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U.S. novelist and screenwriter Paul Auster died of complications from lung cancer at his home in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening aged 77, the New York Times reported, citing friend and author Jacki Lyden.The New Jersey-born writer was known for a string of acclaimed works including “The New York Trilogy” and “The Book of Illusions”.“We are very sad to hear of the death of Booker Prize shortlistee Paul Auster, whose work touched readers and influenced writers all over the world, and whose generosity was felt in just as many quarters,” the Booker Prizes posted on social media platform X.The literary body shortlisted his book “4 3 2 1” for its award in 2017.The author of more than 30 books, including poetry and memoirs, told Reuters in 2011 he liked to write by hand in notebooks and then produce the finished copy on a typewriter rather than a computer.“I feel more alive when I’m working,” he said.“I am convinced that writing is a kind of illness.

told ET on the red carpet.“Thought I’d come to something fun for a change,” Leno chimed in. “Everything is so controversial. Just to come to a funny, silly movie — it’s great.

Four female BBC News presenters have commenced legal action against the UK broadcaster, arguing they were forced off air for a year and harassed as a result of a “rigged” recruitment process.

NME has announced a month of celebrations to mark the first anniversary of its flagship new music editorial property, The Cover – with parties in London and Singapore and a wealth of new multi-channel content that further reflects NME’s unparalleled commitment to showcasing emerging talent.The Cover Turns 1 is a month of celebrations that will look back at the incredible new talent NME has championed on The Cover in its first year, with new content that includes Life Since The Cover (exploring milestones artists have hit since their cover debuted), Cover To Cover (cover stars on cover stars) and Behind The Cover (a behind the scenes look at the creative process).As part of The Cover Turns 1, NME will host two exclusive celebration parties. The Cover Party: Singapore Edition will take place at music retailer Swee Lee Clarke Quay during Branded’s CreatorWeek on May 9, with whom NME and Swee Lee’s parent company, Caldecott Music Group, have formed a strategic partnership, aligned with their collective ambition to elevate the region’s most promising emerging musical talent.At the heart of CreatorWeek is the 19th edition of Music Matters and Music Matters Live, with highlights including the CreatorWorld Conference, Music Matters Live, Learning Matters music & creator academies, and the It’s A Girl Thing festival for young women.The Cover Party: London Edition will be hosted at music retailer Dawsons on the iconic Denmark Street in collaboration with Outernet London on May 29.

Glastonbury has announced the acts that will be performing at its Left Field stage later this year, with English Teacher, Bob Vylan and more joining the line-up.The official 2024 line-up for Glastonbury was dropped in March, and revealed that Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA would be headlining the iconic Pyramid Stage this summer, while Shania Twain is set to take on the coveted legends slot.From there, the organisers of the Worthy Farm festival have been counting down the weeks to this year’s instalment by gradually announcing the artists playing at other stages around the site. This kicked off with news of new artists set to headline the Acoustic Stage, followed by details on those who have joined the Field Of Avalon line-up, Shangri-La area, Fields of Avalon, Silver Hayes, The Glade and Woodsies area.Now, with just over a month to go before the 2024 edition kicks off, the complete line-up for the Left Field area has been announced.The area is organised and co-founded by Billy Bragg and Juliet Wills, and was first designed in the year 2000 to promote left-wing politics and political action in those attending the festival.

Police are investigating after offices in Manchester city centre were targeted by Palestine Action protesters.

Emmerdale star Beth Cordingly has shared a gushing tribute to her 'beautiful' actor beau after revealing she is 'very in love'. The actress made her first appearance in the Dales at the start of the year as Ruby Fox-Milligan, the wife of Caleb Milligan and mother to their son Nicky.

Voters in the capital will choose who they want to be the London Mayor on Thursday, May 2.

A rustic beach hut overlooking sand dunes on the Merseyside coast is available to book on Airbnb. The Owl House is a “guest favourite” and has glowing reviews from visitors.

A general election is set to take place this year, but an exact date is yet to be decided.

Voters all across the country will have to bring proof of ID if they plan to vote at a polling station for the local election. Without the correct form of ID, they won't be able to vote.

A by-election to elect a new MP for Blackpool South will be held on the same day as the local elections.

Police have issued a CCTV appeal after almost £1,000 worth of items were stolen from Boots on a busy street in south Manchester.

A much-loved beverage brand has changed the recipe of one of their most popular drinks which they say has a “new irresistible taste” - but it seems like fans couldn’t agree less. Fanta has changed the flavour of its ‘zero sugar’ orange option which lovers of the drink have demanded they “change back immediately.”

Another big beauty brand has announced plans to open a store at The Trafford Centre.

Police were called out as a school was put into lockdown over a parent's behaviour. Families were told that Congleton High School, in Cheshire, was in a 'lockdown procedure' this morning (May 1).

