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Lily Allen has revealed she unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in hit HBO series The White Lotus.Speaking recently on her Miss Me? podcast with Miquita Oliver, the ‘Smile’ singer said the audition was part of a broader move to “put herself out there more” in her acting career, and shared she had a goal of starring in a “UK detective drama”.Her previous acting roles have included a stint in West End plays 2:22: A Ghost Story and The Pillowman, while she made her small screen debut in 2023 in Sky Atlantic comedy Dreamland.Touching on her turn to acting, Allen told listeners she hadn’t “auditioned for anything really”, but added: “I did do a self-tape for The White Lotus and obviously did not get it. But I’m a bit scared of doing self-tapes.”She has not yet revealed which role she auditioned for.“I think maybe now I would do them because I don’t think people give as much of a shit about me anymore,” she continued.

Guenther Steiner was one of the strong personalities on the Formula One track that helped transform Drive to Survive into a roaring success of a reality TV show for Netflix, before his dismissal from Team Haas after ten years at the helm.

David Bowie and Iman’s daughter Lexi Jones has quietly released her debut album ‘Xandri’. Check it out below.The LP was released on Wednesday (April 2) and followed weeks of Jones sharing snippets of various tracks on her Instagram account, such as ‘Standing alone’, ‘Moving on’, and ‘Through all the time’, alongside video clips from her childhood.Spanning 12 songs and 47 minutes, the album incorporates elements of pop, electronic and indie rock, with 24-year-old Jones’ – born Alexandria Zahra Jones – vocals at the forefront.The artwork, presumably created by Jones who is also a visual artist, depicts two faces attached to the same head, attempting to split away from each other.

Tron: Ares has been released alongside a snippet of the Nine Inch Nails score. Check it out below.The sequel to 2010’s Tron: Legacy and the third film in Disney’s Tron franchise, the film follows a “highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I.

Coachella 2025 has its official lineup heading into Weekend 1 next week in Indio, Calif.

Police thriller Line of Duty’s millions of fans will be hoping reports in the UK media of the show’s return are more than wishful thinking.

Mobland premiered with a big splash on Paramount+!

With her new presidential action flick G20, Viola Davis understands the desire to politicize her role.

A trio of stars of the upcoming Prime Video series Étoile previewed their show at Deadline’s Contenders Television. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino, Étoile is set in the world of struggling ballet companies — one in New York, one in Paris — who swap stars to help improve attendance.

would prefer to be “severed,” like their favorite characters in the hit Apple TV series, “Severance.” Out of 2,000 UK workers surveyed, a startling 35% said they would willingly undergo a medical procedure to “sever” their work memories from their personal lives, according to data gathered by market research agency Savanta on behalf of the mental health platform Unmind.Among 18- to 25-year-olds, that figure rose to a staggering 46%. Among workers aged 55 and over, only one in five would want to be severed.“The fact that so many employees relate to the characters in ‘Severance’ shows just how blurred the lines between work and personal life have become,” CEO and co-founder of Unmind, Dr.

Emmerdale's Amy Walsh enjoyed a night out with her ex-castmates Natalie Ann Jamieson and Roxy Shahidi, who had their characters dramatically killed off from the show in February. Valentine's Day was anything but romantic in the Dales when a limousine accident brought tragedy to the village.The limo, filled with the show's female characters, was involved in a crash that resulted in three heartbreaking deaths.

Amanda Holden has once again turned heads with her latest glamorous Instagram photos, proving that style knows no age.The 54-year-old Britain's Got Talent star first dazzled her followers as she flaunted her timeless beauty in a striking gold minidress during a getaway. Fans were left in awe, with some even joking that she'd stumbled upon the proverbial 'fountain of youth' given her stunning youthful appearance.

Neil Young and Joan Baez are set to join Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for an anti-oligarchy event later this month.Both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have been holding ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rallies in predominantly Republican cities across the US, and have recruited Young and Baez for an upcoming stop in Los Angeles.The senator and congressperson will be joined at LA’s Grand Park by line-up of musicians including Maggie Rogers, Indigo de Souza, Jeff Rosenstock, the Red Pears and Raise Gospel Choir on April 12.As detailed on his website, Sanders will be hitting the road to have “real discussions across America on how we move forward to take on the Oligarchs and corporate interests who have so much power and influence in this country”. Admission to the event is free, and you can sign up here.A post shared by Bernie Sanders (@berniesanders)Much like Sanders, Young has been a vocal critic of billionaire President Donald Trump in recent years, calling him “the worst president in the history [of] our great country”.

