Babymetal announce collaboration with Tom Morello ‘METALI!!’

Another season of “The Crown”, another big wedding.

The artist died on Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California.

Denim has certainly had a comeback this year, with singer Pixie Lott, Love Island host Maya Jama, and former The Saturdays star Frankie Bridge all sporting this stylish trend in recent months. And now This Morning host Holly Willoughby has joined the ranks of those making the most of the recent denim trend, as she presented Tuesday's episode in a stylish denim dress from high street retailer & Other Stories.The dress, which costs £75 and has been designed by the brand's Paris atelier, also comes in a red floral and white and pink floral pattern, although Holly opted for the dusty blue design.

Late Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto was celebrated at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with the Out Of Competition premiere of concert film Opus.

The financial impact of ongoing actors and writers strikes as a number on it now as Warner Bros. Discovery said today it’s looking at a hit of $300 million to $500 million in adjusted EBTITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) for 2023.

Sean “Diddy” Combs will be honored with the Global Icon Award and perform at next month’s VMAs, which will air live on Tuesday, September 12 at 8 PM ET/PT from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Netflix’s Teresa Moneo, Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Cinetic Media’s John Sloss, and Jeb Brody, President of Production at Amblin Partners, are among the names set for CAA Media Finance and the San Sebastian Film Festival’s second annual Creative Investors’ Conference. 

Lady Anne Glenconner – a close childhood friend of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Princess Margaret – has opened up on King Charles' childhood, revealing he was often kept away from his monarch mother as a youngster due to his poor health. Lady Anne maintains a solid connection with the King and still sees him regularly – a friendship which has lasted decades as Charles would often stay at Holkham Hall as a boy with the Earl and Countess of Leicester.

Returning to their podcast, The Sam & Billie Show after a summer break, sisters Billie Shepherd and Sam Faiers candidly discussed the summer holidays, both sharing how it could become rather stressful with three children at home. Over the summer holidays Sam, 32, headed to Majorca with her partner Paul Knightley and their three children Paul, seven, Rosie, five, and 14-month Edward.

Love Island 2019 star Amy Hart yesterday announced the heart-warming news that she and long-term boyfriend Sam Rason are engaged. Less than 24 hours later however, and the blonde beauty and mum-of-one was forced to hit back at cruel trolls who accused her for faking her emotional proposal video.

August may have been and gone in the blink of an eye, but summer is showing no signs of slowing down. With the temperatures set to rise throughout the week and with bright blue skies covering vast parts of the country, the summer weather is already making September that little bit better. And when it comes to soaking up the last of the sunny skies, nothing quite screams summer like heading into the garden with a good book and a glass of something - with many turning to a crisp rosé for the occasion.

Last week, much-loved former Strictly pro Oti Mabuse and her husband Marius Lepure made the delightful announcement that they're expecting their first child together. And 2021 contestant and Loose Women panellist Judi Love this week wished the loved-up couple a huge congratulations, predicting Oti's sister, Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse "will be the best auntie ever". Writing in her OK! column this week, Judi, 43, gushed: "That baby is being born into an incredible family legacy – I already know that he/she is going to come out dancing!" Register for FREE to read this article in full.

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid became emotional this morning whilst discussing her recent mammogram appointment with viewers. Confessing she consistently put off the check-up and ignored her reminder letters out of fear of what would come, the breakfast host admitted The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson's pleas for women to go to the routine test that inspired her to book a hospital visit. "I did go for mammogram that do you remember we were talking about Sarah Ferguson and she had urged everybody to go and do it," Susanna said.

Christine Baumgartner is now living in a pricey four-bedroom home in Santa Barbara County.

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet have been romantically linked for a while now, but they only just made their public debut as a couple.

TMZ, the artist’s death follows a long battle with his health in recent years, which saw him struggle with both Parkinson’s disease and dementia. The news of his passing was broken by his son, Justin, who confirmed to the outlet that his father died in his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California.Although no cause of death has been officially announced, his son shared details on his father’s recent health battles.He stated that while Wright had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s nearly six years ago – and Lewy body dementia shortly after – it was only over the past 12 months that the symptoms began to rapidly progress.

Mercury Prize ahead of this week’s ceremony have been released, with Loyle Carner, Young Fathers and Jockstrap among the favourites.The 12 albums that have been shortlisted for the Album Of The Year award were announced earlier this summer.Loyle Carner’s album ‘Hugo’ is currently favourite to clinch the prize on aggregate bookies website Oddschecker, with odds of 4-1.He is followed by Young Fathers’ ‘Heavy Heavy’ on 5-1, Jockstrap’s debut LP ‘I Love You Jennifer B’ on 6-1 and Fred Again.. for ‘Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)’, who has odds of 8-1.Irish folk band Lankum‘s fourth LP ‘False Lankum’ has odds of 10-1 while RAYE‘s ‘My 21st Century Blues’ comes in at 12-1.

