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Helen Mirren has rejected the idea that older women are not supposed to have long hair - saying she finds her new flowing locks “pretty cool”. The 77 year old acting legend has been showing off her “radical” new looks while promoting her new film Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Helen admitted she started growing her hair during the Covid lockdown and decided she “couldn't be bothered to cut it”.The star of The Queen and Prime Suspect - who has sported a signature bob most of the time since the 1990s - went on to say she was going to stick with her longer hair for the foreseeable future.

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry is set to be revealed tomorrow (March 9).The BBC have said an announcement will be made on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 breakfast show at 8.30am GMT.Among the favourites to represent the UK include Lymington singer-songwriter Birdy with odds of of 6/4, Rina Sawayama, Jessie Ware and Ellie Goulding.Following the same selection process as last year, the BBC has been working with a management company to pick the act.The UK is one of the last competing countries to reveal its song for 2023.

BBC Radio 2 has revealed that they are launching a brand new weekday music quiz as Ken Bruce leaves the station and takes the Popmaster quiz with him to his new job.

In an exclusive chat with OfficialCharts.com, Freya Ridings has put an end to speculation that she is one of the artists in contention to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. 

Eurovision tickets for the nine live shows will go on sale next week, it has been announced. Fans hoping to see one of six previews and three televised shows at the Liverpool ACC will need to head to Ticketmaster’s website from noon on Tuesday.Tickets range from £30 to £290 for the semi-final shows and from £80 to £380 for the grand final shows, which are being hosted in the city after the UK was chosen to host the competition on behalf of war-torn 2022 winner Ukraine.

Eurovision fans will be able to get their hands on tickets for nine live shows next week.

With Sam Ryder's Eurovision 2022 song SPACE MAN having been announced in early March last year, the rumour mill's in overdrive with whisperings of who might be the UK's 2023 entry.

Gavin and Stacey fans will be thrilled to hear that two of its stars are reuniting in Barry Island for a brand new show. Alison Steadman, 76, and 77 year old Larry Lamb, who played Gavin's parents Mick and Pam Shipman, are due to return to our TV screens as they reunite to pay tribute to their roles in Gavin and Stacey.

Academy Award winner Helen Mirren has gotten candid about her experience on Shazam! Fury of the Gods, discussing everything from an on-set injury to her struggle to bear the weight of her costumes and her limited understanding of what the DC superhero pic is actually about.

Helen Mirren suffered an accident while doing her own stunts on “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”.

Queen of the Universe returns for a second season on Paramount+ with Graham Norton as host. The show is set to premiere on the streamer starting March 31 in the U.S. and Canada with the U.K., Latin America, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Australia seeing it on April 1.

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is finally back with season 2. The world's fiercest competition, which sees each drag queens debuting a new musical number in front of a live audience and a «Pop Dival Panel» of judges, returns to Paramount+ on Friday, March 31.

BBC has announced its presenting and commentary line-up for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.The 2023 competition will take place in Liverpool in May, who beat Glasgow to stage the contest on behalf of Ukraine after organisers deemed the country unable to host the event due to their ongoing war with Russia.Now, a huge list of stars and broadcasters has been revealed to helm the UK’s coverage of its home contest across the final and semi-finals including Graham Norton, Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham, Alesha Dixon, Timur Miroshnychenko, Sam Quek, Mel Giedroyc, Scott Mills, Rylan and Claire Sweeney.The semi-finals on May 9-11 will be presented by Ukranian singer Julia Sanina, Waddingham and Dixon, with the Grand Final hosted by Eurovision stalwart Norton alongside the three aforementioned presenters.Norton said: “It’s no secret how much I adore Eurovision, I truly believe it’s the greatest show on earth and every year that I’m involved it’s a huge honour. “This year is even more special and I personally feel a big responsibility to make our Ukrainian colleagues proud.Alongside presenting the Grand Final to the world, I just couldn’t resist the opportunity to get back into the commentary box for those watching in the UK!”Sanina added: “I am thrilled to present the Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals and Grand Final.

The presenting line-up for this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been announced.

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham will present the BBC’s Eurovision Song Contest coverage later this year.

Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, actress Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina will host the Eurovision Song Contest, it has been announced.The international music show will take place at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool in May after the city was chosen to host the competition on behalf of 2022 winners Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Broadcaster Zoe Ball, 52, announced the news on her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show on Wednesday.

Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, actress Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina have been named as hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest this year.

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She’s a prolific actress of both stage and screen, with a career rivalled by very few – we could only be talking about a legend like Dame Judi Dench. From James Bond to William Shakespeare, the British icon has appeared in some of the biggest franchises in history, earning an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, six British Academy Film Awards and seven Olivier Awards along the way. But we might be seeing less of her in the near future, as she revealed acting has become “impossible” due to health complications.

Still not over it? Andy Cohen has further explained his controversial comments after alleging that The Late Late Show With James Corden had copied his Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen set.

Paul Rudd is revealing why it was a challenge starring opposite Jonathan Majors in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”.

Dame Judi Dench now finds it «impossible» to read scripts. The 88-year-old actress is a guest on Friday's episode of The Graham Norton Show and expresses her difficulty with reading scripts due to her deteriorating eyesight. Dench says she has a «photographic memory» and wants to find a machine that is able to teach her her lines and also locate them on the page. The Oscar winner previously revealed she has macular degeneration, which causes the gradual loss of vision. In 2012, she told ET about her condition, after a report claimed she was fighting to save her eyesight. "​​In response to the numerous articles in the media concerning my eye condition — macular degeneration- I do not wish for this to be overblown," she said. «This condition is something that thousands and thousands of people all over the world are having to contend with...and it's something I have learnt to cope with and adapt to — and it will not lead to blindness.»A decade later, Dench tells host Graham Norton things have changed.

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly have reportedly secured their biggest six figure salary to return as hosts for Strictly Come Dancing.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson appeared on Tuesday's instalment of This Morning to discuss all things superheroes as his new film Black Adam comes out this week.

comments he made regarding cancel culture, in which he eloquently stated it was more about ‘accountability. ’Also in the highly-praised interview with Times Radio, the Eurovision broadcaster was quizzed on author JK Rowling’s views on the transgender community, but Graham simply suggested speaking to actual trans people who have experience with such matters.

J.K. Rowling.During an appearance at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Tuesday (October 11), the presenter discussed his views on cancel culture with interviewer Mariella Frostrup.Norton said: “You read a lot of articles in papers by people complaining about cancel culture and you think, ‘In what world are you cancelled?’ I’m reading your article in a newspaper, or you’re doing interviews about how terrible it is to be cancelled? I think the word is the wrong word. I think the word should be ‘accountability’.”When asked about how that applies to Rowling, who is described as facing “anger, rage and attempts at censorship” for her views on transgender people, Norton replied: “What I feel weird about this is when I’m asked about it, then I become part of this discussion.One of the most sensible takes on ‘cancel culture’ I’ve seen.

British presenting royalty Graham Norton has left Twitter soon after Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling criticized him over comments about transgender people made in a recent interview.

Graham Norton’s comments about cancel culture got people talking on social media this week.