Banksy’s playful take on Claude Monet’s famous impressionist garden scene has smashed expectations at auction, fetching more than £7.5m. Show Me The Monet sold for £7,551,600 at a Sotheby’s event in London on Wednesday, and comes at a huge increase on an estimated sale price of between £3.5m to £5m. Five different collectors battled with
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It was a mini Mamma Mia! reunion on Colin Firth’s new film, The Secret Garden, as the children’s classic saw him team up once again with Dame Julie Walters. The 70-year-old actress recently revealed she would only consider returning from her retirement from acting if there was to be a third movie in the franchise
On 2 December 1956 a track by Winifred Atwell became the first ever by a black person to go to number one in the UK singles chart. She’s still the only female instrumentalist to achieve the coveted top spot selling over 20 million records and counting Elton John as one of her fans, yet she
Sky History has axed its new woodworking show The Chop while it investigates a contestant’s tattoos after viewers reported they appeared to have links to Nazism and white supremacists. The new competition show, which hunts for “Britain’s top woodworker” in the style of The Great British Bake Off, is hosted by presenters Lee Mack and
The Affair star Dominic West is in the picture to take over the role of Prince Charles in The Crown. Although it is understood no contracts have been signed yet, the 51-year-old actor is said to have been lined up for the part. He would take over from Josh O’Connor, who joined the big-budget royal
Oscar winner Jeff Bridges has revealed he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. In a tweet referencing one of his most famous characters, he wrote: “As the Dude would say.. New S**T has come to light. I have been diagnosed with Lymphoma. Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great
Former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie has been cleared of grabbing a woman’s breasts at a Christmas party in 2008. He cried and nodded at the jury as the verdict was delivered, and made no comment when he left the court. Leslie, full name John Leslie Stott, had denied the accusations that he had groped
Forty years ago, a reality TV queen was born. Yes, Kim Kardashian celebrates the Big 4-0 on 21 October 2020 – and what better way to celebrate than with a trip down memory lane (especially as KUWTK is coming to an end next year and we may never see them again after that). The artist
Adele has revealed she is hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time. The singer, 32, surprised fans with the news in an Instagram post on Sunday night. She posted: “Bloooooody hellllll I’m so excited about this!! And also absolutely terrified! My first ever hosting gig and for SNL of all things!!!!” Adele has never
Banksy appears to have confirmed being behind a new artwork that has appeared on a wall in Nottingham, depicting a young girl using a bike tyre as a hula-hoop. Residents in the area of Lenton had been speculating about the design, which appeared on the side of the AVI hair and beauty salon there earlier
Star Trek star William Shatner has threatened to stop selling merchandise from his online store to the UK because of costly red tape. The Canadian actor, best known for playing Captain James T Kirk in the blockbusting sci-fi franchise, issued the warning on Twitter and apologised to fans. He claimed the British government was seeking
It’s not been a good year for cinema. 2020 box office sales are forecast to be the lowest in in nearly 30 years, with almost £1bn wiped from ticket returns due to coronavirus. With lockdown, followed by strict social distancing restrictions, it’s no surprise that UK cinema admissions are set to reach their lowest point
John Leslie has told a court he knows the line between behaving gregariously and criminal behaviour and has “never crossed it”. The 55-year-old presenter from Edinburgh denies grabbing a woman’s breasts at a Christmas party in London’s West End on 5 December in 2008. On day four of his trial at Southwark Crown Court, Leslie
John Legend has returned to the stage for the first time since announcing the loss of his third baby, performing live at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards. The 41-year-old dedicated the emotional performance of Never Break to his wife, the model and presenter Chrissy Teigen The couple revealed the loss of their baby boy, who
Oscar-winning actor Tim Robbins has told Sky News that “we all need a good laugh” right now, as he discussed his new star-studded satirical podcast Bobbo Supreme. He revealed that he wanted to make a film but due to the coronavirus pandemic, that was not possible – so he created a “film for the ears”
Sir Elton John and his ex-wife Renate Blauel have resolved a reported £3m legal dispute over an agreement not to talk about their marriage publicly. Ms Blauel started proceedings against the star in the summer, accusing him of “repeated and flagrant” breaches of the agreement in his memoir Me and the biopic Rocketman, both released