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fatal crowd crush that occurred at an Asake concert back in December.The event — which left two dead and one in critical condition — ultimately led to the academy having its licence suspended. The Metropolitan Police have since claimed to have “lost confidence” in the safety of the venue and made a push for the location to close its doors for good.Speaking on behalf of AMG, Philip Kolvin QC told the hearing that the operators were open ideas “to make the venue even safer” through “partnership and solution-finding”, adding that the findings that would be presented to the council were “the product of many months of work from the venue, from events specialists and independent experts across all the relevant fields – including security, crowd management, engineering, licensing and health and safety.”“What we’ve placed before you is not a pitch – it’s a seriously and thoroughly considered professional approach to preventing the recurrence of the events of December 15, 2022,” he said.He continued: “This is a very traumatic case, for so many people, and in particular those who’ve suffered loss – whether directly, or indirectly.

David Byrne has discussed his relationship with his Talking Heads bandmate as they prepare to reunite for an upcoming Q&A.The band are reissuing their legendary concert film Stop Making Sense to celebrate 40 years since it was first released, and the moment also will see members Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz come together for their first public reunion in over two decades.Byrne recently explained that he regrets the way Talking Heads split up, and confessed that he was a “little tyrant” at the time.Now, he has spoken to The New York Times and elaborated on his feelings at the current time.“Divorces are never easy,” he began. “We get along OK.

Molly-Mae Hague has opened up about looking after her seven month old daughter Bambi whilst Tommy Fury is away at a training camp ahead of his fight with KSI on 14 October. Taking to her Instagram Stories, Molly-Mae, 24, shared a sweet black and white snap of her daughter in a nappy playing with her toys.The mum revealed that she was “so unwell” following her trip to New York and that parenting alone over the weekend had been “a challenge.” She wrote: “Been very mia this weekend but honestly I'm convinced New York has a curse on me, I always come home so unwell whenever I go [two pleading eyes emojis].

Bobby Brazier has opened up about the advice given to him by one of his co-stars, James Bye, ahead of joining this year’s Strictly Come Dancing lineup. During a chat with MailOnline, Bobby explained that the Martin Fowler actor “keeps saying to eat” after he appeared as a contestant last year.

Actor Chris Evans has married his girlfriend Alba Baptista in an intimate ceremony at his home in Cape Cod, USA, according to reports. The 42 year old is said to have tied the knot with his 26 year old beau over the weekend - however, privacy was paramount. Guests including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner are reported by Page Six to have been asked to sign an NDA and leave their mobile phones at home.

Former This Morning host Phillip Schofield is said to be back on "good terms" with his wife Stephanie Lowe, after he admitted to an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a younger male colleague earlier this year. Stephanie, 59, was previously said to have been left "very angry" after her husband admitted to the affair, something he had previously lied to her about.

Very few of us need reminding that the Prince and Princess of Wales' love story began at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.The couple met during their first year when they were both living at St Salvator's Halls of Residence and would go on to move in together. While the pair have now been married for 12 years and share three children, their first years together sound idyllic.The couple lived with two other housemates in the second year of their studies but ultimately made a home together for their final two years in a private home that belonged to one of William's cousins.

Emiliano De Pablos Madrid-based agency Feel Sales has picked up worldwide sales rights to indie social drama film “Third Week,” by long term New York-based Catalan writer-director Jordi Torrent (“The Redemption of the Fish”). A U.S.-Spain co-production, the film is produced by Torrent, alongside Randy Simon, Maria Àngels Amorós and Toni Espinosa, for New York’s companies Duende Pictures and RFS Wolf Entertainment and Barcelona’s Toned Media.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Maxime Saada, the chair and CEO of Canal+ Group, will receive the Variety Vanguard Award at the Mipcom international content sales conference set for Oct. 16-19 in Cannes. The award recognizes television industry leaders who have made a significant contribution to the global business of entertainment.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Canary Islands-based filmmaker Paula Bilbao, whose debut documentary “Inshallah,” about the Las Raíces migrant camp in Tenerife, won the Audience Award at the MiradasDoc festival this year, is turning to fiction in her upcoming dramedy “A Supermarket in Tigaday.” Among the projects in the development showcase at MIA’s Spanish Screenings on Tour, “A Supermarket in Tigaday” focuses on Fer, a frustrated musician, who returns home after a 20-year absence to bury his estranged father. He turns to the music of his past to deal with his grief but to his great surprise, he finds that his father is still alive and that he must prove himself to earn his inheritance, a tiny supermarket in the town of Tigaday.