JK Rowling’s comments about the trans community.The author of the best-selling Harry Potter series has received significant backlash in recent years for anti-trans comments she has made online.Radcliffe, who played the famous wizard in the film series, has addressed Rowling’s comments previously, expressing his disagreement and lack of association with her views.Now, the actor responds again to her controversial comments in a new interview with The Atlantic.“It makes me really sad, ultimately,” he said. “Because I do look at the person that I met, the times that we met, and the books that she wrote, and the world that she created, and all of that is to me so deeply empathic.”In 2020, Radcliffe defended the trans community in an essay he wrote for the Trevor Project, an organisation focused on suicide prevention among the LGBTQ+ community.In the essay, Radcliffe referenced Rowling, writing: “Transgender women are women.

AI deepfakes by law.The push from the government comes after artificial intelligence has been used increasingly more to impersonate the image and voices of those in the public eye without their consent or knowledge.It also comes in light of various British artists – including Jess Glynne, Mumford and Sons, Sam Smith, Robert Smith and Zayn Malik – signing an open letter last month, calling for the government to enforce wider protection against the technology.Now, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music has called on the UK government to regulate the use of AI in music through law, and enforce “a specific personality right to protect creators and artists from misappropriation and false endorsement”.The push came via a report shared earlier today (May 1), and highlighted how a law should be issued to protect celebrities from the risk of AI becoming “a destroyer of creators’ livelihoods”.As highlighted by BBC News, the cross-party group’s chair, Labour MP Kevin Brennan said politicians must “confront the danger that unfettered developments in AI could pose to the UK’s musicians and music businesses” and warned that “AI can be a great servant but would be a terrible master.”The MPs also made reference to a new law passed in the US – the Elvis Act – which prohibits the use of AI to mimic an artist’s voice without their permission, and insisted that “the UK [should] not fall behind our international competitors”.At time of writing, the UK does have regulations in place to prevent people from misrepresenting others when offering goods or services, but the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music argued how much protection it could offer in relation to AI technology and deepfakes.In response to the issues put forward, a

The Asunta Case is a crime thriller series based on the true story of Asunta Basterra’s murder.Created by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, Jon de la Cuesta and David Orea Arribas, the Netflix series follows the investigation into the death of 12-year-old Asunta Basterra, who was found dead on September 22, 2013 on a road in Galicia, Spain.Her body was discovered shortly after her adoptive parents, Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra, reported her missing to police hours prior.

Netflix is removing a number of titles from the platform this month as they make way for a whole new load of fresh content.While many films and television shows are being removed at the start of the month, there’s still time to catch some before they go.Among the list of titles leaving the UK service this month are Ad Astra, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Primal Fear.There are also a number of TV and comedy shows being taken off Netflix this month, as well as historical documentary Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads and climbing documentary, The Wall: Climb For Gold.May 16 will see many films leaving the platform, including Winston Churchill biopic, Darkest Hour, Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, and autobiographical drama movie starring Eminem, 8 Mile.Check out the full list of titles leaving Netflix UK this month (via What’s On Netflix).May 1AustenlandAwakeningsBaby GeniusesCoach CarterThe CoreGods Of EgyptHeatKnuckleKung Fu Panda 3Munafik 2MunichPrimal FearSinisterThe Skeleton KeyThe Story Of Film: A New GenerationSun Cry MoonSur Sapata13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of BenghaziColonyHarry Enfield’s Television ProgrammeIrisMediciEinsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death SquadsThe Wall: Climb For GoldBarbie Dreamhouse AdventuresOctonautsMay 2Bennett’s WarBoys Over FlowersLady DriverRopedThe Stand At Paxton County23 WalksChris Distefano: Speshy WeshyMay 3Despicable Me 3The SouvenirMay 5The Football FactoryResident EvilResident Evil: ExtinctionResident Evil: RetributionResident Evil: The Final ChapterThe Secret: Dare To DreamMay 6Daughters OfReminiscenceMay 8TaskmasterMay 10Ad AstraHigh CrimesThe Princess WeiyoungMay 11Studio 666May 15Big Momma’s HouseBig Mommas: Like Father, Like SonFantastic Mr FoxPure As SnowMay 168 MileDarkest

Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian lead director Rose Glass’s second film Love Lies Bleeding, following her breakout debut Saint Maud. The romantic thriller follows the relationship between ambitious bodybuilder Jackie (O’Brian) and reclusive gym manager Lou (Stewart), as they’re pulled into the complicated web of the latter’s criminal family.Other cast members include Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov and Dave Franco.

Sam Fender has given an update on his new album, admitting he “rushed” to release ‘Seventeen Going Under‘.Fender gave the update in an upcoming appearance on Sky Arts’ Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends, which sees Brian Johnson and Mark Knopfler interview musicians including Fender, Tom Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana and Emmylou Harris.In the forthcoming interview (as per Music News), the Geordie musician said of his next record: “We have been recording and recording and making loads of stuff but it got to the point where I thought, ‘We don’t need to get this out yet. We need to get it right’.“For the second one [‘Seventeen Going Under’], we rushed to get that out and the third one we started rushing and I thought, ‘No, we have got to take the time’.“I want to do the best I possibly can.

