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Justin Lin quits Fast X as long-time franchise director steps down
Justin Lin has stepped down as director of 'Fast X'.The 50-year-old filmmaker - who was at the helm of the first five instalments in the franchise - has revealed he won't be taking the lead...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27th April 2022
Saxophonist Andrew Woolfolk dies at 71
Earth, Wind and Fire saxophonist Andrew Woolfolk has died at the age of 71.The musician has spent the last six years battling an illness and Woolfolk passed away on Sunday (24.04.22).Philip Bailey, his former bandmate,...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Former Oasis star Bonehead reveals cancer diagnosis
Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer.The 56-year-old guitarist - who was a founding member of Oasis - has confirmed the news via Twitter, explaining that he'll take a break from his music...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Michelle Dockery struggled with pongy Downton Abbey costumes
Michelle Dockery had to cope with smelly costumes on 'Downton Abbey'.The 40-year-old actress plays Lady Mary Talbot in the big-screen sequel 'Downton Abbey: A New Era' and insists that the costumes now have a "gorgeous"...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2022
Hugh Bonneville: Downton Abbey sequel was a huge jolly
Hugh Bonneville claims that filming 'Downton Abbey: A New Era' was a "huge jolly".The 58-year-old star reprises his role as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in the period drama's big-screen sequel and enjoyed getting to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2022
Ed Sheeran to release collaboration with US rapper Russ
Ed Sheeran has a new collaboration with US TikTok star Russ coming out this summer.The 29-year-old American rapper has let slip that the pair have a new song on the way produced by BRIT Award-winner...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Abbey Road Studios to honour photographer Eric Johnson with Icon award
Abbey Road Studios is set to honour photographer Eric Johnson at the first-ever Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards 2022, in association with Hennessy.The New York-based photographer is best known for his photographs of Biggie...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Doja Cat to release Vegas from the ELVIS biopic soundtrack next week
Doja Cat's song 'Vegas' from the upcoming 'ELVIS' biopic is set to be released on May 6.The 'Say So' hitmaker has incorporated the late King of Rock and Roll's mega-hit 'Hound Dog' into the new...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Hard-Fi announce first live show in 8 years
Hard-Fi have announced their first live show in eight years.The 'Hard to Beat' hitmakers' original line-up - comprising Richard Archer, Steve Kemp, Kai Stephens and Ross Phillips - will reunite to play the O2 Forum...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Heather Small announces first album in 16 years
Heather Small has announced her first album in 16 years, ‘Colour My Life’.The Voice of M People is back with the new single, 'Love Me or Not', taken from her first studio effort in more...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Ed Sheeran and David Guetta among new names added to Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard
Ed Sheeran, David Guetta, Aitch, Jax Jones and more have been added to the bill for Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard.After Harry Styles, George Ezra, KSI, Becky Hill, Anne-Marie, Sigala, GAYLE, ArrDee and Eddie Benjamin...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
David Harbour to star in The Trashers
David Harbour will lead the cast of 'The Trashers'.The 'Stranger Things' star has signed up for Cooper Raiff's movie, which is set to shoot this autumn.The movie will chart the rise and fall of Jimmy...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2022
Super Mario Bros. release delayed until April 2023
The release of 'Super Mario Bros.' has been delayed until April 2023.Illumination and Universal confirmed on Monday (25.04.22) that the release of the computer-animated film, which will see Chris Pratt voice Mario, has been pushed...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2022
Psy to drop new single produced by BTS' Suga
Psy is to release a new single. The 'Gangnam Style' hitmaker is to drop new tune 'Take That', which will feature on his forthcoming album 'Psy 9th'. Psy's new song will be released on Friday...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Billie Eilish reflects on wild Coachella collaborations with Damon Albarn and Hayley Williams
Billie Eilish will remember her Damon Albarn collaboration "for the rest of her life".The 'Bad Guy' hitmaker was joined by the Blur legend at Coachella on Saturday night (23.04.22) for a performance of 'Getting Older'...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2022
Bad Bunny cast as Marvel wrestler El Muerto in Sony blockbuster
