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Ariana Grande is planning to return to Manchester with “a special show” as part of her world tour next summer. She will return to the city two years after 22 people died in a bomb attack on her gig at the Manchester Arena. “We are of course coming and we love you,” the pop star, who currently has the UK ...

J Hus has been sentenced to eight months in jail after admitting carrying a knife in a public place. The 23-year-old rapper was caught with the blade after police stopped a car near the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London, on 21 June. Snaresbrook Crown Court heard J Hus – real name Momodou Jallow – “fully accepted his actions ...

A major stadium in Los Angeles has confirmed that it uses facial recognition tech during sport and music events, to spot known troublemakers. The Rose Bowl told news site Gizmodo that it used the tech “inside and outside” the stadium gates. It made the statement after an article in Rolling Stone alleged that Taylor Swift fans were scanned at a ...

A different kind of internet celebrity is emerging; virtual characters that talk on YouTube or pose on Instagram like living, breathing people. Is this the dawn of a new breed of star? Kizuna AI has 2.3 million YouTube followers. She post videos nearly every day, talking to camera about life, love and video games. But she is also a CGI ...

US singer Beyoncé has performed as part of the lavish festivities at the latest extravagant Indian celebrity wedding. Isha Ambani, the daughter of India’s richest man, is tying the knot with Anand Piramal, son of another Indian billionaire, this week. Beyoncé was one of many celebrities flown in, along with Bollywood stars and figures like Hillary Clinton. It comes on ...

The Greatest Showman has been the surprise hit film of the past year. But having just one box office success is, as they sing in the film, never enough. Small wonder the musical’s star Hugh Jackman has said he would like to star in a sequel – if one is made. “If a genuine opportunity came up where it felt ...

A highly personal film shot by artist Charlotte Prodger on her iPhone, which recalls her experiences of coming out as gay in rural Scotland, has won her the prestigious £25,000 Turner Prize. The Glasgow-based artist, known for exploring queer identity, won the annual art award for two of her videos. One of those, titled Bridgit, was filmed entirely on her ...

Baby, It’s Cold Outside is one of those Christmas songs that’s about as traditional as mince pies. But an American radio station’s decision to pull it from playlists because it’s seen as unsuitable in the #MeToo era has reignited a debate about the song, and raised questions about other potentially questionable Christmas classics. Baby, It’s Cold Outside found a wide ...

The actress Jameela Jamil, best known for her role in US TV series The Good Place, says airbrushing is a crime against women and should be illegal. She’s one of this year’s BBC 100 Women and has also started @i_weigh – a social media initiative designed for people to share what makes them unique and valuable, outside of their appearance. ...

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have married in a Christian ceremony at a royal palace in India. The Bollywood superstar and the Texan singer, formerly part of the Jonas Brothers, wed before family and friends in Jodhpur’s Umaid Bhavan Palace. People magazine said the ceremony was officiated by Jonas’s father Paul Kevin Jonas. The couple will have a traditional Hindu ...