Peter Bart: Cannes Festgoers Dote On Parties & Applause While ‘Bleak Week’ Fans Plunge Into Grateful Despair

The first trailer for Paddington in Peru is here!

Hard-Fi have responded to Easy Life‘s announcement that they have changed their name to Hard Life.The indie group spearheaded by frontman Murray Matravers said they were embroiled in a legal battle with the company (who owns easyJet) in October last year, finally conceding defeat a month later.After playing their final gig as Easy Life in London, which saw the sold-out KOKO crowd chant “fuck easyJet” in protest, the band have just unveiled their new name as Hard Life yesterday (June 11).Now, Hard-Fi have responded to the news on social media. Quoting NME‘s own interview with Matravers about the name change today (June 12), they’ve responded in jest: “Er… lads….”In our interview with Matravers, NME jokingly asked what Hard Life might do should they be sued by Hard-Fi, to which he responded: “Oh god.

YouTube star Ben Potter, also known as Comicstorian, tragically passed away at the young age of 40 over the weekend and now, we’ve learned his cause of death.

new interview with NBC News’ Hoda Kotb that she was prescribed Valium to be able to perform and control the symptoms of the autoimmune neurological disorder.Dion said on “Celine’s Story,” the hour-long special that aired Tuesday night, that she gradually built a tolerance to the drug, and at one point, she was taking 90 milligrams a day. “We tried a lot of things. Trying a lot of things when you don’t know what you have can kill you,” she said.

CBS Mornings. King, who is also on CBS, revealed during the scheduled segment that Winfrey was unable to appear on the show due to a “serious” stomach bug.King explained: “She had some kind of stomach thing – stomach flu – stuff was coming out of both ends.

Massive Attack have cancelled one of their upcoming shows in Georgia, in a protest of the “government’s attack on basic human rights”.The gig was set to take place at the Black Sea Arena in Georgia, and to be held on July 28 as part of the Starring Georgia project. It was announced back in April, and promoted by the venue as an “audio-visual theatrical show” that would aim to “present [the band’s] activities linked with the details of everyday life.”Now, 3D (Robert Del Naja) and co.

Matty Healy's girlfriend, Gabbriette Bechtel, has fans buzzing with engagement rumours.The 26 year old model turned heads at Charli XCX's Brooklyn gig this week, hinting she's ready to tie the knot with The 1975's lead singer. Gabbriette, who is also the vocalist for Nasty Cherrya band formed by Charliteased her followers on Instagram Story with a photo of a striking black diamond ring on her finger, captioning it: "Marrying the 1975 is very brat @trumanblack." The 'Love Me' hitmaker, aged 35, began his romance with Gabbriette following his brief encounter with global icon Taylor Swift, 34.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly facing a significant "challenge" as they're not being invited to A-List events in the United States, according to a Royal expert. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who recently celebrated their daughter Lilibet's third birthday, made the move to sunny California back in the summer of 2020, and also stepped down from their senior Royal duties that same year.

Since they first appeared together on Channel 4's iconic Gogglebox, hair stylists Daniel Lustig and Stephen Webb quickly became reality royalty, loved by a nation of devoted telly watchers. But when they announced their shock divorce earlier this year, it triggered a sort of mass grief on behalf of the husband-and-husband - and of course their three beloved poodle dogs.

He's only 20 and at the top of his game as a Real Madrid and England star. But Jude Bellingham also got the perfect side hussle - stripping off to model for Kim Kardashian's Skims. And he's not the only one.The sports star's 25-year-old Dutch girlfriend, Laura Celia Valk, has unveiled her latest modelling gig with Victoria's Secret.

Angel Strawbridge has opened up about the reasons behind her explosive tirade against a colleague from Escape To The Chateau, which was leaked last year. In the recording, the 46-year-old is heard calling the unnamed individual a "f***ed up little c***" and demanding they leave her property. Until now, Angel and her husband Dick had not delved into the specifics of the incident, but she has decided it's time to tackle the "tsunami of untruths".

Katie Piper, has received an outpouring of support from fans and friends after she revealed that she had to back off from her TV duties for a second consecutive week due to an adverse reaction following an eye operation. Last week, the presenter informed that she'd undergone an "unexpected medical procedure." Piper's place on her ITV weekend breakfast programme was filled in by Good Morning Britain star Charlotte Hawkins last week and it seems like she will be stepping up again this week as Katie isn't well enough to return just yet.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ariana Grande is the guest on the most recent episode of the “Podcrushed” podcast — co-hosted by her “The Boy Is Mine” music video star Penn Badgley — and opens up about her relationship to child stardom. The Grammy winner was a young teenager when her fame exploded, thanks to a series regular role on the Nickelodeon show “Victorious,” which aired for four seasons between 2010 and 2013.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. If you missed Chappell Roan’s headline-making performance at Gov Ball this past weekend, there’s still time to catch the electric performer later this summer at New York’s All Things Go Festival, which will take place at the city’s iconic Forest Hills Stadium in September.

