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A 13-year-old girl who shot to prominence after being seen crying and singing throughout the set of Sigrid at Glastonbury Festival has finally met her idol. The Norwegian singer spotted Nina at the festival last month and a social media appeal was then launched to find her. Nina was tracked down and was invited to […]

SAN DIEGO — The origin story for LGBTQ superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a long one, and it’s finally coming to a close. During the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, Tessa Thompson was asked what her character, Valkyrie, would be up to as the new king of Asgard in the

Ali took the stage at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday and put on a “Blade” baseball cap, sending audience members into a frenzy. The “Moonlight” actor previously voiced the Prowler in the critically acclaimed movie “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and villain Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes in the first season of the Netflix/Marvel series “Luke Cage.”

Image copyright Disney Studios Avengers: Endgame is set to pass Avatar this weekend to become the highest-grossing movie of all time. The weekend take of the Disney and Marvel Studios’ sequel should push it past the record held by James Cameron’s epic of $2,789.7bn (£2,231.3bn). Marvel chief Kevin Feige hailed the achievement at Comic-Con in

“The Farewell” is a movie about death, the point at which petty hang-ups like money and prestige should cease to matter. Of course, that’s usually not what happens, even for those who’ve made peace with their imminent passing. However, in this film, Nai Nai (Shuzhen Zhao), the grandmother of Brooklyn-based protagonist Billi (Awkwafina), doesn’t know

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Simon Yam starred in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life Hong Kong actor and film producer Simon Yam has been stabbed while speaking on stage at a promotional event in China. The star, who has appeared in numerous award-winning films, was in the city of Zhongshan

Image copyright Playpass Wristbands have long been synonymous with music festivals, but what was once a simple, colourful loop of material now increasingly contains contactless technology. This allows music fans to pay for food, drinks or merchandise but festival directors are now taking the technology further, into the realm of “gameification”. This summer, Cheshire’s Bluedot

Image copyright Alamy Image caption Foreign objects were reportedly found in a small amount of food at the Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden Police are investigating after “foreign objects” were found in food at a cafe at Warner Bros Studios, in Hertfordshire. Police said the objects were discovered on 17 July at the Leavesden site,

Image caption There was heavy rain at Latitude for about an hour, causing delays to performances Performances at the Latitude Festival were suspended for about an hour after lightning and heavy rain caused the power to be turned off. Organisers of the event at Henham Park, Suffolk, said performances were paused on the Obelisk Arena

Image copyright Jordan Hughes Image caption Skepta on stage, and not a phone screen in sight Grime star Skepta has staged a string of experimental gigs using technologies like “mixed reality” and “spatial computing” – but without smartphones. We meet under a motorway flyover near Manchester Piccadilly station – 100 or so ravers ready to