Day Headlines in Culture News: 2025-01-17
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Cher Lloyd on making new music, Swagger Jagger and Liam Payne's unmatched talent (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 15:31:05)
The singer known to millions for her rebellious reality TV antics is back and ready to "spill the tea". -
Music stars among mourners at Johnnie Walker's funeral (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 13:42:14)
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant was among the stars to pay their respects to the late DJ. -
Jamie Theakston 'cancer free' as he returns to radio show (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 12:20:48)
The radio host revealed doctors warned him there was a one-in-six chance he might never talk again. -
Killer recalled to prison after murder 'boast' (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 11:55:35)
Jake Fahri, who served 14 years in jail for murdering schoolboy Jimmy Mizen, breached licence conditions. -
Dame Joan Plowright: Acting star whose first love was theatre (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 11:07:35)
One of the UK's finest stage actresses, she later appeared in films including Tea with Mussolini. -
Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95 (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 10:42:35)
She was one of Britain's most acclaimed stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier. -
Liam Payne's friend sues singer's dad for defamation (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 10:09:30)
Roger Nores has contested Geoff Payne's claims he "abandoned" the late One Direction singer. -
Culture secretary rules out funding BBC from taxes (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 10:05:06)
But Lisa Nandy says the TV licence is "regressive" and she is thinking "radically" about alternatives. -
Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 10:04:16)
The tech giant was facing pressure to pull the feature after it made repeated mistakes summarising headlines. -
Why Linda Nolan was in Blackpool's showbusiness DNA (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 06:13:37)
Blackpool's entertainment community says Linda Nolan was part of the town's showbusiness heritage. -
David Lynch: Mind-bending Twin Peaks director who embraced the weird (BBC entertainment 2025-01-17 06:08:12)
The visionary director's belief in American beauty and horror being two sides of the same coin was perfected in the iconic 1990 TV series.