3 d. ago Charli XCX film trailer sparks frenzy as Kylie Jenner admits she was 'scared' of acting

The trailer for Charli XCX's upcoming mockumentary has finally dropped and fans have already shared their verdict but Kylie Jenner, who's set to make her acting debut in it, wasn't so keen

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4 d. ago Jarvis Cocker and Mary Beard announced as Booker prize judges

The historian is set to lead a ‘stellar’ 2026 panel featuring the Pulp frontman and other acclaimed writers, as the search begins for next year’s standout work of fictionPulp frontman Jarvis Cocker will feature on the 2026 Booker prize judging panel that will be chaired by the classicist and broadcaster Mary Beard.Novelist Patricia Lockwood has also been named as a judge, along with the poet Raymond Antrobus and Rebecca Liu, an editor at the Guardian Saturday magazine. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Football fans fear Trump tourism rule will lead to one major problem at World Cup 2026

The United States is co-hosting the FIFA 2026 World alongside neighbours, Canada and Mexico, but a proposal by the Trump administration may scupper many fans' plans to attend

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5 d. ago Charli xcx, Natalie Portman and Salman Rushdie lead 2026 Sundance lineup

The festival says goodbye to both founder Robert Redford and its longtime home of Park City, Utah, with a selection of provocative documentaries and starry new filmsNew films starring Charli xcx, Natalie Portman and Salman Rushdie will all receive their world premieres at next month’s Sundance film festival.The festival will be held for the last time in Park City, Utah, before it moves to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027. Over the years, it has been home to the first screenings of films including Get Out, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Blair Witch Project, Past Lives, Napoleon Dynamite, Precious and Little Miss Sunshine. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Sundance 2026 lineup unveiled: Charli XCX, Olivia Wilde, Brittney Griner and more

Charli XCX is heading to the Sundance Film Festival in January 2026

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7 d. ago Emmerdale and Coronation Street New Year spoilers: 'Threat to life' and exits teased

Emmerdale and Coronation Street are both lining up some huge twists in the lead-up to 2026 and across New Year, with danger for some, and joy for others, with a wedding and possible exits

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1 week ago London's hottest florists' tips for festive decorating with foliage and flowers

They’ve worked with everyone from Charlie xcx to Simone Rocha and Burberry, so these floral artists know how to make festive foliage cool

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1 week ago Kristen Stewart, Emily Ratajkowski and Nicole Scherzinger are the pictures of sophistication as they lead A

Kristen Stewart, Emily Ratajkowski and Nicole Scherzinger joined the A-list stars putting their best fashion foot forward at the Chanel Métiers d'art show on Tuesday in New York City.

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1 week ago 'Wild' Anne Hathaway thriller dubbed 'Black Swan meets The Craft'

The A24 film also boasts an original soundtrack created by Jack Antonoff, Charli xcx and FKA Twigs

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2 w. ago Charlie Kirk’s death was ‘consequence of America’s terrifying gun culture,’ says Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie has said that the death of Charlie Kirk is a “consequence of America’s terrifying gun culture”.

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2 w. ago Reading and Leeds Headliners 2026: Here are all 18 acts announced for the festival so far

It’s going to be one of the biggest parties of the year.

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2 w. ago Reading and Leeds 2026: Headliners and lineup announced ahead of tickets going on sale

Festivals have secured a number of exclusive performances, including from British pop star Charli XCX and rapper Dave

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2 w. ago Reading and Leeds Festival announces Charli xcx among headliners for 2026

Next year’s line up features all British and Irish artists, and tickets are already on sale

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2 w. ago Reading and Leeds 2026: Charli XCX, Raye and Florence and the Machine among festival headliners

Fontaines D.C., Dave and Chase & Status are also among the headline acts at the iconic twin festival next August

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2 w. ago Reading and Leeds reveal 2026 headliners including Charli XCX, Dave and Fontaines DC

Festivals have secured a number of exclusive performances, including from British pop star Charli XCX and rapper Dave

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2 w. ago Alexander Skarsgard says BDSM film Pillion feels ‘incredibly Brat’

Charli XCX’s album Brat inspired a summer trend defined by sultry fashion choices and a party girl attitude.

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2 w. ago Warner Music signs deal with AI song generator Suno after settling lawsuit

Music company representing Coldplay and Ed Sheeran had sued tech platform alleging mass copyright infringement Business live – latest updatesWarner Music has signed a licensing deal with the artificial intelligence song generator Suno after settling a copyright infringement lawsuit it launched against the service a year agoWarner, the world’s third-largest music company and home to acts including Coldplay, Charli XCX and Ed Sheeran, is the first of the major record labels to officially partner with the company. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review – can you really rehabilitate Idi Amin?

The anthropologist and father of New York’s mayor-elect offers a revisionist view of modern Ugandan historyChildren of Ugandan Indians are having a bit of a moment. Electropop boasts Charlie XCX; statecraft, the Patels: Priti the shadow foreign secretary, Kash the FBI boss. And while the ones who go into politics have tended to be conservative, we now have a counterexample in Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who clinched the New York mayoralty at the beginning of this month.The anomaly is best explained by the politics of his father, Mahmood Mamdani. The apple, it seems, did not roll especially far down the postcolonial hillside. Mahmood, professor of government and anthropology at Columbia University, has long styled himself as the left’s answer to VS Naipaul. Where the Nobel-winning curmudgeon surveyed postcolonial Africa with disdain, revelling in the wreckage of independence, Mamdani presents a more forgiving view: pathos instead of pity, paradox instead o...

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3 w. ago Charli XCX details the highs and lows of fame and reveals why being a pop star is 'really embarrassing' in painfully honest Substack post

The British singer developed a niche following of fiercely loyal fans following the release of her debut album, True Romance, in 2013.

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3 w. ago Breast flashing trend empowers braless Sydney Sweeney, Billie Piper and Charlie XCX

A decade after the Free the Nipple movement started, Sydney Sweeney, Billie Piper and Charli XCX appear to be on a mission to desexualise the nipple and take ownership of their bodies

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