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Noah Kahan tops Billboard chart after iconic rock band’s record-breaking run

Noah Kahan tops Billboard chart after iconic rock band’s record-breaking run

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Noah Kahan is celebrating landing at the top of Billboard’s Rock Streaming Chart with his latest single “Draw You Out.” The song overtakes The Killers’ “Mr Brightside,” which made history in August when it arrived at the top spot after a record-breaking 368 weeks, or a little over seven years, on the chart. First released in 2004, “Mr Brightside” is something of a chart anomaly. It is notable for being the longest-running track on the British charts never to reach number one. In a feature for The Independent around the song’s 20th anniversary, critic Mark Beaumont explored how the song had managed to achieve such enduring popularity, along with the story of how it earned the band a showcase for record label Warner. “Suddenly, out of nowhere I heard this riff,” A&R scout Alex Gilbert recalled. “The riff is one of the greatest riffs of all time. I kid you …

Davina McCall developed ‘advanced Alzheimer’s’ symptoms after brain tumour operation

Davina McCall developed ‘advanced Alzheimer’s’ symptoms after brain tumour operation

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Davina McCall has revealed that she developed symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s after her brain tumour was removed in 2024 and couldn’t remember the names of those around her. The TV presenter, 58, shared in November of that year that doctors had found a rare 14mm benign tumour, called a colloid cyst, on her brain and required surgery to take it out. The operation went well and in April last year, she told fans that her final MRI scan had shown that the tumour had completely disappeared. Speaking about her recovery in a new interview, McCall shared that removing the tumour initially impacted her memory quite significantly. Davina McCall with husband Michael Douglas (Getty) “After I’d had my brain tumour taken out, I had advanced Alzheimer’s, so I couldn’t remember anything,” she told Paloma Faith on the Mad, Sad Bad podcast, adding that 2025 was the “hardest year” of her life. …

Queen’s Brian May issues warning to Andy Burnham over ‘evil’ AI data centres

Queen’s Brian May issues warning to Andy Burnham over ‘evil’ AI data centres

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Sir Brian May has urged Andy Burnham to block AI “before it’s too late” and dubbed data centres “a massive evil” that “have to be fought”. The British guitarist, 79, revealed that he designed a Queen immersive experience, similar to ABBA’s virtual concert ABBA Voyage, but wouldn’t move forward with the show until it was possible without AI. “I have serious misgivings about that,” the musician told The Times. “We all like AI. It helps us write emails. It’s even saved a few lives. But the harm it is bringing to the world is immense,” he said. May shared that he’d even nixed a video for his recent song “My Angels Are Calling” after its directors admitted they’d …

Stephen Graham in tears on live radio as he’s reunited with first-ever director

Stephen Graham in tears on live radio as he’s reunited with first-ever director

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Stephen Graham is no stranger to moving audiences with his emotional performances, but this time, the Adolescence star found himself wiping away tears during an interview on Capital’s breakfast show. The actor became emotional after being surprised by a video message from Gerry Potter, his teacher at Liverpool’s Everyman Youth Theatre. Potter, who is also known as Gerry Pantomime, directed Graham in his first play at the theatre company, with the young actor taking on the role of a boy who contracted HIV from a one-night stand at a party. Appearing in a video message on the Capital Breakfast Show on Thursday (1 October), Potter told Graham that he was “over the moon” to have been …

Princess and Junior Andre to star in new series of Celebrity Race Across The World

Princess and Junior Andre to star in new series of Celebrity Race Across The World

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Media personalities Princess and Junior Andre, singers Ella Eyre and Sam Ryder, and broadcaster Jeff Stelling are among the famous faces joining the upcoming series of Celebrity Race Across The World. Four pairs will give up their smartphones and everyday luxuries in a bid to travel to their final destination as fast as possible without taking flights. Princess and Junior, who are the children of singer Peter Andre and former glamour model Katie Price, will race as a team. Eyre is pairing up with her childhood friend Nana, Stelling is taking part alongside his son Matt, while Ryder has teamed up with his tour manager Kaz Coles. Princess and Junior Andre will both star in the …

