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Charli xcx to headline her own 'party girl' festival in London next year

Charli xcx is set to put on her own festival, party girl, in London next year.

The hyperpop superstar is not only headlining her first-ever UK festival at the inaugural LIDO Festival at London's Victoria Park on Saturday, June 14, but the 'Apple' hitmaker has also selected the line-up for the day, including her 'Brat' collaborators 070 Shake, A...Read more

Lana Del Rey to headline Wembley Stadium as part of 2025 tour

Lana Del Rey has announced a 2025 UK and Ireland stadium tour.

The 39-year-old singer will play London's Wembley Stadium on July 3, as part of her biggest headline run this side of the pond.

Lana's jaunt kicks off at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on June 23 and includes stops at Glasgow's Hampden Park on June 26, Liverpool FC's ground, ...Read more

Barbara Taylor Bradford dead at 91

Barbara Taylor Bradford has died.

The author - whose best-known work, 'A Woman of Substance' sold 30 million copies after its release in 1979 and spawned seven sequels and a TV adaptation - passed away at home at the age of 91 on Sunday (24.11.24) following a short illness, "surrounded by loved ones to the very end", her publisher has announced...Read more

Dana Carvey admits Elon Musk impression isn't very good

Dana Carvey has admitted his Elon Musk impression isn't very good.

The 'Wayne's World' star has impersonated the Tesla boss on 'Saturday Night Live' but admitted it isn't his best work as the tech mogul's accent is so difficult to pin down.

Speaking on his 'Superfly' podcast, he said: "I can't do Elon Musk very well.

"But I can do something ...Read more

Keira Knightley feared her career would be 'shattered' if she was seen drunk

Keira Knightley feared her career would be "shattered" if she was photographed drunk.

The 'Love Actually' star started working as a child actress when she was six and shot to fame as a teenager and Keira revealed she deliberately avoided the party scene throughout her 20s because she was scared a picture showing her coming out of a nightclub ...Read more

Nicole Kidman 'considering move back to Australia'

Nicole Kidman is reportedly considering moving back to Australia following the death of her mother.

The Hollywood actress - who was born in Hawaii but grew up Down Under - has spent the last few years living in Nashville, Tennessee with her country singer husband Keith Urban and their two daughters Sunday, 16, and Faith, 14, but a new report ...Read more

Highlander director Chad Stahelski reveals his 'selling point' that won over Henry Cavill

Director Chad Stahelski convinced Henry Cavill to sign on to his 'Highlander' movie by pitching the historic nature of the story.

The 56-year-old filmmaker is helming the reboot of the action-fantasy franchise, and has now revealed he managed to win over the actor, 41, by pitching the project as a martial arts-focused flick that centred around ...Read more

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Mary McNamara: The never-ending appeal of the British Bad Guy

Though he has not yet been given his own detective series, Rory Kinnear is a deeply British actor. He's done Shakespeare and "Cranford," "The Thick of It" and James Bond. He's played Frankenstein's monster in "Penny Dreadful," Tolkien's Tom Bombadil in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," Winston Churchill in "The Ministry of ...Read more

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What to watch this holiday season: 'Dear Santa,' musical variety shows and a cute little owl

Here in these United States of Cognitive Dissonance, Christmas — against which there is nor has there ever been a war — is coming. If anything, it is attacking you, its troops already arrayed in drugstore aisles, advancing through catalog pages, singing its songs through supermarket speakers, with the pine and fir trees that will fill vacant...Read more

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'Gladiator II' exaggerates, but historians say the real-life Colosseum was plenty wild

Like its predecessor, "Gladiator II" is inspired by history. That doesn't mean it's bound by actual historical facts, however.

Now in theaters, Ridley Scott's follow-up to his 2000 epic "Gladiator" follows Lucius (Paul Mescal), the son of Russell Crowe's warrior Maximus, during the reign of twin emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred ...Read more

Jenna Ushkowitz gives birth

Jenna Ushkowitz has given birth to her second child.

The former 'Glee' star and her husband David Stanley - who were already parents to two-year-old daughter Emma - have welcomed a baby boy into the world and named the tot Graham.

Jenna shared a black and white photo on Instagram in which she could be seen wearing two necklaces bearing the ...Read more

Cher feared she would die from a hangover

Cher doesn't "drink much" after getting so drunk in her 20s she thought she was dying.

The 78-year-old pop superstar has revealed she cut back on her wild partying after a heavy night out when she was younger left her fearing the worst and she went to her doctor to ask if she would survive.

She told The Times newspaper: "I don't drink much" ...Read more

Wicked director Jon M. Chu wants cinema volume turned up

Jon M. Chu has insisted cinemas need to turn up the volume for screenings of 'Wicked' to allow audiences to watch the film as it was "intended".

The director has revealed a lot of movie theatres aren't cranking the levels up sufficiently and he's urged audiences to take matters into their own hands and ask for the volume to be increased when ...Read more

Russell Crowe wanted Gladiator character to come back from the dead

Russell Crowe wanted his 'Gladiator' character to come back from the dead so he could star in a sequel.

Director Sir Ridley Scott previously got together with the actor to discuss plans for a follow up to the 2000 movie and he's now revealed Russell wanted to find a way to bring back Maximus even though he died at the end of the first film.

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Olivia Munn's son made her 'stronger' as she fought cancer

Olivia Munn's son Malcolm made her "stronger" and "softer" as she fought breast cancer.

The actress welcomed her first child with husband John Mulaney in 2021 and their daughter Mei arrived in September, and she has now marked Malcolm's third birthday with a moving message in which she credited him with helping her through her health crisis ...Read more

Sean 'Diddy' Combs hit with yet another drink-spiking sexual assault allegation

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been hit with yet another graphic drink-spiking sexual assault allegation.

The rapper, 54, is awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges at a notoriously tough jail in Brooklyn, New York, and on top of the slew of cases he is already facing from alleged victims, a woman has now come forward to claim she ...Read more

Jason Momoa's Christmas doesn't start until he puts on Barbra Streisand's festive songs

Jason Momoa's Christmas doesn't start until he begins listening to Barbra Streisand's festive songs.

The 45-year-old actor has carved out a career playing movie and TV hardmen, but has now opened up about his seasonal soft side, saying he loves the 82-year-old's festive tunes and they get him in the mood for the December holiday.

He told ...Read more

Cher's younger boyfriend credited for getting her back in the studio

Cher's younger boyfriend is being credited for getting her back in the studio.

The 'If I Could Turn Back Time' singer, 78, has apparently been so "inspired" by her lover Alexander 'A E' Edwards, 38, it's the reason she has returned to making music after not releasing a fresh recording since 2013 - aside from her 2023 Christmas album.

A source ...Read more

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'Wicked' and 'Gladiator II' jolt the box office with a combined $170 million

Universal Pictures' "Wicked" needed no lessons in how to be popular at the domestic box office this weekend, opening at No. 1 to the tune of $114 million, according to studio estimates.

That's the highest opening ever for a film based on a Broadway musical, way ahead of 2014's "Into the Woods" ($31 million). "Wicked" smashed the same record ...Read more

Adele admits two-year Las Vegas residency got off to 'rocky' start

Adele has opened up about how her two-year Las Vegas residency got off to a "rocky" start.

The 'Chasing Pavements' singer, 36, mounted the gigs after a traumatic time in 2022 which saw her cancel the shows less than a day before the first one was set to kick off - and wrapped them up on Saturday (23.11.24) night with an emotional performance at...Read more