#theguardian.com. × #Jan.15.2025 Melbourne billionaire Adrian Portelli to plead not guilty to nine charges over alleged unlawful lottery. Portelli and his company will contest charges over giveaways of properties from The Block TV show as well as other prizes
#Showbiz × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.15.2025 Hip-hop producer Madlib’s home and record collection destroyed in LA fires. Influential musician confirms loss of extensive record collection amassed over 30 years
#Showbiz × #hip hop culture #musician
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.15.2025 Simon Townsend, star Australian children’s TV presenter, dies aged 79. Former journalist, who became a household name with Wonder World in the 1980s, died ‘surrounded by writers, actors, activists and Italians’
#Showbiz × #actor #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.14.2025 Celebrities, athletes, executives donate millions to California fire-relief efforts. Stars from Beyoncé to Eva Longoria, Halle Berry and Meghan Markle supporting families and frontline workers
#Showbiz × #cls__sex_gdb_Female #athlete #Beyoncé #athletics
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.14.2025 French TV show pulled after ridicule of woman who fell for AI Brad Pitt. Anne, 53, faces wave of online mockery for believing she was in relationship with actor and paying scammer €830k
#Showbiz × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #France #actress #actor #Brad Pitt #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.14.2025 ‘Like a big box of chocolates’: Tom Hanks puts his typewriters on display. The actor has shared selected items from his famous collection for a new exhibition taking place in Sag Harbor
#Showbiz × #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #film actor #actress #Tom Hanks #USA #actor #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.14.2025 The Weeknd postpones new album ‘out of respect and concern’ for LA residents. The musician also cancelled a one-off Los Angeles show due to the fires, while Beyoncé has delayed an announcement – but the Grammys will go ahead
#Showbiz × #cls__sex_gdb_Female #Beyoncé #Grammy Awards #music #musician
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.14.2025 Beverley Knight to play rock’n’roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The Olivier-winning star ‘excited and honoured’ to take the lead in the UK premiere of Marie and Rosetta, a 1940s-set two-hander from George Brant
#Showbiz × #United Kingdom #Europe #music
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.14.2025 Actor Dirk Bogarde was ‘disturbed’ by KGB sting warning, declassified files reveal. MI5 told Bogarde in 1971 that he had been identified as ‘practising homosexual’ of interest by Russian spies
#Showbiz × #Russia #actress #actor #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.13.2025 Carrie Underwood to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration. The American Idol winner and Grammy-winning country singer will perform America the Beautiful at the ceremony
#Politics #Showbiz × #USA #Grammy Awards #North America #music #Americas
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.13.2025 Oscar nominations further delayed by wildfires as Grammys and Sundance set to go ahead. Entertainment industry impacted as Critics Choice awards pushed back and Academy cancels nominees luncheon
#Showbiz × #academy #Academy Awards #Grammy Awards
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.13.2025 Drag artists warn of rising tide of bigotry as they pay tribute to The Vivienne. Transphobia is fuelling abuse towards community, said artists gathering over weekend at RuPaul’s DragCon UK
#Showbiz × #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.13.2025 Tax rises will push business leaders to cut costs and hiring, surveys show. Deloitte and BDO data underlines sharpest fall in employment expectations since Covid pandemic
#Business #Showbiz ×
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.13.2025 Chuck D pleads for people to stop using Public Enemy’s Burn Hollywood Burn on videos of LA fires. The 1990 protest track ‘has nothing to do with families losing everything they have’ says the rapper, hitting out at TikTok and Instagram videos
#Showbiz × #Tech #Instagram #USA #Hollywood #North America #music
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.12.2025 UK festivals face ‘really tough’ year due to fewer headline acts and rising costs. Stars must now be booked so far in advance for events that organisers can only guess who will sell tickets in two years’ time
#Showbiz × #music
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.11.2025 ‘National catastrophe’: drama school funding crisis in England sparks concern. Actors Samuel West and Paapa Essiedu join calls for urgent action to protect and expand access to arts
#Education #Showbiz × #actor
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.11.2025 Soul Man singer Sam Moore dies aged 89 from surgery complications. Half of 1960s duo Sam & Dave is also remembered for the hit Hold On, I’m Comin’
#Showbiz × #USA #North America #music
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.10.2025 Disney, Fox and Warner Bros pull plug on Venu sports streamer before launch. Media giants had hoped to attract younger viewers who don’t subscribe to cable with NBA, NFL and Fifa offerings
#Showbiz × #Sport
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.10.2025 ‘The scale is blowing my mind’: Bradford ready to shift perceptions as city of culture. From a spectacular theatrical opening to Afrobeat brass bands via David Hockney and Wallace and Gromit, the city has big plans
#Showbiz × #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.10.2025 Alec Baldwin sues prosecutors in Rust trial, alleging civil rights violations. Actor has filed civil lawsuit claiming prosecutors targeted him for professional or political gain, and intentionally concealed evidence that vindicated him
#Showbiz × #film actor #actress #USA #actor #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.10.2025 UK music industry hails proposals to crack down on ticket touting. Resale prices could be capped at 30% over face value, while resale websites face greater legal obligations
#Showbiz × #music
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.09.2025 Lego links up with TV hit Bluey for toy sets to be launched this year. Partnership ‘a long time coming’ and is latest expansion of Australian-made animated series
#Showbiz × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.09.2025 Los Angeles wildfires spread to hills above Hollywood Boulevard. Five separate blazes have killed at least five people, destroyed 2,000 buildings and forced evacuation of 130,000 people
#Showbiz × #Hollywood
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.09.2025 Royal Mail to celebrate The Vicar of Dibley with 12 special stamps. ‘Classic moments’ from BBC comedy series to feature on range of first- and second-class stamps
#Showbiz × #United Kingdom #Europe
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