The Prodigy.It was confirmed today (May 1) that White Rabbit had acquired the book, titled Wildfire: My Ten Years Getting High in the Prodigy, which is set to be released by the English DJ and music producer later this year.The artist is best known for his time as a member of The Prodigy, which spanned from 1990 to 2000, and in the memoir, he will recall what life was like to be part of the group during their first decade. It will also come fully illustrated with previously unseen photography – starting from their earliest raves, and creating a visual journey up until their shows in the late ‘90s, by which point the band were one of the biggest on the planet.“Rave pioneers whose sound also encompassed hip hop, punk and rock, The Prodigy arguably had as much influence on contemporary pop culture as the Sex Pistols and these extraordinary images from Leeroy’s personal archives capture the wild energy, ecstasy and abandon from the moment they dropped their first hit ‘Charly’ through the three albums which became the ubiquitous soundtrack to the decade: ‘Experience’, ‘Music for the Jilted Generation’ and ‘Fat of the Land’,” read a press release about the memoir.Wildfire will be published by White Rabbit on September 12, and available in hardback, ebook and limited edition variants.

St. Vincent has opened up on working with Dave Grohl, saying “it just lights you up to hear him play.”In a new series of NME’s In Conversation, St. Vincent opened up about working with the Foo Fighters frontman on her new album ‘All Born Screaming‘.

BBC, Mark Davyd (CEO of the Music Venue Trust) said he was to meet with the Co-Op Live once the venue was up and running. The meeting comes amongst the furore with Co-Op Live’s executive director Gary Roden, who suggested some grassroots venues were “poorly run” whilst discussing the case for a £1 ticket levy to preserve them.Davyd later criticised Roden’s comments, pointing out the average age of the artists booked to play at the venue was 52: “The average length of time it takes for a British artist to be booked to headline the Coop Live Arena from the date of the release of their first album is 30 (THIRTY) years.

Schindler’s List and Parasite, which NME gave five stars in its review.However, first place on the list is taken by L.A. Confidential (1997), which missed out on the prestigious award, losing to James Cameron’s Titanic.

Linkin Park are reportedly planning a 2025 tour and potentially looking to recruit a female vocalist to succeed late frontman Chester Bennington.The band have been on hiatus ever since the death of Bennington in 2017, who took his own life aged 41.However, according to reports from Billboard, the band’s booking agency WME are now taking offers for concerts and festivals featuring Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson and Dave Farrell. Though it’s unclear who will succeed Bennington, a source has apparently told Billboard that the band are looking for a female vocalist for their reunion.The news follows a rumour sparked by Orgy’s Jay Gordon, who said he “heard” that Linkin Park “had a girl singer now” back in March.

Sam Heughan has celebrated his 44th birthday whilst at work on the last season of Outlander.

An authentic wood-fired mobile sauna arrives at Irvine beach this May where individuals can enjoy sauna bathing followed by a cold dip.

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa has said the plot of the first episode in the new series “seemed mad” to him.

New research has revealed the "loneliest" neighbourhood in Scotland, where many residents say they have no close friends.

A boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a child and two adults were attacked at a secondary school.

Meghan Markle has made a surprising claim about life in the UK, which seems to be contradicted by Kate Middleton's experiences. After stepping back from royal duties, Meghan and Prince Harry have settled in Montecito with their two young children.

Many people often miss deliveries, not because they are out, but they're in and don't hear the door being knocked.

his trip to the UK next week, according to a report.The Duke of Sussex is gearing up to return to London on May 8 for the first time since his visit to see King Charles after his cancer diagnosis in February.It’ll be Harry’s first trip to his home soil since learning of his sister-in-law Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis last month.There, he will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.And while the trip could be the perfect chance for a royal reconciliation, the royals have not offered up any of their many residences for Harry, GB News reports.The father of two is expected to stay at a hotel during his London trip — something he opted to do during his blink-and-you-miss-it trip to London in February.The Post has reached out to Harry’s reps for comment.In September, Harry requested to stay at Windsor Castle during his previous trip to his home soil.However, the royal family, who cited a lack of notice, denied the request.What’s more, Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace officials have not confirmed any indication of any royals attending next week’s event, the Telegraph reports.In fact, King Charles is reportedly “too busy” to meet with his youngest son, the outlet adds.Per the Telegraph, the King’s busy schedule includes his weekly audience with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, as well as the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the season and previous engagements.The celebratory service will take place two days after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s son, Prince Archie, celebrates his fifth birthday.

A driver's trip to Manchester for an illegal car meeting ended in a 'four hour taxi back home' to Reading after his car was seized, police have revealed.