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‘Out of the frying pan and straight into hell’: Glen Campbell’s wild ride from poverty to insanity
On April 11 1966, Glen Campbell was drafted in as a last minute rhythm guitarist for a recording session with Frank Sinatra. Unable to believe that he was in the presence of his idol, he spent much of his time at the studio on Sunset Boulevard, in Los Angeles, gazing worshipfully at the man laying down the vocal for Strangers In The Night. The attention did not go unnoticed. “Who,” Sinatra hissed, “is that f______ guitar player?”
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‘Royal whore’ or feminist hero? The scandalous truth about Johnny Depp’s Jeanne du Barry
Cinema audiences can finally watch Jeanne du Barry – the sex-soaked saga of Louis XV’s mistress that premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2023. Directed by the French filmmaker Maïwenn (who also stars in the title role), it has been billed as the first step in Johnny Depp’s redemption. Wafting through Versailles in a wig and white face-paint, Depp’s role as the 18th century king is his first since the trial involving him and his former wife, Amber Heard.
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‘We are in danger of becoming too thin-skinned’: Salman Rushdie answers Telegraph reader questions
Has the near-death experience changed your writing style and did [writing Knife] prove cathartic? (From Richard Langron)
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Taylor Swift’s double album: all the Easter eggs you may have missed
Joe Alwyn can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After spending the past year being terrorised by Swifties, the British actor – who dated Taylor Swift for six years, until early 2023 – will be tentatively tuning into her double album, The Tortured Poets Department, to find he’s not actually the album’s focus at all. In fact, Matty Healy, the bad-boy frontman of the 1975 who she dated for little over a month last summer, is the project’s true villain.
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Nell Mescal doesn’t need Paul’s stardust, Blue Lab Beats are irresistible – the week’s best albums
The elephant in the room is Nell Mescal’s surname. She released her first single in 2020, having started it long before older brother Paul’s Normal People stardom (and before the siblings posted a cover duet online in lockdown). Nepo baby accusations cut deep for the 20-year-old Irish singer-songwriter: “It’s sometimes difficult to take.” She needn’t worry – her debut EP, showcasing laid-bare lyrics and technical skill, undeniably warrants recognition independently.
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How tragic ‘It girl’ Clara Bow inspired Taylor Swift
When Taylor Swift dropped the track listing for her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, there was a name at the bottom of the running order which sent Swifties scurrying off to do some internet sleuthing. Who was this “Clara Bow” – and what was it about her incandescent, yet infamous career that had attracted Swift’s empathy?
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What’s on TV tonight: Michael Portillo’s Long Weekends, Wetherspoons vs Toby Carvery and more
Michael Portillo’s Long Weekends Channel 5, 9pm After another week of train-based travelogues over on BBC Two (6.30pm), the ever-effervescent Michael Portillo is on the move again for Channel 5. In this absorbing three-part travelogue, he takes us on a trio of long weekends to some of his favourite European cities. Tonight’s first stop is the Spanish capital of Madrid: “A place that has set my heart racing since I was a boy.” Portillo revels in Madrid’s rich history and culture, sampling the res
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