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R Kelly’s lawyers want to question a convicted gang member who claims to have beaten up the jailed R&B singer in a Chicago prison cell. Jeremiah Farmer said in a court filing earlier this week that he attacked Kelly on 26 August in the Metropolitan Correctional Centre because he wanted to shed light on wrongdoing

Rapper Silento has been charged with assault after allegedly attacking two strangers with a small axe. After walking into an unlocked home, he swung a hatchet at two people inside before one of them disarmed him, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Local reports say he was looking for his girlfriend. The

British actor Robert Pattinson has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, forcing filming of his new movie The Batman to be suspended in the UK. Warner Bros said a member of production had coronavirus and was isolating but has not confirmed the name of the individual. Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter said the person who

A new trailer for No Time To Die – James Bond’s 25th cinema outing – has been released online. The two-minute 34 second video kicks off with Bond narrowly avoiding being run down by a speeding car, before jumping from a viaduct and smashing into a wall. It shows shootouts on land, air and sea;

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has revealed that he and his family have all tested positive for COVID-19. Speaking on an Instagram video, he said that his two daughters, Jasmine, four, and Tiana, two, both suffered minor symptoms of COVID-19, while he and his wife Lauren Hashian had a “rough go”. The Jumanji actor said he

Harry and Meghan have signed a deal with Netflix to create documentaries, feature films and other shows. It comes after the couple made the shock announcement that they were stepping back as senior royals earlier this year. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be producing films and series for the streaming platform, including scripted

Harry and Meghan have denied reports they are set to take part in a reality show for Netflix, after signing a deal with the streaming service. A spokesman for the couple said the duke and duchess “are not taking part in any reality shows” following tabloid reports that a “fly-on-the-wall” series is planned. Earlier this

Tom Cruise has reportedly forked out £500,000 to rent out an entire cruise ship in Norway, in an effort to stop any more delays to the filming of his latest movie. The next Mission: Impossible instalment is being filmed across Europe but production was halted when large parts of the continent closed down due to

Ed Sheeran has said he is “on cloud nine” after announcing the birth of his first child. Revealing the happy news on Instagram in his first social media post since December, the star said his wife, Cherry Seaborn, gave birth to a baby girl last week. The couple have named their daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn

Adult film star Ron Jeremy has been charged with a further 20 counts of sexual assault involving 13 women from 2004 to January this year, prosecutors have said. The 67-year-old was charged with raping three women and sexually assaulting another in June and has been held in jail on $6.6m (£4.86m) bail since. New charges

Revealing photos of stars in their underwear are not unusual, but Katy Perry has raised the stakes by sharing a selfie in her pants and bra just days after giving birth. The 35-year-old’s refreshingly honest Instagram story shows her standing in front of her bathroom mirror wearing just a beige nursing bra and a pair

The MTV Video Music Awards were dedicated to Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, who died on Friday aged 43 after privately battling colon cancer for four years. Host Keke Palmer paid tribute to Boseman at the virtual ceremony, saying: “Before we get into the music tonight, we need to talk about the devastating loss of

There are ‘no plans’ to move Glastonbury from its traditional weekend in June next year, organisers say. Founder Michael Eavis has previously said it was “wishful thinking” it could happen then, and that the only “certainty” for the iconic music festival was 2022, because of COVID-19 restrictions. The festival was cancelled this year because of

Chadwick Boseman’s death at just 43 has stunned the movie world. Heralded as a “true original” who “shattered stereotypes” he won legions of fans for his role in Black Panther.  But why was the film such an important cultural moment, as well as a box office phenomenon? Most importantly, it was the first big-budget superhero

Ant and Dec say they nearly quit Britain’s Got Talent over concerns with how the show was being edited. The 44-year-old presenters say they only decided to stay after a make-or-break meeting with Simon Cowell in LA, where he promised to sort out the problem. The revelation comes in the Geordie presenting duo’s forthcoming autobiography,

Joe Ruby, the American animator and writer who co-created the cartoon series Scooby-Doo, has died aged 87. He died of natural causes in Westlake Village, California, according to his grandson Benjamin Ruby, who confirmed his death to Variety. He also said his grandfather had never lost his passion for TV, telling the publication: “He never