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TV tonight: death, debts and lies in Finding Alice

Finding Alice 9pm, ITV The team behind ITV hit The Durrells – Keeley Hawes, director Roger Goldby and writer Simon Nye – reunite for this dark comedy about grief and the unexpected consequences of death. Hawes stars as the titular Alice, who is reeling from the death of her husband of 20 years after he falls down the stairs of their dream home. As Alice comes to terms with her bereavement, she realises he has also left her a mountain of debts,...

Christie Brinkley wows in strapless swimsuit for sunset photo in Caribbean - and fans react

Model Christie Brinkley shared a sensational photo in a strapless swimsuit on Instagram and fans heaped her with praise

Coronation Street star announces she's pansexual as she signs up for Celebs Go Dating

EXCLUSIVE: Star Kimberly Hart-Simpson, 33, is not fussed who she dates on the new Celeb Go Dating show and is happy to romance Jeff, Alesha or Reggie

John Travolta praised for heartfelt message after return to social media

John Travolta has been praised for his touching message to rapper Pitbull following his return to social media

A Brief But Necessary Primer For WandaVision (Because It’s Getting Weird)

The first series in the Disney+ highly anticipated superhero rollout is WandaVision, a trippy adventure starring Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany). WandaVision, the first Marvel Cinematic Universe release in almost two years, gives fans a front row seat to the literal chaos of Wanda’s mind. As one of the early projects of MCU’s Phase Four lineup, the events of WandaVision will no doubt impact the trajectory...

The Conjuring's Vera Farmiga signs up to new horror movie role

Vera is set to return to the horror genre.

Space oddity: song rejected by Kubrick for 2001 released after 52 years

Stanley Kubrick’s enigmatic film 2001: A Space Odyssey has posed a puzzle from the first. The unsettling story of a manned space journey to Jupiter, it continues to intrigue audiences 50 years after its release. But now, thanks to a small British record label, a “lost” original song, commissioned especially for the film but never used, is winning admiration from fans for the way it catches the flavour of a cinematic one-off. “I gave the song...

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Meghan Trainor gives pregnancy update

Meghan Trainor has revealed she is suffering from a new pregnancy symptom: wheezing.

Matthew and Camila Alves McConaughey welcome new addition to the family

Matthew and Camila Alves McConaughey have welcomed a new addition their household.

Stephen Bear 'released on bail' after being 'arrested at Heathrow Airport following his arrival into the UK'

Stephen Bear has reportedly been released on bail after being arrested at London's Heathrow Airport.

Katie Holmes makes bold statement in tight T-shirt designed by boyfriend

The Dawson's Creek actress shared a snap of herself wearing a T-shirt designed by boyfriend Emilio Vitolo Jr.

You choose: which is the best film of each director?

Paris and Nicky Hilton admit Sex and the City no-show is 'biggest regret ever'

Paris and Nicky Hilton have admitted that one of their biggest regrets in life is not bothering to show up to a starring role in Sex and the City. The socialite sisters were cast in the popular HBO series at the height of its fame, but revealed that they flaked out of turning up to their first day on set. Owning up to the no-show in the Sibling Revelry podcast, run by Kate Hudson and her brother Oliver, Nicky explained: “We were cast in Sex and...

Netflix secret codes: How to access hidden films and TV shows on the streaming service

You might think you’ve exhausted everything there is to watch on Netflix. The chances are, though, that there are probably a large quantity of films and TV shows you’ve never come across while searching through the streaming service’s extensive library. Unless you spend hours scrolling through, the titles that are highlighted are based on the previous things you’ve watched or added to your list. But, if you fancy watching something from a genre...

Ryan Reynolds sends sweet message to 11-year-old fan battling cancer

Ryan Reynolds is sending “tons of love and strength” to a young fan with cancer, after he heard about his battle with stage 3B Hodgkins Lymphoma and Crohn's disease.

Katie Price finds care home for Harvey in tear-jerking trailer for new BBC documentary

The mum, 42, announced this week that she has made the heartbreaking decision to place her disabled son into full-time care

Blake Shelton makes weight loss revelation ahead of wedding to Gwen Stefani

Blake Shelton revealed his plans to shed some serious weight ahead of his wedding to Gwen Stefani

Zayn: Nobody Is Listening review – music to make babies to

Pop music is not an easy place to be a reluctant, brooding antihero. In a world where everyone is doing jazz hands, strutting their stuff and projecting to the back of the hall, Zayn Malik has long been more wallflower material – less eager to please, more introverted and more sceptical than the job description called for. Nearly six years since he bowed out from One Direction, precipitating their indefinite hiatus, the mononymous Zayn remains...

Stardust: Johnny Flynn would rather appear in unauthorised Bowie film than ‘bland and safe’ music biopics

Johnny Flynn has defended controversial David Bowie biopic Stardust in comparison to other “bland and safe” music films. The film, set during Bowie’s younger years, was released in the UK on Friday (15 January). It has been near universally panned by critics and fans for going ahead without Bowie’s music or, as his son Duncan Jones put it in 2019, “the family’s blessing”. Stardust has naturally been compared to authorised recent biopics such as...

Netflix's Selena series with Walking Dead star confirms debut

"This is an encore you won’t want to miss."

