The Muppets series about Electric Mayhem Band in the works

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a U.K. copyright battle over the 2017 hit “Shape of You.”

Marvel‘s latest film Morbius has responded to negative reviews.Daniel Espinosa has addressed the movie’s poor reception, which has been largely panned by critics. NME gave it a one-star rating, writing that “even the most committed Marvel fan could drop dead from boredom”.Now, Espinosa has spoken after the film’s opening weekend.

Greater Manchester residents can expect grey skies and rain as the gloomy weather continues well into the weekend.

Scotland has been left as a “smugglers cove” for the dirty money despite moves to expose Russian oligarchs, Labours Ian Murray has claimed.

Saving money on energy, travel and shopping costs has become more vital than ever this month.

The Human Rights Campaign is not taking money from Disney anymore.

Martin Lewis shared an excellent money-saving tip for anyone with one or more bedrooms in their house. On Wednesday night's hour-long special of ITV's Martin Lewis Money Show, 49 year old Martin discussed the rapidly increasing cost of living with his co-host Angelica Bell. In a segment dedicated to water bills, which is expected to rise by two per cent on average in England and Wales, Martin advised viewers to get a water meter to save money.

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has issued an urgent warning to anybody whose home falls within council tax bands A-D, and has a message for those in the bands above.

We've all seen the headlines, we are in a cost of living crisis. Whether it's the unfolding Russian invasion of Ukraine, or concerns over poverty in the UK, it seems there's plenty to worry about right now.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer civil rights organization, said today it will not accept any funding from the Walt Disney Co. without a greater commitment to the LGBTQ+ agenda.

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Maher is getting into the podcasting game.

Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+ has been shared.The clip, which you can view below, begins with Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the titular Star Wars character on the sand dunes of Tatooine looking over a young Luke Skywalker before The Phantom Menace theme ‘Duel Of The Fates’ plays out.It goes on to show Obi-Wan’s new nemesis, Inquisitor Reva played by Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit), who comes face to face with Skywalker’s Uncle Owen, played once again by Joel Edgerton.The trailer comes after new images for the series were shared earlier today (March 9).Obi-Wan Kenobi is set 10 years after the events of the 2005 Star Wars film Revenge Of The Sith, where Kenobi witnessed the downfall of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.“We find Obi-Wan at the beginning of our story rather broken, and faithless, and beaten, somewhat given up,” McGregor told Entertainment Weekly of the new series.The show’s director Deborah Chow added of Inquisitor Reva that the character is “ruthlessly ambitious”, while Ingram compared her to the Grand Inquisitor and Darth Vader.“They share a common dark-side goal. They’re on the same team,” she said, before adding that “it’s all heart” in terms of Reva’s ambition.

Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek finally came out swinging against Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, telling shareholders at the annual meeting today that the company had always opposed it but opted to work behind the scenes to try to influence lawmakers.

Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+ have just been released – take a look below.Ewan McGregor is set to reprise his role as the titular Star Wars character in the new TV show, which will see him face off against Inquisitor Reva.Entertainment Weekly has shared a number of new images, featuring McGregor as well as Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit) who has been cast as Reva.Check out the new images here:A post shared by Entertainment Weekly (@entertainmentweekly)Obi-Wan Kenobi is set 10 years after the events of the 2005 Star Wars film Revenge Of The Sith, where Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi witnessed the downfall of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.“We find Obi-Wan at the beginning of our story rather broken, and faithless, and beaten, somewhat given up,” McGregor told the publication of the new series.The show’s director Deborah Chow added of Inquisitor Reva that the character is “ruthlessly ambitious”, while Ingram compared her to the Grand Inquisitor and Darth Vader.“They share a common dark-side goal. They’re on the same team,” she said, before adding that “it’s all heart” in terms of Reva’s ambition.

Martin Lewis has long been the person we all turn to when we need easy to follow advice on saving our pennies, and he's now warned us there are three things families must do now before next month's huge hike in energy bills. Households up and down the UK are set to feel the pinch and could face wallet-hurting rises of 54% as energy regulator Ofgem has confirmed it is increasing its price cap by £693, from £1,277 to £1,971, on 1 April.

More than £8million of council tax debt has been racked up in West Dunbartonshire as residents struggle to keep up with payments.

Selome Hailu As the Walt Disney Co. takes heat for a report detailing how the company has financially backed all of the sponsors of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, employees and artists associated with Disney have taken to social media to criticize its response to the bill.Particularly upsetting many staffers is CEO Bob Chapek’s memo expressing “unwavering commitment to the LGBTQ+ community” despite the lack of a public statement opposing the bill, which would limit discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.The email, which Chapek sent to Disney staffers on Monday, reads: “In terms of our communities, we are and will continue to be a leader in supporting organizations that champion diversity.

Lilly Singh is taking on a new role!

Disney+ has given an official green light to The Muppets Mayhem, a comedy series headlined by several Muppet stars and Lilly Singh (A Little Late with Lilly Singh).

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDisney Plus has ordered a new series about the beloved Muppets musical group The Electric Mayhem Band, Variety has learned.The series, titled “The Muppets Mayhem” will follow the the band as they try to record their first ever album. Lilly Singh will star as Nora, the human junior A&R executive tasked with managing The Electric Mayhem band. The band consists of Dr.

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that led to the release of Bill Cosby last year.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOutsider music and outsider art have been bedfellows in just about every sense since the two art forms have existed, and that collaboration is celebrated and explored in the Outsider Art Fair, taking place at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York this weekend.The exhibit — which is celebrating its 30 th year and is billed “the only fair dedicated to showcasing self-taught art, art brut and outsider art from around the world” — features more than 60 international exhibitors, including works from the Michael Stipe Collection as well as an exhibition of psychedelic art curated by Fred Tomaselli called “Field Trip: Psychedelic Solution, 1986 – 1995.”The latter is filled with work from the likes of pioneering underground cartoonist/Zap Comix artist Spain Rodriguez, R Crumb, Robert Williams, Rick Griffin, S. Clay Wilson along with original artwork related to artists like Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield and the Who — there’s even the original drawing that spawned the Grateful Dead’s logo along with the origin story as well as preparatory drawings for the Jerry Garcia solo album “Compliments Of” from 1974 by artist Victor Moscoso.

Jonathan Cohen To say the past five years have turned Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell’s world upside down would be something of an understatement. The group said farewell to longtime band members Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds and split with Interscope Records after just one album (2016’s “Why Are You OK”), as well as its longtime manager John Silva, while Bridwell himself went through a painful divorce and child custody battle.

Nearly a third of all households in Rochdale may have to apply for a new £150 council tax rebate as they do not pay by direct debit

New research by energy experts, Boiler Central, has discovered that electricity costs in the north of Scotland are the second highest in the whole of the UK, with the average annual bill of £795, some £66 a month.

Money Saving Expert - the site founded by Martin Lewis - has issued a warning to millions of households in the UK ahead of April's Council Tax discount.

Changes to the National Living Wage will be coming into force from next month.