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Big Yin Connolly lands Hobbit dwarf role
Scots vampire story sucks in film bids
Lucian Freud - by his sitter
15:27 UK time, Monday, 6 February 2012
The first big exhibition of Lucian Freud's portraits opens this week since his death. But what did it feel like to be painted by him?
10 February 2012
Last updated at 00:23 ET
Medical drama House to end run
The show, which stars British actor Hugh Laurie, will finish after the current eighth season ends. Newsbeat
No takers for Miro at London sale
A 1933 work by the Spanish artist Joan Miro fails to sell in a week that has seen other pieces sold for record prices at London auctions.
Watts lands Princess Diana role
British-born actress Naomi Watts is to portray Princess Diana in a new film believed to explore her relationship with the heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
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Arts & culture
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Mars-Jones wins Hatchet Job prize
Critic Adam Mars-Jones wins the inaugural Hatchet Job of the Year award for his scathing review of Michael Cunningham's latest book, By Nightfall.
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Art Fund Prize longlist revealed
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Taylor art auction fetches £14m
Film
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Chronicle ends War Horse UK reign
Teen science fiction film Chronicle has ended War Horse's three-week reign at the top of the UK box office chart.
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Payne named filmmaker of the year
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Tom Cruise film producers sued
Music
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Nickelback lead Juno nominations
Nickelback, Drake and Feist are among the artists nominated for more than one prize at Canada's Juno music awards.
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Don Cornelius death ruled suicide
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Arctics to play Metallica event
TV & radio
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Simpsons fans attempt TV record
Fans of the US TV show will try to break the record for marathon TV viewing this week.
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BBC warned over News Channel cuts
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Iranians 'detained for BBC links'
Watch/Listen
Ai Weiwei on his UK design
Sir Paul gets his star
DR Congo rapper on albino attacks
IRA thriller to be screened at festival
JLS unveil video and more news
Polka dot obsessed at the Tate
Gold coin hoard displayed in Poland
Russia's mystery street artistFeatures & analysis
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Oscar double
Tom Hiddleston "enormously proud" of being in two films up for best picture
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Celebrity Big Brother
What famous people did the FBI keep tabs on, and why?
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Mannequin fetish
Tough role for BBC man as film debut premieres in Berlin
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Portraits of a monarch
How photographer Cecil Beaton captured Elizabeth II
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Childish by name
Does it make economic sense for a performer to be multi-skilled?
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Radcliffe's Leading Lady
Harry Potter star is spooked in the Woman in Black
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In Pictures
Yayoi Kusama's dotty retrospective at the Tate
Quote of the Day
The Hobbit director Peter Jackson on casting Billy Connolly in a role
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Extraordinary eats
From the fried to the exotic - try out the unusual food on offer at America's state fairs
Programmes
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Dickens And India
Writer Ayeesha Menon explores India's love affair with Charles Dickens
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Talking Movies
Daniel Radcliffe on his first post-Harry Potter film - a horror called The Woman in Black
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London Calling
A series of programmes bringing the city of London to life in the run up to the Olympic Games
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