Kids can enjoy LEGO workshops, CBBC shows and special film screenings in Manchester Animation Festival

King Charles III, who celebrates his 75th birthday Tuesday, has faced the daunting task of following in the footsteps of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, a beloved, globally-admired world figure for 70 years. Notwithstanding initial concerns and criticisms from various quarters, during his first year on the throne, Charles has demonstrated the ability to inspire his people, steadied the ship against a turbulent geopolitical situation, and served as an able ambassador for his nation abroad.

Tool have announced a series of UK and European tour dates, set to kick off in 2024. Find a list of upcoming shows and ticket details below.All set to take place in spring next year, the upcoming tour dates come as the band – comprised of Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey – are currently in the midst of a North American tour that extends into February.Set to kick off two months later, the tour will open with a slot at the ZAG Arena in Hannover, Germany on May 25, and continue two days later with a show at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.From there, three performances around the UK are scheduled, opening with a performance in Birmingham on May 30, held at the Resorts World Arena.

Taylor Swift has added two more London dates to her ‘Eras’ tour with Paramore as special guests.The pop star is due to embark on the UK and European leg of the ‘Eras’ tour on May 9, 2024 at the LA Defense Arena in Paris before kicking off the UK stint at Edinburgh’s BT Murrayfield Stadium on June 7.The singer was due to perform six shows at London’s Wembley Arena on June 21, 22 and 23, followed August 15, 16 and 17.Now, Swift will be performing two more shows alongside Paramore on August 19 and 20.A limited numbers of fans who previously registered for shows in London will be selected for access to the sale and will receive notifications via email starting today (November 14).According to Ticketmaster listings for the new shows, general on sale will go live for the August 19 show today at 2pm GMT, while the August 20 sale starts tomorrow (November 15) at 2pm GMT from here.The news was announced today via Paramore’s Twitter/X account.The Eras Tour with @taylorswift13, 2024.Two new shows added at Wembley Stadium, August 19 & 20.A limited number of fans who previously registered for shows in London will be selected for access to the sale and will receive notifications via email starting today.Visit… pic.twitter.com/Z3eHKkohWz— paramore (@paramore) November 14, 2023Back in July, Swift announced an additional 14 new ‘Eras’ tour dates in the UK and EU – with Paramore serving as support – with the shows seemingly ruling her out as a potential Glastonbury headliner.Find the full ‘Eras’ touring schedule below with the new dates in bold.MAY Thu 9 2024 – PARIS LA Defense Arena (France) Fri 10 2024 – PARIS LA Defense Arena (France) Sat 11 2024 – PARIS LA Defense Arena (France) Sun 12 2024 – PARIS LA Defense Arena (France) Fri 17

The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European film projects selected for its Les Arcs Coproduction, running from December 16 to 19 within the framework of the Alpine event’s 15th edition.

EXCLUSIVE: Rise and Shine World Sales has acquired In-Soo Radstake’s Selling a Colonial War, an investigative documentary that just premiered in International Competition at IDFA.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures International has acquired French rights for Italian actress and screenwriter Paolo Cortellesi’s feature directorial debut hit There’s Still Tomorrow, in a deal brokered by Vision Distribution.

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has seen its financial picture stabilizing as the local TV advertising market began to show signs of recovery.

A big-hearted St Patrick’s Primary pupil has raised over £600 for London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Linda Robson has confirmed her split from husband Mark Dunford after 33 years of marriage. The Loose Women panellist, 65, has finally responded to speculation she's ended things with Mark, saying "enough is enough" and she feels "fine". Speaking to Woman magazine, Linda said "He's a really good dad and we had some good years, but enough is enough.

Josie Gibson has broken her silence as she confirmed she is entering the Australian jungle for the latest series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, which returns on Sunday, 19 November.The 38 year old This Morning presenter made a cheeky quip about the comments that she made when she touched down at Brisbane airport, telling reporters that she was in Australia for a "weight loss retreat" before her appearance on the show was confirmed. After the line-up was officially made public on Monday, 13 November, Josie took to Instagram to post a snap in her jungle outfit, made up of the recognisable red cargo pants, navy T-shirt and beige shirt that the celebrities wear on the show.

It's been confirmed that Nigel Farage is entering the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! jungle, with the former UKIP leader being the first contestant to touch down in Australia on Sunday. The 59 year old politician's team shared a pre-recorded video of him on social media on Monday after the news broke, with Nigel mocking the reported £1.5 million fee he's been paid by ITV to take part in the show.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes.The US singer-songwriter shared her haunting new track at the beginning of this month, which will feature on the official soundtrack from the Hunger Games prequel film, which is out November 17.The music video begins which a camera tracking shot moving into a cabin to find Rodrigo playing guitar and singing the song on the edge of a bed, building up to her running through a green field. The video is also interspersed with clips of Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler in their respective roles as Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird.Watch it below.Other artists set to feature alongside Rodrigo in the film’s soundtrack include Zegler, Billy Strings, Charles Wesley Godwin, Molly Tuttle and more.The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes will follow the younger years of Coriolanus Snow (originally played by Donald Sutherland) on his path to becoming the leader of Panem.Previous artists to feature in the soundtrack to The Hunger Games films include Taylor Swift, HAIM, Charli XCX, The Weeknd, Coldplay, Lorde and more.Francis Lawrence, director of The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes said in a statement (via Variety): “From the very beginning of this franchise, we have been fortunate to attract some of the world’s most talented recording artists, whose music has accentuated and complemented the drama of the films while underscoring the emotional weight carried by the characters.“With her highly charged lyrics and urgent voice, Olivia Rodrigo taps into all of that as much as any artist today.

