Genevieve Hassan
Entertainment reporter

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In the words of Anchorman's Ron Burgundy: "Stay Classy!"

Pop star Olly Murs says he sees himself first and foremost as a singer, despite moonlighting as a presenter of the X Factor.

"That was what I wanted to do since a very young age," he told Steve Wright on Radio 2. "I always wanted to sing."

"I've been very fortunate before taking this job to have had four albums out. So I think I know people know I'm a singer and artist. It's nice to be able to do both now.

But he added:  "When I go through customs, they always say 'what's your job title?' and I say, 'I'm a good old-fashioned entertainer'."  

"I'm a jack of all trades, master of none," the singer laughed.

After US President Barack Obama released his playlist of top holiday tunes on Spotify over the summer, Michelle Obama has now followed suit with her girl power playlist.

Revealed yesterday to mark the UN's International Day of the Girl, the first lady tweeted her list of tunes which includes Beyonce's Run the World (Girls), Alicia Keys' Girl of Fire and Respect by Aretha Franklin.

Tunes by TLC, Diana Ross, Demi Lovato, Jessie J and Jennifer Hudson also made the grade.

Tim Masters
Arts and Entertainment correspondent

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The Academy Awards are still more than four months away but the speculation about who might win a gold statuette is in full swing. 

Among the frontrunners for best actress is Brie Larson for her role in Room as a young woman who has been kidnapped and held captive in a shed for seven years.

When I met her ahead of the film's gala screening at the London Film Festival this weekend, the actress was keen not to get carried away by all the Oscar buzz. 

Larson's next project is the lead role in King Kong origins story Kong: Skull Island alongside Tom Hiddleston. 

With shooting about to start, how much can she divulge about the giant ape movie?  

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Rock group U2 will be the first musical guests when TFI returns for a new series on Channel 4 this week.

The band, who are just about to play a six-night run at the O2 arena, will be joined by punk duo Slaves.

"We're over the moon that we've got U2 on the show," said Chris Evans in a statement. 

"They're coming in specially, flying straight from a show in Antwerp and straight back to Cologne, making the time just for us, and we certainly plan to make the most of it.‎"  

U2 made several appearances on TFI during its heyday, most notably performing an acoustic version of The Ground Beneath Her Feet sat behind Evans' infamous desk on St Patrick's Day 2000.

Forty years after it took place, Queen's 1975 Christmas Eve concert at the Hammersmith Odeon (now Apollo) is being released on DVD.

The show is famous for featuring the first recorded live performance of Bohemian Rhapsody which was, at the time, in the middle of its run at the top of the charts.

Originally broadcast on BBC Two's Old Grey Whistle Test, the show became one of the most-bootlegged Queen shows of all time, but the footage has been given a fresh sprinkling of fairy-dust for the new release.

A CD of the concert will also feature the two-song encore - of Seven Seas Of Rhye and See What A Fool I’ve Been - which was performed after the BBC's camera crew pack up and went home. Ooops.

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The judges on American Idol were treated to a surprise audition in San Francisco when rapper Kanye West showed up and performed an a capella version of his hit Gold Digger. 

Luckily, he managed to impress the judges - which included J-Lo, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr - to the extent that he was given a "golden ticket" through to the next stage in Hollywood.

The rapper Instagrammed the moment.

Read more on this story.

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As this year's Apprentice is due to kick off this week, last year's winner, Mark Wright, has suggested an "all stars" series is in the works, featuring past winners of the show.

He told Digital Spy, external:

We're waiting to hear back from an Apprentice spokesperson to see if it's true or not.

In the meantime, to get you in the mood for this year's competition, here's a clip of the first episode due to air on Wednesday, of some bright sparks trying to sell fish to a vegan shop.

A trove of unreleased Robin Williams Genie material has come to light to mark a new blu-ray release of the Disney classic Aladdin.

The actor recorded hours worth of his (largely improvised) script for the film, here are some of the bits that didn't make the final cut. 

Makes us miss him that little bit more...

