BBC Strictly's Amy Dowden says 'finish line is in sight' as she shares update on chemo

, Taylor Swift is mixing it up with a little throwback hipster moment.The songwriter was seen on another one of her patented girl-dinner-dates in New York City on November 13, in an outfit that combined a variety of fall-appropriate hues at once. For her base layer, Swift wore a simple white slip dress, which she layered under a navy blue peacoat. Next, the “Blank Space” singer added a mini shoulder bag in olive green, and finished the look with sheer black tights and chunky, reddish brown heeled loafers.

” aesthetic that her style rarely ventures beyond patent Saint Laurent stilettos. But—as of last week—she now seems to be dipping her manicured toe into fashion’s more unusual end: adopting and Toteme kitten heels, and cartoonish Bottega Veneta shoes that look as though they belong in Recess.

he made it. Barry Manilow revealed Friday that the reason he kept his sexual orientation quiet for so long was due to the fact that the singer feared being gay would have “killed” his career. “Well, in the ’70s, you know, you didn’t [come out],” Manilow, 80, said to veteran journalist Chris Wallace while appearing on an episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?““It wasn’t the same as it is today.

Micheal Bonshor, professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield speaks to the profoundly healing power of song, “The neurological pathways which process sound affect the brain’s limbic system, which is responsible for emotional responses, memory and behavior. It can also reduce heart rate, lower blood pressure and reduce cortisol, [which is] the stress hormone.”According to Michael Spitzer, professor of music at the University of Liverpool, we’ve been making noise since time immemorial.The original instrument was the human voice, followed presumably by rocks and anything else our ancestors could beat a beat out of. Going back 40,000 years, we see the implementation of bone flutes made from the remains of vultures, the most heavy metal s–t I’ve ever heard.

Emma Heming Willis opened up about husband Bruce Willis’ dementia diagnosis in a new interview, admitting that she’s felt “guilt” over having access to “resources” amid his battle.“When I’m able to get out for a hike to clear my head, it’s not lost on me that not all care partners can do that,” Heming Willis, 45, wrote in a Saturday, November 11, article for Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper. “When what I share about our family’s journey gets press attention, I know that there are many thousands of untold, unheard stories, each of them deserving of compassion and concern.”Due to her privilege, Heming Willis noted that it is “important” for her to continue to be an advocate and to make sure others who “don’t have the time, energy, or resources to advocate for themselves … feel seen and understood.”She continued: “I want people to know that when I hear from another family affected by FTD, I hear our family’s same story of grief, loss, and immense sadness echoed in theirs.”Heming Willis — alongside her blended family with the “Die Hard” actor and Demi Moore — revealed in March 2022 that Willis was stepping away from acting amid his battle with aphasia.

celebrating his 75th birthday Tuesday with many members of his family and friends partying alongside him.His son and heir Prince William, 41, posted a sweet tribute to him for his big day — however, he left out younger brother Prince Harry.While the two estranged brothers have been warring for the last few years, the Prince of Wales didn’t include the Duke of Sussex, 39, in his Instagram post. In other words, he was spared.A carousel of photos showed an older teen William hugging his father while on the ski slopes, a pic of a smiling Charles, as well as a photo of Queen Camilla waving on the balcony of Buckingham Palace alongside William’s wife, Kate Middleton, and their three children — Princes Louis, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.Commenters wondered why Harry was excluded from the post, with one writing: “What about Harry, Archie and Lilibet?”“[You] ignored the little Brother,” someone else penned.

Kaiser Chiefs drummer and songwriter Nick Hodgson has revealed the original inspiration behind the band’s hit song ‘Ruby’.The Leeds group released ‘Ruby’, the lead single from their second album ‘Yours Truly, Angry Mob’, in 2007 which went on to become their first UK Number One.In a new video feature posted by The Other Songs where Hodgson retold the story for a live audience, he recalled playing a verse on the keyboard when someone called Ruby walked in, prompting him to sing the tracks famous hook, “Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby…“.“At the time we didn’t say who Ruby was,” he shared. “But I can tell you now that Ruby was a dog.”Hodgson also elaborated on the meaning behind ‘Ruby’ in a TikTok last year in which he sang a stripped back version of ‘Ruby’ and played the piano.A text box flashed onto the screen, which read, “Ruby was our family dog”, alongside a picture of a black labrador, adding: “When I was writing it Ruby (the dog) walked in and I sang…”He then played the chorus and concluded with the text: “I’m very glad she did.”The song naturally sounds like it is about a woman, opening with vocalist Ricky Wilson singing, “Let it never be said that romance is dead/ ‘Cause there’s so little else occupying my head,” before he asks Ruby in the chorus: “Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)/ Know what you’re doing, doing to me?”This is the piano that i started writing Ruby on.

