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BBC News - Entertainment

How Robert Duvall became a Hollywood great -- A look at the life of the prolific actor whose many films included Apocalypse Now and The Godfather.

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Lord of the Rings star cast as Lennon's wife in Beatles biopic -- Morfydd Clark will portray Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John, in the four-part biopic.

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ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat -- Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney's intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance's update.

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Logan Paul's Pokémon card smashes record in $16m sale -- Venture capitalist AJ Scaramucci buys the card to kick off his plan for a "planetary treasure hunt".

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Harry Styles named as curator of 2026 Meltdown Festival -- Harry Styles will join the list of artists that have overseen the annual London event.

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America's Next Top Model shaped reality TV, but should it ever have been made? -- A new Netflix documentary will finally see Tyra Banks and her fellow judges address some of the most controversial scandals from the reality show.

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Bedding firm backs down on 'Swift Home' trademark after Taylor Swift appeal -- Swift's team had flagged similarities between her trademark and the company's contested design.

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Boy George & Culture Club to kick off festival -- Other stars booked for the festival include Lulu, Sugababes and Björn Again.

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'It's never too late': Savannah Guthrie's new plea for mother's release as FBI analyses glove -- The FBI says it recovered a DNA sample from the glove, which was found in a field a few miles from Guthrie's home.

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Ozzy army descends on Mardi Gras parade -- At least 200 people dressed as the Prince of Darkness were in New Orleans to honour the late star.

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Actor Ross Kemp to return to EastEnders for short stint -- Kemp plays the infamous Grant Mitchell in the long-running soap.

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What the Nigella Lawson effect will mean for the Great British Bake Off -- What joining Channel 4's famous tent could mean for the TV cook's career and the baking show.

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Why Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi's 'mutual obsession' is giving some fans the ick -- Romance rumours have swirled around the Wuthering Heights co-stars. But is all as it seems?

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He was once a teen 'superstar'. Why did James Van Der Beek need help to pay his medical bills? -- A fundraiser was set up to help the actor's family after expensive cancer treatments devastated their finances.

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Why writer Arundhati Roy's cult classic film is still relevant in India -- Nearly 40 years on, the Booker prize-winning writer's debut campus satire is set to be screened in Berlin.

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How Cornwall shaped the imagination of famous writers -- How has Cornwall inspired Winston Graham, EV Thompson, Virginia Woolf and Daphne du Maurier?

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Actor Robert Duvall, who starred in The Godfather, dies aged 95 -- The Oscar-winner died "peacefully" at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, on Sunday, his family says.

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That colleague who's too easily distracted -- Watch The Apprentice on BBC iPlayer.

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The mystery of stolen champion racehorse Shergar -- Shergar was the world's most famous stallion. When armed men seized him from an Irish stud farm on 8 February 1983, the BBC reported on a sensational true crime saga.

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A moving, tragic biopic of a tortured jazz great -- Bill Evans was a boundary-breaking US pianist who contended with multiple personal tragedies, and a serious drug problem. This new drama about him will draw you to his hypnotic music.

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