Andy Burnham defends education plan after government called it 'unequal'

Walk the Moon are taking a hike. The group shared an 11-minute goodbye video to Instagram on Friday, and revealed they are going on an indefinite hiatus.«The time has come for us to take a good, long break from touring and making records together,» the band's frontman and original founder Nicholas Petricca shared in the heartfelt message to fans.

Naman Ramachandran Writer-director Richard Curtis, known for iconic British romantic comedies “Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill,” has revealed his next venture. “Christmas Actually” is a stage show encompassing live music, performance, poetry and comedy that will serve as a fundraiser for charity Comic Relief, BBC News reports. It is not a sequel to 2003 hit “Love Actually.” Comic Relief is a charity founded by Curtis and Lenny Henry in 1985 in response to the famine in Ethiopia. Since then the charity has raised millions to help those in need via fundraisers where British comedians perform. Its annual event Red Nose Day is its biggest fund earner.

North West got a chance to meet Rozanda «Chilli» Thomas of the iconic group TLC, and couldn't contain her excitement.The 10-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West was absolutely beaming in a series of snapshots her famous mom posted to Instagram on Sunday, in which she and Chilli appeared to be hanging out in their kitchen.In the pics, North is smiling broadly as she shares a hug with the singer, and in one photo the pair pose together with North's puppies.Kim, meanwhile captioned the post, «Dreams do come true @therealchilli.»A post shared by Kim Kardashian (@kimkardashian)Specifically, North's dream of getting to meet Chilli after the young fan and her friends dressed up as the R&B trio last Halloween.In her slideshow post, Kim also shared an iconic promo photo of TLC, followed by a photo of North and two friends dressed like the bandmates — with North clearly portraying Chilli.While the post was super cute, Kim's sister Khloe Kardashian took to the comments to express her disappointment that she wasn't invited over to say hi.«What!!! And you didn’t call me to come over!!!!!» Khloe wrote, later commenting, «Oh you’re in trouble.»Meanwhile, North's grandma, Kris Jenner, simply wrote, «This is so cute!!! ❤️

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix is to release its Japanese live action film “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” on Aug. 3. The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories. The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains some minor spoilers for Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, so beware of reading further if you don’t want to know anything before seeing the movie!

Since getting back from Florida, friends keep on asking me what the most memorable moment of the trip was – but it’s so hard! Every day we had a highlight and every day that highlight was different.

Taking to her Instagram shortly after the finale aired and her incredible on-screen effort in the final challenge was made public, Rhiannon shared an emotional update with her almost 10,000 followers. 

Amazon Prime Video‘s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series has been revealed, offering us our first look at Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) and Maya Erskine in the titular roles.The clip – which accompanies previews of other upcoming Prime Video shows – was released over the weekend on Prime Day.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are ringing in one year of marriage!

EXCLUSIVE: Lacking big South Indian releases on the scale of RRR and the K.G.F. franchise, India’s box office was down by 15% in the first half of 2023, compared to the same period last year, pulling in $592.68M (Rs48.68BN), according to figures from India’s Ormax Media.

Naman Ramachandran The author of the Fifty Shades franchise Erika Mitchell, better known by her pen name E.L. James, has said that she remains confounded by the success of the books and films. The British author wrote the erotic romance trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed,” which together sold some 165 million copies, and companion novels “Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian,” “Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian” and “Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian.” The trilogy was also made into films, which together grossed more than $1 billion, on which Mitchell served as a producer.

Christopher Nolan has shared his thoughts on the AI boom sweeping Hollywood right now, describing it as “terrifying”.Speaking on a panel following a screening of Oppenheimer in New York, the director spoke out against the effects that AI has had on the industry, advocating for “accountability”.Nolan said, per Variety: “The rise of companies in the last 15 years bandying words like algorithm — not knowing what they mean in any kind of meaningful, mathematical sense — these guys don’t know what an algorithm is. People in my business talking about it, they just don’t want to take responsibility for whatever that algorithm does.”He continued: “Applied to AI, that’s a terrifying possibility.

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren has performed his own take on The Killers‘ ‘Mr. Brightside’ after hearing the track for the first time.For a Drumeo series on YouTube, the thrash metal drummer was tasked with listening to a song – without drums – once before recreating the track’s drums. In this instance, Drumeo’s team selected The Killers’ ‘Mr.

Manchester United will step up their pre-season plans on and off the pitch this week, with Monday marking four weeks until their Premier League season kicks off.

Taylor Swift is nearly done with the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour, but there’s a new set list that has a slight update from the previous shows!

Dancing With the Stars seems to have a better success rate at making successful couples than some of your favorite dating reality shows!

Keke Palmer‘s relationship with boyfriend Darius Jackson has rumored to be on the rocks amid the drama surrounding his comments about her clothing choices.

Keke Palmer isn't letting personal drama keep her from the spotlight. The actress and singer hit the stage at Broccoli City Festival and brought the heat.Palmer was a special guest performer at the event, held at Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium over the weekend, and she looked stunning in a black and silver Sergio Hudson outfit look that shined bright.The performance comes amid a public feud with boyfriend Darius Jackson after he shamed her online for a sheer outfit she rocked at an Usher concert, which led to massive backlash against Jackson.As seen in several videos posted to social media, Palmer changed some key lyrics during her performance of her song «BOSSY,» which some fans interpreted as some not-too-subtle shade at Jackson.«lil booties matter, my son gave me some ass/ I’m my own boss and I got my own cash/ I don’t need a *****, only thing I need's a bag,» Palmer raps in one section of the song, to the delight of her fans.Palmer and Jackson, who met in 2021, welcomed their son, Leodis, in February.

