HFPA Philanthropy Gala To Include Awarding Of Group’s First Social Justice Grant

Cue “Can’t Help Falling in Love” because Priscilla Presley‘s son is a married man.

Two people have appeared in court charged with murdering Glasgow grandad Brian Maley.

A popular cafe in East Ayrshire is gearing up to re-open under new ownership.

Jane Lynch is reflecting on her long-time battle with alcohol addiction, specifically her relapse five years ago.

The world of “The Boys” is expanding.

Quentin Tarantino is making the jump to TV! Well, not as a filmmaker. And not really as an actor.

Gaining a new perspective. While reflecting on his childhood, Chet Hanks didn’t hold back about the ups and downs of growing up with famous parents.

Bethenny Frankel is giving Kanye West some advice about his divorce.

2022 Oscar nominee Will Smith (King Richard) and two-time Emmy nominee David Oyelowo (The Girl Before) have come aboard Netflix’s film adaptation of Tọlá Okogwu’s upcoming book Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun as producers, Deadline has confirmed.

Kanye West is the subject of a brand new Netflix docu-series, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.

Queen Elizabeth was photographed for the first time since the public was concerned for her safety.

Winners are being announced for the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. Follow the ceremony live via the below video feed from 7PM CET / 10AM PST, with the red carpet now underway.

LGBTQ comedians Sampson McCormick and Kia Barnes will be performing at Mixx Atlanta (1492 Piedmont Ave NE) on February 22. The show, called “Black Joy,” will start at 7:30pm with doors opening at 7pm. Tickets are $20 for singles and $35 for couples in advance and $25 and $40, respectively, at the door.

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas might be expecting baby #2! Although the couple hasn’t shared any news related to another bundle of joy, Turner appears holding her possible baby bump in a recent family outing.The 25-year-old “Game of Thrones” star stepped out on Valentine’s Day to walk around in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. During the family stroll, Turner placed her hand on her stomach while showcasing the adorable bump in a white crop top, and completing the look with brown sweatpants, and a matching sweatshirt tied around her waist.The celebrity couple legally married during a Las Vegas ceremony right after the Billboard Music Awards in May 2019.

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West has been on an Instagram posting spree for the last couple of days with most of his content surrounding Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson’s relationship. After going on a rampage about Pete, Ye leaked alleged text messages from Kim worried about Pete’s safety. “U are creating a dangerous and scary environment and someone will hurt Pete and this will all be your fault,” the text message read.A conversation surrounding Kanye’s actions towards Kim began to take place online with many calling them a form of abuse and harassment.

Although Britney Spears, 40, has made it clear that she’s done with her family, her mom Lynne Spears, 66, is still reaching out to the singer — at least on Instagram. The one-sided interaction happened on Feb. 15, when Britney posted footage of her adorable Australian shepherd puppy named Sawyer that she and fiancé Sam Asghari took home from Hawaii. The “Toxic” hitmaker gushed over the cute canine in her lengthy caption, which led her millions of followers, Lynne included, to post messages about Sawyer in the comments section.

Girl In Red has signed a new record deal with Columbia Records.The Norwegian artist, real name Marie Ulven, previously released music through a worldwide recordings deal with AWAL (Artists Without A Label), a company which offers independent musicians an alternative to working with a traditional record label.Following the success of her April 2021 debut album ‘If I Could Make It Go Quiet’, Ulven has now signed to Columbia for her future releases.The label confirmed the news to Variety yesterday (February 15), though neither Columbia or Girl In Red have officially announced the signing at the time of writing.Speaking to NME at Reading Festival back in August, Ulven confirmed that she was working on new Girl In Red material.“I’m already working on new stuff, I’m really excited to see what’s going to happen,” she said, before reiterating that she isn’t interested in releasing singles at the moment.“I still don’t think singles are that interesting. I honestly don’t even know at this point,” Ulven continued.

An easyJet flight into Glasgow was forced into an aborted landing this afternoon due to high winds linked to Storm Dudley.

Balkan Insight, Depp was award the honour for his “outstanding merits in public and cultural activities, especially in the field of film art and the promotion of the Republic of Serbia in the world”.Receiving the award, The Daily Mail reports that Depp said: “I truly, sincerely thank you, President Vucic, and this medal of merit, if I am given the honour to walk away with this, I thank you for being kind enough to bestow it upon me.”The publication went on to say that Depp explained he was “right now on the verge of a new life”, adding: “I like a re-beginning, and I would love for that beginning to start here.”The actor had labelled himself a victim of “cancel culture” last year after being dropped from a number of projects in light of losing his bid to overturn a libel case that concluded he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard.Meanwhile, a documentary series focusing on the relationship between Johnny Depp and Heard is currently in development at Discovery+.The two-part series, called Johnny Vs. Amber, will break down the couple’s marriage, divorce and consequent legal action against each other, from multiple viewpoints.“Through the tapes, home videos and text messages shown in court, these films give viewers a rare and important insight into a marriage that went tragically wrong, and to better understand the hugely important issue of domestic violence,” explained producer Nick Hornby, via Deadline.

