Edinburgh TV Festival Unveils 2023 Advisory Chair

Speculation is mounting that the UK Government is set to cancel a planned £500 increase on energy bills for the average household from the start of next month following a campaign led by Martin Lewis.

Reduced school transport eligibility will affect 3000 North Lanarkshire youngsters, and is set to begin from August 2024 for secondary pupils and 12 months later for those at primary.

posted on Facebook.The band announced his death Sunday and no cause was revealed.“Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does,” the band wrote, asking for fans to keep Rossington’s family in their prayers.He was the last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and leaves behind his wife, Dale Krantz, and two daughters.Rossington was born on Dec. 4, 1951, in Jacksonville, Fla., and was raised by a single mother after his father died after he was born.In 1964, Rossington met drummer Bob Burns and bassist Larry Junstorm, and the trio hit it off over their love of music and baseball.That same year, during a Little League baseball game, Ronnie Van Zant hit a line drive into the shoulder of Burns, and the initial spark of the world-renowned band was born, Rolling Stone reported.Rossington, Burns, Van Zant, and guitarist Allen Collins gathered at Burns’ Jacksonville home that afternoon to jam the Rolling Stones’ “Time Is on My Side.”The boys would go on to adopt the band name Lynrd Skynyrd — as a nod at the name of a coach at Rossington’s high school with a similar name and after a character in the 1963 novelty hit “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp).”In 1973, the band released their debut album “Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd,” which included the now iconic songs “Simple Man,” “Tuesday’s Gone,” and their most notable song “Free Bird,”The rocker, whose remarkable guitar slide helped make the band’s song “Free Bird” an all-time favorite for fans, had cheated death on more than one occasion, Rolling Stone reported.In 1976, Rossington survived a devastating car wreck where he drove his Ford Torino into a tree.

Kate Moss is reflecting on what she’s learned about herself as a woman on her wellness journey in this exclusive interview to mark International Women’s Day.She tells HELLO!: "The most important lesson I have learned is how taking some time out for myself, even a few moments each day, can make a difference to how I manage my day. As a working mother [to Lila, 20], running a business, it can be difficult sometimes but meditating or spending some time in my garden helps me focus."Kate's own wellness journey, which she's taken with her close-knit group of friends over the years, has inspired her business venture, Cosmoss.

David and Victoria Beckham finally reunited with their eldest son, Brooklyn Beckham, and his wife, Nicola Peltz, on Friday, after many months apart.The couple, who married in April last year, have spent most of the last year in Los Angeles, where they live, and Florida, where Nicola's parents own a £76million home. But last week they flew into Paris to support Victoria during her Paris Fashion Week show.Following the successful evening, the celebrations continued over the weekend, as Saturday marked Brooklyn's 24th birthday.VIDEO: Brooklyn and David share a special father-son moment during birthday celebrationsHaving celebrated past birthdays apart, it was no doubt a very special day for the whole family, including sister Harper Beckham, who was left in tears over the reunion.Brooklyn was treated to an incredible lunch surrounded by his whole family, which included his grandparents from both sides, his cousins and siblings, with only Romeo Beckham missing due to work commitments, and then a more intimate dinner.

Damian, Elizabeth Hurley exclusively tells HELLO! how she's raising him to be mindful of women's rights and issues. "I believe in leading by example.

Kelsey Parker is a real life superwoman and mum. As the one-year anniversary of her husband Tom Parker's death approaches, Kelsey has been navigating being a solo parent to their two children Aurelia, nearly three, and Bodhi, two.

Bruce Willis‘ wife Emma Willis has taken to social media to ask paparazzi to go easy when they see the ailing actor in public.Willis, who had been diagnosed with aphasia in March 2022 and had retired from acting, had unfortunately had his condition progress to dementia in February this year. Now, his wife is hoping to raise awareness by addressing photographers and videographers.Emma Willis said via an Instagram Reel on Saturday: “So this one is going out to the photographers and the video people that are trying to get those exclusives of my husband out and about: Just keep your space.

K-pop boyband Stray Kids have filmed a new music video for their next comeback.On March 6, South Korean news outlet Hankuk Ilbo reported that the boyband had recently completed filming a new music video for their next project. The outlet also claimed that Stray Kids would be making their comeback this April.JYP Entertainment later confirmed, per Soompi, that Stray Kids “did complete filming their new music video”.

NewJeans swept the K-pop categories at this year’s Korean Music Awards, beating out popular contemporaries such as (G)I-DLE, LE SSERAFIM, IVE and more.The quintet took home the awards for both Best K-pop Album and Best K-pop Song, with their self-titled debut EP and the hit song ‘Attention’ respectively. In addition, the girl group also clinched the trophy for Rookie of the Year, besting fellow K-pop acts LE SSERAFIM and IVE, among others.Meanwhile, the biggest winner of the night was DJ and producer 250 – real name Lee Ho-hyung – who took home four awards: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Electronic Song, and Best Electronic Album.

