New PIP claimants will have to wait this long for their first payment from DWP

Oscars on Sunday evening has found a new home — at John Travolta’s house!Curtis, 63, brought out the pooch, named Mac N Cheese, on stage for a tribute to the late great Betty White during the In Memoriam segment.Following the telecast, Travolta’s 11-year-old son John adopted the pup.The “Freaky Friday” star shared a sweet photo of the “Pulp Fiction” star, his son and Mac N Cheese shortly after the ceremony.“A MAGICAL ending to the story from last night. At the Oscars I reconnected with my friend, John Travolta,” Curtis wrote.

Plans for the multi-million pound ‘boulevard in the sky’ project at Salford University Campus are one step closer to becoming a becoming a reality.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBlue Note New York has announced the 11th Annual Sony Presents Blue Note Jazz Festival. The festival kicks off on June 1 with a free show in Washington Square Park headlined by Robert Glasper — who performed on the Oscars Sunday night — in association with Washington Square Park Conservancy.Taking place at major venues across New York City, including Blue Note New York, Sony Hall, The Town Hall, and SummerStage in Central Park, this year’s festival features performances from George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Chris Botti, Charles Lloyd, Macy Gray, Kenny G, Al Di Meola, Madeleine Peyroux, Dave Holland & Kenny Barron, Robert Cray, Kenny Garrett, José James, Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott), Bilal, DOMi & JD Beck, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Theo Croker and so many more legends, with a major headliner announcement on April 26.

The end of the road. After many ups and downs over the years, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly that Khloé Kardashian is standing strong when it comes to not getting back together with Tristan Thompson following his recent paternity scandal.

John Travolta and his son, Ben, had a huge reason to celebrate on Monday when they broke some adorable family news.The actor shared a snapshot on Instagram in which he was standing proudly behind his eleven-year-old who was holding a tiny puppy. MORE: John Travolta shares 'very proud moment' in rare personal videoThe pair looked smitten with the pup in the photo which John had captioned: "Ben adopted this dog from last nights Oscar tribute to Betty White. Thank you @curtisleejamie & @pawworks."WATCH: John Travolta and daughter Ella share glimpse inside family ChristmasFans loved the photo and thanked them for giving the animal a home.

Will Smith even caught his mom off-guard with his Oscars altercation.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the heels of Elton John’s 75th birthday, the singer and AEG Presents have unveiled the final North American dates of his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road The Final Tour.” The announcement promises that the 11 new dates “mark the final shows added to his North American tour.”The new dates include additional performances in East Rutherford, NJ; Foxborough, MA; Toronto,; Vancouver, BC; and Phoenix,  along with a third show added at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Concerts in San Diego, Santa Clara, CA, and Tacoma, WA, have also been added.Elton John’s final North American show – a return to the site of what is arguably his most iconic performance, Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium – on November 20 will be his 2,000th  U.S.

KATIE Price's fans have claimed that she hasn't split from fiance Carl Woods after 'spotting him' in her Instagram Story. They were set to marry this year and had been trying for a baby, but The Sun revealed they parted ways last week after Carl, 33, accused Katie of cheating.

Hollywood star Leslie Grace penned a heartfelt tribute to Glasgow on social media as Batgirl filming comes to an end.

Sons Of The Forest has been delayed, with developer Endnight Games admitting that the previous release date was “overly ambitious”.In a Tweet posted by Endnight Games, the studio stated that “we have realised that our May 2022 release date for Sons Of The Forest was overly ambitious,” and confirmed that the game has been delayed so that it can “deliver our vision of the next step in survival games”.With that in mind, the studio has revealed that instead of launching in May 2022, Sons Of The Forest is now aiming to release in October 2022.Alongside the delay, Endnight Games shared a brief clip showcasing some Sons Of The Forest gameplay, which shows the player eating, building a home, and seemingly playing with a co-op partner.Hey Everyone,Over these past few weeks, we have realized that our May 2022 release date for Sons Of The Forest was overly ambitious. To be able to deliver our vision of the next step in survival games, we’ve decided to move our release date to October 2022The team at Endnight pic.twitter.com/R9xRCUbtIt— Endnight Games (@EndNightGame) March 25, 2022First announced in 2019, Sons Of The Forest was given its original May release date in November 2021.You can watch the third trailer for Sons Of The Forest here, and previous teasers can be found on Endnight Games’ YouTube channel.A sequel to Endnight Games’ 2014 title The Forest, Sons Of The Forest will be a first-person survival-horror title where players must try to stay alive after crash-landing on an island filled with horrifying inhabitants.

Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has said that the band “turned up the dials on experimentation” while making their forthcoming seventh album.Frontman Corey Taylor confirmed last month that the masked metal titans had completed work on their “killer” new record, which will follow 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind’. A release date is not yet known.Earlier this month, Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson gave further insight into what fans could expect from the band’s next full-length effort, explaining that his “sound selection was a little more off-planet than normal” following an extensive period of touring.Speaking in a recent interview with the US radio station WZOR (via Metal Injection), Weinberg teased the “exciting” and “really interesting” elements that feature on Slipknot’s new album.“I would say we kind of turned up the dials on experimentation,” Weinberg said.

Mick Jagger has announced that a new solo track called ‘Strange Game’ is coming this week.The upcoming song serves as the theme tune to the new Apple Original series Slow Horses, the first two episodes of which land on Apple TV+ this Friday (April 1). The Rolling Stones frontman co-wrote the single alongside Academy Award-nominated film composer Daniel Pemberton.Teasing the collaboration yesterday (March 28), Jagger tweeted: “I’ve been working on a fun project with the composer Daniel Pemberton… look out for it coming soon!”Pemberton said in a statement: “Working with Mick Jagger has been one of the most exciting collaborations of my professional career.

After glorious weather and highs of 19C in Greater Manchester last week, the weather is changing drastically. Temperatures are expected to plummet, dropping as low as -1C in some parts of the region this week.

Heat styling is nothing new, but what about infrared heat styling? That’s the technology found in Nicky Clarke’s latest professional styling range, but is it really the breakthrough the brand boasts? The idea behind it certainly sounds intriguing. By combining regular “physical” heat with infrared heat waves which heat hair from the inside out, the claim is that you’ll be styling your hair more gently and also more speedily.

Naman Ramachandran British-Indian actor Arjun Mathur, 2020 International Emmy best actor nominee for Amazon Prime Video India series “Made In Heaven,” has signed with the U.K.’s United Agents for international representation. Mathur has wrapped the U.K. schedule of Indian dark comedy “Lord Curzon Ki Haveli” and is in the process of completing season 2 of “Made in Heaven.” After that he will shift focus to his international career, where his credits include acclaimed Channel 4 series “Indian Summers.” “They [United Agents] sat me down and spoke to me the other day, and they were like, ‘We need you to not take some work in India for some time, and we understand how that can make you insecure, and it might be hard financially.'” Mathur tells Variety.

Emilio Mayorga “Son,” “Cosas de chicos,” “Votamos” and “36” are among eight shorts at this year’s Madrid en Corto, an increasingly key Spanish platform for new talent now in huge demand in a platform age.Recent past editions have included Carlota Pereda’s original “Cerdita,” whose feature version dazzled at January’s Sundance, and shorts from Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, director of Berlin Panorama player “Lullaby,” which swept the Málaga Film Festival on Saturday night, and Javier Marco whose “Josephine” proved a prominent feature debut at September’s San Sebastián. In all, over its 18 editions, titles in Madrid en Corto’s distribution catalog have earned 32 nominations for Spanish Academy Goya Awards. This year, the Goya fiction short winner (Verónica Echegui’s “Totem Loba”) doc short laureate (“Mama”) and “The Monkey,” which snagged best animated short, all feature in Madrid en Corto’s catalog.  Women look likely to make much of the running at this year’s edition, organised by ECAM Distribución, the distribution arm of the enterprising Madrid Film School (ECAM), whose Screen-Incubator has fast become one of the key industry development labs in Spain.

