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Andy Burnham has released a statement on the crisis in Gaza and 'condemned without reservation the appalling attacks in Israel by Hamas'. The Mayor also said he was 'determined' that all communities in Greater Manchester would be kept safe, while also reiterating the right of the public to take part in peaceful protest.

If non-starter franchise TV isn’t at a nadir, all one needs to do is look at the recent Marvel TV reckoning—the Studio finally coming to terms with the fact that they have to tell television in a TV format using experienced TV people and changing creative course—to understand that it’s in trouble creatively. Both Marvel and Lucasfilm (“Star Wars”) have fumbled around and squandered their I.P.

Taylor Swift’s career-defining ‘The Eras Tour’ hits cinemas in October.Directed by Sam Wrench, the film is described as a “breathtaking, cinematic view” of Swift’s latest tour, which runs through her biggest hits and rarities across all ten of her studio albums.Following huge demand for tickets across the globe, the pop star announced in August she would screen a concert film of the tour in cinemas. “Eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encouraged,” Swift wrote in the announcement post.The Eras Tour film was released in cinemas across the US and Canada from Thursday October 12, and the rest of the world from October 13.Swift plays 40 tracks across the entire film, pulled from all ten of her studio albums and divided into specific sections.

Withnail And I is set to be adapted for the stage by creator Bruce Robinson.The play will have its world premiere at the Birmingham Rep in May, directed by Sean Foley, who described the 1987 film as “part of the furniture of British comedy” and said “if it wasn’t so funny, it would be tragic”.Speaking to The Guardian, Robinson said that the prospect of the stage production was “most bizarre” for him, coming almost half a lifetime since he made the film. “I’ve written so many other scripts but I may as well have not bothered with any except this one,” he added, “because it’s the only one that seems to have any traction in my life.”Withnail And I gave early roles to Richard E Grant as the alcoholic Withnail and Paul McGann as “I”, the melancholic narrator.

Jada Pinkett-Smith has reflected on the time Tupac Shakur tried to propose to her when he was imprisoned in Rikers Island.The actress and musician is currently promoting her upcoming memoir Worthy, which will be released next week (October 17). In it, she speaks in-depth about her friendship with the Death Row rapper, including when he proposed to her while in prison for sexual abuse charges in 1995.In a recent appearance on the All The Smoke podcast, Pinkett-Smith said talking about Tupac in Rikers Island was “one of the most painful parts” for her while writing the book.

Ricky And Morty has brought back fan favourite character Mr. Poopybutthole for season seven of the Adult Swim animation.In a new clip for the season opener, titled ‘How Poopy Got His Poop Back’, the character is seen dealing with depression and substance abuse.Speaking to the audience, he blames his current state on Beth shooting him in back after she mistook him for a parasitic alien in a season four episode.

Netflix after the release of his latest miniseries The Fall Of The House Of Usher, it has been confirmed.READ MORE: This new Netflix show is being called a horror-themed version of ‘Succession’Best known for his creation of the anthology horror series, The Haunting Of…, and other movies including Hush, Gerald’s Game and The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep, Flanagan has worked with Netflix for six years.Flanagan and his creative partner, Trevor Macy, with whom he runs Intrepid Pictures, founded in 2004, have reportedly signed a new deal with Amazon Prime Video. Speaking to Deadline, Vernon Sanders, Head Of Global Television at Amazon Studios said, “Mike and Trevor are remarkable at telling immersive, suspenseful stories that masterfully keep audiences engaged from start to finish.”This departure coincides with the release of Flanagan’s newest series, The Fall Of The House Of Usher, which was released on Netflix on October 12.His final series will aptly feature the stars of his first ventures with the streaming service, Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood, who played the protagonists of 2017 psychological thriller, Gerald’s Game.According to Deadline, Flanagan and Macy have weighed in on the decision saying, “Amazon is a studio that we have long admired.

This Morning was thrown into turmoil this week, when its main presenter Holly Willoughby unexpectedly quit after 14 years.The 42 year old star said she was living ITV's popular daytime TV show for the sake of "me and my family", following a year that saw her embroiled in a queue jumping drama to see the Queen lying in state, as well as the departure of her co-presenter and friend Phillip Schofield from the show, after he admitted to an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a much younger male colleague. It now looks as though This Morning could be heading for a major revamp in the new year, including a new set and possibly new presenters too.

Reality star Katie Price has opened up on her son Harvey and revealed he has been back in hospital and has been begging to come home. Katie, who is also mum to Junior, 17, Princess, 16, Jett, nine, and Bunny, eight, revealed Harvey, 21, has been having continuous health issues and that she will be bringing him home "for a few days". Katie has been making frequent hospital visits and opened up about the incident on her podcast, The Katie Price Show, which she co-hosts with her younger sister Sophie Price.

Ben Croll A romantic comedy about an Israeli-Palestinian couple based on the real life story of creators Nayef Hammoud and Gal Rosenbluth, the development series “Non-Issue” won the Paramount+ drama prize at this year’s MIA Market, which wrapped its ninth edition on an optimistic note. Of course, well before Friday’s closing award ceremony, the heartbreaking crisis in the Middle East cast a heavy pall over an otherwise ebullient audiovisual market, often informing conversations professional and otherwise.

Todd Gilchrist editor It’s been a long, hard road to Offset’s third solo album. Originally scheduled for release in November 2022 before the shooting death of fellow Migos member Takeoff, “Set It Off” shows major artistic growth for the Atlanta rapper and sets a new course for him as a solo artist — and features top-level collaborations from Travis Scott, Future, Don Tolliver, Latto, his wife Cardi B and more, and production from hitmakers like Metro Boomin, Boi-1da and Vinylz.

that time of year again, when the Recording Academy sends out its massive first batch of submissions for the annual Grammy Awards. As genre lines continue to blur in popular music and artists strategize about how to best increase their odds at nominations, the 2024 Grammys are shaping up to be another free-for-all when it comes to who makes the final cut. Each year, fans speculate over where their favorite musicians will land, either in their predicted or surprise categories.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer It’s something of a marvel to trace the trajectory of Troye Sivan’s pop career. Only a decade ago, the singer-songwriter sat poised in front of his camera, the “most nervous” he’d ever been in his life.

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Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Nowhere in the rap star manual does it say that a guaranteed formula for success is to “make psychedelic rock album with almost no rapping.” Yet that is exactly what Lil Yachty did with “Let’s Start Here,” his fifth full album but first rock project, after years as a top rapper with hits like “One Night,” “Minnesota,” “Oprah’s Bank Account” and guest spots on Kyle’s smash “iSpy,” Dram’s “Broccoli,” Calvin Harris’ “Faking It” and others. While Yachty’s new era was teased late last year with the trippy, 83-second-long single “Poland” (which isn’t on the album), at a listening session for “Let’s Start Here” in New York last December, a number of hip-hop journalists seemed perplexed by the new sound, which most directly evokes Pink Floyd, Funkadelic and other sounds from the early ‘70s.

Ethan Shanfeld Will Smith shocked America when he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars and uttered a now infamous sentence in defense of Jada Pinkett Smith: “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth.” But Jada was surprised for a different reason, as Will had not called her his “wife” for a while before that. “First of all, I’m really shocked, because mind you, I’m not there. We haven’t called each other husband and wife in a long time,” Jada told Hoda Kotb in an NBC News primetime special while promoting her upcoming memoir, “Worthy,” out Oct.

Taylor Swift, but the box office fun is just beginning. Her concert movie, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” is opening this weekend and has made $2.8 million in Thursday previews from 2,700 theaters. Showings began last night at 6 p.m.