‘Lucifer’ Renewed For Sixth & Final Season At Netflix

Blossoms’ gig in Stockport last night (May 3) was interrupted by a fire alarm, causing the venue to be temporarily evacuated.The band were due to play a hometown show at the Stockport Plaza after premiering their Ribbon Around The Bomb film, which is accompanying their new album of the same name.Before the band went on stage, however, the Plaza’s fire alarm went off, forcing an evacuation of the audience.Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, one audience member said: “Blossoms weren’t on yet. There’s a film on promoting their new album and they cut that short, and someone came on and said, ‘Due to circumstances out of our control our alarms have gone off and we will have to evacuate the building’.”Sorry about the fire alarm that went off at @StockportPlaza1.

Kanye West is facing a lawsuit from a Texas pastor who claims the rapper sampled his sermon on the ‘Donda’ track ‘Come To Life’.According to TMZ, Bishop David Paul Moten is suing the rapper, UMG Recordings, Def Jam Recordings and G.O.O.D Music for allegedly sampling audio of his sermon without seeking permission.Moten claims West used his sermon for 70 seconds on the track, which is more than 20 per cent of the song.The Bishop allegedly criticised the rapper and the music industry for “wilfully and egregiously sampling sound recordings of others without consent or permission”.It comes just a week after the rights holder of the King Crimson sample in West’s ‘Power’, from his 2010 album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, announced they were suing Universal Music Group.Mechanical rights holder to Crimson’s ’21st Century Schizoid Man’, Declan Colgan Music Ltd, claims that Universal underpaid streaming royalties for the use of that song on ‘Power’.The label is allegedly paying Declan Colgan Music a percentage of what it receives from streams, which is a lower amount than what CD sales would have produced.The rights holder is claiming that Universal “failed, and continues to fail, to comply with its royalty accounting obligations”.In a statement, King Crimson’s Robert Fripp said: “There is a longer story to be told, and likely to astound innocents and decent, ordinary people who believe that one is paid equitably for their work, and on the appointed payday.“This dispute has been dragging on for several years, unnecessarily IMO,” he added.

Activision has acknowledged that the studio’s “own execution” caused a disappointing reception to Call Of Duty: Vanguard, and admitted the title “didn’t deliver as much innovation” as it would have liked.Shortly after Vanguard launched, it was reported that launch sales were down 40 per cent compared to the last Call Of Duty title, Black Ops Cold War.In Activision’s 2021 annual report, the company has now reflected on what it thinks went wrong for Vanguard.“[Vanguard] didn’t meet our expectations, we believe primarily due to our own execution,” said Activision.

It seems that a new era from Carly Rae Jepsen is (finally) upon us. 

Filmmaker Paul Schrader has been set to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The Raging Bull and Taxi Driver screenwriter will be presented with the honor during the 79th edition of the event which runs August 31- September 10 on the Lido.

British ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 news provider ITN has unveiled its next CEO, with ITV News Editor Rachel Corp set to replace former NBC News President Deborah Turness, who is moving to the BBC.

Sky Mobile customers now have to pay up to £2 a day to access their data, calls and texts when abroad. It means millions of Sky Mobile users will now have to pay to use their phone while on holiday.

