Entertainment

Aaron Dessner's work with Taylor Swift has been a boost for The National
2 July 2024

The National get influx of Taylor Swift fans at their concerts
The National's frontman Matt Berninger says Taylor Swift's fans get "bewildered" at their concerts. The American rock band have seen an influx of younger fans - mainly Swifties - since the ...

Steven Soderbergh's future film has been inspired by Taylor Swift
2 July 2024

Steven Soderbergh has taken filmmaking inspiration from Taylor Swift
Steven Soderbergh's upcoming film has been inspired by Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour. The 61-year-old director is "fascinated" by the success of the pop mega star and explained that the record-breaking ...

Kevin Costner won't judge Horizon on how the films perform at the box office
2 July 2024

Kevin Costner not concerned by Horizon's box office failure
Kevin Costner won't judge the success of 'Horizon' on box office figures. The 69-year-old star has self-financed the epic Western saga – in which he both directs and acts in – ...

Steve McQueen's Blitz will open the BFI London Film Festival this year
2 July 2024

Steve McQueen's Blitz to open BFI London Film Festival
Steve McQueen's World War II drama 'Blitz' will open the 2024 BFI London Film Festival. The 54-year-old filmmaker has written and directed the new picture that features Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson ...

Papa Roach are set to mark 25 years of 'Infest' with a one-off Wembley gig
2 July 2024

Papa Roach to Infest Wembley arena with one-off 25th-anniversary gig to celebrate seminal LP
Papa Roach are set to mark the 25th anniversary of their seminal second studio album, 'Infest', with a one-off concert at London's OVO Arena Wembley next year. The 'Last Resort' hitmakers ...

Charli XCX is not ready to put 'Brat' on the backburner just yet
2 July 2024

Charli XCX is 'only just beginning' her Brat era
Charli XCX has teased that her 'Brat' era is only just getting started. The '360' singer had a neon green wall in Brooklyn, which promoted her latest album, and was recently ...

Halsey is channelling their inner Britney Spears on new song Lucky
2 July 2024

Halsey takes fans back to Y2K with Britney Spears Lucky tribute
Halsey has honoured their pop idol Britney Spears with a cover of her noughties hit 'Lucky'. The 'Without Me' hitmaker has sampled the 2000 classic from Britney's hit album 'Oops!... I ...

The Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show is 'on pause'
2 July 2024

BBC 'forced to hit pause' on The Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show
'The Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show' has reportedly "been paused" by the BBC. The comedy chat show hosted by the husband and wife duo - which sees the married couple joined ...

Graziano Di Prima and wife Giada Lani trust each other enough not to worry about the 'Strictly' curse
2 July 2024

Graziano Di Prima and wife Giada not fazed by so-called Strictly curse
Graziano Di Prima and his wife Giada aren't fazed by the so-called 'Strictly Come Dancing' curse. The 30-year-old Sicilian dancer has been on the BBC One Latin and ballroom show since ...

Sir Ridley Scott wasn't happy with sequel approach
2 July 2024

Ridley Scott 'was never told or asked' about Alien and Blade Runner sequels
Sir Ridley Scott claims he was "never told or asked" about making sequels to 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner'. The iconic 86-year-old filmmaker insisted he didn't have the "choice" or control to ...

Lindsay Lohan has been getting 'emotional' going down memory lane at the Disney studios
2 July 2024

Lindsay Lohan felt 'like a kid again' on set of Freaky Friday 2
Lindsay Lohan felt "like a kid again" returning to the Disney set for 'Freaky Friday 2'. The 38-year-old former child star is reuniting with her screen mom Jamie Lee Curtis, 65, ...

Eminem will drop his new album next week
2 July 2024

Eminem releasing The Death of Slim Shady album next week
Eminem will release 'The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)' next week. The 'Without Me' hitmaker, 51, has revealed the release date for his highly anticipated 12th studio album alongside ...

