London cinema cancels premiere of Kevin Spacey film due to his involvement

Taylor Swift‘s ‘Karma’ reportedly got a boost earlier this week after the pop singer changed a lyric during a concert in Argentina to shout out her boyfriend Travis Kelce.This past weekend (November 11), while performing in Argentina, Swift changed a lyric from ‘Karma’ to “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me“, which instantly received loud cheers from concert attendees and Kelce himself, who had flown in for the concert.The lyric change – and Swift’s running offstage to kiss Kelce at the end of the show – has seemingly confirmed weeks-long rumours that the pop star and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end have been dating.OH MY GOD pic.twitter.com/Sakp1835Dx— aidan (@aidan7501) November 12, 2023Following Swift’s ‘Karma’ lyric change, the original song has enjoyed a boost in performance on streaming services, according to a report from Rolling Stone, with data provided by Luminate.According to Rolling Stone‘s report, ‘Karma’ on streaming platforms jumped up nearly 22 per cent on Monday (November 12) — up to over 993,000 from about 817,000 the day prior.‘Karma’ has also received a boost in sales, jumping from 157 to 783 units or 117 per cent, per Luminate’s data. While not a massive jump, the resurgence of ‘Karma’ has now put the track back on the iTunes sales chart at the 11th position.On Friday (November 10), it was also announced the singer is now the recipient of six new Grammy nominations.

Michaela Zee “The Fall Guy” is now landing in theaters on May 3, 2024, after “Deadpool 3” vacated the release slot amid the work stoppage caused by the recently ended SAG-AFTRA strike. Universal Pictures was originally set to release David Leitch’s action thriller, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, on March 1, 2024. Based on Glen A.

Naman Ramachandran Subrata Roy, chair of Sahara India Pariwar, a former major player in the Indian media space, died on Nov. 14 in Mumbai. He was 75.

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Shane MacGowan‘s wife Victoria Mary Clarke has shared an update on the former The Pogues frontman’s health conditions after he was visited by his bandmates in the hospital.Yesterday (November 14), Clarke took to X (formerly Twitter) to share that Peter Richard “Spider” Stacy and Terry Woods – MacGowan’s bandmates in The Pogues – recently visited their ailing friend in the hospital, where he has been admitted since June. “Love and prayers for everyone who is struggling right now.

After a rush to hospital with jaundice earlier this week, A Place in the Sun star Jonnie Irwin has broken his silence and issued an update.The 49 year old has admitted it's "time for a break" admitting that he now faces "bigger problems" amid his cancer battle. "Time for some current bun and a break from hospitals and builder and them a break from me!" he told fans.

As Emmerdale's Bernice Blackstock, played by Samantha Giles, bid farewell to the Dales after 25 years, fans were already predicting that we have not seen the last of the iconic character. Bernice has left the village after she had been spending recklessly, accumulating debts and even borrowing money under her sister Nicola's name. Things came to a head when her family discovered her actions, leading her to attempt to flee.

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Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia and his wife Emma Heming Willis is opening up about the struggles and lessons amid the actor’s health journey.

ITV Love Island's Molly Marsh, who appeared on the latest series of the show, broke down into tears as she explained to her YouTube viewers that her anxiety has “hit the floor”. Since leaving the villa in the summer, Molly has been keeping her fans updated on her post-Love Island life via her Instagram and YouTube videos.The influencer has been releasing a weekly vlog on her YouTube which comprises of what activities she has got up to in the week.

Holly Willoughby could soon be making a TV comeback, says her friend and former This Morning co-star Dr Ranj Singh. Dr Ranj, 44, who was the show's resident medical expert from 2016 to 2021, has said that he believes Holly, 42, will soon make a return to TV as "she's too good not to." Speaking to Closer, he said: "Of course she will come back to TV, she's too good not to. I don't know where or what show, but she's so good at it, it would be a shame for her to back away completely." Despite previously criticising the show as 'toxic', he admitted that he still wanted to check up on Holly.

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Taika Waititi directed two of the four Thor films starring Chris Hemsworth and as rumors that a fifth installment is being developed, the director is saying he is not involved.

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Tonight's Big Brother saw Tom and Jenkin evicted from the house after they and Jordan were transferred to a secret room, before facing the public vote. Surviving the vote, Jordan returned to the house on Tuesday, 14 November, much to the shock of their fellow housemates, who believed they had been evicted with the other two.

