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Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is the best-paid actor on US TV, earning $16m (£12.4m) more than her nearest rival, according to Forbes magazine. Vergara earned $42.5m (£33m) in 2017-18, Forbes said – far ahead of the top-earning man, The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons, who is on $26.5m (£20.5m). Overall, the top 10 men still earned more than the ...

Audio has emerged of late rapper XXXTentacion apparently admitting assaulting his ex-girlfriend and stabbing nine people. The recording was made in secret and is believed to date from 2016, when he was accused of aggravated battery of a pregnant woman. The Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office said he “makes admissions to multiple criminal acts” in the audio. The 20-year-old was ...

American TV journalist Megyn Kelly is being criticised on social media for questioning why blackface is racist. The former lawyer asked, “What is racist?” in a discussion about inappropriate Halloween costumes during a Tuesday morning episode of NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today”. “Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character,” ...

TV bosses are always looking for the next big blockbuster. “Wait! I’ve got it. What about Blockbusters?” many producers have (repeatedly) suggested over the years as the format has been rebooted. Simon Mayo and Liza Tarbuck have both fronted various iterations of the show, originally hosted by Bob Holness, over the years. And now, according to The Sun, the show ...

Paddy McGuinness and Andrew Flintoff will be the new presenters of Top Gear, the BBC has confirmed. The pair will take over from Matt LeBlanc, after he steps down from presenting duties at the end of the next series. The comedian and former England cricket captain will join existing presenter and former racing driver Chris Harris to complete the new-look ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for season nine of The Walking Dead. It’s still one of the biggest TV shows on the planet. AMC’s massively successful post-apocalyptic drama The Walking Dead has been scaring audiences across the globe for nearly a decade. But with falling viewing figures, some fans being critical of recent storylines and a couple of its biggest ...

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US actress Selma Blair has revealed she has multiple sclerosis (MS) in an Instagram post. The 46-year-old Cruel Intentions star said she was diagnosed in August but has had symptoms for years. “I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things,” she wrote, calling the news “overwhelming in the beginning”. Multiple sclerosis is an incurable condition affecting the brain or ...

Tina Turner has opened up about her son’s suicide earlier this year. Craig Turner was 59 when he was found dead in July at his Los Angeles home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Speaking to BBC News, Tina Turner said he had seemed fulfilled in both his professional and personal life after finding a new girlfriend. “I still don’t know ...

It was “all about the dancing” as Seann Walsh and Katya Jones returned to Strictly Come Dancing for their first time since they were pictured kissing. The pair were photographed on the birthday of Walsh’s now ex-girlfriend. But there was no direct reference to the controversy on Saturday’s show, which saw a warm crowd reaction for their Charleston – and ...