Taylor Swift has taken to social media to share her love for Griff’s new song, ‘Vertigo’.The multi-Grammy Award-winning pop star took to her Instagram page yesterday afternoon (September 4) to share a screenshot of the single cover for Griff’s new track, and encourage her 271million followers to check it out.“damn griff i love this one,” she wrote above the artwork, linking to the new, reflective track by the 22-year-old English singer-songwriter.Unsurprisingly, the musician was quick to notice the mention on Swift’s Stories, and also took to her Instagram page to share a screengrab of the post, writing the caption: “What!! Is!! Happening!! I have no words.”In a follow-up post, she also posted a selfie of her celebrating the moment, urging all her followers to “go do what the queen says and stream ‘Vertigo’”.According to a press release, the new single by Griff is “a suitably dizzying and completely undeniable return from a young woman only just coming into her power”, and looks to capture the lack of clarity that comes from being in your early 20s.“[The song] refers to an emotional state – always feeling upside down. Experiencing love and growing up, it always feels like the world and my emotions are spinning faster than I can keep up with,” Griff said of the inspiration behind the new track.

Tattu Restaurants, known for their innovative and contemporary take on Chinese cuisine, are excited to introduce the much-awaited Imperial Sunday Roast to Manchester diners.

A student has revealed how she's managed to travel around Europe this summer whilst living rent-free, allowing her to save around £3,000. Soriah Abraham, 19, has visited Germany, Switzerland and Amsterdam over the last two months and has spent just £400 over the duration of it as she has not had to pay for any accomodation.

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi has delivered a simple message to Inter Miami supporters after helping the club to another important victory over LAFC - where several Hollywood A-listers watched on.

Forensic officers have been pictured combing the horrific scene at a petrol station where a man reportedly 'set himself on fire'.

Marta Balaga Zoe Roellin’s VR animation “Perennials” – presented at Venice Immersive and produced by Meta – will hit the VR Animation Player next. “It makes me very happy, because it will be available to practically everyone with a VR headset,” says the Swiss artist, based in Italy, opening up about her collaboration with Ryan Genji Thomas and Goro Fujita. “They approached me because they liked my work with [painting and animation software] Quill and asked if I wanted to pitch a project to Meta.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for “Jaane Jaan,” “Kahaani” filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh‘s Indian adaptation of Japanese author Higashino Keigo’s bestselling 2005 novel “The Devotion of Suspect X.” The cast is led by Bollywood royalty Kareena Kapoor Khan and also includes Jaideep Ahlawat (“Paatal Lok”) and Vijay Varma (“Dahaad”). The film follows a single mother and her daughter who commit a crime and a neighbor who helps them cover it up amidst a police investigation. The novel has been adapted numerous times including in Japan as “Suspect X” (2008), in Korea as “Perfect Number” (2012) and in China as “The Devotion of Suspect X” (2017).

Ellise Shafer Richard Linklater said production on his musical comedy “Merrily We Roll Along” is set to resume soon — pending that the ongoing Hollywood strikes are resolved. During the Venice Film Festival press conference for his upcoming movie “Hit Man,” Linklater briefly discussed “Merrily,” which will be filmed periodically over the course of 20 years. Principal photography began in 2019 with a target release date in 2039, and the film stars Paul Mescal, Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland, Goodfellas’ Vincent Maraval and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss look set to attend the San Sebastian Festival’s second Creative Investors’ Conference, co-organised once again with CAA Media Finance. Bringing to San Sebastian the biggest bevy of high-powered U.S. execs and industry movers-and-shakers to attend the Spanish Festival, further CIC attendees include Netflix’s Teresa Moneo, Amblin Partners’ Jeb Brody and Anonymous Content’s David Davoli as well as K&S’s Matías Mosteirín and Infinity Hill’s Axel Kuschevatzky, as the Conference opens up to Latin America.

Sony Interactive Entertainment America, said that companies like Google, Amazon and Apple threaten the stability of the gaming industry.At the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit in Seattle, Layden – now a strategic advisor at Tencent Games – relayed what he considers to be the three most significant concerns to developers and publishers. He started by specifying that acquisitions have the potential to be “the enemy of creativity”.“I also think rising costs in gaming are an existential threat to all of us.

