6 November 2025 Stefon Diggs; Aileen Lopera. Credit : The Hapa Blonde/GC Images; Lord Gisselle/Instagram In a development that has sent ripples through sports and celebrity circles, New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs has officially been confirmed as the father of a seven-month-old daughter born to model Aileen Lopera (who is known online as Lord Gisselle). According to a statement from Lopera’s attorney, Tamar G. Arminak, Diggs’ paternity was validated through ge

5 November 2025 Ed Sheeran performs at the 2022 Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London. (Hannah McKay / Associated Press) In a move that marks a significant shift for creative education in England, Ed Sheeran has claimed partial credit for influencing a major overhaul of how music is taught in state schools. His contribution was noted by Department for Education (DfE) ministers after an open letter organised by his foundation and signed by more than 600 artists and cultural figur

04 November 2025 Ladd in Wild at Heart. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy The world of cinema has lost a quietly formidable talent in Diane Ladd, whose passing at the age of 89 marks the close of a remarkable chapter in film history. From the early years of television to the heights of the American New Wave and beyond, Ladd established herself as a character actor of exceptional range, imbuing supporting roles with a magnetic presence that transcended their size. In the Guar­d

02 November 2025 Jennifer Lawrence and Donald Trump. Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Once vocal and unreserved about her political engagement including calling Trump’s 2016 election “the end of the world” and openly backing Democratic candidates Lawrence now questions whether celebrity commentary makes any real difference in how people vote. She pointed out that repeated elections show “celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever” on voter behaviour

1 November 2025 From left: Melanie Blatt, Natalie Appleton, Shaznay Lewis and Nicole Appleton as All Saints performing at The Mobo awards in 1997. Photograph: JMEnternational/Getty Images The new documentary series Girlbands Forever warps us back into the glittery, high-stakes world of 1990s British and Irish all-girl pop groups, offering a sharp-edged blend of nostalgia, ambition and the messy reality behind the choreography and chart-toppers. Among the bands spotlighted are

31 October 2025 The film world bids farewell to one of its most daring architects as Peter Watkins, the British director whose landmark work reshaped the language of political cinema, has died aged 90. Watkins passed away in hospital on Thursday in Bourganeuf, France, where he lived for the last 25 years of his life. His family said in a statement that the world of cinema has lost one of its most incisive, inventive and unclassifiable voices. Born in Norbiton, Surrey, in Octo

30 October 2025 Sobering tale … Tom Cruise and Colin Farrell in Minority Report (2002). Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Allstar On a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colin Farrell shared a candid anecdote from filming the 2002 sci-fi thriller Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, in which he admitted to arriving on set severely hungover and needing 46 takes to deliver a single line an episode that, in his words, left him with “one of the worst da

29 October 2025 The ninth-century Latin manuscript. Photograph: The Raab Collection In an unexpected twist of history one of the most delicate yet profound revelations in the story of Western music has come from a private collection in Pennsylvania. A leaf from a ninth-century Latin sacramentary has turned up not just as a relic of the devotional rites of the early Middle Ages but as a key to rethinking when and how music took visible form. The vellum page includes tiny symbo

28 October 2025 Johnny Green / Credit: PA For a beloved figure whose television career spanned nearly seven decades, Prunella Scales is remembered not for the monarchs she portrayed or the serious roles she inhabited but for the “ferociously efficient” hotelier Sybil Fawlty, the character that cemented her legacy in British comedy. According to a tribute by The Guardian, Sybil remains a standout figure in the sitcom canon: a woman who seized agency, issued the catchphrase “Ba

27 October 2025 Jackie Ferrara. Credit : Carly Erickson/BFA/Shutterstock The art world has lost one of its quietly formidable figures. Jackie Ferrara, the American sculptor known for her stacked-wood plank minimalist constructions and monumental public commissions, died on October 22, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland, through the process of medical aid in dying (MAiD), according to her estate and a People Magazine report. Ferrara was 95 years old at the time of her death. Despite

