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Tributes have flooded in from fans and colleagues across film and television for Manchester-born actor Bernard Hill, who has died aged 79. He was best known for his roles in Oscar-winning films Titanic and Lord of the Rings, with fans describing his loss as like ‘losing a friend’.

Singer-songwriter Judee Sill packed a lot of living into her 35 years, much of it hard. Drugs, reform school, losing her father when she was just 8. Of her mother she said, “She was mean on top of being dumb.”

The latest episode of much-loved ITV show Britain's Got Talent returned to our screens this week - but fans all had the same complaint about the Golden Buzzer act.

Britain’s Got Talent fans were left confused after a message appeared at the end of Saturday night’s episode. The ITV show was once more on our screens as judges Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden, Bruno Tonioli and Simon Cowell looked for the UK’s next star.

Pop singer Mike Nolan, who soared to fame after winning Eurovision - which returns later this month - for the UK in the band Bucks Fizz, has announced that he is stepping down from the group after 43 years. The band have been continuing to perform under their new name, The Fizz, with original members Mike, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston over recent years. However, appearing on Michael Ball’s Radio 2 show this week, they made the sad announcement.

Titanic and Lord of the Rings legend Bernard Hill has passed away at the age of 79, prompting a wave of emotional tributes from fans.The news of his passing was confirmed by his agent Lou Coulson on Sunday, May 5, who revealed he died peacefully in the early hours of the day. A full statement from his family is due to be released.The actor earned icon status for his standout roles as Captain Edward Smith in the Oscar-winning blockbuster Titanic and as King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.Throughout a sparkling career that began with Boys from the Blackstuff, Bernard picked up an impressive 11 Academy Awards, reports the Daily Star.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “The Fall Guy,” an action-comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, kicked off the summer movie season without much sizzle. The film, backed by Universal and directed by David Leitch, fell just short of expectations with $28.5 million from 4,002 North American venues in its debut. Heading into the weekend, “The Fall Guy” was projected to earn at least $30 million to $40 million.

Manchester-born actor Bernard Hill has died aged 79. Best known for his roles in Oscar-winning epics Titanic and Lord of the Rings, he also starred in the seminal TV drama Boys from the Blackstuff.

Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl has confirmed the German club will attempt to keep hold of Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho in this summer's transfer window.

Olly Murs finally landed in Glasgow on Saturday after he missed his first stint in supporting Take That at the OVO Hydro on Friday night.

Madonna wrapped up her ‘Celebration’ tour with the largest show of her career to 1.6million people at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The show featured a career-spanning 26-song setlist with guest appearances from two Brazilian musicians – Anitta joined for ‘Vogue’, while Pabllo Vittar guested on the tour debut of ‘Music’.“Rio, here we are, in the most beautiful place in the world, with the ocean, the mountains, Jesus,” Madonna told the crowd, referring to the city’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue. “Magic.”According to Reuters, many attendees had waited for hours or even days to secure a good spot, while others watched from boats or beachfront apartments.The free concert – Madonna’s first show in Brazil since 2012 – took place at a venue that had previously played host to huge shows from the likes of The Rolling Stones in 2006, while Rod Stewart broke the world record for the most-attended concert of all time when he performed there in front of 4.2million people in 1994.Check out footage of the gig and the full setlist below:madonna performing ‘music’ with pabllo vittar in rio pic.twitter.com/Uy22XKgRDP— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) May 5, 2024.@pabllovittar just won the #MadonnaInRio jackpot.

Dua Lipa made light of the situation where her dancing at the BRIT Awards in 2018 became a meme during the opening monologue as the host of Saturday Night Live.Lipa performed ‘New Rules’ at that year’s ceremony in a performance many deemed to be lacklustre. A video posted of the performance went on to spawn a comment, which is now a viral meme: “I love her lack of energy, go girl give us nothing!”Six years on, Lipa joked about the perceptions people have of her in the monologue.

Britain's Got Talent fans have confessed that they "feel old" after watching previous winner George Sampson.The then 14-year-old dancer George won the show with his famous Singing in the Rain routine back in 2008. After winning the second series of BGT, George then went on to land acting roles in the likes of Waterloo Road.

Strictly star Fleur East enjoyed a casual date night with her designer husband and looked every inch a glowing new mum.The radio presenter posted a video and photo to her social media, showing herself dressed in a stylish green shorts-and-shirt co-ord and seemingly relishing the quality time with husband Marcel Badiane-Robin. They welcomed their baby daughter, who they named Nova, on 22 March, and Fleur, 36, has been keeping her fans and followers updated as she adjusts to life with a little one.

Dua Lipa joked around about the “give us nothing” meme while delivering her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, but she gave her fans everything when it came time to perform as the musical guest.

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Dua Lipa is pulling double duty on the May 4 episode of Saturday Night Live!

Madonna made history and put on another incredible show when she took the stage on the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Ryan Gosling opened up about sharing the stage with Slash during his performance of “I’m Just Ken” at the 2024 Oscars earlier this year.

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J. Kim Murphy “I’d direct an Agent Smith origin story,” Jane Schoenbrun tossed out on X, formerly known as Twitter, on the morning of April 3. The shout-out to the AI antagonist of “The Matrix” was posted in the hours after Warner Bros.