Wet Leg claim highest new entry on Irish Albums Chart with self-titled debut

Ben Croll Playing a foundational role in the history of film and benefitting from enough picturesque locales to launch a thousand postcards, France has long attracted directors and crews from across the globe.Keeping them on site for more than a few days, however, was once a different story altogether.The 2009 passage of the Tax Rebate for Intl. Production (TRIP) and the subsequent 13 years of refinements both incremental and substantial have fundamentally reshaped that logic.

Ben Croll For some time, the French VFX sector suffered an acute case of brain drain, as young professionals would graduate from internationally admired institutions and nearly immediately take their talents abroad.“Years ago, when I spoke with students from [the renowned school] ArtFX, something like 95% of them planned to leave after graduation,” says VFX supervisor Emmanuel Pichereau. “Only when I consulted with this year’s graduating class, I saw many of them change their mind about staying in France.”What changed, of course, has much to do with France’s newly revamped tax plan, which now offers a 40% rebate to productions that spend at least $2.27 million with local VFX studios.

Ryan Thomas has wowed fans as he showed off the results of his incredible 12-week body transformation. He's best known for playing Jason Grimshaw in Coronation Street but this week viewers are seeing him in a different role as he competes in a new ITV show.

She’s been loved-up with Billy Delbosq for nearly a year, but Amy Childs sparked split rumours last week when OK! spotted she’d deleted all traces of her boyfriend from social media. The TOWIE favourite, 31, was quick to pour cold water over the speculation, taking to Instagram Stories to post a snap of herself alongside Billy as they enjoyed a champagne-fuelled weekend at Claridge’s hotel in London. And now a source close to the reality star has confirmed that while they’re still together, their romance has gone through a turbulent time in recent weeks.

As another exciting week in Emmerdale gets underway, many fans have been left wondering what the week long flash forward episode arc could hold for their beloved characters. Ahead of the nail biting week which is due to begin tonight, Monday 9 May, the soap released a dramatic teaser trailer to give viewers at home a glimpse of what was in store.

Some of Emmerdale and Coronation Street ’s biggest soap stars have joined forces this week as they took on a team of former professional football players in a charity match at Chorley FC’s Victoria Park training ground. Stars such as Corrie’s Andy Whyment and Alan Halsall, who play Kurt and Tyrone in the popular soap, teamed up with colleagues from Emmerdale including Sam Dingle actor James Hooton to try and raise money for the Rosemere Cancer Foundation and the Len Johnrose Trust. "For us as actors, we just kind of know that fear the crowd will turn up to see us type thing," said Alan.

Emmerdale star Jeff Hordley has shared his prediction that his character Cain Dingle, may be the one to stand by his nephew Noah Dingle, after the youngster’s disturbing stalker secret is finally exposed. Viewers have been left horrified in recent days as Noah obsessively fixated on his ex-girlfriend Chloe Harris in a bid to win her back.

After a mum temporarily took her son out of school following a disagreement over her son's haircut, we want to know your thoughts on whether schools should be disciplining kids over how they style their hair.

Our city’s finest will be flocking to the Kimpton tonight for a celebration of Manchester’s unsung heroes. The Manchester Evening News Pride of Manchester awards, in partnership with TSB, honour Mancunians with incredible stories to tell.

As Manchester City sent an emphatic message to Merseyside and beyond that they had not been broken by their Champions League exit, Raheem Sterling was quietly making a statement of his own; despite the ups and down of his season, no player has matched his 12 goals for the Blues in the Premier League.

As Manchester United's beaten and battered players waited for confirmation of Brighton's fourth goal at the Amex Stadium, their captain was making his point.

Lizzo tops the Official Trending Chart today with her fast-rising disco bop, It's About Damn Time.

He inspired countless families with his lockdown workouts. He’s sold over four million books that help people live a healthier lifestyle. And now he’s on a mission to raise awareness about the country’s mental health crisis.

The worst day of the week is out of the way, and we're all looking for some words of wisdom to help guide us through to the weekend. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.

Ferne McCann would be the first to admit she’s been unlucky in love. But that’s all changed since she met boyfriend Lorri Haines. In fact, things are going so well between the pair that we can expect a wedding and babies in the not-too-distant future! Opening up to OK!, recently, the former TOWIE star, who is now sharing her Essex home with Lorri, revealed, “[Marriage and kids] is definitely something we talk about all the time.

Maria Taylor will serve as the event’s emcee.Along with Usher and Maroon 5’s performances, the benefit concert will feature a program filled with inspiring community stories. The money raised will be distributed to several nonprofit beneficiaries that prioritize economic and community development.The Beloved Benefit was inspired by the Rev.

Mama June is opening up about her relationship with her daughter, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, and how she feels about Alana's new boyfriend.Speaking with ET's Deidre Behar, the reality star reflected on rebuilding their connection, which plays a part in the new season of her reality docuseries, «Our relationship is going good. You'll see that throughout the season,» she shared. «She is turning 17 in August. So, that's the thing.

