19 h. ago The Carpenters legend dies as daughter pens heartbreaking tribute to hitmaker

Music star Roger Nichols, who co-wrote some of The Carpenters' biggest hits, has died at the age of 84, with his family and longtime collaborator Paul Williams paying tribute

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20 h. ago The Boys by Leo Robson review – a likeable debut with aimless charm

The critic turned author’s witty, eccentric novel follows a Londoner reading Susan Sontag and looking for loveEarly on in Leo Robson’s debut novel, the narrator, a likable, aimless, rather detached young Londoner named Johnny Voghel, reads “a book of Susan Sontag essays and interviews”. Johnny’s copy of what he later identifies as A Susan Sontag Reader is an heirloom. It has been extensively underlined by his mother, who has just died, and by his estranged half-brother Lawrence. Johnny wonders if reading Sontag, or his family’s other heavily annotated books, will “unlock a secret or hint at one, offer a glimpse of their dreams or invite them into mine”.A Susan Sontag Reader includes Sontag’s 1968 defence of Jean-Luc Godard, the great modernist and Marxist provocateur of French New Wave cinema. If Johnny, in search of family connection, happened to read that essay, he would encounter a paragraph that rather neatly describes the novel that he is in the process of narrating. Godard’s f...

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42 h. ago Key Jay Slater witness Lucy Law 'had no idea' as police turn up to her home after inquest

Jay Slater died in Tenerife but two 'key witnesses', Lucy Law and Brad Geoghegan, did not turn up to his inquest

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45 h. ago Boy, 15, 'would be alive today' if doctors hadn't missed tragic sign before football game

A coroner has ruled that it was 'probable' Jake Lawler would not have died if 'the correct actions been taken'

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45 h. ago Boy, 15, dies after collapsing at football three weeks after hospital release

A coroner has ruled that it was 'probable' Jake Lawler would not have died if 'the correct actions been taken'

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64 h. ago ABBA legend Michael B Tretow dies as iconic group share moving tributes

All four members of ABBA have issued rare statements, paying tribute to their sound engineer Michael B Tretow, who has died at the age of 80

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65 h. ago Neighbours legend Ian Smith admits 'I was supposed to die in March' in candid health update

The Harold Bishop icon has revealed how experimental treatment has changed his life after being diagnosed with a rare, aggressive type of cancer

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67 h. ago Neighbours legend was 'supposed to die in March' amid terminal cancer diagnosis

The 86-year-old actor announced in December he was leaving the Australian soap and his iconic role as Harold Bishop

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3 d. ago George Wendt dies aged 76 as tributes pour in for Cheers legend

Cheers Star George Wendt has sadly died, his family has confirmed.

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3 d. ago Hollywood stalwart Dalene Young dies as heartbroken husband leads tributes

Dalene Young, who co-wrote the 1980 comedy-drama Little Darlings starring Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol, died in Portland, Oregon, after complications from Alzheimer's disease

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3 d. ago Jennifer Lawrence tipped for Oscars glory 12 years after her last win as Cannes critics praise her 'mesmerising' performance as a struggling mother in Die, My Love

Jennifer Lawrence has been tipped for Oscars glory after critics praised her 'mesmerising' performance in Lynne Ramsay's Die, My Love.

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5 d. ago X Factor star and Simon Cowell's pal Tony Adkins dies as family pay tribute

An X Factor legend has died at the age of 64 on Easter Sunday, as confirmed by family on social media with a touching tribute

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5 d. ago X Factor legend dies at the age of 64 after working closely with Simon Cowell for eight years on the ITV show

An X Factor legend has died at the age of 64 after working closely with Simon Cowell on the show for eight years.

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5 d. ago Tony Adkins dead: X Factor legend and Simon Cowell's pal dies as family share tribute

An X Factor legend has died aged 64, a family member confirmed on social media

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5 d. ago Jennifer Lawrence stirs Oscar talk in Cannes for 'Die, My Love'

Last year, the Cannes Film Festival produced three best actress nominees at the Oscars

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5 d. ago A week of grief is a reminder to reflect on the magnificent triviality of sport | Jonathan Horn

After the death of Adam Selwood followed that of his twin brother Troy, all we can do is afford the family the full measure of their unspeakable griefThe great Scottish newspaper writer Hugh McIlvanney often spoke of “the magnificent triviality of sport.” He wrote beautifully on so many things, but especially boxing and horseracing, sports where death is always at your elbow. He saw boxers die in the ring and jockeys die at the track, and he wrote about them with the right mix of detachment, precision and compassion.Those columns were thankfully rare. Underpinning everything else he wrote was the belief – that agreement between writer and reader – that the great joy of sport lies in its insignificance. We obsess over it, analyse it, and argue about it, but ultimately, it really doesn’t matter. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘Extreme anxiety and extreme depression’: Jennifer Lawrence says she felt ‘like an alien’ as a new mother

The actor and co-star Robert Pattinson have each spoken about their experiences of early parenthood ahead of the premiere of Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My LoveJennifer Lawrence has spoken of the “extremely isolating” effect of the postpartum period, while discussing a new film in which she portrays a mother descending into psychosis.In Scottish art-house director Lynne Ramsay’s moody psychodrama Die, My Love, Lawrence’s character Grace is left alone to look after her newborn in a ramshackle house in the remote woods of Montana while her husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson) goes off to work. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Die, My Love review: 'Jennifer Lawrence shines in tale of desire and psychosis'

Lynne Ramsey’s latest has screened in Cannes, and features Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in a heavy tale of sex, depression and motherhood

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5 d. ago Wrestling legend’s daughter says she feels ‘ripped off’ that he died so young

EXCLUSIVE: After a glittering wrestling career, Davey Boy Smith died of a heart attack aged 39, cruelly cutting short the time he had with children Harry and Georgia

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6 d. ago Jennifer Lawrence commits to the surreal Die My Love – but something has been lost in translation

Adapting Ariana Harwicz’s ambiguous bestseller was always going to be tricky – but despite strong work from Robert Pattinson, this Lynne Ramsay psycho-drama never achieves lift-off

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