Gianni Versace Remembered by Sister Donatella on 25th Anniversary of His Death

Gwenno has spoken to NME about her 2022 Mercury Prize nomination, as well as working with Manic Street Preachers, the chances of a reunion of The Pipettes, and memories of the “debauched” indie sleaze era. Watch our video interview with the artist above.The Welsh singer-songwriter was speaking to NME from the London launch event for the prize earlier this week (Wednesday July 27), where her acclaimed third album ‘Tresor’ was named as one of the Albums Of The Year alongside records by the likes of Sam Fender, Self Esteem, Nova Twins, Harry Styles, Little Simz and more.“It’s very surreal,” the previous Welsh Music Prize winner said. “It hasn’t sunk in quite yet.

Zico has dropped his new mini-album ‘Grown Ass Kid’, marking his first music in over two years.The EP was released on July 27 alongside an accompanying video for its lead single, ‘Freak’. The song’s visual begins with Zico seated on a couch at home as he watches a news report announcing the end of the world.He and his friends begin freaking out, before they head outside to get themselves to safety.

Big Joanie have returned with a cruisy new single titled ‘In My Arms’, sharing it alongside the announcement for their forthcoming second album and a nine-date headline tour in support of it.Discussing the themes explored in the track, frontwoman Stephanie Phillips said in a statement: “At this point I was getting tired of living in London and dreaming about another life. It’s about knowing you should go another way in life but you end up dreaming about the road you’ve already travelled down even though you know it won’t take you where you need to go.”Have a look at the music video for ‘In My Arms’, directed by Lydia Garnett, below:‘In My Arms’ is the second single to be released from Big Joanie’s new album, following ‘Happier Still’ at the start of June. The album itself – the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Sistahs’ – is titled ‘Back Home’ and will be out on November 4 via Daydream Library Series (and Kill Rock Stars outside the UK and Europe).

PIXEY has shared what people expect from her debut mini-album ‘Dreams, Pains & Paper Planes’. Watch our video interview with PIXEY above.Speaking to NME at Truck Festival in Oxfordshire this weekend (July 24), the Liverpool singer said the album will be a “big, broad overview” of her as an artist.“It’s like me putting out what I think I can give in terms of writing and production,” she said.

EA has shared a first look at FIFA 23 in action, and detailed all of the new features that are coming to the series. While the game will also be releasing on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the current generation versions of FIFA 23 (including PC and Stadia versions) will have some improvements that won’t appear in the versions for the older hardware.This includes HyperMotion2 technology, which uses advanced 11v11 match capturing and machine learning to create “over 6,000 authentic true-to-football animations, transferred directly from the real world pitch to the game.”The match capturing has resulted in over 9million frames of data for the machine learning algorithm, which is the most motion capture data for a FIFA game yet. As a result, an increased amount of animations will make FIFA 23 look more lifelike than previous titles.The advanced match capturing technology is stated to be the backbone of many of the game’s different aspects.

Blind. In the brief new visual for the upcoming K-drama, three of the show’s main characters, played by 2PM’s Taecyeon, Apink’s Eunji and Ha Seok-jin, are engulfed by a thick fog as they cover their eyes. Taecyeon’s voice can be heard as he begs the question in reference to the show’s focus on the judicial system, “Who has closed their eyes?”Blind is slated for premiere on South Korean cable network tVN in September.Blind is set to follow the stories of ordinary citizens who have fallen victim to crime, while their perpetrators turn a blind eye to uncomfortable truths of the world.

Post Malone‘s forthcoming tour documentary, Runaway.The film, which is set to premiere via Amazon streaming platform Freevee on August 12, follows Post on his 2019 North American tour, and will feature backstage footage, live performances, and interviews with both the rapper himself and others.“Sometimes I feel like I’m not a real person. I’m a goofy kid, I like to have fun, but it’s awesome that people still want to hear what’s next, the evolution,” Post says during an interview featured in the trailer.

Netflix has dropped a new trailer for its forthcoming South Korean original series A Model Family. The brand-new visual for A Model Family dropped yesterday (July 27), and begins with a man (played by Jung Woo) stumbling across a crashed car with bloodied, dead bodies. He chances upon a duffel bag filled with cash in the backseat and begins scrambling to pocket the money for himself.However, his choice to steal the money would eventually lead to more catastrophic events – he has become the target of a dangerous drug syndicate, who threaten his family and his own life if he doesn’t agree to take on the role of a mule for the gang.

Madonna has said she decided to make her own biopic in order to stop “misogynistic men” from taking over the project.As announced back in 2020, the Queen Of Pop is directing and co-writing the forthcoming film with Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody. Amy Pascal (Ghostbusters, Little Women) will serve as a producer.Last month, it was reported that Ozark actor Julia Garner had been offered the lead role after she “emerged the favourite” from over a dozen candidates.During a new interview with Variety, Madonna gave a brief update on the as-yet-untitled movie and explained why she took a more hands-on role.“I’ve had an extraordinary life, I must make an extraordinary film,” she said. “It was also a preemptive strike because a lot of people were trying to make movies about me.

Crawlers have spoken about the “monumental” experience of supporting My Chemical Romance. Watch our video interview with singer Holly Minto and guitarist Amy Woodall above.Speaking to NME at Truck Festival in Oxfordshire this weekend (July 24), the Liverpool band reflected on opening for the emo legends in Woodall’s hometown of Warrington in May, where they were one of three acts supporting along with Frank Turner and Starcrawler.“We just had the best night, the show was great, the fans were loving it,” she said.Minto added: “I think supporting the band that got you through year 10 of high school is unheard of.

