Scotland set to ban wet wipes containing plastic in major victory for environmental campaign

The BBC has been urged to publish a detailed blueprint on how it plans to transition to an internet-only future by an influential UK government committee.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The trial settling the case of whether Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” plagiarized the Marvin Gaye hit “Let’s Get It On” will never likely slip into concert mode, but it came about as close as it’s likely to during the pop star’s testimony on Thursday, when he picked up a guitar and briefly sang for the Manhattan courtroom. Sheeran performed a bit of what he said was the first version of “Thinking Out Loud,” as he and co-writer Amy Wadge developed it together at his home in England. The song’s hook lyric was then — as he sang it — “I’m singing out now,” according to musical testimony reported by ABC News. “When I write vocal melodies, it’s like phonetics,” he testified, according to Reuters’ report, showing out “singing out now” became “thinking out loud,”

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer During a labor negotiation, management almost never speaks publicly. The current negotiations with the Writers Guild of America are no exception. The studio chiefs have said almost nothing, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has limited itself to a few prepared statements. But Jeff Ruthizer is talking. Ruthizer retired in 2009 as senior vice president of labor relations at ABC. Over a 40-year career, he worked for ABC, NBC, RKO and then ABC again. He negotiated hundreds of contracts and went through numerous strikes, several of them involving NABET, the broadcast technicians’ union.

Mooky Greidinger, chief executive of Regal parent Cineworld, of the world’s two biggest chains and currently in the process of emerging from bankruptcy, made an appearance on the Cinemacon stage today saluting Regal employees and giving a shout-out to Lionsgate and Hunger Games.

Living her best life! Ariana Madix was spotted rocking out in Scotland following her split from Tom Sandoval amid his affair with Raquel Leviss.

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! viewers were left fuming on Andy Whyment's behalf as they lashed out against him being "set up" in the challenge on Thursday night's episode. Coronation Street's Andy Whyment, Myleene Klass and Georgia "Toff" Toffolo joined the show as late arrivals, but were having to stay in the back-to-basics Savannah Scrub as opposed to the main camp.Toff soon earned her way out of the camp with a trial and it was then Andy and Myleene's turn to battle it out for a place in the main camp – but viewers were unhappy with the challenge they were given.

I'm A Celebrity… South Africa has released a dramatic first look at Friday's episode, where tempers flare in camp and the first eviction is teased. During the latest instalment on Thursday, Fatima Whitbread was left furious to discover that several of her campmates had smuggled contraband into camp.

Soon to be mum-of-two Kate Ferdinand has shared that she couldn't stop crying after her two-year-old son Cree was rushed into A&E after he suffered an elbow injury.The former TOWIE star, 31, opened up about the terrifying ordeal on her podcast Blended, where she revealed that Cree had to spend two days in hospital, before having to be rushed back in after his cast got wet. Kate shared that Cree's elbow had been pulled out of its socket by another child.The situation then worsened when they returned home and Cree needed to be bathed. However, this was rather difficult as doctors had advised that his hand couldn't get wet, but despite Kate, and husband Rio Ferdinand's, best efforts, the hand became soaked.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Lionsgate is officially inviting audiences back to Panem for “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” a prequel set in the “Hunger Games” universe. At long last, the odds were ever in CinemaCon-goers favor on Thursday as attendees of the annual trade show for theater owners were treated to the first teaser for the spinoff story. At last year’s convention, the studio only brought a short clip (sans movie footage or even a cast list) of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which left much to be desired. The trailer begins with Viola Davis, who plays the head gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, introducing “the creators of the Hunger Games themselves.” But there’s a change in this year’s dystopian event, warns Academy dean Casca Highbottom.

