Ronee Blakley Returns to Music With a Dylan Cover and a George Floyd Song Bookending New Album, ‘Atom Bomb Baby’

Maura Higgins has slammed trolls for claiming she’s “too skinny” as she revealed she can receive hundreds of messages a day criticising her appearance. Irish beauty Maura, 31, rose to fame on Love Island in 2019 and has since carved out a successful career, signing a modelling contract last year with Elite Models, which also represents the likes of Kendall Jenner.

Eamonn Holmes' agent has denied claims the TV star was axed from his Friday slot on ITV show This Morning because “viewers didn't want to watch him anymore”. The 62 year old, alongside his wife, Ruth Langsford have been replaced from hosting the Friday shows by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary. ITV's decision decision to replace him reportedly followed ITV bosses carrying out extensive analysis which revealed that Eamonn’s popularity had waned, The Mail on Sunday has claimed.

From kid to costar! Candace Cameron Bure had a great time working with her daughter, Natasha, on the latest Aurora Teagarden Mysteries movie.

MAURA Higgins looked incredible in a racy dress at London Fashion Week last night. The ex Love Island contestant, 31 arrived at the Oh Polly show on Saturday in a black dress that revealed plenty of skin.

HALLE BERRY had to answer difficult questions about her sexuality after accidentally showing her teenage daughter a lesbian sex scene she was in. The Hollywood actress, 55, plays a UFC fighter who beds a man — and a woman — in Netflix hit Bruised. And she said 13-year-old Nahla was stunned when she saw the love scenes during an early screening, telling her superstar mum: “We need to have some conversations.” Halle, who has made her directing debut with the sports drama — revealed her film editor unexpectedly jumped to the movie’s raunchiest moment during the screening.

EX-Apprentice star Luisa Zissman has blasted daytime TV — saying Loose Women is boring and the £500 fee for Good Morning Britain is “s***”. The entrepreneur, 37 — who’s also appeared on This Morning — claims she has quit telly altogether to focus on business. The mum of two was a runner-up on Lord Alan Sugar’s show in 2013 and a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother a year later.

THIS Morning bosses axed Eamonn Holmes from his coveted presenting position at ITV after research found that he was unpopular with viewers. The veteran presenter blasted station bosses in a recent interview with the Daily Mail, accusing them of being "sly" and hypocritical over his departure.

DALE Critchlow, who appeared in the hit movie Napoleon Dynamite, has died, his family announced. He famously played Farmer Lyle in the 2004 movie, directed by Jared Hess.

MATT LeBlanc has been spotted in Los Angeles for the first time since The Sun revealed he has split from his TV producer Aurora Mulligan. The Friends star, 54, looked downcast on a stroll in Sherman Oaks, wearing a long sleeve gray shirt, distressed blue jeans and eye-popping red sneakers.

STRANGER Things star Millie Bobby Brown looked unrecognisable as she transformed her style for her 18th birthday. The actress and boyfriend Jake Bongiovi, son of legendary rocker Jon Bon Jovi, turned into Barbie and Ken for the special occasion.

JIMMY Carr is facing a fresh backlash after reportedly joking that child sex abuse victims should laugh off their trauma in an unearthed podcast interview. The controversial comedian has been criticised by Childline founder Dame Esther Rantzen, 81, for his comments.

TELLY property shows veteran George Clarke has split from his wife, we can reveal. It comes after estranged Katie Morgan Jones, 42, said last month: “It’s time for change.” The couple had been splitting their time between homes in London and Gloucestershire.

GOOD Morning Britain bosses have reportedly "given up" trying to find a replacement for Piers Morgan and will continue rotating its current male presenters. The brilliantly outspoken and controversial media personality infamously quit the popular morning programme last year after he stormed off set following a row with weatherman Alex Beresford. The row came over his remarks dismissing Meghan Markle’s mental health battle.

MEGAN Barton Hanson has sent fans wild after flashing her underboob in a tiny bikini while holidaying in the sunshine. The former Love Island star took to her Instagram with the saucy snap, which saw her kicking back and catching rays in Morocco.

KIRSTIE Allsopp’s Location, Location, Location has been branded fake by an ex employee who also revealed her “diva" demands. A former researcher alleged the 50-year-old’s property show “cons” viewers. The ex-employee on the popular Channel 4 series also claimed Kirstie and co-star Phil Spencer, 52, are not involved in researching homes.

FANS have caught their first glimpse at Michelle Keegan as she makes her RuPaul's Drag Race debut. Former Coronation Street star Michelle will join Drag Race UK vs The World judges panel alongside BBC Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo.

ANT and Dec looked completely unrecognisable tonight as they transformed into drag queens for an epic Saturday Night Takeaway performance. The Geordie duo became Angels of the North, Lady Antoinette and Miss Donna Lee, for the End of the Show Show and they gave Ru Paul a run for his money.

EASTENDERS has celebrated a number of iconic characters since it first hit our television screens back in the 1980s. None more so than the members of the Fowler family, who were part of the original cast line-up on the long-running BBC One soap. Holding the title of the longest serving family in EastEnders, the Fowler's were first seen in 1985 during the first episode of the show.

MRS Brown’s Boys is returning to the BBC as a series for the first time in almost a decade. The last run of the hit comedy, based around the family of Brendan O’Carroll’s foul-mouthed Irish “Mammy” Agnes Brown, aired in 2013.

COVID.Downing Street has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal details of his “living with COVID” plan on Monday (February 21) – outlining that factors such as vaccination, testing, and anti-viral drugs will be enough to keep people safe, rather than expecting infected people to stay at home.Self-isolation regulations for those who test positive and their close contacts are expected to cease by the end of this week.“COVID will not suddenly disappear, and we need to learn to live with this virus and continue to protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms,” said Johnson. “We’ve built up strong protections against this virus over the past two years through the vaccine rollouts, tests, new treatments and the best scientific understanding of what this virus can do.”He added: “Thanks to our successful vaccination programme and the sheer magnitude of people who have come forward to be jabbed, we are now in a position to set out our plan for living with COVID this week.”Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary told BBC‘s Sunday Morning today (February 20) this was “declaring victory before the war is over”, that ending mandatory self-isolation was “not the right thing to do” and that this was a distraction from the ongoing ‘partygate’ scandal.“At this stage the PM risks muddying the waters,” he said. “We want to see the government publish the scientific advice because at the moment this seems very premature.”“He continued: It seems like Boris Johnson is keen to declare victory before the war is over in the hope he gets some headlines about ‘victory day on COVID’ instead police officers asking questions about actions in Number 10.”Labour Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells #Raworth that dropping remaining

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard regarding the recent acquisition occurred days after the report on CEO Bobby Kotick.An SEC filing was published on Friday (February 18) stating that Kotick and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer entered talks about the acquisition on November 19, just three days after a report alleged that Kotick had known about Activision Blizzard’s misconduct for years.In September of last year, it was announced that Activision Blizzard was cooperating with an SEC investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment at the company, which this filing refers to.Part of the SEC filing reads: “On November 19, 2021, in the course of a conversation on a different topic between Mr. Spencer and Mr.

Janet W. Lee Former President Barack Obama dropped a playlist of his favorite songs on Saturday morning, following his year-end movie, television and book recommendations.“Here are some of my favorite songs of the year,” he wrote on Twitter.

Bob Dylan has announced a new box set of material recorded in 1970 to celebrate its 50 year anniversary.‘1970 (50th Anniversary Collection)’ will arrive on February 26, 2021 via Columbia/Legacy.The three-disc set features outtakes from Dylan’s sessions for studio albums ‘New Morning’ and ‘Self Portrait’, as well as his infamous 1970 studio session with George Harrison.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRare collaborations between Bob Dylan and George Harrison will be included on a deluxe reissue entitled ‘Bob Dylan – 1970’ that is due on February 26, Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announced Friday.

