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Naman Ramachandran The U.K. government is giving more power to the BBC and media regulator Ofcom to handle complaints as part of its mid-term review into the corporation’s functioning. The Royal Charter is the constitutional basis for the BBC.

William Earl administrator “A Different Man,” a chilling story of identity and obsession with a dark sense of humor, debuted at Sundance with a well-received Sunday evening premiere at the Eccles Center. The A24 film stars Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson in a tale of an actor who has facial reconstruction surgery and must come to terms with the fact that a theater role based on his life is given to another actor. During the screening, the Sundance audience was rapt with attention at the twisty script, which included a strange and kinky sex scene that left people squirming in their seats, as well as some realistic gore that earned yelps from the audience.

Dolly Parton tribute concert in honour of her 78th birthday.On Friday night (January 19), Grand Ole Opry hosted the Parton-themed tribute concert, which featured performances from Elle King, Terri Clark, Tigirlily Gold, Ashley Monroe, Dailey and Vincent among others.However, instead of the focus being on honouring country icon Dolly Parton, Elle King has made headlines for blundering her performance while being admittedly “fucking hammered”, which resulted in a cascade of complaints of the performance being “disrespectful” and demands for refunds.As seen in footage posted online following the gig, King’s cover of ‘Marry Me’ took a turn for the worse when she forgot the lyrics to the track and began telling those in attendance that she was intoxicated, adding in a few expletives that upset the all-ages crowd.I think Elle King just ended here career.

Alkaline Trio have spoken to NME about their “apocalyptic” 10th album ‘Blood, Hair And Eyeballs’. Check out our interview with Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano below.‘Blood, Hair And Eyeballs’ is the first album Alkaline Trio have released since 2018’s ‘Is This Thing Cursed?’ – and finally arrives this Friday (January 26).“Trio took a bit of a backseat for a while,” admitted Skiba, who joined Blink-182 in 2015 and released two albums with the pop-punk icons (2016’s ‘California’ and 2019’s ‘Nine’) before leaving to make way for the returning Tom DeLonge in 2022. “It’s been the longest break Alkaline Trio has taken from putting out a new album, so I felt like we owed our fans the best record we could make,” he said.“If we’re going to album 10, let’s make it fucking awesome,” continued Andriano.

Billy Joel has begun teasing new music, which would be his first new material in 17 years.Last month, the singer launched an official TikTok account to share footage of him talking about new music on stage, and has now shared another teaser hinting that this material could arrive soon.In the TikTok, he said: “I have good news, I have bad news, I’ll give you the bad news first. We don’t have anything new to play for you.“The good news is you don’t have to sit through something you have no idea what it is! Although … we got a little something we’re working on you might hear some time.”Now, he’s changed his Spotify canvas and Facebook header photo to a phrase: “Did I wait too long…..”Billy has some good news and bad news.

The new musical movie adaptation of Mean Girls has come out on top at the box office once again!

It’s Monday, and one star sign will take a scandalous story with a pinch of salt, while another will make a career move that brings higher earnings.There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more.These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years. From Aries through to Pisces, here's what today could bring for your horoscope - and what you can do to be prepared. Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 20) An emotionally provocative incident or argument is going to test the future of an important relationship.

There’s been an awful lot of family drama for Coleen Nolan to contend with lately, so it’s hardly surprising the Loose Women star, 58, has been feeling under a lot of pressure. During a debate on the ITV chat show about empty nest syndrome, an emotional Coleen admitted she “couldn’t stop crying” over the fact that her daughter Ciara, 22, is going travelling – and she has no idea when she’s coming back.

Nicole Bass is on cloud nine weeks after welcoming her second daughter. Introducing her bundle of joy Millie Nicole Beasley to new in a gorgeous family photo shoot, the former TOWIE star tells us she is “in a complete baby bubble”. “I just adore my two girls,” she beams.

