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Nominations for the 96th Oscars are being revealed today, Tuesday, January 23, in a live presentation hosted by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid beginning at 5:30 a.m. PT/8:30 a.m.

Mum-of-seven Paris Fury has shared an exhausted selfie after her teething baby son had her up at at 5.30am. Paris, 34, gave birth to her seventh child with boxer husband, Tyson Fury, 35, in September 2023.The little one is named Prince Rico Paris Fury. Now that her youngest son is five months old, his first teeth are coming through, which means Paris has been up at the early hours to console him.

Coronation Street star Sean Wilson chose a very different career path after turning his back on acting and exiting the ITV soap in 2005. Sean, 58, played Martin Platt in the soap from 1985 until 2005, and was involved in some big storylines including his marriage to Gail Platt (Helen Worth) and becoming dad to David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd).

Gemma Atkinson quickly received the same response from fans as she shared an adorable video of herself with her baby son. The Hits Radio host and her Strictly Come Dancing star fiance Gorka Marquez welcomed their second child into the world last summer.

The Apprentice will soon be back on screen with 18 new candidates hoping to impress business tycoon Lord Alan Sugar. The BBC show sees budding businessmen and businesswomen take on tasks in a bid to battle it out and land the opportunity of a lifetime - a £250,000 investment and mentorship with Lord Sugar.

Sunday Brunch star Simon Rimmer has shared the heartbreaking final images of his long-standing West Didsbury restaurant all closed up - as he said his final goodbyes. Acclaimed chef Simon announced earlier this month that Greens in Didsbury would close after a huge rent hike and rising costs made it impossible to continue.

There’s so many great films and shows dropping on TV and streaming platforms these days that it can be tricky to find which providers offer the top content with the best deals. That’s why we’ve scoured the January sales and spotted some awesome deals from Virgin Media that come with loads of blockbuster films and shows.

Rochelle Humes has confirmed that I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here winner Sam Thompson's latest tale about her husband was a 'true story' after he left Marvin "pi**ed off". On the latest episode of his podcast with best pal Pete Wicks, Sam spoke about a recent phone exchange he had with former campmate Marvin.

The Conservatives would lose every single MP in Greater Manchester if there was a general election now, according to pollsters. The YouGov MRP model, which forecasts voting in each constituency, predicts that Labour would win almost every seat in the city-region.

A person was found dead early today after emergency services were called to reports of a casualty on railway tracks, police have revealed. No sex or age of the person has been released by British Transport Police.

Fire crews have been called onboard an easyJet plane at Manchester Airport.

claimed that Madonna is “too full of herself” to ever acknowledge him.The “Karma Chameleon” hitmaker, 62, has seemingly reignited his feud with the “Material Girl” songstress, 65, as he recalled some encounters he’s had with her in the past.Writing in his memoir “Karma: My Autobiography,” the Culture Club frontman detailed a specific exchange he had with the Queen of Pop years ago.“This is where Madonna alleges she met me, and I was bitchy,” he wrote in an excerpt shared with People, adding that Madonna remembers him “head to toe in Westwood,” but he was exclusively wearing Sue Clowes at the time.To the “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” hitmaker’s recollection, that couldn’t have been him.He then recalled another encounter he had with Madonna at a New York City club called Palladium.“Madonna arrived with Sean Penn and pretended she didn’t see me,” he alleged. “Madonna is everything it says on the tin but she adds new ingredients every day.” (Madonna and Penn, 63, married in 1985 and split two years later.)“I know for a fact she’s too full of herself to even mention me.

The boss of the UK Cinema Association (UKCA) has said that British cinemagoers are not being fed enough quality local movies to get them back to movie theaters with the frequency of the pre-Covid era.

