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BBC News - Entertainment

The most shocking win in Oscars history -- Twenty years ago, race-relations drama Crash controversially beat Brokeback Mountain to best picture, creating outrage. People including the film's co-writer reflect on what happened.

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Ant and Dec take legal action over 'secret profits' in Banksy deals -- A court hears that an art consultant working for the TV hosts took "secret and unauthorised profits".

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Actor settles claim against theatre in Kevin Spacey assault case -- He alleged that Spacey, who has denied the allegations, assaulted him on two separate occasions.

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Richard Osman quits quiz show House of Games after 'amazing nine years' -- The novelist and presenter says: "With the writing, there comes a point where you have to hand it over."

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Former Daily Mail showbusiness editor denies hacking Sadie Frost's voicemails -- Seven high-profile claimants allege the Daily Mail's publisher committed "grave breaches of privacy" - something it denies.

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Rapper Ghetts jailed for 12 years over fatal hit-and-run -- The grime artist failed to stop after his BMW hit Nepali student Yubin Tamang, 20, in Ilford.

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Elton John's family photo hung in National Portrait Gallery -- The portrait shows Sir Elton with husband David Furnish and their teenage sons Zachary and Elijah.

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Bafta host Alan Cumming apologises after 'trauma-triggering' show -- A Tourette's campaigner involuntarily shouted a racial slur while two black actors were on stage.

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The spin-off game starring a 'weirdo' Pokémon that's got reviewers raving -- Pokopia, a game mixing Animal Crossing and Minecraft, has been a surprise hit with critics.

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TRNSMT changes set times to show Scotland world cup match -- The festival's Friday headliner Richard Ashcroft will take to the stage early so fans can watch the Scotland v Morocco game.

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Inside Peaky Blinders film's world premiere -- The world premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man took place in Birmingham to wild acclaim.

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KSI buys stake in non-league Dagenham & Redbridge FC -- YouTuber KSI buys a minority stake in Dagenham & Redbridge and says he wants to take the sixth-tier club to the Premier League.

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Doubling heights: The unsung heroes of 2026's hottest film -- How a cast of secret stars helped to bring Emerald Fennel's hit literary adaptation to life.

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Actor Awards: The red carpet in pictures -- Emma Stone, Wunmi Mosaku and Timothée Chalamet were among the stars posing for pictures in Los Angeles.

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Tour or residency? Top artists give their views on live music debate -- Jade, CMAT and Wolf Alice share thoughts on residencies versus touring and what this means for fans.

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Olivia Attwood: 'We shouldn't glamourise being reliant on other people' -- The documentary host and presenter discusses female independence and snobbery about reality TV.

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Captured off guard: The art of the snatched backseat car photo -- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the latest in a long line of famous people photographed in the back of a car.

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Harry Styles album review: The funkiest existential crisis in pop -- The star's fourth album finds him in limbo, second-guessing both his relationships and his career.

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The tragedy hidden in a 19th-Century painting -- How the devastating meaning of The Meeting on the Turret Stairs is unlocked by a medieval Danish ballad – and why the painting can only be viewed for two hours every week.

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Rembrandt painting worth millions rediscovered after 65 years -- The painting, created by the Dutch master in 1633, had disappeared after being sold in 1961.

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