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Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Ben Beaumont-Thomas is Assistant Commissioning Editor for the Guardian's culture section.
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Was there a bigger star in attendance than Gary from Chicago? What must Donald Trump have made of it all? Here is what we learned from this year’s Academy Awards – aside from the need for more clearly labelled envelopes
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From Viola Davis’s lyrical paean to art, to the barbs Jimmy Kimmel aimed at Trump, here are the highlights from the acceptance speeches and award presentationsrs
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Who rocked the house, and who made a mess of the carpet? Here’s the verdict on every Brits performance
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Little Mix and Skepta stole the show and Chris Martin did his best George Michael, but not a single grime artist took an award … we followed the winners and losers at this year’s Brit awards
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‘They had escaped, but lost their country. He played a Hungarian song on his violin’
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A wacky moniker can help artists draw attention to themselves. But if you want to get past playing uni club nights, you’d better have the skills to back it up
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Jon Bon Jovi’s key change killer, Gemma Arterton’s weep-off with Glenn Close, the weirdest thing that ever happened to Harry Shearer … here are the highlights of 2016’s culture webchats
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Our music writers pick a selection of the best features we published during the past year – from mourning a great to celebrating the new
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A lone Santa Claus, a dog carrying vodka, a peculiar pocket of east Washington and the flow of a river – Matt Stuart, Pentti Sammallahti, Todd Hido and Susan Derges explain the stories behind their favourite photographs
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‘We sucked on a tank of helium to do the voices of the ravenous anchovies’
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‘I wanted to show that Nick Cave was more than just a tough guy in tight pants with incredible hair’
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She is revolutionising the classroom scourge – blasting raw experimental music through it, sometimes playing two at once. Meet recorder powerhouse Laura Cannell
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What a week it’s been! Recap on our live look at the top news and comment below the line, with input from our journalists
How we made How we made cult cartoon Mr Benn