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BBC News - Entertainment

Sun, superstars and other takeaways from Radio 1's Big Weekend - Olivia Dean, Zara Larsson and Fatboy Slim topped the bill - but it wasn't all about the music. 9 hrs ago - Newsbeat

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Author of Rivals told writers to stop making her 'macho men' cry -- Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper scolded the team behind Rivals, an executive producer on the show says.

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Race Across the World's Jo and Kush set powerful example for young people -- Former teachers in Liverpool said it 'felt like the whole city was rooting' for Jo and Kush.

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How Panorama exposed rape allegations on Married at First Sight UK -- Two women said they were raped by their on-screen husbands during filming of the Channel 4 show, MAFS.

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Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts announces birth of baby girl -- The Girls Aloud singer said in an Instagram post that becoming a mother was "heaven on earth".

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New James Bond game shows more vulnerable side to iconic British spy - The video game presents a young Bond before he has earned his "00" spy status. 2 days ago

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Olivia Dean brings the curtain down on Radio 1's Big Weekend with 'magic' set -- The British pop star has closed out a star-studded line-up at Big Weekend, which also included Fatboy Slim and Zara Larsson.

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The 'raucous' debut novel set entirely on one epic night out -- Sufiyaan Salam has won an award from Stormzy, been nominated for a Bafta and made a video for Elton John.

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Rap star Rob Base, known for hip-hop classic It Takes Two, dies aged 59 -- The artist is best known for the 1988 Billboard hit It Takes Two, produced with DJ E-Z Rock.

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US site apologises to Outlander star over Shotts 'armpit' misquote -- The transcript shows Catriona Balfe made the comment about about a "particular place" in the town, rather than Shotts as a whole.

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Rape survivor Pelicot tells Hay Festival how she found love again -- Global feminist figurehead tells Hay Festival how she has learned to trust again after ordeal.

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'Eat, sleep, rave, repeat': Fatboy Slim lights up Radio 1's Big Weekend -- The veteran DJ closed out the dance-focused day as the festival landed in Sunderland's Herrington Country Park.

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Are hardback books things of 'great beauty' or a dying art? -- Readers, publishers, shops and libraries share their thoughts on the hardback's future.

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Musicals are living their High Life in Scotland, says Alan Cumming -- The star says a surge in new productions is driving growing interest in musical theatre across Scotland.

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Electronic music meets orchestra as DJ Black Coffee stuns O2 crowds -- In London for one night only ahead of his Ibiza residency, this sell-out show represented far more than just a performance.

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Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell on her new novel on the Irish famine and keeping her Bafta in the basement -- Maggie O'Farrell's new novel, Land, is published after the success of the film adaptation of Hamnet.

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How to keep cool at your summer festivals -- As the summer festival season kicks off, temperatures are set to soar this bank holiday weekend.

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The Watergate whistleblower who was ridiculed -- Martha Mitchell was a flamboyant Washington socialite whose husband was embroiled in the Watergate scandal. Her shocking claims of a "dirty business" were dismissed as delusional.

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Meet Zara Larsson's Sunderland Lush Life girl -- Superfan Kayleigh from Lincoln was the lucky girl chosen to go on stage at Big Weekend in Sunderland.

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The nine Cannes films set to be Oscar contenders -- As Cannes Film Festival closes, which are the acclaimed films from this year's crop that could be heading for Academy Award nominations?

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10 of the best books of 2026 so far -- From a darkly comic tale of revenge to a beautiful contemplation on friendship, here are the year's most acclaimed works of fiction so far.

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When your mum learns about AI -- Life after Motherland. Downsizing, facing the horror of modern teens - not even an alpha mum can do it alone.

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