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Pop star Lady Gaga is to honour David Bowie with “an experiential tribute” at this month’s Grammy Awards. The performance will be overseen by Chic’s Nile Rodgers, who produced Bowie’s hit album Let’s Dance in 1983. “The tribute will be a multisensory testament to the icon’s incredible artistry and a reflection of his limitless creativity,” said the Recording Academy in ...

Just when you think you’re keeping up with the Kardashians (Rob’s dating Chynna, Kylie’s back with Tyga, and Kanye doesn’t like any funny business in the sack) they make you question what you know to be true. Post Kanye’s epic row with fellow rapper Wiz Khalifa, where he took some very below the belt shots at ex-girlfriend Amber Rose, calling ...

COLEEN Rooney has received quite a bit of criticism over naming her new baby boy Kit. Wayne Rooney‘s wife had welcomed their third son Kit Joseph Rooney on 24 January. Speaking exclusively to OK! magazine, Frankie Bridge has now defended Coleen’s baby name choice. “I really like it because it’s cute and different, but I can understand what she must ...

Books of condolence have opened for Sir Terry Wogan, as his breakfast show successor Chris Evans paid tribute on air to “radio’s Eric Morecambe”. The veteran broadcaster died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 77. The books, in Sir Terry’s birthplace of Limerick, will allow people to mark the passing of “a true son of Limerick”, the city’s ...

Through all of the rapper squabbles last week, Pop/R&B superstar Rihanna managed to grab some attention as well by releasing her 8th studio album Anti. The project suffered an unexpected leak on Tidal before it was scheduled to go live, but according to the company’s Director of Marketing Grace Kim the mishap did not hinder the initial success of Anti. “Look, ...

Kanye West has realized the negative outcome of the recent comments he made publicly earlier this week. After engaging in a lengthy Twitter squabble with Wiz Khalifa, the Chi-town native, now regretfully, brought Khalifa and Amber Rose’s 2-year-old son, Sebastian, into the heated mix. With now-deleted tweets that read “I know you mad every time you look at your child ...

Mark Gatiss, Sir Roger Moore and Alexander Armstrong are among those who have paid tribute to actor Frank Finlay, who has died aged 89. Finlay, a star of the Three Musketeer films, earned an Oscar nomination for his role as Iago opposite Laurence Olivier in Othello in 1965. On TV, Finlay made a name for himself in 1971’s Casanova, cementing ...

Veteran BBC broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan has died aged 77, after a short illness, his family has confirmed. In a statement, they said: “Sir Terry Wogan died today after a short but brave battle with cancer. “He passed away surrounded by his family. While we understand he will be missed by many, the family ask that their privacy is respected ...

Shakespeare’s Globe is to stage a performance of Hamlet at the migrant camp in Calais known as the “Jungle”. The event, on 3 February, is part of a two-year long world tour of the production which recently included a show for Yemeni refugees in Djibouti. Globe artistic director Dominic Dromgoole said it was “another wonderful example” of the tour’s “ability ...

Rock star David Bowie left an estate valued at about $100m (£70m), according to his will which has been filed in New York. Half will go to his widow, Iman, along with the home they shared in New York. The rest is shared between his son and daughter. It was also revealed that Bowie had requested that his ashes be ...