Last Christmas: Last News

Emilia Clarke will star in the film An Ideal Wife as Oscar Wilde's one-time wife, Irish children’s author and activist Constance Lloyd, for director Sophie Hyde.The film will focus on Lloyd, an author who had written children's books and materials for newspapers and journals; and a feminist who was involved in efforts to reform dress for women amid the era of Victorian dresses.Lloyd and Wilde got married in 1884 and had two sons. Lloyd later relocated to Switzerland with her sons after Wilde was sentenced to two years in prison for homosexuality, which was then illegal, as it was decriminalized in England and Wales in 1967.

Wham!’s festive classic Last Christmas celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a special documentary giving fans an insight into its creation.This Saturday (14 December), a documentary airing on BBC2 will feature never-before-heard stories from one half of Wham!, Andrew Ridgeley. Pop duo Helen ‘Pepsi’ DeMacque Crockett and Shirlie Kemp - who starred in the Last Christmas music video, and sang as backing singers.

Princess Charlotte amusingly echoed a well-known French expression when told she'd be helping out at a charity event for the evening. Last Christmas, the Princess of Wales, Kate, was spotted bringing her three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis - to Windsor's The Baby Bank to assist with their Christmas Pyjama appeal.

She’s going to need a bigger boat! Constance Wu is pregnant and expecting her second child with partner Ryan Kattner.

Reverend & The Makers have returned with a new single called ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’ – check it out below.The new track is the band’s first new music in five years, and first taster of an upcoming seventh studio album.Frontman Jon McClure described ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’ as being about “lazing around on a sunny day with your lover getting stoned.“Imagine if Barry White lived in Sheffield and you’re getting there,” he added.Listen to ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’, the first new music from Reverend & The Makers since 2017’s ‘The Death Of A King’ album, below.Last year, the band’s Laura McClure responded to comments that her group is a “lad band”, pointing out that she’s often treated as lesser than her bandmates because of her gender.The keyboardist, trumpeter and vocalist has performed on all six of Reverend & The Makers’ studio albums – most recently ‘The Death Of A King’.In a statement posted to the band’s social media, McClure said: “I am tired of explaining I’ve been in the band from the beginning, tired of saying ‘no, we’re not a lad band’, tired of making people see girls don’t always have to be the lead singers, tired of girls not being recognised as members of the band even when they’ve been in the same band for 15 fucking years…Last Christmas, frontman Jon offered free virtual gigs to fans who will be alone on Christmas Day. “I don’t like the idea that people will be alone at this time of year,” McClure explained in the video.

Emilia Clarke is enjoying a day out in East London!

Emilia Clarke is soaking up the sunny weather!