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Shane Black interview: 'No one takes risks in Hollywood'
The director tells Jack Shepherd about taking on the Predator franchise and living down his partying rep
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With Arctic Monkeys, indulgence is Alex Turner's secret weapon
No longer at home in a leather jacket, Turner has developed an immunity to rock’n’roll bravado, dressing like a supply teacher and addressing the audience sparingly, with suave grunts or slurred asides
True Romance is Tarantino's masterpiece... because he didn't direct it
Twenty-five years on from reaching cinemas, Tony Scott's full-throttle direction is clearly the perfect foil for the 'Pulp Fiction' man's surprising script about two lovers on the lam
Led Zeppelin at 50: Groupie Pamela Des Barres meets Jimmy Page in 1969
As Zep hit the half-century mark, we present an exclusive extract from celebrated rock memoir 'I'm With The Band' detailing Pamela Des Barres' romance with the band's guitarist and mastermind
Carry On actress Fenella Fielding dies, aged 90
Her most famous role was as Valeria in ‘Carry On Screaming!’ alongside Kenneth Williams
Aurora interview: 'None of my songs are about me'
Norwegian artist on living in the woodland surroundings of Bergen and how themes of sexuality influenced her new album
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Woman paid '£3,000 on Viagogo to take dying father to BBC Proms'
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Foo Fighters sing 'Under Pressure' with two fans at show
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Nicki Minaj addresses Cardi B fight at New York Fashion Week
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JK Rowling condemns ‘racist’ Serena Williams cartoon
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Toronto councillor lifts 'ban' on Meek Mill after Drake feud squashed
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Spiritualized, And Nothing Hurt album review: Brimming with intensity
Spiritualized’s eighth album hails from the same blissed-out space-rock territory and layered arrangements as 1997 masterpiece 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space'
Motion smoothing: The 'soap opera effect' directors are waging war on
The filmmakers want to open a dialogue with TV manufacturers so 'home viewers see our work presented as closely as possible to our original creative intentions'
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Wanderlust: Is marriage so sacrosanct that anything goes to save one?
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Grey's Anatomy season 15 trailer teases huge twist
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Better Call Saul review/recap: Meth super labs weren't built in a day
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Social media goes wild for Queer Eye Fab Five’s Emmy red carpet looks
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Bodyguard writer Jed Mercurio rejects Islamophobia accusations
9/11: The man who walked a high-wire between the Twin Towers reflects
'I decided from that day I will stop saying ‘my towers’ — I will say ‘our towers’'
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Remembering David Blaine's 44 days in a glass box 15 years on
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Louvre Abu Dhabi delays unveiling of Leonardo's Salvator Mundi
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Tributes paid to German sculptor and legend of Bauhaus design school
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Meet the British artist who creates the spectacular Burning Man base
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The best artwork from Burning Man 2018
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Mark Wallinger, review: Cerebral japery fails to stimulate
The Turner Prize-winning artist's new show, 'The Human Figure in Space', features a homage (of sorts) to Eadweard Muybridge
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Dorothea Lange, review: These photographs have a fearless honesty
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Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire, National Gallery, review
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RA Summer Exhibition, review: Grayson Perry blows the dust off it
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Howard Hodgkin Last Paintings, review: Only one great work
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Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One, Tate Britain, review
Alternative titles F Scott Fitzgerald considered for The Great Gatsby
Every Wednesday, Alex Johnson delves into a unique collection of titles
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JRR Tolkien's last book is a fitting final look at Middle Earth
Readers have to do plenty of work themselves – but it is thoroughly repaid
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Most wanted: The books banned at the Guantanamo Bay detainee library
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Book World: Obama's reading list is the respite we need
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Crazy Rich Asians author wanted for missing national
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The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, review: An impressive feat
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Why walking the South West Coast Path helped after being made homeless
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Holy Sh!t, Kiln Theatre, review: A vigorously funny production
Zegerman's astringent comedy is in the theatre's best traditions of being provocatively topical
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Pericles, National Theatre, London, review: 'An uplifting achievement'
A company of 200 Londoners of all ages and backgrounds has joined forces with professional actors for this show
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018: Lyn Gardner on international shows
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The Prisoner, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh review: A limp, wafer-thin show
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'La Maladie de la Mort' review: Provocative and controversial
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Emilia, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: feminist call to arms
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Proms 2018, Prom 44: Debussy, Ravel & Boulanger review
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Stop saying ‘commit suicide’, urge celebrities and campaigners
Plea issued to media to be first to end use of phrase that suggests a crime or sin
The audacious Wordsworth who put mountaineering on the map
William Wordsworth’s sister Dorothy tackled Scafell Pike at a time when it was frowned upon for women to walk by themselves – let alone in the remote uplands
Ariana Grande pays tribute to ex-boyfriend Mac Miller
She posts simple black and white picture on Instagram
6 talking points from the Strictly Come Dancing 2018 launch show
The latest instalment is finally here
Carry On star Liz Fraser passes away aged 88
Tributes paid to 'lovely, kind, irascible' actor who starred in host of classic British comedies
One year one: Things lost and saved in Hurricane Irma
One year on, British Red Cross speaks to survivors of Hurricane Irma about what they miss the most
The surf club in Gaza where surfboards are illegal
Director Philip Gnadt's film follows a group of Palestinians determined to take to the waves. He was drawn to the subject because it was refreshing to hear something other than ‘occupation’ and ‘terrorism’. For Andy Martin, the film is both a grim reminder of life in Gaza and a message of hope
How Forbidden Planet changed the way we consume geek culture
Four decades on, the institution is still enjoying a position both at the top of the market and in the hearts of nerds across the land
TV Preview: Last Night of the Proms (BBC1)
The annual flag-waving fest is upon us once more. Plus, Bodyguard, Wanderlust, Press and more
'$1m' burned at Burning Man to highlight international corruption
A temporary city pops up in the Nevada desert once a year, where gifting is king and community spirit reigns. The Independent used it to highlight the perils of global corruption.
How a Native American tribe helped ease starvation in the Irish famine
The Choctaw Nation of American Indians suffered great losses in the 19th century – but hearing of starvation in Ireland, they gathered what they could to help
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz welcome first child together
The couple are well known for keeping their relationship extremely private
Lana Del Rey cancels Israeli music festival performance after backlash
'It's important to me to perform in both Palestine and Israel and treat all my fans equally'
Kanye West announces plans for 2024 presidential run
'One of my main things once I’m president is the medical industry. I’m going to make sure that the medical industry flourishes'
In photos: Back to school around the world
As term time begins in the UK this week, Unicef meets the children around the world who refuse to let war, conflict or natural disaster stand in the way of getting an education
French actor Gerard Depardieu accused of rape
His lawyer says he 'absolutely denies' the allegations