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The Apprentice's Lottie Lion apologises after impersonating fellow candidate in 'racist' Instagram video

Lion says she meant it as 'light entertainment for fans during these difficult times'




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James Corden and Trevor Noah praised for paying furloughed staff members out of own pockets

News comes as Ellen DeGeneres allegedly leaves 'distressed' staff members in the dark




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The Witcher: Two Hollywood stars 'turned down role of Vesemir' in season 2

Hit Netflix show expected to return in 2021




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Gogglebox's Malone family defend themselves from viewer complaints over social distancing

Many are confused as to how show can continue despite lockdown




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Tiger King: Louis Theroux says he 'liked' Joe Exotic

'Joe may have started with good intentions but he lost his way'




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John Oliver on coronavirus testing in the US: 'What the f*** happened?'

TV host went into a detailed analysis of the low testing rate in the US amid the coronavirus pandemic




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How I Met Your Mother: Cobie Smulders defends show's controversial ending

The show ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2014




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Killing Eve's Harriet Walter: 'Male writers and producers have their fantasy of what an awful woman is'

The actor has joined Phoebe Waller-Bridge's acclaimed spy thriller for its third season. She talks to Alexandra Pollard about the joy of not wearing a corset, the limitations of Shakespeare's heroines and why she thinks people should think carefully before changing their pronouns




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Samuel L Jackson yells compliments at neighbours on Some Good News: 'Hey! Your shirt matches your dog!'

Actor took part in the latest episode of Krasinski's YouTube show




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The Last Dance: Obama on-screen description updated after it was dubbed 'disrespectful'

Former US president described as merely 'Former Chicago Resident' in previous episodes of series




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The Last Dance: Kobe Bryant makes posthumous appearance in new episode

NBA star filmed scenes weeks before his tragic death in January




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Last Dance viewers left 'emotional' as Kobe Bryant raves about 'big brother' Michael Jordan

Archive footage shows Jordan tell Bryant 'I'll see you down the road' after first match together




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Good Morning Britain viewers question why Susanna Reid isn't self-isolating after Piers Morgan coronavirus test

Morgan announced he'd be taking a leave of absence from the show until he receives the results of a Covid-19 test




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Homeland season 8 showrunner reveals 'contentious' Carrie and Saul story that was scrapped after several tries

'We tried to tell that story, but it defeated us every time'




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Normal People star Paul Mescal addresses criticism of 'pornographic' sex scenes

'We worked very hard to make it feel like it was a real, accurate and truthful representation of sex amongst young people today,' said the actor




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American Horror Story star Leslie Jordan claims Lady Gaga 'rode him and howled at the moon' before filming

Actor alleged singer wanted to 'sexualise' him ahead of their scene




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Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels 'fell deeply, deeply asleep' watching Rise of Skywalker for the first time

Daniels played the uptight robot C-3PO in all nine core Star Wars films




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Charlie Brooker hopes coronavirus pandemic won't make 'psychotic strongman politicians more secure'

Writer also said he has no plans for further episodes of 'Black Mirror'




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Tiger King's Joe Exotic reportedly set to ask Trump for a presidential pardon

US president had previously suggested he would 'take a look' at the scandalous case




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Strictly Come Dancing: Brendan Cole says show is 'hideous' when dancers and celebrity partners don't get on

Judge Craig Revel Horwood recently said 2020 series could go ahead without studio audience




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Ricky Gervais says he negotiated with 15 lawyers and executives over how to refer to Judi Dench's genitals at the Golden Globes

Comedian made the off-colour quip after the veteran actor starred in 'Cats'




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Mick Jagger performs mundane tasks in spoof quarantine PSA on Jimmy Fallon's show

Rolling Stone can herd sheep, chop vegetables, and perform a few repairs




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ITV viewers outraged by advert showing squirrel 'humping' Lynx Africa can

The Advertising Standards Authority received 155 complaints




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Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel hit back at Trump after Twitter attacks: 'Now get back to work royally f***ing everything up'

Trump took time away from coronavirus crisis to call Kimmel 'wacko' in a social media rant




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How I Met Your Mother: Cobie Smulders' finale defence reignites hatred for ending

'Is there anyone on Earth who enjoys the ending?'




