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"A portrait is kind of a document of the relationship between the artist and the sitter, and when that chemistry works, you sense it in the painting."

Skydance-owned Paramount has completed its $81bn (£61bn) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery - bringing together the two media giants under a combined company.

Riverdance star Michael Flatley has said his "heart is broken" following the death of his wife, Niamh O'Brien, at the age of 52. 

A notebook containing lyrics by Freddie Mercury has sold for £277,000 at auction.

Dame Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86, her family has said in a statement.

Naomi Campbell has overturned a ban on her being a charity trustee after a tribunal ruled she had been "deceived".

A set of unheard archive Oasis recordings have been pulled from sale after the band filed legal proceedings against a former sound engineer, his son and the auction house.

The BBC licence fee should be reformed so it is no longer "linked to a TV" and coupled with a price drop, MPs have recommended.

Lionel Messi was on the scoresheet as he played his final game for Argentina on an emotional evening in Buenos Aires.

The risk to the UK from plague is very low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.

Skydance-owned Paramount has completed its $81bn (£61bn) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery - bringing together the two media giants under a combined company.

A plane crash in Nigeria killed all 25 on board, the country’s air force said.