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Michael Bublé is showing his support for Ukraine.

Hulu has released an official trailer for “The Girl From Plainville” — a limited series inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter’s “texting suicide” case.Based on Jesse Barron’s Esquire article of the same name, “The Girl From Plainville” dives into Carter’s (Elle Fanning) relationship with Conrad Roy III (Colton Ryan) and his following death, which led to her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.“All he thought about was dying… I really just wanted to help him,” says Fanning’s Carter in the gripping trailer, which is full of unsettling text messages and moments both following and leading up to Roy’s death.In addition to Fanning and Ryan, the series also stars Chloë Sevigny as Lynn Roy, Cara Buono as Gail Carter, Kai Lennox as David Carter and Norbert Leo Butz as Conrad Roy II. Hailing from UCP of the Universal Studio Group, “The Girl From Plainville” is written and executive produced by showrunners Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus.

Emmerdale has cast EastEnders star Louise Jameson as Rhona Goskirk's mother Mary on the ITV soap. In upcoming scenes, Mary will "burst onto the scene just in time to interrupt a very important moment in Rhona’s life".The hit ITV soap has teased: "No nonsense Mary has a strained relationship with her daughter who has always felt she was never good enough for her mother.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock Leigh-Anne Pinnock opted for a daring outfit on the red carpet at the NME Awards, six months after welcoming twins.The Little Mix singer, 30, who is engaged to footballer Andre Gray, also 30, recently celebrated half a year since giving birth to her “miracle” babies and shared a sweet snap of her and her little ones while on a family holiday to Jamaica. Showing off her figure at the awards ceremony at the O2 in Brixton, the star bared her toned midriff as she wore a cropped white top with see-through panels and a pair of baggy trousers.The star then wore a long white coat over her outfit and wore her hair tied up, as she let her outfit take centre stage with minimal accessories and natural-looking makeup.

50 Cent is done with Starz.

BandLab NME Awards 2022 award winners Bring Me The Horizon are due to stage their own festival in Malta in May – an event they’ve said will be “like Fyre Festival but with better sandwiches”.The Sheffield band were speaking to NME from the winner’s room after picking up the trophy for Best Band From The UK Supported By Pizza Express.Bring Me’s Malta festival, announced last November, will take place from May 26-30 and feature a full live show and an exclusive retrospective set from the band.Discussing what to expect from the event, drummer Mat Nicholls promised “bingo with Jordan Fish [BMTH keys player]. It’s called ‘Bringo’.”“It’s like Fyre Festival but with better sandwiches,” frontman Oli Sykes added.The festival’s line-up, handpicked by the band, includes Bullet For My Valentine, Beartooth, PVRIS, Motionless In White, Spiritbox, Nova Twins and Wargasm.There will also be a host of club nights, pool party takeovers and boat parties.

Robert Pattinson is getting candid about going shirtless.

Life Is Beautiful returned last year with headliners Tame Impala, Green Day and Billie Eilish.During the festival, Eilish used her time on stage to debut three tracks from her album ‘Happier Than Ever’ for the first time, and told the crowd it felt like “a dream I’ve had many, many times in the last year… I can’t tell you how excited I am to be with you guys and to see all of your beautiful faces.”You can see NME’s photos from the 2021 festival here.

Bring Me The Horizon closed the BandLab NME Awards 2022 tonight (March 2) with a storming six-song set which the band dedicated to the people of Ukraine.Taking to the O2 Academy Brixton stage for their ceremony-ending set, BMTH, who were proudly displaying the Ukrainian flag on their bass drum skin, launched into ‘Can You Feel My Heart’.They then played ‘Parasite Eve’ (where they were joined by two dancers in yellow hazmat suits), ‘Die4U’, ‘Mantra’ and ‘1×1’, which they performed with help from Nova Twins.Prior to their set-closing track ‘Throne’, BMTH frontman Oli Sykes paid tribute to the Ukrainian people following last week’s Russian invasion.“I guess it’s better being here in a room full of influential people: they need to use their voice every single day until this crisis is over,” he told the room.“If Kyiv does not survive, international peace will not survive,” he added, before the band tore into ‘Throne’.Earlier in the night, the Sheffield five-piece collected the award for Best Band From The UK Supported By Pizza Express. Elsewhere, the likes of Sam Fender, Lorde, Fontaines D.C.

