More than 10,000 laptops, tablets and routers distributed to disadvantaged pupils across Greater Manchester

Zack Sharf Benedict Cumberbatch confirmed to Sky News that he will house a family of Ukrainian refugees at his home in the United Kingdom. The family fled Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion.“They’ve made it out of Ukraine; I’m monitoring their progress every day,” Cumberbatch said. “Sadly, they are undergoing some medical treatment.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterTom Cruise’s seventh globe-trotting journey as Ethan Hunt will be called “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.”Paramount Pictures revealed the tentpole’s official title during its Thursday presentation at CinemaCon, the annual trade show for theater owners. Cruise, who is usually a regular presence at the convention in Las Vegas, wasn’t in attendance.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSnap wants to put Snapchat augmented-reality experiences — created with artists and festivals — in front of concertgoers through a multiyear deal with Live Nation Entertainment.Under the pact, fans will be able to use Snapchat at select Live Nation concerts to access custom-built AR experiences. As envisioned by the companies, those could let them try on (and potentially purchase) merchandise, find friends in the audience, discover exclusive landmarks on the festival grounds and more.

Social media won’t stop spoofing, analyzing, and conspiracy theory-ing the hell out of the Amber Heard/Johnny Depp trial.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFrom the Beatles to the Backstreet Boys to Billie and BTS and beyond, the teen-centric pop concert is both timeless and definitively contemporary, from the screaming and sing-along/shout-alongs to the masses of similarly dressed fans — looking almost military in matching merch — to the indulging attendant parents and, these days, the selfies and social overload. And it was the latter, along with the overwhelmingly pre-drinking age audience, that made Olivia Rodrigo’s concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday the most definitively 2020s teen-centric concert of all: a near-total, two-hour-long wi-fi blackout in the venue so extensive that Russia could have launched a cyber attack and most of the crowd would have assumed it was simply due to thousands of kids posting selfies and video.

Eagles Of Death Metal are set to perform their only UK show of 2022 this weekend (April 30) when they headline the Saturday night of Teddy Rocks Festival – get your tickets here.Teddy Rocks kicks off tomorrow (April 29) and runs until May 1. Taking place at Charisworth Farm in Dorset, all profits received from the sale of tickets are donated to Teddy20, a charity which raises money for children and families fighting cancer.The 2020 and 2021 editions of Teddy Rocks were unable to take place due to COVID-19.

Wilco have announced that they’ll be releasing a new double-disc album next month called ‘Cruel Country’.The band’s 12th studio album is set to arrive on May 27 via dBpm Records. This is the same weekend as their Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, MA, where the band will perform the new record for the first time.The title was inspired by the idea that Wilco were a country band when they first started out. “There have been elements of country music in everything we’ve ever done,” frontman Jeff Tweedy said in a press release.

Metric have announced details of their eighth studio album ‘Formentera’ and shared lead single ‘All Comes Crashing’ as well as announcing a massive North American tour – get tickets here.‘Formentera’ is the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Art Of Doubt’ and is set for release July 8.The announcement comes alongside the release of fiery new single ‘All Comes Crashing’. Check it out here:Speaking about the “end of days banger” track, vocalist Emily Haines said: “Not everyone has a conventional life with conventional relationships.

Avatar sequel has finally been confirmed.It’s been 13 years since the release of Cameron’s original sci-fi epic starring Sam Worthington (who plays Jake) and Zoe Saldaña (Neytiri).Now, director James Cameron has finally give the follow-up a name Avatar: The Way Of Water at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.The film, which is set to be released in cinemas on December 22, 2022, will see Jake and Neytiri with their own family now, including Na’vi kids Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), Lo’ak (Britain Dalton), and Tuktirey (Trinity Bliss).It is the first of four sequels, which will focus on the family.According to Variety, CinemaCon spectators were given 3D glasses to watch the film’s first official trailer, which contained almost no dialogue and saw viewers immersed in different regions across the film’s world of Pandora.The footage also showed the local tribe of Na’vi interacting with various species resembling whales and pelicans, some of which flew through the screen and into audience member’s faces thanks to the three-dimensional technology.Cameron also appeared in a pre-recorded video to tell viewers the sequel is “designed for the biggest screen and the most immersive 3D available,” adding that he “set out to test the limits of what cinema can do.”The trailer for Avatar: The Way Of Water will debut in cinemas ahead of Marvel’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness on May 6.

EXCLUSIVE: Don Johnson (Knives Out) will star alongside Isabelle Fuhrman in Andy Tennant’s thriller Unit 234, which is currently in production in the Cayman Islands.

It’s now called Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part 1. 

