News updates for 21 January 2016
Downton Abbey triumphs at NTAs
Bowie Day declared in New York
Dustin Hoffman on 'subliminal racism' in the US
Victoria Lindrea
BBC Entertainment and Arts reporter
So that's it for today. we've had a bit of everything - Jeremy Corbyn: The Musical; Arnie biking on the wrong side of Edinburgh's Princes Street and Ice Cube finding out that George Osbourne is an NWA fan.
Join us again tomorrow.
Hasta la vista.
Image source, Getty ImagesSky Atlantic has won the broadcast rights to show the new series of Twin Peaks in the UK.
Director David Lynch and his co-creator Mark Frost have returned to the bizarre murder mystery which ran for two series in the early '90s
The new episodes have been written by Lynch and Frost and many of the original cast members, including Kyle MacLachlan as Agent Dale Cooper, will return.
The new series is scheduled for broadcast next year.
Image source, APIf you didn't make it along to the Royal Academy in London to see its Ai Weiwei exhibition, now you can view it all from the comfort of your own home.
The clever folks over there have created a 360 degree immersive tour of the exhibit.
You can take a virtual stroll around the courtyard and watch videos and hear soundbites.
The Pet Shop Boys have announced a new album to be released in April with a cryptic one world title.
Super.
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A click though to the album's website , externalkicks off a short film of people raving, interspersed with shots of the Royal Albert Hall where the band is playing in July.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats is returning to Broadway, giving the impresario three concurrent productions in the Big Apple, alongside The Phantom of the Opera and the recently opened School of Rock: The Musical.
The original Cats production ran for 18 years after opening at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1982. It returns to the Neil Simon Theatre in July, ahead of opening night on 2 August 2016.
Originally directed by Trevor Nunn, Cats won seven Tony awards, including Best Musical. It closed on 10 September 2000.
Tim Masters
Arts and Entertainment correspondent
Image source, BBC/Guy LevyDavid Tennant was one of the guest stars this morning at the launch of the BBC Shakespeare Festival 2016.
The former Doctor Who star announced that he is to host BBC Two's Shakespeare Live! - a celebration on 23 April to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death.
Joining him live on stage at Stratford-upon-Avon will be Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen and Joseph Fiennes, among many others.
Tennant described the event as being like a variety show.
Quote MessageWe've got some of the biggest classical actors around. We have opera, we have ballet, we have hip-hop - all celebrating Shakespeare and what he's done for our cultural heritage."
Tennant said his first brush with live Shakespeare was seeing As You Like It in his school gym hall, in the early 1980s.
Quote MessageWe all filed in and sat and watch this performance and I got blown away. I thought Touchstone was the coolest man I'd ever seen... Shakespeare has been a huge part of my life, these characters and stories are catnip for actors."
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Will Smith has given his reaction to his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's criticisms of this year's all-white acting nominations shortlist.
Speaking on Good Morning America, he admitted he didn't know she was going to post her video, but backed her position that the Academy Awards were unrepresentative of America.
He also insisted her call to action was not about him not getting nominated for the movie Concussion.
Quote MessageThis is so deeply not about me. This is about children who are going to sit down and they're going to watch this show and they are not going to see themselves represented.
He also confirmed he would not be attending the ceremony this year.
Quote MessageWe discussed it and we are part of this community but at this time we are uncomfortable to stand there and say 'this is OK'.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken to his bike on his first ever visit to the Scottish capital. Shame he set off on the wrong side of the road...
The Hollywood star arrived in Edinburgh on Wednesday where he attended an exclusive black tie event entitled An Experience with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A 'platinum ticket package' - including the opportunity for fans to pose for a selfie with the star - was reported to be selling for £1500.
But with all scheduling dates for the follow-up to Terminator Genisys pulled on Wednesday, it may be a while before 'he'll be back' on the big screen.
The sequel was originally intended to debut in May 2017.
However, following lacklustre box office figures for last year's Genisys - hailed for Arnie's return to one of his most iconic roles - the May date has now been taken by TV reboot Baywatch.
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Image source, APDirector Randall Miller has been denied an early release from jail by Superior Court Judge Anthony Harrison.
Miller became the first filmmaker in Hollywood history to go to jail for an on-set death, after camera assistant Sarah Jones was killed by a train while filming Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider in 2014.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in county jail and another eight on probation.
It's now down to Sheriff John Carter, who oversees the Wayne County Detention Center, where Miller is serving his time, as to whether the director's two-year sentence will be halved for good behaviour.
If he does, Miller will be out by 16 March.
Jones, 27, was hit by a freight train on the first day of filming the movie in Georgia, on 20 February 2014.
A new one-off exhibition in east London is showcasing some of the UK's greatest collectors, and their collections.
The collections ranging from taxidermy, Lego, vintage clothing and Spice Girls memorabilia.
Apparently almost seven million of us in the UK collect stamps...
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Image source, press handoutIf you want to catch it though, you'll need to be quick as the Ikea Collection is on at The Proud Archivist from 21-23 January.
Image source, Getty ImagesMusician and producer Quincy Jones has joined the host of voices speaking out about the lack of diversity at this year's Oscars.
The seven-time Oscar nominee said he had been invited to present at this year's Academy Award ceremony, but would only do so on the condition that he could publicly address the issue at the event.
