U.K.’s Two-Meter Distancing Rule Relaxed, England Cinemas Set For July 4 Reopening

Miss. America 2016 Betty Maxwell is ready for her next crown.

Dua Lipa is facing a second copyright lawsuit over her hit ‘Levitating’, less than a week after it was reported that Artikal Sound System had sued the singer for allegedly plagiarising their song ‘Live Your Life’.As Billboard reports, in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday (March 4), songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer allege that Lipa “duplicate[d]” the “signature” opening melody for ‘Levitating’ from their 1979 song ‘Wiggle and a Giggle All Night’ and 1980 song ‘Don Diablo’, performed by Cory Daye and Miguel Bosé respectively.“The signature melody is the most listened to and recognizable part of the infringing works and plays a crucial role in their popularity,” the complaint reads.

A comedy of manners. The Courtship might seem similar to plenty of other reality dating shows, but there’s one major twist: it’s set in Regency England.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSouth Korean cinema audiences turned out to see “The Batman” but little else over the weekend. That activity put “The Batman” firmly on top of the weekend box office chart, but it left overall business at deeply depressed levels.“The Batman” earned $2.01 million between Friday and Sunday according to data from the Kobis data service operated by the Koran Film Council (Kofic).

Leon Bridges has announced he’ll be embarking on a four-stop tour of Australia later this year.Bridges revealed the news earlier today (March 7) via his social media, sharing a photo of the tour poster.He’ll be playing the first two shows in Perth and Melbourne in September, then heading to Brisbane and Sydney for two October dates, with the latter taking place at the iconic Sydney Opera House. He’ll be supported by Australian musician Milan Ring for all shows except Sydney.General tickets for the dates go on sale Friday, March 11, with pre-sale tickets available from Wednesday, March 9.

The Courtship, viewers are introduced to Nicole and her trusted Court, made up of her father, Claude, her mother, Claire, her sister, Danie, and best friend, Tessa, as they moved into a castle in the English countryside to begin her 19th-century foray into the dating world.After settling in, Mr. Edwards, the show's narrator and Nicole's guide along her journey for love, presented her and her Court with 16 letters of introduction from her potential suitors, which were read with excitement and a few laughs ahead of the night's welcome ball, where her Court helped choose some of her dates for the evening.Arriving in carriages and on horseback, the 16 men vying for Nicole's heart made their way to the palace, where they were greeted with all the pomp and circumstance one can expect from an episode of , traditional twists on modern music included.There, Nicole met a few of the men and even left with six of them, chosen by her Court for a group date, but there was one lucky gentleman who caught Nicole's attention for her first one-on-one date.

“The Lost Daughter” was the big winner, but the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards will also be remembered as the year that the Indie Spirits moved away from the Oscars in more ways than one.After decades as the show that takes place the Saturday afternoon before the Academy Awards (or, a couple of times, two or three days before the Oscars), the Spirit Awards moved to a Sunday three weeks earlier, with Film Independent president Josh Welsh explaining, “Shifting earlier in the awards season will allow us to shine an even brighter light on the films and shows we are excited to celebrate.”The move was considered an attempt to influence awards season more than it could in its usual spot, which takes place after Oscar voting has stopped; this year, the Spirit Awards showcased its favorites before Academy voters could even begin casting their ballots.But the date change didn’t really matter, because the Indie Spirit Awards’ connection to and influence on the Oscars has never been more minimal. And that’s likely to be true even though a few of Sunday‘s winners – supporting actor Troy Kotsur, documentary feature “Summer of Soul” and international film “Drive My Car” – will likely repeat at the Oscars in three weeks.Nothing will come out of the Spirit Awards with awards-season momentum that it didn’t already have – because this year’s Spirit nominations were so singular, and so independent, that Academy members couldn’t vote for them if they wanted to.

Chris Coelen is opening up about the criticisms Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee has about how he was presented to audiences in Love is Blind.

Gigi Hadid is showing her support for those suffering in Ukraine and Palestine.

“The Boys” actor Antony Starr was arrested over the weekend in Alicante, Spain, and handed a suspended 12-month sentence, according to multiple reports.

Taylor Swift is hyping up her friend Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman.

Lee Jung-jae of the breakout Netflix hit “Squid Game” and Thuso Mbedu from “The Underground Railroad” took home series acting awards. The 37th show was in keeping with the Spirit Awards’ history of celebrating films and (more recently) television series that embody the independent spirit through a combination of financing, creativity and subject matter.

Sam Richardson's star continues to rise.ET's Will Marfuggi spoke to Richardson at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday where he spoke about his comedy career and his role in .«It's one of things where you work hard for a long time...I've been living in L.A. for 10 years, Second City for eight years before that in Detroit and Chicago, so a lot of time put, and now that I'm seeing things kind of happen, it's kind of surreal,» Richardson told ET of his comedy career. «Like you win the lottery two times over. Just gonna make sure I keep on [doing] stuff that I think is good.

tied the knot during a fairytale ceremony on 2.22.22 and it was just as magical as it looked. The newlyweds spoke exclusively to ET’s Denny Directo about their big day. “It was the first look,” Da Brat says about the moment they laid eyes on each other. “When I turned around and saw her carriage, I was like 'Oh my God, you look so beautiful.'” “We finally got to see each other,” Dupart says.

