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‘Resist this’: outrage as BBC replace Mamma Mia! star with AI voiceover

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Sara Poyzer, who appears in the stage production of the Abba-soundtracked musical, sees tweet about losing voice work go viral Sara Poyzer, who stars in the stage production of the Mamma Mia! musical, claims that she has been told that her voiceover work in an upcoming BBC production will be replaced by AI. The actor’s posts on social media appear to show a screengrab from an email sent by a prod…

Fauré: Complete Piano Music album review – fresh and revealing insights into a quiet radical

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Lucas Debargue (Sony Classical, four CDs) Marking the centenary of the composer’s death, Debargue’s comprehensive survey of his piano music contains discoveries even for confirmed Fauré fans With the exception of just a handful of pieces, as well as the famous Dolly Suite for two pianos, Gabriel Fauré’s quietly expressive yet sometimes startlingly radical piano music remains unexplored territory …

Sex, Mozart and chanting monks … the 20 best Euro-pop UK hits – ranked!

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As Nena’s 99 Red Balloons turns 40, we look back at the best continental foreign-language songs that achieved cross-Channel success Shuffling French Euro-disco with vocals in Spanish and a melody line worthy of a John Barry spy thriller theme, El Bimbo might be the apotheosis of the 70s “holiday hit”, brought back from the continent as a souvenir like the musical equivalent of a straw donkey. Sti…

‘I wasn’t sure it was even possible’: the race to finish 80,000 levels of Super Mario Maker

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A small team of skilled players set themselves a near-impossible task: to complete every level of Super Mario Maker before Nintendo shut its servers. Did they manage it? On 14 March, Team 0% was close to finishing its seven-year mission to complete every single uncleared level in the 2015 Nintendo game Super Mario Maker – all 80,000 of them. Two hellish maps stood in their way: Trimming the Herbs…

Five of the best books about social media

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From online courtroom to information manipulation, social media has radically changed communication. Here are five books to help navigate it From Covid conspiracy theories to recent speculations about Catherine, Princess of Wales, social media is at the heart of how we share information, and misinformation, with one another in the 21st century. For those who want to have a better understanding of…

Harvard will remove binding made of human skin from 1800s book

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University says first owner of book by French novelist took the skin from a deceased female patient without consent Harvard University has said it will be removing the binding made of human skin from a 19th-century book held in its library because of the “ethically fraught nature” of how the unusual binding took place. The book, called Des Destinées de l’Ame (or Destinies of the Soul), has been h…

Wigmore Hall launches £10m fund in bid to be self-sustaining

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The London classical music venue announces plan against a background of arts funding cuts and in ‘an uncertain public environment for classical music’ London classical music venue Wigmore Hall has announced a £10m fund with the aim to be self-sustaining without need for public funds. It is believed to be the first major concert hall to take such a step in what a statement described as “an uncerta…

Bill Nighy: ‘I have danced naked in my front room, but you need shoes to really spin’

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The star of The First Omen takes your questions on working as a chimney sweep, finessing his perfect sandwich – and hoping to die in a hail of bullets There’s an argument that you’re the person James Bond matures into: women still want to sleep with you and men want to be you. What’s your secret? MarcoPoloMint I have no idea. I don’t get out much and I don’t identify with whomever they’re talking…

British Museum appoints new director after alleged thefts scandal

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Nicholas Cullinan, head of National Portrait Gallery, replaces Hartwig Fischer who resigned over loss of hundreds of objects The British Museum has appointed the National Portrait Gallery head, Nicholas Cullinan, as its new director, after it emerged last year that hundreds of objects had been allegedly stolen from the museum’s collection . He replaces the interim director, Sir Mark Jones, the fo…

Nico: The Marble Index/Desertshore review – an unforgettable trip to a very dark place

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(Domino) These two reissued solo albums from the German singer have a fearsome reputation – but they offer an experience like no other To say Nico is an artist more talked about than listened to is putting it mildly. In recent years, her life has been the subject of two plays, two autobiographies, a biopic and at least four songs, Low’s Those Girls (Song for Nico) and Beach House’s Last Ride amon…

The Odyssey: It’s a Really Really Really Long Journey review – Behold, Telemachus the mummy’s boy!

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Unicorn theatre, London Even a cyclops can get lonely, even a parent can make a mistake … this electric rendering of the classic is for all the family as Odysseus’s son takes centre stage ‘Wallet, phone, keys, sword,” Telemachus recites to himself as he checks his pockets. Backpack on, teddy tucked in and he’s ready to go, setting off on a grand quest to find his dad. What he doesn’t reckon on is…

Carmen review – stripped-back ballet focuses on the femicide

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Sadler’s Wells, London Given its UK premiere by English National Ballet, Johan Inger’s new version of the Bizet story cuts out cliche and embraces the bleakness – albeit at the expense of some passion Who is Carmen? A free-spirited lover, a woman bent on destruction, or a pragmatist using the only currency she has to get what she wants? In Johan Inger’s ballet, given its UK premiere by English Na…

Best podcasts of the week: Guantánamo gets the Serial treatment

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In this week’s newsletter: The all-time great podcast returns for a fourth season, investigating the infamous detention camp. Plus: five of the best hip-hop podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Serial Widely available, episodes weekly The OG of podcasting returns for an excellent fourth season, with Sarah Koenig and Dana Chivvis’s history of Guantánamo. It’s a stor…

Literary Theory for Robots by Dennis Yi Tenen review – the deep roots of AI

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A secret history of machine intelligence, from 14th century horoscopes to 1930s ‘plot genies’ for coming up with storylines Hark. The end is nigh. “In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the factory-line worker,” writes Dennis Yi Tenen near the start of Literary Theory for Robots. “Today, it has come for the writer, the professor, the physician, the programmer and the attorn…

Kung Fu Panda 4 review – Jack Black and Awkwafina in hurricane of slapstick more miss than hit

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The lead pair make a brilliant double act, but the franchise has run out of its signature sweetness and charm The cuddly kung fu master is back. Jack Black returns as dumpling-loving panda Po, the unlikeliest of lean, mean fightin’ machines. It’s been eight years since Kung Fu Panda 3, and on the evidence here, the delay can’t be put down to KFP4 being a labour of love, the product of animation s…
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