Burt Reynolds, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1970s dies aged 82, in the Jupiter Medical Centre, Florida from a heart attack with his family by his side and is survived by his son Quinton. The mega moustachioed star had undergone heart bypass surgery in 2010. Reynolds shot into fame in 1972’s Deliverance…
Rachel Whetstone is dumping Facebook for Netflix to run global communications for the streaming service, as it focuses on international markets that have become the source of most of its subscribers growth. The British Silicon Valley operator who had already worked in past at Uber and Google before moving to Facebook last year. Netflix is…
Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul” famous for hits like “Respect” and “Think”, has died in Detroit at the age of 76. The singer who won 18 Grammys and had 17 top ten US chart hits over a music career spanning 7 decades was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and announced last year she was…
With initial songs starting with Holiday and closely followed by Like a Virgin, Madonna has been known to have said “Losing my virginity was a career move”. Brandishing as a sales weapon overt and unblushing sexuality and sassy outfits displaying a well-honed figure and with a face expertly made up by top makeup artists, Madonna…
Bollywood actress and Qunatico star, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are said to have been dating for around two months and have confirmed that they are engaged. Nick 25, and Priyanka 36, made their first public appearance on a friend date to the Met Gala in May 2017. Rumours of their romantic involvement swirled in…
Ariana Grande shared a framed photo of herself and fiance Pete Davidson on her Instagram story. The “No Tears Left to Cry” singer now has a printed photo of the moment when Davidson joined her on NBC’S ‘Saturday Night Live” stage during her opening monologue. Grande took to her Instagram story to share a photo…
Justin Bieber has confirmed his engagement with Hailey Baldwin. The 24-year-old pop star posted a note on his Instagram along with photos of hin with his 21-year-old Hailey. “ Was going to wait a while to say anything but word travels fast, listen plain and simple Hailey I am soooo in love with everything about…
Kevin Le Gendre, Jazz expert, radio broadcaster, deputy editor of Echo and longtime music journalist, has produced a compassionate history of black British music. This is the first in a two-volume work beginning with the middle ages to the 1960s, which comprises the emergence of Jazz, Calypso and Ska and the genesis of the soul.…
The Japanese technology and entertainment group Sony to spend $2.3bn to buy controlling stake in EMI Music Publishing, thereby gaining access to over 2m songs ranging from Queen to Pharrell Williams. Kenichiro Yoshida, the new CEO of Sony since April after it halted losses in its consumer electronics divisions to report its highest annual profit.…
Banita Sandhu, a 20-year-old from South Wales studying English literature student at Kings College London, is all set to make her Bollywood debut in Shoojit Sircar’s upcoming project October. This is the first time that a mainstream actress from Wales will feature in a Bollywood film. She will be co-starring Varun Dhawan, in a Bollywood…