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Laurent de Brunhoff, author of Babar children’s books, dies at 98

Painter and storyteller, who revived father’s picture-book series about elephant king, said he didn’t consciously write for young peopleBabar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and pr...

Laurent de Brunhoff, author of Babar children’s books, dies at 98

Painter and storyteller, who revived father’s picture-book series about elephant king, said he didn’t consciously write for young peopleBabar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and pr...

N Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-winning Native American novelist, dies aged 89

The Kiowa tribe member’s debut House Made of Dawn is credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literatureN Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel House Made of Dawn is ...

Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie on The Honeymooners, dies aged 99

Actor was the last surviving main character of the beloved comedy from television’s golden age of the 1950sJoyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actor whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners provided the perfect foil to her d...

Beyoncé rules box office at weekend with Renaissance film

Post-Thanksgiving box office is notoriously slow, but concert movie defied odds, opening in first place with $21m in ticket salesBeyoncé ruled the box office this weekend.Her concert picture, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, opened in first place with $...

Eddie Izzard’s one-person Hamlet coming to New York in 2024

The actor will play all roles in the Shakespeare play after leading a one-person Great Expectations last yearEddie Izzard is returning to a New York stage this winter for an ambitious version of Hamlet with the actor-comedian playing the only person on...

Jimmy Kimmel to host Oscars for fourth time

‘I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,’ said the late-night show, who hosted the Academy Awards in 2017, 2018 and 2023Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the...