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'Get back in your own area': Holly Willoughby forgets about social distancing on This Morning

Presenter said she was 'genuinely sorry' for blunder




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The Simpsons writer concedes series really did 'predict 2020' after new double 'prediction' emerges

People have noted a certain timeliness in a clip from the 1993 episode 'Marge in Chains'




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Stephen Fry lends voice to children's mindfulness app from BBC

The app aims to help young children look after their mental health




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Lenny Henry's daughter posed as comedian and sent 'manipulative' false messages in attempt to win back boyfriend

Billie Henry was given a five-year restraining order




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Joe Gilgun: 'Stealing all day is hard graft'

The star of 'This Is England' talks to Annie Lord about the misrepresentation of working-class people on TV, the return of his show 'Brassic', and his struggles with medication for a bipolar disorder




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Stranger Things: Full list of films watched by writers reveals 'DNA of season 4'

All the clues you need in one picture




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Becoming, review: Michelle Obama's Netflix documentary gives emotion without intimacy

Ninety minutes in the company of the former first lady is like an inspirational infomercial, says Annie Lord




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Courteney Cox 'loved playing overweight Monica' in Friends because she 'felt free'

Actor also revealed her favourite episodes of the sitcom




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Space Force: Real chief wanted to be played by Bruce Willis instead of 'shaggy' Steve Carell

Series is a humorous response to Trump's actual Space Force




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For all its absurdity, Netflix's Dead to Me captures the grief, anger and sadness of losing a partner

The first season ended with a cliffhanger – did Jen kill Steve or not? But what is most poignant about the second season is not who killed him, but how well the show deals with grief, writes Charlotte Cripps




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Frances Quinn: Great British Bake Off winner 'banned from Waitrose' after being accused of shoplifting

Show's 2013 winner was approached by store detectives after she appeared to not pay for her shopping




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Pete Davidson fan delivered drugs to comedian's mother's house during lockdown

Davidson is currently quarantining in his mother's basement




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David Attenborough: 15 of the naturalist's best quotes

In celebration of his 94th birthday




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Elon Musk says he's selling all his possessions so people can't attack him for being a billionaire

Tesla CEO is back on Joe Rogan's podcast




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'Love in the Time of Corona': Coronavirus romance series filmed entirely remotely to air this summer

Show promises a 'funny and hopeful look at the search for love, sex and connection during this time of social distancing'




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Have I Got News For You: David Tennant jokes that Eamonn Holmes lives in a 'tin foil bungalow'

Holmes came under fire for giving validity to a conspiracy theory linking 5G to coronavirus




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Normal People's Paul Mescal was once in an advert for sausages, and fans have only just found out

The 'Normal People' star played an Irish teenager whose sausage inspires him to travel the world




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The Eddy review: Damien Chazelle's jazz drama sounds wonderful but the plot feels like an afterthought

Director's new series stars Andre Holland as a once-famous American jazz pianist who has been unable to play since his son died




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Tiger King's 'Texas-sized' team asks Donald Trump to pardon Joe Exotic

Joseph Maldonado-Passage was sentenced in January to 22 years in prison




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From 'Glee' to 'The Eddy', why are TV musicals so few and far between?

In our current climate, we need the escapism of musicals more than ever, writes Isobel Lewis. So why haven't television networks jumped on the bandwagon?




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Phillip Schofield shares family photo during lockdown, appears to contradict reports he's moved out

TV presenter, wife Stephanie and their daughters played a game of Murder Mystery




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Miriam Margolyes shocks fans after admitting she 'had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die' during coronavirus battle

Actor is famous for making her opinions known during interviews




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Chrissy Teigen admits she feels 'crappy' after comments by food writer Alison Roman

Food writer Alison Roman accused Teigen of having people 'run a content farm' for her




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Florian Schneider: the enigma whose codes broke open pop music

The Kraftwerk co-founder remained a mystery even after death, but there is no doubting the impact he made with his group’s sublime, visionary music

Florian Schneider’s death came shrouded in a degree of secrecy. Gossip among fans about his health was first provoked at the end of April, when his fellow former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür posted a sweet photo on social media of him and Schneider together in a bar, without explanation.

It had apparently been taken in 2016 – a decade and a half after Schneider and fellow founder member Ralf Hütter had served Flür with a lawsuit provoked by his autobiography I Was a Robot – and was subsequently deleted from Flür’s Facebook page. Then, a week later, another electronic musician based in Germany, the Manchester-born Mark Reeder, posted a brief eulogy; one commenter claimed that Schneider had died “several days ago”.

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JoJo: Good to Know review – mature pop from a clear-eyed star

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With this long-awaited fourth album, the former teen idol has finally arrived as the kind of artist she was always meant to be

‘Look at me now” is a fitting opening line for Good to Know, the fourth studio album from R&B singer JoJo. The artist has been on a storied journey through the music industry and the public eye: first emerging as the 13-year-old singer of Leave (Get Out), she then spent years mired in legal disputes with her label that prevented her releasing music. After reigniting her passionate fanbase with a string of independent, darker-sounding mixtapes (and one viral Drake cover), she released Mad Love, her long-delayed third album, in 2016. But Good to Know, released on her own imprint Clover Music, with its themes of independence and self-knowledge, carries with it a sense that she has finally arrived as the kind of artist she was always meant to be.

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