PBS Announces New Programming Lineup, Including Documentary on Roberta Flack

Households are set to find out later today how much they will be paying for their energy bills in October when the price cap is announced.

A trade union leader has savaged the Scottish Government over its role in the dispute over council workers' pay.

An Ayrshire barber has been scarred for life after his e-cigarette exploded in a pub.

A big spike in power bills is due when regulators at Ofgem announce the revised energy price cap on Friday.

A teen who was almost left paralysed after attempting an online challenge has issued a warning to other youngsters. Sarah Platt, 16, was joking around with pals when they egged her on to try the “skull breaker” challenge.

Honoring his legacy. Beverly Hills, 90210 star Joe E. Tata’s daughter Kelly Tata is mourning the loss of her father by giving back.

Legendary actress Judy Garland may have been adored on screen, but her real-life relationships were slightly more tumultuous. 

still standing after years of struggles — on “Hold Me Closer,” her first newly recorded single since 2016.The cross-generational collaboration between 40-year-old Spears and the 75-year-old Rocket Man — which dropped from the dream-duet heavens on Friday morning — is a radical reworking of John’s 1971 classic “Tiny Dancer.” Indeed, it’s such an extreme makeover that they gave the song it’s own new name taken from the original’s chorus. All together now, “Hold me closer, tiny dancer!”While “Tiny Dancer” was an epic ballad that took your inner ballerina pirouetting across the keys in a fanciful flight, “Hold Me Closer” goes twirling directly under the disco ball with some thumping beats but also a light airiness that captures some of the graceful beauty of the original. Like John’s recent hit with Dua Lipa — “Cold Heart (Pnau remix),” which mashed up “Rocket Man” with a few of his other songs — “Hold Me Closer,” produced by Andrew Watt and Cirkut, also features elements of Elton’s “The One” and “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.”And while their digitally altered voices sometimes blend into one another where you can hardly tell the difference, it’s great to hear the moments when Spears’ distinctive, much-missed chirp stands out.And after the its initial futuristic electro-whirl, “Hold Me Closer” brings you back down to earth with John’s piano work at the end.The beginnings of this collaboration go all the way back to 2015, when Spears professed her love for “Tiny Dancer” in a tweet.

Noah Cyrus dropped a new single inspired by her parents' near 30-year marriage that ended in divorce. Hence, «Every Beginning Ends.»The 22-year-old GRAMMY-nominated singer released the single from her forthcoming debut album,.

Shia LaBeouf made a major revelation while appearing on Bishop Robert Barron's YouTube series,. While in conversation with the bishop, LaBeouf shared that he converted to Catholicism.The actor, whose mother is Jewish and has previously discussed having both a bar mitzvah as well as a baptism growing up, revealed that he was drawn to the Catholic faith while filming his new movie, , which tells the story of the Catholic saint of the same name.While preparing for the film, LaBeouf, who has been called a «method actor,» lived in a monastery alongside Capuchin Franciscan friars.«I know now that God was using my ego to draw me to Him.

SPOILER ALERT – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know what happened on Big Brother’s latest episode!

Jason Momoa has had a busy week of a press appearances, but he took a break to enjoy some quality time with a friend.

The Voice‘s 21st season ended in December 2021 and we’re taking a look back to see which coaches have won the most seasons.

Meghan Markle has already hit an incredible achievement with her new podcast, Archetypes!

Britney Spears‘ highly-anticipated return to the music world has finally arrived!

Ellise Shafer A series of protests over the prevelance of sexual abuse in the entertainment industry have been staged in front of prominent music companies in recent weeks, and the efforts have been gaining attention on social media via actor Alexa Nikolas. A former cast member of the 2005-2008 Nickelodeon series “Zoey 101,” Nikolas’ megaphone includes more than 255,000 followers on Instagram as well as the public support of such activist groups as the One Hundred Percenters. Her own organization is called Eat Predators, and its supporters have gathered in front of Warner Music Group’s Los Angeles headquarters on July 28; Red Light Management’s L.A. office on July 21; and Sony Music’s Culver City lot last week where about a dozen protesters held signs referencing artists affiliated with the label group who have been accused of sexual misconduct and abuse.

