Ed Sheeran & Elton John Criticize UK Government After Brexit Deal Ends Visa-Free Movement For Performers

Pretty well from when he started out in 2002, melding fiction, recreation and direct reportage in films that won him two San Sebastián Golden Shells but bamboozled more mainstream critics, Spain’s Isaki Lacuesta has maintained that he wanted to make larger audience movies.With his tenth feature, Berlin competition player “One Year, One Night,” taking in the 2015 Bataclan Paris terrorist attack, he finally has his chance.Produced by Lacuesta’s label La Termita Films and Spain’s Bambu Producciones, the company behind milestone Spanish TV shows “Grand Hotel,” “Velvet” and “Cable Girls,” “One Year, One Night” cost six times the budget of Lacuesta’s most expensive film before that, the director says. It stars Argentina’s Nahuel Pérez (“BPM (Beats Per Minute)”) and Noémie Merlant (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”), two of the most admired young actors currently working in France, and it’s backed by the distribution and sales muscle of Studiocanal, which took a minority stake in Bambu in 2016.“I’ve never tried to make films of a size whose budget I didn’t have,” says Lacuesta.

Along with Robert Eggers and Ari Aster, Jordan Peele is one of modern horror’s new masters. Well, good news, horror fans: all three directors have new films out this year.

Merging the male and female acting categories into gender-neutral ones at the Bafta Awards is something that has been discussed and remains under consideration, according to outgoing chief executive Amanda Berry. 

Known for speaking her mind, The Only Way is Essex star Gemma Collins has revealed more about her own self-harming and how she feared being “locked up” if she was discovered. Gemma, also known by her public persona The GC, has recently spoken candidly about self-harm in her Channel 4 documentary Gemma Collins: Self Harm and Me, which is set to be aired on Wednesday 16 February.The reality star, 41, is set to show a more raw and emotional side to her than viewers usually see and speaks with psychotherapists, self-harmers, friends and family in a bid to get to the bottom of what drives people to self-harm. Ahead of the the programme's air date, the TV favourite spoke to The Mirror about the issue admitting she feared she’d be “locked up” if she was found out.

Strictly Come Dancing bosses allegedly intend to keep Anton Du Beke as a judge this year, axing Bruno Tonioli, according to a report. Bruno, 66, was unable to take part in last year’s judging panel after Covid restrictions prevented him from travelling to the UK, however was he expected to return to the show after Craig Revel Horwood gave his support by casting him on the Strictly live tour. But, a BBC source has reportedly suggested that show bosses have now decided in Anton’s favour, claiming that his contract is due to be renewed.The source told The Sun: “We have been told Anton’s contract as a judge is going to be renewed.The bosses were really happy with his performance.

Kate Garraway has said she is discovering a 'new way to be in love' with her husband.

Less than a year after his appointment, the Stephen Glass experiment at Aberdeen is officially over.

Davina McCall stunned diners at an Ayrshire restaurant after making a shock visit.

A Rutherglen man has praised a new NHS weight loss programme after shedding a staggering four stone in less than a year.

CHARLOTTE Church was unmasked at The Masked Singer's Mushroom on Saturday night - much to the delight of fans. The Welsh classical singer was finally revealed to be under the mask after weeks of the tough TV competition.

The end is near! Hollywood is gearing up for spring by buying plenty of spring and summer pieces to refresh their closets.

Brandon Boyd has shared a new animated video for his latest single, ‘A Better Universe’ – you can watch it below.Produced by John Congleton, the rousing new track is the fourth to be lifted from the Incubus frontman’s upcoming new solo album, ‘Echoes And Cocoons’.In a statement explaining the inspiration behind ‘A Better Universe’, Boyd said: “Did you ever encounter someone so far gone in their malignant narcissism and self aggrandizing, self assured egomania that all you could do was take a deep breath and walk away? Of course you have, you see a potential ‘them’ in the mirror each day.“Have you ever wished that that ‘someone’ would die? Would that even solve the problem? For if they found an audience so eager and ready to glutton themselves on the message, could it not be argued that there will be yet another wolf in wolf’s clothing waiting in the wings to rush in and fill that void? I found myself in the teeth of this dilemma recently and I struggled with the ethical problem that was clinging to its heels. Then, shortly after locking horns with this philosophical bull, I met the person whom I’d come to this unfortunate impasse with in a dream.”Boyd then went on to quote some of the song’s lyrics: “I met you in a dream, and in the dream you died/ I slow danced on your grave, and I got all teary eyed/ I woke up with a smile, wiped the tears away/ I wished that it were real/ So it goes, so I’ll say, I’m sorry but it’s a better universe without you in it/ Did you read the book or did you just see the movie?/ Every breath you take is just a waste of air.”“Do I wish ill upon my fomenter? I do not.