Digital Spy

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Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller has said that Charlize Theron's character will not return for the film's sequel. 

Theron's one-armed Imperator Furiosa was a key figure in the reboot of the franchise earlier this year which went on to be a surprise box office smash earning £375m worldwide.

But when asked about her return by Digital Spy, external, he replied: "I'm not sure, is the answer. 

"She's not in the Mad Max [sequel] story, but in one of the stories there's an interaction between [Max and Furiosa]. I can't really say more than that because it's still in progress."

Here she is in action in the first film..

We're gonna miss you Charlize...

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Businesswoman Margaret Mountford (centre), who used to advise Lord Sugar on BBC show The Apprentice, is to chair the panel for next year's Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.

She will be joined by (from left) BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty, Turkish author Elif Shafak, writer and Everything But The Girl singer Tracey Thorn and journalist Laurie Penny. 

Mountford said:

The winner of next year's prize will be announced on 8 June.

This year's prize was won by Ali Smith for How to be Both.

On Friday we brought you news of Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis's missing caravan - stolen from a site in Cambridgeshire.

Yesterday the star renewed his appeal on Twitter, asking for his "sentimental items" to be returned.

A couple of other celebrities including Piers Morgan and Stephen Mulhern joined the hunt for the caravan.

Violinist Nigel Kennedy managed to move the BBC Breakfast sofa earlier through the power of music.

The musician channelled the spirit of Jimi Hendrix as he appeared to promote his latest album, a new recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

We love the bit where Bill closes his eyes and gets lost in the music too...

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The combination of Peter Pan, A-lister Hugh Jackman and Atonement director Joe Wright weren't enough to save Pan from sinking at the US box office over the weekend.

The $150m (£98m) film took a paltry £15m (£9.8m) in the US with a further $20m (£13m) overseas.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, external, an executive at Warner Bros said: "It came in so much lighter than anything we could have predicted. The movie failed to bring in an audience of any size."

The film is now being ranked alongside 2015's biggest flops, Fantastic Four and Tomorrowland.

The Martian stayed atop the box office for second week, earning another $37m, while Hotel Transylvania 2 took second place with $20.3m.

Our arts correspondent David Sillito is down at London's Tate Modern for the unveiling of the new Turbine Hall installation.

Strictly Come Dancing is another contestant down after another celebrity was voted off the show on Sunday night.

If you haven't watched yet, you may want to close your eyes...

SPOILER ALERT

Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo found himself flat out on the canvas after he landed in the dance off with Ainsley Harriot and his partner, Natalie Lowe.

Unfortunately it was a points victory against the pugilist as the judges decided Ogogo's Paso Doble wasn't up to scratch.

Watch the video below to see the remaining Strictly contestants give their reaction to his departure and Ogogo talk about his Strictly experience.

Read more on the Strictly website.

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Prospective Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been asked by Aerosmith's Steven Tyler to stop using one of their songs on his campaign trail.

The billionaire real-estate developer has even air-drummed his way on to stage using their track Dream On...

The singer's lawyers have sent a cease-and-desist letter, saying the use of the song "gives a false impression" Tyler - who is himself a registered Republican - endorses Mr Trump's presidential bid.  

Read more. 

While talking to reporters at the Black Mass premiere, Johnny Depp became particularly infatuated with a fluffy microphone on the red carpet - stroking it like an animal before draping it round his neck.

Hands up who wishes they were the microphone...

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A Kickstarter-funded documentary sharing the stories of the unlisted "stars" of the first Star Wars movie has had its premiere at the London Film Festival.

Image source, Sonny Malhotra

The film features interviews with the film's "extras" or "supporting artists" - the men and women behind the masks of such iconic characters as Boba Fett, Greedo, Biggs Darklighter and of course Dave Prowse, who provided the body of Darth Vader (James Earl Jones provided the voice).

Director Jon Spira raised more than £40,000 to complete the film.

He said: "We've worked on it for three years so it felt incredible to finally show people what we were doing."

Have a look at the trailer., external

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Arts and entertainment reporter

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