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Glen Hansard obituary

Oscar-winning singer, songwriter, actor and founder of the Dublin rock band the Frames

The Guardian - UK

‘We were kids dressed as gangsters, running riot’ – Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone at 50, by its cast and crew

Jodie Foster hated her 6am starts, Parker couldn’t stop swearing, Dexter Fletcher was traumatised by his haircut … There was as much drama off-screen as on during the making of this classic movie

The Guardian - UK

“When you were in that taxi saying Pink Floyd are w*nkers, my brother was driving it!” How Bob Geldof ended up in The Wall despite everything

The future Live Aid organiser hated Pink Floyd –but he still ended up starring the movie version of their 1979 album

Louder

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The five best fictional bands in film history

The Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters has become the most watched film in Netflix history. The all-pervasive musical phenomenon centres on two fictional K-pop bands, Huntr/X and Saja Boys.

The Conversation

“It wasn’t pure hatred all the time”: Pink Floyd’s The Wall movie and its feuds, falling-outs and friction

Bob Geldof ruthlessly baited Roger Waters, Gerald Scarfe feared he’d created a new skinhead movement and the media hated the morbidity – but the third part of the multimedia trilogy was a triumph

Louder

Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful review – solid pop that’s about as ‘psychedelic’ as a baked potato

The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a star

The Guardian - UK

Tony Brignull obituary

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

The Guardian - UK

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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

Louder

“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

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”

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

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Bo Goldman obituary

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

Evening Standard

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

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

The Guardian - UK

Hugh Hudson obituary

Film director whose debut feature Chariots of Fire won four Oscars

Salon

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

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The Independent UK

'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 Guardian - 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

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘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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