United Kingdom Entertainment News API

Get the live top entertainment headlines from the United Kingdom with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top entertainment headlines from the United Kingdom. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=entertainment&country=gb&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=entertainment" \
  --data-urlencode "country=gb" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "entertainment", "country": "gb", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "entertainment",
    country: "gb",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "entertainment",
    "country"  => "gb",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=entertainment&country=gb&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 628344,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d40c010df6e5e0823be7cdc3f3aa6407",
            "title": "Denholm ecologist battles for custody of badger he rescued",
            "description": "Graeme Wilson says Harriet the badger would be hurt or killed if she was released back into the wild.",
            "content": "An ecologist in the Scottish Borders is fighting to be allowed to keep a badger that he saved from starvation.\nGraeme Wilson was called out to help the cub, called Harriet, in April after she was found in a cattle trough 100m (300ft) from her sett.\nW... [2397 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck62ygn70212o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/af9a/live/de5f4990-d7c2-11f1-a719-bf3dc3a3d5b5.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:04:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "265c73262f21008eb63cd4df8298b245",
            "title": "the wrong person went home",
            "description": "Instead of going for the weakest contestant, the judges eliminated someone who quietly and competently got on with being a very good baker",
            "content": "Warning: Contains spoilers\nRemember when people lost their minds over Nigella Lawson’s pronunciation of “mee-cro-wah-vay”? They’ll be swooning over her way with “Parmigiano Reggiano”. Oh, the way she rolls those Rs! Nigella, our very own Sophia Loren... [2392 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/11/03/the-great-british-bake-off-episode-7-review/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/tv/2026/11/03/TELEMMGLPICT000510264284_17937300862810_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqaivqAvBJWkUV8VzepAMjBYG5o7wmTvvqgTMHZMlqtbI.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Review-3",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T21:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4038601193cd718dbfba996e229b4d68",
            "title": "Great Things Happen To 3 Zodiac Signs During The Waning Crescent Moon On Wednesday",
            "description": "Great things are finally happening to Gemini, Scorpio, and Sagittarius zodiac signs on November 4, 2026 during the waning crescent Moon in Virgo.",
            "content": "Great things are finally happening to three zodiac signs on November 4, 2026. The number one reason we're attracting such intensely good opportunities our way on Wednesday is because we're happy. Yep, it all boils down to attitude.\nDuring the waning ... [2712 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yourtango.com/zodiac/zodiac-signs-great-things-happen-november-4-2026",
            "image": "https://www.yourtango.com/sites/default/files/image_blog/2026-11/zodiac-signs-good-things-fall-place-november-4-2026.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T20:06:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "592f9c8ecb5f56727f31237bafbf5a54",
                "name": "YourTango",
                "url": "https://www.yourtango.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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United Kingdom Entertainment News API

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