The back and forth continues. Meghan King wore an explicit sweatshirt to get her kids from school — and her ex-husband Jim Edmonds wasn’t impressed by the fashion risk.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has signed for representation with WME, Variety can report exclusively. The signing represents a crown jewel for WME, one might say, as numerous agency rivals have tried to land the public figure formerly known as Meghan Markle since she and husband Prince Harry moved to California in 2020. Her team at WME will include power agent turned Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, Brad Slater, the rep and brand architect within the agency for Dwayne Johnson, and longtime Serena Williams agent Jill Smoller. Additionally, WME will assume representation of Archewell, her and Prince Harry’s content creation label. Film and television production, brand partnerships, and overall business-building will be explored. Acting will not be an area of focus.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter For Martin Scorsese, it was important to spend time with Osage people as he worked on “Killers of the Flower Moon,” his epic crime drama about the murders that took place in the early 1920s after major oil deposits were discovered on the tribe’s land. “We tried to do right by them as much as we could,” the director said as he was interviewed by his star Leonardo DiCaprio on Thursday afternoon. “We shot in the actual location, even the doctors office.” The two A-listers were on hand at CinemaCon, the annual Las Vegas-based exhibition industry trade show, to talk up their new movie, which debuts in theaters in October after its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

alleged domestic violence victim was granted a full temporary order of protection by a Manhattan judge on Thursday. The “Creed III” star was arrested March 25 in Chelsea and charged with strangulation, assault, and harassment after his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, 30, told police he hit and choked her.A limited temporary order of protection was granted at Majors’ arraignment, per the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.“This is standard in cases such as this, and we consented because Mr.

Charlie Collier, who took over as President of Roku Media in late October, had a pay package that topped $53 million in the last three months of 2022.

regrets editing the guns out of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and digitally swapping them with walkie-talkies for the 20th anniversary re-release in 2002. “That was a mistake,” a repentant Spielberg said of his misguided attempt to reduce the ending’s peril.

Live With Kelly and Mark” episode.Ripa, 52, brought up the popularity of butt implant reversals, prompting Consuelos, 52, to ask his wife, “Would you do something like that? Would you do the big butt thing?”Ripa appeared confused and flipped the question back to her husband, demanding, “You tell me.”Her new co-host awkwardly laughed it off, saying, “I don’t know.”“I just feel like there are so many other places I’d rather put implants,” Ripa responded.Consuelos playfully agreed with her.However, audience members gasped loudly, taking his response as a diss.Consuelos chimed back in and pointed a finger toward the audience, saying, “Stop it. Stop it.

“Nothing in any future I see can replace the communal theatrical experience,” emphasized Lionsgate Motion Picture Chair Adam Fogelson at the top of Lionsgate CinemaCon presentation, which closed out the 2023 Las Vegas confab this afternoon.

MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes topped the 8 p.m. ET time slot on Wednesday night, a ratings win for a Fox News rival following the departure of Tucker Carlson.

debuted on Amazon Music and Audible on Thursday — details how the King of Pop pored over market research in which people would make harsh comments about his looks and idiosyncrasies.“He wanted to know … I would take stacks of surveys, and some things that you or I would not be able to take as a human being — he took it all in,” said Dan Beck, who, as an executive at Epic Records, began working with Jackson right before the release of his 1991 album “Dangerous.”“At that time, some of the non-musical issues were surfacing, some of the tabloid stuff — you know, plastic surgery, all that stuff. And we were very, very concerned about these things getting in the way of Michael’s music.”“There was a concern that pop radio would turn on Michael because he was just too weird to be a pop star,” added Jay Smooth, who co-hosts “Think Twice” with Leon Neyakh.As sales of “Dangerous” were plummeting — by his lofty standards — at the beginning of 1993, Jackson set out to change “the weirdo narrative,” as Smooth describes it.“Michael and his team wanted to wash all that away and replace it with the idea that he was not just a generational talent but a historic artist in a lineage with the greats,” said Smooth.As part of that concerted “myth-making campaign,” as Smooth describes it, Jackson gave high-profile performances at Bill Clinton’s presidential inauguration gala and at the American Music Awards, where he was given the International Artist Award of Excellence — an honor that he personally negotiated for with the producers.

who died from pancreatic cancer Thursday — appeared in a particularly memorable “Treehouse of Horror” episode of Matt Groening’s ever-clairvoyant animated series “The Simpsons.”His voice cameo popped up in the October 1998 Halloween-themed episode “Starship Poopers,” which was written by “Futurama” co-creator David X. Cohen, according to SlashFilm.

