New York author Colson Whitehead has landed National Book Award for fiction for his incredible sixth novel 'The Underground Railroad'; a best-selling story about slavery and racism in Georgia. During such a time of division...
News posted in Books / Authors on 17th November 2016
A scolding letter written by John Lennon to Linda and Paul McCartney is expected to fetch upwards of $20,000 at auction in Boston, Massachusetts, though it's not clear who the seller is. The closing bid...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th November 2016
Dwayne Johnson (also known as The Rock) has been named this year's Sexiest Man Alive according to People, taking the title from British soccer player David Beckham. If he thought being cited as the world's...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th November 2016
The life and work of David Bowie will be celebrated next year with a series of shows across the globe on what would have been his 70th birthday. A variety of stars and artists are...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 16th November 2016
The first episode of 'Saturday Night Live' since the election of Donald Trump was a surprise to all given the subtlety of their response to the situation, especially after weeks of satirising the Republican candidate....
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15th November 2016
Bruno Mars has announced an extensive world tour to promote his forthcoming third studio album '24K Magic'. He is due to set out on no less than 85 dates across North America and Europe next...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 15th November 2016
JK Rowling has taken it upon herself to quash the latest rumours that have emerged about the sequel to 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'. Unfortunately, it doesn't give much away about the story,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th November 2016
The second 'Beauty and the Beast' trailer has finally arrived which means we get to see Emma Watson and Dan Stevens in action for the first time, and it's absolutely spellbinding. We are still yet...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th November 2016
If there was anyone who didn't mince their words regarding their feelings on Donald Trump being named the President-elect, it's John Oliver. The 'Last Week Tonight' show host has been particularly vocal about his lack...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14th November 2016
It's that time of year again where the John Lewis Christmas advert finally arrives and has us in floods of tears. However, this year it happens to be less of a tear-jerker than usual, but...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 14th November 2016
Scarlett Johansson returns to the sci-fi genre with the long awaited film adaptation of Masamune Shirow's best-selling Japanese manga series 'Ghost in the Shell' for which the trailer is now available. Directed by Rupert Sanders,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th November 2016
After more than 200 films over an impressive 56 years as an actor, Jackie Chan has finally landed his long-deserved Oscar with an honourary trophy at the 8th Annual Governors Awards. The ceremony took place...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th November 2016
If you're one of those people who find Shia LaBeouf perpetually annoying, prepare to reluctantly like him a little from now on. He appeared on the radio show Sway's Universe and delivered one of the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 11th November 2016
Little Mix have opened up to TV presenter Jonathan Ross about how they've learned to deal with the amount of criticism they've received over the past five years, admitting that these days they are rather...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 11th November 2016
Earlier this week, Prince Harry released a statement regarding the media harassment of his American girfriend Meghan Markle. The pair have been flying over to each other's respective nations for visits over the past few...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 11th November 2016
BAFTA nominated French filmmaker Luc Besson follows up his 2014 film 'Lucy' with the electric sci-fi crime thriller 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'. The stunning first trailer has just been released and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11th November 2016
Childish Gambino drops the first single from his upcoming third studio album 'Awaken, My Love!' which is due to be released in three weeks. The song, 'Me and Your Mama', is a six minute epic...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 11th November 2016
Recently it was leaked that 'Stranger Things' season 2 would indeed see the return of Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, and now we have some more information about the new characters that we are set...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th November 2016
Ahead of the release of her live album 'Before the Dawn', Kate Bush has revealed in a rare interview that she was terrified about performing live for the first time in 35 years, 2 years...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 10th November 2016
It really seems like nobody was expecting a victory for Donald Trump in the presidential election, include the writers of 'South Park'. The latest episode of the show was actually re-written within hours of Trump's...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th November 2016
The US presidential election this year has been one of the most intense America has ever seen. It has absolutely divided the nation, and with that division comes some very strong opinions - and also...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 10th November 2016
Russell Brand is usually very mindful of the worldly issues that are present in the world, but we're willing to bet that he hasn't thought much about the shocking US election results this week because...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 9th November 2016
It's been largely speculated that Albus Dumbledore would make an appearance in the 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' film series, given how he is mentioned as Newt Scamander's teacher in the trailer, and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th November 2016
The internet is officially very weird. A new viral trend is on the rise called the 'Mannequin Challenge', which as you'd imagine involves groups of people standing still mid-activity. Adele is the latest celebrity to...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 9th November 2016
Squad goals, indeed! Lorde received pretty much the best 20th birthday party ever when pal Taylor Swift decided to take it upon herself to organise it. In fact, we'd say this almost beats Kendall Jenner's...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 9th November 2016
Zayn Malik could be set to star in NBC boyband drama 'Boys', after previously announcing his involvement as an executive producer. The former One Direction star has never before had an acting role, so this...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 7th November 2016
Just how much trouble is Newt Scamander in? That's the question on many Potterheads' lips at the moment as we impatiently await the cinematic premiere of 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them'. We know...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th November 2016
Michael Buble unveiled the catastrophic news that his 3-year-old son Noah was diagnosed with cancer last week, and while neither he nor his Argentine wife Luisana Lopilato have released anymore statements regarding their agony, a...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 7th November 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch has been out promoting his new film 'Doctor Strange', and made an appearance as a guest host on 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend. He dropped that series and correct facade and proved to...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 7th November 2016
The live action 'Beauty and the Beast' movie is finally starting to feel real now that we've got a glimpse of all the characters in play. We can finally see the likes of Belle, Beast,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th November 2016
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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