Tom Cruise pays tribute to Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer
Tom Cruise has paid tribute to his Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer, who died earlier this week aged 65. Appearing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Cruise led a crowd in…
Bruce Springsteen to release seven ‘lost’, but complete, albums in June
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images The star said he’d been able to finish dozens of tracks that were sitting in his vault during the pandemic Bruce Springsteen is throwing…
Michael Palin leads tributes to Bafta-winning actor after his death aged 97
Bafta-winning actor Lee Montague, a star of both stage and screen, has died aged 97. Montague was perhaps best known for appearing in Bergerac as Henri Dupont in several episodes…
Tate Modern announces major gift from art dealers
Tate Modern has announced it has received a major gift from a couple of art collectors in the form of a painting by the US modern artist Joan Mitchell. It…
Amazon plans ‘fresh’ James Bond but will respect 007 legacy
We still don’t know who the next James Bond will be, but 007’s new owners, Amazon MGM, say they are hard at work on the next film in London and…
Court gives Drake access to Kendrick Lamar’s recording contracts
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Drake, pictured holding two Billboard music awards, is the most-successful rapper of his generation Drake has been given the green light to access sensitive…
Heat, Top Gun, Batman Forever, True Romance and Deja Vu
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images Val Kilmer pictured at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012 Ask a group of film fans which role they will most remember actor Val…
A difficult man but a brilliant actor
Alamy Val Kilmer, who has died at the age of 65, was often underrated as an actor. He had extraordinary range: excelling in comedies, westerns, crime dramas, musical biopics and…
Has London’s cultural scene recovered from Covid lockdown?
Alice Bhandhukravi & James W Kelly BBC London Getty Images The first lockdown saw curtains go down on all of the West End’s productions London’s cultural scene was among the…
AI helped cause Hollywood strikes. Now it’s in Oscar-winning films
Regan Morris BBC News, Los Angeles Getty Images Countless signs during the historic Hollywood strikes decried using AI. It’s now creeping further into the entertainment industry Inside a soundstage once…