The Velvet Underground for the final instalment in their Hanukkah Sessions series.The Hanukkah Sessions saw Grohl team up with the Foo Fighters producer to cover eight songs by Jewish artists, one for each night of the holiday period.Prior to the pair’s Velvet Underground cover, they took on Drake‘s ‘Hotline Bling’, ‘Sabotage’ by Beastie Boys, Peaches’ ‘Fuck The Pain Away’, Bob Dylan’s ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35’, ‘Mississippi Queen’ by Mountain, Elastica’s ‘Connection’ and ‘Frustrated’ by The Knack.As with all previous covers, the duo’s rendition of ‘Rock & Roll’ saw Grohl responsible for vocals and drums with Kurstin on keyboards/piano.

Chris Willman Music WriterIf nothing else, the Grammys made prognosticating results in the top four races a little easier this year. The nominating committees completely shut out some expected contenders (the Weeknd, Summer Walker, Bob Dylan).

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain worked on new music for singer Adele “this past week”.The session musician – who has played for the likes of late music legend David Bowie, Sir Elton John, and Bob Dylan – revealed he was in the studio with the Hello hitmaker recently and has recorded some drum parts for the Grammy-winner’s new tunes for her long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s 25.Matt admitted he got “chills” hearing Adele’s “powerful and emotive” voice.Speaking on The Eddie Trunk podcast on SiriusXM, he spilled: “I mean, this past week I just did, I generally do sessions with people – I’m like a session musician I guess, that’s my day job – and I just got to work on some new music for Adele, and to hear that voice in my headphones was

Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin’s Hanukkah series has reached the day seven mark – watch the pair cover The Knack below.Over the past week, the Foo Fighters frontman and the famed producer have shared covers of Jewish musicians to celebrate the holiday season.So far, the pair have teamed up to cover a variety of songs, including Drake‘s ‘Hotline Bling’, Beastie Boys‘ ‘Sabotage’, Peaches‘ ‘Fuck The Pain Away’,  Bob Dylan‘s ‘Blonde On Blonde’ classic ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35’, Mountain’s ‘Mississippi Queen’ and Elastica‘s ‘Connection’.“Tonight we’re featuring 4 nice Jewish boys whose biggest hit was a song about a nice Jewish girl… ‘My Shalom-a’ or something like that…” Grohl joked in the explainer for the seventh cover in the series, which sees

David Bowie‘s covers of John Lennon‘s ‘Mother’ and Bob Dylan‘s ‘Tryin’ To Get To Heaven’ will be released as a special 7” single to mark the late icon’s birthday.Bowie, who died in January 2016, would have turned 74 years old on January 8, 2021. To mark the occasion, two previously unreleased versions of the Lennon and Dylan classics will arrive on vinyl on that date – five years on from the musician’s death.A cream record (exclusive to David Bowie’s official store and Dig!) will be limited to just 1000 copies, with the remaining 7,147 numbered vinyl being black.

Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin have released the latest cover in their ongoing ‘Hanukkah Sessions’ series – you can watch their brilliant take on Bob Dylan‘s’ ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35’ below.The two artists have marked the religious festival by delivering their take on a selection of tracks by Jewish artists – kicking off the series last Thursday (December 10) with a rendition of Beastie Boys’ ‘Sabotage’.Covers of Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’ , Mountain’s ‘Mississippi Queen’ and Peaches’ ‘Fuck The Pain Away’ have all followed, and the latest instalment in the series sees Grohl (who plays drums) and Kurstin (harmonica/keys) delivering an impassioned take on the Dylan track – taken from 1966’s ‘Blonde on Blonde’.So now everybody must get stoned (not

Dolly Parton has said that she’s considering selling the rights to her entire back catalogue of songs, in what would be a hugely lucrative deal.Earlier this week, Bob Dylan struck a historic deal with Universal Music, selling his back catalogue for an eye-watering $300 million (£225 million), giving Universal the ownership of over 600 songs spanning a period of almost six decades.Parton has over 3,000 song credits, including ‘9 To 5’, ‘Jolene’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’, the latter of which has seen enormous popularity thanks to Whitney Houston‘s 1992 cover.

attract sky-high valuations for their song rights. The Queen of Country, whose 3,000 song credits including I Will Always Love You and 9 to 5, said she didn’t want to get caught out like some stars who had not sorted out their estate in their later years.