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Trump's government is 'fully engulfed in chaos'Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert and others discussed the administration’s ties with Russia and Paul Ryan’s poor impression of a moral watchdog -
On set with Tom Hiddleston and the biggest King Kong everThe director and cast of Kong: Skull Island, including Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson, discuss filming opposite an 85ft ape – while using as little green screen as possible
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Annie HallContinuing our series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Jordan Hoffman explains why Woody Allen’s film deserved to triumph over Star Wars -
Meet Jonwayne, the rapper who came back from the brinkHe was signed to one of the most respected labels in rap and rising fast, before drink issues nearly derailed everything. His new album is an exploration of his recovery … just don’t expect him to talk about it
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Michigan Republicans consider Kid Rock as candidate for US senateSongwriter’s name came up during discussions at party convention, according to newspaper of Capitol Hill
people
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Prison made me believe in literature moreThe Egyptian novelist, who was jailed last year for ‘violating public morality’ with his novel The Use of Life, looks back at an experience he hopes is now over
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Pokot reflects divided nature of Polish societyRenowned director says she did not intend to create a political film, but that the plot mirrors her country’s male authoritarianism
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the big picture
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The hairdresser to the homelessFilipino-American barber Mark Bustos gives free haircuts to the homeless every Sunday – and all over the world
reviews
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The Queen of Spain – Cruz control: regal method in the madnessPenélope Cruz rescues this frequently silly comedy, set on a 1950s film set in Franco’s Spain, as a larger-than-life actor in a part-entertaining, part-exasperating tale
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The Party – conniptions amid the canapés in an observant real-time farceKristin Scott Thomas stars as a cabinet minister hosting one of those dos at which shock revelation follows shock revelation, in Sally Potter’s short, smart comedy
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pictures & video
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The director of Grease by his pool‘Randal Kleiser kept farm animals at his LA ranch house but treated them as pets’
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Art created by immigrants removed in travel ban protestDavis Museum at Wellesley College de-installed or shrouded all artworks created by US immigrants, or given to the museum by immigrants, from 16-21 February
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Discovery of what could be the only existing footageCanadian university professor Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan has found what is believed to be the first, and possibly only, footage of French writer Marcel Proust
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Chris Hemsworth's Thor is a terrible housemate in Marvel mockumentaryIn this teaser to the second part of mockumentary series Team Thor, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) tries to pay rent with a pumpkin, and lobbies for a servant.
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We're not here because of #OscarsSoWhiteThe star and director of Fences, adapted from the late August Wilson’s Pulitzer prize-winning play, discusses the impact of the diversity debate on his film
From Aretha to Beyoncé The black artists snubbed by the Grammys
Grammys boss Neil Portnow: 'I don't think there's a problem with race at all'