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Kylie Minogue gets 11th UK No 1 album as Christmas No 1 race intensifies
As Wham! top singles chart, Minogue draws level with David Bowie, Eminem, U2 and Rod Stewart in the album league table, thanks to a reissue of her 2015 Christmas LP
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Kylie Minogue gets 11th UK No 1 album as Christmas No 1 race intensifies
As Wham! top singles chart, Minogue draws level with David Bowie, Eminem, U2 and Rod Stewart in the album league table, thanks to a reissue of her 2015 Christmas LP

Charli xcx, Natalie Portman and Salman Rushdie lead 2026 Sundance lineup
The festival says goodbye to both founder Robert Redford and its longtime home of Park City, Utah, with a selection of provocative documentaries and starry new films

Raul Malo, frontman of band the Mavericks, dies aged 60
The musician, who led the Grammy-winning band, had been receiving treatment for colon cancer

Golden Globes 2026: full list of nominations
All the nominees for the awards ceremony due to take place on 11 January, the 83rd edition of the film and television gongs
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Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says
Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concerns

Frank Gehry: maximalist master who created instant icons like the Bilbao Guggenheim
He made buildings that looked like slouching drunks and quarrelling couples but it was the Spanish museum that secured his ‘starchitect’ status – a creation that became something of a curse

Frank Gehry, legendary Canadian-American architect, dies aged 96
The architect, whose work included the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, died after a brief illness

Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation comes in spite of several broadcasters calling for its exclusion

Misha Glenny to present BBC Radio 4 ‘institution’ In Our Time
Journalist, broadcaster and author, 67, will take over from Melvyn Bragg when series resumes next month

Scarlett Johansson says she was pressed to remove Holocaust narrative from directing debut
A backer of Eleanor the Great, about a woman who pretends to be a Holocaust survivor, dropped out after Johansson refused to make changes

Olivia Dean fans refunded by Ticketmaster after singer criticises ‘vile’ resale practices
Ticketmaster said they would ‘lead by example’ after Dean called out companies when tickets for her North American tour appeared on resale sites at prices in excess of $1,000