Ben Croll French animation outfit Blue Spirit (the studio behind Netflix sensation “Blue Eye Samurai”) will introduced an in-house digital creation and development label under the moniker Blue Spirit Creative. Offering full-service creative and graphic development for features, series, ads and games, the creative label will be run by the Paris-based team behind Digital Banana, which Blue Spirit acquired last year. “We can now offer a one-stop-shop,” says Blue Spirit CEO Olivier Lelardoux.

Murtada Elfadl If a mid-life crisis happens in one’s fifties, what is a crisis in your thirties called? Perhaps it’s just permanent adolescence. “Adult Best Friends” mines its comedy from the friction caused when one of a pair of best friends moves into adulthood and gets married, while the other remains stuck. Doing double duty as the film’s screenwriters and stars, Katie Corwin and Delaney Buffett craft a believable friendship for their lead characters (also called Katie and Delaney) and write some decent dialogue about why people would or would not marry.

Paddington in Peru.” The third installment in the series — which lands some seven years after “Paddington 2” — is set to release on Jan. 17, 2025, in the U.S. by Sony under its Columbia Pictures label, about two months after it releases in the United Kingdom on Nov.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Iginio Straffi, creator of the six teenage fairies in the hit “Winx Club” TV franchise, is launching a new animated series titled “Mermaid Magic” that will drop globally on Netflix on Aug. 22.

Ellise Shafer Russell Crowe has admitted that he’s “slightly uncomfortable” with the fact that Ridley Scott is making a sequel to “Gladiator.” Crowe played the lead character, Maximus Decimus Meridius, in Scott’s 2000 epic, which won him an Oscar for best actor and launched him to worldwide fame. Now, “Normal People” breakout Paul Mescal is starring in “Gladiator II” as Lucius Verus, the grandson of former Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). As you may recall, Marcus was brutally killed by his power-hungry son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) after he appointed Maximus as his successor.

Naman Ramachandran London and New York-based film sales agency The Mise En Scene Company (MSC) has diversified, securing world rights to scripted series “Driven.” The show stars Rebecca Henderson, known for her roles in “Star Wars: The Acolyte” (Disney) and “Russian Doll” (Netflix), and Liza Colón-Zayas from “The Bear” (FX). Produced by O Positive Films in New York and created by David Shane, represented by 3 Arts Entertainment, “Driven” centers on Theodora “Teddy” Fischer (Henderson), an Uber driver and struggling post-post-modern novelist. Teddy’s life hits rock bottom after getting fired from an animated children’s show for a controversial episode and dealing with her wife’s departure.

Ellise Shafer “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe has never seen “The Sopranos” or “Breaking Bad,” saying that he instead prefers to watch cartoons or reality TV. In a new interview with Comic Book Resources, Radcliffe — who has had voice roles on animated series including “The Simpsons,” “Robot Chicken,” “BoJack Horseman” and “Rick and Morty” — said he can’t sit through “all the sort of heavy, hour-long stuff.” “Honestly, I watch cartoons, and I watch reality TV,” Radcliffe told CBR.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A three-hour hugging marathon in Seoul, South Korea, is set to be among the first public engagements of Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, after being discharged on Wednesday from his 18 months of mandatory military service. Some 1,000 fans of the pop star were chosen in a raffle. They will meet him on Thursday at this year’s BTS FESTA, an annual celebration of the band’s debut anniversary, to be held at the Seoul Sports Complex.

Inspirational, hardworking, beautiful, and resilient were just some of the words that filled a small room at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday as the family and friends of Alice Birchall gathered in courtroom 10's jury box, anxiously awaiting the sentencing of her killer, Jonathon Hopkinson.

A teenager who was killed in a horror crash has been described as 'full of joy' in a heartbreaking tribute. Josie Cartwright died following a collision in Cheshire.

Duran Duran‘s ‘Rio’ cover has finally been identified.The iconic artwork was originally painted by American artist and illustrator Patrick Nagel, and then designed by Malcolm Garrett to resemble classic ’50s cigar packaging. However, despite becoming one of the most memorable album covers of all time, the subject has remained a mystery – until now.An Instagram account called @nagel_angel has spent “countless hours” in search of the original reference photo used by Nagel.