A devastated mother has spoken of her heartache after her son was left almost completely paralysed after he caught Covid. She now believes more could've been done for her son after he initially fell ill at their home.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe fifth and final season premiere of Greenleaf delivered solid ratings for OWN, drawing 1.9 million viewers in Live+3, up 1% from the season 4 premiere. It also ranked as Tuesday night’s No.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix has again led all networks at the second annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, and its series Cheer and Queer Eye topped the winners, each taking home two awards.Cheer nabbed trophies for Unstructured Series and Male Star of The Year Jerry Harris, and Queer Eye for Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show and Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series. The Culinary Show category resulted in a tie, with both Chopped and Top Chef honored.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix and Hulu are pulling an episode of Community from their streaming services due to a scene that contains blackface, sources tell Deadline.In the “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” episode, the Ben Chang character, played by Ken Jeong, shows up to a Dungeons & Dragons game wearing black make-up and a white wig. Shirley, played by Yvette Nicole Brown, says to Chang,”So, we’re just going to ignore that hate crime, huh?”, to which Chang responds, “I’m a dark elf or a drow.” Chang continues to play the game as the character, Brutalitops the Magician, until he is killed and eliminated.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIt’s the end of the road for Vagrant Queen. Syfy has canceled the space drama, a live-action adaptation of the Vault Comics series from Blue Ice Pictures, after one season, Deadline has confirmed.The series struggled ratings-wise, averaging 417,000 total viewers and just 131,000 among the P18-49 demo in Live+7.Created by Jem Garrard, who also served as showrunner, Vagrant Queen followed Elida from child queen to orphaned outcast, as she scavenged the treacherous corners of the galaxy.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorYellowstone continues to break ratings records. In Live+3, Sunday’s season 3 premiere of Paramount Network’s flagship drama series drew 6.5 million total viewers, up 164% from Live+same day, making it the most watched season premiere on cable in nearly two years.In adults 18-49, the premiere episode notched a 2.56 rating, up 163% from the premiere, and in P25-54, it nabbed a 3.56 rating up 171% from the premiere episode in L+3, according to Nielsen.Across four networks (three Paramount Network telecasts and three simulcasts on CMT, TV Land & Pop) the Season 3 premiere drew 9.3 million total viewers in L+3.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorLena Waithe’s breakout hit Twenties will be back for a second go-round. BET has renewed the series for a second season.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Chrissy Teigen is heading back to the bench. Quibi has picked up a second season of Chrissy’s Court, the courtroom comedy reality series starring and executive produced by Teigen.“The verdict is in!!! Since there is no shortage of petty disagreements to judge, we’re back for a second season!!,” said Teigen.In each episode of Chrissy’s Court, Teigen reigns as the “judge” over one small claims case.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Tongayi Chirisa (Palm Springs, Antebellum) is set as a series regular opposite Katee Sackhoff on the second season of Netflix’s sci-fi space drama series Another Life. Additionally, Dillon Casey (Remedy), Shannon Chan-Kent (Good Trouble) and Kurt Yaeger (L.A.’s Finest) will join in recurring roles.Created by Aaron Martin (Slasher, Saving Hope, DeGrassi: The Next Generation), who also serves as showrunner, Another Life centers on astronaut Niko Breckinridge (Sackhoff) who is focused on searching for alien intelligence.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: BET has set a July premiere date for the Season 10 premiere of its popular gospel singing competition series Sunday Best. The new season will kick off Sunday, July 5 at 8 p.m.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Tongayi Chirisa (Palm Springs, Antebellum) is set as a series regular opposite Katee Sackhoff on the second season of Netflix’s sci-fi space drama series Another Life. Additionally, Dillon Casey (Remedy), Shannon Chan-Kent (Good Trouble) and Kurt Yaeger (L.A.’s Finest) will join in recurring roles.Created by Aaron Martin (Slasher, Saving Hope, DeGrassi: The Next Generation), who also serves as showrunner, Another Life centers on astronaut Niko Breckinridge (Sackhoff) who is focused on searching for alien intelligence.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Quibi has picked up second seasons of the popular MTV franchises Punk’d, produced and hosted by Chance the Rapper, and Singled Out, hosted by Keke Palmer and co-host Joel Kim Booster, for premiere on the shortform video platform later this year.Watch the Season 2 announcement for Punk’d and Singled Out trailer below.Each episode of prank series Punk’d, from STX Entertainment in association with MTV Studios, dares to go where no show has gone before. Led by Chance the Rapper, Season 2 will pick up with its A-list pranks, which featured Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Nas X, Adam Devine, Migos, Addison Rae, Liza Koshy, and more in its first season.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix’s Last Chance U is moving from football to basketball. The streaming giant said today that the critically acclaimed docuseries Last Chance U, which focuses on junior college football, will return for a a fifth and final season on July 28.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorOn the heels of the season one finale on June 5, HBO has picked up a second season of Betty, its comedy series based on Crystal Moselle’s 2018 Sundance film Skate Kitchen.The six-episode Betty is set against the backdrop of New York City. Starring Dede Lovelace, Moonbear, Nina Moran, Ajani Russell, and Rachelle Vinberg, who all starred in the original film, Betty follows a diverse group of young women navigating their lives through the predominantly male-oriented world of skateboarding.Betty is directed and executive produced by Moselle, along with Igor Srubshchik, Jason Weinberg and Alliah Sophia Mourad and produced by Untitled Entertainment.