MCB/PA Media The BBC has said Woman’s Hour host Emma Barnett asked a Muslim leader about “legitimate” issues, after complaints that she had been “strikingly hostile”. The broadcaster promised to “reflect on” the concerns raised after Barnett’s interview with the first woman to lead the Muslim Council of Britain. More than 100 prominent figures signed […]
Altitude Films A film that cast unknown east London schoolgirls in most of its main roles has been honoured with five prizes at the British Independent Film Awards. Rocks won best British independent film, and one of its stars, Kosar Ali, 17, was named both best supporting actress and most promising newcomer. Rocks got glowing […]
Radio presenter Roman Kemp is to front a documentary exploring mental health issues and suicide in young men. “There is a growing mental health crisis going on right now, and without the right support, the results can be tragic,” said Kemp. Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency (working title) will be broadcast on BBC Three. It […]
A star-filled video urging people from ethnic minority communities to get the Covid vaccine will be shown across the UK’s main commercial TV channels later. Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal and Romesh Ranganathan are among the celebrities who feature in the video, which has previously been released online. More stars have been added to the version […]
Getty Images Demi Lovato has said she had three strokes and a heart attack after a drug overdose in 2018, and that doctors told her she had been minutes from death. The US pop star, 28, says in a new documentary trailer: “My doctors said that I had five to 10 more minutes.” Lovato also […]
Archie Brennan Estate The artist Archie Brennan knew Sir Sean Connery, collaborated with David Hockney and his work was bought by The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith. Yet the man dubbed “Scotland’s Andy Warhol” remains far less well known than some of his famous friends. “I think it was down to him working […]
Getty Images The cast for the hotly-anticipated TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Conversations With Friends has been announced, with Joe Alwyn, Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, among the line-up. Conversations With Friends will follow last year’s hit Normal People, which was also adapted from a Rooney novel. And like Normal People, the follow-up is set in […]
Getty Images Singer Glenn Medeiros has revealed how he and other artists were often asked for sex by music industry figures in return for help with their careers. Medeiros, who found fame with Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You in 1988, said he turned down “many offers” for sexual relationships but others agreed. “You […]
Shutterstock DJ Jo Whiley has said she is living “a nightmare” after being offered a Covid vaccine before her sister, who has a learning disability and diabetes. Her sister Frances has since tested positive for coronavirus after there was an outbreak in her care home. The BBC Radio 2 presenter said she would give up […]
Getty Images The government has said it hopes to open negotiations with individual EU countries “very shortly” to help UK artists to tour after being told Brexit had created an “absolute crisis”. Musicians, actors and their crews will face extra red tape and fees for visas to tour in some European countries. Speaking to MPs […]