Rarely seen X Factor winner James Arthur shows off huge new tattoos on holiday

Renaissance—or, at least, “act one”—on July 29, Beyoncé has shared the first look at her album art. The artwork features a mostly-naked Beyoncé embodying the image of Lady Godiva on a celestial CGI horse.“Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world,” Beyoncé wrote in the caption on June 30. “It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving.

News 12 dominated with 80 nominations for the 65th annual New York Emmy Awards nominations, which were revealed today.

Angelique Jackson New Regency has partnered with independent publisher Insight Editions to form a new company division focused on publishing titles based on the studio’s library of film and television projects as well as upcoming productions.The first books from the partnership will include high-end, large-format art, gift books and collectibles, with an in-depth look at Robert Eggers’ epic Viking revenge thriller “The Northman” among the first titles. With the aim to “immerse fans deeper into the movies and content they love,” these books will present never-before-seen images and behind-the-scenes stories from New Regency’s classic films, including “Fight Club,” “Heat” and “The Revenant,” as well as the company’s upcoming releases, like David O.

Avril Lavigne is celebrating her beginnings.

Gergely Dudás, the “seek-and-find” illustration depicts a maze of colorful mushrooms with a tiny mouse peeking out from behind one.Some eagle-eyed puzzle solvers reportedly spotted the pip squeak in 20 seconds. Others, however, were stumped by this mushroom maze.Sure, optical illusions such as this are often just a fun diversion — but they also hold real value for scientists.

William Earl Endeavor has combined the management of its On Location and IMG Events businesses into a single unit led by the On Location management team of president and Jon Lavallee as chief financial officer.Endeavor positioned the consolidation as a natural move given that the two units are involved in very similar operations. On Location provides luxury hospitality experiences around major sports events including the Super Bowl.

The Academy has just unveiled the full of list of entertainers and creatives that they have invited to join the membership of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Variety’s chief TV critics Daniel D’Addario and Caroline Framke include some new entries into the awards conversation, including ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and Hulu’s “The Dropout,” and some returning series that made the case for their greatness in novel ways, like HBO’s “Barry” and Netflix’s “Russian Doll.” They also include shows that deserve a second look — both from awards voters and from TV fans who may have missed them amid the ongoing glut of content.It’s those shows — ones that haven’t, yet, gotten their moment in the sun, but that sit on streaming services waiting for their ideal viewer to stumble in — that may well provide critics with the most to say. The documentary series “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” for instance, may well be the single most accomplished piece of art to emerge from Ryan Murphy’s deal with Netflix, while HBO’s “Irma Vep” is a sharp, crisp appraisal of the film world by a master director with a keen eye for absurdity.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs part of a big expansion of Shawn Mendes manager Andrew Gertler’s AG Artists, the company has signed fast-rising Canadian singer-songwriter Lauren Spencer-Smith and Arista’s JP Saxe, and Mendes’ longtime A&R Ziggy Chareton has joined as a partner on their management. Chareton will also co-manage Mendes.Gertler and Chareton have a long history together: They met in the early 2010s when both were interns in Atlantic Records’ marketing department.

Taylor Lautner is showing how dedicated he is to his art.

Wilson Chapman editorRita Moreno is not only an EGOT winner, but now the Hollywood legend is having a building with her name on it in Hollywood.The “West Side Story” star was on hand on June 23 at the naming ceremony of the Hollywood Arts Collective’s Rita Moreno Arts Building in Los Angeles.Set to open in summer 2023 at 1630 Schrader Blvd., the Entertainment Community Fund’s Hollywood Arts Collective complex will also house the Cicely Tyson Residential Building for low-income residents.“This really came as a surprise to me, and I was asked if I would allow them to put my name on it and I did two things: I almost peed, and I damn near fell down on the floor,” Moreno told Variety. “I said, ‘Really?’ And then I wanted to say ‘Why?’ but I figured that would be kind of rude. If they had chosen me there was something just wonderful about me that I needed to be reminded of.

X Factor could be set to return to our screens once more, according to a new report. The much-loved ITV singing talent show fronted by music mogul Simon Cowell, 62, hasn't been broadcast for five years. But now The Star reports that Simon is planning to revive the series in 2023 and 'recapture the magic' of the show - but it is not clear yet if it will remain at it's ITV home.

The new-look centre features 26 revamped bowling lanes, including four state of the art VIP lanes, as well as an innovative scoring system with digital top scorer boards to bring out guests’ competitive spirit. When we arrived, my first thought was just how impressive and modern the bowling alley looked. It has a really clean, tasteful design that carries through from the entrance, into the arcade and bar, and down onto the lanes.

Outlander fans in Scotland are in for a treat this summer after it was confirmed that author and creator Diana Gabaldon would be speaking at a special event in the capital.

A popular theatre in Manchester will kick off its anniversary year with some of its most distinctive work and projects to date. Multidisciplinary arts venue Contact Theatre will showcase a variety of new work and the best of the UK’s new touring shows.

