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Finding their way back to each other! Nearly four months after Miguel and wife Nazanin Mandi announced their separation, the duo have reconnected.

Julia Fox is opening up about her whirlwind relationship with Kanye West, following their breakup announcement after six weeks of dating.The 32-year-old actress is now explaining what caused their split, indicating that it had to do with the rapper’s spontaneous lifestyle and his “hectic” schedule.“It feels like you’re just going with the flow, but the flow is very hectic, if that makes sense. It’s a lot of last-minute decisions or deciding to go somewhere at the last minute and activating when needed,” she said, ”When I’m with Ye...

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.

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Naman Ramachandran Since instating a new chair in Richard Sharp and a newish director general in Tim Davie, and in the wake of a U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) report flagging its financial challenges, public broadcaster BBC has sent a wide-ranging survey to license fee payers.The £3.52 billion ($4.8 billion) license fee is the BBC’s primary source of income.

Naman Ramachandran BAFTA winners Louis Theroux and David Olusoga will deliver masterclasses at BBC Studios’ annual Showcase.Now its 45th year, the event — which normally takes place in Liverpool across five days — is fully digital due to the pandemic. Independent British producers and BBC executives will present a range of new TV projects available to acquire and partner on to the world’s leading content buyers.BBC director general and former Studios boss Tim Davie will reveal his vision for the public broadcaster, while chief content officer Charlotte Moore will discuss editorial trends and her Showcase slate highlights.BBC Studios has yet to appoint a CEO since Davie departed for the director general job in September.

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has been ambitious and wide-ranging in its search for a new chief executive, but after nearly six months of recruiting, sources say that BBC director general Tim Davie is no closer to landing the big name he desires.