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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ariana Grande is the guest on the most recent episode of the “Podcrushed” podcast — co-hosted by her “The Boy Is Mine” music video star Penn Badgley — and opens up about her relationship to child stardom. The Grammy winner was a young teenager when her fame exploded, thanks to a series regular role on the Nickelodeon show “Victorious,” which aired for four seasons between 2010 and 2013.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. If you missed Chappell Roan’s headline-making performance at Gov Ball this past weekend, there’s still time to catch the electric performer later this summer at New York’s All Things Go Festival, which will take place at the city’s iconic Forest Hills Stadium in September.

Ben Croll French animation outfit Blue Spirit (the studio behind Netflix sensation “Blue Eye Samurai”) will introduced an in-house digital creation and development label under the moniker Blue Spirit Creative. Offering full-service creative and graphic development for features, series, ads and games, the creative label will be run by the Paris-based team behind Digital Banana, which Blue Spirit acquired last year. “We can now offer a one-stop-shop,” says Blue Spirit CEO Olivier Lelardoux.

Murtada Elfadl If a mid-life crisis happens in one’s fifties, what is a crisis in your thirties called? Perhaps it’s just permanent adolescence. “Adult Best Friends” mines its comedy from the friction caused when one of a pair of best friends moves into adulthood and gets married, while the other remains stuck. Doing double duty as the film’s screenwriters and stars, Katie Corwin and Delaney Buffett craft a believable friendship for their lead characters (also called Katie and Delaney) and write some decent dialogue about why people would or would not marry.

Paddington in Peru.” The third installment in the series — which lands some seven years after “Paddington 2” — is set to release on Jan. 17, 2025, in the U.S. by Sony under its Columbia Pictures label, about two months after it releases in the United Kingdom on Nov.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Iginio Straffi, creator of the six teenage fairies in the hit “Winx Club” TV franchise, is launching a new animated series titled “Mermaid Magic” that will drop globally on Netflix on Aug. 22.

Ellise Shafer Russell Crowe has admitted that he’s “slightly uncomfortable” with the fact that Ridley Scott is making a sequel to “Gladiator.” Crowe played the lead character, Maximus Decimus Meridius, in Scott’s 2000 epic, which won him an Oscar for best actor and launched him to worldwide fame. Now, “Normal People” breakout Paul Mescal is starring in “Gladiator II” as Lucius Verus, the grandson of former Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). As you may recall, Marcus was brutally killed by his power-hungry son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) after he appointed Maximus as his successor.

Naman Ramachandran London and New York-based film sales agency The Mise En Scene Company (MSC) has diversified, securing world rights to scripted series “Driven.” The show stars Rebecca Henderson, known for her roles in “Star Wars: The Acolyte” (Disney) and “Russian Doll” (Netflix), and Liza Colón-Zayas from “The Bear” (FX). Produced by O Positive Films in New York and created by David Shane, represented by 3 Arts Entertainment, “Driven” centers on Theodora “Teddy” Fischer (Henderson), an Uber driver and struggling post-post-modern novelist. Teddy’s life hits rock bottom after getting fired from an animated children’s show for a controversial episode and dealing with her wife’s departure.

Ellise Shafer “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe has never seen “The Sopranos” or “Breaking Bad,” saying that he instead prefers to watch cartoons or reality TV. In a new interview with Comic Book Resources, Radcliffe — who has had voice roles on animated series including “The Simpsons,” “Robot Chicken,” “BoJack Horseman” and “Rick and Morty” — said he can’t sit through “all the sort of heavy, hour-long stuff.” “Honestly, I watch cartoons, and I watch reality TV,” Radcliffe told CBR.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A three-hour hugging marathon in Seoul, South Korea, is set to be among the first public engagements of Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, after being discharged on Wednesday from his 18 months of mandatory military service. Some 1,000 fans of the pop star were chosen in a raffle. They will meet him on Thursday at this year’s BTS FESTA, an annual celebration of the band’s debut anniversary, to be held at the Seoul Sports Complex.

Inspirational, hardworking, beautiful, and resilient were just some of the words that filled a small room at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday as the family and friends of Alice Birchall gathered in courtroom 10's jury box, anxiously awaiting the sentencing of her killer, Jonathon Hopkinson.

A teenager who was killed in a horror crash has been described as 'full of joy' in a heartbreaking tribute. Josie Cartwright died following a collision in Cheshire.

Duran Duran‘s ‘Rio’ cover has finally been identified.The iconic artwork was originally painted by American artist and illustrator Patrick Nagel, and then designed by Malcolm Garrett to resemble classic ’50s cigar packaging. However, despite becoming one of the most memorable album covers of all time, the subject has remained a mystery – until now.An Instagram account called @nagel_angel has spent “countless hours” in search of the original reference photo used by Nagel.

