Continuity of Lyapunov exponents for C^r one-dimensional maps

We prove the entropic continuity of Lyapunov exponent for C^r maps of the interval or of the circle with large entropy for r>1, without making any assumptions on the set of critical points. A consequence is the upper semi-continuity of entropy at ergodic measures with large entropy. Another consequence is the uniform integrability of the geometric potential at ergodic measures with large entropy.