Kirkcudbright Choral Society conductor raises more than £2,000 for charity with non-stop piano sessions

Jay Kontzle may soon be making an exit from Emmerdale - if Meena Jutla gets her way.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen I sat down to write a piece about TV’s hottest couple (happy Valentine’s Day!), I never anticipated that I’d be doing so for a pair of manipulative robber barons with Cheshire cat grins and ambitions as deep as their wallets. But isn’t that what they say about love, that it’ll find you when you least expect it? And so here I am, ready to declare my allegiance to Mr. and Mrs.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorChristina Yuna Lee, a senior creative producer at the digital music platform Splice, was murdered over the weekend inside her apartment in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York. She was 35.The suspect, Assamad Nash. who allegedly was seen on security video following Lee into her apartment, has been arrested and charged in connection with Lee’s stabbing death, according to New York 1 and other local reports.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Lucy and Desi,” a new documentary from director Amy Poehler, tells the true story behind the television trailblazers who changed the landscape of Hollywood.In the first trailer, which dropped on Monday, icons like Bette Midler, Carol Burnett and Norman Lear attempt to put into words the impact that Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had on the entertainment industry.“They established their own studio. That’s an enormous operation,” marvels Lear.

Apparently Kanye West and Julia Fox won’t be having a romantic Valentine’s Day date night! A rep for the 32-year-old actress confirmed their split in a statement to E! News on Monday February 14. While Julia and the 44-year-old rapper are no longer together, they appear to have ended things on good terms. “Julia and Kanye remain good friends and collaborators,” the rep told E!

Sarky Mouradian, an Armenian writer-director who also hosted a U.S. TV series in which he interviewed celebrity countrymen, has died. He was 90.

Amazon Prime Video is rolling out on-set counsellors to a number of its productions following the success of the measure on Barry Jenkins’ Underground Railroad. 

EXCLUSIVE: On Valentine’s Day, Dickinson producer wiip has found its next love story.

Vanessa Bryant’s love for her husband will live on forever. The 39-year-old paid tribute to her late husband, Kobe Bryant, on Valentine’s Day, posting a photo of them to Instagram and reminding the world that the Lakers legend is her “forever Valentine.” “Happy Valentine’s Day, Baby,” she wrote in her caption.

the Hollywood star revealed to Jimmy Kimmel why he can not be trusted with important information.The 74-year-old actor recently shared his excitement for the arrival of her daughter’s new baby, opening up about his relationship with Katherine Schwarzenegger’s husband Chris Pratt, and how it feels to be a grandparent to their 18-month-old daughter Lyla.Arnold was asked if he already knew the gender of the baby, explaining that the couple might have decided not to tell him because he is not the best at keeping secrets.“I really don’t know [whether they’ve found out], but I do blow [secrets] a lot of the time,” Arnold said to Jimmy Kimmel, adding, “Absolutely correct, I can’t shut my mouth. Blah, blah, blah.

Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, entertainment reporter and news anchor, Lauren Sanchez.While enjoying the game, the entrepreneur and the media personality mingled with their friends, including, Lauren’s ex, former football tight end Tony Gonzalez, one of the Latino athletes who has played at the Super Bowl.A post shared by Lauren Sanchez (@laurenwsanchez)Before the exciting match, Bezos and Sanchez started the weekend partying alongside other A-listers. The pair attended the h.wood Group and Revolve’s pop-up party headlined by Justin Bieber.

Romeo Santos has chosen the day of love and friendship to surprise his fans and thank them for their unconditional support since the beginning of his career. As a preview of his next musical production, Fórmula, Vol. 3, the so-called “King of Bachata,” has decided to release “Sus Huellas” as the first single and accompany it with a music video that exceeds all expectations.The singer-songwriter of Dominican and Puerto Rican origin never stops, and his formula goes beyond his albums.

Terrifying footage shows the shocking moment a thug armed with a knife and a hammer attacks a defenceless woman in the street.

Katie Price has managed to avoid a court hearing by striking a deal to pay off her debts. The model and reality star, 43, who recently halted content on her OnlyFans page due to recovering from plastic surgery, was due to appear in High Court on Monday 14 February as part of her bankruptcy case.

Celebs Go Dating is set to be full of drama on Monday night as experts Anna Williamson and Paul Carrick Brunson give Ryan-Mark Parsons a shock ultimatum. In an exclusive clip obtained by OK!, it sees the two dating experts sit down Ryan-Mark, 21, as they insist he either changes or leaves the agency.