Former Hamilton boss Alex Neil says he's aiming to rack up plenty of wins to help his new Sunderland side into the English Championship.

Ex Pussycat Dolls singer Kimberly Wyatt is said to be feeling “awkward” after discovering that her fellow Dancing on Ice celebs have a group chat she knew nothing about, it has been reported. Kimberly, 40, is said to have been unaware that some of her fellow cast mates from the ITV skating show had been chatting in a WhatsApp group. And after discovering news of the chat, Kimberly reportedly felt "excluded" by the move.

Sir Elton John's husband David Furnish has shared some rare family photos on Instagram showing their boys playing in the snow. The couple are parents to two sons, Zachary, ten, and eight-year-old Elijah, and like most children in the UK on Sunday, they headed out to make the most of the wintery weather.MORE: Elton John's one Christmas rule with husband David FurnishThe first photo shows Zachary lying on his back in the snow as he makes a snow angel.

GLASTONBURY 2022 lineup rumours are already circulating with Elton John and Paul McCartney tipped for the legend slot and Taylor Swift and Coldplay to headline. It would be Coldplay's fifth time at Glasto if they sign up to play after the festival's two year absence due to Covid.

Music stars, including Elton John, Sting, Bob Geldof and Ed Sheeran, said on Wednesday that the U.K. government "shamefully failed" creatives with its post-Brexit trade deal and urged it to reach an agreement with the European Union to ensure visa- and bureaucracy-free tours.

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey’s decision to sign a letter supporting visa-free travel for musicians has caused a stir online, after the singer previously spoke out in support of Brexit and claimed that it wouldn’t have any impact on music.Daltrey joined the likes of Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, and Elton John as over 100 artists signed an open letter slamming the UK Government for having “shamefully failed” the music industry in Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.The letter called on the government to “urgently do what it said it would do and negotiate paperwork-free travel in Europe for British artists and their equipment” and argued that otherwise “many tours [will be] unviable, especially for young emerging musicians who are already struggling

Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and aboutLiam Gallagher is among a string of celebrities who have criticised the Government’s Brexit deal for not including visa-free travel for musicians.Sir Elton John, Roger Waters and Ed Sheeran are also amongst those who have also signed a letter saying performers have been “shamefully failed” by the post-Brexit travel rules.The letter, published in The Times, states that there is a “gaping hole where the promised free movement for musicians should be”.It has been backed by more than 100 stars, from pop singers to classical composers, including Sting, prominent Brexiteer Roger Daltrey and Queen’s Brian May.Costs for work permits and other

Elton John, Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran have all signed an open letter to criticise the UK Government’s Brexit deal, which has shunned the chance for touring musicians to enjoy visa-free travel in Europe.More than 100 musicians say they have been “shamefully failed” by the post-Brexit trade deal in a new open letter published in The Times.The letter, which has also been backed by the likes of Queen‘s Brian May and Roger Waters, calls on the government to “urgently do what it said it would do and negotiate paperwork-free travel in Europe for British artists and their equipment”.As well as warning of a “gaping hole” where free movement previously existed, the signees argue that the cost of permits and other regulations will make “many tours

Naman Ramachandran Life after Brexit is no party in the park, as cultural practitioners in the U.K. and European Union (EU) are discovering.The ongoing controversy around U.K.

It appears that after feuding since 2018, musical legends Rod Stewart and Elton John have put their differences aside and become friends again.