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BBC Big Night In: Prince William jokes he hasn't seen Tiger King as he 'avoids shows about royalty'

Comedy sketch also saw Stephen Fry reprise one of his most famous Blackadder characters




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BBC Big Night In: All the talking points, from Little Britain's controversial comeback to Prince William's comedy sketch

Lenny Henry, Catherine Tate and many more famous faces starred in the fundraiser




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The Offspring cover 'Here Kitty Kitty' from Tiger King's Joe Exotic

'Here Kitty Kitty' references Exotic's claim that Carole Baskin killed her late husband and fed him to a tiger




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Trevor Noah says working for Trump is like 'being married to Carole Baskin'

'One foot wrong and you don't know what could happen'




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Tiger King: Joe Exotic's husband Dillon Passage says imprisoned star wants Carole Baskin 'caught for killing her husband'

Baskin has denied any involvement in the disappearance of her ex-husband




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Walking Dead star Tom Payne says he was 'kind of over' show by the time he left

Actor claimed everyone in the show is 'waiting for their time to shine'




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Tiger King: Sia performs Megan Thee Stallion 'Savage' parody about Joe Exotic

Sia's video stars dancer Maddie Ziegler and stylist Tonya Brewer




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Talking Heads: Jodie Comer and Martin Freeman to star in Alan Bennett's BBC revival

'Talking Heads' was first broadcast in 1988 and 1998




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MasterChef star John Torode causes fire live on This Morning cooking segment

Chef inadvertently started a blaze in his kitchen as Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield looked on in shock




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Tiger King: Amanda Knox condemns 'rush to judgement on Carole Baskin'

'What do I know of Carole Baskin – or any of these people – aside from what I've seen in this documentary?'




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I Think You Should Leave: the shortform sketch show breaking the rules of TV

TV has always been bound by rules, writes Isobel Lewis. But given our apparently decreasing attention spans, why has shortform not become the norm?




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One Tree Hill's Hilarie Burton says she feels 'guilt' over not speaking out about sexual harassment sooner

Actor said she did not make her accusations public at first for fear of being labelled a 'troublemaker'




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Tiger King: Joel McHale responds to 'weird' backlash over Joe Exotic question in Netflix special

Comedian said he got 'such s***' for suggesting tiger trader deserves his prison sentence




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Hafthor Julius Bjornsson: Game of Thrones star says he 'could have done more' after breaking deadlift world record

He lifted one kilogram more than previous record holder to earn the feat




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Tiger King star Carole Baskin tricked into first interview since show aired

Sanctuary owner has avoided the media after revealing she was unhappy with how she was portrayed on the show




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Tiger King: Louis Theroux says he 'liked' Joe Exotic

'Joe may have started with good intentions but he lost his way'




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Nicolas Cage to play Tiger King star Joe Exotic in new scripted TV series

Cat trader previously said he wanted Brad Pitt to portray him




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Tiger King: John Finlay stars in advert for animal print emergency prep kit

Finlay was married to Joe Exotic during filming of 'Tiger King'




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Tiger King's Joe Exotic reportedly set to ask Trump for a presidential pardon

US president had previously suggested he would 'take a look' at the scandalous case




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Coronavirus: The Masked Singer costume designer is making PPE for NHS staff

'I have just got to keep going, making sure other people are going to be alright,' said Tim Simpson




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Tiger King's 'Texas-sized' team asks Donald Trump to pardon Joe Exotic

Joseph Maldonado-Passage was sentenced in January to 22 years in prison




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Car Seat Headrest: Making a Door Less Open review – Will Toledo in yet another guise

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The indie maverick is a purveyor of all styles on his studiously eclectic 12th album

There’s a strange psychological cross-pollination going on behind the mask that Will Toledo, the artist mostly known as Car Seat Headrest, sports on the cover of his 12th album. Indulging an alter ego called Trait, Making a Door Less Open seeks out deliberately eclectic hybrids of his wry, lo-fi indie rock style (heir to the likes of Beck, Lou Barlow and Eels) and the satirical EDM he and his drummer Andrew Katz make as 1 Trait Danger. The result is much better than anyone who’s heard the latter, who often veer perilously close to a Bloodhound Gang remix project, might expect: Can’t Cool Me Down has a sultry 80s electropop feel, while the roil of self-deprecation and naked emotion on There Must Be More Than Blood underlines Toledo’s debt to LCD Soundsystem.

The new styles don’t all gel. The sleazy, fuzzy synth-rocker Hollywood is pleasingly punchy, but brought down by facile lyrics (apparently Tinsel Town isn’t the dreamland it’s cracked up to be – who knew?). Two sister songs – the lumpen alt-rock Deadlines (Hostile) and the Hot Chip-with-extra-dour Deadlines (Thoughtful) – fail to charm, while What’s With You Lately is a wan, mopey strum that seems to have wandered in from an entirely different, very bad record. But on the likes of the pulsing, uplifting Famous and Life Worth Missing, Toledo finds new energy.

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Car Seat Headrest: Making a Door Less Open review – cult indie star in middle of the road | Alexis Petridis' album of the week

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Will Toledo’s alt-rockers have emerged out of lo-fi fuzz, but seem unsure of where to turn as they drift toward the mainstream

Anyone wondering how things have changed in the world of lauded US alt-rockers Car Seat Headrest might consider the four years that separate Making a Door Less Open from their last album of new material. Ordinarily there would be nothing unusual about that gap – but in the first four years of Car Seat Headrest’s existence, its mastermind, Will Toledo, released seven albums (one of them a two-hour double), four EPs (one of them as long as an album) and two compilations of outtakes. That’s more than 150 songs and 12 hours of music: a lo-fi spewing forth of ideas that won Toledo a cult following, which then grew exponentially, both in size and rabidity, when he recruited a band and signed to the august US indie label Matador.

