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An 1881 oil painting considered one of the defining images of French impressionism is to be sold at auction later this month. Edouard Manet’s Le Bar aux Folies-Bergere, which depicts a barmaid at the famous Parisian cabaret, recently featured at the National gallery’s Inventing Impressionism exhibition. Sotheby’s said the painting could fetch up to £20m at the sale on 24 ...

Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne will star in Harry Potter spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Warner Bros has officially confirmed. He will play pre-eminent Wizarding World magizoologist, Newt Scamander, who writes the famous Hogwarts School textbook that gives the film its title. Potter author JK Rowling is making her screenwriting debut on the film. The film’s director ...

ONE Directioners have had the WORST day after being tricked into believing that Zayn Malik would be returning to the band. Starting over night, the hashtag, #WelcomeBackTo1DZayn, began in Brazil after a One Direction documentary aired, which apparently featured Zayn claiming he would make a comeback. The hashtag soon began trending, causing worldwide despair among fans that have barely recovered ...

KIM Kardashian has expressed her excitement after announcing she is pregnant with her and Kanye West’s second child. The star sent fans into meltdown when she revealed the news publicly yesterday evening in a midseason teaser for her show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Speaking to Glamour magazine, Kim confirmed the news and said: “We are so beyond excited” The ...

Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias has been receiving treatment after two of his fingers were injured by a drone camera during a concert in Mexico. The singer had been attempting to grab the drone, used to get crowd shots during his concerts. “Something went wrong and he had an accident,” a representative for the singer revealed on Instagram. Iglesias continued to ...

A former Saved by the Bell actor has been convicted of two charges after a bar fight on Christmas Day last year during which a man was stabbed. But Dustin Diamond – who played Screech – was cleared of recklessly endangering public safety by a jury in Wisconsin. Diamond had told the US court he was defending his fiancee and ...

An Oscar and Bafta-winning costume designer who designed clothes for the Beatles and Sir Roger Moore’s James Bond has died in London, aged 94. Julie Harris died in hospital after a brief illness from a chest infection, a close friend confirmed. Harris designed clothes worn by the Beatles in the films A Hard Day’s Night and Help! and by Sir ...

Scottish artist Jack Vettriano has announced he is giving up painting for the foreseeable future due to a recent accident. He has released a statement saying that he has dislocated his shoulder and is facing a long recovery period. Mr Vettriano is one of the most popular and successful artists in the world. Paintings by the 61-year-old Fife artist, including ...

Tributes have been paid to “loveable and funny” Anne Kirkbride – during a memorial service for the Coronation Street actress at Manchester Cathedral. Stars – both past and present – of the ITV soap were among 600 people to attend the service for Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow for 42 years. She died in January, aged 60, following a battle ...

Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch has gone up for sale with a price tag of $100m (£65m), reports the Wall Street Journal. The Santa Barbara development was once home to a zoo, an amusement park and its own fire station. Much of this has gone but there is still a floral clock and a railway. Jackson bought the house in 1987 ...