8 h. ago Kylie among the stars to turn out for William’s Earthshot Prize ceremony

The Australian pop star and Canadian singer Shawn Mendes appeared at the environmental awards event in Rio de Janeiro.

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8 h. ago The stars come out for Wills! Shawn Mendes and Kylie Minogue grace the green carpet for Prince's Earthshot environment awards in Brazil

The Prince was attending the Earthshot Prize Impact Assembly at Pier 3, part of the three-day summit in Rio, bringing together government officials, indigenous leaders and youth advocates.

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10 h. ago Prince William Earthshot Prize RECAP: Celebs dazzle on ceremony's green carpet

Celebrities - including Kylie Minogue and Shawn Mendes - arrived on the green carpet for the annual Earthshot Prize awards in Brazil, where Prince William led the charge

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19 h. ago Kylie Minogue announces 10th anniversary Christmas album featuring new song

Singer says album features ‘one song that I needed to exercise’

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30 h. ago Kylie Minogue, 57, sends fans into a frenzy as she teases exciting new Christmas album in sexy promo video

Kylie Minogue sent fans into a frenzy as she teased an exciting new Christmas album in a sexy promo video on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Kevin the Carrot proposes to girlfriend Katie the Carrot in Love Actually parody for Aldi's Christmas ad

Kevin the Carrot, Aldi's much-loved Christmas character, is returning to our screens for his 10th anniversary, and the supermarket has cooked up its most heartwarming storyline yet.

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2 w. ago The secret lives of autograph hunters: ‘Donald Trump was really hard to get’

Why do so many people spend their time at stage doors and sending out requests for signatures? Those who have collected thousands of autographs explain the thrillAndrew Broughton still remembers the first celebrity autograph he ever got. “It started by accident,” he says, when he was 13 and doing a project about horror films at school. “I love Hammer horror. I wrote a letter to [actor] Peter Cushing and sent it to the BBC. A large envelope came back and a lovely letter. He sent me some signed film stills. So I got the bug. I just thought: there’s nothing to stop me writing to anybody.”Since then, Broughton, 62, has collected autographs from some of the biggest stars in TV, film, music and sports, as well as royalty, politicians and world leaders. The walls of his home in Derby are covered in framed signed photos from the late queen, King Charles, Diana, Princess of Wales, Brigitte Bardot, John Travolta, Kylie Minogue, Elton John, Liza Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Muhamm...

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2 w. ago ‘A reaction to injustice’: The story behind Bob Dylan’s ‘The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll’

A new bootleg series of the revered singer-songwriter’s work between 1956 to 1963 contains two early recordings of his masterpiece of a protest song, ‘The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll’. Roisin O’Connor speaks with historian and Dylan expert Sean Wilentz about the true event that inspired the track, and what makes it so powerful all these years later

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2 w. ago Kylie Minogue among stars performing for William’s Earthshot Prize awards in Rio

Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey has voiced an awards trailer featuring the 15 finalists and showcasing their solutions.

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2 w. ago Björk, Yves Tumor, and London Symphonic Orchestra feature on Rosalía's fourth album, LUX

Björk, Yves Tumor, and London Symphonic Orchestra feature on Rosalía's fourth album, LUX  The Line of Best Fit

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2 w. ago Huey Morgan looks back: ‘My father left when I was seven. Music was a way to derail those feelings of not being good enough’

The musician on dealing with PTSD, his angry TV outburst, and why one radio station refused to play anything by Fun Lovin’ CriminalsBorn in 1968 in New York, Huey Morgan is a musician and broadcaster. He was 18 when he joined the US marines, and after being honourably discharged, formed Fun Lovin’ Criminals. The band’s first album, Come Find Yourself – featuring the hit single Scooby Snacks – went platinum in the UK. Huey hosts a weekly BBC 6 Music show, and his memoir, The Fun Lovin’ Criminal, is out now.I was 14 and feeling myself. I’m dressed in nylon parachute pants, a Members Only jacket, my bandana and a Van Halen necklace. On the amplifier you can see a bad graphic design of the letters “SD”, which I thought was the greatest logo of all time. It stands for Sudden Death, the name of my band. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tide Lines announce huge Glasgow OVO Hydro show to celebrate 10th anniversary

The event will mark the Scottish band's biggest ever headline show as part of their tour dates across the UK, Ireland and Europe in 2026.

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2 w. ago Sam Fender releases new song with Elton John, one day after Mercury prize win

John plays twinkling piano part in new song Talk to You, and says he ‘truly loves’ the Geordie singer-songwriterSam Fender has released a new song with Elton John entitled Talk to You, the day after winning the 2025 Mercury prize for his album People Watching.It features a twinkling piano line laid out by John, amid Fender’s full-bodied guitar-led songwriting. Fender sings on the chorus “Just wanna talk to you / Wanna talk with my best friend / Wanna let go of everything that I carry”, and has said the song is about: “the end of a long relationship – about the regret, the mistakes and the lessons that come with it. It’s that feeling of losing your best friend, and coming to terms with that. I was playing around with the riff and thought, ‘What I need is a really good pianist’, and then, ‘Hmmm, I wonder who I can call?’ And of course, who better than Elton John?” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Brandi Carlile: ‘Joni Mitchell has this grave in Hollywood – sometimes she’ll go there and have lunch’

The country-rock star is as unguarded and open as she’s ever been on her eighth studio album, ‘Returning to Myself’. She speaks with Mark Beaumont about her ‘wild, magical’ upbringing, her stormy but ‘life-affirming’ collaborations with Elton John, and her pivotal role in bringing Joni Mitchell back to music

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2 w. ago Bradford to return to Super League for the first time in 12 years

The Bulls jumped to 10th place in the IMG club gradings announced on Thursday, meaning they will replace Salford in next season’s top flight.

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3 w. ago Charli XCX appears to make a dig at Taylor Swift amid feud rumours after THAT The Life of a Showgirl 'diss track'

The former tour mates appear to be at the centre of showbiz's most prominent and growing feud, thanks to pointed lyrics featuring in Taylor's new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.

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3 w. ago Ricky Hatton funeral order of service revealed as boxing legend laid to rest

It features touching family album photographs

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3 w. ago Kylie Minogue’s Petit Party Playlist: Which tracks are the icon's favourites?

Kylie chooses five tracks for the upcoming party season for the London Standard

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