Russell Crowe, Chris Evans, Jennifer Lopez and Mel Gibson are among the acting nominees for the 44th edition of the tongue-in-cheek ceremony, which will take place in Los Angeles on March 9, the night before the Oscars.The most nominated film this year is Expend4bles, the fourth instalment of the action franchise starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone, with seven nominations, including Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Stallone.Horror revival The Exorcist: Believer received four nominations, as did Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, both also up for Worst Picture. That category is rounded out by shark thriller Meg 2: The Trench and DC Extended Universe film Shazam! Fury of the Gods.Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania also picked up four nominations, including Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for both Michael Douglas and Bill Murray.Crowe is nominated for his role in The Pope’s Exorcist, while Evans’ turn in Ghosted also earned him a nod, alongside his co-star Ana de Armas.

Taylor Swift‘s home in New York.As BBC News reports, David Crowe was arrested yesterday (Monday, January 22) following complaints about an “emotionally disturbed male acting erratically” in the area.“Once officers observed the male harassing multiple complainants, they took him to custody without further incidents, [and] no injuries were reported,” said the New York Police Department (NYPD).Crowe, who is 33 years old and from Seattle, Washington, was charged with two counts of harassment and two counts of stalking.It comes days after a man was arrested outside the same residence for allegedly attempting to enter the property. The NYPD have not confirmed if the suspect of the first arrest was linked to the harassment and stalking case.Swift was away from home at the time supporting her NFL boyfriend Travis Kelce as his team Kansas City Chiefs played the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.The ‘Midnights’ artist has previously faced numerous issues with alleged stalkers at her New York residence, as well as homes she owns in California and Rhode Island.Last summer, a man from Indiana was arrested and charged with stalking and harassing Swift after he made numerous attempts to contact the star at home and through social media.Back in 2022, a man faced trespassing and stalking charges after allegedly entering two New York homes linked to Swift.A stalker also broke into Swift’s NYC townhouse in 2018, and was found taking a nap in the property.

Oscar Isaac sung and played guitar with the Latin alternative musician Gaby Moreno on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (January 22) – check out the footage below.The actor joined Moreno for a performance of ‘Luna de Xelajú’, a song first released as a single last March ahead of her EP ‘X Mi (Vol. 1)’.

Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition have been released for 2024 – find all the information below.The free-to-enter contest gives up-and-coming musicians the chance to play at one of the festival’s main stages.The winner will also be awarded a £5,000 Talent Development prize from PRS Foundation to help develop their songwriting and performing, while two runners-up will each be awarded a £2,500 PRS Foundation Talent Development prize.Musicians of any genre can enter the 2024 competition for one week only using the form on the Glastonbury website from 9am GMT, Monday, January 29 until 5pm GMT Monday, February 5.After the entry period closes, a panel of 30 UK music writers will help compile a longlist of 90 acts. That will be narrowed down to a shortlist of eight artists, with judges including Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, before the live finals in Pilton which will decide the winning act.Last year’s finalists were: Cordelia Gartside, EVA, FFSYTHO?!, Naomi Kimpenu, N’famady Kouyaté, The Love Buzz, and NME 100 stars for 2022: Prima Queen and VLURE.The festival welcomes entries from disabled artists, who they say will be supported to ensure they are not disadvantaged by the process.“At a time when it’s not always easy for acts to get their foot on the ladder, we’re really happy to be able to offer this opportunity for rising artists,” said Emily Eavis in a press statement.

In The Heat Of The Night and Moonstruck, has died at the age of 97.The news was shared by his publicist Jeff Sanderson yesterday (January 22) that Jewison died “peacefully” last Saturday (January 20) at his home in Los Angeles.Jewison’s stirring 1967 racial drama In The Heat Of The Night won the Oscar for Best Picture, and Jewison himself was nominated for Best Director.He would receive two further nominations, for 1971 musical Fiddler On The Roof and 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck. He later won the Academy’s prestigious Irving G.