Video footage showed the chaotic scenes at a train station as football fans clashed with police following the Bolton Wanderers v Blackpool match.

Linda Robson has said 'enough is enough' as she confirmed the end of her marriage. The Loose Women star's relationship with her husband Mark Dunford has been subject to split rumours for months.

Amy Dowden was seen fighting tears as she appeared in a pre-recorded clip on The One Show filmed during her cancer treatment. The Strictly Come Dancing star left her co-stars, celebrity pals and fans emotional last week as she revealed she'd finished chemotherapy.

Krishnan Guru-Murphy left himself and his dance partner in tears as they spoke for the first time about their Strictly Come Dancing exit. The Channel 4 News presenter was the seventh celebrity to leave the BBC One dance contest over the weekend.

A parole hearing for one of the two killers a who brutally murdered two-year-old James Bulger thirty years ago is set to take place over the next two days.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Five years after opening the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam with his feature debut “Kabul, City in the Wind,” Afghanistan-born, Netherlands-based filmmaker Aboozar Amini returns to IDFA to present his latest, “Kabul, Year Zero,” at the festival’s industry section, Forum. The choice to return to IDFA was an obvious one to Amini and frequent collaborator Jia Zhao of Silk Road Film Salon, who is co-producing “Kabul, Year Zero” alongside Julia Niethammer for Chromosome and Heejung Oh for Seesaw Pictures.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor MetFilm Sales has acquired worldwide rights, excluding Iceland, to Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson’s directorial debut “The Home Game,” which picked up the audience award at both Nordisk Panorama and the Icelandic Documentary Film Fest Skjaldborg. The film is set to have its North America Premiere at DOCNYC this week and the MetFilm team will be introducing it to buyers at IDFA. Twenty-five years ago, in a small fishing village in Iceland (population: 369), one man built a soccer field at the foot of a volcano, dreaming of a home game in the national FA Cup.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam is putting the livelihood of documentary filmmakers at the heart of their industry program this year. On Monday, a panel of experts gathered to discuss the issues filmmakers face in making a living in the industry, from pay disparity, devaluation, lack of information and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Erik ten Hag will be sweating on the fitness of Rasmus Hojlund over the international break after the striker came off with a hamstring injury during Manchester United's 1-0 win over Luton Town.

An urgent emergency services and mountain rescue response was sparked over concerns for the welfare of a girl at a quarry in Rochdale.

Virgin Media has launched yet another early Black Friday deal, this time for eager TV shoppers. The provider is taking on rival Sky once again with a series of box top price drops just days after it gave shoppers monthly uses of broadband without having to pay a penny.

The drama continues in Coronation Street next week as Amy Barlow faces prison, Liam Connor's threatened and Peter Barlow has fresh outburst ahead of exit.

A Greater Manchester town will have over 100 new homes built in the area - as plans have been approved by the local council.

A Grade II* listed hall in Manchester that has been repeatedly vandalised will have enhanced security, including CCTV in a bid to keep it safe.

Ancient Irish folk songs have horrifying repercussions in Paul Duane’s All You Need is Death. The film has just begun its festival tour and is set to have horror fans caught in its stranglehold of terror. The plot joins young couple Anna (Simone Collins) and Aleks (Charlie Maher) on their mission to collect rare folk songs. Certain Irish folk songs have become scarce and the couple supply collectors with hard to find compositions. However, after encountering Rita Concannon (Olwen Fouéré), they find their lives and relationship forever changed. When watching All You Need it Death, there is little need to be concerned about its overall narrative.

Charlie Travers is making a splash with her first red carpet appearance following rumors that she might be dating singer Shawn Mendes.

The White Lotus is preparing for its third season with a brand new setting and cast, roughly a year after season 2 aired on HBO and Max!

Rachel Zegler and Josh Andrés Rivera are opening up about working on The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as a couple!

Kim Zolciak and her estranged husband Kroy Biermann are reuniting for their 12th wedding anniversary!

EXCLUSIVE: Mike White’s The White Lotus is not wasting any time ramping up for Season 3. On Nov. 9, the very day the SAG-AFTRA strike ended at 12:01 AM, the Emmy-winning HBO anthology series started casting for its upcoming third installment by releasing a list of the new characters. Filming is tentatively slated to begin in early February in Thailand, sources said.

Olivia Rodrigo is contributing her music to the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes with “Can’t Catch Me Now.”

Not a ton of winning to report here: A new SEC filing shows that Donald Trump‘s Truth Social lost some $73 million in net sales in its first 16 months.

Anna Drezen, the creator of Freeform‘s animated series Praise Petey, has announced on social media that the cable network has canceled the show after one season.

Jason Alexander is weighing in on the possibility of a Seinfeld reunion that Jerry Seinfeld teased last month. However, it seems that the actor who played George Costanza during the nine-year run of the sitcom is unaware of any revival actually happening.