The fight for Premiership survival took a serious twist on Wednesday as Dundee abruptly sacked manager James McPake.

Foals have revealed that plans are afoot for side-projects and solo albums from within the band – including frontman Yannis Philippakis’ long-awaited record with Fela Kuti icon Tony Allen.The Oxford band were speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story to launch their upcoming seventh album, ‘Life Is Yours’.Philippakis first revealed that he had been at work on a side-project with Fela Kuti percussionist Allen back in 2017, before telling NME of his plans to finish the record in April 2020 – just weeks before the icon died.Yannis has now revealed that he has plans to return to Paris, where Allen was living, to finish the project later this month – as well as discussing how the drummer’s passing shaped his own creative outlook during the writing of ‘Life Is Yours’.“In relation to Tony, it was understanding that even though he’s gone physically from the world, the music that he made will go on forever,” Philippakis told NME. “When I’m gone, the songs will hopefully live on.”He added: “There’s an alchemy in looking at music in that way.

Inventing Anna subject Anna Sorokin is set to receive her own docuseries courtesy of Bunim/Murray Productions.The fake heiress who conned banks out of hundreds of thousands of dollars will be the main focus of a new project, after Shonda Rhimes’ scripted Netflix series starring Julia Garner aired last week.Sorokin, also known as Anna Delvey, is currently being held in detention by immigration authorities as she awaits the verdict after overstaying her visa. She was sentenced in 2019 and released in 2021, for the crimes portrayed in Inventing Anna.The new series is set to “begin where Inventing Anna” ends, reports Deadline.“It will follow the fast-moving events as her future changes day-to-day.

Residents on a Lanarkshire street were awoken by a huge tree falling right outside their homes.

Eurovision put on hold following an investigation by a TV broadcaster.On Saturday (February 12), Alina Pash booked her ticket to the world’s biggest song contest after winning Vidbir, the nationally televised selection show that Ukraine uses to find its Eurovision entry.Eight hopefuls competed in Vidbir, with a combination of a public vote and a jury vote determining the winner, both contributing 50 per cent of the points.However, Ukraine’s national broadcaster UA:PBC has now “suspended” the signing of the agreement for Pash to be the country’s representative at the song contest due to an investigation into a 2015 trip she made to Crimea, an area Russia seized control of in 2014.Visiting Crimea is frowned upon as there are strict rules in place on how people should travel to the region. Ukrainians and foreigners are only allowed to travel there through official land checkpoints.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Great Performances has set its fourth annual “Broadway’s Best” November line-up on PBS, including the world premiere of Lea Salonga in Concert featuring the Tony Award-winner singing her signature songs from Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Aladdin and Mulan.The Broadway’s Best programming, running on Fridays from November 6 to Nov. 27, kicks off with the 2011 taping of One Man, Two Guvnors, featuring a Tony Award-winning performance by The Late Late Show‘s James Corden.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorFresh off their Emmy wins, “Watchmen” co-stars Regina King and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will present at The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s upcoming virtual Grants Banquet.The HFPA also announced on Thursday morning that Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aubrey Plaza, Billy Porter, Christian Slater, Danielle Macdonald, Ethan Hawke, Jason Sudeikis, Orlando Bloom, Rita Moreno, Riz Ahmed, Scott Eastwood and Zachary Quinto will also make appearances during the Oct. 13 event.Officially called HFPA Philanthropy: Empowering the Next Generation, the banquet will be hosted by James Corden and include the presentation of $5.1 million in grants to 70 not-for-profits.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEven before the pandemic, the 2021 Grammy Awards were going to be very different from previous shows.For the first time in 40 years, the show will not be produced by veteran Ken Ehrlich, who announced in 2019 he’d be stepping aside for longtime James Corden producer Ben Winston.

WITH a little black book like Gary Barlow’s, I fully expected a star-studded line-up for his solo album – and he has not disappointed. I can reveal that a whole host of A-listers will feature on the record, with chat-show king James Corden the most eye-catching of them all.