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The nominations for the Grammy Awards have been revealed, and in an unexpected twist, Taylor Swift hasn’t been nominated – despite having one of the biggest albums

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The Grammy Award nominations are out, and Taylor Swift has been snubbed. Meanwhile, Kendrick Lamar has found himself with an impressive nine nominations.

Lamar’s nine nominations for his album GNX are part of a wave of hip-hop albums competing in the Grammys’ top categories, including Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia and Let God Sort Em Out from Clipse, Pusha T and Malice. Other top nominees, announced Friday, include Lady Gaga, producer Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter.

Elsewhere, British rock star Yungblud has been nominated for three gongs at the awards. But it’s Taylor who hasn’t been recognised, despite having the biggest album of the year.

However, Taylor’s Life of a Showgirl failed to find itself in the nominations due to its release date of October 3, 2024. The period of eligibility for the 68th awards was August 31 2024 – August 30, 2025. She won’t be able to submit her record until the 2027 Grammy Awards.

Meanwhile, Timothée Chalamet is up for best compilation soundtrack for visual media for A Complete Unknown, for his portrayal of the great Bob Dylan. But competition is stiff: He’ll have to beat out Wicked, KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners and F1 the Album. Read below for the nominations in full.

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Record of the year

• ‘DtMF’ Bad Bunny
• ‘Manchild’ Sabrina Carpenter
• ‘Anxiety’ Doechii
• ‘WILDFLOWER’ Billie Eilish
• ‘Abracadabra’ Lady Gaga
• ‘luther’ Kendrick Lamar With SZA
• ‘The Subway’ Chappell Roan
• ‘APT.’ ROSÉ, Bruno Mars

Song of the year (goes to songwriter)

• ‘Abracadabra’ Lady Gaga. Written by Henry Walter, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt
• ‘Anxiety’ Doechii. Written by Jaylah Hickmon
• ‘APT.’ ROSÉ, Bruno Mars. Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park & Theron Thomas
• ‘DtMF’ Bad Bunny. Written by Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria & Tyler Thomas Spry
• ‘Golden (From ‘KPop Demon Hunters’)’ HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI. Written by EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick
• ‘luther’ Kendrick Lamar With SZA. Written by Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe & Kamasi Washington
• ‘Manchild’ Sabrina Carpenter. Written by Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter
• ‘WILDFLOWER’ Billie Eilish. Written by Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell

Best pop solo performance

• ‘DAISIES’ Justin Bieber
• ‘Manchild’ Sabrina Carpenter
• ‘Disease’ Lady Gaga
• ‘The Subway’ Chappell Roan
• ‘Messy’ Lola Young

Best new artist

• Olivia Dean
• KATSEYE
• The Marias
• Addison Rae
• sombr
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

Best pop vocal album

• ‘SWAG’ Justin Bieber
• ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Sabrina Carpenter
• ‘Something Beautiful’ Miley Cyrus
• ‘MAYHEM’ Lady Gaga
• ‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)’ Teddy Swims

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Best rock album

• ‘private music’ Deftones
• ‘I quit’ HAIM
• ‘From Zero’ Linkin Park
• ‘NEVER ENOUGH’ Turnstile
• ‘Idols’ YUNGBLUD

Best song written for visual media

• ‘As Alive As You Need Me To Be (from ‘TRON: Ares’)’ Nine Inch Nails. Written by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• ‘Golden (From ‘KPop Demon Hunters’)’ HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI. Written by EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick
• ‘I Lied to You (From ‘Sinners’)’ Miles Caton. Written by Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq
• ‘Never Too Late (From ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’)’ Elton John, Brandi Carlile. Written by Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt
• ‘Pale, Pale Moon (From ‘Sinners’)’ Jayme Lawson. Written by Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard
• ‘Sinners (From ‘Sinners’)’ Rod Wave. Written by Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus

Best música urbana album

• ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ Bad Bunny
• ‘Mixteip’ J Balvin
• ‘FERXXO VOL X: Sagrado’ Feid
• ‘NAIKI’ Nicki Nicole
• ‘EUB DELUXE’ Trueno
• ‘SINFÓNICO (En Vivo)’ Yandel

Best contemporary country album

• ‘Patterns’ Kelsea Ballerini
• ‘Snipe Hunter’ Tyler Childers
• ‘Evangeline Vs. The Machine’ Eric Church
• ‘Beautifully Broken’ Jelly Roll
• ‘Postcards From Texas’ Miranda Lambert

Best traditional country album

• ‘Dollar A Day’ Charley Crockett
• ‘American Romance’ Lukas Nelson
• ‘Oh What A Beautiful World’ Willie Nelson
• ‘Hard Headed Woman’ Margo Price
• ‘Ain’t In It For My Health’ Zach Top

