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Sorry, Timbers, this is not the way to aplogise to the missus | Barbara Ellen

Justin Timberlake, caught holding hands with another woman, leaps to Instagram to say sorry – and slip in a plug for his new filmHow wonderfully modern that Justin Timberlake took to Instagram to apologise to his wife, Jessica Biel.After being snappe...

Millennials’ manners are a defence mechanism against a hostile world | Barbara Ellen

Young people care more about etiquette online than in real life, research revealsAre millennials selfish and rude or do they just define etiquette differently to older people? And if the latter is true, is that just to stop themselves going mad?A sur...

Justin Timberlake s'excuse auprès de Jessica Biel après des rumeurs d'infidélité

Jessica Biel denies she is an anti-vaxxer after opposing California vaccination law

The actor said she was ‘not against vaccinations’ despite joining prominent anti-vaxxer Robert Kennedy Jr in opposition to a bill intended to reduce medical exemptionsJessica Biel denied suggestions she was a supporter of the anti-vaccination movemen...

Pepsi ad, Fyre and Sausage Roll Jesus: how to fix a PR disaster

The creator of Flack, a drama based on a London media fixer, suggests ways to spin some classic media blundersModern Toss on the PR meetingAnna Paquin is back and starring in Flack, a show in which PRs are as badly behaved as the celebrity clients th...

Pop 2.0: how globalised music created a new kind of star

English is no longer the lingua franca of pop music, and its alpha stars – Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga – are an endangered speciesIn a recent episode of the New York Times Popcast, the paper’s critic, Jon Caramanica, recalled t...

Kanye West ruled out of Coachella after he demands a new stage

Rapper’s last-minute request for a custom-built dome would have meant removing a large number of toilets, say festival organisersKanye West was ruled out of headlining this year’s Coachella festival because organisers said it would be impossible to b...

The 30 best boyband members – ranked!

From the Osmonds’ Donny to BTS’s Jimin, boybands have produced some brilliant performers behind the hair gel. Ahead of the release of Zayn Malik’s new album, we list the greatestIs erstwhile Blue also-ran Antony Costa purely on this list because, in...

Reclining album sales? Why pop stars are making sofas not songs

From Louise Redknapp’s footstools to Kylie’s Atmosphere Duvet, an increasing number of musicians are turning to home furnishingsModern Toss on music and furnitureBeing a pop star has a shelf life. Sure, you can carry on chucking records out for ever...

Rosalía: El Mal Querer review – flamenco-pop star is a formidable new talent

The Catalan singer’s potent, smart second album is more complex than any Latin pop currently in the charts: she’s a gamechangerThere was a time, not that long ago, when the second album by a twentysomething Catalan singer held to be revolutionising t...

'We were sad of getting old': how pop stars are growing up gracefully

From Florence Welch to Matt Healy, Lily Allen to Neneh Cherry, it is becoming acceptable for pop stars to mature and make music about itIn 2012, before her first memoir told us the truth about punk, childbirth and what it’s like to nearly die, Viv Al...

Victim? Survivor? After 20 years of Britney Spears, the jury’s still out| Bidisha

The pop star has often seemed like a hired hand for people behind the scenes. But there’s still time to find her true voiceTwenty years ago a teenage Britney Spears launched herself – or, to be fair, was launched – by a song and video made by middle-...

Rosalía review – flamenco dragged thrillingly into the 21st century

Village Underground, LondonRepackaging an age-old art form for a modern audience is a risky business – but the Catalan executes it with aplomb in an evening of gloriously global popAs Latin pop continues to send shockwaves through the charts, young a...

Sexy hardback: what will the Justin Timberlake autobiography be like?

With the pop star’s new book, Hindsight & All the Things I Can’t See in Front of Me, on its way, here are some (imagined) extractsModern Toss on celeb biographiesWhen I first sang, “It’s gonna be MAY!”, I remember the guys from ‘NSync being like:...

Now that's what I call a tracklist: how the compilation's 100th edition sells its history short

Now That’s What I Call Music’s 100th edition includes a greatest hits disc that favours the arena titans – overlooking the pleasure of rediscovering the one-hit wonders and sub-genres buried in these pop time capsulesReleased on 20 July, the 100th ed...