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Gus Casely-Hayford is a man on a mission to open up and diversify the arts sector. As founding director of V&A East – one of the world’s most significant new museum projects and part of the mayor of London’s £1.1bn Olympic legacy project – he knows that shifting the canon won’t necessarily be easy. Image: Gus Casely-Hayford plans to speak

The content of Piers Morgan’s Twitter account temporarily disappeared on Tuesday, following an apparent hack. His official account shared a series of posts overnight, containing false information, racial slurs and abusive messages directed at people including the late Queen and singer Ed Sheeran, according to reports. The majority of the offensive posts were removed, along

Hollyoaks star Gary Lucy was taken to hospital after he survived an apparent Boxing Day car crash that mangled the car. The soap star, 41, posted two pictures of a wrecked Range Rover on his Instagram story. “Someone was watching over me today,” he wrote. He captioned the second photograph: “Gary nine lives”. Image: Pic:

Mel C has pulled out of a gig in Poland, saying she has been made aware of some issues that do not align with the communities she supports. The singer, whose real name is Melanie Chisholm, was due to perform for the Polish state broadcaster on New Year’s Eve as a special guest. She told

From one of Hollywood’s last Golden Age stars and the first black man to win the Oscar for best actor, to a cricketing legend, an EastEnders icon and the incomparable singer who would do Anything For Love – it’s time to commemorate the stars and notable faces we have said goodbye to in 2022.  Among those who

David Tennant and Catherine Tate have appeared in a new trailer for the next series of Doctor Who, which sees the pair return to the franchise after 13 years. In a surprise twist at the end of the last series, Jodie Whittaker’s version of the character regenerated into David Tennant’s iteration of the Doctor –

You can always count on the stars to bring drama to any situation – and the last year has been no exception. In fact, 2022 has been a rollercoaster of a year for entertainment, starting off with the biggest on-stage shocker of the last decade. We take a look though some of the most memorable

So, here’s the good news. Martha Plimpton has packed up her home in New York to live and work in London. Pooches to follow. Her first gig? Playing Jacque in Shakespeare’s As You Like It on the stage of @sohoplace, the West End’s first purpose-built theatre in half a century. That Plimpton should deliver, with aplomb, the

Maxi Jazz, the lead singer of dance group Faithless, has died at 65. Announcing his death on Facebook, the group said: “We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jazz died last night. He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. “He gave proper meaning and message to our music. “He was a

Rapper Tory Lanez has been found guilty of three firearms offences over the shooting of hip hop star Megan Thee Stallion. Lanez, 30, was convicted of assault with a semi-automatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. The charges related to an incident in the Hollywood

The Sun newspaper has said it regrets publishing a column by Jeremy Clarkson about the Duchess of Sussex. His column, which was published on Sunday, said he was “dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while crowds chant, ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of

Three nights a week, from midnight until about 5am, micro-engraver Graham Short can be found in his home workshop, carrying out his unique, intricate work away from the potentially ruinous rumblings of daytime traffic. World-renowned for his microscopic artworks, the 76-year-old from Birmingham goes to extreme measures to ensure conditions are perfect, from his handmade

Singer Kim Wilde and actor Hal Fowler have divorced after more than 25 years of marriage. The 62-year-old pop star said she and her husband had agreed to separate last year. In a joint statement shared on Wilde’s social media accounts, the pair, who share two children, said they remained “on good terms”. The statement

It has been another busy year of film and televisions, as the industry bounces back from the pandemic with a bang. Blockbusting franchises returned to the big screen, we had more than one multiverse of madness, a unique restaurant experience, and even a pretty weird musical biopic. To end the year, the team behind Backstage

Comedian Joe Lycett has responded to reports that he previously performed in Qatar following his criticism of David Beckham’s work in the Gulf state. The stand-up had threatened to destroy £10,000 of his own money last month unless former England footballer pulled out of his reported £10m deal with the World Cup host, where homosexuality

Jeremy Clarkson’s comments about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, were “awful” but he is staying on as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? “at the moment”, a senior figure at ITV has said. Kevin Lygo made the remarks after Clarkson’s column in The Sun became the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s (IPSO) most complained

The wig gives it away, otherwise we’d be hard-pressed to immediately – or even slowly – recognize Paul Bettany’s fast-talking, extroverted and inquisitive artist character in Anthony McCarten’s The Collaboration as that historic icon of cryptic, mumbled monosyllables Andy Warhol. Unfortunately, Bettany isn’t the only thing that feels smudged in this ’80s-set paint-by-numbers and highly

Jeremy Clarkson’s column about the Duchess of Sussex has become the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s most complained about article ever. The regulator said the piece, which has since been removed from The Sun’s website at Clarkson‘s request, had received more than 20,800 complaints as of 5pm on Tuesday. “We will follow our usual processes to

Funny Girl broke a house record with more than $2 million in receipts at the August Wilson Theatre, A Beautiful Noise continued its $1 million-plus weekly take, and The Piano Lesson topped the list of highest-grossing non-musical productions with $914,752, each contributing to Broadway’s $37M box office tally for the week ending Dec. 18. Heading

The Specials frontman Terry Hall has died aged 63 following a brief illness, the band has announced. Writing on Twitter, the band said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country