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The actor, who starred in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Young Frankenstein, dies aged 83 from complications from Alzheimer’s, family says
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Autumn’s best country and Americana sees the likes of Jack White releasing retrospectives while Bob Weir and Conor Oberst return with new material
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One of TV’s best comedies and one of streaming’s best dramas return for new seasons, and Viceland’s exploration of all things weed is back for season two
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Judge releases pop star as a potential juror in an aggravated rape and kidnapping case over conflict with her pending sexual assault lawsuit
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As Café Society hits the screen, the star talks about the ugly side of Hollywood, battling a shark, and why you need a loud voice to star in a Woody Allen film
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The last two best picture Oscar-winners have premiered at Venice, part of a concerted bid to woo Hollywood that has revitalised the festival. LA-set musical La La Land, opening proceedings this year, is looking for the hat-trick
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Los Angeles police are seeking warrant to search the singer’s home and retrieved a bag he threw out the window containing drugs and a firearm, TMZ reports
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Enduring partnerships with Richard Pryor, Gilda Radner and Mel Brooks show Wilder’s gift wasn’t just his own mastery, but an ability to coax it from others, too
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the big picture
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Revellers, police – and a dog – soak up the final day of the west London street festival
reviews
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Fede Alvarez’s simple housebound horror film is sparse on dialogue but its editing and sound design lend to a slow roll of dread that makes it a triumph
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The country legend’s latest isn’t quite the kind of back-to-basics project that gave Johnny Cash’s late career such a boost, but it’s a step in that direction
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Gene Wilder was best known for his portrayal of Willy Wonka and his collaboration with Richard Pryor, he also directed films and turned to writing
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It’s day two of Notting Hill carnival and partygoers are covered with paint and chocolate.
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A new music evolved in east London in 2002 – the sound of an angry but optimistic black Britain. A new book looks at grime’s evolution, and its new wave
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The August bank holiday weekend carnival is under way in west London, with organisers expecting more than a million revellers at the two-day street party
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A collection of posters created to promote tourism to the national parks is part of the creative legacy of the New Deal developed by Franklin D Roosevelt
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Photographer Andrew Kent accompanied Bowie on his Station to Station tour, in his Thin White Duke persona, resulting in rare, exclusive and candid images
Shakespeare Solos
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In a speech taken from the first scene of All’s Well That Ends Well, Sacha Dhawan’s Parolles stresses the importance of losing one’s virginity
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David Threlfall speaks Prospero’s speech in which the sorcerer contemplates the end of life – and the playwright, perhaps, considers the end of his career
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Joanna Lumley speaks Viola’s soliloquy from Twelfth Night in which, disguised as a page boy, she wonders whether Olivia has fallen in love with her
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Eileen Atkins speaks Emilia’s lines from Othello, act IV scene 3. Emilia, Iago’s wife and Desdemona’s maid, counsels Desdemona on marital fidelity
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Damian Lewis performs Antony’s funeral oration for Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s tragedy – one of a new set of films to mark Shakespeare 400
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Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund’s soliloquy from King Lear, in which Edmund reflects upon being an illegitimate son and plots against his half-brother, Edgar
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Mexico Juan Gabriel fans mourn an icon: 'He wrote what every Mexican could feel'