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Beyoncé holds on at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with BREAK MY SOUL.

“Watchmen” showrunner Damon Lindelof has an easy solution to the abundance of movies in the MCU: less is more. Variety reports that when Lindelof dropped in on Vulture’s “Into It” podcast, he offered his antidote as to why moviegoers and Disney+ subscribers feel like Marvel movies have grown stale.

announced the news on his chat show yesterday, also revealing to his audience that Louis Cato will be taking over as the new bandleader.Cato has subbed for Batiste in the past and is now the permanent boss of the new Louis Cato and the Late Show Band. “Jon has decided to leave the show,” the comedian said on the show Thursday. “But it’s for all the best reasons, including to continue sharing his art with the world.”He continued: “We have been so lucky to have a front row seat to Jon’s incredible talent for the past seven years.”“But we’re happy for you, Jon, and I can’t wait to have you back on as a guest with your next hit record.

After four months of supermoons, stargazers will be treated to another space spectacle - the Perseid meteor shower. This annual event takes place over three days, although this year it is harder to see due to August's supermoon.

Megan Thee Stallion is willing to be Dwayne Johnson’s owner.

At a time when linear networks are largely managing the decline, with live viewing of entertainment programming dropping double digits every year, it is very rare for a net to set a multi-year high in primetime. VH1 did it on Monday this week with the return of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and Love & Hip Hop: Miami, which led the Paramount Global network to its highest Monday primetime Live+Same Day adults 18-49 rating (0.557) and share (3.22) in over two years, since April 2020 and March 2020, respectively.

Jon Batiste is saying goodbye to “The Late Show”.

Beyonce is once again gracing us with new music!

Love Island finalists have been out of the villa for less than two weeks, but they've already been raking in the cash from their newfound fame.The hit ITV dating show has produced some of the biggest influencers out there, and it's not uncommon for the contestants to leave their regular jobs behind in exchange for some huge brand deals.Contestants on this year's show had already spoken about not going back to their previous jobs, with Luca Bish confirming he'll never sell fish again and Andrew Le Page saying he'll be making the move to London, leaving his real estate job in Dubai behind.Now, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has signed the biggest fashion deal ever made by a Love Islander straight from the villa after she was said to be inundated with offers.Meanwhile, Tasha Ghouri has also secured a huge deal and Gemma Owen has been reported to have been offered millions to put her face to a brand already.Here's all the biggest brand deals that Love Island contestants have secured.Winner Ekin-Su is reportedly set to make over £1million after signing a deal with Oh Polly. The 27-year-old Turkish actress secured the seven-figure deal after being "inundated" with offers from a number of brands, and will now start working on her own collection.A source told the MailOnline: "Ekin has met with countless brands this week, but she knew that Oh Polly was the perfect fit for her, and the feeling was mutual.

Singer Kate Nash dropped an exciting teaser on her Instagram last night (August 11) as she prepares to release the music video for new single, Wasteman, which features actor Danny Dyer and his daughter Sunnie, 15. Naturally fans have gone wild over the teaser clip, which sees Sunnie making her acting debut and Danny, 45, using his acting skills in a new way.

SpaceX engineers have ditched Elon Musk in pursuit of a much more important mission for mankind: lots of tasty pizza.Their new LA-based company, Stellar Pizza, plans to build an army of pizza robots capable of baking tasty pies in 45 seconds.They want to load these robots onto a fleet of trucks and send them out around California, where they'll dispense hot molten slices for a fiver a pop. READ MORE: 'Real life Iron Man' seeks 25 volunteers to test 'experimental' new flying car Apparently, the pizza is actually pretty decent, according to professional pizza consultant Noel Brohner.Brohner, who tours the world criticising people's pizza, said that he tried Stellar's earliest pizza recipe. He said: "I was really impressed, and kind of shocked that a couple of rocket engineers could do so well for themselves even before I got brought in."The robots act just like human pizzaiolos.

It’s undeniable that the sun is a welcome change to the usual grey clouds we enjoy 90 per cent of the year, but after a couple of days, it all gets a bit much, doesn’t it?

A TikToker has revealed when you should head to Morrisons to get the best discounts on food, and where to look. Heidi Ondrak, known as the Duchess of thrift on social media, knows a thing or two about getting a deal after over 30 years of bargain hunting.

