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The seven-way party leaders’ TV debate drew an average audience of seven million viewers during its two-hour broadcast on ITV on Thursday night. Starting at 20:00 BST, the live debate attracted a 31% share of the TV audience. The figures do not include ITV’s catch-up channel or the simultaneous broadcast on the BBC News Channel. Snap polls conducted after the ...

Rock legend David Bowie is co-writing a stage show inspired by The Man Who Fell to Earth, the New York Theatre Workshop has announced. The production, Lazarus, will feature new songs specially composed by Bowie as well as new arrangements of his old songs. The star is working on the project with Irish playwright Enda Walsh, who won a Tony ...

A man from the Gaza Strip has told the BBC he was tricked into selling a work painted by UK graffiti artist Banksy. The image of the Greek goddess Niobe, weeping for her dead offspring, was painted on a door from the ruins of Rabie Darduna’s house in Gaza City. It can be seen in a video released by the ...

The Game’s decision to punch a man during a pick-up basketball game could get the California based rapper in legal trouble. According to TMZ, the person at the receiving end of the blow was an off duty L.A. cop. The site reports the LAPD is now investigating the incident, and Game could face battery charges. The rookie officer is also ...

For many music listeners the stand out moment on Kendrick Lamar’s new album, To Pimp A Butterfly, was the “interview” between the Black Hippy member and the late Hip Hop icon Tupac Shakur. Kendrick resurrected Pac at the end of the closing track “Mortal Man.” It turns out, Pac was going to play an even bigger role on the project. Speaking with ...

Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is intensive care after being found unconscious in her Los Angeles home. She was rushed to hospital on Tuesday afternoon. A statement released on her website said she “regained consciousness on the ambulance ride to an LA area hospital.” It went on to add that the eight-time Grammy winner is “currently in intensive care undergoing tests and ...

HELEN Flanagan made no secret of the fact she wanted to be a young mum – she specifically asked her boyfriend of six years Scott Sinclair for a baby on her 24th birthday last August. Now in her third trimester, Helen has exclusively opened her heart in this week’s OK! Magazine about how it feels to finally have her wish. ...

DAVID Beckham has revealed that he shaved off his beard so that his wife Victoria would kiss him again. The retired footballer and father-of-four has been sporting some rather unruly facial hair of late, but claimed his fashion designer wife was not a fan of his new look. But instead of being stubborn, David proved why he just might be ...

Some of the biggest names in entertainment have re-launched the music subscription service Tidal, which they are billing as the first artist-owned platform for music and video. At an event in New York on Monday, Madonna, Beyonce, Kanye West, and 13 other performers announced they had become co-owners of Tidal. The service launched last October, but was recently bought by ...

Rita Ora has reportedly been told by BBC bosses to cover up. The Voice coach – who is the only mentor left in the competition without an act in the forthcoming final on Saturday – has been asked to stop flashing the flesh after a series of revealing outfits, most recently a see-through t-shirt. A source told The Sun: “Bosses ...