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Kim Kardashian paid no mind to fans claiming North West’s cameo in FKA Twigs’ new music video was ‘inappropriate’

Kim Kardashian ignored the critics as she shared her pride for her 11-year-old daughter North West’s cameo in FKA Twigs’ music video for Childlike Things. The daughter of Kim and Kanye West, who features in the British musician’s new song and even sings in Japanese, appeared in the video rocking a futuristic all-white look.

In the behind the scenes footage, North wore a white fur coat, white sunglasses, silver jewellery and white trainers. Her hair was also styled into braided pigtails. She confidently stood alongside FKA, who rocked a similar outfit, as she sang her verse in Japanese in a room painted all red for the video.

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Mum-of-four Kim took to her Instagram on Thursday to share the behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot and said she is “proud of my baby” in the caption.

She also shared several clips from the video on her Instagram Stories. However, some fans who watched the newly-released video were less than impressed with the 11-year-old’s involvement.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, social media users shared their mixed reactions to the video, with one user writing: “35 seconds of being a terrible mother and influence to her child. This is not art; this is perversion mocking art.”

“I see why Kanye is mad. This is inappropriate,” one said and another added: “No. Sorry this is weird.”

One referred to the backup dancers in flesh-coloured outfits, writing: “Childlike things and adult dancers. This all looks weird.”

Another fan shared their thoughts and wrote: “I thought it would be sparkly and bright with the title “Childlike Things”. Seems more provocative and dark, which is a little concerning. It made me a little nauseous.”

Fans were nicer on Instagram, with many taking to Kim’s post to compliment North, writing: “She kinda ate,” while one said: “She’s slayinggggggg.”

It comes after Kanye West made false claims about his ex-wife in a vile Twitter rant. In a string of posts overnight, Kanye made some vile comments about his former spouse, with whom he shares North, 11, Saint, nine, Chicago, seven, and Psalm, five, and he claimed he had been “bullied everyday” by the family.

Kanye has provided no evidence for his claims. He wrote online: “The Kardashians are sex workers and they sex traffic all the black children they strategically produce. Kim Kardashian is a sex trafficker. I don’t like that Twigs has my daughter in her video dressing all grown.

“I would have expected more from Twigs … and watch y’all don’t believe me and just say I’m crazy.” In another tweet, he wrote: “I had to disassociate from everything I saw heard and felt getting bullied everyday by the real modern day KKK.

“A klan of white women controlling my black kids. Only say so I had was starting Sunday service then Kim took the kids away from that I tried to stay positive. Now my soul black. My momma, my kids. When people ask me to get rest, I wish I could.”

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Pink Pony Club singer Chappell Roan has made history with the debut of her new single The Giver, which just so happens to be her first foray into the world of country music

Chappell Roan has just made history on the Billboard charts, but not for one of her beloved pop singles. Her brand new single, The Giver, marks the artist’s first foray into the country genre and it’s already a history-making success.

The Giver opened at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, and it has raised her to the ranks of only two other artists, one of whom is Beyoncé. The Giver’s success makes Chappell the third woman in history to debut her first entry on the Hot Country Songs list at No. 1.

The first artist to accomplish this feat was Bebe Rexha. Rexha is similarly known for being a “pop chameleon” and was the first female artist to debut her first country song at No. 1. Her 2017 song Meant to Be with Florida Georgia Line is still the longest-running No. 1 in the history of the chart.

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Just last year, Beyoncé was the second artist to match Rexha’s success. Beyoncé’s pivot to country music was a huge surprise to fans but was undoubtedly a success. The Houston-native’s single Texas Hold ‘Em debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts. The song was the leading single on her Cowboy Carter album, which she will be touring across the globe later this year.

But The Giver has also earned Chappell a history-making title all of her own. The single is officially the first ever openly queer country song to top the Hot Country Songs chart in the US.

