Deaths of man and woman at Scotland’s biggest music festival being treated as separate and unexplained Police are investigating the possibly drug-related deaths of two teenagers at the T in the Park music festival in Perthshire. Police Scotland confirmed on Friday afternoon that investigations were ongoing into the deaths of a 17-year-old male from...
Michelle Williams and Zac Efron sought for PT Barnum biopic
Williams in talks to play opera singer Jenny Lind in The Greatest Showman on Earth, Hollywood’s first live-action musical for 24 years The PT Barnum biopic The Greatest Showman on Earth, which will star Hugh Jackman as the celebrated American circus owner, is looking to cast Michelle Williams and Zac Efron in its remaining...
Jay Z and Beyoncé speak out after latest black killings by police
Rapper releases song, Spiritual, with the lyrics ‘Got my hands in the air / in despair, don’t shoot’, while Beyoncé published statement saying: ‘We don’t need sympathy. We need everyone to respect our lives’ Jay Z and Beyoncé have both responded to the fatal shootings of two black men by police in the United...
The Revolution confirm Prince tribute shows in September
Purple Rain-era lineup of the backing band will play at First Avenue in Minneapolis, the club featured in the movie’s concert sequences Prince’s legendary backing band the Revolution are to reunite for two shows in memory of their former leader. The band will play at the Minneapolis club First Avenue – as featured in...
Drake publishes open letter in response to Alton Sterling killing by police
Rapper responds to the death of the 37-year-old black man, shot dead by Louisiana police outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge Drake has responded to the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling with an open letter commenting on the “strained relationship” between US police and “black and brown communities”. Sterling, a 37-year-old black man,...
What do astronauts watch in space? You don't want to know
From a sci-fi horror masterpiece to an intergalactic disaster flick, movies shown to astronauts on the International Space Station may surprise you In space, no one can hear you scream. Unless, that is, they are your fellow astronauts on the International Space Station and you’re all sitting through a screening of Alien. The unlikely...
Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Pink contribute to Orlando charity single
Two dozen stars including Gwen Stefani, Mary J Blige and Selena Gomez have contributed to Hands, a song made to honor the victims of the Orlando attack Pop stars including Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez have recorded a new song that aims to raise money for victims of the Pulse nightclub attack, in which...
Pixies to release new album, Head Carrier, in September
Unlike their 2014 comeback, Indie Cindy, this one was conceived and recorded as a complete album. Listen here to its first single Pixies have announced the second album of their post-reunion phase. Head Carrier will be released on 30 September, via Pixiesmusic/Play It Again Sam. And unlike their last album, 2014’s Indie Cindy –...
Australian independent music label Alberts sold to BMG
Label began as a family-run publishing company in 1884 and launched AC/DC, The Angels and The Easybeats Alberts, the longest running independent Australian music label, which launched AC/DC, The Angels and The Easybeats, has been acquired by international music company BMG, ending 131 years of history for the brand. Alberts began as a family-run...
The Rock movie plot 'may have inspired MI6 source's Iraqi weapons claim'
Chilcot report into Iraq war tells how intelligence agency feared a source’s information had been lifted from Hollywood thriller featuring Nicolas Cage An allegation in an MI6 report about Iraq’s supposed chemical weapons capability before the 2003 war to remove Saddam Hussein appeared to have been lifted from a Hollywood film, according to the...
Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d'Or-winning Iranian film-maker, dies aged 76
Celebrated Iranian director, whose Taste of Cherry won Cannes’ top prize in 1997, remained in the country after the Islamic revolution and continued to flourish Abbas Kiarostami, the multi-award-winning Iranian director whose 1997 film Taste of Cherry was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, has died aged 76. “Abbas Kiarostami, who...
Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West romance set for big screen
Long-gestating adaptation of stage play Vita and Virginia by Eileen Atkins will be directed by Chanya Button Vita and Virginia, Eileen Atkins’s fictionalisation of the friendship and affair of writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, is finally heading to the big screen. No casting has yet been announced, but the director is Chanya Button,...
Queen's greatest hits crowned as UK's biggest-selling album
With 6.1m copies sold, Queen’s 1981 compilation heads list marking 60 years of the album chart first topped by Frank Sinatra Queen’s Greatest Hits has been revealed as the biggest-selling album in the UK. To celebrate 60 years of the official album chart – “the UK’s official weekly snapshot of popularity” – OfficialCharts.com has...
Miracle of technology: story of Jesus to be released in virtual reality
Viewers can feel like they were sitting on the hillside during the Sermon on the Mount or right beside the crypt during the resurrection in VR re-enactment First came the scriptures; then the altarpieces. After that, stained glass windows and engravings of the Stations of the Cross. Last century brought biblical epics like Spartacus....
Absolutely Fabulous off to corking start with £4.4m weekend at UK box office
Brexit gloom, football counterprogramming and decent reviews help sitcom land in second place in UK charts Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie has scored the biggest UK film opening since Spectre, taking £4.4m over its debut weekend. The film made more than double the three-day total for the Dad’s Army movie, which took £2.1m in February;...