Taylor Swift bid farewell to London with the first live performance of her song “So Long, London”, from her latest hit album The Tortured Poets Department. The US pop star concluded the UK and European run of her record-breaking Eras Tour with her eighth concert at Wembley Stadium on TuesdayContinue Reading
Robert Harris’s enthralling new novel may be one of his three best, and I write as someone who has read virtually all 16 of them. There was 1992’s Fatherland, imagining a world where the Nazis won the Second World War, and 2022’s Act of Oblivion, an epic set in the aftermathContinue Reading
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Reservoir Dogs star Michael Madsen was arrested in Malibu on Saturday morning on domestic violence charges. Madsen, 66, was reportedly taken into custody following “a disagreement” between the actor and his wife, DeAnna Madsen, 64. Shortly after midnight on August 17, officers from the Lost Hill Sheriff’s Station in MalibuContinue Reading
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Daytime talk show host Phil Donahue had died aged 88 following a long illness. The talk show pioneer died at his home surrounded by his family, including his wife, actor Marlo Thomas, his sister, children, grandchildren and his golden retriever, Charlie, his family said in a statement to Today. TheContinue Reading
Busted star Matt Willis has divulged some details about his “mortifying” wedding proposal to wife Emma Willis. The singer and bassist appeared with TV presenter Emma on the NewlyWeds podcast, which is hosted by Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing and his wife and former co-star, Sophie Habboo. During theContinue Reading
Actor John Aprea, known for playing Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather Part II and mob muscle in 1991’s New Jack City, has died at the age of 83. Aprea died on August 5 of natural causes, according to his manager, Will Levine. The actor was living in Los Angeles atContinue Reading
LGBT+ books are being banned from UK schools after complaints from parents, librarians have revealed. A six-month investigation by Index on Censorship, the results of which have been shared exclusively with The Independent, found that 53 per cent of UK school librarians polled had been asked to remove literature andContinue Reading
Brian Cox has expressed concern for the state of the film industry. The Succession actor, 78, who played the Marvel character Colonel William Stryker in X2: X-Men United, partly blamed the industry’s perceived downfall on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), claiming films were losing their sense of originality in favourContinue Reading
