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The original lead singer of The Foundations, Clem Curtis, who died on Monday, said he had tried to keep his illness under wraps. Curtis, from Olney in Buckinghamshire, was speaking in an interview recorded with BBC Three Counties Radio’s Justin Dealey on Saturday. The star, who was 76, sang on the band’s 1967 number one […]
Image copyright Instagram/PA/Ribeiro Image caption The Fresh Prince gang have kept in touch over the years Will Smith has reunited with the cast from The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air – more than 20 years after the show ended its six-year run. Six members of the show posed for a photo, which was shared by Alfonso […]
The Saatchi Gallery is opening a ‘selfie show’ to examine whether or not they are an art form. Source link
Image copyright PA Image caption Gatiss’s piece will tell of a a young man returning from the trenches of World War I Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss has a new project – a series of original dramatic shorts for BBC Four charting a century of the UK gay experience. Grouped together under the title Queers, the […]
Drake has postponed the same gig in Amsterdam for the third time in three months, angering many UK fans who’d travelled to Holland to see him. The doors had already opened for the show and the Ziggo Dome was full. According to the promoter, the Canadian rapper was advised not to perform by a doctor […]
Image copyright Ivan Ward Photography Image caption Curtis was singer on the band’s 1967 number one hit Baby, Now That I’ve Found You The original lead singer of The Foundations, Clem Curtis, said working with the band was “paradise”. Curtis, from Olney in Buckinghamshire, was speaking in an interview recorded two days before his death […]
Image copyright Grapevine Media Image caption The picture is the first to be released from the new Tomb Raider film It’s dusty work being a Tomb Raider, as the first picture of Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft reveals. The Swedish Oscar-winner takes over from Angelina Jolie in the latest film to be drawn from the […]
A high school student in America who had terminal cancer has died days after talking with Beyonce in a video chat from her hospital bed. A spokeswoman from Alief independent school district in Houston says Ebony Banks died late on Saturday night. The teenager’s classmates started an online campaign before her death to give her […]
Murad Subay, also known as Yemen’s Banksy, and award-winning British artist Lisa-Marie Gibbs, held simultaneous street art events in Yemen and the UK, to protest against the conflict in Yemen that has killed more than 7,600 people since it began in March 2015. Video journalist: Suniti Singh and Sumaya Bakhsh; images courtesy of AP/AFP/Getty, Salvo […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A Chorus Line remains one of musical theatre’s most popular shows It’s 30 years since director and choreographer Michael Bennett, the man behind Broadway classic A Chorus Line, died aged 44. Donna McKechnie, a star of the show who went on to marry Bennett, recalls the unusual way he […]
Image copyright Hat Trick Productions Image caption Ross Noble pointed to Mr Jackson and a member of the audience performed the Heimlich manoeuvre to get rid of the sweet Comedian Ross Noble had to stop a show while a man choking on a jelly bean was rescued by a member of the audience. Noble halted […]
The original lead singer of the British band The Foundations, Clem Curtis, has died at the age of 76. Curtis, who lived in Olney, Buckinghamshire, was singer on the band’s 1967 number one hit Baby, Now That I’ve Found You. The song is claimed to be the first chart-topper by a British multi-racial band. The […]