Artists and dealers to stage a free festival of video art online - including works that usually cost up to £100,000 to own

Tom Halleen has opened a new chapter in his career at Biola University. The AMC Networks executive vp has exited his post to become founding dean of the new School of Cinema and Media Arts at Biola University.

Mariah Carey's memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey will be in the Lambs' hands shortly, but which other musician's life story are you dying to read?Considering Kendrick Lamar already won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for his album DAMN., Kung Fu Kenny proved his way with words is unmatched, so a book should be in the works. Lady Gaga also racked up accolades for her 2017 Netflix documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, but capturing her life in pages instead of on-screen can be powerful in its own way.Drake wrote the foreword for J.

Katy Perry revealed her Smile album artwork today (July 9), but her frowning face has KatyCats clowning around on Twitter with the best memes reenacting her circus act.Cyn, Perry's label signee, donned the same red nose and blue-and-white checkered outfit as the "Daisies" singer and wrote on Twitter, "ready mom @katyperry." Meanwhile, fans swapped Perry for other pop stars such as Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, Selena Gomez, BTS and Blackpink to reimagine the cover. And of course, users spotlighted her fiancé Orlando Bloom and even her dog Nugget on there.Perry will drop the KP5 title track "Smile" on Friday, July 10.

Stars including Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Keegan-Michael Key joined a host of artists for a virtual music video to raise money for the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund, helping artists in Chicago who have been struggling with the affects of COVID-19. The six-and-a-half-minute video showcased the artists in various split-screens singing "Sweet Home Chicago" from their respective locations amid stay-at-home mandates.

PlayStation has given fans an insight into how the box art for PS5 games will look.Using the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales as an example, the style is fairly reminiscent to how the designs were for the PS4. For the PS5, the box art design will now sport a white header, opposed to the blue style the PS4 generation possessed.

Manori Ravindran International EditorOutdoor performances will be allowed to restart in the U.K. from Saturday, the government has confirmed.In a press briefing on Thursday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden gave the greenlight for outdoor theater, opera, dance and music shows with socially distanced audiences.

Katy Perry is showing us her Smile!

LISA Snowdon has given fans a sneak peek into her gorgeous boho style home that's filled with plants, colourful art and funky wall paper. The model, 48, regularly updates her Instagram account full of snaps inside her stunning Epping Forest pad that she shares with fiance George Smart.

Royal College of Art has withdrawn its job offer to Mark Harrison, a white man who was hired in a top diversity role.Harrison was dropped as Head of Inclusion after more than 800 members of staff at the institution wrote a letter, saying the appointment showed a “hideous culture of overt and insidious systemic racism”.Tutors also called for a vote of no confidence in the RCA’s vice-chancellor Paul Thompson, who gave the job to Harrison.“We know, thanks to the testimonies of staff and students of African, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, Asian, First Nations and Indigenous heritage, that the Royal College of Art has for generations fostered a hideous culture of overt and insidious systemic racism,” said the letter.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Emmys are still on for Sept. 20, and besides host Jimmy Kimmel, there’s very little we know about how this year’s ceremony — to be broadcast on ABC — will be handled.

Girl Friday's debut EP Fashion Conman, released last summer, packed a lot into its four tracks. The L.A. based four-piece works as a collective, with all four members taking turns on lead vocals and sharing songwriting duties equally, so even the EP's poppiest song, lead single "Decoration/Currency," felt restless. They also made no attempt to obscure their influences (Hole, Placebo, Sonic Youth), so when the vocals switched up mid-song it felt like a sudden shift in gears. They were polished enough to sign to Hardly Art but still raw enough that they might have been playing in a UCLA dorm.

Ayr High Street has been closed this morning after a serious fire in the early hours.

Keke Palmer turns into a modern Jessica Rabbit in her brand new video for “Sticky”.

The Eurovision should have been next weekend but the competition has been cancelled for the first time in its 64-year history due to the global health crisis.

Sotheby’s achieved a record for any online only auction on Thursday when it staged a contemporary art sale that made $13.7 million (£11 million), more than doubling the previous record of $6.4 million set last month. Christie’s highest online total is $4.7 million for a contemporary art sale last September.

https://t.co/noh8VRHMyN“But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.”Rowling has come under fire for speaking out on trans issues, including raising concerns that trans rights are eroding women’s rights to single-sex spaces and suggesting young women are being rushed into medical transition.In a 3,600-word essay last month she defended her right to speak about trans issues without fear of abuse, and explained that her views were over women’s safety and stemmed from her own past experiences of domestic abuse and sexual assault.“I was very proud to sign this letter in defense of a foundational principle of a liberal society: open debate and freedom

A new mural celebrating our healthcare heroes has appeared in Manchester city centre.

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New research by MoneySavingExpert.com suggests that taking a payment holiday on a mortgage or other forms of debt could potentially affect someone's future applications to borrow money.

A new art campaign is aiming to bring the people of Westcliff together during lockdown.

Feminist werewolves, Estonian imps and working class Kung Fu masters will be on display — and up for sale — at this year's virtual Cannes Film Market. The Frontières Co-Production Market has unveiled the selection of genre titles it will be presenting at the first-ever Marché du Film Online, the virtual film market that runs June 22-26.