Britain: Last News

Jeff Goldblum has announced a major London Palladium show for next month with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra.The actor and musician is preparing to release his fourth studio album ‘Still Blooming’ on April 25 via Decca – you can pre-order/pre-save your copy here. Now, he has confirmed the prestigious one-off show to take place in the same week.Goldblum and the orchestra will play the venue on April 24, with tickets for the show set to go on sale at 10am UK time on Friday (March 7).

Canal+ is remaining bullish in the face of a falling share price, as its first full-year results since its London listing revealed improved revenues of €6.45B ($6.77B).

Mubi and Hay Festival have inked a partnership to launch a cinema screening series at this year’s edition of the literary event. 

Brand New have announced their return with details of their first string of live shows since 2017 – see the dates below.The Long Island band have been largely inactive since frontman Jesse Lacey was accused of sexual misconduct involving a minor in 2017, with their UK tour at the time cancelled and their music removed from Spotify ‘Wrapped’ lists after two more women came forward with additional allegations.They did play a secret and intimate reunion show in December last year in Nashville’s Eastside Bowl. The performance saw the band playing new songs, prompting speculation to grow that a full-blown reunion could be on the cards for 2025.Now, the band have launched their own website, where fans can register to buy tickets for one of three shows they will be playing at the end of this month.The first show will take place in The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas on March 26, followed two days later by the Megacorp Pavilion in Newport, Kentucky.

Millie Bobby Brown took to her Instagram today to address a “very necessary” conversation that affects any “young woman who grows up under public scrutiny,” blasting the media for spending time “dissecting” her looks in “disturbing” articles.

Millie Bobby Brown is once again addressing all of the cruel commentary about her appearance.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Millie Bobby Brown has posted a video on Instagram in which she condemns the press for “bullying” her over her changing physical appearance. The “Stranger Things” star called out specific articles and writers for their “disturbing” coverage that is devoted to “dissecting my face, my body, my choices.” “I started in this industry when I was 10 years old,” Brown wrote in the caption to the video.

Thania Garcia Paul McCartney is petitioning for late English blues-rock singer Joe Cocker to be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame this year. In a letter dated Feb. 25, and addressed to “rock and rollers,” McCartney described Cocker, who died in 2014 at age 70, as a “great man and a fine singer” with a unique style.

Married At First Sight Australia has finally started airing in the UK after launching in January.The hit reality TV show kicked off on E4 on Monday, 3 March, and will continue to air over the coming weeks. A new set of couples will walk down the aisle, with experts John Aiken, Mel Schilling, and Alessandra Rampolla on hand to help them navigate their new marriages.The new series is packed full of drama, and fans of MAFS are already trying to figure out which couples have managed to make their relationships work.

Sunday night.The pair were all smiles, laughing as they walked arm-in-arm on their way out of the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills following the 2025 Academy Awards, leaving many wondering whether the comedian and the “Conclave” star have struck up a romance.Fiennes was nominated at this year’s Oscars in the Best Lead Actor category for his performance in “Conclave,” his third career nomination, though the British star lost out to Adrien Brody, whose portrayal of a Hungarian architect moving to the US after the Holocaust won him the coveted trophy.Drink in hand, Handler, 50, dressed in a metallic pale champagne-colored dress by KHOON HOOI and gold Manolo Blahnik BB heels, and Fiennes, 62, dashing in a black wide lapel tuxedo and white-edged bow tie from London brand Taillour, cut an elegant figure as they giggled their way out of the posh soirée.The Post reached out to Handler and Fiennes’ reps for comment. The pair’s Oscar party exit follows a saucy bit they performed together during this year’s Critics Choice Awards, which the “My Horizontal Life” author hosted last month.Reenacting Nicole Kidman’s now iconic milk scene from the 2024 erotic thriller “Babygirl,” Handler chugged a full glass of milk at the urging of Fiennes.

J. Kim Murphy Awards season may be over, but “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón got one last post off Monday morning to compliment Conan O’Brien for being a “fantastic” Oscars host.

The Dublin International Film Festival came to an end at the weekend after one of its most varied programs yet. Guests visiting the event included deep-dive documentary-maker Alexandre O. Philippe, attending with his Texas Chain Saw Massacre meditation Chain Reactions; director Jason Buxton, there with his acclaimed Ben Foster-starring thriller Sharp Corner, soon to be released by Vertical; Albert Serra, supporting his surprise San Sebastian winner Afternoons of Solitude; Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, honored by a curated retrospective; and British ’60s pop-culture icon Twiggy, subject of Sadie Frost’s film of the same name. From closer to home, director Lorcan Finnegan and writer Thomas Martin brought their cult Cannes hit The Surfer, and the UK’s Polly Steele came with Four Letters of Love starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan.

her lifestyle blog, the Tig, back in 2017 when she got engaged to her now-husband Prince Harry — a decision that she doesn’t regret today.“Well, I loved The Tig, but I certainly love my husband more,” she said in a new interview with People magazine.“So that was a choice I made at the time, and I wouldn’t change that for a second,” she added.Markle, 43, launched the Tig in 2014 when she was starring on “Suits” in Toronto. She blogged about food, wellness and travel until her romance with Harry, 40, forced her to give up that passion project.But now Markle is preparing to launch her new lifestyle brand, which had its name changed from American Riviera Orchard to As Ever following a slew of trademark snafus.

