Dua Lipa Reveals a Time She Was Shamed Over Her Weight, If She Wants Children & If She Listens to Her Own Music

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Oscar race got a shake-up this week with Warner Bros. officially moving “Dune: Part Two” to 2024. It’s a game changing move that could benefit the summer’s second-highest blockbuster “Oppenheimer.” The two seemed destined to dance at the upcoming Academy Awards in several artisan races.

Dame Judi Dench has switched the big screen for the small screen as she joins Countryfile for a special episode airing next week.The Oscar-winning actress, 88, will be co-hosting the episode, which will broadcast from the Scottish Highlands, with Charlotte Smith and Strictly Come Dancing winner Hamza Yassin. Her surprise appearance was announced at the end of this week's episode when hosts Sean Fletcher and Matt Baker shared a teaser for next week's episode.They told viewers: "Join us next week for something rather special as we welcome acting royalty in Dame Judi Dench, who'll be guest editing the show." The first look at the episode saw the Victoria & Abdul star discuss her love of Scotland, as she said: "I would say, actually, that my spiritual home is Scotland, simply because I just feel comfortable here." Sean and Matt shared that the episode will be a "rather special one" and the news comes just weeks after Dame Judi opened up about how she had no plans to retire anytime soon. Her decision to continue working comes despite the difficulties she’s having learning lines because of her degenerative eye condition which has left her barely able to see.

Manchester United have reportedly been offered the opportunity to sign Barcelona full-back Marcos Alonso to help alleviate their left-back worries.

Denis Villeneuve has bigger plans for Dune.

The Jonas Brothers are “suckers” for an emotional tour moment.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Substitute “ears” for “eyes,” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” still applies for much of the world when it comes to the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. It’s a dozen major hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s that remain foremost in the thoughts of pop fans, but the catalog of group and solo material goes much deeper than almost anyone who’s not a truly seasoned Valli fanatic would guess.

Get ready because this true crime story is absolutely wild! A 37-year-old woman in North Carolina was arrested last week after she allegedly faked her own murder!

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Madonna is back in action after she was hospitalized for a bacterial infection in June. As she gets back into the swing of things, she’s had the support of her family, who was there for her while she was in the hospital.

Amy Dowden has shared a sweet tribute to her parents as they celebrate their 40th anniversary.The Strictly Come Dancing pro, 33, who is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, labelled her parents the "best role models" as she posted a photo of the pair to her Instagram Story. Adding text to the sweet snap, she wrote: ""Happy 40th anniversary to my wonderful parents! "The best role models and Lloyd, Rebecca and I are so lucky to have you as our parents! Devoted their lives to each other and their children." She then added a string of emojis before finishing with: "Enjoy your day and can't wait to celebrate soon!" It comes just a few weeks after Amy and her twin sister Rebecca celebrated their birthday, with Amy sharing that she had struggled to look forward to the milestone amid her cancer battle.Taking to Instagram, Amy shared a photo of her twin sister, wishing her a happy birthday, before going on to explain that she had not been looking forward to her own birthday on Thursday 10 August.

EastEnders fans think they have worked out why Cindy Beale abandoned the Knight family after they spotted a clue in the "timeline". Cindy is returning to the Square this week for the first time in 25 years, and the locals think that she is dead. However, she didn't die, something happened while she was in prison, and she was put into witness protection for her safety.

It's the moment that Love Island fanatics across the nation have been waiting for - 2018 contestant and fan-favourite Laura Anderson is finally due to welcome her baby girl any minute now. However, the 34 year old ex-islander revealed on Sunday that her incoming addition - and first child - doesn't plan on making an appearance anytime soon and that Laura is now considered 'overdue'.Taking to Instagram to give her 1.5 million followers a pregnancy update, the Scottish beauty - who is expecting the youngster with Hollyoaks ex partner Gary Lucy - shared a jaw-dropping snap, showing off her blossoming baby bump in a set of black co-ords.

ZAND has spoken to NME about their Reading Festival debut, queer community of fans, touring with Peaches and recent collab with Jeremy Corbyn. Watch our full video interview above.The rising alternative star caught up with NME backstage, shortly after performing at the festival for the first time – something they have dreamed of doing since they first came as a 16-year-old.“This has been on my bucket-list for a long, long, long, long, long time – so it is crazy to actually be playing the thing,” said the London-based artist, real name Zander Sweeney.With an audience they describe as “very slay”, ZAND said the turn-out was very representative of their fans who tend to be “probably non-binary, or just queer as fuck if not!”“They probably have dyed hair, or just some part of their head shaved,” ZAND explained.

Toyah Willcox and husband Robert Fripp have shared a new cover of The Hives for their Sunday Lunch series – watch below.While the summer has mostly seen the pair revisiting old entries into their legendary lockdown series, today (August 27) they have shared a brand new cover.The version of ‘Hate To Say I Told You So’ sees Fripp dressed as a bee as they rage through a cover of the Swedish indie rock band’s biggest hit.Check it out below.Earlier this summer, the pair appeared at Glastonbury Festival, performing a cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’.Ahead of their performance, the couple caught up with NME backstage to discuss their reaction to the sudden momentum that the web series got, and reveal their plans to take the show to television.“We’ve actually been picked up by a world agency and we have decided that we’re going to give them a set amount of years,” Willcox responded when asked how long the couple see Sunday Lunch continuing for. Fripp also stated that he would be happy to continue performing until his mid-80s.“At the moment our social media numbers are growing.

Arlo Parks caught up with NME backstage at Reading & Leeds 2023 to discuss her upcoming book of poetry, surprise apperance with Holly Humberstone, and her love of Arctic Monkeys’ debut album. Check out the full interview above.The singer, songwriter and poet kicked off her performance yesterday afternoon (August 26), with two tracks from her new album, ‘My Soft Machine’, long before indie giants The 1975 and The Killers took to the stage to end the night with their headline sets.

Phoebe Bridgers made another onstage appearance with Christian Lee Hutson at Connect Festival today (August 27), after the pair performed together at an Øya festival spin-off show earlier this month.Performing at the Edinburgh festival at Royal Highland Showground today, where Boygenius – Bridgers’ band with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus – are due to headline, she came out to sing ‘Lose This Number’, ‘Chesapeake’ and ‘Rubberneckers‘ with the US singer-songwriter.Their performance follows Bridgers’ surprise appearance at Oslo’s Vulkan Arena concert hall earlier this month – where Hutson headlined the venue as part of his ongoing tour.Check out footage of this weekend’s performance below.“Phoebe and I were in this band called Better Oblivion Community Center,” Hutson said before they performed ‘Chesapeake’. “And we’re gonna do this song from that,” he said, joking that they “might abort it” part way through.She previously teamed up with Hutson on stage at last year’s The Ally Coalition benefit gig and during a television appearance on CBS Mornings.

The One Chicago franchise has some of the best TV shows on the air right now: Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and Chicago PD.

Is Meghan Markle preparing to restart her acting career?

Score one for the good guys.

Jessica Simpson is sick and tired of talking about weight – whether it be about hers or anyone else’s in the world!

, available now, the 36-year-old singer recently shared a stunning nude photo of herself standing in a picturesque river with her hands covering her most intimate places. Kesha also placed a tiny image of her album over her breasts, , “The only thing I have on is my album.”Kesha released the aptly named album amid her nine-year legal battle with Lukasz Gottwald (aka Dr. Luke), which began in October 2014.