Bobby Gillespie has won Best Music Book at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2) for Tenement Kid.The Primal Scream frontman’s memoir beat music books by Dave Grohl (The Storyteller: Tales Of Life And Music), Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast (Crying In H Mart), Questlove (Music Is History) and Paul McCartney (The Lyrics) for the win.“I’m very pleased and honoured to receive the Best Music Book award,” said Bobby. “Thank you NME!”Published October 21, Tenement Kid tells Gillespie’s story up until the creation of Primal Scream’s classic album ‘Screamadelica’.In 2007, Primal Scream were crowned Godlike Genius at the NME Awards.

Bob Odenkirk revealed he was in a "financial hole" and bankrupt before he was offered a role on "Breaking Bad." Odenkirk opened up about his financial issues during a recent interview on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show. "Yes, I was. Which was crazy," Odenkirk responded when Stern brought up his bankruptcy.

Ryan Reynolds has Ukraine in his thoughts.

Marvel universe on Disney's streaming service. (It appears that Disney+ is collecting Marvel titles like infinity stones — just for a more benevolent purpose than Thanos.)Sign Up for Disney+Slowly integrating Marvel shows and movies to Disney+ makes it easier for fans to catch up with their favorite characters on one streaming service.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame will celebrate this year’s Oscar-nominated songwriters with an all-star virtual event, A Conversation with 2022 Oscar-Nominated Songwriters for Best Original Song, to be presented on March 3, 2022 at 5 pm Pacific time.

The original Viper Room is fading to black.

Tiffany Haddish-fronted murder mystery comedy The Afterparty will be back for a second case.

here.The song was written by members of the Brooklyn-based rock group The National (music by Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner; lyrics by Matt Berninger and Carin Carin Besser), originally for Erica Schmidt’s 2018 stage musical of “Cyrano.” In an interview with TheWrap in December, the band said that they consider “Wherever I Fall,” to be one of “the strongest songs we’ve written in our career” and a “timeless” song that they would’ve never written if not for ‘Cyrano.'”The open-hearted, plaintive ballad is sung by three soldiers to a messenger boy who is collecting letters from the battlefront. Each man dedicates his portion of the song to a beloved person: one his wife, one his unrequited love, one his estranged father.

Pamela Anderson, 54, is getting ready to speak her truth in a new Netlix documentary about her life. The streaming network announced the news in a tweet on March 2, just one month after Hulu’s premiere of Pam & Tommy, the series centered on her and her ex-husband Tommy Lee‘s sex tape scandal, which erupted in 1995.

It could happen to anyone? Pat Sajak spoke out after Wheel of Fortune viewers criticized contestants who repeatedly failed to solve a recent puzzle.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was heard chastising students at the University of South Florida, before giving a speech on Wednesday March 2. The 43-year-old Republican made his aversion to face masks, used to protect against the COVID-19 virus, known as he approached the podium. He reprimanded the students who were standing behind him for wearing face masks, and asked them to take them off.

Katie Meyer, 22, the goaltender for the Stanford women’s soccer team, has tragically passed away in a campus residence, reported the New York Post. “Katie was extraordinarily committed to everything and everyone in her world,” Stanford vice provost for student affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole and athletic director Bernard Muir said in a message on the university’s communications site, not revealing the cause of death.

Britney Spears, 40, and fiancé Sam Asghari continue to enjoy their island getaway vacation for Sam’s 28th birthday, and this time, Brit is sharing a creatively edited, fun, and sexy video documenting their time together. In the video, shared with her over 39 million Instagram fans, the “Toxic” singer showed gorgeous views of the undisclosed tropical locale, plus clips of herself lying in a cute dress by a water fountain, rolling around on the beach topless, going horseback riding, and playing with their new adorable white Australian shepherd puppy, Sawyer!

