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Madonna is still in the spotlight 45 years after bursting onto the pop scene in the 1980s, inspiring fashion, dance and youth culture, as well as being the world\\u2019s best-selling female artist of all time. Author of the biography Madonna: A Rebel Life, Mary Gabriel explores what\\u2019s behind her enduring influence and music critic Pete Paphides assesses last night\\u2019s Celebration tour performance, rescheduled after her recent serious health scare.

The latest film from director Martin Scorcese focuses on the Osage Nation community, who back in the 1920s had become rich overnight when oil was discovered beneath their land in Oklahoma. Based on a true story, Killers of the Flower Moon sees an improbable romance develop between Leonardo DiCaprio\\u2019s Ernest and Lily Gladstone\\u2019s indigenous Mollie, as members of her Osage tribe are murdered under mysterious circumstances, killings which are investigated by what was to become the FBI.

Published in 2015, Adam Sisman wrote what is considered to be the definitive biography of John le Carr\\xe9. What he left out about the author befits a Cold War spy novel: he was secretive, self-mythologizing and even deceptive. Sisman\\u2019s new book, The Secret life of John le Carr\\xe9, reveals for the first time the frustrating process of writing a biography about the writer who hid his infidelities and inconsistencies.

The Forward Prizes are among UK and Ireland\\u2019s most coveted poetry awards. These include best poetry collection, first collection, single poem - written and, new for this year, best single poem \\u2013 performed. Tonight in Leeds the judges will announce the winners as Front Row is on-air - and we should know who has won the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem \\u2013 Written, and be able broadcast the poet reading it.