arts
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Four black actors including Idris Elba, who won twice, take home statues as Spotlight cast wins top prize and Leonardo DiCaprio continues likely march to first Oscar
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Ryan Reynolds can turn his hand to almost any role. But can he make a foul-mouthed comic-book antihero lovable?
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The cast of Friends has reunited – except for Matthew Perry. He is in London embarking on the next chapter of his life
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Microsoft co-founder chooses the Beatles track Two of Us in memory of Apple boss and talks about his charity work and how he met his wife
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Revolver (The Beatles), Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan) and Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) made the LP supreme and launched an era of unparalleled creative momentum
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Sundance
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Viggo Mortensen steals the show as a father whose idealistic way of raising his children comes under attack by the real world
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Nate Parker’s film about Nat Turner slave revolt and warts-and-all political documentary about former congressman Anthony Weiner took home top gongs
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Qaushiq Mukherjee blends English literature and bovine sex jokes in 1980s-set film that departs from American high school comedy formula
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The actor’s second film as director is so intent to please that it’s ultimately more cloying than affecting
people
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The Oscar-nominated Juno star talks about child stardom, her Vice TV show and why she had to stop living a lie
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the big picture
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Madonna crashing out in a club, Kristin Scott Thomas ripping off her platinum wig and Monica Belluci’s big fat plate of spaghetti
reviews
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A Brooklyn warehouse becomes a 1970s tropical resort in a sensuous Third Rail stage production that aims for immersion – but ultimately feels forced
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pictures & video
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To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform some of his greatest speeches. Here’s a taster
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In 1981, photographer Sophie Bramly moved from France to New York and began documenting the Big Apple’s burgeoning hip-hop scene
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The documentary photographer turns his lens on the master rhubarb growers of West Yorkshire
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The former KLF member’s work The Aftermath Dislocation Principle is a 1:87 scale model village reeling in the aftermath of a mysterious event
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John Lydon, the eternal provocateur and the first face of British punk, turns 60 on 31 January. Here’s a look back at his career
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