ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS

Image copyrightChannel 4Image caption The new line-up have wide appeal and good chemistry Many fans feared that The Great British Bake Off might spoil when it went to Channel 4. So the success of this series must taste particularly sweet. There were some funny moments at Jay Hunt and David …

Image copyrightAsim FarookiImage caption Momina Mustehsan uses her fame to highlight issues affecting young women, including in the world of sports Last year, popular Pakistani singer-songwriter Momina Mustehsan appeared in a soft drink TV commercial where she is shown to surprise a few young men with her football freestyle skills. …

Image caption Maxine Peake has written a new play but won’t appear in the cast She’s known for her acting on stage and screen, but Maxine Peake has another career – writing plays about fearless women who overcame the odds in a man’s world. It took four policemen to physically …

Image caption Brand’s latest book deals with his own addictions to drugs, alcohol, sex and fame Addiction and mental health may not be the kinds of issues you’d normally expect to be addressed at a stand-up comedy gig. But Russell Brand has never been your conventional comedian – and it’s …

Image copyrightGetty Images Jason Derulo is set to be the first guest host of BBC One’s new primetime music show Sounds Like Friday Night, which launches on, umm, Friday night. What can viewers expect from the show’s debut? Celebrities who turn up to TV studios often have a list of …

Earlier this week, it was reported that some of the close-up shots in Blue Planet II, which returns on Sunday, were filmed in a lab, rather than in the wild. The Guardian said some crucial footage could only have been captured on film in “controlled laboratory conditions”. Attenborough defended the …

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption L-R: Diana Vickers, Ms Dynamite and Kate Nash Earlier this week, Kate Nash took to Twitter to criticise BuzzFeed for their article about noughties singers who are no longer in the charts. The listicle features 33 artists who “only exist in the memories of British millennials”, …

Image copyrightYouTubeImage caption Ms Peterson posted a follow-up video explaining what had happened to her dad Apple has reportedly fired one of its engineers after his daughter posted a video of the iPhone X before the official launch. The YouTube video was shot on the Apple campus in September when …

Image caption Harry, Zayn and Niall have each scored number one albums in the US They might be on a break, but One Direction are still making a whole lot of history in the US Billboard charts. The band have just joined the Beatles as the only groups with three …