Nadya of Pussy Riot announces NFT fundraiser benefitting victims of Putin’s war

Coromon is a game that fans of Pokemon have been hoping would hit their nostalgia zones since it was announced many years ago, but just as it was all set to be released, developer Tragsoft has confirmed the Nintendo Switch version will be delayed.Both in the Steam forums and on Twitter, the developer said it didn’t want to have to make the announcement, but wanted to be “as transparent and honest as possible” with fans.The statement reads: “While working on our Nintendo Switch port of Coromon, we ran into some unexpected snags when it comes to online features and cross platform multiplayer.”“We want to make sure that the experience we bring to you all on Switch is going to be the best that it can be, and in order to do this, we have to delay the Switch launch. We’re hopeful that this delay won’t be too terribly long, as we know that you all are very excited to play Coromon on the go and against your friends/other researchers.”The original plan was to have cross-save compatibility between the two versions, so you could play on PC and continue on Switch if you were away from your computer.

Celine Dion has had a very difficult year with her career being placed on hold due to health challenges and on Wednesday she had another emotional message for her fans. The star rang in her 54th birthday and shared a look back at one of her many musical highs.MORE: Celine Dion returns to social media to call for support for UkraineAlongside several photos of Celine, the post read: "It's hard to believe that this week Celine's self-titled album turns 30!"WATCH: Celine Dion's health battle explained It concluded: "'Remember the name, because you'll never forget the voice' was the tagline on the promo poster. A tagline has never been so true."Fans flocked to wish her happy birthday but also to ask when she would be returning to the stage after her lengthy absence. RELATED: The reason behind Celine Dion's weight loss revealedMORE: Celine Dion receives overwhelming news as she continues with her recovery"How is Celine doing?" asked one worried social media follower.

Christopher Vourlias Few could have predicted the global disruptions of the past two years, with the coronavirus pandemic continuing to claim lives and upend livelihoods and the war in Ukraine – now in its second month – sparking a crisis whose human, political and economic tolls have yet to be fully reckoned with. For most of the world’s screen industries, forced to adapt on the fly to unforeseen and often unprecedented events, simply staying afloat has somehow come to feel like a triumph.Yet despite the challenges and lingering uncertainty, the Hungarian industry is riding high.

K.J. Yossman The London Resort, a theme park billed as the U.K.’s answer to Disneyland has suffered yet another setback after suddenly withdrawing its planning application.On Tuesday, PY Gerbeau, chief executive of London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), the developers behind The London Resort, confirmed the company was withdrawing its current application.

Ashley Cain and Safiyya Vorajee have reportedly broken up.The former Ex On The Beach star, 31, and Safiyya, 33, were left devastated when their little girl lost her battle with acute myeloid leukaemia at eight months old in April 2021. Now, just weeks before the anniversary of her tragic death on 25 April, it's been reported that Ashley and Safiyya have decided to go their separate ways.

Sophie Price, younger sister of former glamour model Katie, is officially engaged following a romantic weekend away with her partner, Harry Brooks.The 32-year-old, who recently shared a look inside her stunning home, took to her Instagram feed to share the exciting news with her 85,500 followers, posting a photo of her hand outstretched with an emerald rectangular rock on her ring finger. "Well I didn't expect that round the fire pit last night...I said YES!!! #imengaged#yes #summerwedding," she wrote in the caption, indicating that she'll be tying the knot this summer. Fans were quick to congratulate her on the happy news with one writing: "Omgggg!!! Huge huge congratulations to you both!!! So happy for you guys!" alongside two red heart emojis.

The Great British Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain has collaborated with much-loved high street shop Next on an exclusive headscarf and turban collection and it's simply brilliant.The 37 year old who won the hit baking show back in 2015 recently showed off her huge kitchen, has swapped the kitchen for a design studio as she curates a special collection close to her heart.The range is bursting with playful prints and summer inspired neutrals is on sale now on the brands website and prices start from just £10. When discussing the collection Nadiya said: "As someone who has worn headscarves as young as my early teens, finding headscarves on the high street has always been a struggle." For all the latest celebrity news – including their style secrets! – sign up to the OK! Daily Newsletter.