26 October 2025 The Kim Kardashian-Khloé Kardashian-Kourtney Kardashian-Kendall Jenner-Kylie Jenner clan never disappoint when it comes to Halloween, and their latest montage of costumes across the years is proof that they treat the holiday as seriously as any red carpet event. According to a recent feature on E! News, their past looks span high glam, full-on movie references and coordinated family themes. In the 2024 edition, Kendall and Kylie turned heads by channelling the

25 October 2025 Ariana Grande on the Shut Up Evan Podcast. Credit : Evan Ross Katz/Youtube In a wide-ranging conversation on the “Shut Up Evan” podcast, Ariana Grande revealed that her experience filming the musical film adaptation of Wicked triggered a fresh surge of musical creativity and a deep reconnection to her art. Grande, who portrays the character Glinda in the movie, said simply “[I] felt like a genuine spark, like a reconnection and inspiration and something I mean

24 October 2025 Shakira at Paris Fashion Week on July 6, 2023; Bad Bunny performing during 'SNL50: The Homecoming Concert' on Feb. 14, 2025. Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty; Kevin Mazur/Peacock via Getty Shakira has stepped into the spotlight to back Bad Bunny’s upcoming headline performance at the Super Bowl LX halftime show, calling his selection “about time” and framing it as a breakthrough for Spanish-language music at the world’s largest stage. In an interview with Var

23 October 2025 Reza Venegas At just 22 years old, Mary Sickler, the outgoing Miss Nevada USA 2025, illuminated the competition on October 22 in Reno, confidently shedding her wig and revealing her bald embrace of life with Alopecia Universalis. Diagnosed in December 2024, Sickler faced a rapid onset of complete hair loss that stripped away not only her physical identity, but also the promise of a flourishing modeling career. She recalled the moment she looked in the mirror a

22 October 2025 Skulking deadbeat dad ... Josh O’Connor scopes a gallery in The Mastermind. Photograph: MUBI/PA When Kelly Reichardt set out to make her newest film, The Mastermind, she reached not for the slick, high-speed thrills of caper cinema but for something quieter, more probing, and strangely timely premiering in the same week that headlines exposed yet another major museum theft. Set in 1970s Massachusetts and starring Josh O’Connor as JB Mooney, a disenchanted subu

21 October 2025 Solo clubbers and ravers say they talk to people they would never have met if they’d been out with friends. Photograph: Slavica/Getty Images Across the United Kingdom over the past few years, a quiet transformation has been unfolding at live-music events: growing numbers of fans are choosing to attend gigs, festivals and club nights on their own. A recent survey by Ticketmaster UK highlights the shift while only about 8 per cent of festival-goers reported atte

20 October 2025 Britney Spears attends the 2018 GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP) In a deeply personal Instagram post on October 19, Britney Spears opened up about the long-shadowed impact of her 2018 rehabilitation stay under her father’s conservatorship, describing the months of confinement she endured as so traumatic she believes “brain damage happened to me.” Her post began with a metaphor drawn from the film Maleficent, referencing the s

19 October 2025 Landmarks director Lucrecia Martel at the London film festival. Photograph: LFF The 2025 edition of the BFI London Film Festival marked a striking moment in documentary cinema as Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel’s film Landmarks was awarded Best Film in the official competition category. The jury’s decision signals not only an artistic recognition but carries a deeper resonance: the film resurrects a story of land rights, colonial legacy and long-denied ju

18 October 2025 From left: Quincy Jones, Madonna, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Idol and Tina Turner Illustration by Barbara Gibson The pulse of music video culture may be slowing to a whisper as MTV prepares to pull the plug on its five UK-based music channels at the end of 2025, raising a very real question about the future of the genre itself. When MTV burst onto the scene in 1981, it rewrote how artists were discovered, songs were promoted and pop culture was consum