Day Headlines in Culture News: 2025-08-17
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'Skibidi' and 'tradwife' among words added to Cambridge Dictionary (BBC entertainment 2025-08-17 23:53:34)
More than 6,000 new terms feature, including some relating to remote working and rich tech giants.
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Police investigating Strictly 'drug use' claims (BBC entertainment 2025-08-17 19:06:00)
The Met confirms it is assessing "whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed".
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Actor Terence Stamp, who starred as Superman villain, dies aged 87 (BBC entertainment 2025-08-17 16:14:51)
The Oscar-nominated actor shot to fame in the 1960s, going on to star in numerous films across a six decade career.
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Terence Stamp: 1960s icon who was the 'master of the brooding silence' (BBC entertainment 2025-08-17 15:23:31)
Stamp, the dashing 60s acting icon who re-emerged as a fine character actor, has died aged 87.
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Novelist Sally Rooney says she will support Palestine Action despite ban (BBC entertainment 2025-08-17 14:06:00)
The Irish novelist says "if this makes me a supporter of terror under UK law, so be it".
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Hollywood stuntman set on fire for Pink Floyd cover dies aged 88 (BBC entertainment 2025-08-17 12:25:31)
Ronnie Rondell Jr's decades-long career saw him appear in films and TV including Baywatch, Spartacus and The Matrix Reloaded.
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Sugar Hut, spray tans, stilettos: Towie turns 15 (BBC entertainment 2025-08-17 05:30:33)
Love it or hate it, there is no denying that The Only Way is Essex thrust Essex into the spotlight.