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Love Island 2023 – live: First potential recoupling looms with new Bombshell Whitney set to arrive

ITV2 reality show has seen one bombshell arrival and one Islander at risk of dumping in just two episodes

Love Island line up: Meet the contestants and couples of the 2023 summer edition

Love Island 2023 has kicked off, here are all the season 10 contestants, from a beautician to an estate agent

Jenna Ortega breaks down in tears talking about social media anxiety: ‘You’re thrown to the dogs’

‘Social media, what it does to anyone our age... it’s such a comparing game,’ said the ‘Wednesday’ star

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Former X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson issues ‘public complaint’ to Ofcom over contestants’ treatment on show

Soul singer has long expressed her frustrations with the ITV singing competition

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Glastonbury organisers ask festivalgoers not to bring disposable vapes

Festival has advised guests to leave disposable e-cigarettes at home for reasons of sustainability

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The French Connection: Film fans fume as classic 1971 movie is censored without explanation

‘This is an absolutely unacceptable move,’ one person raged

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Hannah Gadsby reflects on ‘unfortunate’ association with Netflix

‘Nanette’ star previously called the service an ‘amoral algorithm cult’

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Liam Gallagher issues message of ‘concern’ for brother Noel

Oasis singer shared his worry on social media

Phillip Schofield – latest: Holly Willoughby’s This Morning statement torn apart by David Baddiel

ITV presenter’s statement addressing the scandal surrounding her former co-host was ridiculed by some viewers for being ‘dramatic’

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‘Extraordinary story of legendary’ Montreux Jazz Festival to air on BBC

Three-part docuseries, ‘They All Came Out To Montreux’, will tell the history of the famous jazz festival and its celebrated founder, Claude Nobs

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Foo Fighters drop huge hint for mystery Glastonbury band in touching fan letter

Ticket holders were baffled by the festival’s announcement of a secret band

Jordan Banjo’s six-week-old son rushed to hospital with sepsis

’One of the most traumatic weeks of our lives,’ Banjo’s wife, Naomi, said

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Craig Doyle praises ‘wonderful’ Holly Willoughby as he replaces Phillip Schofield on This Morning

Presenter defended ITV series from ‘toxic workplace’ allegations

Hank Azaria: ‘I didn’t want to cave to so-called PC pressure’

The star who played Apu in ‘The Simpsons’ talks to Tom Murray about the controversial ‘sexual shenanigans’ in the new HBO show, and seeing both sides of the outrage about his voice portrayal of the famous Indian cartoon character

Vanessa Feltz accuses ex-This Morning stars of having ‘grudge’ against ITV show

‘I can’t really see it happening,’ Feltz said of ‘toxic’ allegations against daytime series

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Tony McPhee: Singer and guitarist for the Groundhogs dies aged 79

Tony McPhee, the singer and guitarist of British blues and rock group the Groundhogs, has died aged 79.

Captain America 4 to be released under new title

Fans were quick to notice a change to the name of the forthcoming Marvel film

‘I’ve never told this story’: Elle Fanning shares ‘disgusting’ reason she was rejected for father-daughter comedy

‘I don’t feel like it damaged me, but it definitely made me very aware of myself,’ actor said of experience

Oxfam denies depicting JK Rowling as red-eyed ‘Terf’ in its new Pride video

Charity said there was ‘no intention by Oxfam or the film-maker… to have portrayed any particular person or people’

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Another Person by Kang Hwagil and The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende.

HBO viewers upset over cancellation of ‘true gem’ after just two seasons

‘Underrated show, toed the line between pulp and prestige in a way that felt unique,’ one upset fan wrote

Morgan Wallen cleared to sing again after controversially cancelling show last minute

Country singer has been plagued with vocal issues over the past couple of months

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Steven Spielberg says Drew Barrymore made him feel ‘helpless’ while filming ET

Barrymore was just seven when she starred in the director’s classic film

Jared Leto baffles passersby after scaling five-star Berlin hotel

‘Bro thinks he’s Spider-Man,’ says one fan

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Chris Hemsworth reveals he sometimes got ‘sick’ of playing Thor

‘Lebowski Thor, Infinity War Thor’ were ‘fairly different’ ways of playing the Marvel superhero for the actor

Phillip Schofield – latest: Holly Willoughby’s ‘are you OK?’ speech mocked during ITV grilling

While Willoughby acknowledged how Schofield’s affair admission had affected her in an emotional address on yesterday’s show, there has been no mention of her ex-sidekick today