Mariah Carey set to headline Powderham music festival in Devon
Best-selling female solo artist Mariah Carey has been announced as the third headliner for a music festival. Live at Powderham organisers said the singer would bring her Firefly summer tour to Powderham Castle in Devon on 27 June 2027, alongside special guests Sugababes, with additional support from R&B group Eternal. The All I Want For […]
James Bond: What we know so far about the next 007 film
The movie will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, known for Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 and the recent Dune trilogy starring Timothée Chalamet. “Some of my earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007,” the French-Canadian director said last year. “I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr. No with […]
Pyre: Indian film on elderly couple’s love and loneliness won 18 awards – now it’s wowing audiences
Despite the bleak setting and the weight of the topics covered, Pyre is suffused with humour. The central couple are delightful. Like many long-married spouses, they seem to treat bickering as a love language. Kapri, who is from Uttarakhand, got the idea for the film in 2018 after meeting an 84-year-old man in Munsiyari, a […]
Monty Don bids ‘final goodbye’ to Gardeners’ World after two decades
Details of the next series of Gardeners’ World will be announced at a later date, the BBC noted in a statement ahead of Don’s farewell. His successor has not yet been named. Bookmakers and viewers have pointed to regular co-presenters like Frances Tophill and Adam Frost as top contenders, though Tophill has played down expectations […]
Married at First Sight UK: Relief, tears and sadness – how cast reacted to Channel 4 show being axed
“I’m delighted and so relieved no-one else will have to go through the same again.” That’s what one woman – who alleged she was raped on Married at First Sight UK – texted to me, as the news broke that the show was being cancelled. Another woman, who also says her on-screen husband raped her, […]
How 2000s lad culture helped Russell Brand to hide in plain sight
In light of his offending, writing that was celebrated for being frank, honest – and very funny – now looks anything but. People “are willing to mistake irony and self-awareness for truth telling and trustworthiness,” says Ditum. “The idea that he made these jokes about being this kind of sexual monster was supposed to convince […]
1Xtra launches first ever UK rap chart for ‘fair playing field’
Allstar has long been a champion of UK rap and currently presents the Rap Show on BBC Radio 1, which he describes as “the show I always wanted as a kid”. This new role is “a pinch me moment,” he says. The Official Charts Company previously listed the 40 top selling R&B and hip hop […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK crowns winner as BBC axes the series
Warning: This article includes spoilers for the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. After 10 weeks of toe-to-toe lip-syncs, fierce runways and shady remarks, the time has come for one queen to be named the UK’s next Drag Race superstar. For the final time on the BBC, 12 contestants were whittled down to just one […]
Brand’s barrister refers himself to regulator after report he confronted journalist
Russell Brand’s defence barrister has referred himself to the regulator after reports that he confronted a Sunday Times journalist who was involved in a media investigation into Brand in 2023. In a Times and Sunday Times podcast on Thursday, Rosamund Urwin said she introduced herself to Ian Winter KC outside court after verdicts were delivered. […]
Katherine Ryan says she feels ‘grief and relief’ after Russell Brand conviction
Brand is now also being investigated over further rape allegations made by two women, police have now said. Details in legal documents from a hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court before Brand’s criminal trial began suggest that one of the women was 16 years old at the time and featured in a Channel 4 documentary. […]