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Booker Prize urged to consider changing name over slavery ties

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Prestigious literary prize is named after George and Josias Booker who enslaved 200 people on a cotton plantation in 1800s

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A look at past and future cases Harvey Weinstein has faced as his New York conviction is thrown out

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Harvey Weinstein's New York sexual assault conviction has been thrown out by an appeals court, but it's just one of many cases the disgraced movie mogul has faced

Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir is bemusing, tone-deaf and obsessed with money

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The ‘Pitch Perfect’ star’s run-ins with Sacha Baron Cohen may have generated the most headlines about her new memoir – and been redacted from the book’s UK print run – but it’s her surreal approach to Hollywood that makes it one of the…

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‘The movement will persist’: Advocates stress Weinstein reversal doesn’t derail #MeToo reckoning

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Harvey Weinstein's accusers and their advocates were shocked and angered by an appellate court’s decision to overturn the ex-movie mogul’s 2020 rape conviction

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What’s next for Harvey Weinstein after appeals court overturned rape conviction?

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Disgraced Hollywood mogul won’t be released from New York prison just yet

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Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer says it’s a ‘great day for America’ after his rape conviction is overturned

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Weinstein found guilty in 2020 of raping and assaulting two women, and is serving 23 years at a prison in upstate New York

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Mariska Hargitay denounces Harvey Weinstein’s overturned rape conviction: ‘Incorrigible’

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‘Law & Order’ star opened up about her own experience with sexual assault earlier this year

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Weinstein victims’ fury after his rape conviction overturned as Manhattan prosecutor commits to retry case

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‘This is what it’s like to be a woman in America, living with male entitlement to our bodies,’ says Weinstein accuser, Ashley Judd

Kim Kardashian tells Kamala Harris she’s ‘here to help’ as they discuss criminal justice reform at White House

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The reality TV star, whose father was OJ Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian, has become an advocate for criminal justice reform in recent years

Julia Fox reveals her brief relationship with Kanye West left ‘sour taste’ in her mouth

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‘I don’t ever want to just be known as someone’s girlfriend. I know I’m so much more than that,’ Fox says

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Gwyneth Paltrow reveals the part of internet culture she can’t wrap her head around

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‘But in the meantime, until September, I have my son here to explain to me what all these crazy things that pop up are,’ Paltrow says

Will Young admits drastic action he almost took with sledgehammer to get out of Strictly

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Will Young has revealed he considered breaking his own leg with a sledgehammer to get out of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2016.

Ashley Judd, #MeToo founders react to ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's conviction

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Prominent members of the #MeToo movement are speaking out about the court ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction

Matty Healy’s mum Denise Welch jokes she ‘wasn’t aware’ of new Taylor Swift album: ‘I wish her all the best’

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Swift wrote about her brief fling with The 1975 frontman on her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

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With ‘Alien’ back in theaters, ‘Alien: Romulus’ director teases how the new film connects

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Ridley Scott’s “Alien” is back in theaters Friday for its 45th anniversary and to get audiences excited about the new installment coming in August

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Jimmy Kimmel mocks Kanye West over new ‘Yeezy Porn’ venture: ‘Can’t say he doesn’t have range’

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Kimmel joked that West’s new business idea is ‘the next logical step after opening a Pre-K through 12th grade Christian private school’

Watch as Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer speaks after conviction overturned

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Watch as Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, spoke after his client’s conviction was overturned by the New York Supreme Court.

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Here's what's happening with movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction

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New York's highest court overturned the 2020 rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein

Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a message: We're still here

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Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest

Watch as MeToo founder reacts to Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction being overturned

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Watch as MeToo Founder Tarana Burke reacts to Harvey Weinstein’s conviction being overturned.

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Lawmaker charged with burglary claims she was checking on elderly relative – by climbing through window dressed in black

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Nicole Mitchell said that she was checking on a ‘loved one’ and also retrieving her father’s ashes

Billie Eilish admits she used to hate her iconic blue hair

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‘Dude, what’s so interesting to me is that blue has always been my least-favourite colour,’ she says

ITV boss slams BBC for ‘bleating’ about cuts while blowing cash on Meghan show Suits

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He said he couldn’t understand why the BBC wanted the Amercian show

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Machine Gun Kelly hits back when asked to name mean things about Taylor Swift: ‘She is a saint’

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‘She’s very nice,’ Machine Gun Kelly says about Taylor Swift

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Millie Bobby Brown reveals her ‘ick’ for men, including fiancé Jake Bongiovi

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‘There’s something about it that just feels really pathetic,’ actress says about one of her icks

Prince William shares Charlotte’s favourite joke during surprise school visit

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The Prince of Wales shared Princess Charlotte’s favourite joke during a surprise visit to a school in the West Midlands on Thursday 25 Apil.

Matty Healy squirms at Taylor Swift question on first outing after album release

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Matty Healy has responded to a “diss track” by Taylor Swift that seems to reference the pair’s brief relationship on her new album, The Tortured Poets Department.

Prince William thanks delighted schoolboy for mental health campaign letter on surprise visit

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The Prince of Wales delighted a young boy on Thursday morning (25 April) by dropping into his school after receiving a letter last year inviting him to see their mental health initiatives.

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Taylor Swift breaks huge streaming record with The Tortured Poets Department after just one week

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The ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker also broke the platform’s record for most streamed album in a day