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Lana Del Rey has announced a short run of US tour dates.The singer-songwriter will hit the road for 10 shows kicking off at FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin on September 14.She will then call at the likes of Austin, Dallas, West Palm Beach and Tampa before wrapping up at Charleston Coliseum on October 5. You can view the dates below.Tickets go on sale this Friday (August 25) and can be purchased here.The dates come off the back of her recent UK concerts which included a show at BST Hyde Park in July and a headline performance at Glastonbury in June.The singer-songwriter faced some backlash after her set at Glastonbury 2023 was abruptly cut short.

Black Sabbath‘s Geezer Butler has opened up about his battle with depression over the years.Speaking in a new interview with NPR’s Bullseye With Jesse Thorn, the bassist opened up about how he first experienced depression during his early days in the band.Butler said: “I wasn’t depressed all the time. Just the occasional bout would come on me. At first, when it was getting really bad… Back then nobody ever said anything about depression or anything like that, and people were terrified to mention that you might be depressed because you automatically thought you were gonna be taken away to a mental hospital and be locked away forever.

Hozier has reflected on the current political and social climate across the globe, and stated that he feels the LGBTQ+ community are being targeted as scapegoats.The discussion took place during a new interview with NME last week (August 19), in which the Irish singer-songwriter opened up about the inspiration behind his music – particularly in his new album ‘Unreal Unearth’.Speaking to NME’s Nick Levine, Hozier – real name Andrew Hozier-Byrne – opened up on the backlash and prejudice commonly faced by members of the LGBTQ+ community, and the increasing ways that they are being used as “scapegoats” in difficult times.Asked about his longtime support for the LGBTQ+ community, and why he is so willing to speak up against oppressive attitudes without hesitation, Hozier said: “I find that a hard question to tackle in some succinct, definitive way.“But I think you should at least try to be honest, which is what I’ve tried to do in the work.

Oldboy director Park Chan-wook has detailed what he’d change in his acclaimed action thriller, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.Loosely based on the Japanese manga of the same name, Oldboy follows Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) in his quest for vengeance against his captors after being imprisoned inside a cell for 15 years.Speaking about revisiting the film for the remastered 4K version, Chan-wook explained that, if he had known how successful Oldboy would become while making it, he would have made a specific change to the original film.“Initially when we were designing Woo-jin’s penthouse, I had this idea of creating a very long single-lane pool,” Chan-wook told IndieWire. “When it’s reflected on the glass and he’s swimming, it almost looks like a white fish swimming in a long strip of water against the dark sky of night.“I wanted to create a very surrealist image but couldn’t because of the budget.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “The Outsiders,” a musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie, is heading to Broadway. The show will open on April 11, 2024 at the Bernard B.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent A disabled young woman who purchased a premium ticket for a Taylor Swift concert next July at Milan’s San Siro stadium is sparking a rallying cry in Italy after she was informed by organizers that the venue’s front row section will not be enabled for wheelchair access. Silvia Stoyanova, 35, who reportedly paid €300 ($327) for a seat at the front of the venue, says concert organizers subsequently informed her that another area of the stadium — which is farther away from the stage and also lateral to it — had been designated for wheelchair access.

Khloe Kardashian and her, ex Tristan Thompson, had a fun weekend bouncing on the trampoline together. Khloe shared the cute moment on her Instagram Story, first posting a video of 1-year-old Tatum crawling in the grass before pulling himself up to stand and turn to talk to his mom.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Netflix has set the premiere date for a docuseries about the pro wrestling promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling, Variety has learned exclusively. Titled “Wrestlers,” the show will debut on Netflix on Sept. 13.

Mason Greenwood has released a statement ahead of his departure from Manchester United.

Fans have rushed to defend BBC radio's Nihal Arthanayake after he was reprimanded for responding to racist trolls on social media. The 52-year-old, who is active on Twitter, has been keen to call out those making racist remarks but the BBC have an issue with him swearing in his responses.

A woman tragically killed after being hit by a tanker on the M6 had 'parked her car on the hard shoulder' moment before the fatal collision.

