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You may remember the sobbing acceptance speech of Gwyneth Paltrow and Dame Judi Dench joking that she was only on screen for 20 minutes for the Academy Award winning film "Shakespeare In Love". It has now been turned into a stage production by Disney Theatrical and Sonia Friedman Productions. Tom Bateman who plays William Shakespeare and Paul Chahidi who plays Henslowe talk to Claudia about it.

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Shakespeare In Love is in preview now and taking bookings until 25th October at the Noel Coward Theatre

It's that time of year again, the beginningof the Proms Season and to guide you through the highlights is the Director of the Proms, Roger Wright.

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The Proms Season starts Friday 18th July and continutes until 13th September 2014

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1)听听 A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman听 published by Hodder & Stoughton听听听听

Ove has just been forced into retirement and is struggling to find a purpose in life, his daily inspection round of the local streets; checking the recycling bins are only being used for the correct items, removing stray bicycles and ensuring that his neighbours are obeying the rules of the Resident's Association, is no longer fulfilling, and the sadness beneath his surly pedantry begins to take hold. However, despite his best efforts, his neighbours's unexpected reluctance to leave him alone forces him to reevaluate his place in the community. T

2)听 The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob pub Bloomsbury

Amina's family emigrated from India to America when she was a baby, her only experience of her Indian family was an explosive visit when she was a young child in the 1970s which tore her father away from his mother and brother and sent them flying back to the States vowing never to return. 20 years later Amina returns to her childhood home in New Mexico at her mother's request and finds her father acting strangely, his unwillingness to talk forces Amina to delve into the mysteries of her family's painful past.

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3)听 The Falco detective series by Lindsey Davis pub Random House

These are a series of mysteries set in Ancient Rome featuring private investigator Marcus Didius Falco. They are really enjoyable mysteries, very well plotted with believable characters and set in a well realised historically accurate world. You get a real sense of how Roman society functioned at all levels and insights into every aspect of life and culture.

BOYHOOD

Director:听 Richard Linklater
Starring:听听 Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater

The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18.

Boyhood is out now and Rated 15

TRANSFORMERS:听 Age Of Extinction (3D)

Director:听听 Michael Bay
Starring:听听 Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor

A mechanic and his family join the Autobots as they are targeted by a bounty hunter from another world.

Transformers: Age of Extinction is out now Rated 12A

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BEGIN AGAIN

Director:听 John Carney
Starring:听听 Keira Knightley, Hailee Steinfeld, Mark Ruffalo, James Cordon, Adam Levine, Catherine Keener

The film follows Gretta (KEIRA KNIGHTLY) and her long-time boyfriend (ADAM LEVINE) who, seduced by dreams of making it in the big city, move to New York to pursue their passion for music. Heartbroken when he rejects her for the fame and fortune of a big solo contract, Gretta finds herself alone and far from home. Just when she鈥檚 decided to move back to London, life begins to look up when a down-on-his-luck record producer Dan (MARK RUFFALO) stumbles upon her singing during an open mic night. Captivated by her raw talent and inspiring authenticity Dan persuades Gretta to take a fresh approach to making music and together they transform the streets of New York in to their recording studio, giving the city and their careers one final shot.

Begin Again is out now and Rated 15

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DVD/BLU RAY 鈥� The Grand Budapest Hotel

Director:听听 Wes Anderson
Starring:听听 Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

The Grand Budapest Hotel is out now Rated 15

Dance Critic for The Guardian, Judith Mackrell is about to talk all things who are performing in London between 28th July and 16th August at the Royal Opera House but if you can't get to the capital you can see the company performing "La Bayadere" at cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 14th July.

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For the past five years Keira Knightley has graced our screens in numerous costumes dramas.

But now the Hollywood starlet has swapped her corset for a guitar in her new film Begin Again.

It鈥檚 a romance comedy about a singer songwriter who tries to break the New York music scene and co-stars Mark Ruffalo as her agent, Adam Levine from Maroon 5 as her love interest and James Corden as her best friend.

Anna Bailey went to meet Keira to find out more about her change of direction and how she found singing on set.

Begin Again is out in cinemas across the UK this weekend.

Irving Berlin was one of the greatest lyricists of all time.

Emma Williams and Jonathan Wilkes are the latest actors playing gun shooter Annie Oakley and the formidable Frank Butler - and our arts correspondent Thomas Magill caught up with them in Birmingham to find out what it鈥檚 like performing some of the most iconic musical tunes of all time in 鈥淎nnie Get Your Gun鈥�.

But before that - in a rare visit to the UK recently -Irving Berlin鈥檚 daughter Linda Emmett flew from her home in Paris to see the show in Oxford 鈥� and whilst there, she spoke exclusively for The Arts Show about her father鈥檚 lyrics, legacy and her memories of seeing her father鈥檚 work.

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