‘Sesame Street’ and Barbie tackle racism in new specials

Kanye West has stated that his 'account is not hacked' as he held up a notepad showing the date before covering his face with a balaclava.The 44 year old American rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye, posted a collection of snaps to his 11.6million Instagram followers while holding up a yellow lined notepad which read: "My account is not hacked. 2 13 22." Kanye stared down the lens of the camera in the first shot before donning a black balaclava for the second and third photographs.

The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester. The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice. As police make a new appeal for information,the Manchester Evening News looks at the tragic connections between three senseless deaths.

The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester. The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice. As police make a new appeal for information,the Manchester Evening News looks at the tragic connections between three senseless deaths. In this, the second in series of special features, M.E.N chief reporter Neal Keeling looks at the murder of Louis Brathwaite.

The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester. The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice.In this, the fourth of a series of special features, M.E.N chief reporter Neal Keeling looks at the devastating effect of gun crime, through the eyes of an ordinary Manchester family.

She's been sporting various different looks during her time on Dancing On Ice, and Corrie star Sally Dynevor wowed with her latest transformation.

The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester. The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice. As police make a new appeal for information,the Manchester Evening News looks at the tragic connections between three senseless deaths.In this, the third piece in a series of special features, the M.E.N's chief reporter Neal Keeling looks back at the murder of star pupil Giuseppe.

The family of a young soldier who tragically died on a railway line have paid tribute to a 'wonderful' man who was 'caring, generous and loving'.

Big-hearted Kilwinning man Michael Kirkum is pulling out all the stops to deliver an eggsciting Easter for youngsters in hospital.

Kodak Black is reportedly one of four people injured Saturday following a shooting outside of a Los Angeles-area restaurant after Justin Bieber's concert Friday.  According to , Black, whose real name is, Bill Kapri, was exiting the party when the shooting occurred.In a statement released by the Los Angeles Police Department Saturday morning, the LAPD says Wilshire area police offers responded to gunshots heard on the 400 block of North La Cienega Boulevard at 2:45 a.m. Saturday morning when they discovered two victims with gunshot wounds.An initial investigation revealed that the shooting occurred after a «physical altercation between several individuals» went down outside of The Nice Guy where Bieber was hosting an after-party after his performance at h.wood and Revolve's Homecoming Weekend party.The LAPD said the suspect fled following the shooting.

Kanye “Ye” West started his Sunday by taking jabs at Pete Davidson and his pal, Machine Gun Kelly. The «Donda» rapper shared a series of posts on his Instagram, dedicated to his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s new beau.

A heartbroken widow is desperately appealing for help to track down her wedding dress which she accidentally donated to charity.

Kanye West has been unleashing a flood of posts on Instagram, and they’re all taking aim at Pete Davidson.

We’re back in 1981 — among placards, lapel badges and whooping young people. François Mitterand, a socialist, has just been elected president of France. It isn’t a date that resonates much now — certainly not outside France — but the palpable sense of excitement in the opening scene of Mikhael Hers’s Berlin Film Festival competition entry The Passengers Of The Night suggests we are about to take a sweeping look at lived history.

Marc Anthony, 53, seems to find it humorous that his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez and her ex-boyfriend Alex Rodriguez may long for their relationship once again. The singer, who was married to J.Lo from 2004 until 2014, shared a bunch of laughing emojis in response to a post that included an Us Weekly report stating the former New York Yankees player “believes” the 52-year-old Marry Me star “might miss what they had together” despite the fact that she’s now clearly moved on with on-again flame, Ben Affleck.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote countless songs for both The Beatles and some other artists. But Lennon said he peaked lyrically back in 1969 when he wrote a song for a charity compilation album: No One's Gonna Change Our World. For their contribution to the album - which also included such artists as Lulu, Cilla Black, and Rolf Harris - The Beatles included the song Across the Universe.

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Kanye West continues to take shots at Pete Davidson.

Kanye West is still going off on Instagram and Pete Davidson has been a huge topic of focus for him.

Luke Bryan has shared a fun new video with fans calling on them to buy his tour merchandise because he's lost all his money on the blackjack tables.MORE: Luke Bryan receives outpour of love as he shares bittersweet messageThe country star kicked off his Las Vegas residency on Friday 11 February and before he hit the stage he posted the video which saw him tell fans he was "checking out the Vegas merch" before adding: "Please buy it because I've lost money on the blackjack table…"WATCH: Luke Bryan calls on fans to help him after ‘losing money’ in Las VegasFans were more than willing to help Luke out, with many calling on him to put the merchandise online for those who couldn't make it to a tour date."Please put it online for the fans who couldn’t go, we will get your money back very very soon!!!" commented one follower as others shared how much they wanted the baseball cap in particular.MORE: Luke Bryan's wife shares rare photo from Nashville farm in a place that holds emotional memoriesThe residency is running through February but just a day after its opening night Luke revealed he was "having so much fun I decided to stay! NEW Vegas dates have been added."His wife Caroline flew in from Nashville for the opening night, along with four pals and a special surprise - Fireball the monkey.

How would you like to work in a job that is currently under physical, political, and budgetary attack? Or better yet, show up to work and be told not to do your job and face the threat of criminal charges, firing, or both for carrying out your duties?  Following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd caused by police officers, this is the environment that law enforcement officers now find themselves in. It is the reality of working as a police officer in places like New York City, Seattle, Minneapolis and Portland, Ore.  Every profession wants bad employees removed.

CupcakKe has shared new single ‘Elephant’, her fourth for the year thus far.The namedrop-heavy new cut sees the Chicago rapper reference the likes of Nicki Minaj, (“Man Nicki ain’t won a Grammy yet? That ain’t sittin’ right, that’s hate“) and Tory Lanez, (“They all wanna flex in they shitty clothes/ Whole time money shorter than Tory Lanez on his tippy toes”) among others.Stream ‘Elephant’ below:‘Elephant’ follows CupcakKe’s previous single ‘Discounts’, which arrived back in June.

replace Mike Henry as the voice of Cleveland Brown on the long-running animated series, in its 18th season on Fox (Sundays at 9:30 p.m.) He makes his debut as Cleveland next season.“This is my first big role,” Zahir says. “It’ overwhelming and I’m really excited.”Henry, who is white, has voiced Cleveland, an African-American, since Seth MacFarlane’s series premiered in 1999.

“Sesame Street” is continuing the tough conversations with kids.

Four months after Paramount Network pulled the plug on one of TV’s longest-running reality shows, “Cops” appears to have been resurrected from the dead.

Donald Glover is a third-time dad! The Atlanta creator, 37, welcomed a son named Donald during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, he revealed in an interview with GQ. The actor — who shares two other sons with his partner Michelle White — said they named their third child after his late father, Donald Glover Sr., who passed away in 2018.