Frances Cronin
Entertainment Reporter

That's it for another Star Wars day, but we'll be back again tomorrow at 08:30 BST to do it all over again. Well, except for the Star Wars stuff - unless they announce something major to do with the next film, of course.

We're going to stop now and leave the last word to John Boyega.

He was dressed up to the nines at the Met Gala this week, but now we have a picture showing another side to Orlando Bloom. 

He's paid a visit to eastern Ukraine to highlight the need for children to continue their education during humanitarian emergencies.

Unicef made sure their goodwill ambassador dressed suitably for travel near the front line of the conflict.

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But the safety gear was off when the Lord of the Rings star hung out with the children. 

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If you haven't visited the BBC Genome blog yet, it's well worth a look.

Not only does it allow you to look back at all the BBC’s listings between 1923 and 2009, but it also hosts articles on some of the great talents and shows from the corporation's illustrious history.

The guest blogger today is comedy expert Aaron Brown, who's been taking a look back at the glittering CV of writer Carla Lane (pictured).

Read the article.

Good news for fans of the Mindy Project - Hulu has announced it has renewed the show for a fifth series. 

Hulu picked up the show from producers Universal Television for its fourth series after it was cancelled by Fox. 

The show is shown on E4 in the UK. 

BBC Radio 3 will regularly broadcast birdsong as part of its commitment to "slow radio".

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Little Richard's lawyer has denied reports the rock and roll legend is unwell.

It follows a now-deleted post on Facebook by Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins, who apparently said: "He is not in the best of health so I ask all the Funkateers to lift him up."

But according to Little Richard's attorney William Sobel, the singer is fit and healthy:

He added:"He's 83. I don't know how many 83-year-olds still get up and rock it out every week."

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BBC America has released a new trailer for the revamped Top Gear - though we're not sure the opening rainy scenes in Blackpool give the best impression of the country to our American cousins. 

We understand the show starts on 22 May in the UK. 

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Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward - best known for his sculpture of a revolver with a knotted barrel that stands outside the UN headquarters in New York - has died at the age of 81. 

Reutersward made the bronze sculpture, called Non-Violence, after his friend John Lennon was murdered in 1980. 

There are 17 copies of the sculpture around the world, 10 of which can be found in the artist's native Sweden.

This could be one of our favourite May the 4th messages today.

It comes from Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose hip-hop musical Hamilton received a record 16 Tony nominations on Tuesday.

He decided to celebrate by sharing this gif of a miniature BB-8 being mobbed by baby chicks. 

Not really: he actually celebrated with a big party, a slightly mangled picture from which he subsequently posted on Twitter.

Lin-Manuel admitted he got quite teary - bless. 

Italian composer Ennio Morricone cancels concerts in Rome because of health concerns.

Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills has been giving a hint of what's in store for himself and co-host Mel Giedroyc when next week's Eurovision Semi-Finals are shown on BBC Four.

Former BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders is to chair the judges of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.

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Inspired by the original lyric from Nothing Compares 2 U, a US radio station is calling for the track to be played, exactly seven hours and 13 days after Prince's death.

Sinead O'Connor changed it in her version to 'seven hours and fifteen days'.

The song will be broadcast today at 17.07 CT (23.07 BST).

The tribute is organised by The Current in Minnesota, Prince's home state, and host Jim McGuinn has explained the thinking behind it:

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Meanwhile, a significant reissue of some of Prince's albums has been reported by Modern Vinyl, external.

It includes Sign O The Times, The Black Album, the Batman soundtrack and Lovesexy.

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Here's a propitiously timed announcement from the Old Vic theatre, given today's date - the news that John Boyega, of Star Wars: The Force Awakens fame, is to tread its boards next year in a new version of Woyzeck.

Adapted from Georg Büchner's 19th Century original by playwright of the moment Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), it tells of a young soldier whose life is ruined when he agrees to take part in some questionable medical experiments.

John's pretty excited.

Matthew Warchus's second season as the London playhouse's artistic director will also see Glenda Jackson return to the stage to play the title role in King Lear (yes, you did read that correctly) and a 20th anniversary production of Art, the Yasmina Reza play that gave Warchus one of his biggest stage successes.

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Game of Thrones star Alfie Allen will be making his West End debut this month in The Spoils. 

Jesse Eisenberg, who wrote the play, also stars in it alongside The Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar and Katie Brayben, the Olivier-winning star of Carole King musical Beautiful.

Described by The Hollywood Reporter, external as an "acerbic comedy about American privilege and millennial neuroses", the play tells of a misanthropic would-be film-maker who sets out to sabotage an old schoolmate's engagement.

First seen in New York last year, The Spoils runs at London's Trafalgar Studios from 27 May, external. 

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Tributes have been paid to former Brookside and Hollyoaks actor Kristian Ealey, who has died at the age of 38.

Ealey played Matt Musgrove in Brookside from 1998 to 2000, before going on to play the character again in sister show Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2004.

He was also a popular musician in Liverpool with the band Tramp Attack, and appeared as Ringo Starr in the film In His Life: The John Lennon Story.

It's not known how he died, but his Brookside co-star Suzanne Collins said the actor was in Italy at the time.

Fellow Brooksider Jennifer Ellison has also paid tribute, saying she is "absolutely devastated" by the news.

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Leon Lopez - another former Brookside cast member - is another to express sadness on Twitter.

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Nikki Chapman was on Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show earlier to talk about Escape to the Country, the 17th series of which she is currently filming.

The BBC Two series sees Chapman and her fellow show hosts help prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.

According to the Popstars judge turned TV presenter, though, things don't always go entirely to plan.

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It's been revealed that emergency calls were made from Prince's Paisley Park estate 46 times in the past five years.

A log released by Minnesota authorities showed the 911 calls related to everything from medical emergencies to false fire alarms.

It included one call in 2011 in which an unidentified woman said she was concerned about Prince's cocaine use. No police action was taken.

Prince's representatives have not commented on the claims.

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An unpublished sketchbook by the artist Stanley Spencer, containing his earliest known drawings and a short story, is to go on display in West Yorkshire.

A few images now showing how they've been celebrating May the Fourth in the Taiwanese capital.

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Pretty impressive, agree we think you will. It appears, though, that some people aren't trying quite as hard as others.