More than two-thirds (67%) of this year’s BAFTA TV performance nominees are nominated for the first time, according to the award’s organizers, who hailed the organization’s impact on new voices.

A Ukrainian art student is desperate to return to her 'second home' in Glasgow after fleeing her war-torn country from Russian invasion.

Bob Verini At any given moment, upward of 100 crack MPA investigators are on the hunt of pirates — not unlike the king’s sailors of olden days, ready to do battle. But the MPA is chasing those who would co-opt the world’s intellectual property.That’s the reassuring message of Jan van Voorn, the MPA’s executive vice president and chief of global content protection, who claims to bound out of bed every morning, eager to take on the malefactors.“I’m out there to protect the legitimate content creators, big and small.

Mandy Moore is back in the music game!

Fresh Prince alums Daphne Maxwell Reid and Vernee Watson-Johnson are set to return as guest stars in Bel-Air, the Peacock reboot of the 90’s hit sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.

The world is watching in horror as Russia invades Ukraine, with one of the largest armies on the planet killing innocent citizens and destroying countless buildings and homes with each passing day. While governments impose financial sanctions aimed at hurting the aggressor’s leader and its wealthy ruling class, many ordinary people feel hopeless.Now, a Russian musician known around the globe for political activism has utilized her platform and popularity to raise millions for the Ukrainian defense — and she did so using a sexy new technology that ensures the money is going where it’s needed without delay.Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the members of Russian rock band Pussy Riot, set up an organization named UkraineDAO in order to sell an NFT for a good cause.The digital-only artwork sold for a whopping $6.7 million, and all the proceeds are going to Come Back Alive, a non-profit that was founded in 2014 and that calls itself “the largest foundation providing support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”In just three days, as many as 3,200 individual donors spent digital cryptocurrency to own some of the NFT, which was nothing more than an image of the Ukrainian flag.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDolphin Entertainment, an entertainment marketing and premium content production company, has entered into a strategic partnership with The Flower Girls, a fine art female-led non-fungible tokens. The NFT collection boast 10,000 unique works of art by revered artist Varvara Alay.Launched in December of 2021, The Flower Girls has surpassed over $15 million in sales in just a few months.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRussian feminist punk group Pussy Riot has become as well known for its public broadsides against Vladimir Putin’s government as its music, and the group’s Nadya Tolokonnikova put that reputation to work by joining forces with Trippy Labs and members of PleasrDAO to create UkraineDAO, which via an NFT of Ukraine’s flag has raised more than $7.1 million as of early Thursday.According to a rep, in just five days some 3,271 contributors bid on the 1/1 NFT, hosted as a PartyBid auction, a tool allowing people to pool resources and bid collectively for group ownership of the NFT. People can still continue to donate directly to the DAO via UkraineDAO.eth.Tolokonnikova said in a statement: ​​”We purposefully avoided adding our own art to this release; in a way it’s our strong conceptual artistic statement.

Paris Hilton is among the first Hollywood stars to join the NFT movement by launching her very own NFT collection.The American socialite boasts a movie and TV career, fashion lines and now a sell-out NFT series worth $220,000 and counting. Her ‘non-fungible token’ collection includes three unique digital art pieces, two of which have sold while one - called ‘Iconic crypto queen’ - has investors bidding over $1million.

Ethan Shanfeld Judd Apatow’s upcoming, star-studded Netflix film “The Bubble” follows a group of actors stuck inside a pandemic bubble while shooting a movie at a hotel. That movie — “Cliff Beasts 6: The Battle for Everest: Memories of a Requiem” — just got its own official teaser.“The Bubble” stars Karen Gillan, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, Keegan-Michael Key, David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Pedro Pascal, Peter Serafinowicz, Vir Das, Rob Delaney and Apatow’s daughter, Iris Apatow.Apatow directs, produces and co-wrote the script for “The Bubble” with Pam Brady, who executive produces alongside Donald Sabourin and Apatow’s longtime partner Barry Mendel.