Best musical theatre album

• ‘Buena Vista Social Club’
• ‘Death Becomes Her’
• ‘Gypsy’
• ‘Just In Time’
• ‘Maybe Happy Ending’

Best rap album

• ‘Let God Sort Em Out’ Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
• ‘GLORIOUS’ GloRilla
• ‘God Does Like Ugly’ JID
• ‘GNX’ Kendrick Lamar
• ‘CHROMAKOPIA’ Tyler, The Creator

Producer of the year, non-classical

• Dan Auerbach
• Cirkut
• Dijon
• Blake Mills
• Sounwave

Songwriter of the year, non-classical

• Amy Allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Tobias Jesso Jr.
• Laura Veltz

The 2026 Grammy Awards will air Feb. 1 live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Princess Beatrice has been handed a huge new responsibility amid her father, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, stepping down from his position with the same organisation

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Princess Beatrice has been given a new role amidst her father’s fall from grace. The man formally known as Prince Andrew has, in recent days, been stripped of all his regal titles, including his Royal Highness and Prince status.

Earlier this week, an official registration confirmed that King Charles had removed Andrew’s remaining titles via Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm – a legal document authorised by the monarch. The document was published by The Gazette, the UK’s official public record, by the Crown Office and shows the former Duke of York is now legally Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

Six years ago, Andrew stepped down as Royal Patron of The Outward Bound Trust after his interview with BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, during which he addressed the allegations surrounding him and his close association with convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.

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Andrew denies all allegations made against him. But now, his eldest daughter, Princess Beatrice, has been appointed Deputy Patron of the organisation, having served as a Trustee for six years. Alongside Beatrice’s appointment, her uncle, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, has joined the organisation as Royal Patron, following in the footsteps of his father, Prince Philip.

Beatrice, 37, has a longstanding connection to organisations with young people. The princess has always been an advocate for helping younger people develop their confidence, resilience and ambition.

Over the years, she’s raised money for Teenage Cancer Trust, Children in Crisis, and UNICEF. Speaking about Edward’s and Beatrice’s appointment, Martin Davidson, Chief Executive of Outward Bound Trust, said in a statement: “With The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Beatrice working alongside us, we’re embarking on a new chapter.

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“One where every young person has the chance to test their limits, build confidence and discover that anything is possible. Their support reflects a shared belief that adventure changes lives.”

Beatrice and Edward will continue the royal legacy with the organisation, which has a history stretching back over 70 years, dating back to the late Prince Philip, who served as Patron from 1953 until 2019 and helped lay the foundations of the organisation.

The joyous news for Beatrice came just hours after a royal biographer claimed that her father may now have to bow to his daughter. With Andrew no longer a Prince or Royal Highness, his daughters, Beatrice and her younger sister, Princess Eugenie, rank higher than him due to their Princess titles and Royal Highness, which they have retained as the children of the son of a monarch.

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Andrew stepped down as a working royal in 2019 after he was accused by Virginia Giuffre of having sex with her in March 2001, when she was just 17. She alleged she had been trafficked by Epstein and his girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Virginia claimed that Epstein and his girlfriend had taken her to Tramp nightclub in London, where she met with Andrew and later had sex with him that night.

She claimed that Epstein had paid her $15,000 after sleeping with Andrew. During an interview with BBC’s Newsnight in 2019, Andrew vehemently denied the allegations and told host Maitlis he had no recollection of meeting Virginia. Andrew vehemently denies all allegations made against him.

The Celebrity Traitors final was nail-biting to the end as millions tuned in to see fantastic Traitor Alan Carr took home the prize pot after fooling David Olusoga and Nick Mohammed

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The final of the Celebrity Traitors got underway last night and had millions of viewers on the edge of their seat. Two Traitors, Cat Burns and Alan Carr, made it to the final, but ultimately Cat was banished and Alan took home the prize pot. Cat has now revealed an unseen moment that changed everything for the finalists.

The singer was a Traitor from the start and had sailed through most of the episodes with relatively little suspicion cast her way. But in the semi final, Joe Marler seemed to guess she and Alan were not as Faithful as they claimed, and Cat’s chances of winning appeared to slip away.

Ultimately, she was banished, but so was Joe. When Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga agreed to stop banishing people, while Alan was still in their midst, they lost out on the prize pot too.

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On BBC Breakfast, Cat shared the real reason she was banished. She shared that had she not pushed for Kate Garraway’s banishment in the semi-final, she would have stood more of a chance as she wouldn’t have been the only woman left.

She said: “In hindsight, I think if we didn’t banish Kate before, I probably would have had a chance as there would have been two women left. Then they could have been like, ‘is it Cat, is it Kate’.”

