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Angela Rayner has defended Taylor Swift being given a blue-light escort through London as they "needed to make sure she was safe".The deputy prime minister denied senior Labour figures, including the home secretary and London mayor, were given tickets to Swift's August shows in the capital in exchange for police protection. Ms Rayner reiterated what other Labour politicians have said, that the decision to give the megastar a police escort […]

Taylor Swift has donated $5m (£3.8m) to help those affected by Hurricane Milton, as the deadly storm smashed into the Florida coast on Wednesday.The pop megastar, the world's richest female musician, with a reported $1.6bn (£1.2bn) fortune, gave the money to the non-profit Feeding America, as celebrities acted to help people cope with the impact of hurricanes Helene and Milton. Feeding America chief executive Claire Babineaux-Fontenot said in a statement […]

Coleen Rooney's lawyers did not commit misconduct or knowingly mislead over their legal costs for the "Wagatha Christie" case, a judge has ruled.Barristers have been arguing over how much Rebekah Vardy should pay towards Mrs Rooney's costs after she lost their 2022 libel battle. Mrs Vardy's team claimed the other side had initially "deliberately understated" their bill so the apparent gap could be used to attack her costs.They said it […]

Jenna Fischer, who played Pam Beesly in the US Office, has revealed she was diagnosed with an "aggressive" breast cancer in December last year.The 50-year-old shared a photo of herself in her "patchy pixie" haircut to mark breast cancer awareness month. "After completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation I am now cancer free," she wrote on Instagram.Fischer said problems were flagged during a routine mammogram, where inconclusive results due to dense […]

Miranda Hart has shared she's become a "young bride at 51" after marrying her "best friend".The actress and comedian announced the news on The One Show while promoting her new book, I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You. Hart also said she had had "a tough few years" after being diagnosed with Lyme disease, telling Alex Jones and Alex Scott "I've mainly been in bed," but added it "hasn't been […]

Lisa Marie Presley kept her dead son on dry ice for two months before finally arranging his funeral, a new memoir has revealed.Presley, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, kept her 27-year-old son, Benjamin Keough, at home with her rather than keeping him at the morgue after he died by suicide in 2020. According to a memoir started by Presley and finished by her daughter, actress Riley Keough, […]

Oscar-winning filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen hopes his new film will get "people off their iPhones" and "refocus our gaze" on what war is like for the children who live through it.His new movie Blitz, set in wartime London and starring Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, will open this year's London Film Festival later today. In the film, Ronan plays a mum who, after having her son George evacuated to the countryside […]

Taylor Swift has led the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) nominations for the second year running.The 34-year-old is up for seven awards including best video, best artist, best US act, and best collaboration, after the release of her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, earlier this year. The singer - now the world's richest female musician according to Forbes - was up for the same number of awards in […]

Peter Capaldi says there was a specific moment he realised his casting had transitioned from affable geek to bad guy. It was during an advert for butter.The 66-year-old actor, who's been called the world's most terrifying actor, told Sky News he had the realisation he'd "gone sinister" while recording a voiceover for Anchor Butter. About to reprise the role of serial killer Gideon Shepherd in series two of psychological thriller […]