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Melancholia named best film of 2011 by US critics
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Labyrinth gets graphic novel prequel
News: Illustrator Brian Froud, who worked on the cult children's fantasy film, will oversee character design
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Lloyd Webber to find Jesus Christ on ITV?
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Beyoncé gives birth to baby girl
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'Everyone will have something to be aggrieved about'
Report: Alex Needham on why a play about Julian Assange had to be rewritten for Britain
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A song about death, depression and maggots? Just the thing for my wedding
Sam Leith: Being the kind of person more inclined to pick songs for my funeral, coming up with one for my wedding is proving tricky -
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'I think my wife imposed a Smiths-ban but I managed to sneak in a couple during the day!' -
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'Best hold a few favourites back, just in case'
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Is The Iron Lady's heart of gold quite right?
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Is it time to bury Lenin's stage-managed show?
Justin McGuirk: Young Russians no longer pay homage to him, but the Bolshevik leader 'lives on' in a carefully choreographed show of solemnity inside a Moscow mausoleum. But for how long? -
Putting everything into writing
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Crossing the bottom line: when love of art gets physical
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