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Reading and Leeds Festival unveils major overhaul, but will it draw in a new crowd?
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Reading and Leeds Festival unveils major overhaul, but will it draw in a new crowd?

BBC Newsbeat has spoken with festival-goers to see whether they feel the changes will attract a wider demographic.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Selena Gomez pushes back against 'frivolous' fraud claims
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Selena Gomez pushes back against 'frivolous' fraud claims

Selena Gomez's lawyer says the fraud case is "absurd" - but it is far from unusual for celebrity family business relationships to go wrong.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
'Dragon' offers street artist advice - and a job
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'Dragon' offers street artist advice - and a job

Nathan Murdoch is offered a job painting one of the Dragon's offices in London.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville among actors calling for law on AI voice cloning
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Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville among actors calling for law on AI voice cloning

The performers are asking the government to give every person in the UK a legal right to own their voice.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Edinburgh launches new media event after final TV Festival
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Edinburgh launches new media event after final TV Festival

Edinburgh TV Festival moves to Manchester next year, so what will a new event look like?

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
‘I’m an ever-changing vessel’: Erykah Badu on defying definition, life as a birth and death doula and her first album in 11 years
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‘I’m an ever-changing vessel’: Erykah Badu on defying definition, life as a birth and death doula and her first album in 11 years

Why do the Texan innovator’s records take so long to make? ‘It’s important to gather the data,’ she says: the death, dating and dopamine behind her exquisite comeback alongside the AlchemistErykah Bad...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘You notice the quiet’: Lorde and Little Simz to star at festival run on green power
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‘You notice the quiet’: Lorde and Little Simz to star at festival run on green power

A zero-emission compact hydrogen power plant will drive the two stages at Clifton Down in BristolWhen Lorde, Little Simz and Wet Leg stride on to stages in Bristol this weekend, they will not only be...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died
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Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died

‘My sister was always thinking of others,’ Parton’s younger sister Stella wrote in a Facebook tributeDolly Parton’s younger sister Stella Parton has shared a moving tribute to the late country music s...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Jacob Elordi on why The Dog Stars had him asking 'What am I missing' in life?
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Jacob Elordi on why The Dog Stars had him asking 'What am I missing' in life?

Sir Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic epic explores the feeling of hope in a pandemic-riddled world.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
The spells Practical Magic 2 stars wish they could cast
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The spells Practical Magic 2 stars wish they could cast

The film Practical Magic 2 is having its UK premiere in London. It re-unites actors Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in some of their best-known roles.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
BBC director-general says he was not aware of 'severity' of cuts needed
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BBC director-general says he was not aware of 'severity' of cuts needed

Matt Brittin succeeded Tim Davie as boss of the BBC in May.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Optimus Prime and Eeyore voice actor Peter Cullen dies
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Optimus Prime and Eeyore voice actor Peter Cullen dies

Cullen voiced the heroic Optimus Prime in the Transformers TV series and then the Hollywood films.

BBC News - UK2 months ago
BBC to bring back Top Gear amid speculation about show’s next presenters
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BBC to bring back Top Gear amid speculation about show’s next presenters

Motoring series to return four years after Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff suffered serious injuries in crash during filmingTop Gear, the long-running motoring show that has been off air since its co-host A...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Ain’t nobody better: Chaka Khan’s 20 best songs – ranked!
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Ain’t nobody better: Chaka Khan’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Ahead of the release of her 13th solo album, the fantastically titled Chakzilla, we rank the best of a sublime catalogue of funk, slow jams and tears-on-the-dancefloor discoChaka Khan had harsh words...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Billy Strings: So Much for Goodbyes review – staggering, stirring songs of grief draw the blues out of bluegrass
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Billy Strings: So Much for Goodbyes review – staggering, stirring songs of grief draw the blues out of bluegrass

(Reprise)The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearningOn the face of it, 20...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
A biopic, a coffee brand and dog treats among Dolly Parton's business projects still to come
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A biopic, a coffee brand and dog treats among Dolly Parton's business projects still to come

"Dolly worked up until the day she died," her manager says, as her upcoming projects are revealed.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
In pictures: The dotty world of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama
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In pictures: The dotty world of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama

Kusama was known for creating extraordinary immersive worlds that delighted millions of visitors.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
‘It’s sad to lose a really nice person’: mourners flock to Dollywood after death of Dolly Parton
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‘It’s sad to lose a really nice person’: mourners flock to Dollywood after death of Dolly Parton

A memorial at the park’s entrance held bouquets, and a child asked his mothers why so many people were cryingBecky Bullard was en route home to Austin, Texas, when she heard the news.“As soon as I hea...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Creamfields 2026 festival guide: Everything you need to know
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Creamfields 2026 festival guide: Everything you need to know

The annual four-day dance music festival celebrates its 20th year at Daresbury in Cheshire.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Hot ticket: UK’s first sauna theatre draws swimwear-clad audiences
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Hot ticket: UK’s first sauna theatre draws swimwear-clad audiences

The 80-seat venue at Edinburgh fringe combines sauna rituals with theatre, music, storytelling … and sweatTucked away behind the Summerhall arts centre is the hottest new venue at the Edinburgh fringe...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago