British band Muse have scrapped a concert in Istanbul after the concert promoter insulted anti-government protesters, prompting pressure from fans and local artists.

The band said it fully respected the concerns of fans, after promoter Abdulkadir Ozkan had denounced some opposition protesters' acts as treason. He later expressed regret for any "misunderstanding".

Turkey has been gripped by protests following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on 19 March over corruption charges, which he denies.

The popular opposition mayor was due to run for the presidency in 2028 elections. His supporters see his arrest as a political move by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Since 19 March, police have detained nearly 2,000 people, many of them university students.

UK singer Robbie Williams has also faced calls to cancel his show after the Turkish promoter went on social media to condemn a fight that broke out in a coffee shop boycotted by protesters.

"Plain and simple, this is hostility towards the capital. Act of treason," Abdulkadir Ozkan said on X.

He later posted another message, explaining his comments were not aimed at the "constitutional right to protests", and that he "deeply regrets" any misunderstanding.

The social media accounts of Muse and Robbie Williams have been flooded with comments calling for their concerts to be cancelled.

"You've played a huge role in shaping my musical taste," wrote one post, "but unfortunately the company organising it is on our boycott list."

Singer Gaye Su Akyol, a popular artist in Turkey, took to X to make a personal appeal to Muse, Robbie Williams and Norwegian singer Ane Brun.

"I've respected your works for years and know how much you mean to many," she said. "But neither I, nor anyone, will attend your Istanbul concerts because the organiser is on the boycott list of the pro-democracy movement. Solidarity matters."

As pressure grew, Mr Ozkan announced on Tuesday that his company was "withdrawing from all projects" in relation to the two concerts.

The promoter told BBC Turkish that the concerts would be organised by another company which would be determined by the artists.

In a statement on Wednesday, Muse said: "After careful consideration and hearing the feedback from our fans whilst fully respecting their concerns, our show in Istanbul will be now postponed until 2026 so we can ensure DBL Entertainment will not be involved."

Tickets for Muse's 11 June concert had been due to go on sale on Thursday, while tickets for Robbie Williams' October show in Istanbul are still available online.

Norwegian singer Ane Brun has cancelled her concert.

"I have decided not to play in Istanbul this October... unfortunately, this is not the right time," she said in an Instagram post.

The BBC has reached out to Robbie Williams' management team but is yet to receive a response.

A show in Istanbul by South African comedian Trevor Noah, promoted by Ozkan's firm and planned for 23 April has also been cancelled, with no reason given.

The controversy over the concerts coincides with wider calls for a countrywide boycott in Turkey which has been criticised by the government as economic sabotage.

As part of the anti-Erdogan protests, Imamoglu's opposition Republican People's Party has called for a boycott of companies which it says support the government.

Party leader Ozgur Ozel supported a call by students to halt all shopping on Wednesday, and some shops closed in solidarity.

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said the calls threatened social harmony and economic stability and were "doomed to fail".

Ask a group of film fans which role they will most remember actor Val Kilmer for, and each person will probably give you a different answer.

His performances in films like The Doors, Heat and Batman Forever are all likely to come up, while Willow and True Romance have their own dedicated fans.

One of his biggest films, Top Gun, is not only beloved by people old enough to have seen it when it was released in 1986, but also a much younger generation who are familiar with the much-memed scene of Kilmer's Iceman playing volleyball.

Here are some of his most memorable roles from his wide-ranging stage and screen career.

Kilmer's first screen role was opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in an ABC Afterschool Special. He played her character's boyfriend, who drives drunk with devastating results.

Another of his earliest film roles was in 1985 comedy film Real Genius, in which he starred opposite Gabriel Jarret.

Kilmer's real career breakthrough came the following year, when he appeared in Top Gun, one of the biggest box office hits of the 1980s.

Kilmer played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, the arrogant rival to Tom Cruise's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.

Two years later, Kilmer starred as a mercenary swordsman in Willow, the fantasy adventure directed by Ron Howard.

Kilmer and Joanne Whalley starred together in films including Willow and Twixt, and in 1989 they played a couple who rob a pair of Las Vegas mobsters in Kill Me Again. They got married in 1988.

Kilmer channelled the spirit of singer Jim Morrison in director Oliver Stone's 1991 biopic of US rock band The Doors.

In 1993's True Romance, Kilmer played a version of Elvis Presley who is a figment of Christian Slater's imagination. The film was written by Quentin Tarantino and saw Kilmer reunited with Top Gun director Tony Scott.

In 1995, Kilmer delivered a memorable and chilling performance in Michael Mann's Heat, as the right-hand man of a criminal played by Robert De Niro.

In the same year, Kilmer played one of his most defining roles as Bruce Wayne, the titular superhero in Batman Forever, opposite Nicole Kidman.

In 1997, Kilmer appeared in The Saint as a high-tech thief and master of disguise who uses the moniker of various saints.

Not all of Kilmer's films were box office hits, however. The Island Of Dr Moreau, released in 1996, was a critical and commercial flop.

Red Planet, which was set on Mars, earned $33m on a budget of $80m in 2000.

In 2004, Kilmer played King Philip in Alexander, which co-starred Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great.

Kilmer's stage roles included a 2005 stint in London's West End in The Postman Always Rings Twice at the Playhouse Theatre.

Later that year, he appeared with Robert Downey Jr (right) and Michelle Monoghan (centre) in the crime comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

In 2006, he appeared in CBS mini-series Comanche Moon, pictured with Troy Baker as Pea Eye Parker (left) and Keith Robinson as Joshua Deets (right).

Kilmer again reunited with Top Gun director Tony Scott for hit 2006 action sci-fi film Deja Vu, also starring Denzel Washington (left) and Adam Goldberg (right).

Kilmer starred in two films opposite rapper 50 Cent - 2009's Streets of Blood and 2010's Gun, both of which were released directly to video and DVD.

Kilmer was nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for best spoken word album, for voicing Zorro in an audio drama adaptation of The Mark of Zorro.

Kilmer played writer Mark Twain in a one-man stage show called Citizen Twain in California in 2012.

Later that year, Kilmer filmed scenes for Terrence Malick's film Song To Song at a Texas music festival. The film was released five years later, in 2017.

In 2013, Kilmer appeared as himself in Life's Too Short, the comedy series created by Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Kilmer and Davis had previously appeared together in Willow.

Kilmer was pictured with Al Pacino at a live reading of Shakespeare's Live Read of The Merchant Of Venice in 2019, more than two decades after starring together in Heat.

Off screen, Kilmer dated a number of high-profile women over the years, including Cher, Angelina Jolie, Daryl Hannah and Cindy Crawford.

Kilmer launched his movie Twixt at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011.

Nintendo has revealed the Switch 2, the long awaited successor to one of the best-selling consoles in history, will be released on 5 June.

Fans have been impatiently waiting to find out more since January, when the Japanese gaming giant ended months of speculation by confirming basic information about the new device.

In a Nintendo Direct online presentation, watched by more than a million people, it gave further details of the hardware, as well as confirming it would be accompanied by Mario Kart World, a new edition of Nintendo's most famous game.

It also announced a series of other new titles for the console, including Elden Ring and Street Fighter 6.

The company said the new device would have better graphics and audio than its predecessor, and a chat button allowing players to speak to each other while playing.

The price will vary in different markets but in the UK it will retail at £395, or £429 with Mario Kart.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa called the new console "a leap forward", eight years after the release of the original Switch.

As well as huge interest in the device itself, fans have been keen to find out what games they will be able to play on it.

Most eye-catching was Mario Kart World - in which the franchise appears to have been given a significant refresh.

Water graphics, character tweaks, big sprawling race tracks seen from a distance with varying weather and climates - Nintendo is firmly showing fans this console has more under the hood than its predecessor.

The firm also showcased the platforming adventure Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders, a sequel to a fan favourite game released back in 2005 - both coming later this year.

Nintendo also confirmed that "compatible" Switch games will work on the Switch 2. Others will get Switch 2 editions, meaning they will have updated graphics and gameplay.

On the Nintendo Store website, the digital versions of Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are priced at £66.99 and £58.99 respectively.

The physical versions are both £8 more expensive.

The games made by third party developers - such as Elden Ring - are notable too because some are the kind of high-profile games that typically have not come to Nintendo consoles in recent years.

They include:

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
• Hitman World of Assassination
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Elden Ring developer FromSoftware also revealed a new multiplayer game - The Duskbloods - as a Switch 2 exclusive coming in 2026.

The console itself has a bigger screen than its predecessor at 7.9 inches, with a better display - 1080p compared to the Switch's 720p, with HDR support and showing up to 120fps.

Marginal changes - such as larger buttons and control sticks - will get attention. But more interesting is that both controls can be used as a mouse, as with a PC, in supported games.

Nintendo argues its 3D audio tech will create a surround sound experience, but this is unlikely to be the feature that sways people to picking up the device.

256GB of internal storage is a big upgrade, as Nintendo has historically been stingy on this front.

The C button on the switch controller is the new bit of hardware for the Switch 2.

It appears to help control a voice chat feature which is built into the system.

Players pop up at the bottom of the screen, appearing almost like Zoom or Teams - complete with a quite low frame rate screen share - and Nintendo claims its tech will isolate your voice regardless of background noise.

The original Nintendo Switch is one of the best-selling consoles of all time, having shifted more than 150 million units since its 2017 release.

Only Sony's PS2 and Nintendo's own DS have proved more popular.

Its hybrid format - allowing players to use it as a handheld device or hooked up to a TV in a more traditional home console set-up - is thought to be one of the big reasons behind its success.

Even if the new device replicates that level of interest, it may need to overcome other challenges.

Console launches are often hit with hardware shortages - a trend that was particularly evident when the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles were launched in late 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa previously told investors the long wait for the new console was partly to ensure the company could manufacture enough machines to meet demand.

Since then the global trading picture has been affected by President Donald Trump launching a wave of tariffs - it is not yet clear how they could affect the production and sales of the Switch 2.

Directors including Ron Howard, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Mann have paid tribute to actor Val Kilmer, following his death aged 65.

Kilmer starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever.

Coppola described Kilmer as "a wonderful person to work with and a joy to know", while Howard praised his "awesome range as an actor".

Singer Cher, a former girlfriend of Kilmer's, summed him up as "funny, crazy, pain in the ass, GREAT FRIEND" and "brave" during his illness.

Kilmer died of pneumonia on Tuesday in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes told US media. She said her father had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 but later recovered.

Tracheotomy surgery affected his voice and curtailed his acting career, but he returned to the screen to reprise his role as fighter pilot Iceman alongside Tom Cruise in 2022's Top Gun: Maverick.

Kilmer's other film credits included 1991's The Doors - playing the legendary band's frontman Jim Morrison - plus the Western Tombstone and crime drama Heat.

Paying tribute on Instagram, Heat director Mann said: "While working with Val I always marvelled at the range, the brilliant variability within the powerful current of Val's possessing and expressing character.

"After so many years of Val battling disease and maintaining his spirit, this is tremendously sad news," he said.

Coppola, who directed Kilmer in 2011's Twixt, said in a statement: "Val Kilmer was the most talented actor when in his High School, and that talent only grew greater throughout his life.

"He was a wonderful person to work with and a joy to know - I will always remember him."

Howard, who made 1988's Willow, remembered Kilmer's "amazing" filmography and praised his "awesome range as an actor".

"His art extended to his poetry, artworks, filmmaking and simply the way he lived," he wrote. "Bon Voyage, Val and thank you."

"See ya, pal. I'm going to miss you," US actor Josh Brolin wrote alongside a picture of himself and Kilmer on Instagram.

"You were a smart, challenging, brave, uber-creative firecracker. There's not a lot left of those", he added.

British actor David Thewlis, who worked with Kilmer on 1996's ill-fated The Island of Dr Moreau, posted: "He was one of the most extraordinary people I have ever met. Proud to have called him a friend and co-conspirator."

Fellow Brit Will Kemp, who appeared in 2004 film Mindhunters with Kilmer, wrote: "So many great memories of working with him. He was fun, unpredictable, generous and overall very kind to me when I was very new to the job."

Actor Josh Gad posted: "RIP Val Kilmer. Thank you for defining so many of the movies of my childhood. You truly were an icon."

James Woods wrote: "His rendition of Doc Holliday in Tombstone was what every actor dreams of achieving. So many wonderful performances. Sad to lose him so soon."

Born Val Edward Kilmer on 31 December 1959, Kilmer grew up in a middle-class family in Los Angeles.

His parents were Christian Scientists, a movement to which Kilmer would adhere for the rest of his life.

Aged 17, he became the then-youngest pupil to enrol at the Julliard School, in New York, one of the world's most prestigious drama conservatories.

He made his name in the comedies Top Secret! in 1984 and Real Genius the following year, before cementing his acting credentials as Iceman, the nemesis to Cruise's character Maverick in 1986's Top Gun, one of the decade's defining movies.

Kilmer went on to star in fantasy Willow and crime thriller Kill Me Again - both alongside British actress Joanne Whalley, who he married in 1988. The couple had two children.

He further proved his dynamic and versatile talents when he convincingly portrayed rock frontman Morrison in The Doors, 20 years after the singer's death.

Tombstone, in which Kilmer played gunfighter Doc Holliday, and Heat, in which he appeared alongside Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, were also hits.

He took over Batman's cape from Michael Keaton for Batman Forever in 1995, which achieved box office success but mixed reviews, and Kilmer pulled out of the next Batman movie.

In 1997, he appeared in The Saint as the master criminal and master of disguise - based on Leslie Charteris' books, which had also inspired the 1960s TV show starring Roger Moore.

Kilmer voiced both God and Moses in animated film The Prince of Egypt, and starred as Marlon Brando's crazed sidekick in The Island of Dr Moreau - but that film became one of Hollywood's most notorious flops.

Its director John Frankenheimer declared he would never work again with Kilmer, who had gained a reputation for being difficult on set.

He said that reputation was because "I care very much about telling the story well".

He played a gay private detective who teamed up with Robert Downey Jr's petty thief in 2005's Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

In 2021, Kilmer released a documentary chronicling the highs and lows of his life and career. Val, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, features 40 years of home recordings, including him speaking with a voice box post-cancer surgery.

He had continued acting, but his comeback with a cameo appearance as Iceman in the long-awaited Top Gun sequel was particularly poignant.

Cruise said at the time: "I've known Val for decades, and for him to come back and play that character... he's such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again."

Kilmer was also an artist, often creating paintings inspired by his film roles.

Film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that his role in The Doors summed up his appeal and persona.

"There was something sort of dark and troubling and sensual and kind of self-destructive about him," she said.

"It was a quality that meant he was never just the bland Hollywood pretty boy that led so many roles. There was something else going on underneath the surface."

US entertainment journalist KJ Matthews echoed that, telling BBC Radio 5 Live: "He's your bad boy, he's edgy, good looking, definitely Hollywood star looks.

"And I like the way he played roles. He always played them in an unconventional, unpredictable way.

"When Val Kilmer was attached to a project, you just knew he was going to do something interesting with that character."

A stalker who believed Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas was his aunt has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Kyle Shaw's "persistent campaign" saw him send abusive messages and a "menacing" threat to Miss Ballas as well as her friends and colleagues.

Liverpool Crown Court heard the 37-year-old thought Miss Ballas's late brother, David Rich, was his father.

Shaw, who admitted stalking the 64-year-old dancer, causing her serious harm or distress between 31 August 2017 and 29 November 2023, was sentenced to 20 months, suspended for 20 months.

Passing sentence, Judge Gary Woodhall said: "This was a menacing threat against her and her family."

Shaw, from Whetstone Lane in Birkenhead, was also made the subject of a restraining order for life.

It means he will never be allowed to contact either Miss Ballas or her niece, mother or former partner.

Nicola Daley, prosecuting, said: "He believed, and it's evident from what he was told by his mother, that her late brother was his father."

