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Cecily Strong translated for Conan as reporters peppered him with questions. When Heidi Gardner cooed: “Who’s a good boy?” Conan “growled,” “Seriously, with all due respect, I’m a trained military assassin, not some basic labradoodle.” The operation could have been scarier, he noted. Fortunately, it didn’t include any vacuum cleaners. And his heroics paid off, he […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe actress and activist tells the BBC’s Luke Jones about why she’s being arrested every week, but doesn’t want to go to prison. The actress and activist Jane Fonda says she “worries” about climate activist Greta Thunberg. “She understands that if she’s attacked it’s because she’s making

The classic tale of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, has been given a twist in a new musical. & Juliet mixes things up and imagines life after Romeo, and sets Juliet on the road to self-discovery. BBC News met Miriam-Teak Lee, Jordan Luke Gage and Cassidy Janson during rehearsals. Filmed by Sophie van Brugen. Produced

Image copyright Kenneth Budd Trust Image caption Kenneth Budd with Newport’s now demolished Chartist mural, completed in 1978 The son of late Chartist mural artist Kenneth Budd will donate his father’s working drawings of the mosaic to Newport. Oliver Budd has made a miniature version of the artwork, which is set to be unveiled in

Russell T Davies has said openly gay writers are “still very new” to society, meaning bringing gay issues to the screen is “rich open territory”. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, The Queer as Folk and Years and Years writer joked “we’ve always been there”, adding it’s time to “celebrate” that fact in

Image copyright Olivia Rose Image caption Michael Kiwanuka: “I was always waiting for someone to find me out” “I won’t change my name, no  matter what they call me,” sings Michael Kiwanuka on his latest single, Hero. Over the years, the London-born singer has been called a lot of things. “Michael Kiwa-nin-nin-nooko, Michael Keena-wooka, Michael

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionArt expert Marina Zagidulina: “It was obviously from the school of Malevich.” The painting has modest dimensions, but it could be a sensational find: is Man with a Shovel a genuine Malevich? Belarus is where Kazimir Malevich, an ethnic Pole, lived, painted and developed an avant-garde movement

Chrissy Teigen shared a video of John Legend pouring his heart out in song — after a few pours of wine.  Teigen was captured in a video laughing as her R&B star husband stands onstage at Universal Studios in California, singing a slightly different version of his hit song, “All of Me.”  “John got wine drunk

There’s a lot going on in the Kardashian-West family Halloween photo, which features the whole gang dressed as the Flintstones ― from Kim’s Betty Rubble wig to Psalm’s debut as Bamm-Bamm to Kanye apparently on one knee inside a somewhat unnerving Dino costume. That might be why Kim didn’t seem too worried about the objectively

Image copyright Stephen Morris Image caption Stephen Morris was handed back his violin in a Waitrose car park A 310-year-old violin worth £250,000 that was left on a train in south London has been returned to its owner. The instrument was handed over to professional musician Stephen Morris in a supermarket car park in Beckenham