Elle Fanning Reveals She Lost A Role As A 16-Year-Old Because She “Wasn’t Sexy Enough”

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Gerhard Zeiler, president of international at Warner Bros. Discovery, will give the opening keynote at the 39th edition of TV market Mipcom, which runs Oct. 16-19 in Cannes.

Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison and his visual collaborator have spoken to NME about a new book of artwork created by the late singer.In 2021, Hutchison’s family and collaborators collected the late frontman’s lyrics and artwork together for the first time in a book titled The Work – described by the surviving members of Frightened Rabbit as “a tribute to Scott’s unbridled creativity”. The release was celebrated by fans, after he singer died by suicide in 2018.Then last month, Faber Music released Living In Colour: The Art Of Scott Hutchison – a book celebrating the idiosyncratic, darkly comic, acerbic and romantic imagination of the frontman by presenting his illustrations, Frightened Rabbit artwork, sketches for fans, work from his time at Glasgow School Of Art and “everything in between”.“We always had it in mind, especially after the unexpected success of The Work, but it’s always something I felt should exist,” Scott’s brother and Frightened Rabbit drummer Grant Hutchison told NME.“We always knew that Scott was just as much an illustrator as he was a musician and a lyricist,” added renowned album designer DLT (Dave Thomas) – who worked with Hutchison across Frightened Rabbit artwork as well as helping put together The Work and Living In Colour.

The past year has proved to be a turbulent one for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. With the release of Prince Harry's memoir Spare in January, they were also asked to leave their Frogmore Cottage home in Windsor and have brought a number of legal cases against various media organisations and the Home Office.

Khloe Kardashian has shared the first pictures of herself with both of her children on Instagram. In snaps taken at her youngest’s first birthday party, she sits outside with daughter True, five, and Tatum, one. Captioning the snaps with a simple blue heart, the 39 year old can be seen in a white summer dress which she paired with some white sandals, and some shades.

Match Me! Shepherding them are 30 producers hailing from the length and breadth of Europe, plus Taiwan and the Dominican Republic, in town for the three-day event, kicking off Friday. Set up at mainly young-ish production houses, they underscore major trends now coursing through European cinema: the rise of genre and animation – such as Christophe Reveille’s “To Live and Die with Che Guevara” an animated doc feature about three guerrillas who pledged allegiance to Che Guevara – as well as films of large artistic ambition made on contained budgets, such as Taiwan’s “Goodbye North, Goodbye.” Above all, there’s a gathering shift from straight-arrow arthouse drama to genre-bending thrillers that nevertheless maintain art pics’ traditional social issue focus.

Marta Balaga Alliance 4 Development – a co-development initiative for film projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland hosted by Locarno Pro – is ready to embrace a “variety of genres, themes and visions,” says project manager Francesca Palleschi. Among 11 titles selected for its 8th edition, emerging filmmakers will be featured alongside their more established colleagues.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag After becoming a mum for the first time when her daughter Royce Lillian was born in last year, much-loved comedy actress Rebel Wilson has opened up on the emotional reason she opted to use a surrogate.The Pitch Perfect star, 43 - who with her partner Ramona Agruma welcomed their little girl in November 2022 - has described being inspired by a "year of health", which she announced she was undergoing in 2020. Rebel focussed during those 12 months on striving towards a healthier lifestyle, all with the aim of one day wanting to become a mother.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Newly-engaged Molly-Mae Hague has lifted the lid on her plans to wed Love Island boyfriend Tommy Fury.The loved-up duo, both 24 - who met on the much-loved ITV2 dating show back in 2019 and have just celebrated their fourth anniversary - became engaged in July after Tommy planned a surprise proposal on a beautiful cliff-edge in Ibiza. And now, in the widely-anticipated YouTube video, the blonde bombshell shut down rumours that she and her boxer beau are planning to tie the knot abroad, and will instead opt for a traditional UK wedding, as Tommy is religious.

Marta Balaga Raven Banner Entertainment continues to rack up sales for Richard V. Somes’ action spectacle “Topakk.” “Topakk”(“Trigger”) has been sold to Aud (South Korea), Superfine Films (India), Kinologistika (CIS and the Baltics) and Lighthouse (German-speaking Europe). It’s not the end of good news, as the film – debuting its trailer and produced by Fusee, with Strawdogs Studio Production and Nathan Studios co-producing – is also set to bow at Locarno next week.

Just days since Love Island came to it’s dramatic conclusion, another feud appears to have emerged among the stars as both Whitney Adebayo and Mitchel Taylor both hit out at one of their fellow Islanders. Just three days on since the winner was officially crowned, Love Island runner up Whitney didn’t hold back as she took part in an Instagram Live Q&A session which saw her brutally call out her co-star Kady McDermott.

Meghan Markle is celebrating another year around the sun as she celebrates turning 42 on August 4.The Duchess of Sussex previously gave fans an insight into a birthday ritual, which she practices annually. Meghan wrote about the tradition on her popular blog, The Tig, which she closed in 2017, where she would share snippets of her private life with her followers.

In the final years of her life, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother was often referred to as 'the best loved royal' thanks to her decades of public service. But behind palace walls, her staff knew her for the clever way she avoided any familial subject she didn't want to speak or know about. It is said the former Queen mastered this ability to such a degree that those closest to her nicknamed her "the imperial ostrich", owing to her fondness for 'sticking her head in the sand' to avoid difficult conversations.

Lizzo have said that her statement denying allegations made against her was “disheartening” to read.Earlier today (August 3), Lizzo responded to the lawsuit filed by Crystal Williams, Arianna Davis and Noelle Rodriguez, in which they accuse her of creating a hostile work environment and engaging in sexual harassment among other allegations. Her dance team captain Shirlene Quigley and production company Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc.

Doja Cat has returned with a brand new single and video – watch ‘Paint The Town Red’ below.The new track is the singer and rapper’s second release of 2023, following comeback single ‘Attention’ which landed in June.‘Attention’ was her first solo offering since she released her chart-topping third studio album ‘Planet Her’ in 2021.The video for ‘Paint The Town Red’ is inspired by a trio of Doja-created paintings, and directed by Nina McNeely.Watch it below.Elsewhere since the release of ‘Planet Her’, Doja has dropped the Top 10 Billboard track ‘Vegas’ from the Elvis soundtrack and appeared on the remix for SZA’s Number One-peaking single, ‘Kill Bill’.She has also announced her first-ever North American arena tour kicking off later this year, with Ice Spice and Doechii as support – find the full schedule below and buy tickets here.The singer and rapper will kick off ‘The Scarlet Tour’ on October 31 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, with stops planned for Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston, Miami, Brooklyn, Toronto and many more, closing out the 24-date trek at Chicago’s United Center in Chicago on December 13.‘The Scarlett Tour’ 2023OCTOBER31 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center *NOVEMBER2 – Los Angeles, CA, Crypto.com Arena *3 – Las Vegas, NV, T-Mobile Arena *5 – San Diego, CA, Viejas Arena *6 – Anaheim, CA, Honda Center *8 – Phoenix, AZ, Footprint Center *10 – Denver, CO, Ball Arena *13 – Austin, TX, Moody Center *15 – Houston, TX, Toyota Center *16 – Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center *19 – Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena *21 – Miami, FL, Kaseya Center #24 – Tampa, FL, Amalie Arena *26 – Charlotte, NC, Spectrum Center #27 – Washington, DC, Capital One Arena #29 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center #30 – Newark, NJ, Prudential

