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Ringo Starr has reflected on the success of The Beatles, and revealed that he initially had doubts that it would last.The comments were made by the iconic drummer in a new interview with The Sunday Times, where both he and bandmate Paul McCartney looked back at the early days of the group.It also came following the two sharing their long-awaited “final” Beatles song, ‘Now And Then’, last week – a track developed from an old John Lennon demo tape, which was savaged with the help of AI and recorded as an official release.Looking back at the early days of The Beatles, McCartney revealed that he initially thought the band would last a decade if they were lucky – surprisingly predicting their split in 1970 – and was therefore caught off guard by how their music has stood the test of time.“When we started, we thought that, maybe, we’d have ten years,” he told the outlet. He also said that he predicted that as he saw it as “the maximum span for a rock’n’roll group” at the time.Chiming in, Starr revealed that he was even less optimistic about the longevity of the rock group, and even had plans to become a hairdresser at the start.“None of us thought it would last a week!” he said.

Shocking video footage has captured the moment a group of senseless yobs ignited a box of fireworks in the middle of a residential street in Glasgow.

Kate Middleton is often seen talking to young kids during her royal visits as she answers their curious questions and doubts about her life as a royal.

Ryan Flynn has seen plenty of St Mirren squads built up, dismantled and started again during his lengthy spell in Paisley.

A shocking new video has shown oblivious nurses styling each other's hair and scrolling on their mobiles phones while a struggling psychiatric patient prepared to take his own life just feet away.

The Scottish Government recently announced that Winter Fuel Payments will be replaced by a new Pension Age Winter Heating Payment from next year for more than one million pensioners living in Scotland. The annual help for heating bills is worth up to £300 and is due to start from winter 2024.

Celtic are approaching last chance saloon in their bid to qualify from the UEFA Champions League group stages - and they'll need to start totting up points as they travel to Atletico Madrid on matchday four.

A woman who has jetted off across the world with a variety of different airlines has detailed her recent experiences with two budget firms - and revealed they were "worlds apart". Amy Fenton, senior reporter with Lancs Live, has flown from Manchester Airport with both Ryanair and easyJet in recent months.

Kendrick Lamar has been announced as the headliner of a new festival called Move Afrika: Rwanda.The US rapper and singer will headline the event on December 6 BK Arena in the capital of Kigali, as part of a new touring series organised by Global Citizen and Lamar and Dave Free’s company, pgLang.According to Global Citizen, the debut event is the opening of a “first-of-its-kind music tour across the continent of Africa”, with more regional artists set to be announced on the bill. The event is the first in a “five-year effort that aims to promote health and equity, defend our planet, and create jobs and economic opportunity”.A limited number of tickets are available to purchase here.Can’t talk, still in shock from the news that @kendricklamar will be headlining Move Afrika: Rwanda on Dec.

The first contestant for ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! has touched down in Australia, two weeks before the show kicks off. Jockey Frankie Dettori was spotted Down Under after a successful race in the US over the weekend.

Diana, Princess of Wales was praised time and time again for raising her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, as normally as their circumstances would allow.The late royal's biographer, Andrew Morton, previously said: “She took the young royals with her on her private charity visits from a young age… One of the reasons was she didn't want the boys to grow up thinking the whole world was 4x4 Range Rovers, shotguns and nannies.” As well as offering her sons a glimpse of the real world, Diana was famous for being the chief prankster of the family. She often did cheeky things or bought naughty gifts for her sons to embarrass them with.

VIXX have announced their upcoming mini-album ‘Continuum’, their first release in five years.The newly released teaser video for ‘Continuum’ features footage of three members of VIXX – namely Leo, Ken and Hyuk – practicing and recording new music for their upcoming release.‘Continuum’ will be the veteran boyband’s first album in over five years, since 2018’s ‘Eau de VIXX’. However, in 2019 the group released two singles, ‘Walking’ and ‘Parallel’.A tracklist for the album will be released tomorrow (November 7), before a concept video drops the day after.

