[ad_1] Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a hit TV show, has died at the age of 66.Lisa Jane Smith published the original four-book series, about a love triangle involving two vampire brothers and an orphaned young woman, in 1991 and 92, before releasing another Vampire Diaries trilogy in 2009-11.However, she was dropped from her own book series and replaced by new authors by publishers,
[ad_1] Danny FullbrookBBC News, SuffolkBBCAJ Tracey is visiting some smaller venues in his new tourGrassroots music venues have praised rapper AJ Tracey for including them in his latest tour.The platinum-selling artist will play at destinations including The Baths in Ipswich and Bedford Esquires as part of a run of 10 dates at smaller venues.Tracey said he was visiting locations requested by fans, some of which he had never played before.Joe
[ad_1] Scots actor Alan Cumming has been cast in Marvel's new Avengers film - as a superhero he last played 22 years ago.The 60-year-old, who grew up in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, will reprise his role as X Men character Nightcrawler in Avengers: Doomsday.Robert Downey Jnr, Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Paul Rudd and Letitia Wright are among others announced so far for the movie, which is in production.Cumming is host of the
[ad_1] Mark SavageMusic CorrespondentGetty ImagesDua Lipa is currently on the Australian leg of her year-long Radical Optimism world tourDua Lipa has won the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused her of copying her hit single Levitating from two other songs.The star was sued in 2022 by songwriters L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer, who accused her of plagiarising their 1979 disco track Wiggle and Giggle All Night and 1980's Don
[ad_1] Riyah CollinsBBC NewsbeatGetty ImagesChappell Roan credits her success with just focusing on doing her own thing After a year that saw her go from breakout artist to award-winning star, Chappell Roan has one word for what makes her stand out: "Fearlessness".Speaking to BBC Radio 1's Jack Saunders, the Pink Pony Club singer says she's not afraid to do her own thing when it comes to her artistry. Known for
[ad_1] The Beatles StoryThe piano was the last instrument John Lennon is known to have played before his death in 1980The last piano ever used by John Lennon before he died is set to be played for the first time in 30 years. The New England Piano Company upright has been at the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool since 2015. The former Beatle used it at the Record Plant studios
[ad_1] Connor BennettBBC News, NorfolkBBCPaul Barnes, former BBC Radio Norfolk presenter, died in the Norwich and Norfolk Hospital on 26 MarchTributes have been paid to the former radio and television presenter Paul Barnes, who has died at the age of 85.Barnes worked across the BBC radio network for many years, as well as the World Service and local radio for the Eastern Counties.He was also the first reporter on Radio
[ad_1] Steve HarrisBBC Radio SolentBBCChris Chibnall was interviewed by the BBC at West Bay The first episode of Chris Chibnall's Broadchurch was first shown to Dorset residents at Bridport Arts Centre before it aired on ITV in 2013."I thought: 'oh, if everybody hates this I am going to get driven out of town and I really like living here.' Luckily, that didn't come to be," he said.Three series later and
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, which operates more than 20 museums and research centres visited by millions yearly in Washington DC and New York City. The order directs the vice-president to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the institute's museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington. It also directs the interior secretary to restore federal properties, including parks, memorials
[ad_1] Acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie is set to release his first work of fiction in nearly three years, following a stabbing that left him blind in one eye in 2022.The Eleventh Hour will consist of a collection of stories from around the world, set across India, England and the US. The work will be published by Vintage, part of Penguin Random House, on 4 November - more than three