A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once won a pair of awards as did Rob Lowry for his music supervision on both Cha Cha Real Smooth and Do Revenge on Sunday at the 13th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.

Ferne McCann and her fiancé Lorri Haines have some exciting news to share with OK! VIP - they're expecting their first child together! In our exclusive maternity photoshoot, Ferne, who is also mum to five year old daughter Sunday, reveals how she discovered she's pregnant, her name ideas and why she's hoping for a home water birth. Sign-up or login below to see all the gorgeous photos and read the full article with Ferne and Lorri. Register for FREE to read this article in full .

It’s Monday and one star sign feels as if they are being kept in the dark, while another senses tension within a close relationship. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.

As a teenager Christine McGuinness was sexually abused, developed an eating disorder and spent her nights praying she wouldn’t wake up in the morning. Now in her new BBC documentary Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism, the TV star has discovered her story isn’t unusual among women with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Since she was diagnosed age 33, Christine’s life has changed for the better but she can’t help wondering if an earlier diagnosis could have saved her from the turbulent and bewildering heartbreak of her teenage years.

Hundreds more students could soon call First Street home, after plans to build a 576-bed apartment block with a food hall were unveiled yesterday (March 3).

Police searching for five people who disappeared after a night out in Cardiff say they have found three of them dead.

The Formula 1 season is officially here!

A.D. Amorosi Guitarist and songwriter Gary Rossington, the last surviving founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Sunday at the age of 71.  No immediate cause of death was given. Rossington had dealt with serious health issues in recent years, including emergency heart surgery in 2021, almost two decades after undergoing quintuple bypass surgery in 2003. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,” Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote on its official Facebook page. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in Heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does.”

FILM Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million: Anton Monsted, “Elvis” Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $25 Million and Under: Lauren Marie Mikus, Bruce Gilbert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $10 Million and Under: Rob Lowry, “Cha Cha Real Smooth”Best Music Supervision for a Non-Theatrically Released Film: Rob Lowry, “Do Revenge” Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film: “This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All At Once” Songwriters: Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski Miyawaki Performers: David Byrne, Mitski, Son Lux Music Supervisors: Lauren Marie Mikus, Bruce Gilbert TELEVISION Best Music Supervision – Television Drama: Nora Felder, “Stranger Things”  Season 4Best Music Supervision – Television Comedy or Musical: Kier Lehman – “Insecure” Season 5 Best Music Supervision – Reality Television: Adam Brodsky, Rivka Rose – “The Come Up” Season 1Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television                                                              “Perfect Day” from “Better Call Saul” – Season 6 Ep.

CUBE Entertainment girl group CLC has not disbanded, says member Sorn.During a recent TikTok Live, the Thai singer discussed the status of the group CLC, which appeared to have disbanded following CUBE Entertainment’s announcement that their activities had “ended” in May 2022.As seen in fan-archived clips, the singer shared that the septet – comprising herself, Seungyeon, Yujin (now also a member of Kep1er), Seunghee, Yeeun, Elkie and Eunbin – had not disbanded, before explaining the circumstances of her own departure from the agency.“We did not disband, we’re still a thing. Right now everyone’s just doing their own thing,” Sorn said, before briefly introducing CLC as a seven-member group.

Smashing Pumpkins enlisted the help of Peter Hook for a cover of the latter’s former band Joy Division‘s ‘No Love Lost’ to close out their headlining set at their The World Is A Vampire festival in Mexico this past weekend.Hook – who was also on the line-up with his band Peter Hook and The Lights – had been a member of Joy Division from 1976 till 1978. Hook started off the performance by thanking Billy Corgan and the rest of the band for taking care of his son and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Jeff Bates.Watch the performance below.Hook last teamed up with his son and other members of Smashing Pumpkins in March 2021 when he unveiled a new version of Joy Division’s classic track ‘Ceremony’, featuring Bates on bass duty and Pumpkins’ Jeff Schroeder on guitar.Smashing Pumpkins most recently released ‘Act II’ of their new rock opera ‘ATUM’ in February.

BLACKPINK member Jisoo has finally announced a date for her long-awaited solo debut.At midnight KST today (March 6), the K-pop idol teased her upcoming solo debut on Instagram with an intriguing “Coming Soon” poster. The image confirms a release date of March 31, and features a bright red dress in the middle of a field.Jisoo’s post was accompanied by the caption “See you soon” in Korean.

