Nobel Laureate and ‘Living’ Oscar Nominee Kazuo Ishiguro Loves His Fellow Noms ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Glass Onion’

Oscars president Janet Yang has admitted that the organisation’s response to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards was “inadequate”.During the ceremony, Smith took the stage and slapped Rock across the face after the latter made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head. After the slap, Smith returned to his seat and repeatedly yelled at Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out your fucking mouth!”The event continued as normal after the incident, with Smith remaining in attendance and later going on to win Best Actor for his performance in King Richard.Speaking to attendees at the 2023 Oscar Nominees Luncheon, Yang admitted that the Academy did not handle the situation properly.“I’m sure you all remember we experienced an unprecedented event at the Oscars,” she told the star-studded audience (via Variety).

Eminem‘s younger brother has shared what it was like growing up with the rap sensation, describing him as “the best role model”.Nathan ‘Nate’ Mathers, the brother of Marshall Mathers, opened up about his upbringing on the Just A Little Shady podcast, hosted by the latter’s daughter, Hailie Jade.The brothers have the same mother but are 14 years apart, meaning Nate is closer in age to Jade, who was two when he was 12.“Nate is my uncle – my dad’s younger brother – but also we kind of grew up together because Nate lived with us for a while when I was young,” Jade said (via HotNewHipHop).“I would say brother-uncle, you definitely act younger than your age. We are closer in age than you are to [my] dad, but still, I never realise how much older you are than me because I feel like you are like a brother.”Nate explained that “going off the lyrics” of his brothers songs, he could understand why people speculated about their life.“He was the best role model I could have had to help me be the dad that I am today,” he said.He also recalled the earlier days of Eminem’s fame.

Arrested Development is set to leave Netflix next month.All five seasons of the hit American sitcom – including the the two that were specifically produced for Netflix – will depart the streamer on March 15.Created by Mitchell Hurwitz, Arrested Development originally ran from 2003 to 2006 on Fox, before being cancelled after its third season. The show was then revived in 2013 by Netflix for a fourth season, with the entire cast returning.Arrested Development was one of the streamer’s very first original programmes, coming the same year as the first season of House of Cards.

Coi Leray has claimed the Number 1 Trending Song in the UK right now with her viral hit, Players.

Five episodes in and the HBO series The Last Of Us has already become one of the most talked about shows of 2023.  The third episode of the series, which featured a gay storyline with Murray Bartlett and Nick Offerman playing a gay couple, won critical acclaim.Murray Bartlett (right) and Nick Offerman play a gay couple in the HBO series ‘The Last of Us’.Ramsey plays the role of teenager Ellie in the series, who is travelling with Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, across America, after a mutated Cordyceps fungus outbreak. The Last of Us is based on a very successful video game and in Part II of the original game, Ellie falls in love with another woman Dina and also introduces a trans character Lev. Ramsey, who is non-binary, told British GQ in an interview that she was not concerned with the reaction of homophobes. Ramsey revealed that she had worn a chest binder for most of the shooting of Season 1 and had “honest” conversations around gender and sexuality with Pascal, who has a trans sister. “And they weren’t always deep: they could be funny and humorous, the whole spectrum. We were just very honest and open with each other,” Ramsey told GQ. Blair Durkee, the associate director of gaming for GLAAD, told that for “many LGBTQ people, to see characters like yourself represented in the games you play can be critical.

A man was found carrying £10,000 in 'dirty cash' on Manchester's 'Counterfeit Street'.

Acclaimed Irish band The Saw Doctors are all set to play a rare live show at the Castlefield Bowl arena this summer. The band will headline the date as part of this year’s Sounds of the CIty festival.

Police have launched an investigation after a stranger tried to pick up a five-year-old girl in a park.

Erik ten Hag has admitted he would have preferred for Manchester United to play Barcelona in the final of the Europa League.

Caritas Care is an independent adoption and fostering agency that has been working across the North West to find permanent and temporary families for children across the region since 1934.

A man has been jailed after a loaded gun was found hidden in an extractor fan in a kitchen in Salford.

Good Morning Britain viewers weren't quite sure what they were watching as they tuned in to the latest show. The ITV news programme was on air on Tuesday (February 14) with Ranvir Singh back at the helm but after hosting alongside Robert Rinder on Monday, she was joined by Ed Balls.

The BBC’s offices in Mumbai and New Delhi have been raided by income tax authorities.

In a turnabout, China is handing out release dates for Hollywood movies at a clip these days — and with a fair bit of notice. Yesterday, we learned that Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will go day-and-date on March 31, and today comes news that Universal/Blumhouse/Atomic Monster’s hit M3GAN has been granted a March 17 start. That’s about two months since the pic began overseas rollout and will see it face off with Warner Bros/New Line/DC’s Shazam: Fury of the Gods on March 17, that film timed to the domestic release.

Duran Duran have announced the support acts for their 2023 UK and Ireland ‘Future Past’ arena tour – find all the details below.The band are due to play seven headline shows this spring, beginning in Manchester on April 29 ahead of dates in London (May 1, 2), Leeds (4) and Birmingham (5) Dublin (7) and Glasgow (9).Today (February 14), it’s been confirmed that Scissor Sisters frontman and solo artist Jake Shears will be joining Duran Duran as a special guest opening act at the concerts along with Lia Lia.Back in 2004, Scissor Sisters joined Duran Duran to support them on their ‘Reunion Tour’. This led to vocalist Ana Matronic later performing on Simon Le Bon and co’s 2010 album ‘All You Need Is Now’.In a statement about the upcoming tour, Shears said: “I’m thrilled to announce that I’m going to be a Special Guest for Duran Duran on their ‘Future Past’ arena tour.

Meet Me In The Bathroom. Watch it exclusively on NME above.Finally hitting UK cinemas on March 10, Meet Me In The Bathroom is an immersive journey through the game-changing New York music scene of the early ’00s, following bands like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and LCD Soundsystem.Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the film tells the story of how a new generation of artists kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world – and is based upon rock journalist Lizzy Goodman’s celebrated 600-page oral history of the scene from 2017.The film version of the book, directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace – who made LCD Soundsystem‘s Shut Up And Play The Hits documentary and concert movie – features interviews, live footage and never before seen archive footage from those who spearheaded the scene.“What’s more important? A good sound or a good time?” Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs asks bandmate Nick Zinner in the clip.