The Beatles‘ “final” song, ‘Now And Then‘, is on track to become the band’s 18th Number One single.‘Now And Then’ – the last single to feature all four original members – came out last Thursday (November 2), with a Peter Jackson-directed music video featuring newly unearthed footage of the members arriving the next day.The track debuted at number 42 in the UK last week – based on just 10 hours of sales – and is already outselling the top five, according to Official Charts. But it’s now expected to climb to Number One when Friday’s (November 10) Official Singles Chart is announced.It could also mean the band’s first chart-topping single in 54 years, with the last being 1969’s ‘The Ballad Of John And Yoko’.The track came to light thanks to a demo tape recorded by late bandmate John Lennon, completed by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr along with the help of AI which lifted the songwriter’s vocals off the initial recording.The project was first teased by McCartney back in June when he confirmed that he was working on a new track with the drummer, which would serve as the “final” song of the band’s discography.Starr recently shared that working on the single was “like having John Lennon back”.Jackson’s visual accompaniment also includes archived footage of the Fab Four.

Strictly Come Dancing's Bobby Brazier was warned about letting his private life get in the way of his professional life just hours before Saturday's live show. The popular EastEnders star, 20, is one of the favourites to win Strictly Come Dancing with professional partner, Dianne Buswell, 34.

(G)I-DLE, aespa and IVE will release a new collaboration, titled ‘Nobody’.Today (November 6), South Korean YouTube channel M:USB announced that one member from (G)I-DLE, aespa and IVE each will collaborate on an upcoming song, titled ‘Nobody’.According to a report by Dispatch, the members of the girl groups who will be participated in the upcoming single will be “introduced sequentially” over the coming days through the YouTube channel’s official social media accounts.The song will be written by HYBE producer El Capitxn (known for his work with BTS, Tomorrow X Together and more) and lyricist Seo Ji-eum (known for working with Red Velvet and NCT 127, among others).“This is a collaboration that breaks existing conventions and formats,” said one of the song’s producers, per Dispatch. With the participation of artists, composers, lyricists and staff members who all represent K-pop, it will be a special gift for global music fans.”‘Nobody’ will be released on November 16 at 6pm KST.

Lorraine Kelly paid tribute to a colleague on her show who died following a battle with terminal breast cancer.The TV presenter was emotional as she spoke about ITV producer Hannah Hawkins, who died just months after giving birth to her son. Joined by Dr.

If you've been holding out for Black Friday week to re-stock some of your beauty favourites, we're here to inform you that the best deal you might this month find has just gone live.The offer comes from Elemis, who has just announced that an exciting skincare and body care bundle offering huge savings on shopper-favourite buys has gone live on QVC. The Pro-Collagen Face & Body Gift of Great Skin Collection costs £65.95 here but is worth a whopping £215 – offering shoppers a saving of £149.The items included in the bundle aren't lesser-known products, either.The collection includes a Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm, loved by celebs like Molly-Mae Hague and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and a Pro-Collagen Marine Cream that quickly tackles dehydration and fine lines.

The Cover on NME, Towa Bird, has shared a playlist exclusively to accompany the story’s launch – listen to it below.The LA-based artist is on this week’s (November 6) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read Towa’s profile here.The artist has compiled ‘Songs To Have Lesbian Sex To’, a playlist featuring Bird’s recent single ‘Drain Me!’, Jake Bugg, David Bowie and Simon and Garfunkel.Listen to the full playlist on Spotify below and on Apple Music.In this week’s Cover, discusses her upcoming debut album ‘American Hero’, due out on Interscope.

When it comes to wellness, NEOM is one of the best-loved brands around, with its range of home fragrances, bath and body care products all designed to create a relaxing, stress-free environment. From its diffusers and candles to bath foam and body oil, NEOM has everything you need to create a calming, spa-like experience from the comfort of your own home.

Taiwanese LGBTQ+ Streamer GagaOOLala has announced a packed slate of originals and acquired titles on the eve of Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), including unscripted queer reality dating series Boys Like Boys. 

The Göteborg Film Festival has found a new Artistic Director. 

