ENTERTAINMENT

A US Pulitzer Prize-winner and two British authors are among the six writers shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Tom McCarthy and Sunjeev Sahota are on the list alongside Pulitzer winner Anne Tyler and fellow US writer Hanya Yanagihara, plus Jamaican Marlon James and Nigeria’s Chigozie Obioma. Australian author Richard Flanagan won last year’s prize for his wartime novel ...

The actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been named the new host of NBC’s competition show Celebrity Apprentice. Mr Schwarzenegger will replace Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as host in 2016. Mr Trump and the broadcaster parted ways after he made derogatory comments about immigrants in June. He continues to lead polls among candidates for the Republican ...

A 3D moving image of the late singer Whitney Houston is being developed by a US entertainment firm. It is working with the Houston estate and hopes to tour the product in 2016. Hologram USA has patented what it calls a “high-tech version” of a 16th century illusion called Pepper’s Ghost. It can cost “millions of dollars” to develop an ...

Organisers of the Miss America pageant have apologised to actress Vanessa Williams, 32 years after she was forced to hand back her title. Williams was the first black woman to be named Miss America in 1983 but resigned after a magazine published nude photos of her without her consent. “I want to apologise for anything that was said or done,” ...

Chris Brown is seeking to have a gag order set in place against his daughter’s mother, Nia Guzman. According to TMZ, Breezy is hoping the judge will help him silence Guzman and keep her from talking negatively about him as a father in the media and social media. The two appeared in court in Houston, TX today (Sept. 11). Besides ...

STEVEN Gerrard has spoken about a horrific injury he got while on the football pitch. The Liverpool player revealed he once ripped his penis open during a game. In an excerpt from his upcoming book reported in the Daily Mail, he recalled the horrific incident. “The magic of the FA Cup was bloodied on the day my penis was cut ...

A Venezuelan film set among the chaos and violence of Caracas – Desde Alla, or From Afar – has won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival. In his debut feature film, director Lorenzo Vigas tells the story of a rich man who gets sexually involved with a young man from one of the city’s gangs. “I ...

Benedict Cumberbatch is supporting a drive to raise money for Syrian refugees, by lending his support to the release of a charity single. He is introducing a short video called Help is Coming, which accompanies the Crowded House track of the same name. The 20-year-old track is available as a 7″ vinyl and download, with the band giving their blessing ...

he Jackson 5 are at number one in the UK singles chart, after their 1970 hit single ABC was sampled by a British DJ. Sigala’s song Easy Love welds Michael Jackson’s vocals to a summery house beat. It has beaten the original song’s chart peak of number eight. The track even has the seal of approval from Tito Jackson, who ...

BLUE Ivy was practically unrecognisable when she was spotted in Italy this week. Spending some quality time with her famous parents Beyoncé and Jay Z, the 3 year old is transforming before our very eyes and helping to make us feel very old in the process. Looking very grown up, the rapper’s daughter wore a gorgeous white summer frock with ...