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A Scottish town bought this bust for £5. Can its museum find £3.1m by 1 December?

Highland Council may sell a 1728 marble bust to a buyer abroad. Invergordon Naval Museum has until 1 December to raise £3.1m and keep it.

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US film

A film about OpenAI enters the Globes as a comedy. Can it win the comedy prize?

Neon has entered Artificial, a dark film about the people who run OpenAI, as a comedy at the Golden Globes. The winners are named on 10 January.

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US film

Godzilla Minus One opened with $11.4m in the US. Can its sequel open with $28m?

Godzilla Minus Zero, a sequel in Japanese, opens in North American cinemas on 6 November. The first film opened with $11.4m.

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US film

The new Hunger Games film is forecast at $60M. Will it open with $105M or more?

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping opens in US cinemas on 20 November. Early forecasts put its first weekend at $60 million or more.

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Europe music

Spain and Slovenia skipped Eurovision over Israel. Will they say yes by December?

On 28 October the European Broadcasting Union, which runs Eurovision, gave Spain and Slovenia until December to say if they will take part in 2027.

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UK language

Dictionary.com picked 'maxxing' as its word of 2026. Will Oxford pick it too?

On 26 October the American website Dictionary.com named 'maxxing' its word of the year. Oxford University Press has not named its word for 2026 yet.

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UK film

The Elizabeth Holmes documentary was a US hit. Such films opened lower in the UK.

You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder's documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, opens in UK cinemas on 20 November.

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