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Abel Ferrara was there at the beginning. In his new memoir, Scene, the cult director describes his experience at the American premiere of Salò, the hugely controversial final film from Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini. At the beginning of the film – at which Ferrara and company arrived with wine and cheese, given its length – there were 15 people ...

For screenwriter David Farr, The Night Manager’s return is a dream come true. Literally. “Having not thought about the show for five years, a vivid image came to me in bed one night,” he says. “I saw a boy in a Colombian monastery, waiting for a black car to come over the hill. For some bizarre reason, I knew who ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman : The Swadhinata Trust marked its 25th anniversary on Bangladesh’s Victory Day with a special concert titled Bangla Beats at the Pinter Studio, Queen Mary University of London, on 16 December. Described as an intimate evening of live Bengali music, the event paid tribute to the living legacies of Bengali music-making in Britain and coincided with ...

The Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing of Galleries on now till 24 February 2026 Supported by Seher & Taimur Hassan, The Mehra Family, The Henry Moore Foundation and Jhaveri Contemporary The Royal Academy of Arts presents “A Story of South Asian Art: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle” , a group exhibition telling the story of Indian artist Mrinalini Mukherjee ...

Thank you and a glittery goodnight That concludes Saturday’s semi-final liveblog but please feel free to continue the ballroom badinage in the comments below. Meet you back here tomorrow for this year’s last results show. It airs at 7.45pm Sunday on BBC1, featuring music from 5ive and Kylie. Not together. That would be weird. I’ll spark up the blog at ...

Taylor Swift broke down in tears after meeting survivors and families of the victims of the Southport stabbing attack, backstage footage from her Eras tour reveals. The star met privately with some of those affected by the attack in July 2024, which took place at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop, and claimed the lives of three young girls. Afterwards, she ...

Ready for this? Jess Glynne’s Hold My Hand has been named as the UK’s TikTok song of the year thanks to the viral ‘nothing beats a Jet2holiday’ trend. The 2015 hit has become associated with adverts for the holiday company over the years, but it gained a new life when TikTok users began using the audio to make a joke ...

The actor Sydney Sweeney has said she should have addressed the controversy surrounding her American Eagle jeans advert, which was accused by critics of flirting with eugenics, saying not doing so “widened the divide” between people. Sweeney, who made her name in HBO’s Euphoria and has since become a leading Hollywood star, told People magazine she regretted staying silent during ...

The Garo community of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar district, celebrated their traditional harvest festival, Wangala, with vibrant rituals, cultural performances and thanksgiving ceremonies for the new crops. The day-long event highlighted the community’s agricultural lifestyle, religious heritage, and rich cultural traditions. The event was held on Sunday at Phulchhara Garo Line football field under Kalapur union, organized by Srichuk Garo ...

A Dhaka court has deferred the deadline for submitting the investigation report against 11 accused, including actor Salman Shah’s former wife Samira Haque and film villain Don, in the murder case filed over the actor’s death. On Sunday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana set January 13 as the new date after the investigating officer Ramna Model Police Station Inspector Atikul ...