Victoria Beckham has told fans 'it's not as easy as it looks' as she showed a glimpse at what the family are getting up to whilst in America. The former Spice Girl, who is known as Posh Spice in the 90s girl group, is currently enjoying some time in the US to support her husband David Beckham.

The Duke of Sussex is causing people’s eyebrows to rise over his seemingly fluctuating head of hair.

Jake Thomas shot to fame at the tender age of 11 when he was cast in the hugely popular Disney series Lizzie McGuire.The show saw Lizzie, played by Hilary Duff, navigate life as a middle schooler. Lizzie did her best to handle friendship rivalries, popularity at school and even engaged in a couple of romantic trysts - all with her annoying baby brother getting on her nerves! Jake played the role of Matthew McGuire, who did his best to ruin his big sister’s life through a series of hilarious but sometimes misguided pranks and tricks. Jake, now 33, played the class clown perfectly between 2001 and 2004 but struggled to forge a career in the industry after the show wrapped.

Ariana Grande has found a special way to mark the 10-year anniversary since the release of her debut album, Yours Truly.

Come rain or shine, you can usually count on celebrities to have a year-round glow, and whilst some turn to professional spray tans or countless holidays abroad, it seems Davina McCall prefers a much more relatable beauty secret. Rather than splashing out on expensive treatments or risking sun exposure, the presenter relies on the Garnier Summer Body Tan Lotion, £12 here, to top up her bronzed glow.

Katie Price has been slammed by fans online who are calling her diet advice “irresponsible.” The former glamour model turned TV personality shared a video with fans in which she revealed that she sometimes eats as little 755 calories a day.Taking to her TikTok account, Katie posted a video showing fans what she eats in a day.The star, who reportedly thinks a threatened prison stint could end up helping her career, filmed herself as she tucked into a pot of porridge for breakfast, a light wrap for lunch and a chicken curry for dinner. She wrote alongside the video: "Another example of how you can eat so many delicious meals and snacks in the day.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The second single from Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s upcoming Broadway musical “Harmony” has been released, “Every Single Day” sung by Danny Kornfeld. In a statement to Variety, Manilow and Sussman said,“We are both so thrilled to have a cast album full of new, original songs for our first Broadway show. This is where we always wanted to be.

Ethan Shanfeld Bradley Cooper recently went deep into the icy canyons of the Wyoming Basin, where he opened up about his sobriety with Bear Grylls. On a Season 2 episode of National Geographic’s “Running Wild With Bear Grylls,” the British adventurer asked Cooper about his most meaningful roles. “‘The Hangover’ was pretty career changing,” Cooper said.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor When Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum moderate Wednesday night’s Republican primary debate, they won’t be running for office. But they will be at the forefront of a very important popularity contest. The Fox News duo will kick off a coverage cycle that every TV-news executive hopes will reverse some of the recent trends of the medium, which has contended, like many other TV formats, with downturns in viewership and advertising dollars.

the OG “spare” is actually Prince Andrew.A new A&E documentary, “Secrets of Prince Andrew,” has revealed why the scandal-ridden Duke of York has always been considered the late Queen Elizabeth’s “favorite” child as well as the original surplus prince.“We know from Prince Harry that the ‘spare’ creates an idea of resentment and jealousy,” British biographer Andrew Lownie said.“[Prince] Andrew was an accident waiting to happen for years.”The Post has reached out to reps at Buckingham Palace for comment.Andrew, 63, was always rumored to be the long-reigning monarch’s most loved and most treasured son, despite not being the firstborn.As the third child of the queen — who died in September 2022 at the age of 96 — and her late husband, Prince Philip, he was second in line to the throne at the time of his birth in 1960.“His birth was celebrated as he was the next male heir, despite [his sister Princess] Anne being [born] second,” journalist Dickie Arbiter said in the doc. “If [King] Charles died, then Andrew would be the one directly in line to succeed him.”He added that the queen had already settled into her life as a mother by the time Andrew came along, as she had given birth to Anne in 1950 and Charles just two years earlier.“Courtiers” author Valentine Low interjected and pointed out how she was an “indulgent” mother to Andrew, and with him, she could “sit back a bit” to enjoy motherhood.