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New laws that would restrict when prosecutors can cite rap lyrics in criminal proceedings were passed by the Senate of New York State yesterday, just a week after supposedly incriminating lyrics were included in legal papers alongside the prosecution of Young Thug and Gunna. There is now one more stage in the process before these new rules become law in New York State.The proposed new rules are contained in Senate Bill S7527, sometimes dubbed the ‘rap on trial’ bill.

Joe Wicks had an emotional moment this morning as he discussed his childhood.The fitness guru broke down in tears as he recalled his parents’ addiction and mental health issues during his younger years. As he remembered a visit to a primary school in Harlem, New York, he remembered a student he met there. Joe said he could remember the “sadness” in his eyes, and said he had the “hardest home life you can possibly imagine”.

The Smile began their debut European tour this week (March 16), debuting a new song called ‘Friend Of A Friend’ – check out footage, setlist, ticket details for the rest of the tour and more below.The band – comprising Thom Yorke, his Radiohead bandmate Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – formed last year and released their debut album, ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ last week.After making their live debut at Glastonbury’s Live At Worthy Farm livestream last summer, The Smile played their first proper live shows with a three-gig run within 12 hours at London’s Magazine venue last month.Their full UK and European tour began in Zagreb, Croatia on Monday, and saw tracks from ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ performed alongside the brand new cut ‘Friend Of A Friend’.‘Friend Of A Friend’ saw Yorke at the guitar with Greenwood playing melancholy chords at the piano. Behind them, Skinner played free and loose jazz drums.See footage of the new song, the band’s full setlist, remaining tour dates and ticket details below.‘Pana-vision’‘The Smoke’‘Speech Bubbles’‘Thin Thing’‘Open The Floodgates’‘Free In The Knowledge’‘A Hairdryer’‘Waving A White Flag’‘We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings’‘Skrting On The Surface’‘The Same’‘The Opposite’‘You Will Never Work in Television Again’‘Friend Of A Friend’‘Just Eyes and Mouth’‘Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses’See the band’s remaining UK and European tour dates below.

3 min read Funding has been committed to help establish a long-awaited Australian LGBTIQA+ museum to be based in Sydney.

Sunderland will take on Wycombe Wanderers in the League One play-off final this weekend to decide the final team to make it to the Championship this season to join Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United.

People claiming certain benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) may be eligible for a Budgeting Loan to help pay for essential products or services which they would otherwise be unable to afford due to their current circumstances.

A company boss caught speeding at 119mph in his luxury brand new BMW moaned he would be unable to afford to get taxis to his local gym if he was banned from driving.

It won't be long until thousands of runners take to the city streets to compete in the Great Manchester Run 2022.

Unloved have announced their new album, ‘The Pink Album’, will be out later this year. They’ve also released new single ‘Mother’s Been A Bad Girl’, which you may well recognise from the heavy rotation it had in the latest (and final) series of ‘Killing Eve’.“In my head, ‘Mother’s Been A Bad Girl’ is a tale of duality, searching for authenticity”, says frontwoman Jade Vincent.

Warner Classics has announced a plan to get a new recording of ‘God Save The Queen’ to number one to coincide with the Queen’s upcoming platinum jubilee celebrations.By which we mean the British national anthem, not a Sex Pistols cover. Though it will be released on the same day as the limited edition vinyl re-releases of the Sex Pistols track that caused plenty of controversy around Queen Liz’s silver jubilee celebrations back in 1977.Appearing on this new recording of the actual national anthem will be Sarah Brightman, Alfie Boe, the NHS Voices Of Care Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

DIGITAL & D2F SERVICESMusic NFT marketplace Serenade has announced a “significant new investment” as well as “plans to expand its global operations”, in particular by launching a dedicated office in the US. The new round of finance will provide AUS$6 million to fuel that expansion. A brand refresh is also planned, while upgrades to the marketplace itself will increase what is possible for artists and fans alike.————————————————–RELEASESCraig David will release his new album, ‘22’, on 30 Sep.

Paige Turley shot to fame on the sixth season of Love Island, but the star was on our screens long before then.

Dylan Dreyer has been working at NBC News since 2012 and just a year after moving to New York from Boston, the mother-of-three experienced a terrifying day at work.MORE: Dylan Dreyer marks incredible achievement: 'Pinch me'The TV star was covering a blizzard for Today when en route from New York to Hartford, Connecticut, she was involved in a car crash that left her with mild concussion.Opening up about the incident at the time to Zap2it, she said: "It was so unfortunate; we just spun out. It didn't help that we took the Merritt Parkway.VIDEO: Dylan Dreyer's baby Rusty's cute milestone "It's so winding, and once we got to Connecticut, the roads deteriorated instantly and I ended up hitting my head."MORE: HELLO!'s Platinum Jubilee T-shirts to celebrate the QueenMORE: Dylan Dreyer looks fabulous in lace during glamorous date with husbandDylan missed work at Weekend Today to recover, and was looked after by her husband, Brian Fichera."I've been covering storms for 10 years, and I'd never been stuck in one before," she said.

Paolo Nutini has announced a new UK and European tour for 2022 - with two shows in Scotland.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticA slight but satisfying choice to open Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, Pietro Marcello’s “Scarlet” isn’t quite a fairy tale, although it certainly feels like one at times. For example, roughly midway through the movie, a woman who might be a witch meets the film’s fanciful young heroine, Juliette (Juliette Jouan), in the woods and predicts her fortune, explaining that one day this girl — who’s destined for greater things than the provincial Normandy farm where she’s dutifully passed her adolescence — will be whisked away by a ship flying scarlet sails.Set in the years just after the Great War, this charming French-language fable — which hails from the celebrated Italian doc maker whose epic narrative debut, “Martin Eden,” was a critical success on the festival circuit just pre-COVID — is smaller, sweeter and more sensitive than Marcello’s earlier work.

