The Cherry Orchard review – Kristin Scott Thomas makes a modern matriarch in trad, earthy Chekhov
This Ranevskaya feels of our time but Conor McPherson’s plain-speaking adaptation, co-starring Stephen Mangan, doesn’t always hit you emotionally
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Alan Carr's castle potting shed plan praised as 'positive and practical'
The Celebrity Traitors star bought Ayton Castle earlier this year and the estate will be renovated as part of a TV programme.
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Frank and Percy review – bromance becomes romance for Ian McKellen and Roger Allam’s dog walkers
Ian McKellen and Roger Allam reprise their roles for the film version of Ben Weatherill’s play in a star-filled bittersweet comedy about finding love later in life
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Comedy and colorism: New Broadway play puts African teen girls center stage
Director Whitney White and actress Patina Miller join Bianna Golodryga to discuss their Broadway play "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play."
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The Chicks review – exquisite harmonies and hard-won vindication in anniversary show
Two decades after country music blacklisted the band for their Iraq war protest, the trio celebrate their unapologetic album Taking the Long Way
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Ex-gang boss sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder
The sentence marks an end to the mystery around Tupac's cold case, which has intrigued hip-hop fans for nearly 30 years.
Watch: Inside Katie Zacharia's very brief White House briefing
The BBC's Sarah Smith reports on the the briefest briefing she has ever seen at the White House. Katie Zacharia took questions from three journalists on her first day on the job.
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Cyberattack on French supermarkets spoils food
CNN’s Paula Newton speaks to tech expert Moreno Carullo about a cyberattack in France in which hackers manipulated supermarket refrigeration systems, spoiling food and causing...
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‘A tipping point of ickiness’: Welsh star Tom Rhys Harries on playing eyelid-snipping DC supervillain Clayface
He cut his teeth playing rock stars and pretty posh boys. Speaking from his LA home, the actor talks about landing his first blockbuster lead in the grisly DC horror. Will it...
Hollywood Minute: Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ stays hot
Swift's latest single is her 16th to top the Billboard Hot 100, and Ruth Madeley stars in Oscar winner Siân Heder's 'Being Heumann.' David Daniel reports.
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Awards season is approaching. Will this queer Spanish epic upset ‘The Odyssey’?
Netflix’s new movie is a sumptuous and sweeping queer epic from Spain. Analysts predict it could be a giant-slayer this awards season.
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The Girl in the River review – forensic psychologist police procedural thriller plays like noir parody
Ralph Macchio and Tiffany Haddish feature in a ropey and implausible manhunt thriller as cops search for the missing twin of a murdered teenager
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Beth Orton review – battered optimism from an artist making the best music of her career
Drawing almost entirely from her last two albums, and backed by a band rooted in jazz and experimentation, Orton performed her emotionally fraught songs to a rapturous crowd
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Devil in the detail: 100 years on, FW Murnau’s Faust scrapbook reveals the secrets of his silent masterpiece
A rediscovered collection of drawings and on-set photos finally reveals the intricate on-set mysteries of one of early cinema’s most gifted and secretive pioneers
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‘Girls aren’t supposed to be cocky’: Sophia Stel on the pressure of writing The Greatest Album Of All Time
Raised as one of 11, the Vancouver artist (and model) is now signed by A24. She talks about her ultra-religious childhood and how – despite her album title – she still suffers...
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Forever Is Now review – political study of former Irish Green leader is like The Thick of It but with morals
Eamon Ryan is shown to be principled, likable and hard working in a glowing portrait, filmed while serving in the country’s coalition government
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‘I’m strapped every month.’ Seniors struggle as inflation continues to outpace Social Security benefits
Many senior citizens are finding that their Social Security benefits are not keeping pace with the rising cost of living. The payments are adjusted every year based on...
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The Social Reckoning isn’t as angry or as potent as a Facebook drama should be
Aaron Sorkin’s attempt to return to the success of The Social Network is a strangely dated and incomplete look at a world that needs a sharper eye