Billie Eilish protests US abortion ruling during history-making Glastonbury set

Glastonbury Festival, a number of artists have seen an uplift on the UK’s Official Albums Chart this week.According to new Official Charts Company data, artists including Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, Diana Ross and Wet Leg have seen a boost in their sales and streams after their Glastonbury sets.Billie Eilish, who became the festival’s youngest-ever headliner on Friday (June 24), has enjoyed a jump in this week’s Official Albums Chart Top 40. Her last album ‘Happier Than Ever’ had an 84 per cent week-on-week boost to its combined weekly sales and streams in total, placing it on Number 10.Previous album, 2019’s ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, is also up by 36 spots to Number 25, while Eilish’s debut ‘Don’t Smile At Me’ makes it to Number 39.Elsewhere, Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’ doubles its weekly sales and streams tally, surging 110 per cent week on week while enjoying a jump of 44 chart places back into the Official Albums Chart Top 20 (19). The album’s title tack has also risen 40 places to Number 20.Wet Leg’s sales and streams of their eponymous debut album are up 71 per cent over the past seven days, while Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘SOUR’ enjoys a 30 per cent weekly boost and Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Mr.

Many artists who took to the stage at last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival have seen a huge uplift on the UK’s Official Albums Chart this week and a boost to their catalogue’s sales and streams, according to new data.

Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish and Finneas are some of the acts added to a special TV programme that aims to raise awareness about and funds for Ukraine.NBC’s Ukraine: Answering he Call airs this Sunday (July 3) with appearances from a range of entertainment guests including Alicia Keys, Jon Batiste, Kristen Bell, Brandi Carlile and Julianne Moore. Sheryl Crow is another fresh addition.The show, which also airs on US channels MSNBC and CNBC, is an hour-long event that will give viewers the chance to help families by donating to the International Rescue Committee, an organisation that helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives.Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky will address Americans during the special and will encourage them to use their voices to fight for peace.

Billie Eilish doesn't kiss and tell.And she certainly paid the consequence for it.The 20-year-old artist appeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden on Tuesday night as the show is filming from London over the week. Across the pond: Billie Eilishappeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden on Tuesday night as the show is filming from London over the weekOn it Billie played a different version of the game made famous by the chat show, usually called 'Spill Your Guts Or Fill Your Guts, but in this case it was a vegan version called 'Spill The Tea.' Usually when the game is played, the star or host must either answer a tough question or eat a rather disgusting foreign delicacy, however, in this case there were concoctions like congealed scotch egg, tofurkey tea, putrid pea profiterole, and English beans and tuna tea.Billie was asked a two-part question: if she has ever kissed a famous person and who that person was.

 star Brandi Glanville is opening up about her abortion experience in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court. Taking to Twitter to share her story after making the initial revelation during an appearance on Tuesday, Glanville wrote, «I don’t have any shame about my abortion & thank God I had a choice.»Explaining that she became pregnant while she was 17 years old and a high school senior at the time, she continued, «I was 17 a senior in high school I was in an emotionally abusive relationship and I was on birth control pills and I still became pregnant.

BBC has revealed which of the sets at this year’s Glastonbury were the most-viewed on UK TV – see the results below.After two years away, the festival made its return to Worthy Farm last week, with Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar headlining the Pyramid Stage across the course of the weekend.McCartney’s almost three-hour Saturday night (June 25) set, which NME called “history-making” in a five star review, averaged 2.7million viewers on BBC One and peaked at 3.9million, according to Broadcast.While the 80-year-old Beatle’s figures were impressive, the artist with the biggest viewership average was Diana Ross, who performed in the revered legends slot on Sunday (June 26). The Motown icon and disco queen’s 75-minute set garnered an average audience of 3.1million, peaking at 3.8million.In a four-star review of Ross’ performance, NME said she had the “crowd in her hands” throughout the set.

Just a few months after the Oscars, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have expanded their ranks, inviting 397 new members to join.Among the newest Academy members are recent Oscar nomineesBillie Eilish, her brother Finneas, Ariana DeBose, Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe and Troy Kotsur.If all of the prospective members accept their invitations, that will bring the Academy's membership to 10,665, with 9,665 eligible to vote for the 95th Oscars on March 12, 2023. Academy member:Just a few months after the Oscars, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have expanded their ranks, inviting 397 new members to join Ariana:Among the newest Academy members are recent Oscar nominees Billie Eilish, her brother Finneas, Ariana DeBose, Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe and Troy Kotsur Members:If all of the prospective members accept their invitations, that will bring the Academy's membership to 10,665, with 9,665 eligible to vote for the 95th Oscars on March 12, 2023The new member class also helps improve the Academy's diversity initiatives as well.The class includes 44% women, while 37% 'belong to underrepresented ethnic/racial communities,' and 50% are from 53 countries and territories outside the United States, via Variety.

Billie Eilish is opening up about her rise to stardom!

Billie Eilish and Finneas, who won an Oscar for their James Bond theme earlier this year, have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.The Academy announced its complete list of 397 invitees to its board on Tuesday night (June 28). The 397 names include actors, directors, musicians, producers, film editors and more.It's time to announce our new members! Meet the Class of 2022.

The Academy has just unveiled the full of list of entertainers and creatives that they have invited to join the membership of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Billie Eilish put her stomach to the test while playing “Spill the Tea” with James Corden during the latest installment of “The Late Late Show”, filmed in the TV host’s London hometown.

After vowing to begin to limit the number of members following a class of 819 in 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited just 397 new inductees for 2022. This is a modest two-person increase from 2021.

