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Sir Tom Jones mentors Welsh singer to victory on The Voice UK
Cate McHugh was congratulated by her coach Sir Tom Jones after she was crowned winner on Saturday.
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Tosca review – ENO’s new staging abandons Puccini’s realism for baffling and near-constant violence
Annilese Miskimmon’s new production of Puccini’s complex drama unmoors it from its church and state settings, but there are few gains, only losses in her radical reading. Christopher Purves’ brutish Scarpia, however, is terrific
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Romeo + Juliet at 30: how Baz Luhrmann made teens fall in love with Shakespeare
The maximalist, heart over head adaptation of the romantic tragedy made stars of its leads and became an English teacher’s most trusted weapon for Bard-averse students Romeo + Juliet is not the most renowned or beloved of Shakespeare’s plays, but it is perhaps the most foundational. The 16th-century tragedy, a story of love-addled teenagers and white-hot resentment, is often an English student’s first introduction to the bard’s oeuvre – more accessible and relatable to teens, with its plaintive lust and histrionic mood swings, than the more austere machinations in, say, Macbeth, Hamlet or Othe
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‘Let’s take Alexa out into the garden and smash it with a shoe’: Charlie Brooker and Diane Morgan take aim at Hollywood, AI ... and each other
As deadpan spoof documentarian Philomena Cunk returns with a new series on cinema, her creators discuss meeting J-Lo, their worst ever jobs – and why artificial intelligence is like mad cow disease
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‘It seems weird for an MC – but lyrics have never been a thing for me’: De La Soul’s honest playlist
Rapper Pos of the hip hop greats favours Barry White for the bedroom and sobs to Stevie Wonder, but which cheese-rock hit does he love on the sly?
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From Maya as Sir Mo Farah to Heidi as her own left hand: The best Halloween looks
Celebrities have been embracing the scariest day of the year by dressing up as sport stars, dismembered limbs and unsold concert tickets.
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Strauss: An Alpine Symphony album review – monumental work’s mystic vision guides Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic’s take on Strauss’s tone poem is full of darkness and light, with an impressionist’s eye for details
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Dafne Keen and Harriet Walter on working with Patrick Stewart: ‘I’ve never seen anyone so ecstatic’
The late actor’s co-stars in Logan and Anthony and Cleopatra remember dog impressions, marching band-conducting and a fervent belief in fun
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TV tonight: oceanic wonder with David Attenborough in Blue Planet III
Take the plunge with shrimps, starfish and tawny nurse sharks. Plus, a mysterious, gambling-themed “quiz event” with Bradley Walsh. Here’s what to watch this evening
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I’m sick of smug celebrities on the podcast circuit. No wonder there’s a fuss when someone speaks the truth
It was so refreshing to hear Aaron Sorkin admit he was bad at parts of directing after his movie flop. If only others could be as frank, says writer Imogen West-Knights
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The best theatre to stream this month: the Gisèle Pelicot trial becomes an all-star play that ‘just floors you’
An unmissable documentary play, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia with luminous Isis Hainsworth and ecstatic dance in a Norwegian museum are among November’s highlights
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Who are the real winners of Celebrity Traitors?
Certain stars have been tipped by industry experts as getting the biggest career boost after the show.
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