††† (Crosses), the side-project of Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and multi-instrumentalist and producer Shaun Lopez, have announced a new album titled ‘Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.’.The album follows recent EP ‘PERMANENT.RADIANT‘, a one-off double A-side of ‘Initiation’/’Protection’ and a George Michael cover.The new album, due out on October 13 via Warner, features The Cure’s Robert Smith and Run The Jewels’ El-P.Discussing its creation, Moreno said in a statement: “When we started working on ‘Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.’, there was so much more light coming in my life, for numerous reasons.“There’s a lot more optimism. Even the darker themes are more romanticised and not coming from a place of despair.”Watch the video for new single ‘Invisible Hand’ and see the artwork and tracklist for ‘Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.’ below.1. ‘Pleasure’ 2. ‘Invisible Hand’ 3. ‘Found’ 4. ‘Light As A Feather’ ‘Pulseplagg’ ‘Runner’ ‘Big Youth’ (feat. El-P) ‘End Youth’ (Reprise) ‘Last Rites’ ‘Ghost Ride’ ‘Grace’ ‘Eraser’ ‘Natural Selection’ ‘Girls Float † Boys Cry’ (feat. Robert Smith) ‘Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.’Speaking to NME last year about the future of the project, Moreno said: “To use Deftones as an analogy: when we did our first record, we were just trying to figure out what the hell we were doing, ‘Around The Fur’ was us getting some confidence and success with that, then when we made ‘White Pony’ that was us saying, ‘We can do anything now’.“People liked what we did and we had the freedom to expand.

Tributes have been paid to a 'cheeky' young man who died following a horror motorbike crash in Wythenshawe.

When it comes to live entertainment, few places in the UK deliver like Manchester. From arts and culture, to music and good vibes, the city region has it all.

Gogglebox star Izzi Warner has said she's 'devastated' as she sent a message during her break from the show. Fans of the Channel 4 show are used to seeing the mum-of-two at home on a Friday night alongside her older sister, Ellie.

A woman accused of helping to plot the murder of an electrician she’d previously dated has denied playing any role in his death. Rachel Fulstow, 37, is jointly charged with the murder of 38-year-old Liam Smith, who was shot dead outside his home in Wigan before having acid thrown over him.

Marvin Humes has made a cheeky swipe at his wife Rochelle after she ditched the UK without him. Earlier this week, the This Morning star told fans she was 'signing off' as she prepared to spend some quality time after leaving the country on her own.

Manchester United will hope to see consistency from Antony in the new Premier League season, with one of his positional rivals facing a spell on the sidelines.

1. "While many scalable interventions for prevention and treatment have been developed, allocation is often suboptimal." In separate findings, Mind UK reports approximately one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year, while there are 30 million Brits currently living with a condition.

The tragic death of a five-month-old baby hours before his mum died will remain a mystery. An inquest has been heard into the deaths of little Kevin Degutis and his mum, Viktorija Mardosiene.

Like most players at Manchester City, Phil Foden has to be prepared to play in multiple positions to satisfy what Pep Guardiola needs at any given game.

A country pub has sent customers wild after showing off its new special - a pizza crammed with a traditional chippy tea on top. The pizza features not only deep fried fish and chips, but a classic combo of mushy peas and with a curry sauce base to it all too.

Helen Flanagan has told fans she 'wants the fairytale' as she was seen looking nothing short of a Disney princess in her latest social media post. The actress decided to share a throwback post to Instagram after jetting back from her summer getaway.

Manchester United hope to receive at least £30m this summer for defender Harry Maguire if he departs Old Trafford, according to reports.

Catherine Tyldesley made an interesting claim just hours before 'cakegate' broke out as another ITV star waded into the row. The former Coronation Street star was accused of being involved in asking a baker to make 100 cakes for her upcoming birthday in exchange for 'social media exposure'.

A heartbroken woman was forced to say goodbye to her dying dog over Facetime after it was mauled by an XL Bully.

British presenter and journalist Dan Wootton has had his MailOnline celebrity news column suspended as the site’s publisher investigates “a series of allegations.”