A couple of weeks ago, it was revealed that “Fight Club” was added to a Chinese streaming platform recently, but with a brand-new ending. Instead of the ending where buildings are blown up and Project Mayhem wins the day, a new, more government-friendly ending was added, where the film shows a title card explaining how the bad guys lost.

This year, the Oscars decided to go fairly safe with its Best Picture nominees. Some people, namely superhero film fans, were hoping for a curveball with a “Spider-Man: No Way Home” addition to the category.

Harry Redknapp and his wife Sandra have revealed to OK! Magazine they are writing a tell-all book - titled When Harry Met Sandra - about their life together. The pair - who met at their local pub at the age of 17 and have been married for 53 years - will be lifting the lid on the secrets to their happy marriage, how Sandra has been Harry’s rock throughout his career, and their expanding family following the birth of grandson Raphael. As the I'm A Celebrity...

This is such terrible news: Odell Beckham Jr. may have torn his ACL during the 2022 Super Bowl on Sunday (February 13).

Frank Turner is on course to achieve his first Number One album this week.According to The Official Charts Company, ‘FTHC’, which stands for Frank Turner Hardcore – is currently leading the charts with more than double the sales of his closest competition, Alt-J’s ‘The Dream‘.It would be Turner’s highest-charting album to date following on from ‘Tape Deck Heart‘, which recached Number Two in 2013.Others looking to claim their highest UK albums chart entry include Slash and Myles Kennedy.Their latest collaboration ‘4’ is set to chart at Number Three, while James Morrison’s ‘Greatest Hits’ collection is on track to enter the charts at Number Five.Elsewhere in the charts, Viola Beach’s self-titled debut album is set to re-enter the chart at Number Seven, following a special vinyl release.The posthumously-released album debuted at Number One in August 2016 after the group suffered a fatal incident alongside their manager in February of that year. Last month, Turner shared his new single ‘A Wave Across A Bay’, written as a tribute to the late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison.The track has been released with the blessing of Scott’s younger brother Grant, and was first performed by Turner back in 2020 during a set of Frightened Rabbit covers.“I still miss my friend Scott every day,” Turner said about the single.

Game Of Thrones fans “lost their minds” over the show’s finale.The actor, who is currently starring in the sci-fi movie Moonfall, played Samwell Tarly in all eight seasons of the HBO fantasy drama.Fans had waited seven seasons for the climactic showdown between dragon queen Daenerys Targaryen and the ruling Lannister clan.The fans were left extremely disappointed to the point where they started a petition to remake the final season, which racked up 1.8million signatures.Speaking to NME in a new interview, Bradley said: “We were never going to please everybody. People had invested too much.”He also took umbrage with people who said the cast and crew “knew it was going to be rubbish”.Bradley added: “We genuinely wanted it to be great.

Bez has revealed that he once hid out in a cave for weeks after he was chased out of an area in Morocco where he’d shoplifted.The Happy Mondays percussionist/dancer said in a new interview that he’d turned to theft as a way to survive while travelling the world in his late teens, which was before he joined the band in 1985. Bez was “mostly homeless and sofa-surfing” at the time, and had intentions to move on from petty crime, for which he had served prison time.He told The Guardian: “By the time I was about 19, I decided I didn’t want to get caught up in the sort of shit I was doing again, so thought the best thing I could do was to have a huge adventure and go travelling.“I lived in Morocco for a bit and was shoplifting just to survive; pinching bars of chocolate.

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has said the band are in the studio working on their 12th album.Tweedy, who revealed the news in his Substack on Friday (February 11), explained to fans that his correspondence had been more irregular of late owing to the fact that Wilco are making the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Ode To Joy‘.“I’ve been in the studio with Wilco making some new music, chipping away at a new record. It’s been very very very fun and exciting.

Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen had flashbulbs popping at the premiere of their explosive tell-all documentary film Rooney last week.

Gerald Williams was a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Yankees, Brewers, Braves, Devil Rays, Marlins, and Mets. Gerald Williams was drafted by the Yankees in 1987 and made his major league debut with the club in 1992. He was known for his speed and defensive skill in the outfield and was nicknamed “Ice.” He was traded by the Yankees late in the 1996 season to the Brewers, so he did not play on the Yankees World Series winning team that year.

Trisha Paytas is expecting their first child with Moses Hacmon!

Page Six.The talk show host's mental state has been thrown into question of late since her bank froze her personal accounts amid claims she's being exploited, something she vehemently denies. Her attorney insisted that Wendy is "fine" and is "of sound mind.""[She is] disappointed about falsely circulated statements from an industry she has devoted her life to," LaShawn said.