Image caption SuRie – full name Susanna Marie Cork – finished 24th last year On Saturday night, acts from 26 different countries will take to the stage in Tel Aviv for the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. One of them will be 21-year-old Michael Rice, who will be flying the flag for the […]
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Image copyright Press handout/Getty Images Image caption Olly Dobson will play Michael J Fox’s character Marty McFly Great Scott! The Back to the Future musical has finally set a date for its world premiere – 20 February 2020 in Manchester, before a West End run. The show had originally been scheduled to open in 2015.
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Image copyright Reuters/BBC Image caption Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia survived the poisoning attempt The BBC has commissioned a two-part drama inspired by the 2018 Novichok poisonings in Salisbury. The currently untitled drama will tell the story of “how ordinary people reacted to a crisis on their doorstep, displaying extraordinary heroism”. Former Russian spy
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Madonna’s latest album, Madame X, comes out in June Madonna will perform during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, it has finally been confirmed. The singer will perform two songs: her 1989 hit Like A Prayer and new single Future, featuring US rapper Quavo. An
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Image copyright 1tv.ru Image caption Mikella Abramova got far more votes than any of the other contestants The result of a popular Russian TV talent show – The Voice Kids – has been cancelled after thousands of fraudulent votes were found to have handed victory to a millionaire’s young daughter. There were complaints after singer
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Netflix is not screening any films at Cannes The future state of cinema has been one of the most hotly-debated topics in sun-drenched Cannes this week, during what jury president Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu described as a “crucial” stage for the “collective film experience”. For the second year running, movies
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Viewers have praised Nadiya Hussain for opening up about her lifelong struggle with “extreme anxiety”, and her journey to get help, in a BBC One documentary. The 2015 Great British Bake Off winner allowed cameras to follow her as she sought a diagnosis and treatment. She was seen having therapy, speaking about how her anxiety
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Image copyright Dan Charity Image caption Chris Evans took over the Virgin breakfast show in January Chris Evans has helped Virgin Radio break the one million listener barrier, the latest Rajar ratings show. His new breakfast show attracted an average weekly audience of 1.05 million in the first three months of 2019. Virgin Radio as
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Image caption Gary Clarke on the set of Wasteland In the early 1990s, the illegal rave scene in Britain was on the rise and heavy industry was on the decline. Choreographer Gary Clarke connects the two in a new dance show. Gary Clarke was too young to go to raves during the acid house explosion.
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It started as a joke but comedian Joe Lycett convinced the Lord Mayor of Birmingham to cut the ribbon at the ceremony for his new kitchen extension. Yvonne Mosquito had initially declined to attend because the event was private but after he opened it up to a public raffle she agreed to go. Comedian Katherine
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