Jack Harlow is heading out on tour later this year. Starting near the end of summer 2022, the Louisville rapper will embark on a 22-date tour of North America promoting his just-released album Come Home The Kids Miss You. Joining him on the trek are none other than the Florida rap duo City Girls.

Jack Harlow has announced an arena tour of North America in support of his second studio album, ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’.The tour, announced today (May 10), will start in Nashville at the city’s Municipal Auditorium. An ensuing 21 dates will follow across September and October, wrapping at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on October 16.

Nipsey Hussle – has shown her support for Kendrick Lamar‘s new video for ‘The Heart Part 5’, which includes a tribute to Hussle.Using deepfake technology, Lamar changes his face several times throughout the video, reflecting the people he is referencing or portraying when the transformations take place. Amongst those that Lamar turns into are Kanye West, Will Smith and OJ Simpson.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“The only way that this could be more elegant,” said Father John Misty as he surveyed the crowd in New York’s legendary Rainbow Room, a venue that epitomizes elegance, “is if we had three tables heaped with shrimp cocktails.”He wasn’t wrong. The opulent venue, opened in 1934 and located on the 65th floor of 30 Rock, has multiple chandeliers, a sunken, circular dancefloor and a 15 or so floor-to-ceiling windows offering breathtaking views of Midtown Manhattan and beyond, with the Empire State Building’s nightly light show occasionally distracting from the performance onstage.

Wet Leg fly in at Number 1 with their self-titled debut album, fronting a spectacular hat-trick of chart success for independent record labels who dominate all top three places on this week’s Official Albums Chart for the first time in more than a decade.

Jay-Z‘s performance at the June 2001 edition of Hot 97 Summer Jam at Nassau Coliseum in New York, over two decades after it took place.The legendary set saw the rapper bring out Michael Jackson and Missy Elliott and, infamously, debut his Nas and Mobb Deep diss track ‘Takeover’ ahead of its inclusion on the album ‘The Blueprint’ a few months later.While performing the song during his Summer Jam set, Jay projected onto huge screens a photo of Mobb Deep member Prodigy taking part in a dance class as a child. Jay went on to reference the moment on the studio version of the track, rapping, “Don’t be the next contestant on that Summer Jam screen“.Though audio of the set has long been available, video has not been easily accessible until this week, when YouTube channel HipHopVCR uploaded all 57 minutes of the performance in full, as Stereogum points out.

Wet Leg are currently leading the pack in the race for this week’s Number One album in the UK.On Friday (April 8), the Isle of Wight indie duo – comprising Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – released their self-titled debut LP.The 12-track project featured the singles ‘Chaise Longue’, ‘Wet Dream’, ‘Too Late Now’, ‘Oh No’, ‘Angelica’ and ‘Ur Mum’.In the midweeks, the Official Charts Company has revealed that ‘Wet Leg’ is outselling its closest competition – Father John Misty’s ‘Chloë And The Next 20th Century’ – 4:1. If it holds on until Friday (April 15), it will be the band’s first UK Number One album.There are three other new entries – including Father John Misty at Number Two – that have cracked the Top Five in the midweeks: Jack White’s ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ (Three) and Kae Tempest’s ‘The Line Is A Curve’ (Four).Rounding out the rest of the Top Five is last week’s Number One, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love’.Elsewhere in the Top 10, Camila Cabello’s third album ‘Familia’ sits at Number Seven, while Joe Santriani‘s latest release, ‘The Elephants Of Mars’, is Number Nine.Pavement also look set to make a return to the chart for the first time in 23 years with a reissue of their 1999 album ‘Terror Twilight’.

Wet Leg lead the race for this week’s Number 1 album, currently outselling their closest competition almost 4:1. 

Jack White took to the field at Comerica Park in Detroit yesterday (April 8) to perform the US national anthem – you can watch his performance below.The former White Stripes frontman played an instrumental version of the anthem before the Detroit Tigers’ baseball game against the Chicago White Sox. The performance coincided with the release of his fourth solo album, ‘Fear Of The Dawn’.For the performance, White was backed by bassist Dominic Davis, keyboardist Quincy McCrary, and drummer Daru Jones – the same trio set to accompany White on his ‘Supply Chain Issues Tour’.It comes after White previously threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Tigers game against the White Sox back in 2014.You can see White’s performance below:Native Detroiter Jack White performs the national anthem on Opening Day.

Jack White, 46, wowed a sold out crowd on Apr. 8, when he reportedly proposed to and then immediately married Olivia Jean Markel, 32, while on stage at his show at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, MI. The singer got the exciting night started when he brought the beauty up next to him and in front of his fan during the White Stripes song, “Hotel Yorba,” and put a ring on her finger. “It’s been such a great day, mind if we get married right now?” Jack then asked, according to Page Six, before the rest of his band and his parents joined the couple on stage as they exchanged vows.