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BBC News - Entertainment

KPop stars scored the biggest global hit songs of 2025 -- APT by Rosé and Bruno Mars and tracks from KPop Demon Hunters were among the biggest hits of the year.

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Trainspotting star Robert Carlyle joins Line of Duty cast -- The Bafta-winning actor, known for Cracker and The Full Monty, will play a police officer in the news series.

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Australian presenter apologises for drinking before slurred Olympics report -- Danika Mason also blamed the cold, after talking about coffee and iguanas in her live cross.

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BBC plans David Attenborough celebration for 100th birthday -- The corporation will look back on the veteran wildlife broadcaster's career for his birthday in May.

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I thought being deaf would mean I couldn't be a dating show contestant - now I'm starring in one -- Hold My Hand is the first show if its kind where all the contestants and hosts use British Sign Language.

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Gaffe-ridden Olympic commentary prompts Italian TV chief to resign -- Paolo Petrecca, whose gaffe-ridden commentary of the event went viral, stands down from his job.

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Game of Thrones play to open in the UK this summer -- The stage prequel will be set 10 years before the events of the original books and TV series.

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Desperate hunt for breakthrough in Nancy Guthrie case turns to Mexico -- The search for the 84-year-old mother of US presenter Savannah Guthrie has moved into a third week.

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Nigella will be 'wonderful' on Bake Off, says Prue Leith -- Dame Prue, who lives in Oxfordshire, announced that she would be leaving the reality baking competition in January.

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Stephen Colbert says CBS spiked interview with Democrat over FCC fears -- The network denies it stopped the interview with a Texas Democrat from airing but warned it could run afoul of the US broadcast media watchdog.

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'I don't pay attention': Cynthia Erivo ignores online criticism as Dracula gets mixed reviews -- The Wicked star appears in a one-woman version of the classic horror story in London's West End.

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'I would sell a lung for a Hannah Montana tour': Fans react to 20th anniversary special announcement -- Fans are gearing up for the "Hannahversary" - a special to mark the show's 20th anniversary.

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You're never too old, says dancer, 71, cast in Taylor Swift video -- Denise Sides was selected from hundreds of applicants to take part in the Opalite video.

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The man whose bad break-up gave Madonna her breakthrough hit Like A Virgin -- Billy Steinberg, who has died at the age of 75, co-wrote Madonna's 1984 chart-topper Like a Virgin.

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Oasis v Blur rivalry revived in new play as cast take sides -- The 1995 chart battle is recreated for a new play - and the rivalry is rekindled as the cast take sides.

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What we learned from the first trailer for the new Peaky Blinders film -- The Immortal Man sees Cillian Murphy return as Tommy Shelby and meet his son, played by Barry Keoghan.

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The historic US home that embodied the super-rich -- The largest privately owned home in the US, Biltmore House was an "American chateau built on the scale of a European palace". It reveals much about the dreams of the US's one per cent.

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Bad Bunny to make lead acting debut in film inspired by Puerto Rican revolutionary -- The singer will star opposite Edward Norton and Javier Bardem in a film titled Porto Rico.

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Ella Eyre gets emotional with new song Rain in Heaven -- The singer performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra in the Radio 2 Piano Room.

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Cynthia Erivo is not paying attention to online criticism -- The Dracula star says she wants to do her job as well as she can, and is putting her energy into the stage, not the critics.

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Why critics scorned Beryl Cook's 'saucy' paintings -- Beryl Cook's paintings were loved by the British public but derided by the art establishment. One hundred years after her birth, a new exhibition argues for a reassessment of her work.

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Singer and YouTuber who makes music with Furbys and Game Boys picked for UK at Eurovision -- Synth artist Look Mum No Computer is described as "a bold and brave choice" to represent the UK.

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