When Andrew Lloyd Webber pocketed nearly $40M from the sale of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece in 2011, his thoughts turned to a performing arts school in the leafy London neighborhood of Chiswick.

Justin Timberlake is reported to have previously said he would "not be able to fight the urge to write every dirty thing about" about Britney Spears.

Britney Spears has criticised media coverage of her upcoming memoir The Woman In Me, which she called “dumb” and “silly”.The singer took to Twitter to release a statement about her new book, which is due to be released later this week (October 24).

Britney Spears loved the #FreeBritney movement — until things went too far!

Steve Aoki and Paris Hilton have joined forces for new collaboration ‘Lighter’. Check it out below along with our interview with the two artists.Back in July, the duo took the stage during Aoki’s headlining set at Tomorrowland 2023 in Belgium to debut the unreleased track, the latest single to be released from his upcoming eighth LP ‘HIROQUEST: Double Helix’.

Britney Spears has revealed how she first learned about the #FreeBritney movement that supported her throughout her legal battle.In her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me, which was previewed by Time Magazine, Spears writes that she was unaware of the fan-led campaign until 2018, when she was in a rehabilitation centre in Beverly Hills. Describing the rehab as a “nightmare”, she says that “the doctors took me away from my kids and my dogs and my house”.“I couldn’t go outside.

Britney Spears didn’t know she was the other woman??

Britney Spears is opening up about her party days, too!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Britney Spears writes in her new memoir, “The Woman in Me,” that the media fallout ignited by Justin Timberlake‘s 2002 music video for “Cry Me a River” turned her into a “harlot” (via The New York Times). The song, the second single from Timberlake’s solo album debut “Justified,” was reportedly inspired by his relationship and breakup with Spears.

The Woman in Me,” is only a mere week from hitting bookshelves, but several snippets about Justin Timberlake from the bombshell-laced book have already whetted several potential readers’ appetites.This week alone, Spears made several accusations that her former flame and “Mickey Mouse Club” star cheated on her during their short-lived romance, which began in 1999 before ending in a high-profile disaster in 2002. Spears also said that the “Mirrors” singer told her to get an abortion after he got Spears pregnant, stating that he was not quite ready to be a father.

, outerwear that's useless in the rain but protects sooooo well against wind. Jennifer Lopez, never one to under-do it, just stepped out in the fuzziest coat we've seen in a minute.

EXCLUSIVE: Roku this past weekend saw the fruits from its big push into Spanish original content as the Greice Santo-created music reality series, Serenata de las Estrellas, notched the streamer’s biggest opening weekend by reach for any Spanish-language Roku Original.

Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera’s success came almost at the same time during their professional careers, since first meeting as young girls and sharing parallel experiences in the entertainment industry, fans have always speculated about their relationship and thoughts on each other.CHRISTINA AGUILERA MAKES ONE OF THE BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENTS OF HER CAREERBRITNEY SPEARS ENJOYS FUN NIGHT WITH MALUMA AND J BALVIN IN NEW YORK CITYAnd now that the iconic pop star has released her highly anticipated memoir ‘The Woman in Me,’ many are wondering if Christina will be making an appearance in one of the episodes of the book. During a recent interview with People, Britney briefly mentioned Christina and looked back at their time on ‘The Mickey Mouse Club.’“Being in the show was boot camp for the entertainment industry,” Britney said to the publication, “extensive dance rehearsals, singing lessons, acting classes, time in the recording studio, and school in between.” Britney went on to reveal that she shared some time with Christina during their younger years.“Christina Aguilera and I were the younger kids, and we shared a dressing room.

Britney Spears revealed in an excerpt from her upcoming book, “The Woman in Me,” that she unknowingly slipped into method acting while filming the 2002 drama-comedy “Crossroads.” “My problem wasn’t with anyone involved in the production but with what acting did to my mind,” Spears, 41, wrote in an excerpt obtained by People. “I think I started Method acting — only I didn’t know how to break out of my character. “I really became this other person.

Britney Spears is speaking out.