Arts

Rapper Nicki Minaj will pay singer Tracy Chapman $450,000 (£332,000) to settle a copyright dispute after sampling one of her songs. Chapman sued Minaj in 2018, saying she had used portions of Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight in her...

Mark Eden, who played Coronation Street villain Alan Bradley, has died at the age of 92. The actor, who had been living with Alzheimer's disease "for some time", died early on New Year's Day, his agent confirmed in a statement....

According to a recent study there might be a particular developmental phase during the early period of children's life when their minds are most receptive towards musical training. Among the many holiday traditions scuttled by pandemic restrictions this year are...

Ann Reinking, the US Broadway actress, dancer and Tony Award-winning choreographer, has died aged 71. Reinking portrayed Roxie Hart in the hit crime musical, Chicago, in 1977. The news of her death was confirmed by her sister-in-law Dahrla King on...

Thousands of rock art pictures depicting huge Ice Age creatures such as mastodons have been revealed by researchers in the Amazon rainforest. The paintings were probably made around 11,800 to 12,600 years ago, according to a press release from researchers at Britain's...

Millie Bobby Brown Millie Bobby Brown is tearfully asking fans to respect her boundaries following an "uncomfortable" encounter with a fan while she was Christmas shopping with her mom. The "Stranger Things" star, 16, took to her Instagram Story in tears Monday after a...

In an early episode of The Crown’s new season, the future Princess Diana dances jubilantly with her squealing roommates to Stevie Nicks’s “Edge of Seventeen”. Newly engaged to Prince Charles, she is 19, starry-eyed and in love. But by the time the end credits...

Chadwick Boseman's tragic death will draw understandable attention to "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," which represents his final role. Yet that focus shouldn't overshadow the riveting performances that elevate this small-scale Netflix movie, adapted from the August Wilson play with its somewhat claustrophobic...

It wasn’t quite a partridge in a pear tree, but a worker helping set up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree found a holiday surprise: a tiny owl among the massive branches. The little bird, now named what else but Rockefeller, was discovered on...

Graham Norton is to present weekend shows on Virgin Radio from next year following his exit from BBC Radio 2. The 57-year-old said he was "excited and a little surprised" to be joining the station after hosting a Saturday morning...