Peter Hook wants Ian Curtis statue after Aitch advertising row

Naman Ramachandran “Vikram Vedha,” starring Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte, is releasing worldwide in over 100 countries, making it one of the widest openings for a Bollywood film. Besides India, the film is releasing in territories where Bollywood films normally release day-and-date, including North America, U.K., the Middle East and Australia and New Zealand, on Sept. 30. What is remarkable is that the film is also releasing day-and-date in countries where Bollywood fare releases after it has had its initial run in the traditional territories. “Vikram Vedha” is opening across 22 countries in Europe and 27 countries in Africa and Latin America, including Japan, Russia, Panama and Peru, all non-traditional territories for Bollywood.

Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been thrown back into Royal life in London.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have remained in the UK after the Queen, Harry's grandmother, died on Thursday 8 September at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Meghan, 41, and Harry, 37, were already in the UK when Her Majesty was placed under medical supervision, as they'd flown over from the US to attend charity events in Manchester and London a few days prior.

Victoria Beckham reportedly was overruled as she didn’t want her son Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding to Nicola Peltz to be in the US. The mum-of-four, who shares Brooklyn with football legend David, wanted her son's wedding to be in the Cotswolds instead of Nicola’s family house in Florida.

England camp next week but were facing off in the Champions League last night (September 14) as Manchester City played host to Borussia Dortmund.Bellingham gave the German visitors the lead in the second half with a flicked header but it was ultimately meaningless as goals from John Stones and Erling Haaland in the last 10 minutes gave Pep Guardiola's men a 2-1 victory.READ MORE: Liverpool fans taunt Man City over Jude Bellingham goal with 'more to come' in red shirtWith the game slipping away from his side, the Dortmund midfielder grew frustrated after a rogue tackle and shoved his fellow countryman Foden. Fans reacted online, with one tweeting: "Foden & Bellingham gonna be awkward in the England camp."A second said: "This Bellingham and Foden fight god bless England are not making it past the group stage." Another posted: "BELLINGHAM AND FODEN FIGHTING????????? BROTHERS WE ARE TRYING TO WIN A WORLD CUP."Are you worried about England players clashing for their clubs? Let us know in the comments section."Bellingham fighting Foden like they wont be playing together next week," commented a third.

READ MORE: Temperatures set to soar next week with Britain getting one last summer spikeHigh pressure will build across Britain, keeping mild breezes from the Atlantic at bay and blasting the nation with northerly winds.Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: “The remains of will Hurricane Danielle move away and allow high pressure to build to the west of the UK.“This will encourage northerly winds to come in, and this is going to affect temperatures by the end of the week.“Temperatures are going to drop quite rapidly and most places will lose a few degrees in the daytime while dropping to single figures overnight.“It will start to feel colder towards the end of the week before this dome of high-pressure stalls across the UK allowing cold air to move across the UK.”The high pressure dome will stretch between Iceland and Spain, and bring the first chilly autumnal plumes to the nation.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “High pressure will build from the west turning things a little bit more unsettled and dragging in cooler air from the north, so we will see temperatures dropping.“It will be cooler than recent nights, but milder in the south under the cloud, and there will be some heavy bursts of rain on Wednesday morning.“There is a lot of dry and at times sunny weather to be had, with the risk of a few showers towards northern parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.”READ NEXT: Meghan 'snubbed' by royal fan in awkward moment at Windsor walkabout Full route of Queen's Lying-in-State procession as fans face 30-hour wait to see coffin Queen was 'absolutely on it'

Scientists have taught a robot to laugh at jokes in an effort to make it appear more human.The robots have been trained in "appropriate" laughter, including how to differentiate between chuckles and rip-roaring squeals.The training has been undertaken by researches at Kyoto University in Japan using artificial intelligence.READ MORE: Superintelligent AI will likely be 'fatal' to humanity warn Oxford researchersThe study has been documented in the scientific journal, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, where scientists have described their experience of working with a robot called Erica, with the hope of making conversations more natural.The journal's lead author, Dr Koji Inoue, an assistant professor at Kyoto University in the Department of Intelligence Science and Technology said: "We think that one of the important functions of conversational AI is empathy."Conversation is, of course, multimodal, not just responding correctly.

Kim Kardashian in a recent TikTok video.Julia, 32, who split up with Kim’s, 41, ex-husband Kanye West, 45, a few months back, took to TikTok, where she made a subtle jibe at Kim’s parenting methods.The Italian-American actress left followers in quite the frenzy as she took part in a new TikTok trend which asked users: “What’s considered trashy if you’re poor but classy if you’re rich?”READ MORE: Khloe Kardashian and ex Tristan Thompson announce arrival of second child via surrogateIn a video to her 401,000 followers, the Uncut Gems star remixed the video and responded saying, “Not raising your kids.”Soon after posting, Julia – who has a one-year-old son, Valentino–- received many messages from spectators asking if the comment was about the SKIMS founder.Many raised how they believed it was a deliberate joke about Kim, who, along with some of her sisters, has the help of nannies to raise North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm.One user commented: “Kim is typing", while a second added: “Ain’t that the truth. Kim and her many nannies, though?”A different viewer commented: “Kim won’t like this one”, while others implied that the video might also apply to her sisters: “Not just Kim”.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.As fans argued in the comment section, one came to the Kardashian’s defence, writing: “Kim is a great mom, and her kids are well behaved.”Another penned: “Not the Kardashians.