Uptown Funk, Shape of You, Happy…. The biggest hits of the 2010s

Spike Lee: My wife deserves all the credit for raising our children

Spike Lee has admitted his wife Tonya Lewis Lee wholly responsible for raising their wonderful children.

On my radar: Jason Williamson's cultural highlights

Jason Williamson, lead vocalist of English electronic punk music duo Sleaford Mods, was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1970. He moved to Nottingham in 1995, where he began working with rock band Spiritualized and electronic duo Bent. In 2009, he met Andrew Fearn and they released the first Sleaford Mods album, Divide and Exit , in 2014. They have since been called “the voice of Britain” by their fans and “the world’s greatest rock’n’roll...

Netflix’s glossy dramas get all the attention, but there’s much to be said for low-budget TV and film

One small consolation of lockdown is an abundance of glossy, expansively produced TV dramas to stream as and when you want them. I know, I know, that’s a bit like me saying one small consolation of my getting run over by a truck is qualifying for a blue badge that sometimes makes parking my adapted car a bit easier, but in pandemic-land you have to find your crumbs of comfort where you can. Netflix made a huge splash with The Queen’s Gambit,...

The Kardashians, then and now

The Vampire Diaries: where are the actors now?

Melanie C on depression: It's so important to reach out

Melanie C has spoken about how vital it is to reach out to people and not suffer in silence not matter what you are going through.

American Gods boss Neil Gaiman shares update on book sequel

The original was published 20 years ago.

Aaliyah's estate are still 'resolving all the issues' around getting her music on streaming sites

Aaliyah’s estate has insisted they are working hard to “resolve all the issues in freeing her music” for use on streaming services, after telling fans in August they hope to have her tracks available in the "near future".

Blake Shelton defends Minimum Wage song amid 'tone deaf' criticism

Meagan Good keen on motherhood after change of heart

What happened between Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, and Jason Sudeikis?

Everything you need to know about Drew Carey's love life

Everything you need to know about Celebrity Wheel of Fortune's Drew Carey's love life

Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra and 10 Poets: We Are from the Sun review – works a treat

In the pop era, the long love affair between poetry and music has bloomed into inspired tributes – the Waterboys on Yeats, say, or Jah Wobble on Blake – while living poets declaiming to music has proved more erratic. There have been highs – Betjeman, Cooper Clarke, LKJ, Tempest – but worthy-but-dull is more common. Here, Cerys Matthews and studio polymath Joe Acheson , AKA Hidden Orchestra, pull off the trick in style, with 10 diverse UK poets...

Here's a frightening 1st look at the newly-resurrected 'Alien' series from Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics relaunches the "Alien" comic book franchise in 2021 with this terrifying tale of a Weyland-Yutani mercenary battling a new breed of xenomorph creature.

Awkward photos of celebrities as teenagers

Eyal Booker denies shouting at girlfriend in street and says he was yelling 'in pain'

The Love Island star, 25, concerned fans when he was pictured appearing to argue with girlfriend Delilah Belle Hamlin - but he has since assured that they are 'happy and content' as he gave the real explanation for his rage

Dita Von Teese would rather be engaged than married

Dita Von Teese wants to be "perpetually engaged" rather than getting married one day.

Nicole Kidman's appearance inside family home gets fans talking for this reason

Big Little Lies actress Nicole Kidman stunned fans with her appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon when she called in for a virtual interview from her home in Australia

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KT Tunstall "self-sabotaged" her own career.

'Suddenly I See' hitmaker KT Tunstall thinks she “self-sabotaged” her own career.

Lauren Burnham dispels rumors that she has broken up with her husband

The 29-year-old reality television personality received an email from TMZ asking her to shed some light on the claim that she and her 29-year-old husband had previously broken up.

András Schiff at Wigmore Hall review – joy and solace

Declaring, in his opening comments, that Wigmore Hall is his favourite venue and Bach the greatest of all composers, the Hungarian-born pianist András Schiff bewitched us with a recital so engrossing that the only thing to do at the end was go back to the beginning and start again. To date I’ve listened four times, and not because I couldn’t find anything else to do. If one shaft of light can penetrate our pandemic darkness, having Schiff...

A-list cast confirmed for Netflix's Matilda: The Musical adaptation

Matilda: The Musical is shaping up to be quite the A-list affair! Find out which stars have been cast in the much-anticipated Netflix adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's book

Gerry Marsden has been laid to rest

Gerry Marsden was laid to rest at a private funeral in his home city of Liverpool on Saturday (16.01.21).

Garden Rescue star Charlie Dimmock reveals surprising reason she will never marry

Charlie Dimmock has opened up about why she has no plans to get married - get the details

Russell T Davies, unafraid to cast his show based on actors’ sexuality

The last time Russell T Davies released a television series, I was enthralled by every episode and at the same time deeply relieved when it was over and I no longer had to think about any of it again. The apocalyptic Years and Years served as a menu for the horrors of 2020, the only difference being that Davies stretched out the misery over a good few years, rather than cramming it all into a blockbuster 12 months. I have found myself thinking...

Zac Hanson to be dad for fifth time

Zac Hanson and his wife Kathryn have announced they are to be parents for a fifth time.

Grime star MistaKay, 25, admits sexually abusing a toddler

Kieron Cunliffe, also known as MistaKay, has admitted to six charges relating to the sexual abuse of a young girl. The 25-year-old will be sentenced next month.