The Smile have announced an extra London date on their March 2024 UK tour after phenomenal demand.The Radiohead side project – comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – announced their UK and European tour back in November, alongside their new album ‘Wall Of Eyes‘.The band are due to kick off the tour at Dublin’s 3Arena on March 7 and play dates in Brighton, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham before finishing up with a show at London’s Alexandra Palace on March 23.They’ve now added a second London show at the Eventim Apollo on Sunday, March 10 due to “exceptional demand”.Tickets for the extra show go on sale this Friday (January 26) at 9am GMT from here. Fans can also sign up to the pre-sale here.A post shared by The Smile (@thesmiletheband)MARCH7 – Dublin, 3Arena 10 – London, Eventim Apollo 13 – Copenhagen, K.B. Hallen 15 – Brussels, Forest National 16 – Amsterdam, AFAS Live 18 – Brighton, Brighton Centre 19 – Manchester, O2 Apollo 20 – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo 22 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 23 – London, Alexandra PalaceThe Smile’s second album ‘Wall Of Eyes’ is out Friday, which NME described in four-star review as a “masterclass in pushing rock forward”, adding that it features “some of their best work since ‘In Rainbows'”.It added: “Where previously the comparisons to their Radiohead catalogue could warp expectations, the breadth of the material on offer here suggest that it could, eventually, flip that dynamic right on its head.”Reviewing The Smile live in New York City in 2022, NME described the show as an “expansive and dazzling spectacle”.

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have announced a 10th anniversary tour to celebrate their 2014 collaborative album ‘Piñata’.The duo have so far announced three ‘Teñata’ shows throughout May 2024 in Boston (5), New York (11) and Chicago (19), and a press release teases “more coming soon”.They’ll be backed by El Michels Affair, who performed with Gibbs and Madlib for a Tiny Desk Concert in 2019, while Eyedress and Pink Siifu will support on select dates.A number of pre-sales start today (January 23) at 10am EST, before general save goes live Friday (January 26) at 10am EST from here.A post shared by Freddie Gibbs (@freddiegibbs)MAY10 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *11 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17 ^19 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed ** = w/ Eyedress^ = w/ Pink SiifuReviewing ‘Piñata’ upon its release, NME wrote that while the collaboration “may sound unlikely on paper”, on record, “Gibbs’ coarsely inventive flow works perfectly with Madlib’s imperfectly human beats”.The collaborators followed up ‘Piñata’ with their 2019 release ‘Bandana’, which received a glowing five-star review from NME: “On ‘Bandana’, Gibbs hits another level as a lyricist. He still makes an art out of violent imagery (on the potent ‘Flat Tummy Tea’ he threatens to use a sword to knock “white Jesus” off a horse), but now has developed much more of a philosophical edge, too.

Daniel Bedingfield has announced a run of UK shows to mark the 20th anniversary of his debut album ‘Gotta Get Thru This’. Find all the details below.Released back in 2002, the singer-songwriter/producer’s first studio record reached Number Two on the UK albums chart.

Will Ferrell has received praise for his support of the transgender community ahead of the premiere of the new documentary Will & Harper.The film explores the friendship between Ferrell and Harper Steele, a former Saturday Night Live writer, who came out as transgender in 2022. The film received its first official screening at the Sundance Film Festival this week.In a video clip with Variety that has gone viral, Ferrell says: “It was three summers ago in which Harper emailed a lot of her close friends with the headline: ‘Here’s a Weird One’.

Ghostpoet has described the new German culture strike as “misdirected”, while also declaring his support for Gaza.In recent weeks figures from the arts and entertainment industry have voiced their support for the Strike Germany movement in response to the government’s “use of McCarthyist policies that suppress freedom of expression” related to showing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.An open letter from the movement claims that Palestine solidarity protests have been “mislabeled as anti-Semitic and banned” while activist spaces are “raided by police, and violent arrests are frequent”.It adds that Strike Germany is a “call for international cultural workers to strike from German cultural institutions”.However, British artist Ghostpoet – real name Obaro Ejimiwe – has expressed scepticism over the strike’s “wave of blanket cancellations”.In an Instagram post shared last week, the Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter wrote that while he shares the anger over “Germany’s unforgivable support of Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians”, it will not “achieve the desired results”.A post shared by Ghostpoet (@ghostpoet)He added that the strike is “misdirected”, because many of the affected institutions are “spaces for dissent against these genocidal policies” but are the ones “paying the price for the government’s position”.Other shortcomings he claimed to be hindering the strike included that there was “no mutual aid plan” that would help provide financial, political, legal and logistical support to strikers, while also noting that arts and culture workers in Germany were “not a cohesive category”.He said most were freelancers whose income depended on exhibitions, gigs and events.“Ultimately, instead of bearing