a rally titled ‘Battle For The Soul Of Sheffield’ will take place in the city as the venue continues its battle to survive.Last year, the venue’s future came under threat after the owners of the building issued them an eviction notice, sparking an outcry across the music industry and from gig-goers.The premises is owned by Electric Group, who bought the site’s freehold in 2017 and previously told music fans that they had no intention of closing the venue when they end the current occupiers’ lease in 2023.However, venue management then claimed they were being “exterminated by the landlord” before launching a fresh appeal to fans, asking for support after revealing that landlords were reportedly moving forward with eviction plans .Ahead of the rally next week, it has been revealed by BBC News that the venue have been offering £40 to ‘volunteers’ in exchange for their support in opposing the venue’s closure and to post on social media.Ahead of the rally, a spokesperson for The Leadmill said: “If we don’t stop this hostile takeover, the very soul and character of our great city is at risk.“This landlord is exploiting a legal loophole to evict and destroy a highly regarded, independent, Sheffield success story, forcing us to cease trading, all for profit. But it’s even worse than that.“It couldn’t be clearer.

Barbie to contribute over $125million (£100million) in gross billings to the company this year.Anthony DiSilvestro, chief financial officer at Mattel, shared the number during the Goldman Sachs media conference on Thursday (September 7). The figure includes direct movie participation and sales of toys and consumer products.“Our economics are a function of the revenue, as well as profit participation, which scales up with the success of the movie,” DiSilvestro said (via Deadline).According to The New York Times, Mattel earned five per cent of the film’s box office revenue, as well as a portion of the overall profits as a producer on the movie, and additional payments as owner of the Barbie IP.Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has become the highest-grossing film of 2023, crossing the $1.4billion mark at the global box office.As a result of the film’s success, Mattel is planning a slew of movie projects based on the company’s IP, including Polly Pocket by Lena Dunham, a Hot Wheels film from J.J.

Dave and Central Cee‘s ‘Sprinter’ taking the top spot.The single arrived earlier this year and now has been confirmed by the Official Charts Company as the most streamed song of the summer season.The Central Cee and Dave collaboration has also become both the longest-running UK Rap track to hit Number One, and the first to spend 10 consecutive weeks at the top of the Official Singles Chart. The latter also coincidentally happened on the same day that hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary last month.‘Sprinter’ also gave Brit Award winner and Mercury Prize Winner Dave his third Number One track, and marked the first chart-topper for Central Cee.

EXCLUSIVE: UK unscripted vet Daniel Pearl is exiting Paramount UK for Lion TV.

UKTV has been wrapped by Ofcom for subtitling the word “f***ing” twice during a repeat of Casualty that aired at 10.30 in the morning.

EXCLUSIVE: A Broadmoor hospital doc featuring “brand-new testimony from ex-patients and ex-staff” is in the works at Paramount UK network Channel 5.

Paramount’s Nicole Clemens, Imagine Documentaries boss Sara Bernstein and Severance producer Nicholas Weinstock are among the first tranche of speakers for this year’s MIA market in Italy.

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. and UK-based production, sales and financing company Alliance Media Partners (Amp) has signed a non-exclusive genre co-production deal with Quebec-based producer Philip Kalin-Hajdu.

The ex-wife of notorious prisoner Charles Bronson has met her former lover for the first time in nearly 50 years - and all the signs are there for a positive outcome.

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Todd Gilchrist editor “Strays” follows in the hallowed tradition of stories of animals separated from their loved ones — from “Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey” to “Finding Nemo” — with a few new twists, and a lot of four-letter words. Even more than offering an uncensored window into the perspective of humankind’s four-legged pals, director Josh Greenbaum and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller wanted to examine how a closer look at dogs could shed light on some truths about the people who love (and in the case of the movie, loathe) them.