Lupita's weighty Oscar
Lupita Nyong'o says the main thing success has shown her is that anything is possible. The 31-year-old actress wowed with her portrayal of Patsey in last year's 12 Years a Slave, which picked her up a...
View ArticlePaolo Nutini, Caustic Love, review: No sick note for wonderful singer
We were counting ourselves lucky he hadn't cancelled, as Paolo Nutini was diagnosed last week with tonsilitis that led him to postpone four dates. So there was a sense of nervousness in the arena;...
View ArticleSheeran launching record label
Ed Sheeran has announced he is starting his own record label to sign budding artists. The 23-year-old singer and songwriter has achieved impressive levels of success in his own right, earning Grammy...
View ArticleTaylor Swift breaks up with music site Spotify
The break-up queen has done it again. Taylor Swift, the US pop-country singer who parlayed heartache into global super-stardom, has dumped Spotify - and the leading music streaming company doesn't want...
View ArticleWriter Brenda Murphy takes inspiration from the life of her mother for new...
A snippet of a Belfast woman’s extraordinary life-story has been turned into a critically acclaimed sell-out play by her daughter. Two Sore Legs is playing this week at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre, under...
View ArticleChris Brown ‘content’ with Rihanna and Drake
Chris Brown has shared his thoughts on what motivated Rihanna to date Drake. The 25-year-old Loyal singer began dating the Diamond songstress in 2008, but the pair split a year later after he assaulted...
View ArticleAlicia Keys: I feel invigorated
Alicia Keys is “invigorated” as she awaits the December arrival of her second child. The 33-year-old singer is due to give birth to her second child with husband Swizz Beatz in December, and is showing...
View ArticleRoxy Music split, say job is done
Roxy Music have broken up for good, their guitarist Phil Manzanera has said. The band haven't worked together for three-and-a-half years, but despite releasing their last new album, Avalon, in 1982...
View ArticleWoodley leads People's Choice noms
Actress Shailene Woodley and singer Sam Smith are the leading nominees for the 2015 People's Choice Awards with four nods apiece. [TICON-A VIDEO] Nominees in 58 categories have been announced in Los...
View ArticleCarrey: Tommy Lee Jones hates me
Jim Carrey has revealed how Tommy Lee Jones told him to his face that he hates him. The Dumb And Dumber star worked with actor-turned-director Tommy on Barman Forever in 1995, when Jim, 52, played The...
View ArticleNeil P-H classes it up at Elton's AIDS benefit
Sir Elton John thinks Pope Francis deserves to be a saint for the work he is doing in the fight against AIDS. The actor was among an A-list audience at last night's Manhattan bash, with Alec Baldwin,...
View ArticleSleaford Mods: Q&A
The duo from Nottingham, who are fronted by Jason Williamson, will be bringing their aggressive tunes and hard-hitting lyrics to Belfast's Voodoo bar next month. [TICON-A VIDEO] Q: Hi Jason. You worked...
View ArticleTaylor Swift taps 1989 for inspiration; Neil Diamond strolls bountiful...
▪ POP Taylor Swift, 1989 (Big Machine) ☆☆1/2 Four years ago, Taylor Swift taunted her Mean critics with the promise, “Someday, I’ll be living in a big ol’ city.” Sure enough, she has moved from...
View ArticleJ-Lo: Affleck was first major heartbreak
Jennifer Lopez has revealed Ben Affleck was her “first major heartbreak” in 2004. The 45-year-old singer has been married and divorced three times now and has two children with former husband Marc...
View ArticleDuff: I have a good therapist
Hilary Duff has revealed “a good therapist” helped her get through her recent split from husband Mike Comrie. The 27-year-old singer and actress separated from her husband of three years, Mike Comrie,...
View ArticleJack Walton voted off X Factor
Jack Walton has become the latest X Factor contestant to leave the competition. The 18-year-old from Yorkshire received the fewest public votes after he sang Leona Lewis's hit Bleeding Love. He said:...
View ArticleX-Factor semi-finalist Mary Byrne tells of shock when the Queen told her she...
X-Factor semi-finalist Mary Byrne has told of how nervous she was singing in front of The Queen during her historic trip to Dublin. Mary was in Belfast to perform at the Waterfront Hall Studio with her...
View ArticleRedfoo slams sexist music claims
Redfoo has hit back over claims that his new song is sexist, saying that he is being "victimised" by critics. The LMFAO star came under fire for his song Literally I Can't and its accompanying video,...
View ArticleU2 join MTV awards line-up
U2 are to perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow this weekend. The band are the latest to be added to the line-up at the awards show, which will be hosted by US rapper Nicki Minaj in the...
View ArticleMusic Reviews: The Latest From Jessie Ware, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox and...
Gus Stewart/Redferns/Getty Images This week, buzz-bin favorite Jessie Ware offers up her sophomore album, Aretha Franklin covers classics recorded by other divas, Annie Lennox takes a trip to the past...
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