Weddings

Couple forced to cancel wedding twice are given lifeline by strangers

Lauryn and Jake, from the NSW Southern Highlands, had accepted they may never experience a wedding after a series of family tragedies led to them abandoning their special day.

Elizabeth Harrower and Shirley Hazzard only met six times. They wrote to each other for 40 years

Elizabeth Harrower’s trip to Italy in 1984 should have been pure joy. She was invited by her friends Shirley Hazzard and Francis Steegmuller to join them, at their expense, in Rome, Naples, Capri and then New York. The couple wanted to thank Harrower for her years of care for Hazzard’s mother, through mental illness and decline in Sydney, and they had been urging her – pleading with her – for years. Harrower made excuses until September 1984,...

Selena Gomez gets emotional as her film receives standing ovation

Selena Gomez got emotional during the premiere of her upcoming film, Emilia Perez, at the Cannes Film Festival. The performer wiped away tears after the Jacques Audiard-directed musical crime drama received an impressive nine-minute standing ovation.

Is Coco Mellors allergic to subtext?

The aptly named Blue sisters – once a quartet, now a trio – are in crisis. It has been a year since the second-youngest sibling, Nicky, died of an accidental drug overdose: she had long suffered from endometriosis, but the only help that unsympathetic doctors would offer was a hysterectomy. Now the sisters’ icily removed mother (who makes Harriet W...

'Megalopolis:' What critics are saying about the polarizing new Francis Ford Coppola film

'Red flag!' Joanne McNally gets back into dating months after split

Joanne McNally has reentered the dating world months after her split from Alan Byrne but she hasn't had the strongest of starts with a 'red flag' waving. The comedian and her former boyfriend called things off at the start of the year with Joanne confirming in March that she was 'recently single'. Today's top videos […]

Where did Edward VIII's money come from?

It is often assumed that it was the Abdication that poisoned relations between Edward Vlll and his family but less well-known is that money played a crucial part, writes ANDREW LOWNIE.

The Grande Dames of country music

Bill Maher says he 'doesn't understand' the Harrison Butker backlash

If Travis Kelce is the current golden boy of the Kansas City Chiefs, Harrison Butker is very much the black sheep. This week, the NFL player was flung to the heart of a social media storm after his graduation speech at a private Catholic school horrified listeners around the world. In the highly controversial address, Butker covered everything from...

Forever young? The age of these stars will shock you!

Celebrity Couples from 50 Years Ago You Forgot About

Celeb couples have always been a hot button topic for the gossip mags. Here are some from the 70s you might not remember.

The Nose Dive Assembly review – a gen Z take on the trad touring circus

There’s a festival feel at a Revel Puck Circus show: the big top, the caravans and candyfloss, the sense of community. It’s like a gen Z version of a trad touring circus, with the young performers dressed in matching jazzy gender-neutral jumpsuits rather than leotards and spangles. Inside the tent are some fantastic acts. There is supremely graceful hair hanging from Poppy Plowman (yes, that’s hanging from a rope tied to your topknot). Plowman...

Rambert: Analogue review – close encounters on the dancefloor

There’s something magical about watching dance at a distance when everything seems effortless. But arguably it’s more interesting to experience dance up close, to see the beads of sweat, feel the endurance and the heat radiating from the dancers’ bodies as they push themselves on. Jill Johnson’s new creation for Rambert, Analogue, presented in association with the Southbank Centre at Stone Nest, makes the most of that proximity. For those who...

The Queen’s Reading Room podcast back for second series with Richard E Grant

The Queen’s book club podcast returns on Monday 2024 with Richard E Grant among its guests following the success of its first season. The Queen’s Reading Room lets listeners in on Her Majesty’s “all time favourite reads” and topped one per cent of all podcasts globally after its launch in January 2024. Grant will join a host of authors and actors s...

20 of the most heartbreaking TV episodes

We appreciate all forms of cinema, from the comedies that make us laugh out loud to the dramas that leave us balling. So, to honor the latter, here are 20 television episodes we think are the most heartbreaking.

25 must-watch three-hour movies to help you pass the time

We're not talking about "The Godfather" or "Titanic". We know you've seen those. Here are 25 long hauls begging for your suddenly abundant spare time!

The Best Celebrity Memoir Audiobooks Read by the Authors

From funny to insightful to straight-up shocking, these stars don’t hold back as they recount their lives.

