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Amazon to unveil its $1bn bet with 'Lord of the Rings' prequel launch

Los Angeles (AFP) - Stanley Kubrick once famously said that J.R.R.Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of novels was unfilmable.

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Leon Vitali obituary

British actor who went on to work for the film director Stanley Kubrick as an assistant, casting adviser and ‘sort of gatekeeper’

The Guardian - UK

Five times fashion paid homage to Stanley Kubrick

As Gucci unveils its latest campaign based on the work of the legendary director, we take a look back at key Kubrick-inspired fashion moments

Evening Standard

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Leon Vitali, long-time Stanley Kubrick collaborator and actor, dies aged 74

Vitali, who starred in Barry Lyndon, died on Saturday in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones including his three children, Masha, Max and Vera

Evening Standard

Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick's right-hand man, dies at 74

Leon Vitali, the “Barry Lyndon” actor who became one of Stanley Kubrick’s closest associates, has died

The Independent UK

Leon Vitali death: Stanley Kubrick film ‘mainstay’ dies, aged 74

Vitali worked closely with ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ filmmaker throughout his career

The Independent UK

Issey Miyake obituary

Fashion designer whose innovative hi-tech creations were inspired by the ancient principles of Japanese clothing

The Guardian - UK

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Alan Cumming: ‘Men have a difficult time controlling our desire’

Alan Cumming has worked with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls – now he’s starring in a dance show about Scotland’s most famous poet. He talks to Sarah Crompton about male desire, why Marvel films confuse him, and casting for the new James Bond

The Independent UK

TV tonight: watch oncologists perform high-stakes operations

Cancer patients receive pioneering treatment at the Royal Marsden. Plus: a powerful documentary about teenagers hooked on gambling. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Joe Turkel dead: The Shining and Blade Runner actor dies aged 94

Joe Turkel had more than 100 film and TV credits to his name

Evening Standard

This nuke-crazy general changed history

Think Michael Flynn is weird? Consider Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general famously parodied in "Dr. Strangelove"

Salon

20 best film noirs: From Double Indemnity to Shadow of a Doubt

Rain-streaked streets, femmes fatales, hard-boiled gumshoes and antiheroes fated to die... Graeme Ross presents his pick of the 20 greatest film noirs of the classic era

The Independent UK

Lolita at 60: Stanley Kubrick’s daring drama is a deft tightrope act

The first, and greatest, adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s troubling 1955 novel still possesses a strange and unnerving power

The Guardian - US

UK cinema chain cancels screenings of ‘blasphemous’ film after protests

Cineworld cancels all showings of The Lady of Heaven after branches were picketed by Muslim activists

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Colin Cantwell obituary

Artist and designer who created spaceships, stations and vehicles, including the X-wing starfighter, for the Star Wars films

The Independent UK

Colin Cantwell: Concept artist behind the Death Star

Cantwell lent his talents to Star Wars and other juggernauts of the sci-fi world, including ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

The Guardian - AU

Colin Cantwell, Star Wars designer behind the X-Wing and Death Star, dies aged 90

The creator behind several iconic Star Wars ships also worked on 2001: A Space Odyssey and assisted in broadcasting the 1969 moon landing

The Guardian - UK

‘Would you ask Gene Kelly that?’: defiant Tom Cruise dazzles Cannes

A hero’s welcome met the star of two Top Guns and countless Mission: Impossible movies as he took part in a toothless Q&A carried by that mega-watt grin

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The Independent UK

Jack Nicholson: Resurfaced video shows actor moments before Stanley Kubrick filmed The Shining axe scene

Clip shows actor getting into the mindset of Jack Torrance

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: The Duke and other great heist movies

Roger Michell’s delightful art-theft romp starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren joins robbery classics from The Lavender Hill Mob to Rififi and Widows

Inverse

The most enthralling sci-fi movie on HBO Max is disappearing this week

In 2014, 'Godzilla' finally made western audiences see what unfathomable terror Japan's greatest monster has always represented.

The Independent UK

12 awful performances in brilliant movies, from Hugh Grant to Jake Gyllenhaal

Ever see a great movie undone by one slightly askew element? Adam White curates 12 times actors nearly sank their entire boats

The Guardian - UK

‘Colour is in my blood!’: the vivid life of artist Sheila Hicks

She was taught by Josef Albers, bought rugs for Stanley Kubrick, and lives where Dr Guillotin experimented with his equipment. Yet, at 87, there’s only one person the great textile artist wants to impress

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Bruce Willis's Razzies award rescinded following aphasia diagnosis

The founders of Razzies rescind the satirical award they created to poke fun at Bruce Willis for his body of work in 2021 following the actor's family revealing he is retiring due to a brain disorder.

The Conversation

A warning about popular love songs aimed at young girls

The love and break-up songs that abound on the internet almost exclusively target young girls and teenagers, who play them over and over again, ensconced in the intimacy of their bedrooms.

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