English Worksheet Template: Entertainment News
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3Entertainment News
listening
What has been happening in the world of entertainment recently?
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Before listening, try to complete the first headline using the initial letters to help you. Then
listen and check your ideas.
It’s over 20 years since late r____________ Tupac and singer
Janet Jackson starred together in ‘Poetic Justice’. Now the pair
are among 17 m_______________ nominated for induction
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This year marks the 20th
anniversary of the d___________ of Harlem-born rap star
Tupac, who was killed in an unsolved shooting in Las Vegas
in 1996. For Jackson the nod comes at an e____________
time - the 50-year-old recently announced she is expecting
her first c__________. Also making the list is activist Joan Baez. The 75-year-old became a
voice of protest in the tumultuous 1960s and is still engaged in p_____________ today. English
electronic band Depeche Mode, American rockers Pearl Jam, progressive rock b________ Yes
and funk singer Chaka Khan were also included on the nominees’ l__________. The inductees
will be chosen by f________ and an international body of some 800 artists, members of the
music industry and h__________________.
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Before listening, add vowels to the consonants in brackets to make words for the gaps.
Then listen and check your ideas.
Rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry celebrated his 90th
________________ (brthdy) on October 18 by announcing
his first album of new _____________ (msc) in 38 years
would be released next year. Simply titled “Chuck,” the album
will consist mostly of new, original _______________ (mtrl)
recorded and produced by Berry with his children, Charles
Berry Jr. on guitar and Ingrid Berry on ________________
(hrmnc). With songs like “Maybellene,” “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Johnny B. Goode” in the
late 1950s, Berry helped lay the ___________________ (fndtn) for modern rock music and
was a major ________________ (nflnc) on scores of 1960s bands, including the Beatles and
the Rolling Stones. In a statement, Berry said he was dedicating the new ____________ (lbm)
to his wife of 68 years, saying: “My darlin’ I’m growing old! I’ve _________________ (wrkd)
on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my ______________ (shs)!”. There was no
release __________ (dt) given for the new music.
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Before listening, rearrange the letters in brackets to make words for the gaps. Then listen
and check your ideas.
It’s a ____________ (omedcy) set in suburbia with a
touch of James Bond. Keeping up with the Joneses pits two
neighbouring _________________ (cpleous) against each
other with actors Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher as typical
suburbanites, Jeff and Karen Gaffney, who suspect that their
new ________________ (nhboureigs), Tim and Natalie
Jones, might be undercover _____________ (entags). Jon
Hamm and Gal Gadot portray the seemingly perfect couple. In the _____________ (vimoe),
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