Lord Of The Rings composer Howard Shore and will run in association with the BFI next year from March 19-26.The event will feature a conversation with Shore and legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg about their collaborative work, as well as live performances, panel discussions, in-conversation screenings, composer Q&As and masterclasses with some of the biggest names in film, TV and games music.Cronenberg and Shore have worked together for over 45 years on films including Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Crash, M Butterfly, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, Naked Lunch and The Shrouds – their most recent collaboration and their 17th overall.A retrospective of the work of Shore will run alongside events events celebrating the work of Hildur Guðnadóttir (Tar, Joker), Anna Meredith (Eighth Grade), Anne Dudley (Poldark, The Full Monty), Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian), Stephen Barton (Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars: Jedi – Fallen Order, Apex Legends), Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Paddington) and Paul Farrer (The Chase, Weakest Link).

Pantera have announced their first UK and Ireland tour in 20 years – find ticket details below.The heavy metal icons will be headed across the pond in early 2025, and the tour will mark their first time performing headline shows here in two decades.They first announced plans to reunite with a revamped line-up back in July 2022 – this saw Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) on guitar and Charlie Benante (Anthrax) on drums joining original members, frontman Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown.The news broke following the band signing a deal with Artist Group International for a series of US tour dates.Wylde took on the role from late guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was killed onstage in 2004. Benante, meanwhile, fills the role left by the late Vinnie Paul who died from medical complications in 2018.While the reformed line-up have taken to the stage multiple times across the US since reforming – including acting as support for Metallica on their ‘72 Seasons’ tour – their dates in the UK and Ireland have been limited.

BERWYN has announced his hotly-anticipated debut album ‘WHO AM I’ and shared moving new single, ‘DEAR IMMIGRATION’.Following the release of the powerful single ‘I AM BLACK’, the new album offers what is described as a “vivid and vulnerable journey through BERWYN’s search for meaning and freedom”.News of the NME Award-winning singer-rapper’s debut is accompanied by the release of ‘DEAR IMMIGRATION’, a spoken word battle cry against a corrupt immigration system.On the song, BERWYN sings: “You make me look at the mirror in horror, you took my tomorrow / I want you to know since I was nine I felt like a crime / I used to imagine you coming for me every day of my life” – watch below.His lyrical honesty has become a signature of his sound, which he previously told NME was “a double-edged sword“, saying: “The sick part about it all is that for my day job I stand up on a wooden stage and people are like ‘Your life is hard? Tell me more. Give me more.'”But that hasn’t put the Trinidad-born artist off being emotionally frank, with his debut studio album promising “crafted and cohesive reflections on faith, on the tugs of addiction and the embrace of love, on what it means to be demonised for your immigration status or skin colour”.In 2021, the Mercury Prize nominee told NME his work was intentionally “solemn, musical and explorative,” going on to say these attributes were “tools relative to every human being inside of the matrix we live in.”The debut album follows BERWYN’s EP, ‘Bulletproof’, and two previous mixtapes, ‘Demotape/Vega’ and ‘Tape 2/Fomalhaut’, which NME wrote had “a beautiful twilight quality” in a four-star review.‘WHO AM I’ is out on July 12 via Columbia Records.

Bungie is already teasing the future of Destiny 2 after releasing The Final Shape expansion.Final Shape launched earlier this month and brought an end to 10 years of stories and adventures. However, Bungie is already teasing fans with what comes next.In a new video, titled The Journey Ahead, developers gave fans a better look at episodes, which are due to replace seasons. Typically, four seasons were released every year but these “larger, content-packed” episodes will be split into three, six-week-long acts.These episodes will include standalone stories but will also “build up mysteries for the future of Destiny 2,” according to creative lead Jason Reynolds.

Annabel Croft has spoken out about her 'terrifying' ordeal after she was mugged while out in London over the weekend. The Strictly Come Dancing 2023 star admitted she 'did not expect to be a target' of a phone snatcher and wanted to share her warning to others.

Cops are hunting for the people behind a number of graffiti tags which have appeared on a city centre building. Greater Manchester Police is urging anyone who recognises the tags involved to come forward.

A man has been charged after allegedly threatening Nigel Farage during an incident where objects were hurled at the Reform UK leader.

Former Premier League defender Jose Enrique believes a Manchester United departure could benefit Marcus Rashford.

If you are a beauty enthusiast who loves to try out the latest and greatest beauty and skincare on the market at a massive discount, we've got the perfect treat for you. Boots las launched its latest beauty edit and this time it's a scorcher.

Manchester City defender John Stones was absent from England training on Wednesday due to illness ahead of their Euro 2024 opener against Serbia on Sunday.

Kerry Katona has told her fans 'big things are coming' as she revealed she's set to take the stage next year. The former Atomic Kitten star took to social media with a string of beaming snaps as she confirmed her next big move to her loyal following.