Bella Hadid is the latest celebrity to join the NFT game. In partnership with reBASE, Hadid has released a huge range of art pieces based on her images.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian actor Sam Delich, who is currently appearing in Netflix’s Joseph Kosinski feature Spiderhead, has landed a major recurring role on Disney+’s comedy-drama series Last Days of the Space Age.

A new youth centre is coming to Partington.

Beatlemania swept Britain, reveals how the band did not consider themselves good musicians but hoped they could get rich quick before their fame subsided. The recording has come to light almost 60 years after a student blagged his way into a press conference before a gig in hull in 1974- Hull Live reports.

Wilson Chapman editorCreative Arts Agency has promoted six trainees from its CAA Elevate program to the position of full agents.Chris Burrus, Inder Gill, Sophie Kavanagh, Zakaria Laaboudi, Arlen Papazian and Kara Petit were selected from Elevate, the agency’s program for executives and agents in training. All six begin their new positions effective immediately.Burrus is based in CAA’s Nashville, Tenn.

Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant are entering the NFT and Metaverse sphere with a plan focused on inclusivity.

Brad Pitt teased his upcoming retirement from Hollywood in a recent interview. While speaking with GQ, Pitt, 58, hinted he is in the last stretch of his career. "I consider myself on my last leg," Pitt told the outlet before adding, "this last semester or trimester.

Lorde had a lot to process following the release of her third studio album, Solar Power.

Dave Chappelle has decided not to place his name on the theatre he helped build for his old high school.The building at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington D.C. was set to be officially named on Monday (June 20), with Chappelle being honoured as one of their most famous graduates.However, the comedian has been at the centre of controversy after some of the material in his latest Netflix special The Closer was perceived as transphobic.In a recent visit to the school, Chappelle was confronted by some of the students about the jokes.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia,” a symphonic work by composer Him Sophy and the first major such piece to address the Khmer Rouge genocide in the country, recently was released on Entertain Impact label.Sophy, himself a Khmer Rouge survivor, places the musical ritual of a Bangsokol – a traditional Khmer ceremony that accompanies Cambodian Buddhist funeral rites – within the form of a Western requiem.“When I composed the requiem,” Sophy says, “I relived the feelings I had during the Khmer Rouge times. It was Hell on Earth.

Dave Chappelle has refused to have his name attached to a new performing arts theater at his old high school after student backlash to his comedy special The Closer.

announced at the dedication ceremony on Monday.Instead, he told attendees the building will be called the Theater for Artistic Freedom and Expression.Chappelle, a 1991 graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., was announced as the student theater’s new namesake last year, but the ceremony was postponed due to the controversy over his most recent Netflix special, “The Closer,” and material that has been criticized as transphobic. According to the Washington Post, critics of Chappelle’s material about trans people included current students of the school.According to the Post, Chappelle told attendees he didn’t want his name on the school theater to become a distraction for students.

J. Kim Murphy Dave Chappelle has revealed that he’s decided against having the theater at his former high school named after him after plans for him to become the venue’s eponym were originally put in place.The standup comedian made his opinion on the matter public Monday night while he was visiting Washington, D.C.

The theater building at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington D.C. was to be officially named in a ceremony tonight after one of the school’s most famous graduates: Dave Chappelle.

A new independent cinema will open in Leigh this summer. The inside of Leigh Film Factory is currently under development and the public can get a small glimpse of what is to come after the team decided to offer a sneak peek.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

According to DC Comics, Sale was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1956. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and started his comics career in 1983, working for independent publishers.

Wilson Chapman editorTim Sale, the acclaimed comic book artist behind classic DC Comics such as “Batman: The Long Halloween” and “Superman for All Seasons,” died on Thursday, DC comics confirmed in a press release. He was 66.DC Comics publisher and chief creative officer Jim Lee announced that Sale had been admitted to the hospital due to health issues on Monday. The cause of death has not been announced.In a statement for DC Comics, Lee said: “The entire DC family is heartbroken at the news of Tim’s passing.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In a bid to further expand job opportunities in the animation industry, France’s first free animation school ÉCAS (Ecole Cartoucherie Animation Solidaire) has partnered with French animation producer Frog Box and post-production service provider Titrafilm to create a new course that will train professional actors in the art of dubbing animation projects.News was announced Thursday at the MIFA market at this week’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival where the issues of inclusion, diversity and labor shortages in the sector were discussed in some forums at the festival, particularly at the Women in Animation summit.Founded in 2018 by TeamTO in response to the under-representation and lack of diversity in the animation sector, ÉCAS has trained a new generation of underprivileged talent in 3D character animation and storyboarding (in partnership with Canada’s House of Cool) for the past four years. Said Guillaume Hellouin, president of ÉCAS and TeamTO: “Over the past few years, there has been a general awareness and desire among producers, major platforms and traditional broadcasters to integrate a greater representation of society.