Category Archives: Entertainment

A senior executive at Netflix is among the contenders vying to become the next boss of Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster. Sky News has learnt that Emma Lloyd, the streaming giant’s vice-president,...

The creator of an AI actress has told Sky News that synthetic performers will get more actors working, rather than steal jobs. AI production studio Particle6 has ruffled feathers in Hollywood by unveiling...

Irish author Sally Rooney has told the High Court she may not be able to publish new books in the UK, and may have to withdraw previous titles from sale, because of the ban on Palestine Action. The...

Kevin Spacey is set to face civil trials at the High Court later next year, over separate lawsuits filed by three men who have accused him of sexual assault. A man called Ruari Cannon, who has waived...

Reports of a “board-level orchestrated coup” at the BBC are “complete nonsense”, non-executive director Sir Robbie Gibb has told MPs. Sir Robbie, whose position on the BBC board...

Indian film star and Bollywood icon Dharmendra has died aged 89. One of the nation’s most popular actors, he was a defining presence in Indian cinema in the 1970s and 1980s. A senior police official...

Sydney Sweeney says she finds it challenging to accept help when it’s offered to her, saying it’s viewed as a “sign of weakness”. Speaking to Sky News about her new film Christy,...

A woman has been charged with fraud offences over the alleged sale of Oasis tickets. Rosie Slater has been charged with 11 counts of fraud by false representation, Staffordshire Police said. The 32-year-old,...

A Grammy-winning rapper who “betrayed his country for money” has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, who was part of 1990s hip-hop group The Fugees,...

The Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield has died at the age of 63, his family has said. Mani’s brother, Greg, said in a post on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of...

A painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust has become the most expensive piece of modern art and the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction. The Portrait...

Do you feel like you know Alan Carr and what he would say or do? What about Taylor Swift, or even Donald Trump? The new Cambridge Dictionary word of the year for 2025 has been revealed: “parasocial”...

BBC chair Samir Shah has said there is “no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this” – after Donald Trump said he would sue the corporation for between $1bn...

The Pope met with film stars and directors at a special Vatican audience to celebrate cinema. Welcoming dozens of Hollywood icons – including Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, and Greta Gerwig, among...

“I felt scared and I felt alone and I felt entirely limited at various points in my life”, actor Jonathan Bailey says of growing up gay in school. While promoting Wicked: For Good, the...

The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a speech in a Panorama programme in 2024. The corporation said it was an “error of judgement” and the programme will “not...

Some of the biggest names in music – including Coldplay, Dua Lipa and Radiohead – have urged the government to honour a pledge to cap ticket resale prices and shutout touts. They have joined...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC as a crisis initiated by an edit of a Donald Trump speech engulfs the corporation. The organisation apologised on Monday after two of its top figures,...

After Tim Davie’s resignation announcement only a day ago, talk is turning to who could replace him and take on the highest-profile role in British broadcasting. The BBC‘s director-general...

Amid serious concerns over the editorial mistakes made by the BBC, the downfall of its leaders has been greeted with undisguised glee by many on the right of British politics. Former prime minister...