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BBC News - Entertainment

Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov, dies aged 90 -- He played the eager Russian crewman in the original Star Trek series and later appeared in Babylon 5.

7 hours ago

Sharon Osbourne: 'I visit Ozzy's grave every day' -- The TV presenter says she can see Ozzy's burial site from her window, and regularly talks to him.

23 hours ago

Oscar-winning producer says BBC gave her £400,000 payout after she raised antisemitism concerns -- The BBC says it did not uphold any of the allegations of antisemitism but accepted there were "shortcomings" in how it treated Lucie Kon.

4 hours ago

Macklemore begins Free Palestine tour after Ed Sheeran fallout -- Proceeds from the tour, which begins in Dublin next month, will go to organisations supporting Palestinians, he says.

4 hours ago

Chris Brown given suspended eight-month prison sentence over nightclub attack -- The R&B star previously pleaded guilty to affray, after attacking a music producer with a glass bottle.

12 hours ago

Russell Brand asked assistant for female fan phone numbers, court hears -- Helen Berger said she left her job working for Brand after she became "sick of him."

10 hours ago

Owners of Elvis music rights sue Anthropic for copyright violations -- The company is accused of using hundreds of songs by the American rock-and-roll star to train its Claude AI model.

3 hours ago

Fans praise 'perfect' ending as anime series Bleach officially ends -- Twenty-two years after it first aired, one of the biggest animes of all time is coming to an end.

4 hours ago

Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies aged 46 -- Bauza had voiced a number of characters in this summer's animated hit Coyote vs. Acme.

13 hours ago

Sam Fender calls out ticket prices ahead of tour -- The Geordie singer appears to have lowered ticket prices ahead of his upcoming tour.

1 day ago

Excitement grows for new ACOTAR book -- Dozens will be gathering at Wolverhampton Arts Centre to celebrate the series' newest release.

12 hours ago

Why the charts are full of old songs - and so are your playlists -- The chart is full of old music and classic songs are dominating streaming services. But why?

1 day ago

Strictly's new presenters - after frosty reviews have they warmed up? -- Josh Widdicombe, Emma Willis and Johannes Radebe have split opinion but are getting into the groove, critics say.

3 days ago

The rise of new black spaces in music -- Young black creatives are continuing a tradition of carving out spaces to dance, connect and belong.

2 days ago

Celebrity Traitors left on knife edge after trip to field of screams -- A newly-earned special power left one contestant with a deadly decision to make in Friday's episode.

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What books had people turning pages and turning up the volume this year? -- Thrillers, self-help books and Harry Potter were the big winners for readers from Libraries NI data.

3 days ago

Busted's James Bourne says 'hero' brother saved his life with kidney donation -- The guitarist says doctors had given him "a few years left to live", but is now recovering well.

3 hours ago

Why the real Christopher Robin resented Pooh Bear -- AA Milne's first Pooh book was published a century ago. Its inspiration, the author's own son, told the BBC why he took to "running away when people bring up the subject".

14 hours ago

Meghan broke contact with father in letter citing abuse claims -- Sources close to the duchess said she warned her father last year that he would never meet his grandchildren.

16 hours ago