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Tony Brignull obituary

Advertising copywriter who brought ‘personality’ to products including Cinzano, Shredded Wheat and Parker pens

The Guardian - UK

Florida mom tricked teenager who was texting her 13-year-old daughter to meet at a Popeyes. He was then shot by police

Cerry Banks arranged to meet the child at a fast food restaurant in Jacksonville, unaware that he had been conversing with the girl’s mother

The Independent UK

"David was in great danger physically and could have gotten electrocuted or killed": The making of Bowie's Diamond Dogs and the tour that failed

Diamond Dogs marked the point at which David Bowie began to shed his glam-rock skin. He then embarked on one of rock's most expensive – and dangerous – tours

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“It ended up very miserable. Even Roger Waters says what a miserable period it was – and he was the one who made it entirely miserable”: How Pink Floyd made The Final Cut and learned to hate each other

Set against the backdrop of the Falklands Conflict, the band’s last album with Waters came together while their break-up was on the horizon

Louder

‘I got you an Oscar. Why do I need to pay you?’ The secret shocking truth about Merchant Ivory

They were the box-office titans behind sumptuous period masterpieces. Yet underneath, reveals a new warts-and-all film, they were skint, stressed, prone to blood-curdling bust-ups – and ping-ponging between lovers

The Guardian - UK

Classic interview - Giorgio Moroder: “If you want to make a good dance song, you still need the 303, an analogue drum machine and a Minimoog”

TB-303 Day special: “The only way to get futuristic sounds was to use synthesizers”

MusicRadar

TV tonight: Sofie Gråbøl is back with another gripping European crime drama

The Killing star plays a prison officer in an award-winning new show. Plus, it’s quarter finals time in the Gladiators’ arena. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Classic interview - Giorgio Moroder: “If you want to make a good dance song, you still need the 303, an analogue drum machine and a Minimoog”

“The only way to get futuristic sounds was to use synthesizers”

MusicRadar

Bo Goldman obituary

Oscar-winning screenwriter of films including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Scent of a Woman

The Guardian - UK

City monopolies: Back-covering is hurting entrepreneurs in the Square Mile

City Voices: Big name inertia when picking advisers needs to be challenged

Evening Standard

Hugh Hudson obituary

Film director whose debut feature Chariots of Fire won four Oscars

The Guardian - UK

Irene Cara was the voice of ambition

The performer, who died at the age of 63, sang about the price of fame. And paid it

Salon

'Fame' and 'Flashdance' singer-actor Irene Cara dies at 63

Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred in and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance

The Independent UK

Irene Cara obituary

American actor and singer best known for her role in the film Fame and co-writing the 1983 hit Flashdance … What a Feeling

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‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ Singer-Actor Irene Cara Dies at 63

Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance ... What a Feeling” from 1983′s “Flashdance,” has died. She was 63. Her publicist, Judith A. Moose, announced the…

The Guardian - UK

‘There is nothing wrong with offending people’: Roddy Doyle on getting the band back together

His comic novel The Commitments gave working-class Dublin its voice – and became a hit film. As the stage version returns to theatres, does Doyle still recognise the foul-mouthed young author who wrote it?

TechRadar

The best family movies: 37 classic films that’ll appeal to kids and adults alike in December 2024

These are the best family movies of all-time, including ET, Toy Story, The Goonies, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

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