If anyone knows what it is like to have their love life - and heartbreak - played out so publicly on screen, it's former TOWIE star Nicole Bass.That's why the 32 year old is keeping her cards close to her chest these days and isn't revealing who her latest beau is. "He’s a very private person, so that’s part of the reason why I don’t show him publicly," she told OK!. "He doesn’t really have social media and isn’t in the limelight, so I’ve got to respect that.

Patrick Mahomes‘ latest win with the Kansas City Chiefs marks a new record for the quarterback!

The 2024 Grammy Awards is lining it’s list of performers for the upcoming ceremony!

Ioan Gruffudd just got engaged to girlfriend Bianca Wallace!

Travis Kelce gave a couple sweet gestures towards girlfriend Taylor Swift in the stands during his game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night (January 21) at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.

Lisa Vanderpump is teasing one thing that will be talked about on the upcoming season of Vanderpump Rules.

Melissa Barrera hit the frontlines of a pro-Palestine rally on Sunday (January 21) in Park City, Utah.

Lady Gaga stepped out on Sunday Funday on Sunday (January 21) in Malibu, Calif.

After a turbulent four years that brought the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a rift with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan and the scandal surrounding Prince Andrew, the royal family were dealt another blow last week when the Princess of Wales underwent “planned abdominal surgery” at The London Clinic. The worrying development will have undoubtedly rocked the Prince of Wales. But, as ever, he and Kate, 42, are keeping their children Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five, at the heart of the decisions they make.

If any TV show has gripped the nation recently, it's certainly Mr Bates vs The Post Office and one person in particular can't stop talking about it. Singer and dad of four Peter Andre wrote in his exclusive column this week that he was "gripped by the drama." "What a story! Like many, my emotions went from sadness to anger very quickly," he emotionally told OK! "It’s hard to comprehend how such a huge institution like the Post Office could go on to ruin the lives of so many innocent people for so long.

Frightening weather is blasting the country but the transfer action stops for no one.

A Wishaw photographer captured images for posterity of a soon to be demolished tower block in the town showing the last few remaining residents’ homes lit up on Hogmanay.

John Souttar reckons dealing with wild weather and problem pitches is what the Scottish Cup is all about.

KEITH: Adams should be shown the door. His outbursts must make Roy MacGregor's toes curl along with his refusal to shoulder any blame at all for the performances of his players. It's been a disaster.

Nicky Devlin knew Bojan Miovski was top level when the striker looked right at home against Eintracht Frankfurt and PAOK on Aberdeen’s Conference League adventure. Now the Dons full-back is praying the 16-goal hitman sticks around at Pittodrie to help fire the Dons back into the Euro zone next season.

Sony Group Corporation has ended its more than two-year attempt to merge its TV and streaming businesses in India with local giant Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. In a statement, issued Monday, Sony Group said: “The merger did not close by the end date as, among other things, the closing conditions to the merger were not satisfied by then.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Veteran filmmaker and industry administrator Park Kwang-su has been nominated as the next chairman of the Busan International Film Festival, following a period of behind-the-scenes turmoil. The event, however, has not yet begun the process of selecting a new festival director.

The Flash, and were not involved in his controversial cameo in the film.In a new interview with Variety at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Reeve’s children – Will, Matthew and Alexandra – told the outlet that they were not involved in the inclusion of his likeness in the Ezra Miller-starring 2023 film. In The Flash, Reeve appears as his iteration of Superman in a sequence where The Flash travels in time using the Speed Force, alongside older incarnations of Supergirl and Batman. Reeve’s children also added that they have not even seen the film.Will, Matthew and Alexandra Reeve were at the Sundance Film Festival to promote a new documentary about their father, entitled Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. Elsewhere in their interview with Variety, they spoke about their involvement in the film, with Alexandra calling it a “beautiful gift”.

