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Chaos, connection and catastrophic cringe: The best karaoke scenes in movies

As Sandra Hüller takes to the mic for a rendition of 'Sign of the Times' in sci-fi blockbuster 'Project Hail Mary,' Euronews Culture looks back at cinema's most memorable karaoke scenes.

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Queer as Folk creator Russell T Davies questions Heated Rivalry’s ‘revolutionary’ tag

TV showrunner bristled at fans comparing the hit Canadian series to his Nineties drama about gay men in Manchester

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Hit Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin to be adapted for the stage by Russell T Davies

Showrunner Russell T Davies will serve as an executive producer

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Russell T Davies and Pet Shop Boys collaborate on new Channel 4’s It’s A Sin production

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Russell T Davies’s hit TV series It’s a Sin to be adapted as ‘visceral’ dance show

New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers

The Guardian - UK

Russell T Davies and Pet Shop Boys to reimagine It’s A Sin as dance production

Davies, 62, created the award-winning TV series in 2021.

Evening Standard

Ron Howard, Emma Rice, Neil Tennant and more on Liza Minnelli: ‘She holidayed in my Cornish bungalow’

The showbiz legend has spent her whole life in the spotlight. As she turns 80, her friends and collaborators share their stories from Hollywood singalongs to acid house raves

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“I lay on my floor one night and wrote the whole thing": 40 years on – the making of West End Girls

From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station… Here's all the ups, downs, history, mystery, studio secrets and more of Pet Shop Boys' biggest hit

MusicRadar

‘Men explicitly loving men is so threatening to the status quo’: why are gay male pop stars being shut out of the music industry?

Not long ago, artists such as Lil Nas X and Olly Alexander were ruling pop. But success has stalled as acts face industry obstacles and rising homophobia. What now?

The Guardian - UK

Dave Ball of Soft Cell Dies 'Peacefully in His Sleep' at Age 66, Cause of Death Remains Undisclosed

Dave Ball, one-half of synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died peacefully at age 66. Tributes from Marc Almond and collaborators highlight his lasting impact on pop and electronic music ahead of the band's upcoming 'Danceteria' album.

International Business Times UK

Battleship Potemkin review – Eisenstein’s explosive movie still burns bright

With a new score by Pet Shop Boys, the Russian director’s masterpiece remains a stunning paean to revolution

The Guardian - UK

Pet Shop Boys, freaks and witches: the strange genius of Jack Bond and Jane Arden

Bond, who died in December, made some of the most original films in British cinema history – particularly the unsettling films he and Arden made together in the 1960s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

“Nobody ever asks Pet Shop Boys if they can play the piano”: Pop masterminds Saint Etienne have great news for anyone who can’t play an instrument

About to release their last album, the band reminisce on their 13-album career and why not being able to play is actually “an asset"

MusicRadar

‘The giant penis took shape easily, as I passed through a village called Three Cocks’: meet the artist athletes drawing with GPS

From the phallus on a Welsh hillside, to a huge portrait of Chappell Roan, these Strava runners, riders and skaters have been busy …

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Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant says copy of Smash Hits inspired him to go classical

Sleep Of Reason, which Tennant will release with Mark Springer, will see him sing over classical arrangements.

MusicRadar

"Our song about a guy angry after a break-up is really about Putin and the former Soviet republics": The Pet Shop Boys' Russian lament - Neil Tennant talks war and more

As one of the biggest Western bands in Russia, and as an ex-Editor himself, Tennant’s new Russian reminiscences make remarkable reading

The Guardian - UK

‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’: Neil Tennant’s love affair with Russia – before the ‘cancer of Putin’

They played Red Square, launched MTV Russia and got driven home from a gay club by the police. But the freedoms witnessed by Pet Shop Boys have been crushed. Singer Neil Tennant relives those heady days – and calls for a revolution

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Jack Bond obituary

Film director and producer who worked with Salvador Dalí and the Pet Shop Boys

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Taylor Swift soap, saucy socks and Pet Shop Boys tea sets: it’s the culture Christmas gift guide 2024

From a Snoop Dogg firepit to a sweater celebrating the brutalist genius of Preston bus station, here are 40 fabulous festive suggestions for the culture vulture in your life

Evening Standard

There is so much excitement swirling round: Strictly stars prepare for Blackpool

The special of the BBC dancing show will feature an appearance from Pet Shop Boys.

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter win big at MTV EMAs as Liam Payne receives emotional tribute

Liam Gallagher, Busta Rhymes, Pet Shop Boys too receive top prizes

The Guardian - UK

MTV Europe awards: Taylor Swift, Raye and Pet Shop Boys are big winners in Manchester

Swift wins best artist award for third time as Liam Gallagher, Calvin Harris and Sabrina Carpenter also triumph

Evening Standard

Stars to battle it out at MTV EMAs in Manchester

Charli XCX, Raye and Dua Lipa are among the nominees.

MusicRadar

Is this the most English piece of band merch of all time?

Pet Shop Boys now have their own fine bone china tea set

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Brew were always on my mind: Pet Shop Boys release new tea set

As part of a new line of merchandise marking 40 years of Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe celebrate the humble cuppa

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