Clayton Davis Anya Taylor-Joy, Billie Eilish, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan and Disney exec Dana Walden are among the 397 artists and executives invited to join the membership of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. If all of this year’s invitees accept membership, it will bring the total number of Academy members to 10,665, with 9,665 eligible to vote for the 95th Oscars set to take place on March 12, 2023.The 2022 class is 44% women, 37% belong to underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 50% are from 53 countries and territories outside the United States.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday that it is inviting 397 artists and executives to join the Oscar organizer’s membership ranks. The prospective 2022 class includes 71 Oscar nominees and 15 winners, with 44% of the invitees women, and 37% of the group belongs to underrepresented communities.

Glastonbury Festival returned to Worthy Farm this weekend – scroll down to see what the festival looked like in three minutes.The festival ran from June 22-26 and was the first to be held since 2019 after Glastonbury’s 2020 and 2021 editions were both cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.After the festival, organiser Emily Eavis shared a statement in which she called Glastonbury 2022 “surely the best one yet” and hailed “a remarkable feat by all artists and crew.”Glastonbury 2022 was headlined by Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, with a legends’ slot from Diana Ross and notable performances by Sam Fender, Olivia Rodrigo and more.See all the highlights inside three minutes below.Reviewing Glastonbury 2022, NME wrote: “The festival is all about unity, and sometimes you find it in unexpected places. Sleaford Mods’ scabrous, sweary take on post-punk might initially sound solo antagonistic, but frontman Jason Williamson regularly punctuates the set by sweetly checking the audience are still enjoying themselves.“The band stand atop a wave of post-punk coursing through the bill: Yard Act stake their claim for Glasto greatness at William’s Green and IDLES make a surprise appearance at the BBC Introducing Stage, tearing through their near-seminal debut album ‘Brutalism’ in full.”Many artists at the festival also took the opportunity to address the US Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade.

Getting sunlight has become a major priority for Billie Eilish after the singer at one point went three days without any sun.

Naman Ramachandran A star-studded Glastonbury 2022 edition has yielded record breaking audiences for the BBC across its digital platforms.Popular sets from the festival included Pyramid stage headliners Paul McCartney, who revealed surprise guests Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl, and Billie Eilish, as well as performances from Crowded House, Diana Ross, Little Simz, Megan Thee Stallion, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Sam Fender.Content was streamed a record 34.1 million times on streamer BBC iPlayer. This included 23 million live streams, the highest on record for a BBC program brand.

Glastonbury Festival – and has hit back at naysayers who say she can’t live the dream life because she is a parent.The self-proclaimed ‘CEO of cheap travel', who goes by the name The Travel Mum on social media, has shared that she took her tot to the iconic festival along with her husband.When most people think of camping music events, booze and other debauchery usually comes to mind.READ MORE: 'I don't mind if husband gets our girlfriend pregnant - we'll be one big family'But the travel enthusiast mum has shown that not all festivals are like this and are actually child and family friendly.The Travel Mum has declared that just because she has a child it does not mean that she still can’t live her “dream” life.In a TikTok clip that has racked up 858,000 views, the mum shared a comment from someone who fretted at the idea of taking a child to Glastonbury.She wrote: “Omg who on earth would take their child to Glastonbury festival?!”“Great parents, that’s who”, the mum bit back.The mum then shared a series of clips of her son having the time of his life at the festival, as he waved his hands in the air at the thought of camping – and even had a fun time on the helter skelter.“Kids love to camp, love exploring – there is so much for all ages”, she said.Her small son had a big grin plastered across his face as she got his face painted and went on the fairground rides.He even enjoyed the live music as he wore ear defenders for protection.The mum declared: “Becoming a parent doesn’t mean you have to stop living the dream, you just get to do it with a mini you making the best memories.”Sweetly, the family of three smiled for some selfies at the five day festival that saw the likes of Billie Eilish and Paul McCartney

Billie Eilish revealed during a talk show appearance in London on Monday that she's made getting some sun a priority during the European leg of her current tour.The 20-year-old pop star was a guest on The Late Late Show With James Corden filmed in the host's hometown after she performed over the weekend at the Glastonbury Festival on Friday followed by two sold-out shows at the O2 Arena.James, 43, thanked Billie for visiting his show specially filmed on London on her day off from touring. On tour:Billie Eilish revealed during a talk show appearance in London on Monday that she's made getting some sun a priority during the European leg of her current tour'Do you get to do any sight-seeing when you travel with your family?, James asked.'You know, we've made it such a priority actually, back before COVID when I was touring, doing crazy like amounts and press all day and this and that. I would like not see sunlight for like days and days,' Billie said.

K.J. Yossman James Corden had a triumphant homecoming on Monday night as he taped the “The Late Late Show” in London, U.K., the first date in a week-long residence in Corden’s homeland.In addition to an enthusiastic local crowd that included Corden’s parents, his wife Julia and his two eldest children, as well as executive producer Ben Winston’s father Lord Robert Winston, Corden was joined in the makeshift studio by guests Billie Eilish and “Stranger Things'” David Harbour as well as Lizzo via a Carpool Karaoke episode pre-recorded in Los Angeles.It is the first time Corden has brought “The Late Late Show” to British shores since 2019 (a fact he referenced during his opening remarks when he asked the audience: “So, anything happened between now and then?”) and it will also be the last time, with the host due to step down from the gig next spring.

Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman of the pop-punk group Green Day, declared his intention to renounce his American citizenship after the Supreme Court removed a woman's constitutional right to an abortion by overturning Roe V Wade. "F**k America," Armstrong said during a concert in London, England on Friday evening. "I'm f***king renouncing my citizenship.