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‘Slick, suave and a little sexy’: Herb Alpert

You could see Alpert’s popularity as a last hurrah for the sort of jazz-inflected easy listening that ruled the airwaves in the pre-Elvis era. But

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Michael Jackson film set to be a controversial hit

All the same, the allegations remain a part of Jackson’s life story, complicating the attempt to turn his life into a nine-figure Hollywood blockbuster. But

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10 intimate images of a lost, decadent 1930s Paris

8. Kiki de Montparnasse with her Friends Thérèse Treize de Caro and Lily (Kiki de Montparnasse avec ses amies Thérèse Treize de Caro et Lily (c 1932))

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The 'bizarre' story of the world's first LSD trip

Dr Albert Hoffman discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943 Source link

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Eight of the best films of 2026 so far

From a touching sci-fi blockbuster to a wilfully provocative comedy-drama Source link

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10 of the best TV shows of 2026 so far

From an outrageous Ryan Murphy body horror to a new Game of Thrones prequel Source link

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Why Chow Yun-Fat is cinema’s greatest action hero

And if Woo helped lay the foundations of modern action cinema, Chow was right alongside him, showing what the ideal action hero for these times

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The centuries-old origins of current fairy fiction

Fallen angels and demi-gods The debate over what exactly fairies are – fallen angels, demi-gods, the spirits of humans – continues, and some see their

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12 of the best TV shows to watch this April

Half Man premieres 23 April on HBO and HBO Max in the US and 24 April on BBC iPlayer in the UK Apple TV+(Credit: Apple

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These artworks are by women – but men got the credit

Some scholars have argued that Marcel Duchamp’s upturned urinal, titled Fountain and signed “R Mutt”, was also her work. Irene Gammel in Baroness Elsa (2002)