Marvin Humes seemingly spoke right to his wife Rochelle's heart after she appeared to be buzzing over his latest move. The couple, who tied the knot in 2012 at a lavish bash at Blenheim Palace, have had busy schedules of late.

The prolonged soap opera is finally over (or maybe it's just beginning). INEOS have decided to keep Erik ten Hag as manager of Manchester United, affording him the opportunity to show what he is capable of within the new sporting structure at the club.

A swimming pool building is part of plans to create a shared house for ten people in Prestwich. Plans submitted to Bury Council in the past week show the intention to convert the property on Grosvenor Street in the a 10-bed house of multiple occupation (HMO).

The Co-operative Bank has issued an apology after a number of small business account holders reported a technical issue that resulted in payments being taken twice.

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More than 300 people have objected to plans to convert one of Bolton’s longest established restaurants into a prayer hall and education centre. The proposals centre on the Lagan restaurant building in Ladybridge, Bolton, which has operated at the site since 2006.

Matty Healy has seemingly confirmed his engagement to Gabbriette Bechtel during a Charli XCX show.Speculation about The 1975 frontman and his model girlfriend came to a head last night when the latter posted an update on her Instagram Stories, while at a Charli XCX concert in New York City.In the update, a photo of Butchel’s hand is seen wearing a large black ring on her ring finger, she shared it alongside the caption ‘MARRYING THE 1975 IS VERY BRAT.’She then doubled down on the rumours about an engagement, posting a mirror selfie as she held up the ring. Both updates seem to have come from the same night that she and Healy were spotted out together at the Charli XCX gig, and the “brat” comment in the caption seems to be a nod to Charli’s new album.After sharing various memes online that same night, Healy also reshared the ring photo, adding fuel to the fire about rumours that they had gotten engaged.According to People, the two have been dating since September 2023.

Queen of Tears star Kim Soo-hyun has announced his upcoming 2024 ‘Eyes On You’ Asia fanmeet tour, featuring shows in Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and more.Kim Soo-hyun’s management GOLDMEDALIST announced that the tour will be kicking off this summer, marking his first overseas trek in about 10 years. The tour arrives fresh off the back of the conclusion of Queen of Tears, which broke television broadcast records for cable network tvN.Kim is scheduled to begin the tour with a show in Bangkok, before he heads to a handful of major cities in East and Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong, Jakarta and more.

Coldplay have performed a new, unreleased song called ‘All My Love’ during their show in Athens. Check out footage of the moment below.The moment took place during the band’s show on June 9 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, where the band performed as part of their ongoing ‘Music Of The Spheres Tour’.During the set, Chris Martin and co. broke out 23 songs from across their discography, and surprised fans by treating them to a preview of a new song that is set to arrive later this year.

Sounds of the 70s and The Radio 2 Rock Show, Walker is now presenting his shows from his home in Dorset. He is currently being looked after full-time by his wife, Tiggy.Now, in honour of Carers Week, the Walkers have shared details about their life on their podcast Walker and Walker: Johnnie and Tiggy. There, Johnnie opened up about having “only a finite amount of time left here in the physical before I pass over”, calling it “a very reflective time for us”.Tiggy recalled how the couple were once told by a consultant that Johnny should “prepare to go at any moment”, although they also apparently added: “Equally, you might be around for six months.”She then reflected that she “internally thought, ‘Oh my goodness, how can I keep up this level of caring for six months?’ Because it’s just about my own energy.

Activision has clarified that the size of the upcoming Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 won’t be as excessively large as previously advertised.Black Ops 6 was officially announced last month, with more details revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase over the weekend.Following the reveal, a listing for Black Ops 6 went live on the Xbox store but fans were worried about the 309GB size of the latest Call Of Duty title.“This is so egregiously ridiculous that I thought it was a joke. You need to fix this,” wrote one fan on social media.

obtained by TMZ, Crystal, who was married to the Playboy magazine publisher from 2012 until his death in 2017, said Madison, 44, caused her “serious harm.”The 38-year-old claimed the comments Madison made on the “Girls Next Level” podcast last month were “malicious and intentionally misleading,” and claimed they were damaging to her reputation.During the May 12 podcast episode, Madison and her co-host Bridget Marquardt spoke to Hefner’s son Marston Hefner.Madison and Marquardt both dated the late mogul and were considered to be his “main girlfriends,” alongside Kendra Wilkinson.Among the myriad of Hefner-related topics covered, the trip discussed Crystal’s book “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,” released in January.Madison implied that Crystal kept the late Playboy editor “doped up” in his final years in a bid to exploit him financially.Responding to the allegations, Crystal’s legal team told the outlet that “nothing could be further from the truth,” calling the claim “entirely false.”“As we understand it, Ms. Hefner was steadfast in her commitment to Mr.