The song features Chappell singing about fulfilling women’s sexual desires better than any man could: And other boys may need a map / But I can close my eye / And have you wrapped around my fingers like that.

In the chorus, Roan goes on: Cause you ain’t got to tell me / It’s just in my nature / So take it like a taker / ‘Cause, baby, I’m a giver / Ain’t no need to hurry / ‘Cause, baby, I deliver / Ain’t no country boy quitter / I get the job done.

In an Instagram post before the single’s debut, which she had been teasing for months with billboard signs around the US, Roan admitted she had reservations. Roan wrote: “It is def a bold and scary move to release a full ass country song after only releasing one song last year and it having such a success in the pop genre .. (like I am very scared as I type this lol)”.

Clearly there was nothing to fear for the singer who has had a whirlwind 12-months. Chappell is behind impressive pop ballads like Pink Pony Club, Good Luck, Babe! and Red Wine Supernova.

The singer was the breakout star of 2024, winning Best New Artist at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in 2025. She was up against other greats like Sabrina Carpenter and Doechii.

TV star and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen is no longer responding to medical treatment, amid her battle with cancer her daughter has revealed

Dame Esther Rantzen spoke bravely of nearing the end of her life as she looked forward to what she predicted would be her ‘last Spring.’

The journalist and TV presenter is no longer responding to medical treatment according to her daughter. 83-year-old Esther, best known for founding Childline and fronting That’s Life!, was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in January 2023 after finding a lump in her armpit.

in a new interview, Dame Esther’s daughter, Rebecca Wilcox has shared a heartbreaking health update. When asked about a new medication which was initially believed to help improve Dame Esther’s condition, Rebecca revealed that this was not the case.

She told 5 News: “I really wish that was true,” she said, adding: “I don’t think that’s the case anymore.” Rebecca has previously spoken about the heart-wrenching possibility of facing prosecution for accompanying her mother, to the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.

In an interview last year, Esther spoke out to reiterate her call for a vote on legalising assisted dying, expressing that it would give her “confidence” knowing her own death could be “dignified”.

“It’s a constant background to everything I do,” she shared. “I’m watching the spring flowers come out, thinking: ‘This is probably my last spring.’ When I talk to my grandchildren when they come and visit me, I’m very aware these moments are precious. They may be the last memories they have of me.”

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Speaking in February last year, Esther said the thought of her own death is always present in her mind. She told the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, “My own death is constantly in my mind. It would give me so much confidence if I could also know that however the illness progresses, whatever pain it causes, wherever it strikes me next, I will still have the choices of a pain free, dignified private death surrounded by the people I love. I’m not demanding that everybody in the world agrees with me, I’m just saying let’s debate all the issues now that we’ve got international evidence and we know the public attitude is in favour,”.

The Health and Social Care Committee has presented evidence suggesting that countries which have legalised assisted dying could potentially offer better end-of-life care. MPs have urged the UK government to prepare for potential changes in law in Scotland, the Isle of Man or Jersey, where new measures are under consideration.

However, the report stopped short of recommending a vote on the issue.

Dame Esther shared her disappointment at the committee’s decision not to call for a vote, stating that the delay “doesn’t fit into her timescale”. She added: “This report does not help very much for those of us who desperately want the current law to change for the sake of our own families, and the many others in our situation,”.

Esther has become a member of Dignitas, the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland, but she highlighted the fact that her family could face criminal charges if they were to accompany her to end her life there. Under the 1961 Suicide Act in England and Wales, it is a crime to encourage or assist someone in taking their own life.

The former journalist has been among the high-profile critics of the current law, branding it “cruel” as she spoke of how her family could not travel to Dignitas in Switzerland with her “because otherwise they are liable to being accused of killing me and they get investigated by the police, so that’s just messy and wrong and not what we want”.

Last May, Esther spoke of how her medication had extended her life but was aware it wouldn’t keep working forever.