Nirvana and others from the Seattle music scene have paid tribute to their former publicist, Susie Tennant, who has passed away on Friday (January 19) at the age of 61.Tennant’s death was announced by the “Susie Tennant Fan Club” Facebook page, which was created by Seattle’s music community. According to her husband Christopher Swenson, she passed away surrounded by family members.

Renée Rapp and Megan Thee Stallion performed their collaborative song from the new Mean Girls reboot live on Saturday Night Live this weekend (January 20) – check out the moment below.Rapp reprised her Broadway role as Regina George in the new Mean Girls reboot-musical and last night appeared on the long-running comedy show to perform the song with Stallion from the film, ‘Not My Fault’.Stallion took to the stage with Rap later in the evening; before that, Rapp performed ‘Snow Angel‘ – the title track from her 2023 debut album.Stallion later appeared half-way through the song as a surprise guest. Before that, another surprise appearance came when Rap was introduced by Rachel McAdams who played Regina in the original outing of the Mean Girls movie.Check out the moment here:The new Mean Girls movie has been described as a “lively musical update” by critics, although reviews have generally been mixed.In a four-star review of the film, Empire described it as “sharp, funny and strongest when it stands on its own two perfectly manicured feet,” adding: “This snappy musical successfully updates the original Mean Girls template for a fresh audience.”The Hollywood Reporter meanwhile described the “regurgitated musical” as a “tuneless mess”.

Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Tate McRae and Will Arnett have been named team captains for the upcoming NHL All-Star Game.Yesterday (January 21), the NHL took to Instagram to announce the team captains for their upcoming All-Star Game, which takes place at the Scotiabank Arena on February 3. Four teams have been announced for the game, namely Team Matthews, Team McDavid, Team MacKinnon and Team Hughes.A post shared by NHL (@nhl)Team Matthews will be led by Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews and Justin Bieber, with the team’s defenseman Morgan Rielly as assistant captain.

LE SSERAFIM have announced their third mini-album, ‘Easy’. Here’s everything we know about the upcoming release.LE SSERAFIM officially announced the upcoming release of ‘Easy’ at midnight on January 22, with the release of a trailer titled ‘Make It Look Easy’.

Anthony Hopkins has revealed that he has begun writing his autobiography.Speaking to PEOPLE recently, the legendary actor revealed that he is in the midst of writing his autobiography, which he described as a “weird process”. At the age of 86, Hopkins has led a long, fruitful life and career. However, he says that has been blessed with “quite a memory” and that recollecting crucial events in his life is of no issue to him.“I realized how I’m blessed with one thing.

IVE‘s Wonyoung has opened up about what it was like to work with Saweetie for their new English single, ‘All Night’.Last week, IVE dropped their first-ever English single, ‘All Night’, featuring American rapper Saweetie. The song is notably a remake of Icona Pop‘s hit 2013 single of the same title.Speaking about the release with Teen Vogue, member Wonyoung revealed that she “freaked out” when she learned that they were collaborating with Saweetie for the song, which had been in the works since last year.“I really love her songs, so I was so excited and so thrilled to work with her,” she said.

(G)I-DLE have released a music video for their new song, ‘Wife’.‘Wife’ is a pre-release track from (G)I-DLE’s upcoming second full-length album, ‘[2]’, which will be released this Friday (January 25). The record will be led by the title track, ‘Super Lady’.The eccentric music video for ‘Wife’ features the K-pop girl group in matching neon-coloured short bob wigs, as well as T-shirts that feature the world ‘Wife’ in bold.‘[2]’ will be (G)I-DLE’s first release of 2024, arriving about four months after their first English EP ‘Heat’.

Euphoria‘s upcoming third season should entail – see what he had to say below.Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Elordi was asked about the status of the hit HBO teen drama Euphoria and if shooting will start soon. Elordi cheekily said to the talkshow host: “I hope it’s soon, or they’re going to have to Benjamin Button me or something.

Sir Alex Ferguson was in Malta when he read the bad news - a holiday cut short in the worst possible way.