Two former Days Of Our Lives stars, Farah Galfond and Lisa Rinna, are landing their support to the more than 25 current cast members who have signed a petition calling for the removal of longtime co-executive producer/director Albert Alarr following a misconduct investigation and two Deadline reports on some of the allegations.

wrote in a message to fans on the band’s YouTube channel.The English rocker underwent an intensive 10-week physical therapy program to regain his strength right before the band started rehearsals for the band’s “The Future Past Tour,” which started in June.McBrain said he bounced back to “somewhere near 70% recovered” as he praised his doctors, therapists, family and wife Rebecca.“I feel it’s important to let you know about this now instead of earlier as I was mainly concerned with doing my job and concentrating on getting back to 100% fitness,” he wrote. “I’m not there yet but by the grace of God I’m getting better and stronger as the weeks go by.”The drummer only shared the news before the band’s last show of the European leg of their tour.McBrain revealed he wanted to concentrate on regaining his ability to perform as he usually would for the band’s devoted fan base before sharing the news about his health.

Taylor Swift’s tours has spoken about the singer’s “life-changing” generosity.Mike Scherkenbach, who runs concert transportation company Shomotion and is currently working on Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour, was one of many production crew members to receive bonuses of $100,000 (£77,000) each, as revealed earlier this week.In total, Swift handed out over $55million (£43million) in bonuses to the crew for their efforts and commitment to the tour. Now, Scherkenbach has said in an interview with Rolling Stone that Swift’s generosity has affected her crew members in “life-changing” ways.“She’s giving a sum of money that is life-changing for these people,” Scherkenbach said.

Warning: this article contains spoilers for OppenheimerChristopher Nolan has revealed that one of the most shocking lines in Oppenheimer was improvised.Speaking to The New York Times, Nolan shared that James Remar, who plays U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson in the film, came up with the idea for one of the most harrowing and shocking lines to be delivered in the movie.The scene involves Stimson and other government officials meet with J.

Billie Eilish headlined Lollapalooza in Chicago last night (August 3) – watch her give Barbie track ‘What Was I Made For?’ its live debut.The singer recently shared the Finneas-produced melancholic piano-led ballad for the blockbuster film’s accompanying album, appearing alongside Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Sam Smith and more.At Lollapalooza on Thursday, the track got its live debut during a headline set featuring songs from across Eilish’s catalogue.See footage of the live debut of ‘What Was I Made For?’ and her full Lollapalooza setlist below.The lovely @billieeilish singing ‘What Was I Made For’ tonight, closing out @lollapalooza pic.twitter.com/gVAij301BU— NME (@NME) August 4, 2023‘Bury A Friend’‘I Didn’t Change My Number’‘NDA’‘Therefore I Am’‘My Strange Addiction’‘idontwannabeyouanymore’‘Lovely’‘You Should See Me In A Crown’‘GOLDWING’‘What Was I Made For?’‘Oxytocin’‘ilomilo’‘I Love You’‘Your Power’‘TV’‘Bellyache’‘Ocean Eyes‘Lost Cause’‘Never Felt So Alone’ (Labrinth cover)‘When The Party’s Over’‘All The Good Girls Go To Hell’‘Everything I Wanted’‘Bad Guy’‘Happier Than Ever’In a pioneering move, Eilish’s Lollapalooza set was partially solar-powered by intelligent, zero-emission battery systems.The pop singer shared that the climate-friendly performance is part of the Music Decarbonization Project co-founded by Eilish herself in partnership with the environmental non-profit REVERB.According to a press release, the zero-emissions battery systems that will power her set will be supplied and managed by Overdrive Energy Solutions and will be charged via a temporary onsite “solar farm”.The use of these battery systems will serve as a powerful demonstration of clean energy technologies that can drastically reduce live music’s

Esai Morales is portraying the villainous character of Gabriel in 2023′s Mission: Impossible 7…but you may not know that the role originally went to Nicholas Hoult.