'Absolute nonsense': Mum's fury over 'unreasonable' £50 fine in Heaton Park ticket row

Drake has a new ‘do.

The kids are all right.

“Zoey 101” actress Alexa Nikolas is the latest child star to criticize Nickelodeon.

Marta Balaga Norwegian director Erik Poppe takes on Vilhelm Moberg’s acclaimed series of novels in “The Emigrants,” his new historical drama about a struggling Swedish family which emigrates to the U.S. in 1849, searching for a better future.  “It’s probably the most classic work of literature in the whole Scandinavia,” he told Variety, taking about the 2022 Haugesund Festival winner ahead of its national premiere at the 50th Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund.  Which is why, when approached to direct the film, he had only one reservation: He had to make it his own. 

Cardi B has no time for drama.

Ryan Reynolds is feeling the love.

Little meatballs! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi may not have been the best employee in Shore Store history, but there’s at least one job she’s incredible at: motherhood.

Putting himself first. Pete Davidson is focusing on his next chapter following his split with Kim Kardashian — and work is at the top of the list.

A crowning moment for the princess of pop. Britney Spears teamed up with Elton John for a duet inspired by “Tiny Dancer,” her first release since the end of her conservatorship.

A Scots girl has been invited to fly to New York to meet singer-songwriter Jax after a video of her singing Victoria's Secret went viral.

Scots radio DJ Ewen Cameron has opened up about his mental health struggles in an emotional video on social media and has urged others who are struggling to go and get help.

MGMT are set to return with new music this year, according to frontman Andrew VanWyngarden.The New York-based duo last released an album with 2018’s ‘Little Dark Age’, which NME named one of the best albums of that year, writing: “After more than a decade of insularity, MGMT have thrown open the doors and welcomed you back into their world. In doing so, they’ve had to engage with our messy, unpalatable reality.”Since then, the band have been largely quiet, though appeared in feature spots on The Avalanches‘ star-studded recent album ‘We Will Always Love You’ and ColaBoyy’s track ‘Kid Born In Space’.In a new post on his official Reddit account, VanWyngarden has appeared to confirm that the band’s “drought” will end this year, and that they’re on the way back with new music.After a fan on the MGMT Reddit page guessed at a title for their forthcoming fifth album, VanWyngarden replied: “We have a working title!”Of progress on the record, he added: “There are irons in the fire and we have been busy.

A former girlfriend of R Kelly yesterday recalled how the musician’s one time business manager once remarked that he should just have had her killed after she took a videotape that featured a threesome involving her, Kelly and a young teenage girl, rather than paying her for the tape’s safe return.Lisa Van Allen was the latest witness to testify in Kelly’s current criminal trial in relation to the many allegations of sexual abuse that have been made against the musicianShe talked about her own relationship with Kelly, echoing a lot of what was said by other ex-girlfriends who testified during his earlier trial in New York last summer, especially regarding how he directed their sexual encounters and sought to exert control over various other aspects of their lives.But the real focus of Van Allen’s testimony was the videos of her having sex with Kelly and Jane, the musician’s god daughter and the star witness of the current trial, who testified last week. Van Allen says that she first met Jane in 1998, and that she had three sexual encounters with her and Kelly over the next three years.Jane would have been around fourteen in 1998, although Van Allen claims Kelly lied at the time and said that the younger girl was sixteen.

As she ramps up her legal battle with her label 1501 Certified Entertainment, Megan Thee Stallion has asked a court to force Warner Music to release documents that might reveal who leaked her latest album ‘Traumazine’.In an updated lawsuit last week, the rapper – real name Megan Pete – accused 1501 of leaking the album in early August, forcing her to fast track its release. The leak, the lawsuit says, “occurred within only a few days” of the album being sent to 1501, meanwhile the label has “not taken any action to help investigate” what happened.Warner Music is the distributor of the new album via its 300 Entertainment division, and – the new filing confirms – “was one of the few companies that received a copy of ‘Traumazine’ in advance of its formal release”.

DEALSThree Six Zero has announced a partnership with artist management company Forward Motion Artists, run by Jazz Spinder. “I’m THRILLED Jazz and his Forward Motion Artists team will be another fantastic addition to the Three Six Zero ecosystem”, says Three Six Zero CEO Mark Gillespie. “Their commitment to creatively evolving and amplifying their artist’s vision is immensely impressive and I am excited to see their contribution to our expanding management business globally”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSLil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment has appointed Karen Civil as General Manager.

Offset has sued the label to which his group Migos are signed – Quality Control Music – accusing it of interfering in his current solo output, and in doing so breaching an agreement that was reached last year.According to Rolling Stone, a lawsuit filed this week states that Offset’s original deal with Quality Control as part of Migos was very wide-ranging, giving it control over any of his recordings, whether they were made as part of Migos or otherwise, as well as an interest in all his publishing.However, it claims in January last year a deal was done in which Quality Control gave up any claims to Offset’s solo material, in return for “valuable consideration paid by Offset to Quality Control”.But, it then says, when Offset released his new solo single ‘54321’ last week via an alliance with Universal Music’s Motown label, Quality Control became “hostile” and demanded that Motown list it as “holding an ownership interest” in the new track.“Offset now brings this action to vindicate his rights and make it clear to the world that Offset, not Quality Control, owns Offset’s music”, the lawsuit then states, seeking as it does court confirmation that Quality Control has no claim over any of the rapper’s solo releases.Quality Control is yet to formally respond to the new litigation, although its CEO Pierre ‘P’ Thomas referenced it in a since deleted tweet, where he basically complained about having to deal with “this lame shit”, and adding: “Everyone knows the real problem”.Hitting back on Twitter, Offset responded: “I paid millions to get my rights back … you blackballed me”.

Britney Spears and Elton John have released their much anticipated single together – ‘Hold Me Closer’ – a rework of John’s 1971 song ‘Tiny Dancer’.In a statement, Spears says: “I was so honoured when the incredible Sir Elton John asked me to join him on one his most iconic songs. We are so excited for the fans to hear it! Thank you, Elton, for having me! I am so grateful that I got the opportunity to work with you and your legendary mind”.Speaking to The Guardian about the recording, John says: “She sang fantastically.

Sainsbury’s has banned a man from all stores in the UK “for life” after he claims to have merely criticised the way its staff were parking.

A dad-of-three who drowned off the coast of Scotland during a solo sailing holiday told his worried wife that ‘he’d be fine’ just hours before his body was found by a fisherman. Bryn Watkins was enjoying his ‘last sail of the season’ on his yacht - Athena 2 - when he began experiencing engine problems near the Isle of Bute on October 18 last year.

Over the weekend, a story about a mum hit with a £50 parking fine after a trip to Heaton Park caused lots of debate among our readers.

Three players who play for Manchester United and Man City, respectively, played huge roles in securing the European Championship after England defeated Germany 2-1 in incredible fashion on Sunday evening.

The driver of a supercar was hit with a £100 while flaunting his vehicle in Manchester city centre. GMP traffic cops slapped it with the penalty for not having a front number plate.

A drunk man ordered a couple he didn’t know to ‘let him in’ to their house before smashing their window with a plant pot. Warren Wonta, 39, had been walking home from a night out when he walked up to the house in Worsley and banged on the front door.