She told The Sunday Times newspaper: “It doesn’t cure it, it delays it — and at some point, it will stop working. But I have scans to see if it’s still working and at the moment it is. I’m awfully glad I put in the tulips now. I’m having to make the same decision about my birthday [on June 22] — I didn’t think I’d ever be 84 and now it looks like I might be. I’m keeping everything crossed for that.”

And in September, she admitted she was doing “much better” than she expected.

Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, she said: “I’m much better than I thought I would be, because I’ve got one of these amazing new drugs which seems to be holding the cancer at bay, to my surprise.”

Esther also spoke of her campaigning to give people greater end-of-life choices in the UK, and she is hopeful of change even if it doesn’t happen in her own lifetime.

Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth was seen helping police officers in their search for his missing friend, Detective Inspector Jay Notaro

Chris Hemsworth was recently spotted helping police officers search for a close friend who went missing earlier this week. His friend, Detective Inspector Jay Notaro, vanished while surfing at a local break close to Byron Bay and was last seen on Tuesday morning arriving at Broken Head Reserve.

In a video shared online, the Marvel star was seen talking to police officers in a parking lot at Broken Head Reserve – which is nine kilometres south of his hometown Byron Bay. Chris was seen with five officers and two police vehicles and gestured with his hands while talking to them.

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A fan of the Hollywood actor took the video of Chris talking to cops as they walked by his conversation with them. The 45-year-old detective was part of an inner circle of surfing pals, which included Thor actor Chris, 41, reported The Courier Mail.

Friends of the missing person said the detective always visited Broken Head and drove down from his Gold Coast home on many occasions to surf with Chris and former professional surfer Luke Munro.

Jay was reportedly staying in Byron Bay ahead of his 45th birthday. He was due to attend a dinner that night but cancelled at the last moment after telling friends he wasn’t feeling well.

However, he never made it back home. Jay’s surfboard was found washed up on the beach the next day completely undamaged. He was last seen on CCTV driving into the Broken Head car part at dawn on Tuesday.

According to officers, the sea conditions were calm. Senior officer Matt Zimmer recently confirmed: “The condition of that surfboard was unremarkable – there was no damage and the leg rope was fully intact.

“The inspector is a very strong swimmer who is a previous officer in charge of the Queensland water police… and the condition that presented over the past few days were quite calm.

“He would be extremely capable of managing those conditions due to his experience, [he was] an extremely fit man as well.”

Cross-Border Commissioner and former Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers shared his hopes that Jay will be found alive.

“Jay is one of the most competent and capable coppers I know, who has a great future in the police,” he said to the Courier Mail.

“He is a future leader of the police, especially in the higher ranks. I just hope he is found safely and we have a really good outcome.

“He is not only a friend, he is one of the future leaders of the organisation. I’m praying, he’s just a champion. If we had more coppers like that we would be a better organisation.”

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Two women, put onto canvas through paint and collage, hold the world in their hands — and cast a spell on Nancy Keshinro.

“I’m in love,” the art collector and gallery owner said, as the work — nearly as tall as she is — stopped her in her tracks at +234Art Fair in Lagos.

She can’t stay long though, if she hopes to finish winding her way through some 600 works from 200 young Nigerian artists on display — the energy at the contemporary arts festival matching the always-humming pace of the megacity where it’s hosted.

The country’s art scene has descended on this year’s +234 fair, where up-and-comers are in the spotlight at exhibitions meant to help them break through the insular market that Nigeria’s cultural capital is sometimes known for.

“Lagos is obviously very saturated, the artists are very centralised,” festival founder Tola Akerele, who is also behind the renowned Soto Gallery, told AFP. “So we really try and make sure we get artists from all over Nigeria to showcase their work.”

Finding enough artists to break through the mould isn’t particularly difficult in a Africa’s most populous country, whose at-times eye-popping diversity is built from 220 million people and hundreds of languages and ethnic groups.