JLS’ Aston Merrygold has gone viral after the singer failed to complete a backflip during one of their live shows.The moment happened on Saturday night (November 11) as the band played the final date of their 2023 reunion tour with a stop in Sheffield.At one point in the show, the singer went to perform a backflip off a ledge on the stage, as the other three members continued singing.

Scots singer Emeli Sande has been forced to call off her wedding just one year after she announced her engagement to pianist Yoana Karemova.

Livingston skipper Mick Devlin insists they all have to pitch in to help get the most out of the club’s strikers.

Ethical cosmetics chain the Body Shop has been bought over by a private equity firm in a multi-million pound deal.

Classic rocker Bob Geldof is the latest high-profile name to pass through what is turning out to be a bustling and A-list edition of Poland’s EnergaCamerimage Film Festival, where he is presenting a screening of his 1982 feature Pink Floyd – The Wall.

FX has renewed Welcome to Wrexham for a third season and is set to premiere in Spring 2024.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin James announced on Tuesday that his new stand-up special Irregardless — his third in total, and first for Prime Video — will debut on the streamer this winter.

YouTube has issued new guidelines for AI-enhanced videos uploaded to its platform.

Fans of premium beauty brand Liz Earle are rushing to Boots to get their hands a bestselling product that's been slashed to its cheapest price yet. Liz Earle's high-end Eyebright Soothing Eye Lotion has been hailed a 'game changer' for anyone who wears makeup, and has been praised for its ability to soothe tired and puffy eyes.

A murderer who killed the son of a former Manchester United star has died in a Lancashire prison.

This Morning viewers were divided as Rylan Clark and Cat Deeley returned to the show for more fun and frolics. The pair have spent the past two days at the helm of the ITV daytime show amid the constantly changing presenting line-up.

Fans were left asking 'why' as Stacey Solomon showed off the latest festive addition to her home. The Loose Women star is using any free time she has in her busy schedule to get her home ready for Christmas.

It’s that time of the year when Manchester city centre transforms into a Christmas wonderland. The Christmas Markets are finally up and running, welcoming hordes of shoppers to buy food, drink and presents from the picture perfect wooden huts.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay will be taking part in an exhausting challenge to help raise cash for Children In Need. Veron started his 115-mile ultamarathon on Tuesday - which he aims to complete by Friday night.

Prince William will visit Manchester on Thursday - making good on a promise he gave to a Moss Side woman he met at Buckingham Palace.

Fans have been left saying the exact same thing as Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright showed off their home Christmas makeover. The couple will be celebrating their second festive season in their mega mansion, but the first with it officially complete.

Applications have opened for dog owners to register their XL bullies before the breed is made illegal, the Government has announced. From today (Tuesday November 14), owners have been advised to 'take necessary steps' should they wish to keep their pets.

Rylan Clark echoed plenty of others as he took a swipe at Jamie Lynn Spears after she was revealed in the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here line-up. The presenter was discussing the news on This Morning on Tuesday (November 14) alongside new co-host Cat Deeley.

Friends actor donated a generous amount of money to his Parkinson’s charity.The actor, who is best known for starring in the Back To The Future franchise films, revealed in a new interview that Perry once gave a hefty sum at a benefit event for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.Fox, who founded the charity in 2000, two years after announcing that he’d already been dealing with the disease for several years, told Entertainment Tonight about the star’s kindness – and how the actor made the donation quietly.“I hope this isn’t indiscreet, but when the [Friends cast] first made their big sale and were made millionaires for the rest of their lives, he wrote a big fat check to the foundation,” Fox said.“We were really early on and trying to find our feet, and it was such a vote of confidence.”“And it wasn’t accompanied by any self-aggrandising or anything,” Fox added.

Boygenius have reflected on the positive LGBTQ+ representation across the 2024 Grammy nominations.The supergroup – comprising Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus – were nominated for six 2024 Grammys awards last week, including Album and Record Of The Year for ‘The Record’ and ‘Not Strong Enough’, respectively.Bridgers also earned a seventh nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her SZA collaboration ‘Ghost In The Machine’.In a recent interview with Billboard, Boygenius reflected on their nominations and shared their thoughts on the wider LGBTQ+ representation across all the nominees like Victoria Monét, Miley Cyrus and Brandy Clark.A post shared by boygenius (@xboygeniusx)When asked what it means to see that kind of representation in the nominations, Baker replied: “It’s cool, because when you’re saying ‘this class of people,’ or ‘this demographic of folks’ … it’s like, if there’s enough people that fit that category within the organisation, it stops becoming a novelty.”Bridgers added “or even just as much of a commodity”, to which Baker replied: “Exactly, it allows all of those people to be individuated more.”Dacus continued: “It would be so sick if the way all queer people were treated got more normal too. Like, we have a friend that, during Pride Month, said, ‘It’s cool to see the rainbow on this Shell gas station sign.

