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Sky News Dec 9, 16:22

Rappers sue broadcaster over claim singer led 'antisemitic chants' at Glastonbury gig

Punk-rap duo Bob Vylan are suing Irish national broadcaster RTE for defamation, claiming it misrepresented chants led by the band when they played this year's Glastonbury festival.The group, which performed at Dublin's Vicar Street last month, claim they were defamed in a report by RTE News that said the lead singer led antisemitic chants when they played the Somerset festival in June.

Sky News Dec 8, 14:42

Golden Globes 2026: The full list of nominees

The nominees for next year's Golden Globes have been announced, ahead of a star-studded ceremony due in January. Action thriller One Battle After Another starring Leonardo DiCaprio leads the film field, while perennial favourite The While Lotus is most recognised in the TV categories. Here is the full list of nominees. FILM Best film - drama Alexandre Desplat - Frankenstein Max Richter - Hamnet It Was Just An Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Best film - musical or comedy Blue Moon Bugonia Marty Supreme No Other Choice Nouvelle Vague One Battle After Another Best non-English language film It Was Just An Accident No Other Choice The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sirât The Voice Of Hind Rajab Best animated film Arco Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Elio KPop Demon Hunters Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain Zootopia 2 Best actress - drama Jessie Buckley - Hamnet Jennifer Lawrence - Die, My Love Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value Julia Roberts - After The Hunt Tessa Thompson - Hedda Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby Best actor - drama Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein Dwayne Johnson - The Smashing Machine Michael B Jordan - Sinners Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Best actress - musical or comedy Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Cynthia Erivo - Wicked: For Good Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee Emma Stone - Bugonia Best actor - musical or comedy Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme George Clooney - Jay Kelly Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon Lee Byung-Hun - No Other Choice Jesse Plemons - Bugonia Best supporting actress Emily Blunt - The Smashing Machine Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value Amy Madigan - Weapons Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another Best supporting actor Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein Paul Mescal - Hamnet Sean Penn - One Battle After Another Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value Best director Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler - Sinners Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value Chloe Zhao - Hamnet Best screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme Ryan Coogler - Sinners Jafar Panahi - It Was Just An Accident Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet Best original song Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen - Avatar: Fire and Ash; Dream As One Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick - KPop Demon Hunters; Golden Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson - Sinners; I Lied To You Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good - No Place Like Home Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good - The Girl In The Bubble Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner - Train Dreams; Train Dreams Best original score Alexandre Desplat - Frankenstein Ludwig Göransson - Sinners Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another Kanding Ray - Sirāt Max Richter - Hamnet Hans Zimmer - F1 Cinematic and box office achievement Avatar: Fire And Ash F1 KPop Demon Hunters Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Sinners Weapons Wicked: For Good Zootopia 2 TV Best TV series - drama The Diplomat The Pitt Pluribus Severance Slow Horses The White Lotus Best TV series - comedy or musical Abbott Elementary The Bear Hacks Nobody Wants This Only Murders in the Building The Studio Best limited TV series Adolescence All Her Fault The Beast In Me Black Mirror Dying For Sex The Girlfriend Best TV actress - drama Kathy Bates - Matlock Britt Lower - Severance Helen Mirren - Mobland Bella Ramsey - The Last Of Us Keri Russell - The Diplomat Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus Best TV actor - drama Sterling K Brown - Paradise Diego Luna - Andor Gary Oldman - Slow Horses Mark Ruffalo - Task Adam Scott - Severance Noah Wyle - The Pitt Best TV actress - comedy or musical Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This Ayo Edebiri - The Bear Selena Gomez - Only Murders In The Building Natasha Lyonne - Poker Face Jenna Ortega - Wednesday Jean Smart - Hacks Best TV actor - comedy or musical Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This Steve Martin - Only Murders In The Building Glen Powell - Chad Powers Seth Rogen - The Studio Martin Short - Only Murders In The Building Jeremy Allen White - The Bear Best TV actress - limited series Claire Danes - The Beast In Me Rashida Jones - Black Mirror Amanda Seyfried - Long Bright River Sarah Snook - All Her Fault Michelle Williams - Dying For Sex Robin Wright - The Girlfriend Best TV actor - limited series Jacob Elordi - The Narrow Road To The Deep North Paul Giamatti - Black Mirror Stephen Graham - Adolescence Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story Jude Law - Black Rabbit Matthew Rhys - The Beast In Me Best supporting actor - TV Owen Cooper - Adolescence Billy Crudup - The Morning Show Walton Goggins - The White Lotus Jason Isaacs - The White Lotus Tramell Tillman - Severance Ashley Walters - Adolescence Best supporting actress - TV Carrie Coon - The White Lotus Erin Doherty - Adolescence Hannah Einbinder - Hacks Catherine O'Hara - The Studio Parker Posey - The White Lotus Aimee-Lou Wood - The White Lotus Best TV stand-up comedy performance Bill Maher - Is Anyone Else Seeing This? Brett Goldstein, The Second Best Night Of Your Life Kevin Hart - Acting My Age Kumail Nanjiani - Night Thoughts Ricky Gervais - Mortality Sarah Silverman - PostMortem PODCAST Best podcast Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard Call Her Daddy Good Hang with Amy Poehler The Mel Robbins Podcast SmartLess Up First from NPR
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Sky News Dec 8, 12:33