Bad Bunny has been cast in 'El Muerto'.The Grammy Award-winning musician - whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio - has been cast as Marvel's newest superhero in the upcoming Sony Pictures blockbuster.The news...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2022
Venom 3 and new Ghostbusters film in the works
'Venom 3' is in the works. Sony Pictures has confirmed a third movie will be made in the Tom Hardy-led franchise, a follow up of 2021's 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage'. The news was confirmed...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2022
George Ezra, Harry Styles and KSI to play Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard
George Ezra, Harry Styles and KSI have all been announced as performers for Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard.The trio of pop superstars plus Becky Hill, Anne-Marie, Sigala, GAYLE, ArrDee and Eddie Benjamin were revealed as...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th April 2022
Lady Gaga records song for Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack
Lady Gaga has reportedly recorded a song for the 'Top Gun: Maverick' soundtrack.The 36-year-old pop superstar has written 'Hold My Hand' for the eagerly anticipated fighter plane action sequel, which sees Tom Cruise reprise his...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th April 2022
Joe Manganiello joins The Kill Room cast
Joe Manganiello has been added to the cast of 'The Kill Room'.The 45-year-old actor has joined Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman in the upcoming dark comedic thriller.The film will be directed by Nicol Paone...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2022
Evangeline Lilly had input into Ant-Man script
Evangeline Lilly had lots of input into the script for 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'.The 42-year-old star reprise her role as Hope van Dyne/Wasp in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) flick and revealed how...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2022
Harry Styles to headline BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2022
Harry Styles is to headline BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2022 in Coventry on Sunday, May 29.Radio 1’s flagship live music event will welcome an audience of 80,000 BBC Radio 1 fans to War Memorial...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th April 2022
Liam Gallagher would rather be in a band
Liam Gallagher would "much rather" be in a band.The 'Everything's Electric' hitmaker has enjoyed huge success as a solo artist since Oasis disbanded in 2009 but he finds the process of recording and changing songs...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th April 2022
JLS planning new album
JLS are planning to record new music this year.The 'Beat Again' hitmakers - which include Marvin Humes, Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, and JB Gill - embarked on their long-awaited reunion tour last year, and though...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th April 2022
Phyllis Logan hopes to make 'many more' Downton Abbey films
Phyllis Logan wants to make "many more" 'Downton Abbey' movies.The 66-year-old actress will reprise her role as housekeeper Elsie Carson, who is also known as Mrs. Hughes, in the period saga's second big screen outing,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2022
Robert Eggers finding it 'so hard' to create Nosferatu remake
Robert Eggers is finding it "so hard" to remake 'Nosferatu'.The 38-year-old director has been planning his reimagining of F.W. Murnau's 1992 German classic - which was remade by Werner Herzog as 'Nosferatu the Vampyre' in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2022
Eddie Van Halen left over a million to music charity
The late Eddie Van Halen left over $1 million to a music education charity in his will.The veteran rocker - who passed away in 2020 aged 66 - gave an unspecified donation to Mr Holland's...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th April 2022
Billie Eilish thrills Coachella crowd by performing surprise duet with Hayley Williams
Billie Eilish teamed up with Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams for a surprise duet at Coachella on Saturday night (23.04.22).The pop star was performing her headline set on the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th April 2022
Anya Taylor-Joy 'wants to' shave head for Furiosa
Anya Taylor-Joy "wants to" shave her head for 'Furiosa'.The 'Queen's Gambit' actress is taking the lead role in the 'Mad Max: Fury Road' prequel and though she's keen to mimic the look Charlize Theron sported...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2022
Nicolas Cage almost missed out on role as himself in ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’
Nicolas Cage almost missed out on the role of a lifetime playing himself in new movie ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’.The Hollywood superstar plays a fictional character called Nick Cage in the new film...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2022
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