Ukraine has drawn swift and wide-ranging condemnation from the international community, which has imposed unprecedented sanctions against President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle and pushed the Russian economy to a breaking point, with the ruble plummeting to historic lows on Monday.Amid calls for a boycott of Russian films that have received government support and a strident response from European media groups, cultural institutions, film festivals and industry confabs, the backlash has rattled Russian filmmakers with long-standing personal and professional ties to the continent’s screen industry.“The need for Europe to make a clear anti-war statement is understandable and necessary. However, banning all Russians from the major cultural events is not only unhelpful — it’s harmful,” said one veteran producer.

Rege-Jean Page and Rosamund Pike were just two of the stars who stepped out for the National Youth Theatre Nostalgic Fantastic Fundraising Gala 2022 on Monday night (February 28) in London, England.

Tool have announced details of a regular, unsigned ‘Fear Inoculum’ box set, on sale for £485 less than the controversial signed edition.After it was announced earlier this week, the $810 (£600) signed box set of the band’s 2019 album, which will only be available to fans who bought the Toolarmy VIP tickets to the forthcoming dates on their current US tour, fans expressed their annoyance at the high price tag.The band appeared to lower the price to $750 (£560) at later shows, but it was then revealed that the $60 price drop was due to a particular venue on the tour not charging service fees and taxes.Following the controversy surrounding the deluxe edition, the band have now announced a regular, unsigned ‘Fear Inoculum’ box set, due for release on April 8 for the significantly reduced price of $169.98 (£127).The new, cheaper box set appears to feature all the same goodies as the original – five discs of 180-gram vinyl, with music on one side and etched art on the other, all under the creative direction of Adam Jones – and the only thing missing is the autographs.A post shared by Tool (@toolmusic)Elsewhere, another reissue is in the works from the band, with plans shared this week for a 30th anniversary reissue of 1992 EP ‘Opiate’.The reissue will feature a re-imagined and extended version of the title track (available to stream from March 1), alongside a short film and 46-page art book featuring behind-the-scenes and making-of photos, interviews and more, available on March 18.Tool released ‘Fear Inoculum’, their fifth studio album, in August of 2019.

LEAN, mean, fighting machine Joy Corrigan looks a knock-out in a nude bikini. The 27-year-old model — a black belt in Korean martial art tang soo do — soaked up the sun on a fashion shoot for the Indah brand.

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Pussy Riot‘s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has launched a new organisation that will sell NFTs to support the relief effort in Ukraine.Ukraine has officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia and declared martial law after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation this week (February 24), with Ukraine saying that Putin had “launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine” (via BBC News).AS part of a new organisation called Ukraine DAO, created in association with Trippy Labs, Tolokonnikova will sell NFTs to support those in Ukraine suffering because of the Russian invasion. Earlier this year, Tolokonnikova and her Pussy Riot bandmate Nika Nikulshina were labelled as “foreign agents” by the Russian government.She explained on Twitter: “Welcome to @Ukraine_DAO.

Ginger Zee has shared a heartbreaking post with fans amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.MORE: DWTS alum Maks Chmerkovskiy posts devastating video from Kyiv as Russia invades UkraineThe ABC star shared a picture of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, and admitted that she "can't fathom this feeling". The first picture showed a young mom with her young child, as a second showed people drinking water and dishing out food.WATCH: DWTS alum Maks Chmerkovskiy posts devastating video from Kyiv as Russia invades Ukraine"The world can’t fathom it either Ginger. Our hearts are broken for Ukraine.

Refresh for latest…: The César Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, are just getting under way at an in-person ceremony at Paris’ Olympia concert hall with screenwriter/director Danièle Thompson presiding over the proceedings and Antoine de Caunes as host, the latter marking his tenth time as emcee.

gushed with praise for Vladimir Putin this week after the Russian dictator unleashed a military invasion against Ukraine. While somewhat shocking given the timing, Witzke’s admiration of Putin’s “Christian nationalism” has a long precedent among U.S.