France’s National Film Board is doubling down on Asia as the region emerges as a vital creative force in a shifting global entertainment landscape, CNC president Gaetan Bruel tells Variety.
Speaking at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest in…
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David Beckham will receive knighthood today
Former England captain Sir David Beckham will be among those accepting honours on Tuesday as he receives a knighthood at Windsor Castle.
The football star, 50, is being honoured for his services to sport and charity.
Earlier this year, Sir David…
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See the light: the beautiful, and radical, art of Anna Ancher | Art and design
Walking into the Anna Ancher exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery feels like walking into a pat of butter, or, perhaps, more aptly, a ray of sunlight. The luscious pale yellow walls of the first two galleries immediately immerse you in what…
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