5 h. ago ‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary

In HBO’s five-hour portrait, the chart-dominating singer-songwriter gives unusual insight into his career with support from his A-list friends and collaboratorsIn 2011, singer-songwriter and pop legend Billy Joel returned a multimillion-dollar advance paid on a memoir to his would-be publisher, HarperCollins. He had apparently co-written an autobiographical book as planned, but ultimately decided that he didn’t want to publish it. “It took working on writing a book to make me realize that I’m not all that interested in talking about the past,” he said at the time, “and that the best expression of my life has been and remains my music.”Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part feature documentary premiering this week on HBO, feels like an attempt to stay true to that same basic ethos while not shying away from Joel’s public and private life over the years. The five-hour project tells Joel’s story, but does so by prioritizing his music, in content and in form. “He has 121 songs in his ca...

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7 h. ago Taylor Swift's dad has major heart surgery at 73 as singer supports him at bedside

Taylor Swift's dad, Scott Swift, has undergone major heart surgery after something "was seen" by his doctor, with the singer and her family by his side as he recovers

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24 h. ago Taylor Swift's dad undergoes sudden major heart surgery with singer by his side

Taylor Swift's father, Scott Swift, has undergone quintuple bypass surgery after a GP "saw something" concerning during a routine check up.

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25 h. ago Taylor Swift's father, 73, undergoes major surgery in terrifying health scare

Taylor Swift's father has undergone a major heart surgery. Scott, 73, underwent a complicated quintuple bypass surgery on his heart after a doctor noticed something during a routine checkup.

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54 h. ago Syrian child goes on trial over 'ISIS' plot to bomb Taylor Swift concert which prompted the star to cancel gigs in Vienna

Prosecutors believe that the teenager was helping a man who planned to kill himself and others at a show attracting potentially hundreds of thousands of people in Austria

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2 d. ago Syrian boy goes on trial over alleged role in Taylor Swift concert bomb plot

Defendant, 15, in court in Berlin accused of involvement in foiled Islamic State-inspired plot to attack Vienna concert A Syrian teenager has gone on trial in Berlin accused of involvement in an Islamic State-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last summer.The case brought by federal prosecutors against the 15-year-old defendant, identified only as Mohammad A in keeping with German privacy rules, includes charges of preparing a “severe subversive act of violence” and supporting a terrorist organisation abroad. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Dad of tragic teen says major rule change 'should be biggest moment in online safety'

Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly tragically took her own life in 2017 after accessing horrendous material online, told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Ofcom must enforce tough new age enforcement laws that begin this month

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6 d. ago Southport cops who stopped Taylor Swift dance class killer awarded for bravery

Sergeant Gregory Gillespie, Constable Luke Holden and police community support officer Timothy Parry were the first to arrive at the scene of “unimaginable horror” last summer

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6 d. ago Trump’s ‘Hooters loving’ Malaysian ambassador pick causing concern among allies in Asia

‘Alpha male’ MAGA pundit who declares love of rare steaks and once called Taylor Swift a ‘woke jezebel’ may not be the right fit for conservative Kuala Lumpur, diplomat says

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6 d. ago Celebrity Rich List 2025: Here are the 19 wealthiest famous people in the world

These famous faces won’t be too concerned about the cost of living crisis.

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7 d. ago Southport survivor, 7, 'fought like hell' to save herself and others, inquiry hears

Known as C1 to protect her anonymity, the little girl was stabbed 33 times by crazed Southport killer Axel Rudakubana in the horror attack at a Taylor Swift-themed event

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8 d. ago Girl, seven, ‘fought like hell’ and shielded others, parents tell Southport inquiry

Daughter escaped but was dragged back and stabbed another 20-plus times in 11 seconds, before fleeing againThe parents of a seven-year-old girl who was stabbed 33 times in the Southport atrocity have described how their daughter “fought like hell” to escape after shielding other children from the attacker.The girl suffered “catastrophic” injuries when she was set upon by Axel Rudakubana as she tried to protect another child at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class last year. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Southport killer’s brother will not be able to see parts of inquiry – chairman

Dion Rudakubana has been recognised as a ‘core participant’ for the Southport Public Inquiry.

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8 d. ago Mother of injured girl tells Southport inquiry ‘our girls deserve an apology’

The public inquiry heard impact evidence from four families on Wednesday.

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8 d. ago Father of girl injured in Southport attack says she was stabbed by ‘coward’

The second day of the public inquiry into the attack heard evidence from families of those injured.

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8 d. ago 'Wholesale failure' to stop Southport killer carrying out one of UK's 'most egregious crimes'

Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford said the Southport inquiry will identify changes to protect the most vulnerable from other "horrors" following the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class

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9 d. ago Southport child killings were one of 'most egregious crimes' in UK history

The public inquiry into last July's horrific murders at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event began in Liverpool today. A minute's silence was held for the three schoolgirl victims

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9 d. ago Southport stabbing murders were 'mercilessly calculated' and among the 'most egregious' in UK history, chairman tells opening of public inquiry

Sir Adrian Fulford said Axel Rudakubana perpetrated 'an almost unimaginable but nonetheless mercilessly calculated' killing spree when he went on the rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance club.

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9 d. ago Public inquiry into Southport murders will ‘identify changes urgently needed’

Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford made an opening statement at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.

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9 d. ago Public asked not to lay flowers to mark a year on from Southport attack

In an open letter, Sefton Council asked people to donate to local causes instead.

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