But because Kate was gone, and proven to be a Faithful, Cat was “the last one left” from the female celebs, which led the others to think it had to be her. On screen, this theory wasn’t shown.

The Faithfuls had many theories about who the Traitors could be. Most talked about was the Big Dog theory, which suggested that the two camps, Faithful and Traitor, had to be headed up by Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross respectively as they were ‘Big Dogs’ and the production would want to pit them against each other.

However, none of the remaining Faithfuls made any reference to Cat being the only woman in their on-screen deliberations, nor did they suggest that one of the Traitors had to be a woman.

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In the course of the show, the Faithfuls only caught one Traitor prior to the final. Jonathan Ross was caught and banished in the quarter final. As such, the remaining Faithfuls were sure there were two Traitors left.

This spelled trouble for Cat, who could not convince the others she was Faithful and was banished. But she was unable to tell the group that she was a Traitor.

They continued to vote, hunting for their third Traitor. In a shock to many, Nick and David, who had seemed aligned with Joe on his theory about Alan, turned on the rugby star and voted him off.

Satisfied that they had caught all the Traitors, Nick, David and Alan agreed to stop voting, only for it to be revealed that Alan had been a Traitor all along. He won the prize money for his chosen charity, Neuroblastoma UK.

The charity, which tries to help children with cancer, received £87,500 from the comedian. In a touching message, they said: “We’ve adored watching you over the last three weeks; all the more so with the glimmer of hope that if you did well, it might just mean something big for our small charity. And you did it.

“As our faithful Patron for nine years, your commitment, compassion and drive to bring hope to children and families facing this aggressive cancer have been nothing short of transformational. As a small charity with a big mission, you know how much this means to us.”

James May has said that he, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson are ‘quite different’ but despite this, he said his former Top Gear co-stars had a ‘significant’ role in his life

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James May has revealed some details of his relationship with his Top Gear and The Grand Tour co-hosts, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, calling them “workmates” but saying they were “significant” figures in her life.

The trio have been at the centre of speculation recently and in September, it emerged that the company behind their television ventures – W. Chump & Sons – had shut down with £24,087,100 on the books. Then in October, James, 62, ruled out an in-person appearance on Clarkson’s Farm despite being seen on the show through Zoom calls.

Now James has revealed that his wife, Sarah Frater, told him he was “slightly obnoxious” when he returned home from filming the big Grand Tour specials as he appeared “buzzed up” after “shouting and drinking” with his co-stars. He admitted that while that “might have been true,” it is normal for TV to “exaggerate your characteristics, so in a way it does make you obnoxious.”

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Talking about the impact Top Gear had on his life, the TV presenter said: “It was a job, but I did it for 20 years. It’s shocking really. Almost a third of my life was spent with those bell—s.” Speaking to the Daily Mail, James added that while Jeremy, 65, and Richard, 55, were his “work mates”, they had a “significant” role in his life.

But after being asked if he considers them friends, he said: “I think of it in terms of if we’d been at school at the same time we’d have been in rival gangs. There would have been a healthy respect for each other, but we wouldn’t have fitted in each other’s gangs. The three of us are quite different people.”

James, who has embarked on a solo tour called Explorers – The Age Of Discovery, also said he met Richard three weeks ago and added that “he seems happy enough.” However, he didn’t mention any recent meetings with Jeremy, despite admitting he is happy that his show is doing well.

He told the publication: “I’m pleased Clarkson’s farm is doing well because he needed something else. I think we’re all reasonably content. I’m not going to mourn it.”

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Earlier this year, James said in an interview that he though his exit from BBC’s Top Gear was avoidable. The presenter had been the face of the series for over a decade since he joined in 2002, but an on-set altercation between Jeremy and a producer led to the trio’s exit. They continued working together, however, and joined Amazon Prime Videos for The Grand Tour in 2015.

The final episode was released in September 2024. Despite the success of their new show, James said he believes the BBC could have dealt with Jeremy’s fracas – in which he punched producer Oisin Tymon – in a different way. Following the incident, an investigation was launched. With Clarkson’s exit sealed, both James and Richard refused to sign a new contract, bringing the show’s most successful era to an end.

Speaking to The Times about how their exit played out, James confessed: “I thought it was very unfortunate and I don’t actually think our Top Gear had to end because of it. I think it could have been patched up and put down to a bit of high stress and flightiness, to be honest.

“It happened. It’s regrettable and it’s unfortunate, but it didn’t need to lead to the collapse of something very successful.” He added that he pondered their exit being down to people thinking it was “time of us to move on.”

Jade Thirlwall rose to fame with Little Mix as the group stormed the X Factor in 2011 but after nine years of hits, the band went their separate ways in 2022

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Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall admits she “struggled the most” as she addressed a worry she had for the band. The group formed on the X Factor in 2011 and went on to become one of the top sellings bands of all time.