André 3000 has shared details about his first solo album in 17 years, an 87-minute long album of experimental flute music.Announced today (November 14), the OutKast rapper revealed to fans that the album is not a rap record and even includes a label on the cover warning that the LP contains “no bars”.Titled ‘New Blue Sun’, the album is instead an 87-minute long record of both minimalist and experimental music, which hears André take on a variety of woodwind instruments including contrabass flute, Mayan flutes, bamboo flutes as well as other digital wind instruments. No bars, beats or vocals are included.“I’ve always kind of been analysing it or figuring out how I wanted to approach it… I have to feel happy about sharing it,” André 3000 told NPR about his approach to a new solo album.“That’s why ‘New Blue Sun’ was something that I realised, whoa, I really want people to hear it. I really want to share it.

Bush‘s Gavin Rossdale had reflected on his old feuds with Dave Grohl and Trent Reznor, describing them as “stupid” and mere “bitchy exchanges”.The vocalist and guitarist was speaking to NME in a recent Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! quiz when he reflected on the past beef with his fellow musicians.Rossdale’s feud with the Nirvana drummer/Foo Fighters vocalist and guitarist dated back to the ’90s after Grohl wore an anti-Bush T-shirt and implied that they were a cash-grab band, along with making some barbs in the press.“Yeah, he wore a shirt which put the dollar sign through Bu$h – so we [the band and crew] later put similar dollar signs through our T-shirts. That was the gig I went up to Dave and said, ‘I don’t understand what the problem is.

Jamie Webster has announced details of an intimate Christmas performance taking place in his Liverpool hometown next month. Find ticket details below.Set to be held at the O2 Academy on December 16, the show comes amid Webster’s ongoing run of UK shows that continue throughout November.

Oasis’ classic …There And Then live concert film can now be streamed.Available now to buy or rent on Apple TV, the film uses footage from three of the shows on the band’s ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ tour, which ran between 1995 and 1996.…There And Then was first released on VHS on October 14, 1996 and saw the band storm through renditions of fan favourites including ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ and ‘Live Forever’. It also featured a range of exclusive interviews with the band.“The concert film ‘Oasis: …There and Then’ […] is now available for purchase and rental for the very first time,” read an update on X/Twitter, announcing the release to fans.The three shows featured in the film include a massive homecoming gig at Maine Road in Manchester and a then-record-breaking stop at London’s Earl’s Court.…There And Then is available now on Apple TV and can be found here.The news of the concert film now arriving on streaming platforms comes as the Britpop icons are currently celebrating various milestones from in their discography.This includes the 25th anniversary reissue of their famous compilation album ‘The Masterplan’.

Drake has announced the 2024 ‘It’s All A Blur Tour – Big As The What?’ tour with J Cole.The rappers will tour across the US together from January 2024, making stops in Denver, Nashville, New Orleans, Buffalo and more places.Drake and J. Cole kick off the arena run with two shows in Denver at Ball Arena on January 18 and 19 and wrap up on March 27 in Birmingham at BJCC’s own Legacy Arena.General sale starts this Friday (November 17) at 11am local time from here.

who together bought Wrexham A.F.C in Wales in 2020, donated the full amount needed to save Wrexham Trainer Revival from ruin.The shop, which had moved to Wrexham city centre in September, was broken into last month. Approximately £7,000 worth of stock was stolen.Business owner and Wrexham A.F.C supporter Stephen Tapp wrote on Facebook that he’d found his shop “turned over by some fucking scumbags”.“The shop has been smashed up along with thousands of pounds worth of stock gone.

Gladiator writer.The Oscar-winning actor will play the famed military leader who posed the greatest threat to the Roman Republic. In 218 BC during The Second Punic War, Hannibal led troops atop elephants over the Alps, attacking Rome from the north.Washington’s casting, first reported in Deadline, is met with news that John Logan, the writer of Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic Gladiator, is writing the script.

Strictly Come Dancing pro Amy Dowden has shared a heartfelt update on her cancer battle, expressing her disappointment at not being able to attend an event in her hometown. She said: "Snuggled up rrrrready for tonight's @bbcstrictly results show! Always love Halloween week on strictly (although very different watching from the sofa, but still a brilliant show and so proud of all my fabulous fellow pros).

Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Leach has branded dance partner Vito Coppola 'the most dramatic' after viewers were left concerned that he'd suffered an injury during last week's show. It comes as the pair made an appearance on Wednesday night's It Takes Two and addressed the 'serious' moment they shared at the end of their week five paso doble.