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Met Gala 2019: The stories behind eight of the best outfits

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption L-R: Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Jenner and Nicki Minaj For celebrities, the annual Met Gala is a chance to show the world how famous, fashionable and flamboyant you are. For the rest of us, it’s a chance to watch extremely attractive people wearing their own weight in diamonds and feathers. […]

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Young pop stars ‘get crucified’ by media says Portman director

Image copyright Curzon Artificial Eye Image caption Natalie Portman plays Celeste in Brady Corbet’s second feature Young music stars can be “crucified” in the media as they burn out from the demands of their career, says the director of a new film about a troubled pop singer. Vox Lux, directed by Brady Corbet, stars Natalie

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Lucy Fallon: Coronation Street’s Bethany Platt is latest star to leave

Image copyright PA Image caption Lucy Fallon’s character was at the centre of a much talked-about grooming storyline Lucy Fallon, who plays Bethany Platt in Coronation Street, has become the latest star to announce she is leaving the show. The actress, who joined the ITV soap as Sarah Platt’s daughter in 2015, will depart when

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The Cranberries on Dolores O’Riordan’s swan-song: ‘We wanted to finish what we started’

Image copyright BMG Image caption The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan was found dead in January 2018, aged 46 Posthumous albums are a tricky business. Sometimes an artist will leave behind a great, complete record – like Notorious BIG’s Life After Death or Joy Division’s Closer. Others are cobbled together from studio scraps and incomplete demos

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Endgame’s gay moment: Why Marvel’s next move may be an LGBT adventure

Image copyright Getty Images WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame You might have missed it, but Marvel introduced their first LGBT character in Avengers: Endgame. No, he didn’t take part in the huge, final battle, but who could forget “grieving man” at the counselling group who spoke to Captain America about going on

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Hopwood DePree: The comic side of swapping Hollywood for Manchester

Image caption Hopwood DePree thinks it will cost between £5m-£10m to restore Hopwood Hall “I’m so knackered,” Hopwood DePree says, carefully stepping through the undergrowth surrounding his ancestral home on the outskirts of Manchester. “Knackered? Is that the right word? I think that’s the first time I’ve used it in a sentence.” The former Hollywood

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