The court heard that while there was no evidence his belief was incorrect, there was only "limited evidence" it was correct.

Ms Daley said that, in his messages, Shaw had accused Miss Ballas of being responsible for the death of her 44-year-old brother, who took his own life in 2003.

The court heard Shaw also set up social media accounts in her brother's name.

The prosecution said Shaw approached Miss Ballas's mother, 86-year-old Audrey Rich, when shopping in Wirral in 2019.

Shaw told Ms Rich she was his grandmother and continued to follow her around the shop when she did not want to speak to him, the court heard.

This incident resulted in Miss Ballas moving her mother from Merseyside to London.

The court also heard Shaw posted messages on Twitter, now X, which included an image of the BBC One star's home address along with a message which said: "You ruined my life, I'll ruin yours and everyone's around you."

As a result of Shaw's actions, Ms Daley said Miss Ballas became reluctant to socialise with colleagues and stopped using public transport.

The prosecutor added: "She described having sleepless nights worrying about herself and her family's safety and being particularly distressed when suggestions were made to her that she and her mother were responsible for her brother taking his own life."

The court was told in October 2020 Ballas contacted police after he messaged her and said: "Do you want me to kill myself, Shirley?"

The court also heard Shaw sent messages to Miss Ballas's niece Mary Assall, work colleagues from Loose Women and Strictly Come Dancing as well as her former partner Daniel Taylor.

He called him in November 2023 and in an "implied threat" told him he knew where they lived and described what he knew about the TV star's movements, the court was told.

And when the Strictly judge had book signings planned in Wirral, Shaw messaged her saying: "I can't wait to meet you for the first time Aunty Shirley. Hopefully I can get an autograph."

Sentencing Shaw, the judge said: "Since 2017 you have engaged in persistent, unwanted online contact with Shirley Ballas and her family. You did so because your mother told you Shirley Ballas's late brother was your biological father.

"I'm satisfied your motive for this offending was a desire to seek contact with people you genuinely believed were your family.

"Whether in fact there's any truth in that belief is difficult, if not impossible, to determine."

He added: "This was not an offence driven out of delusional beliefs, physical attraction or simply an obsession with a celebrity."

John Weate, defending, said Shaw had suffered complex mental health issues since childhood and in his mid-to-late teens was told by his mother that David Rich was his father.

Mr Weate said: "He now accepts that Miss Ballas and her family don't wish to have any contact with him and, importantly, he volunteered the information that he has no intention of contacting them again."

He said Shaw's use of cannabis had "not helped him".

Shaw was ordered to do 20 days of rehabilitation activity and undertake a 12-month drug rehabilitation requirement.

Natassia McAdam, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Kyle Shaw's attempts to contact (her) were clearly stalking.

"They were persistent and became abusive and caused anxiety and distress over a prolonged period of time.

"His behaviour became increasingly erratic, and she feared he would become violent. He knew what he was doing would cause her alarm and distress."

Miss Ballas, originally from Wallasey, Wirral, has been head judge on the BBC show since 2017.

By the age of 21, she had won several international competitions, including the World Latin American Championships.

She retired from competitive dancing in 1996.

Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan have been confirmed as part of the all-star line-up who will play members of the Beatles in four major new films about the band.

Normal People and Gladiator II actor Mescal will portray Sir Paul McCartney, while Saltburn star Keoghan will step into Ringo Starr's shoes.

The acting supergroup will also feature Harris Dickinson, who was most recently seen opposite Nicole Kidman in Babygirl, as John Lennon.

And Joseph Quinn will go from Marvel's Fantastic Four to the Fab Four, playing George Harrison in the big-screen quadrilogy, which will be directed by Sir Sam Mendes.

The Oscar-winning director was joined by the four actors for the announcement at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas on Monday.

Each film will focus on a different member of the legendary group.

"Each one is told from the particular perspective of just one of the guys," Sir Sam told the event. "They intersect in different ways - sometimes overlapping, sometimes not.

"They're four very different human beings. Perhaps this is a chance to understand them a little more deeply. But together, all four films will tell the story of the greatest band in history."

