John Travolta involved in relief efforts in Ft. Myers, Florida in wake of Hurricane Ian

Gina Birch of The Raincoats has announced that she will release her debut solo album, ‘I Play My Bass Loud’, through Jack White’s Third Man Records early next year.“The album distills my years of musical, political and artistic life with these genre-breaking songs”, says Birch. “It’s a personal diary using sounds and lyrics, full of fun, rage and storytelling”.On the album’s title, she says: “There’s the whole thing about women playing their music and wanting to be heard, wanting acknowledgment or the space to do it.

Kanye West has been sued over an allegedly uncleared sample on ‘Life Of The Party’, a track that featured on the deluxe edition of his ‘Donda’ album.A company called Phase One Network says that ‘Life Of The Party’ features a sample from a Boogie Down Productions track that it controls, that being ‘South Bronx’ from the KRS-One-led outfit’s 1987 album ‘Criminal Minded’.This particular ‘Donda’ track has already been on quite the adventure. Although it was previewed at those pre-release listening parties that West staged for the album in summer 2021, it didn’t appear on the original track listing when ‘Donda’ was finally released at the end of August that year.It transpired that it had been cut from the record at the request of guest artist Andre 3000.

Steve Mason has announced that he will release his new album, ‘Brothers & Sisters’, next year. Alongside the announcement, he’s also released new single ‘No More’, featuring Javed Bashir.“To me, this record is a massive ‘fuck you’ to Brexit”, says Mason of the album.

RELEASESGorillaz have released new single ‘Baby Queen’, which you may already have heard if you’ve been playing the FIFA 2023 video game – the song appearing on the soundtrack. The inspiration for the song, says Damon Albarn, was “a dream about this princess [that I had] very recently.

Magazine publisher Condé Nast has sued Drake and 21 Savage over the promotional campaign for their new collaborative album ‘Her Loss’ which has centred on a fake edition of the media firm’s most prominent publication Vogue.As part of a promo push that involved a number of other faked brand partnerships and media appearances, Drake and 21 Savage ran a poster and social media campaign featuring a mocked up Vogue cover, and also seemingly distributed some copies of the fashion magazine tweaked so that it contained the fake cover and some other references to the record within.In its lawsuit, Condé Nast says: “This action arises out of a widespread promotional campaign recently launched by world famous musical artists Drake and 21 Savage, built entirely on the use of the Vogue marks and the premise that Drake and 21 Savage would be featured on the cover of Vogue’s next issue as a means of promoting defendants’ newly released album ‘Her Loss’”.“All of this is false”, it adds. “And none of it has been authorised by Condé Nast.

NME has announced a new initiative – competition perhaps – to give emerging artists and bands a whole load of promotion all over its website, which it’s calling – to save any confusion – Get Featured.The whole thing is a partnership with BandLab – the social music creation platform also owned by NME parent company Caldecott Music Group – and is part of the BandLab Opportunities scheme. To be considered, artists of any genre must upload and submit music via the now also BandLab-owned ReverbNation.Talking about Get Featured and the wider BandLab Opportunities programme, NME and BandLab say in a statement: “This is an ongoing opportunity that will see NME spotlight a total of four creators throughout 2023.

Judge Judy has said that Justin Bieber is “scared to death” of her. And if you’re wondering when Justin Bieber was on the Judge Judy TV show – joining John Lydon in the rank of musicians to appear in her court – it’s worse than that. They used to be neighbours.“He’s scared to death of me”, she tells Access Hollywood.

Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan's famous daughter Chloe Madeley, 35, has opened up on the "very weird" reactions she received from the public after she abandoned church protocol and strode into the 2018 royal wedding with bare shoulders and a braless cleavage for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's ceremony.The fitness expert received enraged messages from people telling her she was "offending the House of the Lord" by being too scantily clad - and she has now taken to Instagram to revisit the occasion."Remember when I didn't wear my jacket to this wedding?" she asked her followers, attaching a photo of her walking into the wedding, alongside husband James Haskell, in a low-cut, cleavage and shoulder-baring beige gown."The press hung me out to dry like I went to church in a thong," she exclaimed.Punctuating the point with a tears of laughter emoji, she added: "That was a very weird 24 hours in my life."Chloe had earlier addressed the issue, stating that she was aware when she chose the outfit that it was considered unacceptable by many to show shoulders in a religious setting.However, she insisted that she had "lost" her jacket - and assumed that she'd be overshadowed by the publicity generated when Meghan and Harry made their much-awaited appearance.Unfortunately for Chloe, that wasn't the case - and she was slammed from all sides on Instagram later.Speaking to Lorraine Kelly on her self-titled ITV show, she blamed the "overwhelming heat" on the way to St George's Chapel in Windsor for her blunder."'The invite said day dress and hat, of course we all know traditionally you have to cover your shoulders in church," she reflected."I had a jacket with me [but] it was so hot on the coach to the chapel, I was overheating."Her

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 is bringing together its international production and distribution subsidiaries under a new imprint, Seven.One Studios.

