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When the cancellation of Glastonbury’s 50th anniversary festival was first announced as the pandemic started to take hold in the UK last year, it was a huge blow to the music industry but came as no surprise. As the government showed us graphs of “flattening the curve”, and the impression was given it would be

Arnold Schwarzenegger has had his first dose of coronavirus vaccine – and celebrated the moment by slipping in two lines from his film career. The 73-year-old posted a Twitter video of himself getting a shot in his right bicep at the drive-through site at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. “Today was a good day,”

Lady Gaga belted out America’s national anthem and Jennifer Lopez performed a moving medley, featuring a line in Spanish, at the star-studded inauguration ceremony for new US President Joe Biden. The two pop superstars were also joined by country hitmaker Garth Brooks who sang a soulful rendition of Amazing Grace at the event in Washington

Robbie Williams is understood to be quarantining on a Caribbean island after testing positive for coronavirus during a family holiday. The 46-year-old singer reportedly flew to St Barts with his wife Ayda Field and their four children shortly after Christmas, and he was pictured in a flowery shirt and wearing a mask as he got

Netflix has notched up more than 200 million subscribers after consumers staying at home during the pandemic helped it achieve a record year of growth in 2020. The US company, which pioneered streaming in 2007, said it added a better-than-expected 8.5 million new paying customers in the final quarter of the year to reach a

Liam Gallagher and Sir Elton John are among dozens of music stars who are calling on the government to resolve the “gaping hole where the promised free movement for musicians should be”. In an open letter published in The Times newspaper, they call on the government “to urgently do what it said it would do

Dua Lipa has denied she is pregnant after speculation over a “cryptic message” in her emoji use on social media. The chart-topping singer said she wanted to clear up any confusion during a TV appearance, saying her use of “random” digital icons had “come to bite me in the arse”. Rumours started when Lipa, 25,

Ulrika Jonsson is standing “tall and proud” with Stacey Solomon following an online comment about her having children by different fathers – and says she was always “stumped by the injustice” of her own “4×4” nickname. TV presenter Jonsson, best known for her work on Gladiators and Shooting Stars in the 1990s, has four children

Pamela Anderson has called on Donald Trump to pardon Julian Assange in his final days as US president, saying the move could be the “perfect way” to end his term. The former Baywatch star is one of WikiLeaks founder Assange‘s most high-profile supporters, and has visited him several times in London, including at Belmarsh prison

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has told Sky News she is determined to get South Asian stories “influxed” into Hollywood. The actress and activist spoke about representation on the big screen ahead of the release of her new film, The White Tiger, which is based on the 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel by Aravind Adiga. It tells

Justin Timberlake has confirmed he and his wife Jessica Biel are now parents to a second “awesome” baby boy – and revealed his son’s name for the first time. The couple, who are already parents to five-year-old Silas, celebrated their new arrival in 2020. Timberlake, 39, confirmed the happy news during an appearance on The

The Donald Trump blimp, which depicted the US president as an angry baby wearing a nappy and clutching a mobile phone, has finally been “consigned to history”. The 20ft orange effigy first took to the skies over Westminster during protests against Mr Trump’s visit in 2018, and has since flown in France, Ireland, Argentina and

Denise Van Outen has dislocated her shoulder after falling during rehearsals just hours ahead of the launch show of Dancing On Ice. The 46-year-old shared photos on Instagram showing her being looked after by paramedics and treated in hospital after tripping on the ice. The presenter was rushed to A&E after suffering “a partial dislocation

Actor Laurence Fox has been criticised after posting a photo of himself wearing a mask exemption badge which he says he bought online. The 42-year-old has been a vocal critic of the government’s coronavirus face covering rulings and social distancing regulations. Along with a selfie showing him wearing his new purchase, Fox wrote: “After a

Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools And Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died from a brain haemorrhage, his mother has confirmed. The 19-year-old died in his sleep at his home in Fulham, west London, on 22 September. Lucy Lyndhurst shared the results of her son’s second post-mortem on Instagram, writing: “He died from an Intracerebral

A grime artist who was serving 24 years in jail for imprisoning and repeatedly raping four women has had his sentence increased by six years. Solo 45, whose real name is Andy Anokye, was found guilty of 21 rapes, five counts of false imprisonment, two counts of assault by penetration and two of actual bodily