Lord Of The Rings composer Howard Shore and will run in association with the BFI next year from March 19-26.The event will feature a conversation with Shore and legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg about their collaborative work, as well as live performances, panel discussions, in-conversation screenings, composer Q&As and masterclasses with some of the biggest names in film, TV and games music.Cronenberg and Shore have worked together for over 45 years on films including Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Crash, M Butterfly, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, Naked Lunch and The Shrouds – their most recent collaboration and their 17th overall.A retrospective of the work of Shore will run alongside events events celebrating the work of Hildur Guðnadóttir (Tar, Joker), Anna Meredith (Eighth Grade), Anne Dudley (Poldark, The Full Monty), Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian), Stephen Barton (Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars: Jedi – Fallen Order, Apex Legends), Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Paddington) and Paul Farrer (The Chase, Weakest Link).

Pantera have announced their first UK and Ireland tour in 20 years – find ticket details below.The heavy metal icons will be headed across the pond in early 2025, and the tour will mark their first time performing headline shows here in two decades.They first announced plans to reunite with a revamped line-up back in July 2022 – this saw Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) on guitar and Charlie Benante (Anthrax) on drums joining original members, frontman Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown.The news broke following the band signing a deal with Artist Group International for a series of US tour dates.Wylde took on the role from late guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was killed onstage in 2004. Benante, meanwhile, fills the role left by the late Vinnie Paul who died from medical complications in 2018.While the reformed line-up have taken to the stage multiple times across the US since reforming – including acting as support for Metallica on their ‘72 Seasons’ tour – their dates in the UK and Ireland have been limited.

BERWYN has announced his hotly-anticipated debut album ‘WHO AM I’ and shared moving new single, ‘DEAR IMMIGRATION’.Following the release of the powerful single ‘I AM BLACK’, the new album offers what is described as a “vivid and vulnerable journey through BERWYN’s search for meaning and freedom”.News of the NME Award-winning singer-rapper’s debut is accompanied by the release of ‘DEAR IMMIGRATION’, a spoken word battle cry against a corrupt immigration system.On the song, BERWYN sings: “You make me look at the mirror in horror, you took my tomorrow / I want you to know since I was nine I felt like a crime / I used to imagine you coming for me every day of my life” – watch below.His lyrical honesty has become a signature of his sound, which he previously told NME was “a double-edged sword“, saying: “The sick part about it all is that for my day job I stand up on a wooden stage and people are like ‘Your life is hard? Tell me more. Give me more.'”But that hasn’t put the Trinidad-born artist off being emotionally frank, with his debut studio album promising “crafted and cohesive reflections on faith, on the tugs of addiction and the embrace of love, on what it means to be demonised for your immigration status or skin colour”.In 2021, the Mercury Prize nominee told NME his work was intentionally “solemn, musical and explorative,” going on to say these attributes were “tools relative to every human being inside of the matrix we live in.”The debut album follows BERWYN’s EP, ‘Bulletproof’, and two previous mixtapes, ‘Demotape/Vega’ and ‘Tape 2/Fomalhaut’, which NME wrote had “a beautiful twilight quality” in a four-star review.‘WHO AM I’ is out on July 12 via Columbia Records.

Bungie is already teasing the future of Destiny 2 after releasing The Final Shape expansion.Final Shape launched earlier this month and brought an end to 10 years of stories and adventures. However, Bungie is already teasing fans with what comes next.In a new video, titled The Journey Ahead, developers gave fans a better look at episodes, which are due to replace seasons. Typically, four seasons were released every year but these “larger, content-packed” episodes will be split into three, six-week-long acts.These episodes will include standalone stories but will also “build up mysteries for the future of Destiny 2,” according to creative lead Jason Reynolds.

Annabel Croft has spoken out about her 'terrifying' ordeal after she was mugged while out in London over the weekend. The Strictly Come Dancing 2023 star admitted she 'did not expect to be a target' of a phone snatcher and wanted to share her warning to others.

Cops are hunting for the people behind a number of graffiti tags which have appeared on a city centre building. Greater Manchester Police is urging anyone who recognises the tags involved to come forward.

A man has been charged after allegedly threatening Nigel Farage during an incident where objects were hurled at the Reform UK leader.

Former Premier League defender Jose Enrique believes a Manchester United departure could benefit Marcus Rashford.

If you are a beauty enthusiast who loves to try out the latest and greatest beauty and skincare on the market at a massive discount, we've got the perfect treat for you. Boots las launched its latest beauty edit and this time it's a scorcher.

Manchester City defender John Stones was absent from England training on Wednesday due to illness ahead of their Euro 2024 opener against Serbia on Sunday.

Kerry Katona has told her fans 'big things are coming' as she revealed she's set to take the stage next year. The former Atomic Kitten star took to social media with a string of beaming snaps as she confirmed her next big move to her loyal following.