The third season of Ramy Youssef’s award-winning show Ramy, which dropped on Hulu at the end of September, saw the titular American-Egyptian protagonist head to Jerusalem to cut a business deal with a tough-talking diamond dealing clan in an episode entitled Egyptian Cigarettes.

BAFTA has set Black Panther director Ryan Coogler to deliver this year’s prestigious David Lean Lecture.

Fremantle has acquired a majority stake in David Glover and Mark Raphael’s 72 Films.

Dan Walker, 45, told fans he would "never" write to them asking for money, after he was alerted to the presence of scammers on Instagram who were impersonating him. A horrified Dan even received messages from people checking if their bank details had been safely received. He took to Instagram himself via his official account, which has 276,000 followers, to clarify that he was the real Dan Walker - and that any others are imposters.Raising the alarm, he announced: "Now then… loads of people have been messaging me saying there are some fake accounts around at the moment claiming to be me."I got an email today from one fella checking that I had received his bank details!"He added: "This is my only account on Instagram… I have no separate private account so please just report any rogue messages from anything other than this account to Instagram asap."Scam accounts impersonating celebrities are rife online, with presenter Holly Willoughby and Moneysavingexpert.com founder Martin Lewis being among the famous figures who've been affected.Some fans were even duped by an account purporting to have been run by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.One woman also shelled out £800 to an "estate agent", believing she would be starting a new life abroad with fiery TV chef Gordon Ramsay- who in reality has been happily married to wife Tana for more than 25 years.Meanwhile, Dan continued: "I would never send you a message asking for money or pictures or anything like that.

Stephen Fry has become the latest celebrity to quit Twitter, following Elon Musk’s disruptive arrival at the helm of the platform as its new owner, and reportedly joined the rising alternative social network Mastodon.  

John Travolta took to Instagram Thursday to remember his late wife Kelly Preston on the day she would have turned 60.The Oscar-nominated star, 68, posted a throwback photo of the couple at an event with the caption, 'Happy birthday to my favorite dance partner! We love you and miss you Kelly.'The New Jersey-born actor and Preston were wed for more than 28 years prior to her death at 57 on July 12, 2020 at the family's Clearwater, Florida home after a two-year battle with breast cancer. The latest: John Travolta, 68, took to Instagram Thursday to remember his late wife Kelly Preston on the day she would have turned 60.

John Travolta took to Instagram Thursday to honor his late wife, Kelly Preston, on what would have been her 60th birthday. "Happy birthday to my favorite dance partner! We love you and miss you Kelly," he wrote alongside a throwback image of the couple. Travolta and Preston were married 28 years before she died after a two-year battle with breast cancer in July 2020.

John Travolta will always take a moment to honor his late wife, Kelly Preston, but especially on the days he misses her the most.MORE: John Travolta's lookalike daughter Ella sparks major reaction from fans with heartfelt videoIn light of what would have been the actress' 60th birthday, the star took a moment to pay tribute to the mother of his three children.The What a Girl Wants actress passed away on 12 July, 2020 at the age of 57  in the couple's home in Clearwater, Florida, after a long battle with breast cancer.

Bruce Willis and John Travolta will appear as rivals in their new action movie "Paradise City." In the film's trailer, which was released Wednesday, Willis plays a bounty hunter who is getting a little too old for the job but agrees to take on the extremely difficult and dangerous assignment to take down a crime lord in Hawaii, played by Travolta.  After Willis’ character is thought to have died on the job, his son, played by Blake Jenner, teams up with his dad’s former partner, Stephen Dorff, to get revenge on those they believe carried out the killing.Their task is made all the more difficult because they still have to deal with Travolta’s character. This is the first time Travolta and Willis have worked together since first pairing up in 1994 for the Quentin Tarantino classic "Pulp Fiction." Travolta played a hitman in the film, and Willis played an aging boxer who killed Travolta’s character.They played two of the film's three protagonists.

Bruce Willis was reunited with his former costar John Travolta in the action-packed trailer for their upcoming film Paradise City.The action film, which will be released on November 11, is one of several that Willis, 67, completed before his family announced in March that he was retiring from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia.The movie also appears to be the first major collaboration between Willis and Travolta, 68, in a feature film since they starred in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 crime classic Pulp Fiction. New movie: Bruce Willis, 67, was reunited with his former costar John Travolta, 68, in the action-packed trailer for their upcoming film Paradise City.