The films will be released "in proximity" to each other in April 2028.

The director explained: "I just felt the story of the band was too huge to fit into a single movie, and that turning it into a TV mini-series just somehow didn't feel right."

Paul Mescal, 29, shot to fame in the BBC's Normal People in 2020. He went on to star in acclaimed films Aftersun, for which he was Oscar-nominated, and All of Us Strangers, and he played the lead in the Gladiator sequel. As well as portraying Sir Paul McCartney, the Irish star is about to be seen as another British creative genius, William Shakespeare, in the film adaptation of award-winning novel Hamnet.

Harris Dickinson has become a star thanks to Maleficent, The King's Man, Triangle of Sadness and Where the Crawdads Sing, before playing Kidman's love interest in Babygirl. The 28-year-old Brit also received a Bafta TV Award nomination for A Murder at the End of the World, and is among the bookmakers' favourites to be the next James Bond.

Barry Keoghan bears perhaps the closest resemblance to his Beatle - drummer Ringo. The Irish actor is the oldest of the acting quartet at 32, and is one of the hottest stars in Hollywood, having been nominated for an Oscar for The Banshees of Inisherin before leading the cast of cult hit Saltburn.

Joseph Quinn played Eddie Munson in the fourth season of Netflix's Stranger Things, was in A Quiet Place: Day One, and appeared alongside Mescal in Gladiator II. Before appearing as guitarist Harrison, the 31-year-old Londoner will be seen as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in The Fantastic Four: First Steps and two Avengers films.

Although several previous movies like Backbeat, Nowhere Boy and I Wanna Hold Your Hand have depicted The Beatles, this is the first time that all four band members and their estates have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.

Sir Sam called the films the "first bingeable theatrical experience", adding: "Frankly, we need big cinematic events to get people out of the house."

On stage, Dickinson, Mescal, Keoghan and Quinn recited from the band's song Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: "It's wonderful to be here, it's certainly a thrill, you're such a lovely audience, we'd like to take you home with us."

They then gave a Beatles-style synchronised bow.

Formed in 1960, the original band transformed youth culture and changed the course of musical history.

Restlessly imaginative and experimental, they had an uncanny ability to communicate sophisticated musical ideas to a mass audience, on albums including Revolver, Sgt Pepper's and The White Album.

Despite splitting in 1970, the quartet remain the biggest-selling band of all time.

Only two members survive. John Lennon was murdered in 1980, while Harrison died of cancer in 2001.

In 2023, the surviving members released what was described as the Beatles' "final" song, Now And Then.

Based on one of Lennon's old demo tapes, and featuring an archive recording of Harrison's guitar work, it went to number one and was nominated for awards at the Brits and the Grammys.

This is by no means the first film project to explore the lives of The Beatles - Iain Softley's Backbeat, released in 1994, dramatised their early career in Hamburg's clubs, where they cut their musical teeth.

Sam Taylor-Johnson's Nowhere Boy in 2009 starred her future husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Lennon and Thomas Brodie-Sangster as McCartney. It delved into Lennon's early years and family relationships, and documented him meeting McCartney and Harrison and the band's origins.

Martin Scorsese made a factual film in 2011 called George Harrison: Living in the Material World, which included contributions from the surviving band members plus archive material.

In 2021, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson restored more than 50 hours of outtakes from 1970 Beatles documentary Let It Be for Get Back, a three-part film. The epic Disney+ movie, which was nearly seven hours long, shed new light on the relationship between McCartney and Lennon before the band split in 1970.

This week, another hit game becomes a feature film – A Minecraft Movie is out on Friday.

But that's not all the week has in store.

Trending TikTok star Djo (aka Steve from Stranger Things) has a new album out, SIX The Musical Live! hits cinemas, and we're finally going to find out about the Switch 2.

Read on for what's coming up this week...

It's been heavily delayed, but A Minecraft Movie is finally here.

The wildly popular video game hits the big screen on Friday and boasts a star-studded cast including Jason Momoa, Jack Black and Jennifer Coolidge.

