Entertainment

Better known to her 13 million subscribers as NikkieTutorials, beauty YouTuber Nikkie de Jager is hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. She’s making history as the first transgender host of the competition. The 27-year-old told Radio 1 Newsbeat she’s reflecting the colours of the trans pride flag (white, pink and blue) through her outfits on

Disney’s Cruella is the first major Hollywood film to get an in-person premiere, following more than a year of coronavirus restrictions. Only the Disney in-house crew were allowed to film and ask questions, along with a few official photographers. Emma Stone, who plays the film’s titular, dog-obsessed villain, took to the red carpet along with

Small Country is a short documentary starring the real-life residents of one of Britain’s least populated places: the northwest Highlands. Director Gregor D Sinclair made the film to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the farmers, families, fishermen and guides that live there. The film will have its premiere in the Highlands in June

Stage and screen actress Gemma Arterton has been sharing her excitement at returning to the stage, with theatres set to reopen later this month. She speaks to BBC Breakfast about her new play, Walden, at the Harold Pinter Theatre, which will be one of the West End venues to welcome back audiences.

Female acts have dominated this year’s Brit Awards – with Dua Lipa winning two awards. She was joined by other stars, including Little Mix and Arlo Parks, at the in-person ceremony. The 4,000-person crowd, which included key workers, wore no masks and weren’t required to social distance, as the ceremony was part of the government’s

The Brit Awards is one of the first events being allowed to go ahead in the UK without restrictions such as social distancing and face masks. Stars like Dua Lipa, Little Mix and Haim walked the red carpet at London’s O2 Area for the award ceremony, which will have an audience that includes key workers

The killing of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered for being a goth is to form the basis of a new Coronation Street storyline. Two teenage boys were jailed for life for the murder of Sophie Lancaster in 2007. Her mother Sylvia, who helped to develop the storyline, said her daughter’s legacy “carried on growing.”

Five-thousand music fans attended a pilot concert held in a big top in Liverpool and headlined by Blossoms. Sunday’s mini-festival in Liverpool’s Sefton Park was one of the government’s official trial events to research how large gatherings can safely take place again. All ticket holders had to take a supervised lateral flow test at one

Never has a letter in the alphabet caused such a stir. After years of dissecting and fan theories, the identity of “H” has finally been revealed. BBC Breakfast asked Line of Duty’s Nigel Boyle how long he’d known he was the “fourth man”, as well as getting viewers to record their live reactions to the

Sticky floors, queues for the loos, that sweaty smell and, inevitably, losing your phone. All stuff we never thought we’d miss. But, for the first time since the pandemic began, clubbers have been back on the dance floor. A two-day event is being held in Liverpool, with 3,000 people per day allowed in. It’s part

Illustrator and political cartoonist Henny Beaumont is painting portraits of women who died in violent circumstances in the past year. She came up with the idea after hearing Labour’s shadow domestic violence minister Jess Phillips read out the names of 118 women and girls killed in the UK since 2020’s International Women’s Day, where a

Actress Parminder Nagra, who found fame in 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham, has said she was once told “brown people don’t sell” by a TV producer. Talking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake, she spoke about wanting to put herself up for the role of a therapist on a well-known US TV programme,

In the UK parents only qualify for treatment on the NHS if they have had three miscarriages in a row. EastEnders actress Lacey Turner has has two miscarriages and believes the current system needs reforming. New research published in The Lancet reveals that miscarriage doubles the risk of depression and quadruples the risk of suicide.

Fagradalsfjall volcano has been erupting for just over a month – the first eruption of its kind in more than 800 years. While thousands of people have visited to take in the views, others had more specific goals in mind. Icelandic band Kaleo hiked up to the lava streams to shoot a live performance and

Earlier this year, Hollywood stars Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds took over ownership of Wrexham FC. Rob spoke to Radio 1 Newsbeat about why he chose to buy the football club and how he was constantly checking his phone to see how they were doing when he was on breaks while filming his new US

Ben Perkins is forging a reputation as an up-and-coming blacksmith after asking for an anvil for his 16th birthday. The Guildford student, now 17, is self-taught and has gained a huge following on social media after building a working forge at the end of his garden. He makes a variety of objects, but the most