7 d. ago Tim Key: ‘Filming Alan Partridge, I was living in a lot of fear’

The actor and comic poet speaks to Louis Chilton about his new theatrically released film ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’, the pressures of acting in ‘Peep Show’ and Alan Partridge’s ‘Mid Morning Matters’, and the realisation that made him stop supporting Liverpool FC

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7 d. ago Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful review – solid pop that’s about as ‘psychedelic’ as a baked potato

(Columbia)The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a starMiley Cyrus has made some very grand claims for her ninth album. Something Beautiful is not merely a concept album, but one the 32-year-old pop star has described as “an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music”. One filled with “healing sound properties” designed to “impact frequencies in your body that make you vibrate at a different level”. And it’s not just all of that, but an accompanying film as well: a “one-of-a-kind pop opera” apparently inspired by Alan Parker’s 1982 film adaptation of Pink Floyd’s The Wall “but with a better wardrobe and more glamorous”.For all that the executives at Cyrus’s label are unlikely to say no to a huge star whose last album featured the world’s biggest-selling single of 2023 – Flowers, 2.7bn streams – you can still imagine them swallowing very hard when pres...

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8 d. ago Carey Mulligan ‘checked by medic’ during freezing Welsh summer filming

She plays a folk singer who reunites to perform a gig off the coast of Wales.

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3 w. ago The shocking truth about how CT scans can CAUSE cancer... and why every doctor needs to be wary: PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY

No one wants to be sued, but I think fear of legal action over missing a diagnosis means that a lot of doctors send patients for all kinds of tests which may actually be harmful.

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3 w. ago Amanda Holden takes a swipe at BBC show as she complains about 'urine soaked dressing room floors' while filming travel series with Alan Carr

The presenter, 54, also criticised the series' name, their travel arrangements and suggested she and Alan Carr 's next show should be shown on Netflix instead.

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4 w. ago Alan Cumming seemingly spoiled a scene in Avengers: Doomsday a year before the film is released

‘I’m sort of learning these fights and I’m like, ‘What? Who am I fighting with?’ admitted the X-Men actor

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