Good Morning Britain viewers weren't expecting to see a nude bloke, albeit with his modesty covered, on screen when they tuned in to the latest show. The ITV news programme was back on air on Thursday morning (July 28) with Ben Shephard and Ranvir Singh.

Football might just be coming home, after all. After a stunning 4-0 victory against Sweden on Tuesday, the England women's team will head to Wembley Stadium this Sunday for the Euro 2022 final.

Oldham-born veteran actor Bernard Cribbins has tragically passed away at the age of 93.

Vanessa Feltz has left her fans in tears as she emotionally announced her exit from BBC Radio 2. The broadcaster has quit her early morning breakfast show after nearly 20 years on air as well as her breakfast gig on BBC Radio London.

Emmerdale fans were floored last week when they discovered teen Amelia Spencer was pregnant. And the surprises just kept coming in the ITV soap as they were left even more stunned during Wednesday night's edition of the ITV soap (July 27) in which it was revealed Charity Dingle is also pregnant.

Naman Ramachandran The Edinburgh TV Festival has revealed the 105 successful candidates that have been selected for its talent schemes — Ones to Watch, TV PhD and The Network. The schemes are part of The TV Foundation, the festival’s charity with a mission to identify and nurture the next generation of talent from all backgrounds.Ones to Watch is aimed at those who already have three or more years’ experience in TV and are looking to make the next big step.

Joe Leydon Film CriticFor those of you who have always wanted to see Juliette Binoche play a foul-mouthed truck driver — and you know who you are — “Paradise Highway” delivers the goods, and then some. This counterintuitive casting is actually just one of the selling points for writer-director Anna Gutto’s solid and satisfying thriller, a shrewdly constructed melodrama that does not transcend cliches and conventions so much as show how useful and effective they can be in the right hands.Offering a précis of the plot could arguably do the movie a disservice, since the narrative pivots on human trafficking — specifically, the trafficking of prepubescent girls.

NAGA Munchetty has been left incredibly jealous of her BBC Breakfast co-star Shaimaa Khalil - and for good reason. The Australian correspondent joined the early morning show from Ramsay Street on the set of Neighbours as the final episode airs overseas.

Chris Rock has taken the moment Will Smith slapped him across the face in his stride, and has gone on to make light of the situation during a recent gig. The King Richard star, 53, slapped the comedian across the face in March after Chris, 57, made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s shaved head. Soon after, Will won an Oscar for his performance in King Richard – which Academy bosses nearly took away from him.

EXCLUSIVE: The Ukrainian Film Academy and House of Europe have launched a landmark pair of initiatives designed to help Ukrainian creatives who have been affected or displaced by the war, with Netflix providing support.

ITV bosses have talked up the Plimsoll Productions and Ben Stephenson deals as “ticking the box on genre and geography” and detailed how soon-to-launch streamer ITVX will attract bigger audiences.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster ITV is planning an editorial review of its hugely popular show “Love Island,” after it drew a large number of complaints from members of the public to media regulator Ofcom.In the last two weeks alone, the show has attracted 5,623 complaints to Ofcom, mainly related to alleged bullying and misogynistic behavior from some of the male contestants.In response to a question from Variety, during an earnings call following ITV posting half yearly revenues of $2 billion, Kevin Lygo, managing director, ITV Studios, said: “We continually assess the program as it’s going on, because it’s one of these odd, every night live shows. But when the series comes to an end, on Monday, we will always sit down and review what we think about it, what the reaction’s been, how well it’s done.” “It’s the best one we’ve had in many years.

The Saturdays singer Mollie King and her fiancé Stuart Broad have been enjoying a lavish ‘babymoon’ together as they get ready to welcome their first child later this year. The couple, who announced the happy news that they were expecting a baby last month, have taken to Instagram to share an adorable selection of snaps from the sun-soaked trip, where they have been busy gushing over their impending arrival.

Anna Williamson and Luisa Zissman have opened up on their individual experiences with postpartum depression in a powerful chat with OK! magazine about Boots' Taboo Talk podcast's third season, which launched on 27 July. Celebs Go Dating star Anna, 41, who recently shared a peak inside her country Hertfordshire home, is mum to son Vincenzo and daughter Eleanora with husband Alex Di Pasquale. While she's now come out the other side, Anna explained that she "hated being pregnant the first time around" as she felt "irrational and erratic".

It’s hard to believe that this year’s Love Island is almost over and soon the fashion inspo that the villa’s girls have been providing will say goodbye for another year.The girls have been showing viewers how flawless they are for some weeks now - including how they managed to stay hairless for all these weeks. Previously, former Love Island contestant Amy Hart explained that razors were banned in the villa. She explained: “Razors are classed as ‘weapons’, you weren’t allowed them in your bag.

Love Island fans have been left concerned over contestant Indiyah Polack, following Paige Thorne’s awkward reaction to her revealing she and Dami Hope had exchanged the L-word with each other. Indiyah, 23, informed the ladies of the big update in her romance with Dami, 26, as they all enjoyed a VIP brunch on Wednesday night’s episode.The Islanders were unaware that the couple had said the L-word to each other offscreen, as Indiyah explained: “Literally you guys don't know but like two days ago he may or may not have dropped the L-bomb." News of this left Dami’s best friend in the villa, Paige, 24, keen to no more, as as she asked eagerly before the rest of the girls: "Spill the beans, who said it first and what was the situation?" "Well we were in the kitchen and he was like 'I do love you' and I was like 'I do love you too,’” Indiyah replied, as Paige placed her hand over her heart and asserted: "I'm so happy for you guys." Her reaction has triggered fans to feel uneasy about the situation as many have claimed that Paige fancies Dami.