Host of British stars nominated for Golden Globes

British drama Adolescence has seen its lead stars all nominated for Golden Globe awards. The drama, starring Stephen Graham, depicts the aftermath of the stabbing of a teenage girl, as a 13-year-old boy from her school is arrested for her murder. It was one of the most talked-about shows of the year. Graham, along with Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters and Erin Doherty are all up for gongs. It follows a host of wins at the Emmys in September. Receiving five nominations in total, the Netflix limited series was only beaten by White Lotus, which got six nods, coming top in the TV category. Cynthia Erivo was nominated for her role in the Wicked sequel, Wicked For Good, while British stars Gary Oldman, Helen Mirren and Aimee Lou Wood and Jason Isaacs also got recognition for their roles in Slow Horses, Mobland and The White Lotus, respectively. Mirren will also be awarded one of the Globe's two lifetime achievement awards, the Cecil B DeMille Award, announced a few days before the ceremony in the New Year. Emily Blunt picked up a surprise nomination for her role in The Smashing Machine, opposite Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - who also got a nod for the sports biopic, which was not well received by critics. Jacob Elordi got two nods, one for Guillermo del Toro movie Frankenstein and one for the Australian miniseries The Narrow Road To The Deep South. Tessa Thompson was recognised for her role in Hedda, a modern re-telling of Henrik Ibsen's classic play, Jude Law for crime thriller Black Rabbit and Bella Ramsay for post-apocalyptic hit The Last Of Us. Irish stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley were both nominated for Hamnet, the adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's book about William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes. The movie isn't out in the UK until January. Surprises and snubs Unlike other awards, the Golden Globes cover both TV and film and are split by genre, falling into either the drama or comedy and musical category - meaning a wealth of nominees are in the running. This year, there are 28 categories. In the film category, One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, led the nominations with nine, followed by Norwegian comedy-drama Sentimental Value with eight, and vampire horror Sinners with seven. While Wicked saw its sequel score five nominations, including best actress and best supporting actress for its two female leads Erivo and Ariana Grande, it failed to get a nod in best musical or comedy film, which many will see as a snub for the box office hit. One surprise nod went to Sorry, Baby star Eva Victor, nominated for best actress in a drama, for the black comedy they wrote, directed and starred in. KPop Demon Hunters, the most-watched film on Netflix ever, received three nominations - best animated film, cinematic and box office achievement and original song - making an Oscar nod further down the line look more and more likely. New to this year's nominations is a category for podcasts. Selected from a long list of the 25 most-listened to shows, Good Hang With Amy Poehler, Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard and Call Her Daddy were among the casts that made the cut. Sarah Jessica Parker will be honoured with the Carol Burnett Award. Now in comeback mode, the Globes had previously faced criticism over a lack of diversity in the organisation, which led to the event being held behind closed doors in 2022. The 83rd Golden Globes ceremony will take place in LA on 11 January, and will be hosted by US comedian Nikki Glaser for the second year running.
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Sky News Dec 8, 10:47

Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros

Paramount has launched a $108.4bn (£81bn) hostile bid for Warner Bros, challenging Netflix, which had reached a $72bn (£54bn) takeover deal with the company.Paramount said on Monday that it was going straight to Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) shareholders with its cash offer for the entirety of the company, including its Global Networks segment, asking them to reject the deal with Netflix.
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Sky News Dec 8, 09:10

Tim Westwood denies rape and sexual assault

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.The 68-year-old arrived at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, wearing a black hooded jacket, a maroon shirt and dark trousers.Westwood stood with his hands clasped in front of him as he confirmed his name, before sitting down in the glass dock.He is alleged to have raped women, kissed them and touched their bodies without consent.The offences are said to have taken place against seven different women between 1983 and 2016.Three of the alleged indecent assaults are said to have taken place at the BBC studios in the 1990s.Westwood was granted bail, with the condition not to contact the complainants ahead of a pre-trial review hearing, scheduled for next December.Last month, Westwood returned to the UK from Nigeria to appear in court.He has attended five police interviews voluntarily since the investigation into the alleged offences began.Westwood has previously denied all allegations of sexual misconduct made against him.Charges against Westwood include an allegation of rape against a woman at a hotel in London in 1996, one count of rape from the early 2000s at an address in London, and two counts of rape at an address in London in the 2010s.He is further accused of four indecent assaults in London in the 1980s, three indecent assaults at the BBC in the 1990s, and two indecent assaults in the early 2000s.The former DJ is also alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman at a nightclub in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 2010.Be the first to get Breaking NewsInstall the Sky News app for free
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Sky News Dec 7, 15:12

British documentary photographer Martin Parr dies

Martin Parr CBE, the famed British documentary photographer hailed as "a giant" of his craft, has died aged 73.The Martin Parr Foundation announced his death in a statement on their website on Sunday saying: "It is with great sadness that we announce that Martin Parr (1952-2025) died yesterday at home in Bristol.
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Sky News Dec 6, 07:27

Piers Morgan's Uncensored nears £100m valuation after stake sale

Piers Morgan, the broadcaster and journalist, is raising tens of millions of dollars of funding from heavyweight investors as he seeks to turn Uncensored, his YouTube-based venture, into a broad-based global media business.Sky News can exclusively reveal that Mr Morgan is in the process of finalising a roughly $30m (£22.5m) fundraising for Uncensored that will give it a pre-money valuation of about $130m (£97m).
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