Eric Clapton just announced he’s mapped out a brief 2025 arena tour this September in support of his bluesy 2024 album “Meanwhile.”He’ll be joined by Jakob Dylan’s The Wallflowers at all shows.Near the end of the six-concert run, ol’ Slow Hand is slated to stop into New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Friday, Sept. 19.This NYC one-off will be his first gig in the Big Apple since 2022 when he played back-to-back shows at MSG as part of his ‘US Tour 2022.’For those that have yet to see the former Cream/Blind Faith/Derek and the Dominos/Yardbirds/John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers guitarist live, he typically plays acoustic and electric tracks at each show.

The Lathums and Doves are currently in a tight race to become this week’s UK Number One on the Official Charts.The two bands are in an intense battle for the top spot with less than 500 chart units between Doves and The Lathums in the race for the Number One album (per Official Charts).The Lathums are currently in the lead with their LP ‘Matter Does Not Define‘. If they land that top spot, it would mark their third consecutive UK Number 1 album, following 2021’s ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be‘ and 2023’s ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More‘.Doves are not too far behind with ‘Constellations For The Lonely‘, their first album in five years.

Alex Ritman One of the dark horses of the 2025 awards season, Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” managed to claim the Oscar for best international film on Sunday night from under the nose of long-standing favourite “Emilia Pérez.” The acclaimed drama became the first Brazilian feature to be awarded the honor — although several pundits suggested the film, a powerful exploration of love and grief set during Brazil’s military dictatorship of the 1970s, had a decent swing at landing its other nominations of best actress for Fernanda Torres and — even — best picture. But the one win for “I’m Still Here” was enough to provoke wild celebrations on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, where Torres, already something of a national hero, had been named an unlikely muse of this year’s carnival. As it turned out, the timing of “I’m Still Here’s” awards ascendancy couldn’t have been better for its run many thousands of miles away in the U.K., where the Oscars ceremony took place place during its second weekend in cinemas.

Of all the characters Jessica Lange has played throughout her illustrious career, it’s Mary Tyrone, the restless, morphine-addicted mother of Eugene O’Neill’s play Long Day’s Journey Into Night, that has been her favorite. 

Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page has hit out at the UK government over their AI copyright plan and its impact on music and arts.The legendary guitarist’s comments come as the UK government is planning to make changes to copyright laws – making it easier for artificial intelligence platforms to develop and train their models using copyrighted work, without needing a license.They would be allowed to use material online without respecting copyright if doing so for “text or data mining”. This would be allowed unless the rights holders chose to “opt-out”.Page took to his official Instagram account to express his concerns over the proposition, explaining that the opt-out system would allow for the exploration of artists without proper compensation.“Today, as artificial intelligence seeks to mimic and monetise creativity, we stand at a crossroads.

Doechii, Barry Can’t Swim, Ezra Collective, Jorja Smith, The Last Dinner Party and more have been announced as performers for Bristol’s FORWARDS festival 2025.The two-day event is due to take place at Clifton Downs in Bristol on Saturday August 23 and Sunday August 24.Now, the first wave of acts and headliners have been announced, with Barry Can’t Swim, Ezra Collective, Confidence Man, Orbital, Mount Kimbie, English Teacher, Happy Mondays, Katy J Pearson, Ishmael Ensemble and the Rituals Orchestra and Mermaid Chunky all set to take to the stage on the first day.The following day will see performances from Doechii, Jorja Smith, The Last Dinner Party, Olivia Dean, Fabio & Grooverider Orchestra and the Outlook Orchestra, Moonchild Sannelly, The Silhouettes Project, Almeda and Snapped Ankles.Described in a press release as a “future-thinking festival”, FORWARDS also features “major social initiatives” and “timely debate” alongside music acts from across the world.Pre-sale will begin at 10am GMT on Wednesday (March 5), followed by general sale on Thursday (March 6) at 10am. You can find all ticket details here.Tom Paine, Co-founder of Team Love said: “FORWARDS is back for its fourth year, and we couldn’t be prouder.

Oscars viewers and fans of Timothée Chalamet have reacted angrily to the star losing out on the Best Actor award to Adrien Brody, whose performance was embroiled in an AI controversy.Chalamet played Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown, for which he prepared extensively for several years. As well as learning to play and sing like the music legend, he gained weight and perfected the voice of Dylan for the critically acclaimed performance.Adrien Brody has been a front-runner in the category for his performance in The Brutalist, playing a Hungarian architect who struggles after emigrating to Post-War America.The film was embroiled in some controversy in January, however, when it was revealed that the film’s editor Dávid Jancsó used AI software Respeecher to correct a sequence where a letter written by Adrien Brody’s character, László Tóth, is read aloud.Soon after, director Brady Corbet clarified the details.

Alex Ritman Chris Bird, the director of Prime Video UK, has decided to step down from the role and leave the company after more than 14 years. The news was announced in an internal memo sent to staff by Brigette Ricou-Bellan, the general manager of Prime Video EU, who noted that Bird had been with Amazon since joining as part of its acquisition of early streaming service LoveFilm in 2010 before taking over leadership of the U.K.