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    Frank Sinatra

    January

    Fireworks light up the sky over Munich, Germany.

    World revels, but wars cast shadow over New Year festivities

    Midnight advanced from one time zone to the next starting with Oceania, then the rest of Asia and the Middle East, followed by Europe, Africa and the Americas. 

    • Thomas Beaumont

    August 2023

    Taylor Swift in concert in Los Angeles this week. The artist is among the stars on the Universal Music label.

    Google and Universal Music negotiate deal over AI ‘deepfakes’

    The goal is to develop a tool for fans to create these tracks legitimately, and pay the owners of the copyrights for it. Artists would have the choice to opt in.

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    • Anna Nicolaou and Madhumita Murgia

    February 2023

    Raquel Welch

    Raquel Welch, actress and ’60s sex icon, dead at 82

    When Playboy in 1998 named the 100 sexiest female stars of the 20th century, Welch came in third – right after Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield.

    • Anita Gates

    November 2019

    Clive James, born October 7 1939, died November 24 2019.

    Clive James: Australian-born man of letters

    Clive James. Australian-born man of letters who invented modern television criticism and as a natural performer became a star of the medium himself.

    • The Daily Telegraph