"I'm going to ask [them] to let me speak for five minutes on the lack of diversity. If not, I'm not going to [present]," he said on Wednesday.
"There are two ways to do it. You can boycott or you can fix it," said the 82-year-old, who was given the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1995.
"I've been involved with Academy longer than I care to remember," Jones told the Hollywood Reporter, external.
"I was the first black board member. I hate 'first black,' because that means 'only.'"
Image source, Getty ImagesAmy Schumer has appeared on US radio to "clear my name" after rumours on Twitter that she stole other comedians' jokes.
The Trainwreck star addressed claims by three comedians on Twitter - Wendy Liebman, Kathleen Madigan and Tammy Pescatelli - that she had repeated jokes similar to ones made earlier by them.
Quote MessageI would never, ever do that and I never have... I will literally take a polygraph and put it on my show this season, and I promise, whatever the results are - I won't let them cut "
Amy Schumer
Schumer called Liebman "one of my heroes"
"I have to come up with so much material - my TV show, this movie, stand-up, specials - and I'm so careful. And none of these things had ever reached me," she told Jim Norton on SiriusXM.
The thread, which was triggered by a tweet from Liebman was later deleted by the comedian, with Liebman's saying "it's all good".
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"It's a tradition, we go back to Ant's house to celebrate..." so says Phillip Schofield, as he and co-presenter Holly Willoughby explain why they are still in their (now stained) glad-rags from the National Television Awards on this morning's This Morning.
Cue lots of hilarity about playing pie-face, with added extras such as piccalilli, chilli sauce and, um, "munt" sauce in the shaving foam.
"We're in a proper mess," confesses a bleary Schofield.
But the ever polite Willoughby remembered to thank the voting public: "We celebrated on behalf of each and every one of you..."
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Image source, PAYup, you read that right, a musical about Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is coming to a London theatre.
Corbyn the Musical: The Motorcycle Diaries has been described as a "no-holds barred political satire".
It sees Corbyn facing a nuclear crisis with Russia and tells of a motorcycle holiday he allegedly took with Diane Abbott in the 1970s.
Actor Mark Ruffalo, Oscar-nominated for his role in Spotlight, has suggested the growing disquiet over the lack of diversity among the nominees in the main award categories has led him to question whether he should attend the event.
He pointed the finger at "white privilege racism" in the industry as a whole.
"I'm weighing it," he told BBC Breakfast.
Spotlight actor Mark Ruffalo says he may boycott Oscars
Who knew? In between quaffing champagne with his Bullingdon Club buddies, chancellor George Osborne enjoyed kicking back with some NWA on his stereo.
Here's how Ice Cube reacted on hearing the news on 5 live.
Rapper and film star Ice Cube discovers the influence of his music on George Osborne.
Image source, Getty ImagesHollywood actress Stacey Dash caused a stir on Wednesday when she suggested there should be no Black Entertainment Television or Black History Month.
Dash, who remains best known for her performance in the 1995 film Clueless, and spin-off TV series, is a regular contributor to Fox News.
She called the #OscarsSoWhite controversy currently dominating discussion about the impending Academy Awards "ludicrous".
Quote MessageEither we want to have segregation or integration, and if we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black. If it were the other way around, we’d be up in arms. It’s a double standard.
She told Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy: “There shouldn’t be a Black History Month. We’re Americans, period. That’s it."
In response BET chief, Debra Lee, issued a statement saying the organisation was created to recognise "incredible talent that simply does not get recognised elsewhere".
Quote MessageAfrican American contributions to American culture are countless and we cannot and should not wait for anyone to acknowledge them — we have to do it ourselves
Debra Lee
In a slightly more snarky riposte, the official BET Twitter account responded with...
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Image source, Disney/LucasfilmSorry guys but if you' re on tenterhooks to pick up where The Force Awakens left off, you'll have to wait a little bit longer.
The release of the next Star Wars film has been delayed until the end of 2017, Disney has announced.
Episode VIII was due to for release in May 2017 but instead will not be aired until seven months later, in December
In the meantime, you can still get a Star Wars fix with the first spin-off film, Rogue One, due out in December this year.
Dustin Hoffman has entered the Oscars diversity debate, saying he believes it is down to "subliminal racism".
For the second year running, no black or minority ethnic actors have been nominated in the four Oscars acting categories.
Hoffman - who was in the UK to present a special award to Billy Connolly at the National TV Awards - told the BBC the lack of recognition for black actors was part of a wider problem in the US.
Oscars 2016: Dustin Hoffman says lack of diversity shows 'subliminal racism'
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New York has officially designated 20 January as David Bowie Day, in honour of the musician who died earlier this month.
The British singer spent much of his later life in New York, settling in the city permanently in 1992.
A proclamation was issued by the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio and an announcement was given at the final performance of Bowie's musical Lazarus, at the New York Theatre Workshop, on Wednesday evening.
“In an iconic city like New York, it is only fitting to celebrate the life of David Bowie, a global icon who made New York his home," said Luis Castro, on behalf or the mayor's office.
"New Yorkers aversion to the status quo has become one of our trademarks, and it is this affinity for the new and the fresh that made us a fitting second home for the king of reinvention himself," the proclamation states.
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