Diverse Oscar noms drag 90-year-old Academy into 21st century

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Lana Del Rey has scored the fastest-selling vinyl album of the century in the UK by a female artist and for international acts.The LA-based musician has achieved the feat with her new album ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’, which was released last week (March 19).The record sold 16,700 vinyl copies in the last seven days, according to the Official Charts Company. The fastest-selling vinyl album in the 21st century is Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino’.‘Chemtrails…’ is also Number One on the Official UK Albums Chart this week, marking Del Rey’s fifth UK Number One album of her career.

Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece that was kept hidden by a French family for more than 100 years now has a new home. The pricey painting, titled “A Street Scene in Montmartre,” sold Thursday during an auction livestreamed from Paris. It trafficked exorbitantly high phone and online bids from art enthusiasts in the French capital, as well as in New York and Hong Kong.Although Van Gogh’s freshly exhumed tour de force went for a little over $15 million, it initially fetched a staggering $16.47 million hammer offer. But auction house Sotheby’s experienced an unspecified glitch in its online bidding system that forced the vendors to redo the sale at the end of the event.

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Lockdown was even worse than my worst nightmare - but brighter days should be aheadA look back at the past 12 months through the eyes of a sports report.It isn’t even fair to say that lockdown was every sports reporters’ worst nightmare. It was so unprecedented it wasn’t even something I’d ever woken up in a cold sweat thinking about.Around 70 percent of a normal Lennox sports section would be live coverage – be that football, rugby, hockey, bowls, cricket, boxing or whatever else was on that weekend.

written off with the help of what's called an IVA. IVA stands for Individual Voluntary Arrangement.

racism claims from a member of its diversity scheme Elevate, after actress India Eva Rae said she was subjected to offensive comments and discrimination.Rae is one of 19 people to join the Bafta initiative, established in 2017 and aimed at improving diversity in the film and TV industry, however in a BBC article the actress described Elevate as a ‘PR exercise’.Elevate was established after the academy was criticised for its all-white nomination lists in the leading actor and actress categories at the annual awards, which spawned the tag #BaftasSoWhite.According to Rae – whose credits include Channel 4 series On The Edge and Hulu series Maxxx – the scheme failed to open the doors it promised, she was met with racist comments, and says she

an obituary published Friday by the New York Times. Lundberg did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for confirmation.Neither the cause of death, nor where McMurtry passed away, are immediately known.McMurtry was best known for his anti-Western work, or stories that focused on demythologizing the romanticism of the American West.“I’m a critic of the myth of the cowboy,’’ the native Texan reportedly said in an interview 1988.

A BAFTA initiative aimed at improving diversity in the U.K.'s film and TV industry has come under fire after an actress said she faced racist comments while on the program. India Eva Rae joined the BAFTA Elevate program — set up in 2017 to support those from underrepresented groups progress to the next stage of their career —in its 2019 intake, having starred in the Channel 4 series On the Edge.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCinematographer Lyn Moncrief and composer Jay Wadley helped director Emma Tammi deliver the psychological horror elements in Hulu’s “Into the Dark: Blood Moon,” the story of a young mother named Esme (Megalyn Echikunwoke), and her 7-year-old son, Luna (Yonas Kibreab), who have moved to a small town in the desert.To her new neighbors, Esme seems to be a fiercely overprotective mother. What they don’t know is that she’s hiding a secret tied to the lunar cycle.

Victoria Beckham looked like a sun goddess in her latest photo – and we are in love with her dress!The fashion designer penned a touching tribute to BFF Elton John on Thursday in honour of his 74th birthday, but we couldn't take our eyes off of her flowing maxi frock.MORE: Victoria Beckham's leopard print gown has the most gorgeous sheer detailPosting to her Instagram Stories, Victoria shared a sweet throwback of herself and Elton sunning themselves on his yacht back in 2019.WATCH: Amanda Holden rocks Victoria Beckham jeans and sassy strutVictoria looked effortlessly chic wearing one of her own designs, of course.

Lana Del Rey has earned her fifth UK Number 1 album with Chemtrails Over The Country Club.

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LOVE Island's Rebecca Gormley "can't shower or dress alone" after tearing a ligament in her shoulder that could take NINE months to heal. The model, 22, suffered the nasty injury after landing awkwardly when she fell off the bed.

Larry McMurtry, who won an Oscar for penning Brokeback Mountain, earned a nomination for The Last Picture Show and authored books including Lonesome Dove and Tears of Endearment, has died. He was 84. The news was confirmed to media outlets by family spokeswoman Amanda Lundberg.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterLarry McMurtry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose novels, such as “The Last Picture Show,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove,” were turned into award-winning films and who won an Oscar for co-adapting “Brokeback Mountain,” has died, according to The New York Times. He was 84.A spokesperson for McMurtry’s family confirmed his death to The New York Times.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Women’s History Month could not be more significant for Chile’s fledgling Academy of Cinematographic Arts, which is proud to have selected Maite Alberdi’s acclaimed documentary “The Mole Agent” to fly the Chilean flag at the Oscars.“Our first year of operation has been auspicious,” said Academy founder-president Giancarlo Nasi who pointed out that this was only the second time in Chile’s film history that it has sent a woman-directed film to represent the country, following Alicia Scherson’s “Play” in 2005.“The Mole Agent” was also submitted to Spain’s prominent Goya awards, where it vies for the best Ibero-American film prize, and to Mexico’s Ariel awards.

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