Biffy Clyro – ‘A Celebration Of Endings’ review: a bright and bombastic ode to starting again

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.The next generation of shoe designers aren’t wasting any time jumpstarting their careers, thanks to entrepreneurs Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, who are bringing their creative expertise to Southern California high schools through a partnership with Adidas and Pensole.Last fall, the Beats co-founders organized a series of “Wood U” workshops through the Iovine and Young Academy – an educational startup that the pair started at University of Southern California in 2013 – where students from Inglewood were able to design their own sneakers all the way up through production.

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Dancing On Ice after a tense skate-off against Sally Dynenor from Coronation Street.The Happy Mondays' star was booted off during Musicals Week and after skating to Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell, but some fans of the star are "fuming" at the result. The latest episode of the hit ITV show saw Bez and Angela dance to Bat Out Of Hell, when the Happy Mondays percussionist arrived on a motorbike with stabilisers before exiting on a flying bat. Sally and her skating partner Matt skated to a hit number from The Sound Of Music, which saw the Corrie star look exactly like lead character Maria when she donned a night dress and used a bed frame as a prop.

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Nicole Scherzinger has left fans stunned after sharing an incredible tribute to Celine Dion.MORE: Nicole Scherzinger entrances in a power suit for stunning new photosThe singer is the latest to partake in a viral TikTok trend using Celine's song, It's All Coming Back To Me Now.The trend sees people covered in blankets and feigning not looking their best, only to slowly take off their coverings and reveal glamorous looks as wind blows in their face, just as the chorus of the songs starts.WATCH: Nicole's latest glamorous hair transformationMORE: Nicole Scherzinger looks red hot in jaw-dropping top for Valentine's DayThe Pussycat Dolls alum's rendition is the most iconic yet, and her performance is seriously something else.The video starts off with Nicole wrapped in a plush white bathrobe, holding a hair brush for a microphone as someone holds a mustard yellow blanket in the background.Just as the "baby, baby, baby," lyrics that cue the chorus start playing, Nicole boldly rips off her robe to reveal a stunning yellow cut-out dress that matches her yellow eyeshadow.

Even with her packed schedule as a social media model and entrepreneur, Blac Chyna always finds time to gush about her sweet baby girl Dream Kardashian. The former reality star took to her Instagram on Saturday (Feb. 19) to share an adorable clip of the 5-year-old princess, whom Blac Chyna co-parents with her ex Rob Kardashian. In the video, Dream gets a close-up while she is having her hair done, choosing to smile at the shutterbug before putting on a sassy face! Watch all the cuteness below!

Holly Willoughby, 41, was terrified during rehearsals for tonight’s Dancing On Ice as she and co-host Phillip Schofield, 59, practiced their show-stopping entrance for Musicals Week. Sharing the clips to his Instagram story, Phil was in stitches as he explained: “We are about to be pushed out onto the ice on podiums, are you alright back there?”Holly gasped and said: “I can’t breathe,” as a member of the crew had to reassure her it would “all be ok”.The presenter held onto the podium tightly and exclaimed: “Oh my god.”Phil found the whole scenario very amusing and giggled: “She’s really panicking!” And Holly said: “I’m never going to be able to let go of this.”The Cube host continued to film as he was pushed out onto the ice.Holly followed, screaming loudly and protesting: “I don’t think I can do this.”With the mother-of-three eventually safely in position, the crew cheered as Phillip continued to laugh hysterically.When the hosts finally took to the ice for the live show, the stunt was executed without a hitch.A post shared by Holly Willoughby (@hollywilloughby)Following a performance from the celebrities and their professional partners to One Night Only from Dreamgirls, Holly and Phil glided onto the ice with beaming smiles on their faces.Phil, once again, chuckled in Holly’s direction and she gave herself a thumbs up, proud that she “didn’t scream”.Holly stunned in a gorgeous off-the-shoulder white gown which she teased in an Instagram post prior to the show going live.She posed alongside a white backdrop and styled the floor-length dress with a pair of silver earrings and her blonde hair in a bob.She told her 7.6 million followers: “It’s musicals week on @dancingonice and we welcome the wonderful @arlenephillips to