Taylor Swift has broken two new records.With the release of ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’, Swift has become the first woman in history to have four albums chart in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time, per Billboard. This is the first time that a woman has accomplished the feat since Billboard merged the mono and stereo album charts into one list in August 1963.The only other artist who has ever had more albums chart in the top 10 simultaneously was Prince, who had five albums chart among the top 10 following his death in May 2016. Swift is also the first artist ever to have four albums in the top 10 since Herb Alpert in 1966/Besides have the most albums chart in the Top 10 at the same time, ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ has also earned Swift her 12th Number 1 album, giving her the title for the most No.

Taylor Swift continues to make her mark in history and the release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) has given the songstress a major win.

Disney held its world premiere of Haunted Mansion without actors due to the SAG-AFTRA strike and the first reactions of the Justin Simien-directed film are coming in.

Rumors have been swirling for months that something is brewing between Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady and the speculation continued after they were both at the same Fourth of July party earlier this month.

The red carpet premiere of Disney’s new movie Haunted Mansion took place this weekend, but none of the cast members were able to attend because of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Keeping it in the family! Gwyneth Paltrow was flanked by mom Blythe Danner and daughter Apple Martin at her Goop brand’s private dinner with Gucci and Elizabeth Saltzman.

Dating rumours between Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady continued to heat up following Michael Rubin’s annual white party earlier this month. Now, Michael himself is addressing the growing speculation surrounding the two stars.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief China’s box office weekend was marked more by the tussle for top spot between “Never Say Never” and “Chang An” than the entry of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” The Tom Cruise-starring U.S. blockbuster was the highest new release title, but landed in third place with an opening score of $25.9 million. The weekend’s top-ranked film was “Never Say Never,” a holdover title that scored $46.1 million. Lightchaser Animation-produced “Chang An San Wan Li” (aka “Chang An 30,000 Miles”) earned a shade less, at $43.9 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. After 11 days of official release (plus substantial previews), “Never Say Never,” written and directed by actor Wang Baoqiang (“Lost in Thailand,” “Detective Chinatown”) has already become one of the biggest hits of the year. Its cumulative stands at $212 million. “Chang An” has accumulated $96.1 million in nine days.

Taking to his Instagram shortly after his victory aired, Brent remained true to his roots, earnest in his celebrations. 

portable air conditioners are now on sale, including Black and Decker's highly-rated models.Right now, Black and Decker's best-selling air conditioner with more than 28,000 five-star ratings is $100 off at Amazon. Depending on which size you choose, the portable air conditioner is designed to cool down spaces up to 350 square feet.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are a jet-setting couple!

Naman Ramachandran India is on track to be the international production hub for global reality formats “Survivor” and “Temptation Island,” Banijay Asia CEO Deepak Dhar has confirmed. Dhar had revealed nascent plans for this late last year to Variety and they are now well into fruition. “Survivor” has had more than 50 international versions and “Temptation Island” more than 20. “Significant progress has happened in the last six to seven months in setting up the runway to really pave a lot of productions to happen in India, both reality and scripted. Reality is something that we’ve been pushing, because of the might of our Banijay Group catalog formats – shows like ‘Survivor’ and ‘Temptation Island.’ We are on the verge of setting up a ‘Temptation Island’ hub and ‘Survivor’ hub and a whole lot of the Banijay Group companies would come film here,” Dhar told Variety.

, Tyray hired a private investigator and after he was presented with some shocking information, he finally told his mom about the secret relationship he'd been carrying on over Snapchat for the past four years.Tyray is so in love with his online girlfriend, Carmella — whom he thought was from Barbados — that even after producers told him a man named Christian was only pretending to be Carmella in order to get money from him, he refused to believe it. He told his sister, Lashanti, that he believed that Carmella actually had a husband or boyfriend who was trying to break them up.

Morgan Wallen is sharing kindness with the family of one of the victims in the University of Idaho murders, Ethan Chapin.According to Ethan's mother, Stacy Chapin, the country singer reached out to her after hearing that her late son had been a fan of his, and Morgan invited the family to see his show, where he met with the Chapins as well.«On Mother's Day 2022, Ethan sent me the best text about how @morganwallen had written a song for his mom @lesliwallen and how that could be our song,» Stacy wrote alongside a photo of herself and her family standing alongside Morgan. «It was a very touching moment between us.

Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady continued to heat up following Michael Rubin's annual white party earlier this month. Now, Michael himself is addressing the growing speculation surrounding the two stars.Michael spoke with ET's Rachel Smith at the Shawn Carter Foundation's 20-year anniversary black-tie gala in New York City on Friday, and he talked about the reports that have tried to link Kim and Tom in recent weeks.«Honestly, they're just friends,» Michael said.

Dolly Parton has no plans to stop working, apparently ever. In an interview with the "Greatest Hits Radio" show, Parton explained that she feels a responsibility to continue her career. "I always believe that if you've wanted your dreams to come true and you are lucky enough to have that happen, then you’ve got to be responsible because you gotta keep the dream alive," Parton said.

Metrolink staff have accepted a pay deal, ending a dispute which almost led to tram strikes during Parklife festival and other major events earlier this month. Workers will now get a pay rise of 6.5 pc as well as a £1,000 one-off payment.

The government has criticised Andy Burnham's plans for a new qualification aimed at the two-thirds of teenagers in Greater Manchester who don't go to university. The Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc) would offer an alternative route for students who want careers in the creative and digitial sectors, as well as health, social care and construction jobs when choosing their GCSEs.