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The best superhero films of 2016: how Marvel proves bigger isn't better

As the Marvel and DC universes expand, audiences were treated to more superhero flicks than you could shake a cape at. But which was the best? It might be slightly redundant to say that superhero movies have entered their baroque phase. After all, unbridled spectacle, melodrama, and ornate design elements are inherent to the genre.

The Iranian Kerouac: Ali Eskandarian and the great punk Beat novel

The year before he was murdered, alongside two members of the rock band the Yellow Dogs, the Iranian-American singer-songwriter Ali Eskandarian wrote to the man he hoped would become his publisher. He was working on a novel about someone like himself, he explained "immigrant, war child, rock'n'roller, artist trying to live in a modern

The top 10 unforgettable faces in art | Art

The top 10 sexiest artworks The top 10 criminal artists The top 10 surrealist artworks The lost, sad, daydreaming face of the barmaid in Manet's painting of Paris nightlife is the mask of a modern woman. She's alienated from her surroundings and trying to ignore the sleazy clientele who is that sinister man in

US breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murders | US crime

Country has had 38 mass shootings in which at least 203 people have died so far this year, passing previous high of 36 A series of murders over the weekend have propelled the United States to a grisly new record: the most recorded mass shootings in a year.

'Awful and fake': Oprah Winfrey hits back at false sex-trafficking rumours | Oprah Winfrey

TV presenter and philanthropist sets record straight after online rumours that her home had been raided and she had been arrested Oprah Winfrey has responded to false rumours that circulated online on Tuesday accusing her of sex trafficking and alleging that her Florida home had been raided by police.