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The erotic scenes that make 50 Shades Darker look vanilla
With the highly anticipated release of '50 Shades Darker', we take a look at how other films handle sex scenes and go beyond the superficial chocolate box fantasy of the EL James adaptations
Ang Lee: 3D movies shouldn't be about action and spectacle, quite the opposite
The Oscar-winning director’s new movie, ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’, about a US soldier returning from Iraq, was a flop in the US because of its hyper-real look, but, says Ang Lee, part of the problem is getting audiences to adjust to technical innovation
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- TV + radio reviews
The Walking Dead season 7 episode 10 review
*Spoilers for season 7 episode 10 follow*
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Homeland season 6 episode 1 review: More relevant than ever'
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The Young Pope: Jude Law is menacing in a sort of papal House of Cards
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Taboo EP2 review: Murder Mystery holds together Tom Hardy drama
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Netflix finally does right by A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Sherlock takes a turn for the morbid in 'The Lying Detective'
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Game of Thrones fans think Arya is about to be reunited with an old fr
*Spoiler alert* This article contains potential spoilers for Game of Thrones season 7
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Negan's back on next week's episode of The Walking Dead - trailer
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John Oliver enlists group of singers to warn Trump about Putin
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BBC announce Sir David Attenborough will be back for Blue Planet 2
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Watch a clip from Absolutely Fabulous in six different languages
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The Walking Dead season 7 episode 10 reunited two original characters
We sat down for dinner cooked by one of Chef's Table Season 3's chefs
Netflix launched the new series of 'Chef's Table' at the Berlin Film Festival, with two episodes, featuring Zen Buddhist Monk, Jeong Kwan and Berlin-based Michelin-star chef, Tim Raue, who cooked a meal for the audience
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- Book reviews
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich, book review: A debut novel that stands out
This beautifully written debut novel, about a mother who suddenly kills her six-year-old daughter, is a dark psychological thriller without any answers
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Moonglow by Michael Chabon review: Playfully teases at every turn
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The Nix review: Complete unadulterated pleasure, all 620 pages of it
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Innocents and Others review: Spiotta is a supremely intelligent writer
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Take Courage book review: An interesting re-evaluation of Anne Bronte
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Walking In Berlin by Franz Hessel, book review: An epic book
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Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust will have a political edge
Philip Pullman has been outspoken in his criticism of Donald Trump, so his forthcoming fantasy trilogy ‘The Book of Dust’, about the struggle between despotism and free speech, will certainly be read allegorically
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How authors including JK Rowling need to hire sensitivity readers
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Fifty Shades author EL James trolls Piers Morgan following Twitter spa
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JK Rowling duped Piers Morgan into calling himself out in spectacular
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Philip Pullman announces new His Dark Materials trilogy
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A bookshop is tweeting Harry Potter line by line to Piers Morgan
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Rembrandt dog sketch identified after being 'hidden' for 250 years
'The boldness of the strokes, the variations in the shading from very gentle to quite violent and the expressive gaze [of the dog] - these are very typical idiosyncrasies of Rembrandt's work'
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Photographs by Vanessa Bell and Patti Smith, review
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MoMA replaces works with artists from countries under the 'Muslim ban'
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Man sells his tattoos to collector who will flay him when he dies
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David Hockney redesigned tabloid The Sun’s logo, but was he trolling?
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Tate Modern to stage 'once in a lifetime' Picasso exhibition
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- Music reviews
Loyle Carner at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London - gig review
Carner forms a perfect balance between classic hip hop influences and his own distinctive voice
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Bruce Springsteen invites young fan to jam with him onstage
'When I was your age, I got my first guitar, I brought it home and I realised, it wasn't how well you played it, it was how good you looked doing it'
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- Theatre + dance reviews
Ventoux review: The actors pedal furiously on their stationary bikes
The show, about the rivalry between cycling superstars Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani, dramatises a clash of personalities and their fall from grace
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The House of Bernarda Alba review: A real mix of a production
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Silver Lining review: The play feels mechanical and lacking in warmth
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Kiss & Cry review: Hands jump together to have sex
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Run The Beast Down review: Ben Aldridge keeps you compelled
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Sex With Strangers review: Fox and James have witty sexual chemistry
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sweeps up WhatsOnStage awards
The two-part play scooped up the likes of Best New Play, Best Actor in a Play, Best Supporting Actor in a Play, and Best Supporting Actor in a Play
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New stage adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 coming to Broadway
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White Devil review: It ain't Shakespeare – maybe it's more Tarantino
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Alexander Zeldin on homelessness, mental health and austerity
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Set and Reset review: The six dancers have a throwaway elegance
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Les Enfants Terribles review: Sexual tanglings feel quite detached