Showbiz

British director Tristram Shapeero has admitted he was the filmmaker caught insulting Euphoria star Lukas Gage’s “tiny apartment” when he thought he was muted during a virtual audition.

Sixteen-year-old Charli D’Amelio has become the first TikTok star to surpass 100 million followers.

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien and singer-songwriter Nadine Shah have given evidence to an inquiry about the impact of streaming, and warned the future of music in the UK is under threat.

Rapper Nines is the frontrunner for this year’s MOBO Awards with five nominations, while Stormzy and Mahalia are also in the running for several prizes.

“I expected corruption, I never expected the lack of humanity.”

Taylor Swift has been named artist of the year for the third time in a row at the American Music Awards – but could not make the ceremony as she is re-recording her back catalogue amid a high-profile row over the master recordings.

Judy and Andy Murray hope a new TV series they have worked on together will highlight the discrimination women continue to face in sport.

An apparently abandoned bicycle which formed part of a Banksy mural depicting a girl hula-hooping with one of its wheels has been taken away and replaced in Nottingham.

Cineworld has secured a $750m (£552m) funding lifeline to see it through the coronavirus crisis until a hoped-for reopening of screens in the spring.

Euphoria star Lukas Gage has shared the awkward moment a director insulted his flat during a Zoom audition – without realising he was not muted.