Arts & Entertainment

Manchester United expect to confirm Michael Carrick as interim manager on Tuesday, and he will lead preparations when the squad returns to training ahead of Saturday's derby with Manchester City.

Alix Earle posted a short video of an impromptu bedside dance to lift her mother Alisa Maniaci’s spirits after an operation for breast cancer; the clip was filmed by Earle’s sister and shared with a caption praising her mother’s strength.

A House judiciary hearing this week flagged potential risks to newsrooms and public speech from competing takeover bids for Warner Bros Discovery; regulators including the FCC and DOJ are cited as having authority to review the transactions.

A case accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya opened at the United Nations' top court on January 12, and Gambia told judges it had targeted the minority for destruction.

Academics say the 2025 '6-7' meme — a spoken phrase with a weighing-hand gesture that lacks a fixed meaning — is part of a long tradition of children's secret languages and is compared to older playground trends such as Pig Latin and the 'Cool S'.

Christine Lampard presented Monday's Lorraine after Lorraine Kelly announced that her father, John Kelly, 84, had been found injured in East Kilbride and was pronounced dead.

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Netflix's Adolescence each won four Golden Globes at the 83rd ceremony; Jessie Buckley and Timothée Chalamet were among other notable winners.

The UK government said it will back Ofcom's fast-tracked inquiry into X's AI tool Grok after reports it was used to generate sexualised images of women and children, and ministers said the regulator could seek fines or a court order.

Jessie Buckley won the Golden Globe for Best Actress for Hamnet, which also won Best Film, and she attended the ceremony with her husband Freddie Sorensen, who usually keeps a low public profile.

Stephen Graham won the Golden Globe for Best Male Actor in a Limited Series and credited his wife Hannah Walters and their two children for his awards-season success.

Jessie Buckley won best actress in a drama for Hamnet, and the cast and creators of the Netflix series Adolescence took multiple Golden Globe prizes including acting and limited series awards.

Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78, his official Instagram account said; the statement said he passed peacefully after battling cancer and underlying lung issues, and several celebrities posted tributes.

Meta said it deactivated 544,052 accounts it believed were held by users under 16 across Instagram, Facebook and Threads between 4 and 11 December. Ten platforms named by the government implemented age checks on 10 December 2025 as part of the new ban.

The 83rd Golden Globe Awards take place Jan. 11 at the Beverly Hilton with Nikki Glaser returning as host, and 'One Battle After Another' leading nominations with nine; the show will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

Jesse Armstrong told Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that he still experiences imposter syndrome despite Succession's awards, and he described both the energising moments of a writers' room and the lows of working alone.

Humberto Rodriguez Martinez was located in Mexico and extradited to Orange County on Dec. 4; he has been charged in the 2017 killing of Daniel Reyes, pleaded not guilty, and is being held without bail.

Conan O'Brien was photographed at a SiriusXM event nearly a month after a December party he hosted that included Rob and Nick Reiner; Rob and his wife Michele were found dead the following day and reports say their son has been accused, while some guests reported a loud argument at the party.

Melissa Gilbert deactivated her Instagram after New Mexico authorities issued an arrest warrant for her husband, Timothy Busfield, following a criminal complaint that alleges sexual conduct with minors; the next procedural steps are undetermined at this time.

A 55-year-old guard at a construction site near Cortina d'Ampezzo died during an overnight shift, and Italy's infrastructure minister has called for a full investigation.

Ann-Margret is an 84-year-old Swedish‑American actress, singer and dancer who dated Elvis Presley and built a career in film and music from the 1960s onward, including a 2023 rock album release.

A group of Theravada Buddhist monks and their rescue dog are walking across the U.S. South to promote peace; the 2,300-mile trek began Oct. 26, 2025 and is scheduled to end in mid‑February in Washington, D.C., where they plan to ask Congress to recognize Vesak.

Trevor A Toussaint, known for playing Walter Deveraux on Hollyoaks from 2018 to 2022, has died at age 65, his representatives said. His family have asked for privacy as they grieve and colleagues have posted tributes.

Andrea Bocelli and Mariah Carey are set to perform at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 6, centered at San Siro with additional segments beamed from Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo.

A light aircraft carrying Colombian singer Yeison Jiménez crashed shortly after take-off from Paipa Airport, and Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that all six people aboard were killed.

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly said her 84-year-old father, John Kelly, died after being found injured in East Kilbride; Police Scotland said the death is being treated as 'unexplained but not suspicious'.

Peter Mandelson apologised to Jeffrey Epstein's victims for a system that failed them, but he declined to apologise for his own association; he was dismissed as ambassador in September and the government has named Christian Turner as his successor.

Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the October 7 attack at the Nova music festival, says she faced threats, protests and harassment while representing Israel at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. The European Broadcasting Union reported there were no suspicious or irregular voting patterns after questions were raised.

Pope Leo XIV personally baptized 20 infants in the Sistine Chapel in his first papal baptism, continuing a Vatican tradition that marks the end of the Christmas period.

Martin Lewis and MoneySavingExpert say leaving heating on all day consumes more fuel and generally costs more; they and the Energy Saving Trust report that heating only when needed and using a timer is the more efficient approach.

Fiona Hughes, a Swansea Council support counsellor and contestant on The Traitors, is credited in a council case study with helping a woman who had experienced domestic abuse and sex work to access specialist support and return to education; the study reports the woman is now settled and remains in contact with Hughes.