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Wednesday, October 14, 2026 10:59 AM ET

BBC News - Entertainment

Russell Brand was a 'sexual predator', prosecution alleges as rape trial begins -- The comedian and actor faces charges including rape and sexual assault from six female complainants who have never met each other, a court is told.

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Davina McCall says memory loss after brain surgery was like 'advanced Alzheimer's' -- The TV presenter says she suffered memory loss following her operation to remove a benign tumour.

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Racial bias in London music licensing, report says -- Genres including Afrobeats, hip-hop and R&B are routinely flagged as "high risk", a report finds.

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Actress Selma Blair faces charges for kicking nurse and officer after plane incident -- The Legally Blonde actress faces two counts of assault for allegedly kicking a police officer and a nurse after allegedly attacking attendants on a flight.

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Russell T Davies criticises BBC boss's 'clumsy' AI Doctor Who comments -- BBC director general Matt Brittin said he had seen a "pretty good" AI-generated episode of the show.

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Lena Dunham's Girls to return for limited HBO run -- Ten years after the series finale, the "Girls" are getting back together to explore the "milestone of turning forty", HBO says.

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Ex-gang boss sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder -- Davis was found guilty last month over his role in the late rap superstar's death in a drive-by shooting in 1996.

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BBC director general defends plan to shelve new Archers studio -- Plans to build a bespoke studio for the long-running Radio 4 soap were shelved this week.

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Zimbabwean author denies using AI to write award-winning story -- Simbarashe Kundizeza was responding to an accusation that has caused an uproar on social media.

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Turkish police raid opposition TV station, halting live broadcasts -- It is the latest in a series of crackdowns on media critical of the Turkish president and his government.

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Raye hits back at ticket touts who 'overwhelmed' sign-up for Albert Hall show -- The award-winning singer said there were 1.8 million sign-ups for her 5,000-seat Royal Albert Hall show.

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Katie Price denies 'any venom' against ex at his rape trial -- Kieran Hayler, who denies offences against a girl when she was 13, was married to Price at the time.

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How Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte changed the way we see cerebral palsy -- The star, who has died at the age of 34, fought for better representation of disabilities on screen.

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Robert Pattinson on new film Primetime and how hunting predators became hit TV -- The actor portrays the real-life host of American TV show, To Catch a Predator, in his latest film.

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Inside the room: What it was like to be with Blackpink's Lisa as race scandal erupted -- Film-maker Sue Kim talks about having unprecedented access to K-Pop idol Lisa Manobal at her most candid.

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Ashe was too scared to cancel her wedding - the story became a hit song -- The US singer-songwriter reveals the story behind her international smash hit, Stop The Wedding.

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Screams, haunting scenes and deadly hide-and-seek, as Celebrity Traitors heats up -- Episode four saw two more contestants depart, a ghoulish mission near a graveyard and a spooky twist.

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Raye hits back at touts using AI bots for show sign-up -- Raye has hit back at ticket touts who she says "overwhelmed" the sign-up process for an upcoming live show by using artificial intelligence (AI) bots to create "hundreds of thousands of fake registrations".

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Why La Bola Negra could win the Oscars' top prize -- Telling the stories of three gay men across a century, this sweeping but relatively low-budget drama is second favourite to The Odyssey for the Academy's top prize.

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Nine images capturing 100 years of Bel-Air -- The brainchild of a rancher-turned-oilman, it has evolved from a "gentlemen's haven" to a film-star refuge and a high-end, low-profile enclave. Now the neighbourhood is turning 100.

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'Disabled or not, everyone deserves an opportunity' - RJ Mitte -- The Breaking Bad actor, who died aged 34, spoke to BBC Newsnight in 2015 about working in the film industry.

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