Prince William and Princess Kate are set to become king and queen consort of England one day, but they’ve had their ups and downs just like any other couple.

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Slum Village have been around for a quarter century now.

Last year, on the Debut episode of her Sonic Symbolism podcast, Björk revealed she’s always been determined that her role as a woman in the global electronic music scene not be limited to that of Smurfette — the only female Smurf. “I want to be all the Smurfs,” she declared.

WUSA9, the office awarded the money to Defend Yourself, an organization that shares skills to help those targeted for harassment, abuse, or assault to feel more safe and confident in their ability to defend themselves.The money from the Office of LGBTQ Affairs will allow Defend Yourself to train up to 10 transgender and nonbinary residents to become “empowerment self-defense teachers,” who can then share their skills and knowledge with others. Defend Yourself claims to have trained more than 35,000 D.C.-area residents to prevent, interrupt, and heal from gender-based violence since its founding in 1997, according to the organization’s director, Lauren Taylor.“Trans people, specially trans women of color, experience some of the most severe and frequent violence, including gender-based violence, of any group in the U.S.,” Taylor told WUSA9. “In the District, 47% of trans women have been sexually assaulted, as compared with 27% of women in the general U.S.

Lionsgate’s brief CinemCon presentation, since they have allotted 90 minutes out of two hours for a screening of “Joy Ride,” was highlighted by the first look at “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songburds and Snakes.” The trailer, which will debut in theaters with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” next week, introduces viewers to the tenth annual Hunger Games competition, telling a story of how the future President Snow (played in the four “Hunger Games” movies by Donald Sutherland) mentored a promising 12th district competitor and, well, if you’ve seen the movies or read the books you can presume it doesn’t end well for the good guys.

Embracing the pregnancy glow! Stassi Schroeder showed off her growing baby bump ahead of baby No. 2 — and she left nothing to the imagination.

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The Flash director Andy Muschietti has said Michael Keaton became emotional when reprising his role as Batman.Starring Ezra Miller, The Flash sees Keaton return to the role of Batman for the first time since 1992’s Batman Returns.Speaking to IGN, Muschietti recalled Keaton’s reaction when he first stepped onto the Batcave set. “When [Keaton] arrived to the set, the Batcave was already finished and it was lit and everything,” the director said.

are returning to the big screen in the upcoming prequel film, and fans got a look at the upcoming action when the first trailer was released on Thursday.The upcoming film tells the origin story of the franchise’s dystopian president and ringleader, Coriolanus Snow, played by Tom Blyth, and friends and enemies that shaped him into the nefarious leader fans saw in the original trilogy.'s Rachel Zegler plays Lucy Gray Baird, the impoverished District 12 tribute that Coriolanus is assigned to mentor. Lucy is an orphan and a singer, who wows her mentor and eventually, viewers across Panem, with her impressive voice — before proving in the Games that she's even more cunning than she seems. «There's a natural goodness built into us all,» Lucy says in the trailer.

Maisie Peters has announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for this autumn – find all the details below.The singer-songwriter, whose second album ‘The Good Witch’ is due out on June 16, will complete a run of UK shows tonight (April 27) at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, west London.Peters is set to return to the capital for the biggest headline gig of her career to date at Wembley Arena on November 3.Today, the musician has confirmed that she’ll be hitting the road before that milestone concert for the ‘Road To Wembley Tour’.The stint will kick off in Glasgow on October 17, with Peters also scheduled to play in Leeds (October 19), Manchester (21), Dublin (25), Birmingham (29) and Bristol (November 1) ahead of Wembley.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST next Friday (May 5) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

She’s not a regular mom — she’s a cool mom! Lindsay Lohan announced her pregnancy with her and husband Bader Shammas’ first child in March 2023.

The topic on everyone’s mind. Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair was a shock to Vanderpump Rules viewers — but the cast was seemingly onto the couple for a while.

Navarro College and its head cheerleading coach, Monica Aldama, have been named in a lawsuit for allegedly concealing a sexual assault, Us Weekly can confirm.

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Not cool. Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright slammed Tom Sandoval for not being physically there for ex Ariana Madix when her grandmother died ahead of their split.

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