The trick is getting them exposure — to allow new artists “to be able to live, earn, have a career”, Akerele said.

‘Potent’ culture

+234 isn’t a bad deal for collectors either — allowing amateurs to snag works for as low as 100,000 naira ($64), while still leaving space for those willing to spend on higher-priced works fetching up to four million naira.

Amid the sea of painters, sculptures and photographers at +234 — named after Nigeria’s country calling code — gallery owners and seasoned buyers are also on the prowl, hoping to find the next undiscovered talent who could break through on the world stage.

For 29-year-old artist Abiodun Bodunrin, who works under the name “Peniel”, the fair has not only been a chance to get his paintings in front of more people, but also to figure out who is who in a hard-to-enter scene.

“My main aim for the fair was to expand my network, to get more eyes to see my art, to meet patrons,” he told AFP, as he displayed black-and-white paintings inspired by African symbolism.

“In a year or two from now, I want to be able to show my art in the biggest museums around the world.”

The way collector, architect and +234 attendee Kelechi Odu sees it, the fair not only allows up-and-coming artists to present their own work, but also to be exposed to others.

“And that dialogue is what produces ecosystems of culture that become potent,” he said.

But the impact of Nigeria’s current economy — at its worst in three decades as the country grinds through a cost-of-living crisis — is hard to ignore.

Buyers are “becoming more specific and more targeted”, he said. “You don’t make choices that are casual.”

Cultural hub

For the artists themselves, a certain resilience, rather than “gloom”, is reflected in their work, said collector and gallery owner Ugoma Ebilah.

“What you see in the visual expressions, across forms, sculpture, painting, photography, music, is essentially a portrait of a people — a people who are deeply resilient, highly innovative and creative, in spite of it all,” she said.

Modern Nigerian artists have been on the rise since the 1980s and 1990s, when scattered across the diaspora wanted their homes “to reflect who they are and their culture,” said Nkiru Nzegwu, a professor of African studies at Binghamton University, in the United States.

A vast economy at home has also meant plenty of domestic buyers, helping turn Lagos into a cultural hub for artists across West Africa.

That includes Keshiro, the gallerist.

She can’t stop thinking about a sculpture that caught her eye.

Julie Reinger became a regular presenter at the BBC in 1992 and for more than 30 years.

Julie Reinger, a presenter of BBC Look East, will retire from the organization after more than 30 years.

Reinger, who became a broadcaster in 1992, will announce her final day on Friday and declare that it is “the right time to go.”

Starting her career as a newsroom assistant at BBC Radio Nottingham, the broadcaster, born and raised in Oxfordshire, moved on to spend 26 years presenting on BBC Look East.

She stated, “It’s not an easy decision to leave my Look East and neighborhood radio family, but it seems like the right time to do so.”

“It has been a privilege to provide our viewers and listeners with the region’s forecast for many years.” We’ve had a lot of fun and laughter along the way, she continued, “whether it’s rain or shine.”

I feel very fortunate to be able to work in such a picturesque region of the nation and to have a special relationship with the people who live here.

I always feel so honored when people approach me in the street or in the supermarket, as though I’m a lifetime member of a great family.

Julie has been a positive influence on BBC Look East and our region’s BBC local radio stations for the past 26 years, according to Robert Thompson, BBC senior head of content production for the east.

Julie has remained as a trusted friend throughout it, even when the weather has been rough. We’ll miss her and wish her many years of success.

Reinger described the work as being extremely significant to her both on and off screen.

Reinger also presented weather bulletins for BBC Essex, BBC Three Counties Radio, and BBC Radio Norfolk when she joined BBC Look East in 1999 to do lunchtime and nightly forecasts.

The weather was also broadcast on BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, and BBC Radio Northampton.

She remarked, “How lucky I am to have something, that makes saying goodbye so difficult. “

I will miss my colleagues, everyone who listens, and the people who watched and listen to me greatly because of how special my experience was on Look East and local radio.