It tells the story of four misfits who are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld – the place where all players start in Minecraft.

Minecraft is one of the world's best selling video games, so there’s a lot of pressure to deliver for fans of the blocky world (my 11-year-old nephew is legitimately more excited for this than Christmas).

"This game has been loved by millions and millions all over the world for years now, and I think this movie is a big deal for a lot of people, because now it's generational," Black said.

There's been a long history of game-to-film flops. But others, such as Sonic, were massive hits, so that's what Warner Bros will no doubt be hoping for.

By Mark Savage, music correspondent

American actor Joe Keery is best known as reformed jock Steve Harrington, one of the main (and most loveable) characters in the sci-fi series Stranger Things.

But he's also got a nifty line in throwback indie-pop, which he performs as Djo. The pseudonym was initially an attempt to avoid the accusations he was trading on his fame. He'd even perform in disguise.

That changed when he had a breakout hit with End of Beginning – a synth-heavy slice of psychedelia that went viral on TikTok last year, often the soundtrack to videos about what people would do if they won the lottery.

The attention put a rocket under his music career. While his first two albums were DIY affairs, recorded in a couple of days and self-released, his latest, The Crux, was created in New York's fabled Electric Lady studios.

Released on Friday, it's packed full of off-kilter lyrics and squiggly synth lines that burrow into your brain. The first two singles, Delete Ya and Basic Being Basic have already been radio hits, and the rest of the album pulls on influences as diverse as Electric Light Orchestra, New Order, Cake, Hall & Oates and Bruce Springsteen (coincidentally, all bands that would work perfectly on the Stranger Things soundtrack).

There are a couple of knockouts – including the crunchy garage rock of Gap Toothed Smile, and the choppy New Wave anthem Link – but the point of the album is its diversity. Keery envisioned each song as the story of a separate guest at a hotel where everyone is at a spiritual or emotional crossroads.

SIX the Musical tells the story of the many wives of Henry VIII, as they step out of the shadow of their infamous husband and reclaim the narrative.

Now, the queens are moving to the screen.

A filmed stage production of SIX The Musical Live!, featuring the original West End cast, will be released in cinemas on Sunday.

Creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss told me what to expect.

“It's not simply a live capture of what's on stage, but an immersive, pop-concert experience,” they said.

“You get to witness the incredible performances up close – noticing little details and subtleties you might miss in the theatre. But you also get exciting, inventive, explosive visuals that make you feel like part of the party.”

By Tom Gerken, tech reporter

This week has been in the diaries of gaming fans around the world for months, as we finally are about to learn what's coming with the Switch 2, the much-anticipated sequel to the Nintendo Switch, aka the third-best selling console in history.

So it's no surprise that we're going to get some news on Wednesday – but the question is, what?

Almost certainly Nintendo will unveil a price and a launch date. But quite what that will be, who knows – July 2025 feels like a safe bet, but to be fair, would anyone be surprised if it came out in December?

Fans are desperate for news on games. The rumour mill swirls with talks of a new Mario, Zelda and Pokémon, but nobody has any proof to back it up. (I'd personally bite your hand off for a new Fire Emblem, but that's just me…)

Will we see super flashy new graphics? A high quality screen? A better battery life? There are too many questions to list.

Only one thing is really certain – whatever happens, when Nintendo's announcement is over, we'll be left counting down the days to the console's actual release… whenever that may be.

• Eid Live and Celebrity Eid will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer on Monday
• Good Bad Billionaire podcast will discuss Markus Persson, the man behind Minecraft, on BBC Sounds on Monday
• London Games Festival 2025 starts on Wednesday
• South of Midnight is released for early access on Thursday
• Elton John and Brandi Carlile release their new album Who Believes In Angels? on Friday
• Black Country, New Road's new album Forever Howlong drops on Friday

South Korean star Kim Soo-hyun has made a tearful public statement denying allegations made by the family of actress Kim Sae-ron, who died in an apparent suicide in February.

"I can't admit to something I didn't do," the 37-year-old said on Monday at a press conference in Seoul.

