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Robert Benton dead: Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Bonnie and Clyde dies aged 92

Robert Benton, who won two Oscars for his work on Kramer vs. Kramer, has died at the age of 92. His longtime assistant and manager, Marisa Forzano, told The New York Times he died on Sunday, May 11...

Steve Pepoon dead: The Simpsons legend dies after struggling with heart condition

Steve Pepoon, who won an Emmy award for writing an episode of The Simpsons has died unexpectedly at the age of 68 outside his home in Paola, Kansas. He had been in treatment for a heart condition...

Killers of the Flower Moon star known for Martin Scorsese partnership dies aged 45

Actor Samuel French has died aged 45, a friend has confirmed. Best known for his role as Agent CJ Robinson in the Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone-fronted hit movie, Killers of the Flower Moon,...

Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement

Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement13 hours agoVanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsReutersCrates containing documents from Nazi Germany have been rediscovered in the basement...

Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement

Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement3 hours agoVanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsReutersCrates containing documents from Nazi Germany have been rediscovered in the basement...

Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement

Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement41 minutes agoVanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsReutersCrates containing documents from Nazi Germany have been rediscovered in the...

Indiana Jones in Glasgow: The US films you never knew were shot in UK

Indiana Jones in Glasgow: The US films you never knew were shot in UK4 hours agoAlex TaylorBBC News Culture reporter•@TayloredwordYasmin RufoBBC News Culture reporter•@YasminRufoGetty...

Doctor Who legend Julian Holloway's eye-watering will revealed as famous daughter snubbed

Details of Carry On and Doctor Who star Julian Holloway's will have been revealed with his daughter, model Sophie Dahl, being snubbed in favour of her step brother as she receives a token amount of...

Ronald Corp dead: BBC music legend dies suddenly as emotional tributes flood in

Ronald Corp OBE the acclaimed composer and conductor who worked with the BBC Concert Orchestra and appeared at the BBC Proms has died at the age of 74.This is a breaking showbiz story, the /showbiz...

The events still to come - and what you might have missed

VE Day at 80: What's to come - and what you might have missed3 hours agoRosemary McCabeBBC JournalistGetty ImagesVE Day marked the end of World War Two in Europe. Huge crowds took to the streets on 8...

VE Day at 80: What's to come - and what you might have missed

VE Day at 80: What's to come - and what you might have missed5 minutes agoRosemary McCabeBBC JournalistGetty ImagesVE Day marked the end of World War Two in Europe. Huge crowds took to the streets on...

Marks and Spencer close store in UK seaside city after 81 years

Marks & Spencer has closed its flagship store on St Nicholas Street in Aberdeen after 81 years, marking the end of an era in the Granite City and raising fresh concerns about the future of the...

VE Day memories: The mixed emotions of joy and loss among those who survived

On May 8 1945, Peter Marshall, a 20-year old Wireless Operator on Lancaster bombers was on a training sortie. As they headed back to base, he was twiddling the controls of his radio set and came...

David Beckham sends toughing message to Brooklyn as he pulls out of Met Gala during feud

David Beckham has topped off his 50th birthday celebrations with an intimate trp to the Scottish Highlands with his sons Romeo, 22, and Criz, 20. But now, the football ace has acknowledged the...

Finally after six year and one day the Second World War was over

In March 1940, in an unremarkable Birmingham University office, German-born physicist Rudolf Peierls and his Austrian-born colleague Otto Robert Frisch wrote a memorandum. In it they argued that a...

Seven things to look out for during VE Day celebrations

Red Arrows, royals and street parties: What to look out for on VE Day at 8027 minutes agoRosemary McCabeBBC JournalistGettyVE Day marked the end of World War Two in Europe. Huge crowds took to the...

Chaos as WW2 Spitfire crashes in UK village narrowly dodging power lines

A historic World War II Spitfire dramatically crash-landed in a Kent field while “practising for a VE Day event”. The aircraft plunged into a farmer’s crops after it was seen circling “for a...

Some of the hardest yards of the entire war... and they weren't on the Eastern Front

A knocked-out US Sherman along a Normandy hedgerow in June 1944 (Image: Ullstein Bild via Getty)At the end of June 1944, Lance Corporal Ken Tout was still waiting to be allocated a new Sherman tank....

How war veterans really feel about memorials – and it's not what you might think

Wreaths left following the National Service Of Remembrance At The Cenotaph (Image: Getty)Betty Webb MBE was a remarkable woman. When she died in March, aged 101, the outpouring of affection was...

How ordinary Poles are preparing for a Russian invasion

How ordinary Poles are preparing for a Russian invasion 12 hours agoWill VernonBBC NewsReporting fromWroclaw, PolandBBCAt a military training ground near the city of Wroclaw, ordinary Poles are...