Jeremy Allen White was ‘really nervous’ to play another real person in The Social Reckoning

Jeremy Allen White was ‘really nervous’ to play another real person in The Social Reckoning

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Jeremy Allen White has revealed that he was initially hesitant to star in The Social Reckoning, explaining that his earlier portrayals of real-life people made him nervous to tackle another one. The 35-year-old plays Jeff Horwitz, the Wall Street Journal reporter who works with Facebook employee Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison) to blow the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets, in Aaron Sorkin’s 2026 follow-up to The Social Network. Speaking to The Independent at The Social Reckoning’s premiere in London on Tuesday (29 September), White admitted his nerves made it tough to commit to the role after portraying Bruce Springsteen in biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. “When I first met with Aaron [Sorkin], I …

Coronation Street star Sue Devaney shares disappointment caused by dementia storyline

Coronation Street star Sue Devaney shares disappointment caused by dementia storyline

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Coronation Street star Sue Devaney’s dementia storyline will cut short her time on the series – as she planned to remain on the soap for the rest of her life. Devaney has appeared on the ITV soap as Debbie Webster as a full-time cast member since 2019, and will leave the show as part of the hard-hitting storyline, which started in 2025 and ends next year. The actor first joined the soap in her teens in 1984, but her original stint lasted for just one year. She was brought back, aged 52, which made her think: “This is nice. I could end my career on Corrie, and I’d be very happy.” Sue Devaney will leave ‘Coronation Street’ …

Strictly dancer Karen Hauer joins reality favourites for new Cooking With The Stars series

Strictly dancer Karen Hauer joins reality favourites for new Cooking With The Stars series

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Karen Hauer will join reality television personalities Joey Essex and Scarlett Moffatt on the latest series of Cooking With The Stars. Returning to ITV for its sixth series next month, the reality programme sees 12 celebrities each paired up with an accomplished chef who will mentor them towards becoming cooks capable of delivering restaurant-standard dishes. Presenter Emma Willis, who recently made her debut as one of the new hosts of Strictly, returns to presenter duties for the upcoming series alongside comedian Tom Allen. Essex, who has featured on popular television programmes such as The Only Way Is Essex, Love Island and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, is headed …

Adam Brody clarifies stance on Israel-Palestine conflict ahead of new season of Nobody Wants This

Adam Brody clarifies stance on Israel-Palestine conflict ahead of new season of Nobody Wants This

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Adam Brody has opened up about his beliefs regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict. Brody plays a rabbi in Nobody Wants This, the rom-com Netflix series that has put him back in the spotlight. The show is loosely based on creator Erin Foster’s experiences of converting to Judaism after meeting her husband. The actor spoke to GQ ahead of the show’s season three release about his involvement in local politics ahead of the midterm elections. After admitting he hadn’t said much publicly about the ongoing conflict, Brody told the publication: “Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide. Put me down as wanting a free Palestine.” He continued: “It’s awful that it’s taken so much death and misery, …

Sabrina Carpenter to star alongside Tom Holland in Fred Astaire biopic

Sabrina Carpenter to star alongside Tom Holland in Fred Astaire biopic

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter American pop star Sabrina Carpenter and The Substance star Margaret Qualley are set to appear alongside Tom Holland in a forthcoming biographical film about legendary American dancer Fred Astaire. According to reports by Deadline, 27-year-old Carpenter, known for her hit tracks Espresso and Taste, will portray Hollywood star Ginger Rogers opposite Spider-Man actor Holland as Astaire in the untitled feature. Rogers, who won a best actress Academy Award for Kitty Foyle in 1941, collaborated with Astaire across a string of popular 1930s and 1940s song-and-dance films, including Top Hat, Swing Time and The Barkleys of Broadway. The duo became celebrated for their dynamic on-screen partnership, which regularly featured highly intricate routines. Tom Holland will also appear …