Thania Garcia Brintey Spears and Elton John have released “Hold Me Closer,” a reimagined duet of the piano man’s immortal tune, “Tiny Dancer.” The song is Spears’ first release since the termination of her conservatorship in November of 2021 and her first new music release in six years.While the chorus is, of course, unmistakable, the song has been completely overhauled into a breezy dance-pop song, with Spears and John duetting gently on the verses and chorus and John adding trademark piano flourishes throughout. It’s an ideal follow-up to his similar reinvention on “Cold Cold Heart” with Dua Lipa, released last summer and featured on his “Lockdown Sessions” duets album, which essentially mashed up his songs “Sacrifice” and “Rocket Man.”  

Love Islanders have often ditched post-secondary education for a career in reality TV and the world of social media. Piers Morgan once cruelly called cast members of the reality show the "most stupid people in the world", which was met with backlash from contestants who have gone on to achieve big things.There have been the fair share of questionable comments, hilarious raps, awkward talent shows and the typical "my type of paper" quotes. However, a lot of islanders have more than just their wits about them.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin designed a tattoo for a fan during one of the band’s recent shows at London’s Wembley Stadium.During the band’s gig at the venue on August 20, Martin spotted a sign that fan Mattie Jolley was holding asking the singer to design the tattoo. Prior to performing ‘Fix You’, Martin reportedly kneeled on the stage and indicated to Jolley to get paper and pen ready, and while performing the hit, drew the design on Jolley’s notepad.So Last night still hasn’t hit.

“My world had crumbled,” said Shia LaBeouf of a time in his life not too long ago which involved car crashes, court-ordered rehab, emotional outbursts — including the disruption of Broadway’s Cabaret starring Emma Stone — as well as out-and-out violent episodes and a lawsuit by his Honey Boy co-star FKA Twigs accusing the actor of sexual battery and assault. That case goes to trial in April.

Shia LaBeouf is talking about how he found faith in his newest film.

Snoop Dogg and Eminem will return to the stage together this Sunday (August 28), performing their recent joint ‘From The D 2 The LBC’ at the ceremony for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.As Variety reports, the pair’s appearance has been organised in partnership with Yuga Labs – an NFT and cryptocurrency company best known for the Bored Apes project – and will be inspired by “the world of the Otherside metaverse”.Though it’s yet to be launched publicly (and has no formal release window), Otherside is an online video game described as “a gamified, interoperable metaverse” that “blends mechanics from massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) and web3-enabled virtual worlds”. When it launches, the game will be intrinsically tied to a cryptocurrency called ApeCoin, and have a large focus on NFTs.Snoop and Eminem’s performance will be held on a real-life stage at the VMAs – set to be held at the Prudential Center in New Jersey – with its ties to Otherside assumedly being purely aesthetic in nature.It’ll be their third joint performance for the year, and second to come in tandem with Yuga Labs.

Joyfully Together: A Community-Powered Singing Celebration will feature a number of regional choirs — including the Gay Men’s Chorus and GenOUT Youth Chorus, the Alexandria Harmonizers, and the WPA Women, Men, and Children of the Gospel Choir — performing separately before coming together as a powerful unifying vocal force from a crowded stage plus sing-along moments also enlisting the 7,000-member audience, all led by the Washington Chorus’s Eugene Rogers (9/18).But there’s a full schedule of shows before that capstone. The pre-Labor Day lineup includes an annual appearance by Mary Chapin Carpenter, returning to what she considers her hometown venue (Carpenter last played the venue in 2020, solo, guitar in hand, Filene Center empty, where she recorded the brilliant and mesmerizing One Night Lonely).

