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The US president is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave before the riot at the US Capitol in 2021. Trump cancelled a previous deposition - an…
The London singer-songwriter was crowned the winner of the 2026 prize in Newcastle last night (Thursday October 22) for her second album, beating off competition from other shortlisted records by Paul McCartney , JADE…
The Pitch Perfect star directed, co-produced and starred in The Deb, a musical comedy that became the battleground for multiple legal battles in Australia and the US. Filmed on a $22m budget, The Deb made just $335,000…
In fairness, the bar was set pretty low: hosted without an audience – or indeed a corporate sponsor – in what looked like a broom cupboard at Abbey Road, the 2024 Mercury prize seemed to suggest the whole jig was up.…
It made the first season of the show drainingly engrossing and addictive, with a juxtaposition of family and Family that may sometimes have felt familiar, but never played out. All of the above is back in place for…
This year’s edition of the annual awards show took place at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle tonight (Thursday October 22), hosted by BBC Radio 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne. Advertisement Taking home the coveted statue for ‘…
"All the sitcoms I watched as a teenager really made me imagine that being in my early 20s would involve a lot more navigating the dating scene in the big city," he groaned. "And a lot less Googling the words 'death…
Her win – for a hugely ambitious 73-minute record that spanned big band jazz, power balladry, funk and more – caps an ongoing renaissance for a British singer who at one point was in the doldrums, lashing out publicly at…
According to the Hollywood Reporter and Variety , citing several sources, a group of actors reportedly including Callum Turner and Slow Horses' Jack Lowden, will appear in front of cameras as the secret agent this…
Skerritt died on Wednesday of natural causes, his family said, adding: "While the world knew Tom through his remarkable acting career, we knew him for his humour, curiosity, wisdom, generosity and the love he brought…