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Smart mover: Peter Bazalgette

How live cinema screenings can boost arts audiences

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'Old Fashioned' will be a different kind of love story to '50 Shades'

50 shades of wholesome – ‘godly’ movie takes on best-seller’s film debut

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Tracey Emin's 'My Bed' is returning to the Tate more than 15 years after it first caused shockwaves at the gallery

Back where it belongs?

artTracey Emin's bed returns to the Tate after record sale

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Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies trailer released

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The Great British Bake Off contestants line-up behind Sue and Mel in the Bake Off tent

Meet the new Great British Bake Off contestants

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Beast would strip to his underpants and take to the stage with a slogan scrawled on his bare chest whilst fans shouted “you fat bastard” at him

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine pay tribute to Jon 'Fat' Beast

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On set of the Secret Cinema's Back to the Future event

Why Secret Cinema cancelled their Back to the Future screenings

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Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

Introducing the new Wonder Woman

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Pedro Pascal gives a weird look at the camera in the blooper reel

Game of Thrones series four bloopers unveiled

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Public vote: Art Everywhere poster in a bus shelter featuring John Hoyland

It's the best of British art - but not all is on display

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Peter Griffin holds forth in The Simpsons Family Guy crossover episode

First look at Simpsons Family Guy episode

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Judd Apatow’s make-it-up-as-you-go-along approach is ideal for comedies about stoners and slackers slouching towards adulthood

The jokes on Hollywood

filmWith comedy film audiences shrinking, it’s time to move on

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The Guest List 2014

booksForget the Man Booker longlist, Literary Editor Katy Guest offers her alternative picks

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Off set: Bab El Hara

Syrian drama industry battles on despite war

tvTV series are being filmed outside the country, but the influence of the regime is still being felt

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Red Bastard: Where self-realisation is delivered through monstrous clowning and audience interaction

From Bridget Christie to Jack Dee: The comedy highlights at this year's Edinburgh Fringe

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O'Shaughnessy pictured at the Unicorn Theatre in London

The elusive Jessica Hyde returns in Utopia

tvFiona O'Shaughnessy explains where she ends and her strange and wonderful character begins

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The new characters were announced yesterday at San Diego Comic Con

Game of Thrones season 5 characters announced

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Rhino Doodle by Jim Carter (Downton Abbey)

Downton Abbey stars draw 'Save the Rhino' sketches

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No Devotion's Geoff Rickly and Stuart Richardson

Ex-Lostprophets find their way with new frontman

musicReview: No Devotion, O2 Academy Islington, London

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Christian Grey cradles Ana in the Fifty Shades of Grey film

Fifty Shades trailer provokes outrage from US parenting groups

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Comedian 'Weird Al' Yankovic

How 'Weird Al' Yankovic got to number one

Is the comedy album making a comeback?

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While many films were released, few managed to match the success of James Bond blockbuster 'Skyfall'

Too many films released each year, says BFI

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Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey in the first-look Fifty Shades of Grey movie still

First look at Fifty Shades of Grey trailer

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Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, centre, are up for Best Female TV Comic for their presenting quips on The Great British Bake Off

Get ready, get set - the Bake Off team are back

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Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard in the TV adaptation of 'Fargo'

Fargo set for second season without Martin Freeman

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Save the tiger: The animals bred for bones on China’s tiger farms

The animals bred for bones on China’s tiger farms

The big cats kept in captivity to perform for paying audiences and then, when dead, their bodies used to fortify wine

A former custard factory, a Midlands bog and a Leeds cemetery all included in top 50 hidden spots in the UK

A former custard factory, a Midlands bog and a Leeds cemetery

Introducing the top 50 hidden spots in Britain

Ebola epidemic: Plagued by fear

Ebola epidemic: Plagued by fear

How a disease that has claimed fewer than 2,000 victims in its history has earned a place in the darkest corner of the public's imagination

Chris Pratt: From 'Parks and Recreation' to 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

From 'Parks and Recreation' to 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

He was homeless in Hawaii when he got his big break. Now the comic actor Chris Pratt is Hollywood's new favourite action star

How live cinema screenings can boost arts audiences

How live cinema screenings can boost arts audiences

Broadcasting plays and exhibitions to cinemas is a sure-fire box office smash

Shipping container hotels: Pop-up hotels filling a niche

Pop-up hotels filling a niche

Spending the night in a shipping container doesn't sound appealing, but these mobile crash pads are popping up at the summer's biggest events

Native American headdresses are not fashion accessories

Feather dust-up

A Canadian festival has banned Native American headwear. Haven't we been here before?

Boris Johnson's war on diesel

Boris Johnson's war on diesel

11m cars here run on diesel. It's seen as a greener alternative to unleaded petrol. So why is London's mayor on a crusade against the black pump?

5 best waterproof cameras

Splash and flash: 5 best waterproof cameras

Don't let water stop you taking snaps with one of these machines that will take you from the sand to meters deep

Louis van Gaal interview: Manchester United manager discusses tactics and rebuilding after the David Moyes era

Louis van Gaal interview

Manchester United manager discusses tactics and rebuilding after the David Moyes era

Will Gore: The goodwill shown by fans towards Alastair Cook will evaporate rapidly if India win the series

Will Gore: Outside Edge

The goodwill shown by fans towards Alastair Cook will evaporate rapidly if India win the series

The children were playing in the street with toy guns. The air strikes were tragically real

The air strikes were tragically real

The children were playing in the street with toy guns

Boozy, ignorant, intolerant, but very polite – The British, as others see us

Britain as others see us

Boozy, ignorant, intolerant, but very polite

How did our legends really begin?

How did our legends really begin?

Applying the theory of evolution to the world's many mythologies

Watch out: Lambrusco is back on the menu

Lambrusco is back on the menu

Naff Seventies corner-shop staple is this year's Aperol Spritz