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Hollywood stars ‘left fuming that prestigious Cannes Film Festival is no longer celebration of cinema’ as once exclusive event is overwhelmed by host of influencers and reality TV stars

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Cannes Film Festival has long been regarded as a highly prestigious Hollywood affair, hosting a carefully chosen selection of films for hotly-anticipated premieres.

However, in recent years the annual event has come under fire for its less than VIP guest list as social media influencers have descended on the resort town.

Though usually reserved for the Hollywood elite, an array of influencers, wannabe TV stars, reality TV personalities and models have increasingly scored tickets to the previously exclusive festival.

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Pictures that’ll put stars in your eyes! The 2024 winners of prestigious Milky Way photo competition revealed, from bizarre rock formations in Utah to stunning mountains in New Zealand

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Talented photographers are putting stars in our eyes.

Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has revealed the 25 best photos of the Milky Way for 2024 in its annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year awards.

The winners are released each May during peak ‘Milky Way season’, when the stars can best be captured in all their glory.

This year’s list was selected from more than 5,000 entries taken in 15 countries from the U.S to New Zealand, with

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Crufts 2024: World’s most prestigious dog show kicks off as pooches and their owners make a very stylish arrival on day one of the competition

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The most prestigious canine competition in the world has kicked off in Birmingham – featuring some very stylish looks from pooches and their owners.

Day one of Crufts 2024 saw pets from all around the world arrive to compete in categories such as agility and obedience, with the world-class Best In Show title to be awarded on Sunday. 

One Pyrenean mountain dog showed off some impressive balance and prowess as she was seen excitedly measuring up to give kisses to

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The awe-inspiring winners of a prestigious nature photo contest, from a shot of a crocodile attack to a picture of a prancing polar bear cub… which is YOUR favourite?

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Dramatic cloud formations over a Chilean mountainscape, a crocodile devouring a wildebeest and a polar bear cub prancing over an ice shelf.

These are some of the scenes captured by the winners of All About Photo (AAP) magazine’s nature photography contest, a prestigious awards that celebrates photographers who ‘beautifully capture the essence of nature, highlighting the magnificence of landscapes, wildlife, and flora and fauna’.

It’s the first nature-themed contest organised by AAP, a monthly online magazine that endeavours to

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Beatrice’s very well-connected in-laws! Edo’s mother found love again with a prestigious sculptor after her second husband’s tragic death at Glastonbury – while his step-sister designed sets for The Crown

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When she married Edoardo Mappelli-Mozzi in 2020, Princess Beatrice became the first of Queen Elizabeth’s descendants to become a step-mother.

And it’s clear the royal, 34, is committed to being a blended family proudly watching as step-son Wolfie, seven, walk down the aisle as a pageboy at Edo’s step-sister’s wedding to Raoul de Lantsheere on Sunday.

Beatrice’s 22-month-old daughter daughter, Sienna, was a flower girl to her step-aunt Phoebe Williams-Ellis, but the royal family were not the only very well-heeled

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Stunning images from a prestigious colour photo awards – including a shot of a rare black panther

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These gifted photographers are showing their true colours.

Their extraordinary work has been awarded in a contest that sets out to celebrate ‘today’s most remarkable colour images’ – the 2023 Colour Photography Contest run by Refocus Awards, a digital platform for photographers. 

The contest is divided into two sections – professional and amateur photography – with prizes handed out in individual categories such as ‘Wildlife’, ‘Landscapes’ and ‘Travel’ across each.

This year, entrants from 69 countries worldwide submitted their

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England’s best places to eat, sleep and visit in 2023 named in prestigious annual awards

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England’s best places to stay, its standout restaurants and its most unbeatable tourist attractions have been named in the 2023 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence.

The finalists were selected from hundreds of tourism businesses across England including hotels, self-catering accommodation, B&Bs, glamping operators, pubs and museums. Judges narrowed it down to 16 overall winners, which were announced during an awards ceremony at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter on June 8, hosted by hotel inspector

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From Wyoming to Western Australia, the 2023 winners of a prestigious Milky Way photo competition

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These talented photographers are reaching for the stars.

Their work has been awarded in the annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition run by the photography blog Capture the Atlas.

Selected from more than 3,000 photographs, this year’s 25 winning images were captured everywhere from Western Australia’s Pinnacle Desert to the Wind River Range mountains of Wyoming.

Capture the Atlas says: ‘Photographing the Milky Way is a marvellous experience. Modern cameras can capture vibrant details and

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England’s best places to eat, sleep and visit in 2022 named in prestigious VisitEngland Awards

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England’s best places to stay, its most excellent eateries and most riveting tourist attractions have been named in the 2022 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence.

The finalists were selected from hundreds of tourism businesses across England including hotels, self-catering accommodation, B&Bs, glamping operators, attractions, restaurants, pubs, and museums. Judges narrowed it down to 19 overall winners, which were announced during an awards ceremony at the Library of Birmingham on June 8, hosted by broadcaster and author Clare Balding.

One of the

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The height of creativity! The incredible winners of a prestigious skyscraper design contest revealed

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The sky’s the limit for this creative batch of designers. 

The winners of the 2022 Evolo Skyscraper Competition have been revealed, celebrating ‘visionary ideas’ that ‘challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments’.

U.S architecture and design magazine Evolo has been running the prestigious competition since 2006. This year the jury chose from over 400 futuristic skyscraper designs, but the entries that impressed them the most dealt with themes such as global

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