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Beyonce opens up about private heartbreak
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Crime writer Ruth Rendell dies
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Actress named ‘Most Beautiful Woman’
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X-Men favourite comes out as gay
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Kim Kardashian’s sexiest selfies
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The secret to Harry Potter’s success
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