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The Reading and Leeds music festivals will go ahead in late August, organisers have confirmed.

Spotify, Apple and Amazon bosses have defended their music streaming models to a government inquiry investigating how revenue is distributed – but agreed they would potentially be willing to “get together” as an industry to explore options.

Ellie Goulding is expecting her first child with art dealer husband Caspar Jopling.

Tom Holland and Zendaya have teased Spider-Man fans with new images and suggested titles for the franchise’s next superhero instalment.

The majority of summer festivals are unlikely to go ahead without more certainty from the government, despite the new lockdown-easing roadmap, a representative for the sector has told Sky News.

French actor Gerard Depardieu has been charged with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was dropped, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

Jo Whiley’s sister Frances has left hospital and is isolating with her parents at their home after the family’s coronavirus “nightmare”.

French dance duo Daft Punk have split up, after 28 years of making electronic music together.

Barack Obama has teamed up with an unlikely partner for a new podcast series on Spotify. 

Woody Allen has called a documentary about claims he molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow a “hatchet job” and a “shoddy hit piece”.