Bridgerton has totally obliterated the traditional costume drama

Bridgerton has totally obliterated the traditional costume drama - IN FOCUS: Netflix’s Regency romance has changed the rules of the fusty period genre entirely. Katie Rosseinsky asks whether that might be a mixed blessing

Prince Laurent lives in permanent fear

Cynthia Erivo says themes in Wicked resonate with LGBT community

The British actress and singer received an award for her activism within the LGBT+ community from US star Jada Pinkett-Smith.

'It was a runaway train' Al Porter recalls darkest days as he launches second act

On a Friday evening in 2017, comedian Al Porter found himself at the centre of a storm that, within two days, was to expand into a torrent of horrendous headlines and a deluge of accusations of inappropriate behaviour that turned the funny man into a pariah. Consumed with shame and self-recrimination, Al was brought to […]

Shani Louk ‘can finally rest’ say parents as they prepare to bury her months after October 7 death

German-Israeli Shani Louk can finally rest after her body was brought back to Israel to be buried on Sunday, her family said, more than seven months after she was killed during Hamas’s massacre on October 7. Louk, a 23-year-old tattoo artist, was celebrating with friends at the Nova music festival just inside Israel before it was attacked by gunmen...

Sting's son, 28, joins The Police - the real force that is

The singer was said to have attended the passing-out-parade of his son Giacomo Sumner earlier this month after he became an officer at the Met's academy in Hendon, North London.

'It's a great comfort' Charlie Bird had thoughtful gift made for wife Claire

Charlie Bird and his wife Claire inspired the nation with their strength following his Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis and she's now candidly spoken about their relationship and the thoughtful gift he had made for her. Claire chatted with Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Radio One on Sunday, reminiscing about their 'wonderful life' and the ways they […]

Artist reveals why his portrait of the King is so red

Artist reveals why his portrait of the King is so red - Jonathan Yeo says he enjoyed the internet memes his painting of monarch generated

‘Set-jet’ by ship to your favourite film location

The sun-drenched islands of Bond films, Ripley’s palatial Italian boltholes, Succession’s ultra-luxe Big Apple living: we’ve all been captivated by screen locations – so much so, that many of us are now planning our holidays around them. Understandably, it’s a movement the whole travel industry is getting behind – and now, cruise lines are getting ...

Ryan Tubridy's London Diary: Let It Be is a joy showing The Beatles at the end of a long and winding road

One of the great benefits of the job and the location is the occasional invitation that lands on my desk and leads to a quality night out. Last week, the good people at Universal Music kindly invited me to a showing of the Let It Be documentary in a Mayfair cinema. With thanks to Mark […]

Jonny Greenwood’s eight-hour organ piece is a bit too long, plus the best of May’s classical concerts

268 Years of Reverb, Octagon Chapel, Norwich ★★☆☆☆ The beautiful Octagon Chapel in Norwich has resounded to organ music for most of its 268 years. Over that vast tract of time, those ancient pipes and brick walls must have absorbed innumerable sounds and their echoes. Imagine if they could be magically released: what woul...

The 13 Best College-Set Novels of All Time

From “Normal People” to “Ninth House” and everything in between.

PICS: Inside Zara King's pink-themed bridal shower as she prepares for big day

She is seen delivering the news on our TV screens every night so it would be easy to forget that Zara King is also busy planning a wedding in the background! The Virgin Media reporter got engaged last September to her mystery partner, whose identity she is choosing to keep private, after a year of […]

Tiger Stripes review – entertaining Malaysian horror shows its claws

Amanda Nell Eu’s snarling debut is not the first film to harness body horror tropes as an allegory for the adolescent angst and the shame of female puberty. But this Malaysian production, which shares central ideas with Pixar’s Turning Red, as well as genre films such as Carrie and Ginger Snaps, folds in a distinctive element of south-east Asian folklore and superstition, in addition to universal themes of preteen girl bullying. Bursting on to...

Vintage Photos of Old Hollywood Stars on Their Honeymoon

Including Liz Taylor and Mike Todd's tropical escape.

Prince Archie is reportedly interested in the royals and "loves" that his grandfather "lives in a castle"

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are two of the most talked-about people in the world - something that was no exception this month as the couple took part in a high profile four-day tour of Nigeria, to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Invictus Games. Yes, from Prince Harry's moving words to Meghan Markle's elegant tour wardrobe, the Duke and Duche...