Kristen Stewart is opening up about being a first-time Oscar nominee and how the honor came as a real surprise.The actress walked the red carpet at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday — where she served as the honorary chair of the gala — and she spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about nabbing an Oscar nom for her role in «I am truly astounded and unbelievably moved and touched and just stunned,» said Stewart, who stars as the late Princess Diana in the critically acclaimed biopic. «I love this movie.»«I just saw the director of [Pablo Larraín] for the first time since we found out about the nomination,» Stewart shared, «and just seeing the look on his face, seeing all the work we've put into this just evident in his smile, it made me so happy.»For Stewart, the Oscar nomination is the cherry on top of the sundae, as she's enjoyed being a part of a film that's had so much awards season buzz, especially with regards to her performance.«I've never even gotten kinda close,» Stewart said, with regards to getting an Oscar nomination in the past.

Oscar season rolled on as the 37th Independent Spirit Awards took place tonight on IFC and AMC+. Hosted by comedy’s power couple, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, this year’s ceremony served as a bit of a departure from recent years.

The stars are stepping out the Valentino Fashion Show!

Levenshulme Market welcomed back 21 traders and local businesses on Saturday offering everything from art prints and flowers to cheese and burritos.The prospect of rain, and indeed the odd trickle here and there, might have put some people off visiting the market but it's safe to say the return was a much welcomed success.With social distancing measures in place, Levenshulme Market was slightly different from what people have come to expect and is certainly smaller in size thanks to opening at half capacity.Customers are asked to queue before entering and can then make their way around the market via a one-way system.

CREEM Magazine music critic and editor Lester Bangs once remarked, “Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.” This driving principle, while it should be behind all forms of criticism, especially drove the work Bangs and others did at CREEM Magazine during the famous rock magazine’s twenty-year stint. Started as an alternative to the more famous Rolling Stone, CREEM allowed critics to take an edgier approach to criticism that matching the energy of the rock music which they wrote about.

Hamilton, the filmed version of the international musical sensation that will stream on Disney+ from the beginning of July. The film is a leap forward in the art of “live capture” which transports its audience into the world of the Broadway show in a uniquely intimate way.

Benjamin King is set for comedy Shriver, which will star Michael Shannon, Kate Hudson, Don Johnson and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.The feature from writer-director Michael Maren is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Chris Belden. The story is set in a small liberal arts college that — desperate to make a splash in the literary world — thinks they have found a famous writer who has been in hiding for 20 years, Shriver, and invites him to their writer's conference.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined plans Tuesday to allow people in England to go to a movie, enjoy pints in a pub and get a haircut — the latest easing of lockdown measures imposed three months ago to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Johnson spoke to Parliament on Tuesday after meeting his Cabinet in the morning.

the PM confirmed that the two metre social distance would be reduced to 'one metre plus' and that several hospitality businesses - including pubs and restaurants - could reopen.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is sticking with a November date for its 48th International Emmy Awards, the organization announced Tuesday. But in one change due to the COVID-19 pandemic, semifinal judging will now take place online.Nominations will be announced in late September, while the awards gala is currently scheduled to take place on November 23.

hereA number of pubs and restaurants have said it would not be viable for them to operate if the two-metre rule remains in place.Some scientists have, however, expressed concern the Government is moving too quickly, and that its track-and-trace system to contain any fresh outbreaks is not fully up and running.Lucy Yardley, professor of health psychology at the University of Bristol and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told BBC Newsnight there was a “danger” that some people thought lockdown had ended.Professor Yardley said “you could argue that we were never so much listening to the Government as doing what we thought was right at the right time” and added it “would be much harder” to impose lockdown for a

Hamilton, the filmed version of the international musical sensation that will stream on Disney+ from the beginning of July.The film is a leap forward in the art of “live capture” which transports its audience into the world of the Broadway show in a uniquely intimate way. Combining the best elements of live theatre, film, and streaming, the result is a cinematic stage performance that is a wholly new way to experience Hamilton.Filmed at The Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016, Hamilton features  Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton; Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson; Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler; Leslie Odom, Jr.

Actor Mark Rylance, Chic star Nile Rodgers and Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant are among the creatives who have said that the rebuilding of the UK arts industry must be environmentally sustainable.

Actor Sir Mark Rylance, Chic star Nile Rodgers and Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant are among the creatives who have said that the rebuilding of the UK arts industry must be environmentally sustainable.

relationships naturally form. It doesn’t always work out, but sometimes it does, or it creates a lasting friendship.“I had my first love, and it was something so incredible and indescribable.

Tony Award nominated director Michael Arden has created the first-ever immersive, drive-through, and socially-distanced theater piece!