Just now Alex Taylor,BBC News Culture reporter, @Tayloredword Getty Images Eminem’s Slim Shady persona sparked constant controversy but also helped break rap’s racial barriers Twenty-five years after bursting on to the scene, it appears rapper Eminem’s provocative alter ego Slim Shady may finally be silenced. The antagonistic Slim Shady, with his peroxide-blond hair and everyman...
8 minutes ago Helen Bushby,Culture reporter Getty Images Jeremy Renner will join Daniel Craig and a starry line-up in the next Knives Out film Marvel star Jeremy Renner has taken his first role since his 2023 snowplough accident, joining the cast of the third Knives Out film. Renner joins a starry line-up for the murder...
13 hours ago Tom Richardson,BBC Newsbeat Sony Most would agree that the star of the show was Astro Bot Sony has revealed a host of upcoming games to a mixed response. The console-maker’s State of Play broadcasts are a short collection of trailers and gameplay footage of forthcoming games. There’s been criticism that the company’s...
Actor Nick Pasqual has been arrested at the border between the US and Mexico, and charged with allegedly stabbing and attempting to murder his estranged girlfriend, authorities have said. Mr Pasqual is accused of breaking into the victim’s home and stabbing her multiple times, shortly after she had taken a restraining order out against him,...
Nicki Minaj’s latest concert in Amsterdam has been cancelled, its promoter has said, almost a week after the US rapper was arrested in the city on suspicion of trying to export drugs. The star started her European tour in Amsterdam last week but was held by Dutch military police at the airport two days later,...
10 minutes ago Annabel Rackham,Culture reporter Rich Cain/Netflix Emily Carey as Harriet Manners with her love interest Nick Park, played by Liam Woodrum Many of us would love to play our favourite book character in a film or on TV – but Emily Carey has managed to live the dream. The 21-year-old is the star...
8 minutes ago Ian Youngs,Culture reporter Sawa Pontyjska Pontyjska says she was ejected from the event after the incident A Ukrainian model says she has filed a legal complaint against organisers of the Cannes Film Festival after video went viral of her being allegedly manhandled by a security guard on the red carpet. Sawa Pontyjska...
Pop singer CMAT says she is pulling out of the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, in protest at the event being sponsored by Barclays Bank. It follows a similar action at Brighton’s Great Escape Festival in May, where more than 100 artists pulled out over Barclays’ involvement. Campaigners have accused the bank of increasing its investment...
1 hour ago Tom Richardson,BBC Newsbeat Mojang New kid on the block: Minecraft will be Netflix’s latest animated show based on a video game Netflix has announced plans to release an animated series based on Minecraft. The best-selling video game of all time celebrates its 15th birthday this year, and the reveal dropped during an...
A leading London-based opera company has announced that it will permanently relocate to Sheffield within two years. English Touring Opera (ETO) will open a base in the city as part of its sponsor Arts Council England’s funding programme, enabling cultural organisations to leave the capital. The company was founded to bring opera to areas of...