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Oscar-nominated screenwriter arrested in Iran days after criticising regime

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One of the screenwriters of an Oscar-nominated film has been arrested in Tehran days after signing a statement condemning Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime’s violent crackdown on protesters. Mehdi Mahmoudian, who co-wrote the script for the Iranian drama It Was Just An Accident, was arrested on Saturday, representatives of the film said […]

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Grammy winners Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and Olivia Dean hit out at ICE as they accept awards

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Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar and British artist Olivia Dean were among the big winners at a politically charged Grammys ceremony, which saw several winners using speeches to hit out at the immigration operation in the US. Anti-ICE messages were shared on stage by Billie Eilish, Dean and Bad Bunny while other stars including Justin and

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All the best Grammys 2026 fashion as celebrities hit the red carpet

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Stars are hitting the red carpet ahead of the 2026 Grammy Awards. Kendrick Lamar leads this year’s nominations with nine nods, including for three of the night’s biggest awards – record, song and album of the year. Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler, The Creator and Justin Bieber are also in the running for

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UK’s top 100 taxpayers revealed – and who has contributed the most to a record £5.7bn?

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Anthony Joshua, JK Rowling and Mo Salah have been named among the UK’s 100 biggest taxpayers. The billionaire brothers behind gambling giant Betfred topped the rankings of The Sunday Times Tax List 2026 for the first time, surpassing musicians, entrepreneurs and sports stars. Fred and Peter Done, who founded the Warrington-based business in 1967, paid

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‘I bombed particularly badly’: Star of John Bishop-inspired film Is This Thing On? recalls ‘scary’ stand-up show

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John Bishop was going through a divorce from his wife Melanie. It was October 2000 and he had moved out of his family home and would see his children on the weekend. After saying goodbye to his family for another week, the then 34-year-old salesman wandered into the Frog and Bucket comedy club in Manchester

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Riz Ahmed hopes his modern-day ‘visceral’ Hamlet will be shown in schools

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“He’s powerless, he’s being gaslit… a lot of people feel that way” – Riz Ahmed on why his “fresh” adaptation of Hamlet speaks to our “unfair” times. For Ahmed, “a musical chairs of… studio execs leaving” meant it’s taken 13 years to bring his modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet to the screen. While the wait has clearly

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Melania’s non-documentary might end up a box office flop – but she won’t mind

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“Purposeful storytelling” is how Melania Trump herself describes what audiences will find in her cinematic debut. In many ways, that sums this film up. While Amazon paid an eye-watering fee for the documentary, don’t expect a warts-and-all unflinching record of what the first lady did in the 20 days leading up to the 2025 presidential

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Queen pays respect to longstanding friend Dame Jilly Cooper at memorial

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The Queen was among a list of well-known faces who paid their respects to Dame Jilly Cooper at a memorial in London on Friday. The legendary author died unexpectedly in October at the age of 88 from injuries sustained from a fall. On Friday, stars from the film, sport and literary worlds turned out to

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