Mark Savage
Music reporter

Avant-garde pop artist Grimes topped a lot of last year's critics' polls with her fourth album, Art Angels. Genre-bending and constantly confounding, it seemed to point a way forward for pop music, combining its more experimental moments with indelible melodies.

The Canadian musician popped into the BBC's Maida Vale studios last night to perform a half-hour live set on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show. 

In between songs, the star talked about the year-long making of her album. "I tried to be reasonable about it, and keep snacks in the studio," she said. 

"I recorded everything, produced everything, played every instrument by myself... [But] it's an extended form of laziness.

"The reality is that my nerves are too bad to have other people record my vocals. It's born of a deep desire not to sing in front of other people."

It's not often Prince Harry finds himself outranked by the people he meets. But he did yesterday when he came face-to-face with the saviour of the universe, Luke Skywalker.

The prince and his brother Prince William met actor Mark Hamill while taking a tour of Pinewood Studios, which are currently being used by the cast and crew of the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII film.

Hamill shared some photos of the visit this morning on Twitter, including one which shows him offering Prince Harry "useless tips on assaulting the Death Star".

Given that Luke's assault on the Empire's base ended with a rather large explosion, we wouldn't call those tips entirely useless. If he was worried, though, maybe he should have stuck to telling him how to shoot womp rats back on Tatooine.

In case you missed it yesterday, here's some video of how the visit went, including the princes being given a hug by Chewbacca.

Mark Savage
Music reporter

BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland returned for its 48th series last night, with music legend Paul Simon as its star guest.

Accompanied by Boston jazz collective Lake Street Dive, he played a lithe and supple track called Wristband, the first single from his forthcoming album Stranger to Stranger.

Also on the line-up were Kano, The Coral and Laura Mvula - who'll be sharing her back-stage diary from the show later this week.

You can catch last night's edition of the programme on the BBC iPlayer, while the full, extended version broadcasts on BBC Two on Friday at 23:05 BST.

Neil Smith
Entertainment reporter

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"Me Tarzan. You Jane. Me cook spaghetti."

Okay, so there was probably more to it than that. But it was tickling all the same to learn on Tuesday that actor Alexander Skarsgard bonded with Margot Robbie, his co-star in upcoming release The Legend of Tarzan, by cooking her spaghetti bolognese.

The pair were in London to talk to journalists about the latest big-screen adventure to be drawn from the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, a jungle-set yarn that was almost entirely shot at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire.

"We created a miniature version of Africa in an industrial neighbourhood in Watford," Skarsgard revealed.

The 20 minutes we saw from David Yates's film contained plenty of vine-swinging mayhem, which included Tarzan jumping onto the roof of a moving train and having a bruising punch-up with a (computer-generated) gorilla.

According to Skarsgard though, the only injury he suffered during filming came courtesy of Robbie - sustained, peculiarly enough, while they were shooting a love scene.

Take a look at the trailer for the film, which arrives in UK cinemas on 8 July.

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Mark Savage
Music reporter

Is Radio 1 about to ditch Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber to bring you more music by James Bay? That's the implication in a Guardian headline, external this morning - but the truth is a little more subtle.

The BBC has published a review into the distinctiveness of its biggest stations, following government criticism they were encroaching on their commercial rivals.

It found that 90% of the songs played on Radio 1 and 2 were not played anywhere else, but suggested that they should strengthen their commitment to new and homegrown talent.

But that doesn't mean international acts will vanish overnight. In fact, as the report points out, 55% of the music played on Radio 1 is already sourced from the UK - and that exceeds the quota set by the BBC Trust.

The BBC is likely to get a new regulator next year after charter renewal and they could revise those quotas. But it doesn't seem likely that Rihanna will be banned from the airwaves just yet.

Shirley Temple's 9.54-carat blue diamond ring fails to sell at a New York auction, where it had been expected to fetch $25-35m.

It's a lesson for us all - when you use someone's Twitter handle in a tweet, remember that they will read it and may take umbrage with how you've billed them.

That's exactly what happened to BBC Breakfast this morning, when they tweeted about Rufus Wainwright's new project, a collection of Shakespeare's sonnets featuring both Star Wars' Carrie Fisher and Star Trek's William Shatner.

Tongue firmly in his tweeting cheek, the original James T Kirk questioned whether he should be below Princess Leia.

The show tweeted that the billing had been "purely alphabetical, external" before retweeting again, this time with Shatner ahead of Fisher and a Star Trek Vulcan greeting emoji.

Shatner replied that it was "too late for kissing up now, external" and used the hashtag #starwarsfansnodoubt - which drew reactions from presenters Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

But it was Walker's joking confusion of the two franchises that drew Shatner's best reaction, as he passed the buck to none other than Luke Skywalker himself, actor Mark Hamill.

All good-natured joshing - but we're guessing that if Shatner gets invited on to the Breakfast sofa anytime soon, he'll set phasers to stun.

Pop singer Lilly Allen has accused the police of "victim shaming" her over her recent stalking case in a emotional interview on BBC's Newsnight.

Alex Gray, 30, from Perth, was convicted of burglary and harassment at Harrow Crown Court earlier this month.

Allen said that after she spoke out, a Met officer suggested her "high profile" intervention may have discouraged others from coming forward.

The Met says it takes stalking "extremely seriously" and seeks to put victims at the heart of any inquiry.

The full interview is now available on iPlayer.

Mark Savage
Music reporter

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Little Mix's third album, Get Weird, is the biggest-seller of their career, with sales approaching half a million in the UK.

To celebrate, they're releasing the fan favourite Hair as the fourth single from the album. It's been given a fresh lick of paint and a new rap from Sean Paul. And somehow, in the middle of their sold out UK tour, they've managed to film a video.

Riffing on Grease and Risky Business, it sees the quartet shaking off a break-up via the medium of a girls' night in (and some of the most blatant product placement in living memory).

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If Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is to be believed, any dream will do - but it's probably safe to say that Phillip Schofield never had one that would see him reprising his lead role in that musical.

But that's about to change, as the presenter is to leave the comfort of the This Morning sofa and take to the stage once again for a brief revival of his turn in the Lord Lloyd-Webber and Sir Tim Rice show.

Schofield, who took over the lead in the show from Jason Donovan in 1993, is to perform two songs from the musical as part of a tour he will host celebrating the knights and dames of the entertainment industry.

He's revealed that he loved his coat of many colours so much back then that he "nicked" the one he wore at the London Palladium - along with Joseph's rather skimpy loincloth.

While he says the coat "still does up round the middle", it probably won't get a run out in the new shows. 

The Knights of Music, external is in Cardiff, Ipswich, Northampton and Southampton between tomorrow and Sunday.

And in case you can't remember how Schofield sounded as Joseph, here he is at the 1993 Children's Royal Variety Show.

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Here's actor Tom Hanks wielding a giant pair of scissors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a newly renovated motion pictures centre that bears his name in Ohio.

The two-time Oscar winner also attended a fundraising gala and spoke with students as part of his visit to Wright State University.

Here's another picture of him, with some friends, that was taken on Tuesday.

Image source, Will Jones/Wright State University

Dame Judi Dench is to appear in a Countryfile Shakespeare special, celebrating the playwright's affinity with the British countryside.

Chris Long
Entertainment reporter

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Neil Smith
Entertainment reporter

Another day, another live page, once again bringing you all that's hot to trot in the world of entertainment, arts, culture and the media.

We have lots to bring you today as the UK gears up to celebrate two landmark occasions - the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II and the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death.

Stick with us, forsooth, and we'll aim to keep you royally entertained.

In the meantime, check out Tuesday's live page to see if there's anything you've missed.