Category Archives: Entertainment

Jessie J leads Q Awards shortlist

Jessie J, Adele and Arctic Monkeys lead the charge with three nominations apiece at this year’s Q Awards.

The R&B star claims she was racially abused by a UK man at an airport, and said “racial issues in the UK are disgusting.”

The Independent’s Johann Hari hands back a writing prize after an investigation into allegations he plagiarised quotes in his articles.

Joanna Trollope is to write a contemporary version of Jane Austen’s classic novel Sense and Sensibility, which will be published in autumn 2013.

Roald Dahl’s family launches a campaign to save the hut in which author wrote many of his best-loved stories.

Mary Fickett, an original cast member on US network ABC’s All My Children, dies at her Virginia home age 83.

Russian director Alexander Sokurov wins the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for Faust, a look at the corrupting nature of power.

Guitarist Jeff Beck is honoured with a living legend award by Classic Rock magazine.

Stephen Fry is to replace Jonathan Ross as the host of the Bafta film awards next year.

Newcastle’s Theatre Royal reopens later on Monday after a six-month, £5m renovation project.