BBC Greenlights Drama On Football Sexual Abuse Scandal; Nick Rowland & Matt Greenhalgh Attached

OH MY GIRL have spoken about their new approach to music following their breakout success with 2020’s ‘Nonstop’.Yesterday (March 28), the seven-member act unveiled their sophomore studio album ‘Real Love’ along with a charming music video for its lead single of the same name. At a press conference for the release, OH MY GIRL opened up about their experience preparing for the record.Prior to ‘Real Love’, the girl group had steadily released a string of hits since the success of their 2020 breakout hit ‘Nonstop’, including the non-single track ‘Dolphin’ and last May’s ‘Dun Dun Dance’.

mxmtoon has announced her debut UK and Ireland headline shows as part of a wider European tour – tickets will be available here.The Californian singer-songwriter will hit the road this autumn in support of her second album ‘Rising’, which arrives on May 20 via AWAL (pre-order here).Following a run of Australian and European dates, mxmtoon is scheduled to touch down in the UK on October 28 for a performance at the Electric Brixton in London. She’ll then visit Manchester’s Club Academy (October 29) and the Academy in Dublin (30).The news comes after mxmtoon confirmed a North American headline tour for this May and June while sharing a track called ‘Mona Lisa’. She’s since further previewed ‘Rising’ with the single ‘Sad Disco’.Ticket’s for mxmtoon’s 2022 UK tour go on sale at 10am BST this Friday (April 1).

the much-criticised Brexit deal – which, former minister David Frost recently admitted, presents “a whole set of problems” for touring musicians and their crew – and to help reset the live music industry following the COVID-19-enforced shutdown of recent years.Help Musicians has today (March 29) announced that it will be providing £250,000 in financial support for touring musicians, with artists eligible to receive up to £5,000 each towards “their plans to drive their careers forward and propel their forthcoming releases”.The financial support is expected to help cover touring expenses, session musician and crew fees, PR and marketing, merchandise, a proportion of international administration fees (such as visas and carnets) and more.Help Musicians is also seeking to provide advice to musicians by funding 30-minute consultations with Viva La Visa, a service pioneered by the Incorporated Society of Musicians and The Musicians’ Union.“Through this support, the charity aims to help musicians re-build their careers post-restrictions and provide practical advice to musicians wishing to tour,” a press release further explains. “The service will help them better understand the complex requirements from working/traveling abroad, and mitigate against the financial risks now associated with touring, especially in Europe.

PEAKY Blinders fans "physically recoiled" at Billy Grade's return when his genitals were tortured with barbed wire. Viewers of the BBC series were squirming at the horror scenes as they were forced to "imagine the pain" Emmett Scanlan's character was enduring.

Arcade Fire are set to perform a special livestream show in New Orleans, Louisiana this Friday (April 1).The Canadian band, who recently returned with the single ‘The Lightning I, II’, will play a live set as part of a “block party” event hosted by the US phone company AT&T.Per an official listing, fans will be able to “experience Arcade Fire from every angle with real-time, multi-camera views” via “the power of AT&T 5G”. Support comes from King Princess and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.Win Butler and co.

X Factor's Frankie Cocozza will be remembered by many as the show's rockstar bad boy but many people might struggle to recognise him over ten years on from his time on the show.

Will Smith have the love of his family, but the acclaimed actor also had the support of his ex-wife, Sheree Zampino, following his Oscars win on Monday night.MORE: Will Smith is all smiles as he is supported by Jada Pinkett Smith and his kids at Oscars partyThe former couple, who were married from 1992 until 1995, came together for a photo which Sheree shared on Instagram. The heartwarming snap saw them cuddle whilst the reality TV star held on to his Academy Award statue.WATCH: Will Smith apologises to Academy after Chris Rock altercationThe 54-year-old captioned the shot: "Epic Night! Congratulations again - when 1 wins we all win! #family1st."READ: Will Smith reveals why Chris Rock's joke about wife Jada was 'too much' as he finally apologisesMORE: The 10 best and worst moments from the 2022 OscarsBoth Will and Sheree are parents to their 29-year-old son Trey.

It's been less than two weeks since P&O Ferries made 800 members of staff redundant with immediate effect via a Zoom call. Seafarers have been replaced with agency workers who are being paid below the UK's minimum wage, the company's CEO Peter Hebblethwaite said last week.

A new mutant strain of Covid is being monitored, according to scientists.

A little-known new Highway Code rule is coming into place which could catch some passengers out. A recently introduced regulation means that if a driver even touches a phone, they could face a £200 fine, reports the Mirror.