Getty Images Reselling tickets to live events for a profit is set to be banned by the government. Ministers are expected to announce the plan in a bid to tackle touts and resale sites which offer tickets at several times’ face value. Restricting ticket touts was one of the Labour government’s election pledges, as fans … Read more
Tom RichardsonBBC Newsbeat Sandfall Interactive Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was one of the year’s most talked-about video games Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the pack at this year’s Game Awards with 12 nominations. The critically acclaimed role-playing game (RPG) is up for Game of the Year, as well as three entries in the best performance … Read more
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Shutterstock/ITV TV chef John Whaite has revealed his five-year addiction to steroids “made me want to end my life”. The 36-year-old is best known for winning The Great British Bake Off in 2012, and came second as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021. In an emotional video posted on Instagram, … Read more
This is the moment a new statue celebrating the character Bridget Jones was unveiled in London’s Leicester Square. Renée Zellweger, who has played the character for over 20 years, called the statue “adorable,” adding: “I think she’s much cuter than me.” Bridget Jones was created in 1996 by the author Helen Fielding, and first adapted … Read more
Noor NanjiCulture reporter Getty Images The new statue was unveiled in Leicester Square on Monday Renée Zellweger has called a new statue of Bridget Jones “adorable,” adding: “I think she’s much cuter than me.” The actress was speaking to BBC News as a new statue celebrating the character she played for more than 20 years … Read more
Co-founder and designer of clothing brand Huemn, Pranav Kirti Misra uses a poetic metaphor to describe his SS’26 collection that was unveiled in Mumbai on November 15. “Like poet Rainer Maria Rilke said in one of his works, it is not just enough to have memories. One must be able to forget them, until they … Read more
The SS’26 collection showcases traditional embroidery on wool suiting and denim, a one-piece sari and more along with a capsule series of caps, T-shirts and jackets in collaboration with Tata Sierra Co-founder and designer of clothing brand Huemn, Pranav Kirti Misra uses a poetic metaphor to describe his SS’26 collection that was unveiled in Mumbai … Read more
A court in Singapore has sentenced an Australian man to nine days in prison for grabbing Hollywood star Ariana Grande at a movie premiere. Johnson Wen, 26, was found guilty of being a public nuisance over the high-profile incident last Thursday at the Asia premiere for Wicked: For Good. Videos posted on social media show … Read more
David Szalay’s Booker Prize-winning Flesh trains a cold light on the awkward, shame-laced education of a young body in the beginning of the novel. It presents István’s teenage fumblings, cigarettes, mall visits, awkward attempts at reciprocity, and repeatedly returns to the small domestic acts that teach him how to be a man: the shared trolley … Read more
Mya Khan,BBC Radio WM and Charlotte Benton,West Midlands Strictly Come Dancing Josh Kapur, 19, played the dhol as part of Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon’s Couple’s Choice Punjabi Bhangra routine on Strictly Come Dancing A TikTok musician has become the first dhol drum player to perform on Strictly Come Dancing. Josh Kapur, from Whitmore Reans, … Read more