There is a new genre in pop music emerging. It’s not coming from the housing estates of Tottenham, or the studios of LA. It hasn’t stumbled out of the clubs of Ibiza, or drifted into mainstream from the back streets of Rio. It isn’t radical or exciting or rebellious or loud. It is something else […]
TV fitness star Mr Motivator has opened up about the racism he encountered early in his life. The 67-year-old, whose real name is Derrick Evans, said in an early job interview in Leicester he was asked why he didn’t tell the firm he was black. He moved to the city from Jamaica aged 10, became […]
Actor Danny Masterson, best known for his role on the hit series That ’70s Show, has been charged with raping three women in the early 2000s. He is charged with raping the women, who were all in their 20s, between 2001 and 2003. Mr Masterson, 44, denies the charges and has argued that his membership […]
Dame Vera Lynn, who has died at the age of 103, was Britain’s wartime Forces’ Sweetheart, and remained one of the country’s most potent symbols of resilience and hope. With songs such as We’ll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover, she inspired both troops abroad and civilians at home during World War Two. […]
On Friday evening, Delhi-based lawyer Ishika Goon and her flatmates hunkered down at their apartment in the Indian capital, Delhi, to watch a new Bollywood film. In normal times, Ms Goon and her friends would have flocked to the neighbourhood theatre for their Friday night cinema fix. But the lockdown to stop the spread of […]
Hamilton, Les Miserables, Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera will not return to London’s West End until 2021, their producer has announced. Sir Cameron Mackintosh said “drastic steps”, including redundancies, were required if the shows are to reopen “as early as practical” next year. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said he would ask leading […]
Twilight actress Kristen Stewart will play Princess Diana in a new film about the late princess’s break-up from Prince Charles, according to reports. Stewart will star in Spencer, set in the early 1990s, which will be scripted by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, Hollywood news sites say. Director Pablo Larrain said Stewart was “one of […]
Viewers who are missing their summer Love Island fix have been sampling the Australian version – which is one of a string of reality TV imports and repeats peppering the UK’s TV schedules. The regular Love Island was cancelled because of coronavirus, so the 2018 Aussie series is now on ITV2 instead. And with filming […]
Theme parks, museums and leisure centres are working out how they could reopen safely, as lockdown restrictions ease in the UK. Even riding on a rollercoaster is going to require a face mask and social distancing when attractions open up again. Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach has decided that, on a ride on which people scream, visitors […]
ollywood’s depiction of infertility over the years has been, well, let’s say sporadic. When it does make it on to the screen, it’s usually played for laughs. Whether it’s adoption in Juno, surrogacy in Baby Mama or infertility in Raising Arizona, when it comes to women’s wombs, film execs have decided they need to throw […]