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Cannes: Robert Redford gets ovation for All Is Lost
- Robert Redford has received a standing ovation for his performance in All Is Lost at the film's Cannes premiere.
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Shameless star to play Tommy Cooper in new ITV drama
- Shameless star David Threlfall has been chosen to play comedian Tommy Cooper in a new drama, ITV has announced.
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Georges Moustaki, composer of Edith Piaf hit song, dies
- Georges Moustaki, the French singer and composer who wrote Edith Piaf's 1958 hit song, Milord, has died aged 79.
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Stephen Fry to curate Royal Opera House festival
- Stephen Fry is to curate this year's Deloitte Ignite festival at the Royal Opera House exploring the work of the Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.
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Carole King receives Gershwin Prize from Barack Obama
- US singer-songwriter Carole King has become the first woman to be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
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Constable masterpiece bought by Tate for £23.1m
- John Constable's 1831 masterpiece Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows has been bought by the Tate for £23.1m.
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Novel written entirely in verse makes book shortlist
- A book written entirely in verse is one of three debut novels to be shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize.
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Ten of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters
- It's 500 years since Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince, his guide to statesmanship for a hypothetical leader. There have been an extraordinary range of characters in popular culture that we have come to call "Machiavellian".
Man Booker International prize goes to Lydia Davis
- American writer Lydia Davis has been awarded the Man Booker International prize for her "achievement in fiction on the world stage".
Ryan Gosling film Only God Forgives divides Cannes critics
- Ryan Gosling's new film Only God Forgives has divided critics at the Cannes Film Festival with its extreme violence.
Harry Hill names X Factor musical
- The forthcoming X Factor musical written by comedian Harry Hill has been titled I Can't Sing! and will open at the London Palladium in March 2014.
Ai Weiwei rages against state abuses in song, Dumbass
- Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has released an expletive-ridden heavy metal music video criticising abuses of state power in China.
Lennon lyrics donated to British Library for tax relief
- Beatles biographer Hunter Davies has donated letters and lyrics by John Lennon to the British Library as part of a new tax relief scheme.
Richard Thorp, Emmerdale's longest-serving cast member, dies
- Actor Richard Thorp, Alan Turner on Emmerdale for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 81.
Henri Dutilleux, French composer, dies aged 97
- Henri Dutilleux, one of France's leading modern composers, has died in Paris aged 97, his family has confirmed.
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