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Drake: Dark Lane Demo Tapes review – rap’s whingeing king hits a dead end

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There are flashes of skill and rawness in this odds-and-ends mixtape but it feels like a clumsy lunge at commercial success

In a world where the boundary between mixtapes and albums is becoming ever more blurred, the title of Drake’s latest album highlights its interstitial nature. That said, it’s still slightly misleading. There are tracks here that sound like demos – the mopey James Blake-isms of Chicago Freestyle are audibly unpolished – but for the most part, it ’s a way of collecting up leftovers and leaks, spare tracks he apparently has lying around the studio.

Those inclined to view Drake’s career with a cool eye might be surprised he has any spare tracks lying around the studio, given the state of his last album. Listening to Scorpion, 25 songs long, required a certain degree of mental stamina: you needed to steel yourself against the panicky sensation that you might die of old age before it ended. But it wasn’t the sheer quantity that was the problem so much as the quality of what was there. Scorpion had its moments but was so hopelessly uneven that it was easy to buy into the theory that its length was not due to its author’s teeming multiplicity of fantastic ideas, but an attempt to game the streaming services: more songs means more streams, more streams means a higher chart placing.

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By making Florida his official residence, Trump may also have made legal mess...


By making Florida his official residence, Trump may also have made legal mess...


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Ocean Plastic Once Choking Chile's Shores Now in Patagonia's Hats

A startup is recycling tons of discarded fishing nets throughout Chile. Is this a template for tackling the global plastic waste problem?




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Asic looking at new investment product offered by Dunk Island developer Mayfair 101

Corporate watchdog’s move comes after a court earlier banned Mayfair 101 from advertising two other products

The corporate watchdog is looking into a new investment product issued by Mayfair 101, the group that has bought the cyclone-ravaged Dunk Island resort, after alleging in court that it had misled people by comparing its previous offerings to bank term deposits.

On Thursday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued a general warning against advertisements that compare fixed-interest products to bank term deposits as part of a broader crackdown on potentially misleading marketing by investment groups.

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David Sedaris: 'Alan Bennett's Talking Heads is pretty much the best thing ever'

The comic essayist on crying over Olive Kitteridge, his love for Richard Yates and the books that make him laugh

The book I am currently reading
Hidden Valley Road. It’s a nonfiction book about a family with 12 children, half of whom turn out to be schizophrenic. In the opening pages the mother sews a live bird’s eyes shut. And she’s one of the few who isn’t mentally ill!

The book that changed my life
Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions. A friend read it out aloud to me when we were hitchhiking across America in 1976, and it made me think:That’s right – books! After high school I had forgotten about them. As soon as I got a stable address, I secured a library card, and started making up for lost time.

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Who plays Aadi in Coronation Street? Meet new actor Adam Hussain taking over from Zennon Ditchett

Hussain made his debut on Wednesday's show




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Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague accused of 'breaking lockdown rules' after travelling back to Manchester

The pair were previously spending the lockdown period at Hague's family home




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Sam Smith: I'm liking myself for the first time

The singer wrote new music while exploring their "gender" and "queerness"




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Mike Beckingham: My brother Simon Pegg is 'incredibly supportive' of my acting career

Beckingham's older brother Pegg has been a "sound board" for him as he navigates the industry




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Meet the Insta-cooks making a meal of lockdown

The world of online cookery has stepped up its game




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All the striking winning images from the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards

The overall winner will be announced in June




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The Tiger King Joe Exotic's pink sequin shirt has been put on eBay

Get it while you can, before Carole Baskin does!




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You can now virtually explore the USA's most breathtaking National Parks - here's how

A new era of travel is here




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How to follow along with Raymond Blac's virtual cooking lesson this weekend

The Michelin-starred chef is making a three-course spring feast




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Feline fantasia: why Tiger King is the fiery fashion inspiration nobody knew they needed

Take a walk on the wild side




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These are the bread recipes people are making across the world, according to Pinterest

Forget sourdough, how about Japanese brioche or Navajo bread?




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Jane Fonda is making limited-edition personalised tracksuits for Covid-19

They're a sure-fire way to up your WFH game




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Why you should consider taking a vitamin D supplement in lockdown

Health experts have reissued guidelines on the supplement as the population faces more time indoors




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Meghan Markle's wedding dress designer on the "trust and intimacy" involved in the making of the dress

As she prepares to depart Givenchy, Claire Waight Keller reveals what went on behind the scenes




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The best apps for walking to keep moving

From discovering new routes to earning virtual coins, these apps will keep you going




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What to do if you're worried you're drinking too much during lockdown

You're opening the rosé at 4pm and have introduced Margerita Mondays, what started as a WFH novelty can easily spiral. What to do if you are concerned about your drinking...




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How Normal People highlights the importance of speaking about men's mental health

The new BBC show tackles male mental health in a carefully nuanced way. Laura Hampson explains why it's compulsory viewing




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Coronavirus travel: Expert advice on how to deal with refunds and booking cancellations

Holidays have been ruined, future bookings hang in the balance and Brits are still stranded overseas. We asked Holly Rubenstein, host of The Travel Diaries podcast, for help...