Taylor Swift has been confirmed by IFPI as the Official Biggest-Selling Global Artist of the Year 2025.

The singer, 36, is being honoured by the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, and the tribute marks the sixth time Taylor has won the award.

It is also her fourth consecutive year at the top of the IFPI Global ...Read more

Kurt Cobain's death has been branded a potential murder by the police officer assigned to audit his death.

Kurt, the frontman of Nirvana, died in April 1994 at the age of 27 from a shotgun wound to the head, and Neil Low has now claimed the physical evidence in the rocker's death "does not add up" - alleging the original police investigation ...Read more

Shia LaBeouf has addressed his Mardi Gras arrest with a brief social media message hours after being released from jail. The 39-year-old actor known for roles in Even Stevens and Holes, was detained on Tuesday (17.02.26) in New Orleans and charged with two counts of simple battery following a brawl during Mardi Gras celebrations.

He appeared ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Pikachu? More like Pi-ka-ching.

A rare Pokémon card owned by wrestler and social media personality Logan Paul sold for $16.5 million on Monday, setting a new record for the auction price of a trading card. Paul had acquired the Pikachu Illustrator card in a trade worth $5.275 million in 2021 — the most expensive Pokémon ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In 1994, the Rev. Jesse Jackson declared war on Hollywood.

The civil rights leader, who died Tuesday, set his sights on the entertainment industry, accusing it of "institutional racism" and calling out what he called the lack of representation of people of color and women, an issue that reverberates today.

Jackson aimed his ...Read more

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert shot back at his network Tuesday over its handling of his interview with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico of Texas.

Colbert told viewers Monday he was instructed by CBS "in no uncertain terms" that Talarico could not appear on his "Late Show" program because it would require offering equal time...Read more

The Andover Audio SpinPlay is a single-piece record player worth buying: I am often asked about all-in-one record players with built-in speakers that can play records without any other components. With few exceptions such as extremely expensive consoles, these players have not been anything I would recommend. They either sounded poor, were hard ...Read more

Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) is no ordinary convicted man on death row, and not just because he wears a satin slumber mask with his prison coveralls. The story he tells, to a visiting priest (Adrian Lukis), is an astonishing one: how he, born to a obscenely rich family yet shut out of its fortunes, schemed to bump off every relative standing ...Read more

Based on a 2021 novel by Catherine Ryan Howard, "56 Days," which premiered Wednesday on Prime Video, is billed as an "erotic thriller," which means that every so often, or at least until the main characters are too distracted by the thriller part, the action will stop for a sex scene in a car, an alleyway or even a bed; these are relatively ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The cause of death for Victoria Jones, the daughter of Hollywood legend Tommy Lee Jones, has been revealed a month and a half after she was found dead in a hotel in San Francisco on New Year's Day.

The San Francisco medical examiner released a report Tuesday ruling her death accidental, the result of the toxic effects of cocaine...Read more

Drawings by the late Queen Elizabeth are expected to sell for thousands at auction.

The artwork, which adorns the then Princess Elizabeth's handwritten note to Beatrice Stillman, the head housemaid at Royal Lodge in Windsor, features illustrations of dogs, horses and children.

The late monarch, who was around 10 years old when she wrote the ...Read more

Hart to Hart stars Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers recently reunited for the former's 96th birthday.

A picture uploaded on Robert's Instagram shows the pair - who played married couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart in the ABC mystery series - embracing in honour of the Austin Powers star's birthday earlier this month.

The photo was captioned: "...Read more

Sharon Stone has unleashed a fiery takedown of society's ongoing discomfort with nudity, blasting the idea that women should hide their bodies -- or be ashamed of the most basic parts of being human.

In a new video that's already causing a stir, the Hollywood icon questioned why, in 2026, people are still more scandalised by skin than by ...Read more

David Archuleta made himself homeless at the height of his fame.

The American Idol runner‑up, now 35, who came second on the 2008 season of the US talent competition, reveals in his new memoir Devout that he was secretly homeless, choosing to sleep in his car because he believed he didn't deserve anything better.

Speaking to People to ...Read more

In 2022, filmmaker John Patton Ford wowed audiences with his directorial debut “Emily the Criminal,” a gritty, character-driven crime film starring Aubrey Plaza, about a down-on-her-luck woman who turns to a credit card fraud scheme as a means of tackling her student debt. It was class-conscious from the bottom up, an L.A. noir from the ...Read more

Alfie Boe has credited Pete Townshend with helping him unlock his songwriting voice.

As he prepares to release his first album of original material in two decades, 52-year-old Alfie - the operatic tenor known for his work in musical theatre and his chart-topping partnership with Michael Ball - said The Who veteran Pete, 80, encouraged him to ...Read more

Amy Winehouse's original band is launching a 30-date tour.

To celebrate 20 years since the release of the tragic singer's album Back to Black, the group - led by Dale Davis - will kick off the shows in York on October 22.

Dale, Amy's longtime musical director and bassist, was quoted in The York Press saying: "I can't believe that it's the 20th...Read more

Walton Goggins and Chloe Grace Moretz are to lead the action-comedy Mister.

The 54-year-old actor and the Kick-Ass star, 29, will front Thunder Road's upcoming movie, Deadline has said.

Before Goggins boarded Mister, Josh Brolin had been attached to the action film, but had to exit the project due to scheduling conflicts.

According to ...Read more

Leo Woodall is to join Sydney Sweeney in the movie adaptation of Custom of the Country.

The White Lotus star, 29, and Sweeney, 28, will lead director Josie Rourke's upcoming cinematic take on Edith Wharton's 1913 novel of the same name, Deadline has said.

In the movie, Sweeney will portray Undine Spragg, a fiercely ambitious woman from the ...Read more

Prince William has opened up about the personal work he does to understand his own emotions, saying he often needs time to process how he feels.

Speaking during a special Life Hacks discussion on BBC Radio 1, the Prince of Wales reflected on the importance of emotional self‑awareness while calling for more male role models to speak publicly ...Read more