At the centre of the controversy are two allegations: that Kim Soo-hyun dated Kim Sae-ron when she was 15 - a minor - and that his agency pressured her to repay a loan she owed him.

The scandal has shocked South Korea and its entertainment industry - and has generated a backlash against Kim Soo-Hyun, whose roles in multiple hit drama series and films has made him one of its best-known stars.

Kim wept as he said that although he dated the actress for a year when she was an adult, they never dated while she was underage.

Monday's media conference came after weeks of accusations and counter-accusations between Kim Sae-ron's family and Kim Soo-hyun's camp in the wake of her death.

The scandal broke on 10 March, less than a month after Kim Sae-ron's death. A YouTube channel, known for its controversial political content, claimed that the two had dated for six years, when she was 15. The channel has since released videos and photos it claims were taken during their relationship.

Last week, the attorney representing Kim Sae-ron's family held a press conference, revealing more chat history allegedly between the two actors from 2016, when she was 16.

Kim Soo-hyun's agency initially denied the allegations but later clarified that they dated, though only between 2019 and 2020, when she was an adult.

The actor himself had remained silent until Monday. At the press conference, he became emotional, reiterating to reporters that they only dated as two adults.

"Many people are suffering because of me," he said, apologising to his fans and staff. "I also feel sorry that the late actress [Kim Sae-ron] isn't able to rest in peace.

"I never dated her when she was a minor," he continued. "Except for the fact that both of us were actors, our relationship was just like that of any other ordinary couple."

He also explained why he denied the relationship when she uploaded a later-deleted photo of the two of them to her Instagram account in 2024 during the airing of Netflix hit show Queen of Tears, in which he played the lead role.

"I had so much to protect as its lead actor. What would have happened if I had admitted to a year-long relationship? What would happen to the actors, the staff who were working overnight and the production team who had everything staked on that project?" he said. "The more I thought of it, the more I thought that shouldn't be what I do."

Any admission of a romantic relationship or a partner is still seen as scandalous to fans in South Korea's entertainment industry, where celebrities' personal lives come under intense scrutiny.

Kim Sae-ron herself was a victim of online hate by fans after she was fined 20 million won (£11,000; $14,000) for a 2022 drink-driving incident.

Prior to that, she had been seen as one of the most promising young actresses in South Korea.

At the time, she was managed by the same agency as Kim Soo-hyun, which was co-founded by his relative. Kim Sae-ron joined GoldMedalist in January 2020 and left in December 2022.

Kim Sae-ron's family claimed that GoldMedalist covered the compensation for her drunk-driving incident. They allege that the agency later pursued legal action for repayment and that, while the actress asked Kim Soo-hyun for more time to settle the debt, her request went unanswered.

On Monday, Kim Soo-hyun denied claims that "she made the tragic choice because of me or my agency pressuring her over a debt".

He released a voice recording of a phone call from a year ago, allegedly between his agency and Kim Sae-ron's representative.

In the recording, the CEO of GoldMedalist appears to explain that the document they sent her regarding the debt was merely for "procedural reasons" and that her team could take time to respond.

He also accused Kim Sae-ron's family of manipulating chat records as evidence and stated that he had submitted his own evidence to the relevant authorities for verification. He urged her family to do the same.

Kim Soo-hyun, 37, is an A-list actor in South Korea, known for his roles in multiple hit drama series and top-grossing movies, including My Love from the Star, Netflix's Queen of Tears, and the film Secretly, Greatly.

He has also been a favourite among advertisers in the country, though many brands have now distanced themselves from him amid the controversy. On 17 March, fashion brand Prada announced that it had mutually decided to end its collaboration with him, according to Reuters. This followed similar moves from Dinto, a Korean cosmetic brand.

A Disney+ show that stars Kim Soo-hyun has also been put on pause due to the scandal, according to local news outlet Yonhap.

His lawyer stated on Monday that they had filed a criminal complaint against Kim Sae-ron's family and the YouTube channel operator, along with a civil lawsuit for damages worth 12 billion won.

Her family has not commented on the lawsuits or his latest remarks.

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