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On Wednesday 9 February, the incredible Katie Piper received an OBE for her services to charity and fellow victims of burns and other disfigurement injuries. The 38-year-old was given the special award after she was announced in the Queen's New Year Honours list last month and was given the honour by Anne, Princess Royal at Windsor Castle.

Mom’s chosen moniker! Pregnant Rihanna wants her first child’s name to have ties to her and ASAP Rocky’s families.

Two frightened mums claim their young children were also targeted by men in a white van in Cumbernauld after an alleged attempted abduction in the town.

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP, Dr Lisa Cameron, attended a drop in event in the Houses of Parliament to mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2022.

Morrisons is helping families to keep their costs down by slashing the prices on their menus across all cafes in the UK for the rest of this month.

Taking lateral flow tests regularly continues to be an important part of Scotland's fight against the spread of Covid.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen walked his daughter Hermione down the aisle to marry her fiancé, Drew Marriott. But it was the icing on the cake when Hermione, 23, announced last week on Instagram that she was expecting her first child, a baby girl.Sharing photographs of a scan, she wrote: "Little Miss Marriott due in July.

Courageous Kirsty Muir’s teenage tricks right through the night gave her Covid-struck and housebound dad Jim plenty to cheer about back in the UK.

Adele loves a good tease! The 33-year-old British chart-topper appears on the British talk show  on Friday where she touches on a variety of hot topics surrounding her personal life with boyfriend Rich Paul. After sporting a massive diamond ring at the BRIT Awards earlier this week, the singer is quickly asked if this new accessory means she is, in fact, engaged to the sports agent. «If I was would I ever tell anyone if I was or wasn't?» Adele replies, dodging the question.But it seems that Adele certainly has her future with Paul on the brain as she discusses her delayed Las Vegas residency. “We are now working our a**es off, but I don’t want to announce a new set of dates until I know everything will definitely be ready. The sooner I can announce the better, but I just can’t in case we are not ready in time," she explains.

Elliot and Jules from Euphoria are an off-screen couple! Dominic Fike, 26, and Hunter Schafer, 22, confirmed fans’ suspicions that they’re dating by posting a kissing photo on Instagram. Dominic shared the image on his Instagram Story on Feb. 10. In the pic, he and Hunter are seated next to each other at a restaurant, locking lips. The photo is captioned, “Happy birthday happy birthday,” although both stars’ birthdays were in December.

DEALSUniversal’s Republic Records has expanded its partnership with K-pop company JYP Entertainment, they having worked together to launch girl group Twice in the US. “We are beyond delighted to move forward with Republic Records”, says JYP CEO Jimmy Jeong, so to develop a “major artist roster” together after “the successful kick-off Twice has brought”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSUlf Zick has joined Utopia Music as Chief Marketing Officer.

Liza Womack, the mother of rapper Lil Peep – who died of a drug overdose while on tour in 2017 – says that newly unsealed documents prove that her son’s management company, First Access Artists, should be help liable for his death.A collection of evidence spanning nearly 400 pages was published by the Los Angeles Superior Court last month, after First Access unsuccessfully argued for seven pages of that evidence to be sealed.The seven pages included text messages from 2017 that were sent by tour manager Belinda Mercer to colleagues after she was found with illegal substances in her bag when Peep’s tour bus was stopped at the Canadian border weeks before his death.Womack and her legal team argue that these texts, and other newly published evidence, support their claim that the rapper was provided with and urged to take drugs by his team.When First Access sought to keep some of the evidence sealed last October, Womack’s lawyers wrote in response, according to Pitchfork: “These seven pages help tell the story of the drug-infected mismanagement that is part of [Womack’s] central narrative and led to her son’s death. What these documents mostly contain are exchanges that reveal [First Access] tour management as dangerous, discordant, inept, and engaged in conduct that contributed to [Peep]’s death”.Lil Peep, real name Gustav Åhr, died in November 2017 of an accidental drugs overdose, aged 21.

Sting’s only gone and sold his entire songs catalogue to the good old Universal Music Publishing Group. All of it. Police and solo.

The widow of Ol Dirty Bastard – Icelene Jones – is suing Wu-Tang Productions, claiming that it has “wilfully refused” to pay the ODB estate at least $1 million in royalties stemming from the late rapper’s solo recordings and his work with Wu-Tang Clan.The lawsuit, which was filed in New York earlier this week, claims that the label – owned by Wu-Tang leader RZA – has failed to pay out proper royalties or provide accounts for more than ten years, instead making occasional payments without any real information on what they relate to.It says that ODB’s agreement with Wu-Tang Productions prior to his death in 2004 stated that he would receive 50% of any publishing income from his work, while 50% of net recordings income would be shared between the artists appearing on each track. Recordings income was meant to be paid within 45 days of receipt by the label, with publishing income paid twice yearly.

Tess Roby has announced that she will release her first album for four years, titled ‘Ideas Of Space’, in April. The title track is out now.“‘Ideas of Space’ signals the beginning of a new chapter”, she says of the track.

Many a child has had a birthday card shout-out on CBeebies and today the channel is celebrating a milestone of its own after 20 years on air.

This harrowing custody photo shows the bleak reality of a lifetime spent addicted to heroin.

A retired traffic warden who dubbed herself ''gangster granny'' on Facebook began a secret double life as a drug dealer

A group of thieves "rummaged" through a grieving woman’s car and stole a suitcase belonging to her best friend who had recently passed away.

Police have now charged 13 suspects in an investigation into a violent dispute between two of Rochdale's suspected organised crime groups (OCGs)

Comedian Joel McHale couldn't be more excited to celebrate the American sport of football with Super Bowl LVI. "We created that sport," McHale told Fox News Digital while discussing his Super Bowl ad with Planters. "It's become this wonderful tradition, this kind of holiday, and now it's a worldwide event," he added.

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeWith dealmaking on an uptick, record sums are being paid for hot material, while the “asks” for star talent are often met with pushback. Those, at least, are the reports from the battlefront.

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Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeCould Walt Disney be next? Really?Let me explain: Most industry people I know were drawn to Hollywood by the prospect of creating things, not cancelling things. Now the dialogue has shifted, whether about airports (John Wayne), statues (Teddy Roosevelt) or movies (Gone With the Wind).Could logos be next? Walt Disney was a man who did great things but whose points of view were nonetheless tainted by some unacceptable ideas (“tainted,” by today’s standards).

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Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeIt’s real but surreal: Hamilton, the hottest show of its generation, opens Friday as a streamer! There’s no giant launch party, no massive media campaign. This will not be My Fair Lady time revisited.But the “non-event” is an appropriate metaphor for the challenges facing Hollywood in launching “new” product to a comatose pop culture.