Angela Scanlon has revealed that she and her friend had to spend a night in a Mexican prison when they were younger.The One Show presenter, 38, and her friend had travelled to Mexico for a relaxing holiday, but things took a left turn after a passport mishap. Angela had used her sister's passport to get into the country, but had issues when she was trying to leave. Speaking to Alan Carr on his Life's A Beach podcast, she said: "I was in a Mexican prison.That's a whole other story.

Holly Willoughby has been a busy woman when it comes to being on our TV screens of late. Not only is she the regular face on This Morning, but she's also recently wrapped up hosting ITV's The Games live on the channel.

Raphael Varane must become a leader on the pitch if Manchester United are to rebuild next season. The Frenchman’s medal haul speaks for itself, with eight major trophies for Real Madrid and the French national team.

Source Music has announced that it has begun taking legal action over bullying allegations against LE SSERAFIM member Kim Ga-ram.Last month, after soon the South Korean label introduced Kim as a member of the brand-new girl group, the 16-year-old singer found herself embroiled in a controversy over allegations that she had been involved in bullying incidents during her middle school days.One netizen, who claimed to be Kim’s classmate from middle school, alleged that Kim had regularly harassed younger students, according to posts archived by Koreaboo. Another set of posts archived by KBIZoom alleged that Kim repeatedly cussed out another person while asking them to pick up the phone.At the time, HYBE denied all allegations, claiming that the posts had been “cunningly edited” in order to “maliciously slander” Kim.However, new allegations have surfaced since the initial claims.

First touted last November, the purpose of this bill is to set a new high bar compelling prosecutors to show “clear and convincing evidence” that a defendant’s rap song, video, or other “creative expression” is “literal, rather than figurative or fictional”.Led by Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) and Jamaal Bailey (D-The Bronx), the bill – called ‘Rap Music On Trial’ and dubbed Senate Bill S7527 – has received support since the idea was raised from Jay-Z, Run The Jewels‘ Killer Mike, Meek Mill and more.The bill will now aim to pass through the New York State Assembly in order to become a law.The passing of the bill comes as YSL rappers Young Thug and Gunna have been charged in Georgia, with a large amount of prosecutors’ case against them being taken from their song lyrics.Both rappers were named in a 28-person grand jury indictment and charged with conspiracy to violate the state of Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.The indictment centres around the YSL record label and collective, allegedly formed by Thug – real name Jeffery Lamar Williams – in 2012, which authorities claim is a “criminal street gang”.

Emmerdale may have teased Noah Dingle's exit from the ITV programme after being caught for stalking his ex-girlfriend Chloe Harris. Only recently, Charity Dingle decided to report her son Noah, played by Jack Downham, to the police after she discovered that he had been stalking his ex.

A Scots toddler is suffering from a rare genetic condition that causes her to pull out her own hair and eat it.

Kay Mellor has died at the age of 71. The Leeds-born scriptwriter passed away on Sunday her production company announced: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the untimely and sudden passing of our beloved friend, mentor and colleague Kay Mellor on Sunday 15th May 2022.

Taylor Swift‘s new song ‘Carolina’ has been shared in the latest trailer for Where The Crawdads Sing – check it out below.Back in March, it was revealed that Swift had written a brand new song for the forthcoming film adaptation of Delia Owens’ hit 2018 novel, which stars Normal People‘s Daisy Edgar-Jones.The film is set to hit cinemas on July 15, and it’s not clear when the full version of ‘Carolina’ will be available.In a post back in March announcing the existence of ‘Carolina’ and discussing her relationship with the film, Swift said: “Where The Crawdads Sing is a book I got absolutely lost in when I read it years ago. As soon as I heard there was a film in the works starring the incredible Daisy Edgar Jones and produced by the brilliant Reese Witherspoon, I knew I wanted to be a part of it from the musical side.“I wrote the song ‘Carolina’ alone and asked my friend Aaron Dessner to produce it.

John Peel – once branded by NME as “the king of the live session” – will be sold at an auction in London next month.Before his death in 2004, Peel amassed a weighty collection spanning over 26,000 LPs, 40,000 seven-inch singles and countless CDs. A selection of those, as well as various items of memorabilia, will be auctioned off at Bonhams’ Knightsbridge location on Tuesday June 14.

Destiny developer Bungie has shared that it will be doing more to “combat bigotry” within online communities such as its own, following a racially-motivated mass shooting on May 14 which claimed ten lives.Last night (May 17), Bungie shared a statement addressing the shooting and outlining how it plans to combat radicalisation in its own online space.“Far too often, these racist attacks begin within online communities that are used to recruit and radicalise individuals. It is time we begin to examine our practices and see what part we can play in preventing these tragedies,” explained the studio.“Bungie and the Black at Bungie inclusion club have worked together to respond to this tragedy.

Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, will see the host race go-karts with Billie Eilish.Netflix released a clip of Eilish’s episode, wherein both she and Letterman receive instructions regarding proper go-kart conduct. At 75 years old, Letterman quips a concern about not wanting “something to snap”, asking why the pair can’t play mini golf instead. “Because I’m good at this,” Eilish replies.The track worker warns Letterman that Eilish “crashed into a couple of people” the last time she raced, before warning the ‘Happier Than Ever’ singer to “please go easy”.Watch the teaser below.The fourth season of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction arrives on Netflix on May 20. Across its six episodes, Letterman will sit down with various big-name celebrities, among them being Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Durant, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Will Smith and Cardi B.A statement about the show provided by Netflix (via Rolling Stone) advised that Smith’s episode was “filmed prior to March 2022”, the month in which the actor notoriously slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.