Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek has said he has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. The 47-year-old American actor - famous for his role as Dawson Leery in the drama series - told US outlet People on Sunday that he has colorectal cancer. Bowel cancer - sometimes also called colorectal cancer - starts in

Quincy Jones, the music producer and composer, has died at the age of 91. Jones worked with Michael Jackson , Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and many other artists. Among his best-known credits was as the producer of Jackson's historic Thriller album. Jones oversaw the all-star recording of the 1985 charity record We Are The World.

Oasis fans who have been looking back in anger after being caught out by dynamic pricing for tickets to their upcoming reunion tour may delight in the sight of an effigy of Ticketmaster being burned for Bonfire Night. Liam and Noel Gallagher were depicted as puppets on the 11m-tall effigy of the ticket-selling platform at

The late Queen Elizabeth II will make a brief appearance in the new film Paddington in Peru. It follows her skit alongside the world-famous bear in a short film for her 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebrations, just months before her death. Now, a photo of Queen Elizabeth II and the marmalade-loving bear will appear in the

Life in between filming the first and second series of The Old Man has been vastly different for Jeff Bridges. The Oscar-winning actor led the first season of the action thriller at 70, seemingly healthy and ready to take on the world. However, unbeknown to him at the time, he had undiagnosed non-Hodgkin lymphoma and

"You either hold a weapon or you hold a guitar," says Raji El-Jaru, Gaza's biggest rockstar. Months before war broke out last year, hundreds of people packed into a concert hall to hear his band perform their distinct blend of pounding guitar riffs and impassioned lyrics. "We'll scream our pain; can you hear the call?"

An appeals court has upheld a ruling that Ed Sheeran's hit song Thinking Out Loud did not illegally copy the Marvin Gaye classic, Let's Get It On. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, New York, agreed with a lower-court judge's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Structured Asset Sales (SAS), which owns

"Amateurish" thieves have made off with a screen print of Queen Elizabeth II by Andy Warhol as part of a botched gallery heist in the Netherlands. The thieves blew open the gallery doors, stealing two works from the iconic American pop artist, the gallery's owner Mark Peet Visser said. Another two prints were left badly

Can the influence of celebrities sway voters when it comes to the US election? With many of the biggest music and movie stars in the world backing her, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris will certainly be hoping so. Democrats have long enjoyed a celebrity advantage, which has only grown during Republican Donald Trump 's rise in

Brat - popularised by singer Charli XCX - has been named Collins word of the year. It's the title of the UK singer's sixth album and the dictionary company says it inspired a lifestyle "characterised by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude". Being called brat in this sense is likely to be a compliment. Some