George R.R. Martin has given fans a cryptic message about a potential Elden Ring film or TV show
2 July 2024

George R.R. Martin gives cryptic message on Elden Ring movie/ TV series
George R.R. Martin has given fans a cryptic message about a potential ‘Elden Ring’ film or TV show. The ‘Game of Thrones’ visionary worked with FromSoftware on the critically-acclaimed game, ...

Producer Avi Arad has insisted the Metal Gear Solid film is still in the works
2 July 2024

Metal Gear Solid movie still in development, producer says
Producer Avi Arad has insisted the ‘Metal Gear Solid’ film is still in the works. The movie adaptation of Konami's beloved action-adventure franchise was announced in 2020 by Sony Pictures, though ...

Final Fantasy XIV director and producer Naoki ‘Youshi P’ Yoshida has offered his 'sincere apologies' to players after 'issues' were found in the early access build of the upcoming expansion Dawntrail
2 July 2024

Final Fantasy XIV director apologises for ‘issues’ identified in Dawntrail’s early access build
‘Final Fantasy XIV’ director and producer Naoki ‘Youshi P’ Yoshida has offered his “sincere apologies” to players after “issues” were found in the early access build of the upcoming expansion ...

A planet that is home to aliens could be found in the coming decades
2 July 2024

Space boffin claims alien planet will be found in decades
A space expert is convinced that humanity will discover a planet that houses alien life in the coming decades. Astrophysicist Jessie Christiansen says that the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) - a ...

Giving children devices to stop tantrums makes their behaviour worse
2 July 2024

Digital devices to calm tantrums make a child's behaviour worse
Giving children technological devices to calm them down during a tantrum doesn't improve their behaviour. A 'digital dummy' is a common tactic used by parents to pacify their offspring but experts ...

Ancient Egyptian scribes suffered from back pain
2 July 2024

Ancient Egyptian scribes suffered back pain after sitting awkwardly for too long
Ancient Egyptian scribes suffered back pain from sitting down for too long. A new study has revealed how the repetitive tasks carried out by high-status men with the ability to write ...

Ultra-processed foods such as ice cream raise the risk of an early death
2 July 2024

Eating lots of ultra-processed foods raises early death risk
People who gorge on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are far more likely to die at a younger age. Boffins from the National Cancer Institute in the US found that older adults - ...

Charlene McKenna is a new mum
2 July 2024

Charlene McKenna welcomes first child in secret
Charlene McKenna gave birth to her first child in secret earlier this year. The 'Peaky Blinders' star and her husband Adam Rothenberg - who she married in 2021 - welcomed a ...

Gemma Collins wants to get married in a wood
2 July 2024

Gemma Collins wants a 'woodland' wedding
Gemma Collins wants a "woodland" wedding when she ties the knot with her fiance Rami Hawash. The former 'The Only Way Is Essex' star got engaged to Rami in February after ...

Jill Halfpenny thinks her late boyfriend Matt Janes is looking over her from beyond the grave
2 July 2024

Soap star Jill Halfpenny believes late partner Matt Janes is watching over her
Jill Halfpenny thinks her late boyfriend Matt Janes is watching over her from beyond the grave. The 48-year-old actress - who played Kate Mitchell on ‘EastEnders’ from 2002 to 2005 ...

Rylan Clark refuses to appear on Strictly Come Dancing, despite being offered the chance to compete
2 July 2024

Rylan Clark spurns Strictly Come Dancing offers: ‘The answer is no’
Rylan Clark won't ever compete on 'Strictly Come Dancing'. The 35-year-old TV star hosted the spin-off ‘Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two’ from 2019 to 2023, and although he has had ...

Simon Cowell is concerned that no one will audition for his new talent show to find the next big boy band
2 July 2024

Simon Cowell fears no one will audition for his new talent show
Simon Cowell is worried no one will audition for his new talent show. The 54-year-old entertainment mogul is currently looking for the next One Direction, 14 years after he formed the ...