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Why Hollywood fell out of love with Wicked

In today’s Oscar nominations, the biggest shock was that massive musical sequel Wicked: For Good, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, earned zero nods –

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How a Norwegian weather rocket almost sparked a nuclear war

As we all now know, this alarming chain of events did not end in catastrophe. For all the heightened tension, the story ended up as

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How the 1950s 'Red Scare' erased a US icon

Why black superstar Paul Robeson was dramatically cancelled Source link

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The new Game of Thrones prequel is ‘very funny’ and a ‘total delight’

Ser Duncan is poorly trained, lacks experience and is dressed in little better than rags, with a rope for a swordbelt, but he hopes that

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Hero or brutal tyrant? The controversy over 16th-Century explorer Magellan

Although solid facts about Magellan’s life are limited, the narrative that often prevails is about his heroism. Diaz’s Magellan, on the other hand, takes an

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The 40 most exciting books to look forward to in 2026

Social media comes under the spotlight in Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear – which is already being turned into a film starring Anne Hathaway. She’ll play

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16 of the most exciting films coming up in 2026

12. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping With or without Jennifer Lawrence’s heroic archer, Katniss Everdeen, audiences can’t get their fill of The Hunger Games,

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A secret history of gay people in the US military

A unique depiction of military life Now Boots shines a spotlight on the courage and resilience of service members, who sublimated an integral part of

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Eight UK thatched cottages that define ‘cosycore’

Alamy(Credit: Alamy) Blackhouse thatched cottage in the Hebrides, Scotland Many thatched cottages in the Hebrides are simple, single-storey structures called blackhouses or taigh-dubh (their name

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The century-long search for the Loch Ness Monster

The most famous image appeared in 1934 at the height of Nessie-mania: a slender, serpent-like neck rising from the loch. For decades, the photo baffled