Summary

  • Updates for Friday 2 October 2015

  • Tributes to Dancing at Lughnasa playwright Brian Friel

  • Fan halts Keira Knightley's first Broadway show

  • Jeremy Clarkson returns to BBC for Have I Got News For You

  • Author Patrick Ness creates Doctor Who spin-off show

  1. Will Smith's rap comebackpublished at 17:06

    Will SmithImage source, AP

    That's it for another day's Entertainment Live page, and for another week.

    We'll sign off with the news that Will Smith has resumed his rap career, more than a decade after he retired from music.

    The Hollywood star is, of course, responsible for classic tunes like Miami, Getting Jiggy Wit It and Wild Wild West.

    He has now lent his vocals to Colombian band Bomba Estereo's song Fiesta. The duo had already put out the track, but have now remixed it and added Smith's rapping, which is in both English and Spanish.

    Scroll down to see the rest of Friday's entertainment and arts news, and we'll be back on Monday.

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  2. Welcome to the Fun Palacepublished at 16:22

    Stage fighting lessons, comic-making classes, Lego-building competitions, glow in the dark paper theatre workshops... all that and more is happening at around 140 Fun Palaces this weekend.

    Fun Palaces are libraries, museums and theatres that throw open their doors and put on an array of family-friendly arts and science activities for a weekend.

    It's an attempt to bring a new crowd into cultural venues to realise a dream of theatre pioneer Joan Littlewood. Find out what's happening near you on the Fun Palaces website, external.

  3. Little Mix stood up at their Prompublished at 16:16

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    Little Mix have stuck with a high school theme for the second single from their new album, Get Weird.

    While their previous video, for Black Magic, external, saw the quartet casting spells on the school bullies, the clip for Love Me Like You follows them on a (disastrous) Prom night.

    The US theme gives a hint about the band's ambitions for 2016. Their last album, 2013's Salute, reached number six on the Billboard chart and they'll be hoping to better that this time round.

  4. Auction house artpublished at 15:59

    Artist Zarah Hussain is lighting up Sotheby's in London with her geometric patterns. 

    Hussain, who describes herself as a visual mathematician, was commissioned by the auction house to mark its Islamic Art Week.

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  5. Strictly dancers hard in trainingpublished at 15:47

    The elimination process for Strictly Come Dancing gets under way this weekend, with the contestants hoping not to go out first.

    All 15 celebrities will be getting sequinned up, hoping to impress the judges. 

    Among the first dances will be Ainsley Harriott and partner Natalie dancing the salsa to Don’t Touch My Tomatoes by Josephine Baker; Iwan Thomas and Ola doing the Cha Cha to Sexy And I Know It by LMFAO; and boxer Anthony Ogogo and Oti waltzing to If You Don’t Know Me By Now by Simply Red.

    The show kicks off at 18:20 on Saturday, with the results show on Sunday. 

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    See our celebs in training!

  6. A 'great playwright' mournedpublished at 14:12

    Tributes have poured in from those who knew playwright Brian Friel and those who were touched by his work.

    To find out more, read our obituary or look back at his life in this video.

  7. Glastonbury tickets fly outpublished at 11:19

    The first batch of tickets for Glastonbury 2016 - for combined coach travel and festival entry - sold out in less than 20 minutes last night.

    Standard tickets go on sale on Sunday - but only to those who have already registered. Read more in this BBC Newsbeat story.

    ColdplayImage source, Getty Images

    Meanwhile, The Guardian reports, external that Coldplay (above) are favourites to headline with one leading bookmaker. And Adele is hot favourite with another bookie, external

    Remember - gamble responsibly.

  8. Tributes to Brian Frielpublished at 11:00

  9. Mistaken identitypublished at 10:45

    Cricket pundit Jonathan Agnew got his blonde celebrities confused at a gala event - believing he was in the company of Ulrika Jonsson when in fact it was Anneka Rice.

    The pair were at an event hosted by RDA, which provides horse riding opportunities for disabled riders. 

    Aggers didn't realise until the next day that Rice wasn't in fact who he thought it was.

    Luckily for him, she took it in good humour.

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  10. The story behind Janet Jackson's new albumpublished at 10:18

    Mark Savage, entertainment reporter

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    Fans have had a long wait for new material by Janet Jackson - seven years, to be precise.

    But that ends today, with the release of her 11th album, Unbreakable - which sees the star reunited with her chief collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

    Mr Jam spoke to me about Janet's classic tracks for an article you can read here.

    But he also talked a little about the new album, and why exactly it's called Unbreakable.

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    It was about was the bonds that are unbreakable between friends, family, faith. If you have those bonds and that kind of love in your life, no matter what you go through, that’s what’s unbreakable.

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    The producer - who has more than 100 platinum albums to his name (where does he keep them all?) - added that he was nervous about the public's reaction to the new record.

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    I feel a little bit of mixed emotions because we got to do this record very much in the backroom, like we were able to do with all the Janet albums up til All For You. So it’s a very personal record to me.

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    I think it’s everything that she wanted the record to be. It was made for her fans. Not chasing trends, just trying to be herself. So I hope people are accepting of it and enjoy it.

    Read the full article here.

  11. Clarkson back on the Beebpublished at 09:55

    Six months after he was dropped by the BBC for punching a Top Gear producer, Jeremy Clarkson is back on the corporation's airwaves tonight when he hosts Have I Got News For You.

    The episode was filmed last night. The Daily Mirror reported, external that Clarkson was "the butt of every gag" during the recording.

    The guest panelists were film critic Camilla Long and Pointless co-host Richard Osman.

  12. Patrick Ness talks Doctor Whopublished at 09:26

    Young adult author Patrick Ness has been given the job of writing a Doctor Who spin-off aimed at teens.

    And he's pretty excited at the prospect, revealing the news of the BBC Three show Class to his fans on Twitter.

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    Ness was the driving force behind a recent charity campaign to raise money for Syrian refugees. Getting his fellow authors involved, he and his supporters raised more than £600,000 for Save the Children.