2 h. ago The Parent Trap and Mrs Doubtfire star dies as tributes paid to 'memoirable actress'

Polly Holliday, the beloved US actress who played Flo in 1970s sitcom Alice, has reportedly died aged 88, leaving fans mourning the loss of a true TV comedy acting icon

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2 h. ago The Parent Trap and Mrs Doubtfire star dies as tributes paid to 'memorable actress'

Polly Holliday, the beloved US actress who played Flo in 1970s sitcom Alice, has reportedly died aged 88, leaving fans mourning the loss of a true TV comedy acting icon

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26 h. ago Cmat, Pulp and PinkPantheress among Mercury prize shortlist light on new names

Only two debut albums – including the ‘token’ jazz release – feature among this year’s list of nominations for the coveted UK and Irish music prizeA raft of familiar names fill this year’s list of Mercury prize nominations, with only two debuts among the 12 shortlisted albums. In Limerence, the first full-length by the Scottish folk songwriter Jacob Alon, and Hamstrings and Hurricanes, the first by Welsh jazz musician Joe Webb, will compete with the likes of Pulp’s comeback album More, folk godfather Martin Carthy’s Transform Me Then Into a Fish and the album with the UK’s biggest opening week of the year so far, People Watching by Sam Fender.The list is split 50/50 between male and female or mixed acts. The solo female artists on the list tend to the iconoclastic: Irish pop star Cmat’s acclaimed third album Euro-Country, Leeds jazz musician Emma-Jean Thackray’s Weirdo, FKA twigs’ Eusexua and PinkPantheress’s mixtape Fancy That. As for bands, as well as Pulp, the Irish band Fontaine...

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53 h. ago Sir Michael Caine, 92, comes out of retirement to star in new film alongside action icon

Sir Michael Caine has come out of retirement to make a surprise appearance alongside an action icon in a project that is being 'fast-tracked' to the screen

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59 h. ago Bagpuss is back to fix broken Britain! Iconic character is being revived for new live action film

The much-loved programme about a pink and white cloth cat was voted the nation's favourite children's show in a 1999 BBC poll, and this new incarnation will be a sequel to the 13-episode series.

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65 h. ago Shark attack victim's family break silence as sightings sparks new evacuation

Surf-scene icon Mercury Psillakis, 57, was praised for his heroic actions in helping others in keeping a pack of surfers safe in the moments before he was attacked by a shark

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3 d. ago Cocaine Bear writer's 'absolute blast' of a thriller with acting icon's son now streaming

The cast list is seriously impressive

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3 d. ago Huge stars banned from iconic TV shows as Loose Women takes drastic action

Nineties pop pin-up, Kavana, revealed that he received a 'lifetime ban' from Loose Women following his jaw-dropping appearance on the ITV chat show in 2007

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4 d. ago 'I tried the new Laura Mercier setting spray to see if it makes makeup last longer'

The setting spray has been hailed 'the absolute best' by Space NK shoppers so our beauty writer put it through its paces

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7 d. ago Gossip Girl icon goes fully naked in music video after ditching acting for rock band

Taylor Momsen stunned fans as she stripped naked with only black body paint for The Pretty Reckless’ new video For I Am Death which is their first single in four years

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7 d. ago Neighbours fans left heartbroken as iconic actor films final scenes for show

Neighbours actor Matt Wilson has confirmed his emotional exit as Aaron Brennan, leaving fans heartbroken while the soap itself prepares to bow out again in 2025

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8 d. ago Kim Kardashian enlists son Saint, 9, to help her play a dangerous prank on a popular streamer

Kardashian, who wore a white suit with a black belt and heels, could be seen lifting a beige wood table that had a glass panels inside then dropping it behind Cenat's head which shocked him.

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9 d. ago Borderline review – Raymond Nicholson shines as a deranged fan in comedy thriller

It’s the 1990s and a famous pop star is taken hostage by a fan in Jimmy Warden’s stylish but confused film, loosely inspired by a real-life stalker case involving MadonnaPaul Duerson (Raymond Nicholson) has got it bad for world famous pop star and actor Sofia (Samara Weaving). It being the 1990s, he doesn’t have the option of simply being creepy on social media; instead, he takes her hostage and attempts to marry her, as you do, in a period-comedy-horror-thriller that is entertaining enough moment-to-moment, but doesn’t add up anything very substantial overall. Standing in the way of Paul’s deranged scheme is bodyguard Bell (a grounded and nicely judged performance by Eric Dane), and rounding out the men in Sofia’s life is her NBA player boyfriend Rhodes (Jimmie Fails).Screenwriter Jimmy Warden knows a grabby real-life premise when he sees one. In 1985, a bear ate a massive amount of cocaine and fatally overdosed, leading, in 2023, to the release of the Warden-scripted movie Cocaine...

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9 d. ago The Thursday Murder Club cast on who would survive a real murder mystery

Naomi Ackie and Daniel Mays sit down with us to talk all things The Thursday Murder Club – from what it was like stepping onto set with legendary acting icons like Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley and Pierce Brosnan, to who in the cast would survive (and who wouldn’t) in a real-life murder mystery.

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1 week ago Harry Potter TV series confirms iconic actor from original movies will reprise their role in huge casting update

The announcement was made to mark Back to Hogwarts, the annual September 1 celebration where fans around the globe honour the beloved return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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2 w. ago Star Trek and comedy icon looks totally unrecognisable in new action

A familiar face from the world of Star Trek looks totally unrecognisable in a tension-filled new thriller coming to Sky

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2 w. ago Channel 4 The Jury viewers recognise iconic soap actress in first episode of series two

The Jury: Murder Trial returned on Tuesday (August 26) night with the real-life trial of a young mother called Sophie who stabbed her boyfriend Ryan in the chest with a kitchen knife

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2 w. ago Tennis icon Pete Sampras disappeared after announcement about actress wife

Pete Sampras is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, having won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, but he has largely disappeared from the public eye in recent years

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2 w. ago New Bond odds puts surprise choice back as frontrunner as 'punters' clear favourite' is revealed

The actor, 42, who very narrowly missed out on playing the iconic character to Daniel Craig, has been in the running for the past few years.

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2 w. ago Harry Potter's Rupert Grint nearly quit acting as iconic role 'suffocated' him

Rupert Grint shot to global stardom as Ron Weasley in the beloved Harry Potter films, but the actor admits he nearly packed it all in for a very different career indeed

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