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DJ and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis
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DJ and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Presenter, 77, says ‘for now life goes on as normal and I continue to broadcast’ as he shares diagnosis received in 2025The longtime radio and TV broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has been diagnosed with Al...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
‘Music was my first desire’: Anthony Hopkins releases his debut single
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‘Music was my first desire’: Anthony Hopkins releases his debut single

Hollywood actor signs recording deal with Decca after decades of composing pieces inspired by his Welsh childhoodAnthony Hopkins says he has achieved his “first desire” of signing a record deal, with...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Motherhood not all warm and fuzzy: Bollywood actor's play spotlights messier side
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Motherhood not all warm and fuzzy: Bollywood actor's play spotlights messier side

As a society, we take mothers for granted and raising children is a thankless job, says actor Kalki Koechlin.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
'Heartbroken' Catherine Zeta-Jones leads tributes to singer Bonnie Tyler
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'Heartbroken' Catherine Zeta-Jones leads tributes to singer Bonnie Tyler

The Welsh singer was known for hits including Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding on for a Hero.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Graham Linehan gets £25,000 compensation and an apology from Met police after arrest
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Graham Linehan gets £25,000 compensation and an apology from Met police after arrest

Father Ted co-creator detained by armed officers at Heathrow airport last year over gender-critical posts on XThe Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been paid £25,000 in compensation by the Metr...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Graham Linehan receives settlement from Met over online post arrest
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Graham Linehan receives settlement from Met over online post arrest

The comedian was arrested at Heathrow Airport in September 2025 and was subsequently taken to hospital.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Duchess Sophie makes The Archers cameo appearance
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Duchess Sophie makes The Archers cameo appearance

Sophie headed to Birmingham to record with the Ambridge regulars for Thursday's episode.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Justin Baldoni describes painful saga as he breaks silence on Blake Lively dispute
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Justin Baldoni describes painful saga as he breaks silence on Blake Lively dispute

Justin Baldoni and his wife spoke for the first time in nearly two years about his contentious legal battle with Blake Lively.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Pontypridd, Birkenhead and Isle of Bute among shortlist for first UK Town of Culture
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Pontypridd, Birkenhead and Isle of Bute among shortlist for first UK Town of Culture

Basildon, Grimsby and Rotherham also make the 15-strong shortlist as well as Strabane.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
‘We’ve had moments of devastating pain’: jazz icons Ezra Collective on their new album – and why we can’t rely on the government
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‘We’ve had moments of devastating pain’: jazz icons Ezra Collective on their new album – and why we can’t rely on the government

Speaking at a Guardian Live event at Love Supreme festival, the band tell us about lessons with Tony Allen, mayhem in Lagos and why musicians should be ‘pillars of the community’At Sussex’s Love Supre...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
‘Ramones had leather jackets when they got spat on. We didn’t!’ David Byrne on touring with Talking Heads and taking advice from Lou Reed
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‘Ramones had leather jackets when they got spat on. We didn’t!’ David Byrne on touring with Talking Heads and taking advice from Lou Reed

As his American Utopia tour film hits cinemas, the musician answers your questions about his Scottish sense of humour, working with Brian Eno and his desire to direct another filmIn May 1977, Talking...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Black Sabbath drummer explains wheelchair use
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Black Sabbath drummer explains wheelchair use

Bill Ward, 78, reveals he has used a wheelchair for about 18 months, but is not "ill or giving up".

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87
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Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87

Versatile Essex-born hitmaker known for Rhinestone Cowboy, It Only Takes a Minute and many more had been living with Alzheimer’s diseaseBrian Potter, one of the most versatile and successful British p...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Bonnie Tyler, the gravel-voiced star who sang her way into music history
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Bonnie Tyler, the gravel-voiced star who sang her way into music history

The Welsh star known for songs including Total Eclipse of the Heart has died aged 75.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness
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Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness

(Third Man)Following the superb No Name, White continues his fan service with stripped back songs and nasty, anarchic riffs – though it all ends up feeling a little sameyIt’s a strange thing to say ab...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop
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Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop

After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even the most overblown backing tracks• News: Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend kn...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75
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Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75

Welsh singer and Eurovision entrant’s other hits included Footloose soundtrack smash Holding Out for a Hero• Alexis Petridis on Bonnie Tyler: She totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created a...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
R&B star Syd on her new album, the return of the Internet and Odd Future fallouts: ‘We only had three meetings as a group and I called two of them’
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R&B star Syd on her new album, the return of the Internet and Odd Future fallouts: ‘We only had three meetings as a group and I called two of them’

She was a member of the influential rap collective, then the alt-R&B hitmakers – but struggled to find her own voice. Now, after realising she ‘didn’t like anybody else’s beats’, she’s made a solo alb...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
No evidence for ‘witches’ marks’ claims at old English buildings, historian says
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No evidence for ‘witches’ marks’ claims at old English buildings, historian says

Author argues symbols such as daisy wheels are no more than the working marks of stonemasonsOver the years, English Heritage and Historic England have claimed to have identified large numbers of “witc...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
‘I was a self-centred, entitled little horror ... arguably I still am’: cult psych rocker Robyn Hitchcock talks to Stewart Lee
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‘I was a self-centred, entitled little horror ... arguably I still am’: cult psych rocker Robyn Hitchcock talks to Stewart Lee

Armed with a new album inspired by ‘dead English blokes’, the revered musician discusses writing nasty songs about his neighbours and how he’s finally made it in Nashville aged 73‘I owe a lot to a dea...

The Guardian Music3 months ago