45 h. ago Alicia Vikander on starring opposite Jude Law and her favourite work | Binge Watch

Alicia Vikander speaks with The Independent’s Jacob Stolworthy about new film Firebrand, a historical drama directed by Karim Aïnouz. Set during the tumultuous final years of Henry VIII’s (Jude Law) reign, the film focuses on Catherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), his sixth and final wife. In this interview Vikander discusses working opposite Law and the film’s representation of sex and feminism.

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2 d. ago Harvey Weinstein trial live: Disgraced film mogul returns to New York courtroom to face sex crime allegations

A majority-female jury will hear opening statements in the rape and sexual assault retrial

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3 d. ago Damian Hurley's friends reveal what he really thinks of mother Elizabeth's new romance with Billy Ray Cyrus and why the singer's relationship with his own children could tear them apart

Elizabeth Hurley has an extremely close bond with her son Damian, who is known for taking her racy bikini snaps and directing her lesbian sex scene in her latest film. 

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3 d. ago Sarah Jessica Parker reveals relationship that prevents her from being mad at character Carrie Bradshaw

Parker played Bradshaw for six seasons of ‘Sex and the City’ plus the films and now the sequel series

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6 d. ago Dimitri Payet's former mistress claims he 'forced her to film vile sex acts' and lifts lid on their 'fake wedding' behind wife of 20 years' back

Police have opened an investigation into a series of s hocking allegations made by Larissa Ferrari. Payet has been accused of forcing the lawyer to drink her own urine and lick the floor.

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6 d. ago I had a wonderful relationship for 10 years, until I made a shocking discovery about my 'perfect man' and realised the horrific truth about him

Serial sex offender John Xydias who filmed himself raping unconscious woman was turned into police after his girlfriend Josie Francoli uncovered the disturbing footage and exposed him.

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1 week ago ‘We waited greedily for his novels’: Mario Vargas Llosa, a revolutionary of Spanish

His breakthrough book was deemed too inflammatory to be taught in my school, and was burned by authorities, but this Peruvian firebrand would reveal himself to be a man of contradictionsThe early 1960s was, for my generation in Argentina, an age of discovery when, in our mid-teens, we learned about sex, metaphysics, the Beatles, Ezra Pound, Che Guevara, Fellini’s films, and the new literature of Latin America. In the bookstore around the corner from my school, there began to appear novels with black-and-white photographs on the dust jackets whose Spanish-language authors, while acknowledging Borges as the fons et origo of all literary endeavours, attempted to find in the 19th-century European realists new ways to depict the troubled reality of Spain and South America.One of those novels was La Ciudad y los Perros (The City and the Dogs, oddly translated into English as The Time of the Hero) by a young, unknown Peruvian writer, Mario Vargas Llosa, who, in 1962, had won the recently c...

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2 w. ago Teacher reveals why she had sex with teen student – and she's blaming her 'cruel' hubby

Perv teacher Emily Nutley is facing up to a decade in jail after admitting an illicit affair with a pupil. It has now emerged she told divorce lawyers her husband 'neglected' her during their marriage

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2 w. ago Kanye West brags about rape allegation against him, sexualises Taylor Swift and says he wants to film sex tape with ex

The rapper, 47, took to X - formerly known as Twitter - late on Wednesday night to share an hours-long tirade, which included misogynistic and sexualised remarks.

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2 w. ago Kanye West sexualises Taylor Swift and says he wants to film sex tape with ex

The rapper, 47, took to X - formerly known as Twitter - late on Wednesday night to share an hours-long tirade, which included misogynistic and sexualised remarks.

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2 w. ago Aimee Lou Wood admits she felt 'exposed' while filming Sex Education after feeling like 'the only one' who appeared in the show's 'most extreme' sex scenes

The actress, 31, rose to fame as Aimee Gibbs in the Netflix show, and in an interview with GQ Hype, the star admitted it was a far cry from her experience filming intimate scenes for The White Lotus .

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2 w. ago Heartbroken mum says police 'failed son' as student took own life after arrest

Mohammed ‘Safwan’ Rahman was arrested by Staffordshire Police before disappearing in Scotland, then made his way back down south where he was pulled over by cops again.

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2 w. ago Michelle Williams hits out at controversial Best Picture Oscar winner: ‘What was that?’

It was considered one of the biggest upsets in awards history

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2 w. ago Michelle Williams calls out controversial Best Picture Oscar win: ‘What was that?’ (cloned)

It was considered one of the biggest upsets in awards history

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2 w. ago Russell Brand fears prosecution in the US over accuser's sex misconduct allegations on filmset of Arthur

In a civil complaint, the 49-year-old comic and actor has been accused of exposing himself to a woman before following her into a bathroom and allegedly attacking her.

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2 w. ago Michelle Williams hits out at controversial Best Picture Oscar win: ‘What was that?’

It was considered one of the biggest upsets in awards history

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2 w. ago ‘What was that?’ Michelle Williams hits out at controversial Best Picture Oscar win

It was considered one of the biggest upsets in awards history

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3 w. ago Teacher 'offered teen student £1,540 to kill her husband' but his mum snitched

Stephanie Demetrius was arrested after a teenager's mum alleged she had offered her son £1,540 to kill her estranged husband in an odd 'grooming' case in Ohio, US

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3 w. ago Female prison officer who filmed cell sex with lag made wild plans for his release

Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, shot to global infamy when she was featured in a viral video clip of a female prison officer having a steamy affair with an inmate in his cell

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3 w. ago Woman who filmed sex with chihuahua says 'they're my world' as she's released

Logan Guminski, who claims to be a 'dog mum', admitted she had been involved in sexual activity with another dog and that a social media user paid her $500 (£386) to create the footage, police said

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