Boris Johnson has criticised Prime Minister Kier Starmer‘s welcoming of plans to air Netflix‘s Adolescence in secondary schools, calling the show “tosh”.Since its release on March 13, the drama about a father dealing with the fallout of his son being suspected of murder has prompted a wider discussion about toxic masculinity in the UK.In late March, it was confirmed that Netflix would be making the series available to all UK secondary schools in the hope that its examination of the internet and toxic online influences will help steer young people on the right path.The news followed Starmer telling makers of the show that it was “really hard to watch” with his own teenage children, and that the show acted as “a torch that shines intensely brightly on a combination of issues that many people don’t know how to respond to”.Starmer also welcomed the move by Netflix to make the series available for free in schools.As a father, watching Adolescence with my teenage son and daughter hit home hard.We all need to be having these conversations more.I've backed Netflix's plan to show the series for free in schools across the country, so as many young people as possible can see it.— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) March 31, 2025Now, former Prime Minister Johnson has criticised Adolescense and Starmer’s support of it, calling the Stephen Graham-starring show “well acted tosh”.In his latest column for the Daily Mail, Johnson wrote, in reference to Starmer, “Who does he think he is, telling teachers what TV programmes to show the kids? According to the BBC – and if you can’t believe the BBC, what can you believe? – Starmer has personally mandated every classroom in the land to have formal showings of a four-part TV drama called Adolescence.

You Me At Six called time on their 20-year career last night (April 4), playing their final show – dubbed ‘The Final Night Of Six’ – at London’s OVO Arena Wembley. Check out the setlist, footage and more from what went down below.Since officially announcing their split in January 2024, the Surrey rock quintet have been on the road for farewell shows across Europe, Australia, North America and Japan.

Arcade Fire have shared a new song and video for ‘Cars and Telephones’.Speculation began back in March, when the Canadian indie rock band made some drastic changes to their social media pages. On Instagram, this included deleting all their posts and uploading a new profile picture, bio, and website link, which didn’t go unnoticed by fans.Notably, the band removed all of their Instagram posts and changed the artwork on the page in 2022, as part of the lead-up to them announcing their sixth studio album ‘WE’.More recently, their bio was updated with the cryptic message: “It’s the year of the snake so let your heart break”, and their profile picture changed to the word “TRUST” in all-caps written in a circle.Speculation culminated in yesterday’s (April 4) teaser, which saw the band share a video showing an unseen person finger-painting “TRUST” on the back of a tambourine – accompanied by a caption that pointed to an announcement “in the Circle of Trust” – their members fan club app – at 5pm Central Time (11pm UK time).A post shared by Arcade Fire (@arcadefire)According to members who have since taken to social media, the new track was shared in a podcast.

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Filmmaker Paul Schrader is the subject of a lawsuit by a former personal assistant, who alleges that he sexually assaulted and harassed her during her time of employment, reports The Independent newspaper. 

Natalie Cassidy, known for her role as Sonia Fowler on EastEnders, is already making waves with a new Channel 4 show, despite her character not having left Albert Square.The actress debuted her latest venture, "What's The Big Deal: Britain's Best Buys?" where she gets the lowdown on some of the UK's most talked-about products, from LED facemasks to lion's mane mushrooms. In the show, Natalie enlists the help of experts and six British families who test out the products at home, giving their unfiltered thoughts on whether these items are worth the investment.

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Eurovision hopefuls Remember Monday have spoken to NME about competing in this year’s song contest in Basel – and revealed that Queen‘s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was a major influence on their “chaotic” power-pop song ‘What the Hell Just Happened?’The country-pop trio – Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele – are the first girl-group to represent the UK since Precious finished 12th in 1999. Since then, the UK has only cracked the Top 10 on three occasions, most recently when Sam Ryder came second three years ago.But in 2023, Mae Muller finished 25th out of 26 in the grand final – then Olly Alexander endured similar disappointment a year later when he finished 18th after scoring “nul points” in the public vote.