But in 2022 they announced they would be splitting up in order to “recharge” and pursue their own solo projects. Jade admits that being part of the music industry is “cut-throat” and would regularly worry about being dropped by the record label.

Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar, she explained: “I look back at the times when we were huge, before Get Weird came out, and we had a big sleepover, all crying, ‘If this isn’t a Top 10 song, we’ll get dropped’. It’s wild to think about now because we were so big at the time.”

The album reached number two in the Official UK Charts but its lead single, Black Magic, scored the coveted number one spot. The band enjoyed nine years of chart success before Jesy Nelson announced she was leaving in 2020.

Jesy cited her mental health as part of the reason for leaving the band, something she openly discussed in her documentary Odd One Out. Jade, along with bandmates Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock continued to perform for two years after Jesy’s departure.

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Jade, 32, admits she initially found it difficult to adapt to life after Little Mix. It took her two years, therapy, and the guidance of her boyfriend, Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens, to release new music.

She was the last member of the girl group to kickstart her solo career. “I struggled the most to adapt to life after the group,” she explains. “The other girls had better distractions: families, kids. They went into a new chapter willingly.”

Jade says she “didn’t know what to do with myself” and admits that Little Mix had been all she’d known since she was 18. She released her first solo single, Angel of My Dreams in 2024, peaking at number seven in the charts.

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Her self-written debut album, That’s Showbiz Baby, was the fastest-selling debut album so far this year. It has received critical acclaim and reached number three in the charts in its first week.

It comes after Jade scooped up Best Pop Act at the Brit Awards following the release of Angel of My Dreams. Jade says her solo career gave her a chance to take creative control of her music.

She wants to show people she’s “not just a pop princess” but “an artist with a vision”. And while it may have taken her three years after the split to release her first album, Jade concedes she doesn’t “want to wait as long” for the next release.

It means she is already working on new material before touring the album across the US and Europe next year. Meanwhile her former bandmate Perrie is currently featuring on BBC Two’s Girlbands Forever.

The series includes in depth interviews with members of All Saints, Atomic Kitten, Eternal, Little Mix, Mis-Teeq and Sugababes.

Aidan O’Callaghan, who played Lewis Butler in EastEnders, has joined the cast of Coronation Street and will be involved in a dramatic new storyline at the Rovers Return

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A former EastEnders actor has given fans a sneak peek of his new role in Coronation Street, hinting at a dramatic plot involving the iconic Rovers’ Return pub. Irish actor Aidan O’Callaghan, 36, who had a stint on EastEnders in 2022 with a gripping storyline, is now swapping Albert Square for Weatherfield.

He took to Instagram to share photos of himself outside the famous pub, teasing his upcoming debut on the soap. His caption read: “Who dis?”. One fan responded: “Can’t keep that man away from a good bar! Excited to watch..” Another fan exclaimed: “OMG congratulations mate.” Meanwhile, a third chimed in: “About time you’re back on our Screens.”

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Aidan is set to join the Coronation Street cast for a plot involving the newly-introduced Driscoll family. Bohemian Rhapsody actor Aaron McCusker will be playing the new landlord of Rovers, Ben, who is married to Eva Price, played by the returning Catherine Tyldesley.

The couple are making their return to the cobbles alongside Father Ted’s Pauline McLynn, who plays Ben’s outspoken mother, Maggie. It was reported that Aidan would be taking on the role of a newcomer named Alan.

A source from the Cobbles revealed: “He is in one episode in flashback scenes, where we find out some of the family history from way back when Ben and his brother were children.”

He’s just a guest artist but it’s a really unique episode. “During his time on EastEnders, Aidan portrayed the twisted recurring character Lewis Butler.

Introduced as the charming new bar manager of The Prince Albert, Lewis struck up a friendship with Callum Highway and Ben Mitchell, revealing he’d been openly gay since he was thirteen.

However, something more than friendship began to brew between Lewis and Ben.But, as Ben wasn’t single, he rejected Lewis’ advances after a night of drinking.In distressing scenes, Lewis became angry and assaulted Ben, despite Ben’s refusal.

The following day, Ben confronted Lewis, accusing him of rape, but Lewis flatly denied it. Once the truth emerged, Kathy sacked him and ordered Lewis to leave Walford.

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Later, when Lewis returned to the square, the Mitchell family, led by Ben, kidnapped Lewis and held him at gunpoint in a dramatic turn of events. Ben managed to extract a confession from Lewis before releasing him and reporting him to the authorities. A year on, despite Lewis avoiding justice for his crime, Ben discovered that he had been charged with sexually assaulting another man.

Aiden’s previous roles include appearances in Wolfe, The Rook, The Witcher: Blood Origin and the critically acclaimed film A Simple Killing.