A comedian who died in a car crash months before he was due to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe has been honoured with the first ever Victoria Wood award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards....
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Louis Theroux: Anxious TV bosses should stop playing it safe
The presenter said his documentaries had often been about “morally fraught” people whose stories “made me nervous”. But he said broadcasters like the BBC now had “a temptation to lay low” and avoid difficult...
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Britney Spears on Sam Asghari divorce: ‘I couldn’t take the pain anymore’
Mr Asghari, 29, cited “irreconcilable differences” in a divorce petition filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday. He asks that spousal support and payment of legal fees be paid by Ms Spears, the documents state....
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Jon Batiste: Opening portals to new musical worlds
In April 2022, Lenny Kravitz was reading out the nominees for album of the year at the Grammy Awards. Their wish came true. Batiste took home the night’s biggest prize, beating high-profile releases by...
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Two Doors Down creator Simon Carlyle dies aged 48
The creator of BBC One comedy series Two Doors Down, Simon Carlyle, has died aged 48, his manager has confirmed. Louise Thornton, head of commissioning at BBC Scotland, said staff were “deeply saddened” to...
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Robbie Robertson, leader of The Band, dies aged 80
Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriter for Canadian-American group The Band, has died aged 80. A statement from his manager said he died on Wednesday surrounded by his family after a long illness. The Band...
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Microphone thrown by Cardi B makes $100k for charity
Two weeks after rapper Cardi B hit the headlines for throwing a microphone into a crowd, that mic has been sold on eBay for almost $100,000 (£78,500). It was auctioned by the owner of...
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Scary new ‘Exorcist: Believer’ teaser brings Ellen Burstyn back to the original franchise 50 years later.
The Oscar-winner made her onscreen return in the film’s first trailer on Wednesday, reprising her iconic role of Chris MacNeil, an actress who is forever haunted by her daughter Regan’s (Linda Blair) possession as seen in...
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Mourners say final goodbyes to Sinéad O’Connor
People cheered, clapped and threw flowers as the funeral cortege passed by. The 56-year-old was best known for her 1990 single Nothing Compares 2 U, which catapulted her to worldwide fame. O’Connor died at...
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Strictly’s Shirley Ballas’s charity zipwire for suicide prevention
Strictly’s Shirley Ballas has whizzed down a zipline to raise funds for a suicide prevention charity after her brother took his own life. She completed the zipwire challenge at Penrhyn Quarry, Gwynedd, and now...
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