NME about how the first summer of post-pandemic touring has shown that the complications of Brexit are “strangling the next generation of UK talent in the cradle”.Last year, the UK music industry spoke out together on how they had essentially been handed a “No Deal Brexit” when the government failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew. As a result, artists attempting to hit the road again after COVID found themselves on the predicted “rocky road” for the first summer of European touring after Britain left the EU.As major touring across the continent returned after a two-year break due to the COVID pandemic, the spring saw artists, managers, and more tell us of how the “nightmare” of new red tape saw artists suffering due to “Brexit fuck-ups and a lack of government control” – with White Lies making headlines as one of the major acts forced to cancel dates in Europe due to their equipment being held up.Last month, a study by Best For Britain – a group “pushing for closer relationships with Europe and the world” – showed that the number of British artists scheduled to perform in Europe as part of this year’s festival season had fallen by 45 per cent when compared to 2017-2019 (pre-Brexit).Best For Britain CEO Naomi Smith told NME that the government needed to act now in order to open the pipeline of new UK talent to develop by being allowed to afford to tour in Europe.“Arguably, music is Britain’s most famous export, so it’s just insanity that the government is refusing to improve the Brexit deal for UK musicians and are strangling that next generation of talent in the cradle,” said Smith.

READ MORE: 'Britain's best bodybuilder' left homeless by gang attack says stripping saved his lifeLuna is then pictured with a cup of coffee perched precariously on her lap.The spoilt doll was even treated to a shopping trip where Yuri bought her a striking new blue-green wig and new outfits.Yuri has been amazed at the warm welcome he and his new bride have received, and said some even find the pair sexy.He said: "This is a very beautiful city. The city combines beautiful old buildings and stunning nature."Some had a huge sexual interest [in us]."We were photographed, filmed on camera.

RuPaul's Drag Race.He was born in San Diego, California, on November 16, 1960 and he kick started his drag career in the 1980's, later starring in the music video for Love Shack by the B-52s.

DEALSSony Music’s AWAL has expanded its partnership with Genesis Owusu and his Ourness label to provide global artist services for the rapper’s upcoming new album. “My ambitions for both Ourness as a label and Genesis Owusu are that we continue on our path to creative freedom through independence and agility”, says Owusu’s manager and Ourness co-founder Andrew Klippel.

The Edinburgh Festival is now underway with three weeks of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is covering it all and here in the CMU Daily we’ll pick out some highlights from this year’s coverage.Today, we put the spotlight on ‘Black Sheep’, a show described by its creator Livia Kojo Alour as “an experimental theatre piece including physical performance, song and spoken word – it’s a lively genre crossover with smooth transitions through music”.We spoke to Livia to find out more about the show. Click here to read the interview.

Universal Music Publishing’s production music division has launched a new joint venture with TV and film composer Harry Gregson-Williams, which sees the creation of a new production music label to be known as Scored By: Harry Gregson-Williams.The label will make available music composed by Gregson-Williams and his team for use in film and TV, without the expense of having to hire the composer to create something bespoke. At launch, it is offering collections of music on various themes, including ‘pursuit’, ‘apprehension’ and ‘impulse’.“I’m extremely happy to be partnering with Universal Production Music on the creation of this new music label”, says Gregson-Williams.

Enter Shikari have released their first new music in nearly three years, a collaboration with Wargasm called ‘The Void Stares Back’.“It is with elation, and more than a little nervousness, that we release this; our first track after over two years of dormancy”, says vocalist Rou Reynolds.“It is a roisterous journey made all the more so with the addition of our friends Wargasm”, he adds. “Thematically, the piece is about the forward march of social progress, and how, often, those with a more conventional archaic outlook on sexuality, gender, social design, economics etc, see those with differing ideas like bewildering, depraved creatures from another dimension”.Wargasm add: “Shikari were a big part of our growing up, so it was an absolute honour to be asked to collaborate with such an incredible and well-spoken band.

Applications are now open for the 2022 Drake Yolanda Award, the funding scheme for emerging artists headed up by entrepreneur/philanthropist James JP Drake and saxophonist/broadcaster Yolanda Brown.Organisers of the scheme explain that “the Drake Yolanda Award welcomes applicants from all genres and are specifically looking for independent artists that need support and do not currently have backing from major record labels or publishers”.In terms of the funding available, they go on: “Ten promising artists will be awarded £3000 each, with ten additional runner up prizes of £500 each, intended to support each winners’ artistic development in areas including touring, artistic development, recording new music, music videos, marketing, branding and purchasing new equipment”.Launching this year’s award, Brown – who also recently became Chair of record label trade group BPI – says: “For many artists, access to finance is always a big stumbling block to achieving their dreams.