While there was only one female nominee for Best Director, and just three female nominees across both the Best Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay categories, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has hailed the all-female nominee list for the Best Actress Oscar as a big step towards gender equality in Hollywood.

Cambridge graduate, entrepreneur, humanitarian and model Lily Cole is “too pretty, too young and too woman” to be a creative partner of the Bronte Parsonage Museum, claim older male academics.

There has been public outcry as genuinely talented contestants have been allowed on X Factor this year. Viewers have been appalled to see performers writing their own songs, playing instruments and being able to hold a tune.

Boris Johnson's Dad, Jamie Vardy's wife and Connor Maynard's brother are among the contestants in this year's "I'm related to a celebrity, get me out of here".

There was shock among millennials and hipsters this week as their comedy darling Louis CK – famous for making jokes about child molestation – turned out to be a dick.

Off-shore tax avoidance schemes were quick to distance themselves from the cast of Mrs. Brown's Boys today, saying they did not want the good name of tax evasion to be associated with such a terrible TV show.

George Clooney and Matt Damon have bemoaned the Harvey Weinstein and Ben Affleck scandals for leaving them two players short for their weekly poker night.