Ferrari has defended the casting of Adam Driver against claims of cultural appropriation.Andrea Iervolino, an Italian-Canadian film producer on the Enzo Ferrari biopic, rebuked claims made against Driver’s casting by actor Pierfrancesco Favino, who questioned why Italian actors were not cast more often in Hollywood films.In response, Iervolino said Italy had failed in comparison to other countries in producing Hollywood stars with worldwide visibility, citing examples like Javier Bardem and Antonio Banderas from Spain, and Marion Cotillard and Vincent Cassel from France.Speaking at the festival (via the Telegraph), Ierovlino said: “Italian cinema needs to look beyond Italy and come up with synergies with the international film industry, which wants to invest in Italian icons. Films like Ferrari, which will be distributed in 150 countries, promote Italy and Italian genius.”The producer called on the Italian film industry to “make films based on stories that speak to the whole world, with international stars who work side by side with our own talent”.In his original comments, Favino, who stars in a movie called Comandante which opened this year’s festival, asked why actors on the level of Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty) were not cast more often in Hollywood productions.“There’s an issue of cultural appropriation,” Favino said.“Instead, the parts are given to foreign actors who are distant from the story’s real protagonists, starting with the exotic accents,” he added.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker‘s wife Kourtney Kardashian is reportedly “feeling better” after the sticksman rushed home from his tour due to a family emergency.The band announced on Friday (September 1) that they were cancelling a number of their upcoming shows due to “an urgent family matter” that meant Barker had to return home to the United States.Blink were due to perform in Glasgow that day, but that show was postponed along with their Belfast and Dublin shows.Now, according to People, Kourtney who is pregnant with her and Barker’s first child together, had to go to the hospital for an undisclosed emergency.The couple were seen leaving the hospital on Saturday (Sept 2) in photos obtained by MailOnline. The pictures show the pair as they are ushered into a black SUV.A source went on to tell People that Kardashian is “back home now with her kids,” adding: “She is feeling better.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell team revealed how much he and the rest of the team disliked the books that inspired one of the most successful stealth series to date.In an interview with Game Informer, former Ubisoft Montreal creative lead Francois Coulon said that “the planets were perfectly aligned” to create the first Splinter Cell entry. However, lead level designer Ed Byrne shared that a number of developers didn’t agree with the author’s political views at all.Byrne added that the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell team was made up of “a bunch of bleeding heart liberals” with scriptwriter J.T.

Cardi B has announced details of ‘Bongos’, a new song featuring Megan Thee Stallion which is set for release later this week.The rapper announced the news of the upcoming collaborative single on her X/Twitter page earlier this morning (September 5), sharing the artwork for the single and confirming that the project is set for release this Friday (September 8).“BONGOS Cardi x Megan Thee Stallion 9/8,” she simply wrote in the caption. The upcoming song will mark the first time that the two have joined forces since their global hit ‘WAP’, which dropped back in 2020.It will arrive on the heels of Cardi B’s recent singles, ‘Hot Shit’, which arrived last year, and 2021’s ‘Up’.

Seven schools in Greater Manchester have so far been confirmed to be at risk from reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) - as the new term starts today and tomorrow for thousands of children.

While Manchester basks in an early autumn heatwave, many holidaymakers will have already made plans to escape for guaranteed sunshine this week.

Birmingham City Council has said it's admitted 'defeat' in managing its financial crisis.

Babymetal have joined forces with Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine for a new single. Check out ‘Metali’ below.The new song is the latest in the Japanese kawaii metal band’s series of star-studded collaborations, and sees them partner with the Rage guitarist for another up-tempo, electrifying track.The group first teased the release last week and, according to the press release, ‘Metali’ is “officially the first song by the newly reborn” group – now consisting of SU-METAL, MOAMETAL, and MOMOMETAL.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello played a surprise set on the picket line in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood yesterday (August 14).SAG-AFTRA – Hollywood’s largest union, which represents 160,000 actors and performers – and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are both currently on strike as they seek an increase in base pay and residuals in the age of streaming. They are also hoping to negotiate safeguards against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence in the film industry.Speaking before the performance, Morello told NME he wanted to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with striking actors and writers: “They’re making history here on the sidewalk in front of Paramount Studios and I’m here to support them and express my solidarity.”The guitarist, who described himself as a “proud union man”, applauded the actors and writers for “flexing their power and showing what solidarity means.”Tom Morello singing the final verse of union bop This Land is Your Land to an energized WGA/ SAG AFTRA picket line pic.twitter.com/WO9o8HUiMd— Clara (@thatclarafied) August 14, 2023He added that the ongoing strikes in the entertainment industry are part of a wider movement of organised worker power across the country that some have dubbed ‘Hot Labor Summer’.