In great spirits as always, TV star Stacey Solomon enjoyed a hilarious chat with her fans on her Instagram stories. Noting that she had woke up to lots of messages from fans to chat about her latest Christmas crafting that she shared online - she admitted that this time, a lot of loyal followers weren't so amused with her final results. Struggling to contain her laugher, the Loose Women panellist said: "I've woken up this morning to a lot of you messaging me saying 'Stace, your Christmas bells are s**t!'" as she burst out laughing.

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Parish,” debuting on AMC and AMC+ in 2024. Giancarlo Esposito, no stranger to AMC viewers thanks to “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” stars and executive produces. The series’ synopsis reads, “Esposito stars as Gracian ‘Gray’ Parish, a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic A chyron that appears at the end of “Napoleon,” after two and a half hours of turgid spectacle and grime-encrusted showmanship, informs that France’s self-anointed emperor oversaw 61 battles, listing the six that director Ridley Scott opted to stage for our benefit … or for his own glory. The director’s motives are unclear, much like those of Napoleon Bonaparte as played by Joaquin Phoenix, who gives a mumbly and oddly anti-charismatic performance as the figure — short, slender and something of an outsider, owing to his Corsican birth — who came to rule France after the revolution.

Gordon Cox Theater Editor To hear the actress Sierra Boggess tell it, Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s Broadway musical “Harmony” couldn’t have a more apt title. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “They sing in harmony the entire show,” said Boggess (“The Little Mermaid,” “Love Never Dies”), speaking in a conversation with “Harmony” director-choreographer Warren Carlyle on the new episode of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. “There’s no sound like it on Broadway right now.” Carlyle (“After Midnight,” “The Music Man”) described the sound of “Harmony,” about a real-life troupe of singers called the Comedian Harmonists, as “a cross between the Manhattan Transfer and the Marx Brothers.” He went on to reveal his take on how the hitmaking duo Manilow and Sussman work together.

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Kevin Spacey was met with a standing ovation last night (October 16) as he returned to the stage for the first time since being cleared of sexual assault charges.Spacey performed a brief scene from the Shakespeare play Timon Of Athens at a theatre in Oxford, during a lecture held in memory of the late conservative philosopher Roger Scruton.Evidently, the extract had been chosen for a reason. Douglas Murray, the conservative columnist who delivered the lecture and invited Spacey to perform in Oxford and delivered the lecture, told the Times that Timon of Athens was about what “happens when a society drops a person for no reason”.Views of Scruton’s legacy remain divisive, and while his work was admired by conservatives, he has been accused of fuelling modern anti-immigrant sentiment.In July, Spacey was acquitted of all nine charges he was facing, including seven counts of sexual assault, one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity.He was accused of sexual offences against four men, alleged to have taken place between 2001 and 2013.

Kevin Spacey was rewarded with a standing ovation after an appearance at a University of Oxford lecture about cancel culture.

Kevin Spacey is in the headlines for multiple reasons right now.

“Hollywood comeback.”The two-time Oscar-winning actor, 64, took to the stage for the first time since being acquitted of sexual assault charges in London in July.The “House of Cards” alum performed a monologue at the Sheldonian Theatre, an architectural jewel inside the heart of the University of Oxford, from the play “Timon of Athens” written by William Shakespeare in the early 1600s.Spacey was introduced to the audience by British author, political commentator and Post columnist Douglas Murray, who had just finished giving a lecture on the damaging effects of cancel culture in honor of the late Sir Roger Scruton, an English philosopher, writer and social critic who died in January 2020 at 75.Scruton, a government housing adviser, wrongly lost his job in 2019 after he appeared to repeat antisemitic statements and denied Islamophobia was a problem during a magazine interview with the New Statesman.“In an era of cancellation and defenestration, we sometimes forget that we both cannot go on like this and that we have been here before,” Murray said. “We know this because our greatest writers and artists have addressed this question in their own times.

Michaela Zee The world premiere of “Control,” Kevin Spacey‘s first film since he was acquitted of sexual assault, has dealt with a few setbacks after a London cinema dropped its offer to host due to the actor’s involvement in the micro-budget Welsh thriller. The Prince Charles Cinema, an avid supporter of independent film located in Leicester Place, withdrew its offer to host the “Control” premiere after the theater was made aware of Spacey’s role in the movie.

Kevin Spacey’s attempted career comeback has suffered a blow, with a London cinema dropping its offer to host the premiere of his new film.