Netflix has cancelled two more TV shows this week!

Amanda Bynes‘ lawyer has released a statement after what went down at her home last night.

This Morning viewers have been left making a plea to the show's bosses after noticing a recurring theme this week. Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were back at the helm of the ITV daytime show on Thursday.

Jamie Bell chatting to Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show about meeting his now-wife Kate Mara.

Bury FC’s iconic Gigg Lane stadium has been vandalised AGAIN with a group of schoolchildren thought to be behind almost £1,000 worth of damage.

Yesterday, McDonald's added a new burger to its menu. It made a return after a year off the menu, and was met with a severely divided response.

Bloody Disgusting.

The way they were. Before Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde split, they weren’t afraid to gush about their love for each other.

Changing the rules. CinemaCon promised to reevaluate its security after Olivia Wilde was served with custody papers while speaking on stage at the event.

broke a record for the most Emmy wins for a comedy series in its final season. The show’s previous seasons hadn’t won an Emmy, although it received several nominations.The series was created by Dan and Eugene Levy, who also star alongside Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy.

Amber Heard has so far failed to deliver on roughly half of her pledge to the ACLU of $3.5 million, an amount that represented half of her $7 million divorce settlement with Johnny Depp, according to testimony Thursday from the org’s head lawyer and COO.Terence Dougherty, ACLU general counsel and chief operating officer, told the court in a video deposition from December that Heard has donated $1.3 million – though not all of it has come directly from her.Dougherty said Heard has directly paid $350,000, ex-husband Depp paid $100,000, and another $500,000 was sent from Elon Musk, Heard’s one-time boyfriend. Dougherty said another $350 came from an anonymous donor, who the ACLU believes to be Heard.“We understood that the other half [of the $7 million settlement] was going to a children’s hospital in Los Angeles,” Dougherty testified.The ACLU donation was to be made in installments over a 10-year period.

“Under the Banner of Heaven” co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones, but before the duo could get into their new true crime series, Joy Behar wanted reassurances from Garfield.In a recent interview with Variety, Garfield said “I’m going to rest for a little bit. I need to recalibrate and reconsider what I want to do next and who I want to be and just be a bit of a person for awhile.” Naturally, some took his words to mean that he’s retiring from acting. And, when Behar pressed him on the idea, Garfield did initially lean into it.“Yeah I’m retiring officially,” he said seriously.

“Jurassic World: Dominion,” which qualifies as the understatement of the year in the “Jurassic” universe. The third film in the “World” franchise and sixth “Jurassic” film overall finally sees dinosaurs unleashed and roaming free across the globe, and it’s up to the cast of both series to come together and… well we don’t know what exactly, but we presume they’re trying to save the world.This new trailer offers some insight into where Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) goes this time around, as he and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) have been harboring the young Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) since she let the dinosaurs loose at the end of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” Now, four years after the events of the last movie, Blue has had a baby (somewhat impossibly) and that baby has been snatched up, so Owen promises to rescue this baby raptor before time runs out.Meanwhile, doctors Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are enlisted to help with this “dinosaurs run amuck” problem given their experience in the original “Jurassic Park” films.Colin Trevorrow, who directed 2015’s franchise reboot/sequel “Jurassic World” and co-wrote “Fallen Kingdom,” returns to direct and co-write “Dominion.” Emily Carmichael co-wrote the screenplay.The film features new cast members DeWanda Wise (“She’s Gotta Have It”), Emmy nominee Mamoudou Athie (“Archive 81”), Dichen Lachman (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Scott Haze (“Minari”) and Campbell Scott (“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”).

is produced by James Clayton and Pasolini for Red Wave Films. Roberto Sessa’s Picomedia is providing funding.“I feel enormously fortunate to be able to bring Homer’s world alive through the great talent of Juliette and Ralph, whose powerful screen presence is matched by the fearlessness they bring to their work,” Pasolini said in a statement.

Tika Sumpter, Comedian CP and Isha Blaaker are all joining the cast in recurring roles for the show's sophomore season.Additionally, Cree Summer and 's Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins will join as guest stars.Based in Harlem, New York,  stars Amber Stevens West, Bresha Webb and Corbin Reid as three fiercely loyal friends who work to juggle the trials and tribulations of being successful career women while navigating their romantic relationships and their connections to one another. As the show's logline reads, «At its core, it’s an unapologetically female show about enviable friendship and not only surviving – but thriving together.»Sumpter will play Naomi, the biological mother of Amari (Ellie Reine), who has returned home from the Navy.

Hulu is taking rights to popular streaming title Schitt’s Creek, with all six seasons of the comedy series shifting over from Netflix this fall.