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Russian media outlets trod a cautious line Friday in response to US Weekly’s report that Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife Wendi Deng was dating Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a country where open speculation about Putin’s private life can court trouble, and even arrest, Russian reporters refused to speculate on the truth behind the unsourced story, which cites an unnamed “insider” who claims ...

An all-star tribute concert to David Bowie, announced shortly before he died, has been held in New York. The concert in Carnegie Hall was announced on 10 January as a retrospective of Bowie’s life. But hours later, the singer’s family announced his death from cancer. The concert then quickly sold out. Among the acts performing were the Flaming Lips, Pixies, ...

Oscar-winner Mark Rylance is facing competition from Luther star Idris Elba in the bid to be named best leading actor at this year’s Bafta TV awards. The pair are nominated alongside Ben Whishaw and Stephen Graham, cited for London Spy and This is England ’90. Sheridan Smith is in the running for the leading actress award, for her role as ...

JAMES CORDEN has outdone himself on the latest instalment of Carpool Karaoke. Driving with the supreme pop diva Jennifer Lopez, James asks if he can see which famous people she has in her phone. Foolishly J.Lo hands him her mobile only for him to use it to send a fake flirty text to Leonardo DiCaprio. But it looks as if ...

Woody Allen’s latest work, Cafe Society, will open this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Starring Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Steve Carell, the movie centres on the buzzing cafe society of 1930s Hollywood. It makes Allen the first director to present three opening-night films at Cannes. Hollywood Ending opened the annual festival in 2002, and Midnight in Paris in 2011. According ...

BBC One’s tense thriller The Night Manager averaged 6.6m viewers for its final episode, beating ITV’s Our Queen at 90 by one million viewers to win the Easter weekend TV battle. However ITV’s documentary, which began an hour earlier, did beat BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow, which averaged 4.9m. The Night Manager, an updated version of John Le Carre’s 1993 novel, ...

X-Men star Hugh Jackman has been thanked for helping his children and other swimmers after they got caught in a rip tide at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Australia’s Nine News showed footage of Saturday’s incident, with Jackman helping pull his daughter from the water with the help of another swimmer. Lifeguards then helped bring Jackman’s teenage son to safety after he ...

JK Rowling has shared two rejection letters she received for her first novel writing as Robert Galbraith. The author was trying to find a publisher for The Cuckoo’s Calling, which was eventually released in 2013. Rowling posted the rejections on Twitter, saying she was doing so to encourage other aspiring writers. One of the letters, from publishing house Constable & ...

The Sisters Kardashian are being sued for $180 million and being accused of fraud by a disgruntled investor in their makeup line. Hillair Capital Management is claiming that shortly after it invested in the makeup line, which was struggling after its distributor folded in 2014, the sisters began looking for a new partner to buy out the Hillair stake, reports ...

Beyoncé has shared some seriously adorable photos from an Easter-themed tea party with daughter Blue Ivy and sister Solange. Bey shared the photos of the three celebrating the Spring season and all things Easter on her website, with a smiling Blue Ivy looking too darn cute in her pink dress. Solange, meanwhile, looked gorgeous in a blue ensemble, while Beyoncé ...