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Remembrances are pouring in for Sinéad O’Connor.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In the firestorm over Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” video, some attention has been trained on the different sources for the supposed U.S. news footage of protests that was incorporated into the video, some of which has been reported to have come from foreign countries. In the meantime, though, one clip that definitely did come from the U.S.

LaKeith Stanfield and Kasmere Trice Stanfield have revealed quite a surprise!

Two San Diego residents checked out nearly every single book in their library’s Pride Month display, claiming that such materials shouldn’t be available to children.Across the nation, conservative groups have pushed to ban books that discuss LGBTQ issues from libraries and schools, often arguing that they are pornographic or obscene merely because they depict LGBTQ identity.This attempt to stoke culture-war flames in San Diego backfired, according to The New York Times, ending with an outpouring of community support for the library in the form of increased monetary and book donations. As soon as The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on the protest, new copies of the checked-out books began to arrive at the library.

High Low, Sivan took the opportunity to clear up a misconception about one of his most memorable hits, “Bloom.” “I wrote this one song called ‘Bloom,’ right? And it’s about bottoming. And the lyric is ‘I bloom just for you.’ And people took that and ran,” he started.

Imax blew past Wall Street forecasts with sales up 32% at $98 million for the second quarter ended in June. Adjusted EPS was 26 cents a share – up 271%.

Two people have been arrested for allegedly vandalising a painting of King Charles at the Portrait Gallery of Scotland during an environmental protest.

Cocaine Sharks, a highlight of Discovery’s Shark Week which is due to air tonight (July 26) at 10pm ET, marine scientists examine if sharks are consuming floating pharmaceuticals cast overboard by passing traffickers.“It’s a catchy headline to shed light on a real problem, that everything we use, everything we manufacture, everything we put into our bodies, ends up in our wastewater streams and natural water bodies, and these aquatic life we depend on to survive are then exposed to that,” Dr Tracy Fanara, a Florida-based environmental engineer and lead member of the research team told CBS News.She added: “We’ve seen studies with pharmaceuticals, cocaine, methamphetamines, ketamine, all of these, where fish are being [affected] by drugs. If these cocaine bales are a point source of pollution, it’s very plausible [sharks] can be affected by this chemical.“Cocaine is so soluble that any of those packages open just a little, the structural integrity is destroyed and the drug is in the water.”In their research, conducted across six days at sea in the Florida Keys, Fanara and the British marine biologist Tom Hird observed sharks exhibiting peculiar behaviours.Footage from the show, which you can view above, showed that sharks did swim towards bales of fake cocaine, and Hird observed at least one hammerhead swimming differently than normal.

Meta’s revenue beat estimates in the second quarter, rising by 11% to $32 billion, as the company also touted investments in its Twitter rival, Threads, as well as in new AI products.

Saying that the studios are shackled together in a “mutual suicide pact,” WGA negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser said today in a video message to members that the only way for the companies to end the ongoing strike is to come back to the bargaining table and addressing all of the guild’s demands.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews looked more loved-up than ever as they splashed around in the surf on a beach holiday in Spain. Despite being hands-on parents to three children, Theodore, four, Gigi, three, and Otto, 15 months, Spencer, 34, and Vogue, 37, have clearly been putting the time in in the gym, as they showed off their chiseled figures.

Blake Lively made some hands-on adjustments to her Met Gala display! The actress was viewing the dress she wore to fashion's biggest night in 2022 — currently featured at London's Kensington Palace for the exhibit — when she noticed the gown needed some altering. Lively took to her Instagram Story on Tuesday to share a video of her fixing the way the dress lays on the mannequin. «When you're the clown who hops over the rope at the museum to fix the exhibit,» Lively wrote in the video's text.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Michael Barrymore was one of the best-known TV presenters in the UK when the body of Stuart Lubbock was found in his swimming pool on 31 March, 2001. Six years later, he was arrested in connection with the death of Stuart at his then-home in Roydon, Essex following a party, and later released without charge. But by then, ITV had terminated Michael's lucrative contract, and the presenter, now 71, had lost the TV career he loved.

Irish pop star and outspoken activist Sinéad O’Connor has passed away, The Irish Times reports. Her official cause of death has yet to be revealed.

James Blake has delivered his second single from his forthcoming album, Playing Robots Into Heaven. Following the release of "Big Hammer" comes a lovesick anthem, "Loading." Unlike the project's lead single, Blake features his own vocals, blending his new poppier sound with the eccentricities of his post-dubstep roots.

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Holly Willoughby is currently enjoying some time off from the This Morning sofa as she holidays in the Algarve.

People have been warned against wearing a hair tie on their wrists for a long period of time, especially at night.

Richard Osman is best known for presenting quiz shows Pointless and House of Games on the BBC, but the TV personality isn't the only famous face in his family.

A road in Hamilton will be closed next week while essential works are carried out.

Sinead O'Connor's final social media post references the tragic loss of her 17-year-old son who she called the 'love of her life'.

Audiences will soon watch 71-year-old Gerry Turner embark on his journey toward a second chance at love in ABC’s new series The Golden Bachelor.

Irish singer, songwriter and activist Sineád O’Connor, whose death at 56 was announced by her family today, is being remembered by her peers as an icon whose commitment to honest expression, in both her music and her life, was unwavering.

Elon Musk dropped on users over the weekend that Twitter was going to be rebranded as X. In the transition, many users noted that the @X handle was already taken by someone.

Tori Kelly's husband is speaking out. Days after the 30-year-old singer was reportedly hospitalized for blood clots, her husband, André Murillo, took to his Instagram Story to provide an update on her condition.«Tori is smiling again and feeling strong.

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Sinead O'Connor. The Irish-born musician, who became an international star in 1990 with her cover of Prince’s «Nothing Compares 2 U,» died at the age of 56. No cause of death has yet been reported.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Sinéad O'Connor posted a heartbreaking final message in tribute to her late son, Shane, just over a week before she died.The Nothing Compares 2 U singer passed away aged 56 this week - her cause of death is as yet unknown - just 18 months after her beloved son took his own life after going missing from hospital whilst on suicide watch. In her final, devastating, social media post on July 17, 2023, Sinéad shared an image of herself and her late son hugging when he was younger, as she wrote: "Been living as undead night creature since. He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul.

Sinéad O’Connor‘s family has released a statement, confirming her tragic passing at the age of 56.

Sinéad O'Connor's death was sadly reported on Wednesday, 26 July, at the age of just 56. But during her life, the singer was renowned for her trademark buzz cut, emotionally charged vocals and the numerous controversies that plagued her career. However, the Irish star’s journey to fame and her rebellious protests are shown in a different light in Sky’s latest documentary, Nothing Compares, which was scheduled to be screened this coming Saturday, before the tragic news.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Tributes have poured in for the iconic Irish singer, Sinéad O'Connor after she died, aged 56.The death of Sinéad was reported by the Irish Times, and it comes just 18 months after the passing of her beloved son, Shane, who committed suicide in January 2022. Sinead shot to fame in 1990 with her haunting cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U, which became the world's number one selling single at the first ever Billboard Music Awards that same year. Naturally, as news of her death broke, many devastated fans and celebrities rushed to social media to pay tribute to the music legend, who was known to have had her share of mental struggles throughout her life.

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EXCLUSIVE: Deadline spoke to Nordic distributor Scanbox about why it made sense to join new European film and TV studio Vuelta Group, which we revealed earlier this morning.

EXCLUSIVE: A significant shakeup in the European indie film space is underway with the formation of new studio Vuelta Group, Deadline can reveal.

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