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Arts & culture
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Broadway run for Priscilla ends
Priscilla Queen of the Desert is coming to an end on Broadway after months of weak ticket sales.
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Tate hits £45m renovation target
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Mexico writer Carlos Fuentes dies
Film
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Masseur drops Travolta sex claim
One of the two male masseurs who have accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault withdraws his legal action.
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Thompson confirms Annie script
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Snow White film 'used real blood'
Music
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'Go-go' musician Chuck Brown dies
Guitarist and singer Chuck Brown, who mixed funk, soul and Latin styles to help create the "go-go" scene in Washington DC in the 1970s, dies at the age of 75.
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Gaga gig denied Jakarta permit
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Singer settles over awards injury
TV & radio
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Britney Spears joins X Factor USA
Britney Spears and Demi Lovato join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid as judges on the US version of The X Factor.
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Children's shows to leave BBC One
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Downton star to play a fortune hunter on Broadway
Features & analysis
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Baron Cohen as himself
Sacha Baron Cohen steps out of character to give a rare interview, but admits it's 'probably a mistake'
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Rolf on Rolf
Australian entertainer looks back over his career
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Cannes Festival
BBC reporter Kev Geoghegan with the latest from Cannes
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Africa Beats
Malian singer Vieux Farka Toure follows in his father's footsteps
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Croisette romance
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom opens Cannes
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In pictures
Gallery stages 'ironic' Diamond Geezer exhibition
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Britney's back
A look at her career as she joins X Factor USA
Quote of the Day
Martial arts expert Jackie Chan vows to step back from action roles“The world is too violent now. I love fighting but I hate violence”
Elsewhere on the BBC
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Visiting the vines
Australia's beautiful Yarra Valley is peppered with more than 50 wineries
Programmes
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World Update
"I defy anyone to watch that and not get choked up," meet the boy who created a cardboard arcade
The Strand
Award-winning script writer Paul Laverty talks about writing Even the Rain
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