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Image copyright Kabir Singh/ Facebook Image caption The film earned $10m in its opening weekend A new Bollywood film, Kabir Singh, is being described as misogynistic even as it has set box office coffers ringing. But this is hardly a new problem in India’s biggest film industry, writes the BBC’s Divya Arya. Kabir Singh is […]

Image copyright Getty/Chicago Police/Reuters Video recorded on a police bodycam from the night Jussie Smollett was allegedly attacked has been released. The ex-Empire actor says he was punched in the face, had an “unknown chemical substance” poured on him and a rope wrapped around his neck in a racist and homophobic attack in January. But

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Michael Jackson, three months before his death News of a medical emergency involving Michael Jackson started filtering through at around 22:00 BST on Thursday 25 June 2009. I know because I was on my way to watch cheesy 90s boy band East 17 in the Dance Tent at the

Image copyright Harwich Electric Palace Trust Image caption Following its closure in 1956, a trust was formed to restore the derelict venue in the 1970s and it reopened in 1981 One of the oldest cinemas in the country is expected to reopen in 2020 after nearly £1m of restoration work – a year later than

Image copyright Getty Images/ Jaclyn Hill cosmetics Image caption Jaclyn Hill has issued a refund for her So Rich lipsticks Beauty YouTuber Jaclyn Hill has promised to refund everyone who bought one of her lipsticks, after some appeared contaminated. She said on Instagram on Sunday that everyone would receive a full refund, even if they

Image copyright Getty Images The carpet was blue at the BET Awards in a tribute to Nipsey Hussle, who was shot dead aged 33 in March. The rapper was also given the Best Male Hip Hop Artist and Humanitarian Awards. John Legend and DJ Khaled performed a musical tribute to Nipsey during the ceremony, which

Image caption Ken Bruce hosts Popmaster every weekday morning on Radio 2 “In the event of a tiebreak, the exasperated presenter will flip a coin to decide the winner.” It’s something Ken Bruce tells Radio 2 listeners every morning – but, for the first time ever, Popmaster actually did go down to a coin toss

Image copyright Getty Images / AFP Image caption The estates of Tom Petty, Tupac Shakur, and Hole star Courtney Love are behind the legal action Several prominent musicians are suing the world’s largest record label, Universal Music, after learning their music may have been lost in a fire. The case, which seeks damages in excess

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKylie Minogue sings with twins Lauren and Sophie backstage at Blenheim Palace Kylie Minogue surprised a pair of eight-year-old twins by singing their late mother’s favourite song with them. A video of Lauren and Sophie Cripps singing Kylie’s hit Dancing to their dying mother Alex went viral

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Deacon Frey ably filled his father’s shoes When Glenn Frey died in 2016, his fellow Eagles founder Don Henley said the band would never play live again. Speaking to BBC Radio 2, he said that playing a tribute to his co-star at the 2016 Grammys had been “very difficult