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Pharrell Williams‘ London screening of Piece By Piece was disrupted tonight (October 20) by a group of animal rights protesters.The incident took place during the closing night gala of the capital’s Film Festival at the Royal Festival Hall ahead of the screening of the biopic, when the protesters – representing animal rights activist group PETA – unfurled a banner that read: “Pharrell: Stop Supporting Killing Animals For Fashion” – referring to his role as the men’s creative director of Louis Vuitton.“Shame on you, Pharrell. Animals are skinned alive and tortured,” one protester shouted from the balcony of the concert hall.The protesters specifically called out Williams’ work as Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director, saying: “Stop the torture, stop the pain, LVMH you are to blame.” They also chanted, “Animals want to live – just like us” and “Animals are not fabrics, they’re not handbags…Fashion is violence.”Williams, who was battling laryngitis, responded in a hushed voice: “God bless you.

Chris Cornell‘s daughter Toni Cornell has hit out over coverage of Liam Payne‘s death.Payne passed away at the age of 31 last Wednesday (October 16) after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentinian prosecutor’s office revealed that Payne’s cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Taking to her Instagram Stories page, she drew particular attention to TMZ and its decision to publish photos of Payne’s hotel room and his body.She wrote: “In the wake of Liam Payne’s tragic passing, I feel compelled to speak out about the disgusting, distressing photos released by TMZ including graphic images of his hotel room and body.“Having seen those photos, I can’t help but reflect on my own experience when graphic images of my father’s death were also published by TMZ.“As a 12-year-old, I stumbled upon those pictures while scrolling through my iPad, and it was indescribably traumatising, and something I still carry with me to this day.

Ed Sheeran.Ian Last, from Woodbridge, Suffolk, has created a 25cm figure of the singer-songwriter complete with a kit of his beloved Ipswich Town and tattoos. You can view it below.He got to work on the figure, making use of an old product called Lego Original – a wooden figure that buyers could paint themsleves, reports BBC News.Last spent a day handpainting the figure and sculpted it from a product called Super Sculpt, which was then fired in an oven.A Suffolk artist's hand painted Lego creation of Ed Sheeran has gone on display in a Woodbridge gallery.

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has shared his thoughts on Jane’s Addiction‘s bust-up onstage.Frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro got into a fight while on stage during a show in Boston last month subsequently resulting in the band cancelling their remaining dates and confirming a hiatus, citing the frontman’s “mental health difficulties”.Speaking on Jackass star Steve-O‘s Wild Ride podcast. Stanley said: “You don’t hit.

Usher has hailed US Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Atlanta, saying she “fights for everyone’s rights”.The star appealed to American voters to opt for Harris in the forthcoming presidential election on November 5, when he spoke at the rally last night (October 19).He said: “We have the power to change this moment in the present. How we vote, everything that we do in the next 17 days will affect the lives of our children, our grandchildren, of the people whom we love the most.“Let’s vote for a future ladies and gentlemen, the future that we want them to thrive in.”Audience: We love you Usher!Usher: I love you more, but I love Kamala Harris even more.

Annie Zaleski Backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, Cher confirmed that she had once declared she “didn’t give a flying fuck if I got in.” But if the pop superstar (pictured above in an opening duet of “Believe” with Dua Lipa) found her way toward being completely glee about the Saturday night occasion, who else was going to be in anything less than full-on Thanksgiving mode? Every Rock Hall of Fame induction ceremony has its own distinctive vibe. And during the 2024 event, a marathon five-and-a-half hour concert at Cleveland’s sold-out Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, gratitude was the prevailing theme from presenters, performers and inductees alike.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Joker: Folie à Deux” debuted over the weekend in its final major market, China, where the offbeat comic book sequel landed behind “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” on box office charts. A re-release of the second “Harry Potter” movie earned $4.6 million over the weekend, while “Joker 2” brought in $5.9 million from 11,204 screens across a five-day frame. The original 2019 “Joker,” which grossed a staggering $743 million overseas, wasn’t released in China.

Pharrell Williams‘ animated biopic “Piece by Piece” was disrupted by animal rights protesters on Sunday. The incident took place during the closing night gala of the London Film Festival at the Royal Festival Hall. Before the screening began, two protesters — representing animal rights activist group PETA — unfurled a banner that read, “Pharrell: Stop Supporting Killing Animals for Fashion.” “Shame on you, Pharrell.

Ellise Shafer Hundreds of One Direction fans gathered in London’s Hyde Park on Sunday to pay their respects to Liam Payne, the former member of the British-Irish boy band who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Despite rainy weather, the queue to get in front of the park’s Peter Pan statue — where fans young and old were placing flowers, heart-shaped balloons and letters in memory of Payne — stretched back as far as the eye could see.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic At Joni Mitchell’s Hollywood Bowl show Saturday night, the revered singer-songwriter offered the rapt audience a first-ever live performance of… Wait, let’s just take a time-out right there and let those words sink in. At Joni Mitchell’s Hollywood Bowl show.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Things are getting personal on the set of CBS’ “Elsbeth.” The Eye network was set to announce Sunday that Emmy-winning actor Michael Emerson — the husband of “Elsbeth” star Carrie Preston — will join the show in a recurring role this season. The news was scheduled to be revealed during the “Elsbeth” panel at New York Comic-Con, as moderated by series guest star Laura Benanti.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans have been divided over the judge's decision to send Paul Merson home saying that he “should’ve stayed” and that he “made no mistakes”. The former footballer and his partner Karen Hauer went up against JB Gill and Amy Dowden in Sunday night’s dance off.