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    TV tonight: Gemma Arterton is back in Nick Hornby’s Funny Woman | Television

    Funny Woman9pm, Sky MaxGemma Arterton is back for a second season as the 60s sitcom star Sophie Straw in this charming ode to...

    Beauty and the beat: why do so many models shoot for pop stardom? | Pop and rock

    The punks said that anyone can be a musician – but for proof that this may not be true, play Kim Kardashian’s 2011...

    Fat Dog: Woof review – a boisterous debut with more bark than bite | Music

    Fat Dog’s mix of dance-punk, oompah music and dadaist lyrics sounds plenty fresh on paper until you realise that various strands of that...

    Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party: Chain of Light review – rediscovered raw emotion of a qawwali genius | Music

    The year 1990 was a pivotal one for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Since his appearance at Womad festival five years prior, the Pakistani...

    ‘I’ve failed, badly – and I’m good with it’: James McAvoy on class, comfort and carnage | Film

    He is a funny character, James McAvoy. I meet him in one of those fancy Soho hotels where the cast of films that...

    Keanu Reeves at 60: from surfer dude to action hero, his 20 best films – ranked! | Keanu Reeves

    20. Little Buddha (1993)Bernardo Bertolucci, deep into his picturesque international film-making phase, portrays the search for a reincarnated lama to insipid effect. But...

    Nala Sinephro: Endlessness review – heavenly harp swaps easy ambience for agitation | Music

    You might assume that you know what to expect from Nala Sinephro’s second album. Its Brussels-born, London-based author is noted for making music...

    Elgar: Violin Concerto album review – Vilde Frang’s exceptional performance makes this one of the finest to appear on disc | Classical music

    Beginning with the historic version that the 15-year-old Yehudi Menuhin made with the composer himself conducting in 1931, the truly outstanding recordings of...

    LL Cool J: ‘Hip-hop isn’t underdog music any more’ | LL Cool J

    Do you think hip-hop still has the cultural impact it once did when you first arrived on the scene during the Def Jam...

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