East Kilbride Pirates quarterback Neil Baptie admits it was all very surreal as his ‘lucky 13 omen’ delivered him not only the British title but also the MVP award in their impressive win over Cambridgeshire Cats.

Coatbridge boxer Mark McKeown says his career will turn full circle when he makes his ring return at St Andrew’s Sporting Club on Thursday.

Aitch has said that he was “fuming” after he learned that a mural of Ian Curtis in Manchester had been painted over with an advert for his debut album, ‘Close To Home’, which came out last week.The rapper said that the first he heard about it was on Twitter, telling the BBC: “There was an outrage burst of like, ‘what’s Aitch doing putting his album over Ian’s mural?’, and then I was like, ‘oh god, what’s this?’ I don’t pick and choose where I put my billboards or album promo. I just wake up and drive past it, or see it on the internet, just like everyone else”.“I was fuming for Ian, and his people and what that mural stands for, and then I was fuming for myself, because I was having such a good week”, he went on.

Aitch has opened up about the recent row over an advert for his new album, which was painted over an Ian Curtis mural in Manchester.Last week, an advertisement for the rapper’s ‘Close To Home’ was placed over a much-loved mural of the late Joy Division frontman in the city’s Northern Quarter.The mural, based on a photo of Curtis that was taken by Philippe Carly, was painted by Manchester street artist Akse P19. It debuted in 2020 in collaboration with the music and mental health festival Headstock to raise awareness around mental health issues, and was supported by Manchester Council.In a tweet last week, Aitch said: “It’s come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork.

READ MORE:BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood admits to 'throwing a tantrum' as Jon Kay in disbeliefBut his new album, Close To Home, hasn’t been a complete hit with fans after the star issued an apology after business giants Amazon painted over the black and white mural of the Joy Division frontman to promote his new music.Fans of the artwork on Port Street in the Northern Quarter noticed the name Aitch had been painted in white on a clean black wall last week.Now the star has reassured fans that he is working with the original graffiti artist, Akse – who first painted the portrait back in 2020 – to replace the artwork.In an interview with the BBC newsreaders he confessed that he had no idea about the removal of the artwork until he found out days later on Twitter.He told viewers: “I don’t pick and choose where I put my billboards or album promo I just wake up and drive past it or see it on the internet just like everyone else.“So basically I’ve seen it straight away, I made a phone call, we spoke to Amazon, we spoke to the artist and we just put a stop to mine straight away.“We’re gonna get it restored or redone of the original artist.

Amazon have issued an apology after a mural dedicated to the iconic Ian Curtis was painted over to promote a new album by Manchester rapper, Aitch.

Peter Hook has said that the uproar over a mural of his late Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis being painted over with an advert earlier this week should spur on the campaign to put in place some kind of permanent tribute to the singer in Manchester. And, while we’re at it, a permanent tribute for the boss of Joy Division’s label Factory Records, the late Tony Wilson, would be nice too.The Curtis mural on Manchester’s Port Street, which was unveiled in 2020 to raise mental health awareness, was replaced with an advert for Aitch’s debut album, ‘Close To Home’, earlier this week.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorManchester rapper Aitch has apologized for painting over a mural of late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, apparently inadvertently, with an ad for his new album “Close to Home,” and promised to “get this [situation] fixed pronto.”As noted by Stereogum, the ad went up Wednesday in Manchester’s Northern Quarter on Port Street ahead of Aitch’s album’s release on Friday.“It’s come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork,” Aitch tweeted. “This is the first time I’ve heard of this, me and my team are getting this fixed pronto.

There was outrage in Manchester yesterday when a popular mural of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis was painted over with an advert for the debut album by fellow local musician Aitch.Unveiled in 2020, the painting of Curtis on Port Street in the city centre by artist Akse P19 was originally created to mark the start of the Manchester music and mental wellbeing festival Headstock that year. As well as paying tribute to Curtis, it also promoted mental health support service Shout and has subsequently become a popular landmark.So there was anger yesterday as a picture circulated on social media showing that the mural was being replaced by an advert for Aitch, apparently commissioned by Amazon Music.“Absolutely gutted to see our Ian Curtis mural painted over”, said Headstock on Twitter.

Rapper Aitch has said he had no idea the iconic Ian Curtis mural in the Northern Quarter would be painted over with his album artwork.

Aitch has promised that he and his team are attempting to make things right after a mural of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, which had been a fan-favourite landmark in his hometown of Manchester, was painted over with an advertisement for Aitch’s forthcoming debut album.Late on Tuesday (August 16), the rapper retweeted an image of the mural – located on Port Street in Manchester’s Northern Quarter – being painted over, saying he had been previously unaware of his album ad being put there. “I don’t just choose locations for billboards, this is the first time I’ve seen it myself.

Mancunians have been left outraged after the iconic Northern Quarter mural of musician Ian Curtis was painted over on Tuesday (August 16). The wall painting, on Port Street in the city centre, depicted a black and white portrait painting of the Stretford Joy Division frontman and was first unveiled back in 2020.