Doja Cat and Disclosure have been announced as the headliners of Parklife 2024 – check out the line-up below.The festival is due to take place at Heaton Park in Manchester on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9. Tickets go on sale at 10am GMT this Friday (January 26) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.Organisers have confirmed today (January 23) that Doja Cat will make her UK festival headline debut when she tops the bill on the Sunday.

Ozzy was having an affair.The couple had been married for more than 30 years when the Black Sabbath frontman reportedly began an affair with a celebrity hairdresser, which went on for four years between 2012-2016.The revelation was followed by the pair temporarily separating after 33 years together.Speaking on stage at her Cut The Crap show at London’s Fortune Theatre on Sunday night (January 21) with friend Jane Moore (per The Mirror), Sharon said she was “used to” her husband “always” having groupies.“But when he knows the name of the person, where they live and where they work… it is a whole different thing as you are emotionally invested. I took, I don’t know how many pills,” she said.“I just thought, ‘My kids are older, they are fine and can take care of themselves’.

After insisting publicly for years that it was not dead-set on pursuing sports rights, Netflix has made a landmark deal for one of cable TV’s staples, WWE‘s Monday Night Raw.

Geordie Shore star Chloe Ferry shared a heartfelt post on social media, revealing her ongoing battle with health anxiety following her father's sudden death from cancer in 2021. In the emotional post, Chloe, 28, uploaded a teary-eyed snapshot, showing her sitting on the floor dressed in casual comfy clothes. Chloe used her platform to shed light on health anxiety and encourage others to speak openly about mental health issues.

Former Love Island star turned influencer, Molly-Mae Hague, has revealed the sweet family tradition that she is continuing for her daughter Bambi as she celebrates her first birthday. Molly-Mae often shares glimpses of her day-to-day life on social media and opted to share some adorable glimpses of her little ones first birthday. Molly shared a snap of a wall of photographs with her family, as well as an adorable photo of Bambi playing with her new toy and her very own home-made birthday cake.

Following the shocking news of her second cancer diagnosis in less than a year, Sarah, Duchess of York is determined to remain as cheerful and as upbeat as she always has done, despite this latest blow to her family. It was revealed the Duchess has a form of skin cancer - something which she is tragically familiar with as her father, Major Ronald Ferguson, also had the same diagnosis. Speaking to OK!, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond spoke about how "distressing" this time will be for the York Family.

Love Island: All Stars viewers were left completely floored as exes Callum Jones and Molly Smith entered the villa as bombshells at the beginning of the series.The ITV2 dating show spin-off, which debuted on ITV2 on 15 January, brought 12 islanders back from previous series, and then announced that the public had decided on their couples. Jut just as it appeared there were no more twists to come, former stars Callum, 27, and Molly, 30, were both brought back. Callum chose to couple up with Molly, even though they'd split just months before.

Nat Phillips will leave Liverpool again this month after his Celtic loan spell came to an end.

A man has been arrested and charged with harassment and stalking after several complaints were made about an “emotionally disturbed male acting erratically” in the vicinity of Taylor Swift’s home, US authorities have confirmed.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly been left baffled over the public's outrage at them naming their daughter after Queen Elizabeth.

Nicola Sturgeon reacted with fury after players from a Scottish Premiership football club were pictured breaking social distancing rules, the UK Covid Inquiry has heard.

The One Show's Alex Jones took a moment to reflect on her young son growing up as she celebrated his birthday.

Police have released a CCTV images of a man in connection with an investigation into an incident in August last year.