Love the One You’re With, which he wrote and produced, and this summer’s B-Boy Blues, the long-awaited film adaptation of James Earl Hardy’s seminal 1994 Black gay romance novel.McCormick, part of the original cast of the B-Boy Blues stage play, executive produced the film, along with Hardy, who co-wrote the script with the film’s director, Jussie Smollett. The storm of controversy surrounding Smollett, of course, has cast a long shadow over the film, which premiered on BET+ in June.

according to a Fox Business report Thursday.Three sources told Fox Business that Truth Social stopped making payments in March, just a month after launching in February. According to these sources, RightForge is threatening legal action over the money owed for setting up Truth Social’s infrastructure.

“Me Time” premieres on Netflix Aug. 26.

Not Speaking in Metaphor, described as “part-punk, part-heartbreak, part-dance mix — inspired by unexpected breakups, depression cycles, and a few questionable decisions.”Also on the bill is Boy Meets Pearl, a “carousel punk quartet” led by multi-instrumentalists Christian Crowley and Sea Griffin, the latter of whom you may also know as the wildly imaginative drag act Lucretia Blozia. (Crowley and Griffin also occasionally perform in The Diane Scream Show, billed as “the DMV’s only Diane Rehm-themed Talking Heads tribute band.”)Styled as a kind of nontraditional carnival funhouse act, Boy Meets Pearl performs rather eccentrically themed original songs — exploring, among other things, “time rifts, conjoined twins, tiger sharks, and the meaning of life” — with truly eccentric instrumentation, including “accordion, glockenspiel, autoharp, Chapman stick, trumpet, baritone saxophone, cajon, cello, and violin.”For this special evening event, the café and bookstore, which normally closes daily at 2:30 p.m., will be open for business.Saturday, Aug.

Duchess of Sussex on her new podcast and her efforts to “empower women”. Argentine polo player Nacho Figueras, who is an ambassador for Harry’s charity Sentebale, said Meghan “means well” with the podcast and is attacking important subjects. The first episode of the long-awaited Archetypes podcast was released on Spotify on Tuesday, in a conversation with Meghan’s close friend, tennis great Serena Williams.

Heather Morris says Jennifer Lopez cut dancers because they were Virgos. The former ‘Glee’ star heard a rumour that the ‘Hustlers’ star - who recently had a star-studded wedding to marry Ben Affleck - told people to leave an audition based on their star sign. The 35-year-old actress told comedian Justin Martindale on his podcast ‘Just Sayin’ With Justin Martindale’ on Wednesday (24.

Heidi Klum to Kourtney Kardashian and Dua Lipa, summer wouldn't be summer without celebs sharing the most fire pics on Instagram. And, of course, supermodel Kate Moss isn't one to be outdone, sharing a video of herself skinny dipping on her grid. In the caption, the 48-year-old old wrote to her 1.

Richard Blackwood was give him Celebrity MasterChef nightmares. As he slept, the actor would painstakingly toil over the hob, adding a pinch of salt here, a dash of sauce there. However, every time he came to try his dream creations it would turn out to be disgusting and foul tasting.

Jonathan Knight has married his boyfriend Harley Rodriguez. The New Kids on the Block star has confirmed he's a married man after tying the knot with his longtime partner in secret after getting engaged but they were unable to celebrate with a lavish wedding reception due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jonathan confirmed the happy news to Etonline.

Keanu Reeves is taking on his first big television role. Reeves, 57, is set to star in Hulu’s "Devil in the White City," which is being executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese as well as the "John Wick" star. The show, written by "Castle Rock" producer Sam Shaw, has been in development for over a decade after DiCaprio took on the project in 2010.The streaming service only announced on Thursday that the effort would be moving forward.

EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Mbuli (Invictus) has been cast as a series regular opposite Giancarlo Esposito and Paula Malcomson in The Driver, AMC’s remake of the British drama series that is set to launch next year on AMC and AMC+.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargePBS’ “American Masters” series will chronicle the life and work of Dr. Anthony Fauci in the documentary “Tony – A Year in the Life of Dr. Anthony Fauci,” PBS president/CEO Paula Kerger announced on Wednesday.