Sabrina Carpenter shocks Saturday Night Live viewers with ‘hilarious’ lyric change

Sabrina Carpenter shocks Saturday Night Live viewers with ‘hilarious’ lyric change - ‘Espresso’ singer included an unexpected twist during her debut appearance on sketch show

Comedians can’t experiment because of ‘sensitivities’ of younger people, says Stephen Merchant

Comedians are no longer able to experiment in their work because of the “sensitivities” of younger people, Stephen Merchant has said. Addressing how cancel culture has impacted his industry, he described comedians’ fear of offending people as a “straitjacket” that has suppressed creativity. The 49-year-old said he noticed the change after recently ...

IF review – imaginary friends reunited in a kid-pleasing live-action fantasy

What if imaginary friends didn’t vanish into the murk of forgotten memories as soon as the child who conjured them grew up? What if the invisible bestie lingered on, trying hard not to be wounded by the rejection and waiting in vain to be of use once more? If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The central premise of American actor-director John Krasinski’s IF – his first family film after the horror movie double of A Quiet Place and its...

Evanne Ní Chuilinn rocks one of summer's hottest style trends on daughter's big day

If you've been on social media over the last few days then there's a good chance that you will have been greeted by communion and confirmation snaps. And while it's lovely to see the children on their big days, we've also been lapping up all the style inspiration from their proud parents! Today's top videos […]

Belgian King Filip: ‘left to his own devices’

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg review – suitably enigmatic portrait of the mercurial Stones muse

The terrifying magnetism of Anita Pallenberg – the German actor, model, style icon, muse and, according to some, murderer who dated two Rolling Stones and epitomised rock chick cool – is captured in Alexis Bloom’s suitably enigmatic documentary portrait. Composed of interviews with those in Pallenberg’s orbit, and home movies that crackle with chaotic energy, Catching Fire is more concerned with the mercurial essence of its subject than it is...

Every Taylor Swift Fan Needs These "Meet Me at Midnight" Slippers

For $20? Yeah, I'll definitely take a pair.

SNL finale teases Trump’s VP picks: a gun-toting Kristi Noem and the ‘late, great Hannibal Lecter’

SNL finale teases Trump’s VP picks: a gun-toting Kristi Noem and the ‘late, great Hannibal Lecter’ - ’Finally, my last and favorite choice is a man I can’t stop talking about in my rallies. It’s the late great Hannibal Lecter,’ James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump said in the cold open of SNL’s season finale

Michael Flatley 'heartbroken' to be living out of hotels when he visits Ireland

Michael Flatley has admitted he's 'heartbroken' to be living out of hotels when he visits Ireland. The Lord of the Dance star, his wife Niamh and son Michael St James are currently unable to live in their Castlehyde mansion in Co Cork due to allegedly defective repairs. Today's top videos 'It's heartbreaking. I'm not going […]

Stephen Merchant says ‘people are allowed to criticise things’ amid cancel culture debate

Stephen Merchant says ‘people are allowed to criticise things’ amid cancel culture debate - Actor, writer and ‘The Office’ co-creator is the latest comedy figure to contribute to cancel culture discussion

Lottie Ryan and husband Fabio fly out to special place for 20th anniversary

Lottie Ryan and her husband Fabio Aprile are marking a big milestone this week and have made a family trip back to her Italian beau's roots for a very special anniversary. The 2FM presenter, 38, met her teenage sweetheart in a Dublin nightclub 20 years ago at the tender age of 18 and they are […]

Priyanka Chopra: a colorful life in 20 looks

Winners of Eurovision, from ABBA to Celine Dion and Nemo

Harry to miss Duke of Westminster’s wedding while William attends as usher

Harry to miss Duke of Westminster’s wedding while William attends as usher - Harry will not partake in his long-time friend’s June nuptials

Can you guess the richest female celebrities?

‘SNL' Cold Open Riffs on Trump Trial and His VP Picks

The 49th season finale of "Saturday Night Live" opened with James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump speaking at the barricades of a Manhattan courthouse, in a nod to Trump's ongoing legal woes amid his presidential campaign. Johnson as Trump spoke about his "weird and depressing" state at the courthouse, saying, "I don't like being in court […]

Dabney Coleman, scene-stealing actor with memorable roles in Tootsie and 9 to 5 – obituary

Dabney Coleman, who has died aged 92, was a comic actor renowned for his portrayal of obnoxious authority figures, typified by two choice early 1980s roles that sealed his image in the popular imagination: the corporate chauvinist outmanoeuvred by Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in 9 to 5 (1980) and the sexist, bottom-spanking director in ...