Kim Kardashian, 41, gave an update on how her four kids are doing as she and their father Kanye West settle their divorce in court. During her hearing, the judge asked the SKIMS founder how North, 8, Saint, 6, and Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2 were doing, to which she responded, “Everyone is doing OK.”  She shared that she “absolutely” has been “showering them with affection and that life with her little ones is “so much fun.” While she noted that raising four children can be “a lot,” she declared that it’s “the best.”

Selome Hailu The mystery continues.Apple TV Plus announced that “The Afterparty” has been renewed for a second season. Tiffany Haddish is confirmed to return in the role of Detective Danner.The series, which hails from Chris Miller and Phil Lord, is a comedic murder mystery where each episode is told in a different genre and from a different character’s perspective. For example, Episode 1 is styled like a romantic comedy, as it follows the narrative of escape room designer Aniq (Sam Richardson), whose primary goal is to reconnect to his high school crush Zoë (Zoë Chao).

Graham Alexander admits his Motherwell side have a weak spot for giving away cheap goals as their wait for a first win of 2022 went on after a defeat to Ross County.

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Usher has some regrets about his romantic life!

Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke has returned to her wedding venue to "reflect" and "pause" amid the news of her divorce.Exclusive: Cheryl Burke admits Dancing with the Stars could 'take a few notes' from Strictly Come DancingCheryl and estranged husband Matthew Lawrence wed in 2019 at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar, a San Diego luxury resort, and Cheryl shared with fans that she "considers the hotel a "home away from home."WATCH: Cody and Cheryl dance the jive"Taking a few days alone to focus inward, reflect and really try to feel my feelings - with my partner in crime of course," she posted alongside a picture with her dog Ysabella.The two cuddled up for a selfie in one snap while another showed the charcuterie board the hotel had provided for Cheryl.MORE: Brian Austin Green and Dancing with the Stars' Sharna Burgess expecting their first child togetherMORE: DWTS alum Maks Chmerkovskiy posts devastating video from Kyiv as Russia invades Ukraine"I think it’s important to note that I am so fortunate to be able to pause and take this time for myself," Cheryl added."As much as I may be going through personally, it is nothing compared to the suffering in Ukraine right now. If you haven’t already, please visit the link in my description to see how you can help."A post shared by Cheryl Burke (@cherylburke)Cheryl shared with fans she had returned to San DiegoCheryl and Matthew, 42, wed after meeting in 2006 when she was paired with his brother Joey Lawrence on the hit competition show.They dated for a year but then ended things before reuniting 10 years later in 2017.

Paulina Porizkova is sending a thinly-veiled critique at Instagram after she says the social media app allegedly "censored" her by removing a photo post she shared on Tuesday comparing the spread of misinformation regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The cover model, 56, who is from Czechoslovakia, posted two side-by-side selfie images one of her natural look and another heavily edited to make her appear much younger — which she said juxtaposed the "truth" versus the "filter" represented by dissemination of information centered on the crisis abroad.  "My last post in which I posted these two photos labeled ‘reality’ and ‘propaganda’ just got taken down by Instagram," the widow of Ric Ocasek claimed in the post’s caption.

Hilary Duff is opening up about the Lizzie McGuire reboot that sadly didn’t happen at Disney+.

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The Sundance Institute has set Marissa Chibás (72), Walé Oyéjidé, Esq. (Chiaroscuro), Glenn Kaino (Fox & Stork), Mamoudou N’Diaye (Freelancers), Gabby Rivera (Juliet Takes a Breath), Nuhash Hamuyun (Moving Bangladesh), Tania Taiwo (Pharmacopeia), Andre Muir and Jake Hutton (The Predicament), Tommy Pico and Tazbah Rose Chavez (Sometimes), A.K. Espada (This Is Our Home) and Ramzi I. Bashour (Tomahawk Springs) as the participants for its tenth annual, two-day Screenwriters Intensive, taking place virtually through tomorrow.

UTA has promoted 35 across divisions to agent, executive and associate levels, as well as coordinator. Of those promoted, eleven are now agents across divisions the included talent, digital motion picture lit and television lit.