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War, inheritance, and… a child? First Dune: Part 3 is available here Sand dunes

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🚀 Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Dune,Dune: Part Two,Denis Villeneuve,Timothée Chalamet,Zendaya,Florence Pugh,Robert Pattinson,Jason Momoa,Anya Taylor-Joy,Science fiction and fantasy films,Action and adventure films,Film,Culture,US news 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Timothée Chalamet may have finally survived Oscar season, but not movie promotion – the first look at Dune: Part Three is here.The released first trailer for the final installment of director Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi trilogy sees more war and political unrest in the galaxy outside of Arrakis — as well as a possible future child for Chalamet's Paul Atreides and Shani, a Fremen warrior played…

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Shawn Ryder on highs, lows and happy Mondays: ‘Heroin isn’t a party drug — you can’t take it on the weekend’ | Shawn Ryder

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🔥 Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Shaun Ryder,Music,Happy Mondays,Manchester,Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,Culture,Society,Neurodiversity,Bez 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: THere are thousands of photos of Shawn Ryder and Bez in Happy Mondays, from the mid-to-late 80s, running the gamut from mashed to destroyed. They don't always look cheerful, but when they do, they look insanely fun. In Ryder's new memoir, 24 Hour Party Person, he quotes a critic: [Bez] Dancer, but the owner of the good times. What Biz did for the band, the band did for the era: it went very far, in a…

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Chuck Norris was the king of the 80’s on Friday night VHS festivals | film

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🚀 Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Film,Chuck Norris,Action and adventure films,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WWhen Chuck Norris faced off against Bruce Lee in the 1972 film Way of the Dragon, it seemed like a clash between two legendary archetypes. For all his strength, he seemed to me boyish and almost thin, his body smooth as marble and tight with muscles defined like an anatomical illustration—the young, ascetic master of Asian martial philosophies. Norris was bigger, bulkier, shaggier, hairier, and fundamentally more American; He was as fast as Bruce (or almost), a…

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor Nicholas Brendon has died at the age of 54 TV

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🚀 Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Television,Buffy the Vampire Slayer,US news,California,Culture,World news,Television & radio ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Nicholas Brendon, the actor best known for playing Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died. He was 54 years old.Brendon's family issued a statement saying he died on Friday "in his sleep of natural causes."“Most people know Nicky for his work as an actor and for the characters he brought to life over the years. In recent years, Nicky found his passion for drawing and art. “Nicky loved sharing his enthusiastic talent with his…

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‘Remarkable discovery’: Research challenges narrative of Battle of Hastings | legacy

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✨ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Heritage,History,Bayeux tapestry,UK news,Monarchy,East Sussex,Yorkshire,Culture,England 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: It is a story taught to generations of British schoolchildren about one of the most famous and pivotal events in the country's history.The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you purchase something through an affiliate link. He learns more.In September 1066, as a Duke of Normandy named William prepared to sail from France to claim the English throne, King Harold of England discovered that the Viking leader Harald Hardrada had landed in Yorkshire with…

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Death, power and paranoia: the painting that shocked German society finally returns to Berlin | art

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💥 Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Art,Germany,Europe,Painting,UK news,World news 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: A massive skeleton, wrapped in an ermine cloak and wearing a spiked iron crown, rests on one foot on a ball and strikes a royal throne with a dramatic flick of his ivory wrist.This 1887 allegorical painting by German artist Hermione von Preuschen, titled Mors Imperator ("Death Is the Ruler"), was intended to express the transience of fame and power. But the authorities feared that the picture would be seen as mocking German Emperor Wilhelm I, who had just turned…

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Last Laugh at Dead Man’s Wire: Week in Rave Reviews | culture

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🔥 Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,Television,Film,Books,Music ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: televisionIf you only watch one, do it...Last one laughing in the UKPrime VideoSummarize in a sentence The triumphant return of the tirelessly funny TV show featuring comedians trying to make each other laugh - while keeping a straight face.What our reviewer said “This series leaves me unable to laugh at least once every episode.” Rachel AroestiRead the full reviewFurther reading Final Laugh Contestant Dianne Morgan's Honest Playlist: 'I was fascinated by Kate Bush and the Smurfs, so I had great taste'Choose from…

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“Her warmth filled the kitchen every morning”: The magic – and perseverance – of Jenny Murray | Jenny Murray

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💥 Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Jenni Murray,Television & radio,Radio,BBC,Radio 4,Radio industry,Culture,Women,Breast cancer,Media,Society,Hillary Clinton,Margaret Thatcher,Marriage,Feminism,UK news 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Before taking over Woman's Hour in 1987, Jenny Murray was the presenter of the Today programme. She joined the BBC in Bristol in 1973, becoming a television correspondent and presenter on the South Today programme, arriving with strong news credentials. But the day in the 1980s was inherently sexist – men did politics, women did the rest – and the format was too young for it.The woman's watch, on the other hand,…

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‘The dream is to be a standup, but everyone who knows me says: Please don’t’ – Riz Ahmed on chaos, comedy, and defying categorisation | Riz Ahmed

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Riz Ahmed,Television,Film,Culture,Television & radio,Comedy films,Comedy 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Riz Ahmed was multitasking. It was February in London, and the actor was doing an interview with a men’s magazine en route to collect his kid from school. So far, so starry. “Here’s the reality,” says Ahmed today, palms slamming down hard on the table. “I’m late for the school run. I’m stuck in traffic. I’m meant to be at my laptop, but I’m having to do it on my phone, in my car. I’m double parked…

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From Project Hail Mary to Saturday Night Live UK: your complete entertainment guide for next week | culture

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🚀 Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,Music,Stage,Dance,Theatre,Film,Television,Television & radio,Art,Art and design,Games ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Checkout: cinemaHail Mary projectOut nowNovelist Andy Weir's brand of comical, semi-plausible sci-fi gave rise to Ridley Scott's The Martian - and now Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are hoping to repeat something of the same success. Ryan Gosling is the hero of a story in which a science teacher wakes up on a spaceship on a desperate mission in deep space.La GraziaOut nowItalian star Tony Servillo reunites with director Paolo Sorrentino for another collaboration that explores the…

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