YG Entertainment has revealed that its upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER might not debut with all seven previously revealed members.K-pop agency YG Entertainment spent the last month unveiling the seven members of its upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER. However, the company has now shared that the lineup for the new act is not yet set in stone.At midnight KST today (March 6), the entertainment agency released a new teaser titled ‘Last Evaluation’, in which founder and producer Yang Hyun-suk informs the seven trainees that BABYMONSTER “will never be a seven-member group”.“We want to unveil the very last evaluation to fans, which was held right before deciding the members of BABYMONSTER, and then finalise the best members as BABYMONSTER,” explained Yang.

Nicki Minaj has announced the upcoming launch of her very own record label as a Republic Records subsidiary.The rapper broke the news during the latest episode of her Queen Radio show for Amazon Music’s AMP platform on March 3. While the rapper has yet to announce the name of the label, she teased several names on her roster. These include Nana Fofie, Tate Kobang, Rico Danna and London Hill.Minaj said of her label, “When I get behind an artist, y’all know how I do shit for people that’s not even signed to me.

The Oscars are now just a week away and Sunday provided three guild award ceremonies to provide hints at who may take away Hollywood’s most prestigious prizes. The Daniels’ “Everything Everywhere All At Once” continued its winning streak at the ACE Eddie Awards for editing and the WGA Award for screenplay, but they didn’t complete the trifecta at the ASC Awards.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The American Society of Cinematographers handed out its best visual storytelling in feature film award to “Elvis” on Sunday night, and in doing so, Mandy Walker has become the first woman to win the top prize in the society’s history. Walker triumphed over Greig Fraser (“The Batman”), Darius Khondji (“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”), Claudio Miranda (“Top Gun: Maverick” and Roger Deakins (“Empire of Light”) in a very competitive race.  Walker‘s win comes as Oscar voting ends on March 7, where she is also nominated. She became only the third woman ever nominated for cinematography for her work on “Elvis.” Rachel Morrison (“Mudbound”) made history as the first female DP to land a nom in 2018, while Ari Wegner was nominated last year for “The Power of the Dog.”

EXCLUSIVE: Karan Anshuman and Suparn Varma, two of the first writers, directors and showrunners to move into India’s web series space, have co-directed Rana Naidu, Netflix’s Indian remake of Ray Donovan, produced by Sunder Aaron’s Locomotive Global. The Hindi-language show starts streaming worldwide from this Friday (March 10). 

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM NOMINEESRoger Deakins, ASC, BSC for “Empire of Light”Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for “The Batman”Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”Claudio Miranda, ASC for “Top Gun: Maverick”Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS for “Elvis” *WINNERSPOTLIGHT AWARDSturla Brandth Grøvlen, DFF for “War Sailor” *WINNERKate McCullough, ISC for “The Quiet Girl”Andrew Wheeler for “God’s Country” EPISODE OF A ONE-HOUR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION SERIESJohn Conroy, ASC, ISC for “Westworld” – “Années Folles” Catherine Goldschmidt for “House of the Dragon” – “The Lord of the Tides” Alejandro Martinez for “House of the Dragon” – “The Green Council” M. David Mullen, ASC for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” – “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?” *WINNERAlex Nepomniaschy, ASC for “The Marvelous Mrs.

Chaka Khan is backtracking on her comments over Rolling Stone‘s Greatest Singers list and apologizing.

Ke Huy Quan is on an award-winning streak right now!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Global streaming operation Netflix is forecast to spend $1.9 billion on local content in the Asia-Pacific region this year as group revenue from the region accelerates to 12%, according to a new report. The content investment spending figure represents a 15% hike. Netflix will grow revenues this year by 12% year-on-year to exceed $4 billion compared with 9% growth in 2022, says a new report published on Monday by Media Partners Asia.

There were three different guild award ceremonies on Sunday, but the one that studio executives were paying the most attention to was the Writers Guild of America Awards. And, no, it wasn’t because they were looking for more guidance in which screenplay to vote for on their Oscar ballot.

John Oliver opened Last Week Tonight Sunday by briefly recapping a couple of the biggest headlines of the past week, including the verdict in the trial of Alex Murdaugh who was found guilty of killing his wife and son.

Naomi Osaka is opening up about how she’s preparing for first time motherhood.

Bruno Fernandes believes Manchester United gave too much space away, allowed Liverpool too much time on the ball and also made it too easy for them to counter-attack during a shock 7-0 defeat at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.

Tampa Bay Times reported that Rossington had survived quintuple bypass surgery, with Rossington telling the paper, “I’ve had heart attacks on stage a lot.” In 2015, he suffered another heart attack and had emergency heart surgery in 2021.Rossington was the last surviving member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, with whom he played until his death.