Channel 4 show Celebrity Hunted with Express.co.uk.The rugby star spoke candidly on the red carpet for Nordoff Robbins Legends of Rugby Dinner. Martin, 56, is no stranger to reality TV, having appeared on shows like Celebrity Come Dine With Me and even the first ever series of Strictly Come Dancing. When asked on the red carpet if he would be up for doing more shows in the future, he confirmed that he would. “Yes, I love doing reality TV!” he said. “I did Celebrity Hunted a while back and the series has just come back out again.”While Martin was positive about his experience of reality TV, the sports star admitted that it wasn’t all positive. “It was very stressful, the most stressful 11 days of my life!” the star said of the Channel 4 show. “When you’re being hunted by the hunters for the whole week, your body doesn’t realise what’s real and what’s not real. “You just realise you’re being chased,” he added ominously. Martin appeared on the 2019 series of Celebrity Hunted alongside fellow rugby legend Gavin Henson.The pair were also joined by the likes of Stanley Johnson and Georgia 'Toff' Toffolo, who appeared on the 2017 series of I'm a Celebrity.Celebrity chefs Aldo Zilli & Jean-Christophe Novelli were also in the mix, while former TOWIE stars and best friends Lucy Mecklenburgh and Lydia Bright completed the line-up.Martin was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2013 after an incredibly successful career in the sport.The athlete played for English league clubs Wigan, London Broncos, Widnes and Salford City Reds, while in Australia, he also played for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and St.

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Dan Walker's advice was ignored by Sally Nugent when she took over from Louise Minchin as one of the main presenters on BBC Breakfast at the end of last year. Writing for The Sunday Times, Sally gave fans a glimpse inside her day-to-day life, while revealing some advice that her co-host gave her – that she decided to ignore.In her piece for the publication she said that when she's presenting BBC Breakfast her alarm goes off at 3.45am.After her stint on the sofa, she then leaves the BBC studios at 10.30am.She wrote in her piece: “The show finishes at 9.13am.

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motorsport driver to lose control of his car, before sickeningly colliding with the trackside wall, which threw the vehicle up the air - ejecting the engine in the process.The vehicle was also dissected into three different body parts as Snider landed back down on the track in a ball of flames.The searing speed that Snider was travelling meant he kept on going as spectators watched on in horror, before finally coming to a halt as medics and officials fled towards the scene.It took some frenzied work with fire extinguishers to quell the flames, before Snider was rescued from his Chevrolet Camaro and dragged away to safety.And in an apparent miracle, the son of NASCAR on NBC pit reporter Marty Snider emerged relatively unscathed, and after being seen to at Daytona's medical centre, was later released.He was however, extremely relieved following his dice with death. "It was violent, saw sparks kind of going everywhere.

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Piers Morgan has lashed out at Arsenal chief Mikel Arteta after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang bagged a brace for Barcelona on Sunday.Arteta booted his former captain out of the club in January after Aubameyang was exiled from the team over a disciplinary breach.Despite being woefully out of form, Aubameyang's exit has left the Gunners desperately short on firepower after they failed to wrap up a deal for Dusan Vlahovic in January.And Morgan, who is a vocal Gunners fan, has hit out at Arteta's decision after Aubameyang marked his first league start for his new club by netting twice. Aubemayang's goals inspired Barcelona to a stunning 4-1 win over Valencia.Morgan tweeted after the match: "Thrilled for @Auba.

Biffy Clyro have topped the UK album chart with A Celebration Of Endings.

Biffy Clyro‘s new album ‘A Celebration Of Endings‘ has topped the UK albums chart, landing the Scottish rockers with their third Number One in seven years.The band’s ninth album, which was released last Friday (August 14), shifted 26,000 chart sales in a week (including 8,000 copies on vinyl) and ended Taylor Swift’s three-week reign at Number One with her surprise album ‘Folklore’.In a video message sent to fans and shared via OfficialCharts.com, frontman Simon Neil said: “We miss you guys loads, we’re very proud of this record, thanks for listening”.Biffy’s previous Number One albums are ‘Opposites‘ (2013) and ‘Ellipsis’ (2016).The band spoke to NME recently for its In Conversation With….video series.

Biffy Clyro have shared the striking new video for their song ‘Space’ — watch frontman Simon Neil star in the rain-soaked clip below.The track is the latest to be taken from Biffy’s new album ‘A Celebration of Endings’, which is en route to earning the band their third consecutive UK number one album on Friday (August 21).The trio have today (August 19) shared the dramatic video for ‘Space’, which stars Neil as one half of a couple whose carefully choreographed moves (arranged by Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hogget), according to a press release, “operate as a metaphor for those rare relationships that endure and prosper as the years pass”.You can watch the Joe Connor-directed video for Biffy Clyro’s ‘Space’ below.Speaking to

Biffy Clyro‘s opulent ninth album ‘A Celebration Of Endings‘, with its theme of everyone having a thorough word with themselves and starting anew after centuries of calamitous shithousery, has proven to be oddly prescient.“I’m still thinking through an awful lot,” says frontman Simon Neil. “We’re coming to terms with the reality of our lives changing, this virus that’s trying to kill us all.