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A Los Angeles doctor has agreed to plead guilty to giving Friends actor Matthew Perry ketamine in the lead up to his death from a fatal overdose, prosecutors have said.Dr Salvador Plasencia, who will admit to four counts of distribution of ketamine, faces up to a maximum of 40 years in prison. He is among five people charged in connection with the death of Friends star Perry, 54, whose body […]

Liam Gallagher has criticised a Scottish council for suggesting Oasis fans were "drunk, middle-aged and fat".The remarks were revealed following a freedom of information request that was sent to Edinburgh council - ahead of the band's three sold-out shows in Scotland this August. The documents expressed concerns that the Oasis Live '25 tour would clash with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - the world's largest performance arts festival. Image: Liam Gallagher […]

David Beckham has called it "truly humbling" and an "emotional moment" to be made a knight in the King's Birthday Honours.The former England captain receives the honour alongside The Who frontman Roger Daltrey and Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman. Singer and actress Elaine Paige, novelist Pat Baker, and former defence secretary Penny Mordaunt have been awarded damehoods. Image: Sir David chatted to the King at an event on Thursday. Pic: PA […]

British rapper Yung Filly is facing two additional charges over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman while on tour in Australia.The YouTuber and musician, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, appeared before Perth District Court in western Australia on Friday. The 29-year-old social media star has been on bail since October 2024 after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room after a gig last year in […]

Police are warning rock fans at this weekend's Download festival about the potential for accidental calls while in the mosh pit.Leicestershire Police issued an alert ahead of the event at Donington Park, which begins on Friday. Posting on Facebook, the force said, in previous years, they received "a rise of nearly 700 extra 999 calls" caused by energetic dancing at Download. "The tech assumed that people in mosh pits had […]

Video game actors in the US have ended their strike after nearly a year of industrial action, over the use of artificial intelligence by game studios. More than 2,500 US performers were barred from working on games impacted by the strike while the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) negotiated a deal with studios. Now, after more than 11 months of discussions, a "tentative" agreement has been […]

Brian Wilson - the co-founder of The Beach Boys - has died at the age of 82.In a statement, published on his website, his family said: "We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. "We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time, as our family is grieving. We realise that we are sharing our grief with […]

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of committing a criminal sexual act in a retrial in New York.The 73-year-old was found not guilty of another count of committing a criminal sexual act relating to a second woman. The jury has so far not recorded a verdict in relation to an allegation of rape against a third woman.Weinstein pleaded not guilty to all three charges and has denied […]

Sly Stone, one of the pioneers of funk music, has died aged 82, his family have said.As front man for his band Sly And The Family Stone, the musician fused soul, rock, psychedelia and gospel to take the sound that defined an era in the 1960s into new territory, second only to James Brown as an early founder. Several of the band's seminal tracks became known to a wider audience […]