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Spice Girls spark reunion rumours after 'agreeing commemorative coin' following band's singalong

According to reports, the 1990s pop group are set to join British music royalty including The Rolling Stones, Queen, George Michael and Shirley Bassey

Evening Standard

“From A Good Actor To A Bunch Of Bad Movies And Then Alzheimer’s”: 32 Sad Celebrity Downfalls

For a celebrity, their image is everything. However, sometimes, famous people face controversies that people don't think they actually deserve. In this list, people shared how celebrities like Princess Diana, Winona Ryder, Anna Nicole Smith, and many other famous people didn't deserve the backlash that they received.

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Dita Von Teese says George Michael wanted to make music with Amy Winehouse

Dita Von Teese said that pal George Michael "wanted to be connected with" her other friend Amy Winehouse "about doing something".

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“I didn’t expect him to get busted in that bathroom. But his misfortune actually helped us. We couldn’t have asked for more of a buzz!”: How an unexpected arrest accidentally gave Limp Bizkit their big break

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Books to look out for in 2026 – nonfiction

Memoirs from Liza Minnelli and Lena Dunham, essays by David Sedaris and Alan Bennett’s diaries are among the highlights of the year ahead

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Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You dethroned on the charts by this ‘80s classic

Carey’s unimpeachable record has dropped off the No.1 position and been beaten by British pop duo’s 1984 hit

The Independent UK

Lila Moss 'makes £1.3m profit' with company she named after mum Kate's old Highgate house

The 23-year-old spent half her life at the famous celebrity-loved road in north London, living next door to George Michael

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Which football match were Wham! watching when they wrote Last Christmas?

Plus: which European champions were top at Christmas, players giving each other presents and other festive trivia

The Guardian - UK

How much money do stars make from Christmas songs in 2025? From Mariah Carey to Wham!

For some artists the festive season is incredibly lucrative as Christmas songs fill the airwaves

Evening Standard

‘Men explicitly loving men is so threatening to the status quo’: why are gay male pop stars being shut out of the music industry?

Not long ago, artists such as Lil Nas X and Olly Alexander were ruling pop. But success has stalled as acts face industry obstacles and rising homophobia. What now?

The Guardian - UK

“I was so jealous of George Michael”: Mick Hucknall says he was simply green with envy when he learned that the former Wham! star was recording a duet with Aretha Franklin

“George goes and records this fantastic song with my heroine. And I just… arghh!”

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'Everything I do in my life, I do it for her' - Martin Kemp reveals secrets that have kept his marriage strong for almost 40 years

The Spandau Ballet star has been sharing huge insights into his marriage to Shirlie Holliman in the I'm A Celebrity jungle

Woman & Home

“I didn’t think it was the most important album since Sgt Pepper. But I certainly knew saying that brought more attention to it, and more sales to it”: Sananda Maitreya on why he talked up his debut album as Terence Trent D’Arby

It was his “Muhammad Ali impression,” he says now

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Sananda Maitreya blasts Michael Jackson

Sananda Maitreya - who is best known as terence Trent D'Arby - has accused the late Michael Jackson of being a "b******" who tried to ruin his career.

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RE/style recap: Ep3 – it’s denim week on Vinted’s fashion show

Guest judge Laura Whitmore joins our designers as they reimagine a fashion favourite

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George Michael's estate had 'no hesitation' in granting Taylor Swift Father Figure permission

George Michael’s estate have thanked Taylor Swift for paying tribute to the late star on her new album and had "no hesitation" in agreeing to it.

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Taylor Swift: fans and critics react to ‘catchy’, ‘goofy’ and ‘joyful’ The Life of a Showgirl

Swift’s new album has been praised for upbeat songs with a tighter focus and funny lyrics – though one track about Travis Kelce’s ‘magic wand’ has divided opinion

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Taylor Swift’s Father Figure isn’t a cover, but an ‘interpolation’. What that means – and why it matters

On Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated new album The Life of a Showgirl, track four, Father Figure, includes the late George Michael as one of the credited songwriters.

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George Michael Estate thanks Taylor Swift for incorporating classic song on new album

Swift has created her own song titled ‘Father Figure’ for her highly anticipated new album

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift's new album title is a lie... and everything you need to know

She owned the world's biggest stage, she reclaimed her music, she got the guy... now Taylor Swift is ready to tell you what it really cost - your ultimate guide to the year's most anticipated album

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Taylor Swift interlopes George Michael on The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift has interloped George Michael on Father Figure, according to Billboard.

The Guardian - UK

It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked!

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

The Guardian - UK

My cultural awakening: Faith by George Michael gave me permission to go to my first sex party

Listening to the album was like waking from a bad dream and liberated me from the shame I’d felt about my sexuality

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“It started off sounding a bit like Prince. I wanted to hear something in my mix so I cut the snare and it changed the whole mood of the track": How George Michael accidentally created the ‘80s smash that inspired Taylor Swift on The Life of a Showgirl

“It ended up, in my mind, being the most original-sounding thing on the album,” he later said

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George Michael would have approved of Taylor Swift tribute

George Michael's former partner, Kenny Goss, believes the late singer would have been proud of Taylor Swift's upcoming tribute to him on her new album.

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