‘Barbie’ Infused Oscars Telecast Earns Highest Ratings In Four Years

Prince William has always held a close bond with his father King Charles and when it came to his future with Kate Middleton, the pair had a life-altering conversation. Amidst a challenging time for the Royal Family, the Prince of Wales is balancing royal duties, parenting three young children, and supporting his wife, Kate, through her preventative chemotherapy.

Kate Ferdinand is over the moon and her fans are showering her with love after she announced her latest fashion endeavour on Instagram.The 32 year old former TOWIE star and podcast host, who is married to ex-footballer Rio Ferdinand, has launched a new clothing line that's set to hit Tesco stores. In an Instagram post, Kate shared a video where she's seen modelling various pieces from her collection, including leggings, jackets, and gilets. She expressed her excitement about the launch, saying: "Part 1 of my spring drop with @fandfclothing is here.

Coronation Street has announced a major comeback in the Lauren storyline - and Bethany should be on high alert.The soap has confirmed that Kimberly Hart Simpson will reprise her role as Nicky Wheatley, as Weatherfield continues its search for the 'missing' Lauren. Lauren Bolton, the young teenager, vanished several weeks ago, with Roy Cropper currently under suspicion for her disappearance or possible death.The police are convinced of foul play after DS Swain noted that the blood found at her flat was consistent with an assault.

This spring, Tattu - the modern Chinese restaurant group - welcomes Blossom Season with enchanting floral installations, a fresh spring menu, terrace takeovers and bespoke cocktails.

A man assaulted his former partner at her Hamilton home after a six-month stalking campaign.

Chris Cadden insists Hibs won’t start pointing fingers at each other as they try to cling on to hopes of finishing in the top half of the Premiership.

Assurances have been given that no one in Dumfries and Galloway Council’s 6,500-strong workforce will be blocked from taking strike action if they choose to do so.

Social Security Scotland has confirmed thousands of people claiming Carer’s Allowance will receive two one-off payments for £288.60 - totalling £577.20 - before the end of this year. Carer’s Allowance Supplement is an automatic payment made in June and December by the Scottish Government to recognise the important contribution made by unpaid carers.

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has spoken to NME about the reissue of their 2005 album ‘Bleed Like Me’, the worsening conditions of the music industry, and the band’s plans for new material.This week sees the alt-rock veterans drop their fourth album on vinyl for the first time, along with a raft of b-sides, remixes and rarities hitting streaming for the first time. While containing the singles and fan favourites ‘Sex Is Not The Enemy’, ‘Why Do You Love Me’ and ‘Run Baby Run’, the album arrived to mixed reviews and didn’t perform as well as its hugely commercially successful predecessors.“To be a frank, I never had a particularly good relationship with that record until relatively recently,” Manson told NME.

BoA has seemingly hinted at plans to retire from the music industry in a cryptic Instagram post.Over the weekend on April 6, BoA stirred discussion about her potential retirement when she posted Instagram Stories that talked about the upcoming end of her current contract with SM Entertainment. “Now that my contract is ending, I can retire, right?” she wrote, as translated by Koreaboo.BoA via Instagram story:— “Once the contract ends, it’s okay for me to retire, right?” pic.twitter.com/IySaDxuN5C— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) April 6, 2024The day after the original post went up, BoA seemingly responded to the speculations about her retirement, revealing that her current contract with long-time label SM Entertainment will only expire in late-2025.“My contract ends on December 31, 2025! Until then, I will do my best as a singer happily,” she wrote.

XG have announced a new single called ‘Undefeated’ for Valorant VCT Pacific 2024.XG’s new song ‘Undefeated’ has been described in a press release as a song with “a heavy bassline, minimalistic drum composition and dreamy synthesizers” with a message of “fearlessly seizing victory at all times”.XG will release ‘Undefeated’ on April 12 globally through streaming platforms, with a music video set to be released on the same day through the official VCT Pacific YouTube channel.XG & VALORANTCollaboration Single ‘UNDEFEATED’(VCT PACIFIC 2024) @vctpacific @VALORANT2024.04.12 FRI Streaming/Download 12AM within each timezoneMusic VideoET 5AMJST/KST 6PM

Billie Eilish has previewed the arrival of brand new music with a teaser video shared to social media.The artist has been building anticipation for a new drop in recent days, including hinting at a possible new album by adding all her followers to her ‘Close Friends’ Story on Instagram.On that Story she shared an image of a single door half-open along with some mid-air droplets, which fans think could be new album cover art.It came after a series of billboards appeared to tease Eilish’s forthcoming new album in major cities across the world.Her latest clue arrives today (April 8) in a video clip featuring the singer sinking in a murky body of water, before a hand emerges from out of frame to pull her out.The clip features a heartbeat sound before the entrance of an electronic keyboard tune and vocalising from the singer.The clip is simply captioned: “READY?”Billie shares a teaser via her Instagram.— “READY?” pic.twitter.com/zmXGlNV2Kq— Billie Eilish Society (@BillieSociety) April 8, 2024A series of other teasers came on her ‘Close Friends’ Instagram Story.

Beyoncé has become the first Black woman to score a Number One country album with ‘Cowboy Carter’ in the US charts.The music icon’s new country-inspired album has topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums, making history in the process as the first Black woman ever to do so, as revealed yesterday (April 7).The new record also debuted at Number One, her eighth album to top the Billboard 200 charts.Billboard revealed that, at 407,000 units, ‘Cowboy Carter’ claimed the biggest week of 2024 so far and the largest since Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ reached 1.653 million units on the November 11, 2023 list back in October.‘Cowboy Carter’ also scored other achievements including Beyoncé’s biggest week by units since ‘Lemonade’ debuted at Number One with 653,000 units in 2016.The achievement follows a similar feat back in February when Beyoncé became the first Black woman to reach Number One on the US country chart with her new single ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’.She also became the second solo female act – with no accompanying featured artists – to debut at Number One, with Swift achieving this in 2021 with her re-recorded versions of ‘Love Story’ and ‘All Too Well’.Additionally, Beyoncé was announced as the first woman to top both the Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hip Songs charts since these run-downs began in 1958.

Dolly Parton has shared a new rousing cover of Tom Petty‘s 1985 classic, ‘Southern Accents’ – watch the music video below.This past weekend, Parton shared the new cover, which sees the country icon take on the rock legend’s ‘Southern Accents’ – albeit with a country twist. The newly released cover will feature as part of an upcoming country tribute album honouring Petty.

Lauren Graham spoke about her late friend Matthew Perry at a recent stop on her book tour.

Lainey Wilson shines on the red carpet at the 2024 CMT Music Awards held at Moody Center on Sunday night (April 7) in Austin, Tex.

Serena Williams celebrated the launch of her new brand WYN BEAUTY by Serena Williams last week!

Tori Kelly is opening up about her hospitalization last summer.

More wet and windy weather is forecast for parts of the UK today as Storm Pierrick sweeps over the country.

There's no stopping Gemma Collins now that she's got a stunning engagement ring on her finger as the former TOWIE star is ready to plan the ultimate engagement party of all time. Her fiance Rami Hawash got down on one knee last month in a lavish proposal in the Maldives that included thousands of roses - Gemma's favourite flower - to be flown in from the capital city, Malé in order for it to be perfect for his soon-to-be fiancée. "There was a lot involved in the lead up to the engagement and it was a lot of pressure," Rami exclusively told OK!.

Two walkers had to be rescued from the Cairngorms after getting into difficulty during Storm Kathleen.