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Sigrid has announced her second studio album ‘How To Let Go’ while sharing the official video for recent single ‘It Gets Dark’.The Norwegian pop star will release the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Sucker Punch’ on May 6 via Island. You can pre-order it here.‘How To Let Go’ features 12 tracks including the previously released songs ‘Burning Bridges’, ‘Mirror’ and ‘It Gets Dark’, the latter of which came out on Wednesday (March 9).

Cardi B has been forced to postpone what would have been her first starring movie role.Cardi was due to star in Paramount Pictures comedy Assisted Living, but a week before production was due to start, the rapper was forced to back out of the production according to Deadline.Cardi was due to play a “low-level criminal on the run when she’s wrongly accused of a crime”, who goes on to hide out in her grandmother’s retirement home, per the film’s official synopsis.However, the movie’s cast and crew were reportedly told last week that Assisted Living is being put on hold for the foreseeable future – although they are hoping to resume filming later this year, Deadline reports. The reason given for Cardi’s departure was her “overextended” work schedule. NME has reached out to representatives for Cardi for comment.Cardi made her film debut in 2019’s Hustlers alongside Jennifer Lopez. Most recently, she also played a supporting role in F9: The Fast Saga.Last week, Charli XCX recalled the time that Cardi B called her “Charli STD” on Twitter.Charli appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on March 4, having released her latest single ‘Baby’ earlier this month (March 1).At one point in the conversation, the singer looked back on her collaborative track with Cardi B and Bebe Rexha, ‘Girls’, which came out in 2018.“It was one of those scenarios where we never actually met when we made the song,” Charli told Fallon.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has hired former MGM TV executive Charles Farmer to the newly created role of CEO.

EXCLUSIVE: Gillian Robespierre (Obvious Child, Landline) and Mathilde Dratwa (Milk and Gall) have been tapped to executive produce and pen the adaptation for Separation Anxiety, a limited series based on Laura Zigman’s bestselling novel, from independent studio wiip. Robespierre also will direct the pilot for the project starring Julianne Nicholson.

Courtney Howard The delicate facets of parenthood are on full display in this season’s awards contenders. Whether they’re capturing the struggles of training world-class winners, instilling compassion and hope during the Troubles or tackling the stresses surrounding motherhood either by protecting or rejecting it, the acclaimed actors portraying these disparate parents blend movie magic with memory and imagination.Back in the late 1980s as “The Fresh Prince,” Will Smith scored a hit with “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” Yet, in a few decades’ time, he’s experiencing a royal ascension in director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard,” playing father Richard Williams, who does understand what it takes to raise tennis champions. Aunjanue Ellis proves the perfect partner for verbal volleys as Oracene “Brandy” Williams, mother of Venus and Serena Williams.

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterWhen the Directors Guild of America’s annual awards gets underway March 12, there will be a number of changes from years previous. Most obviously, the ceremony will finally be held in person at the Beverly Hilton, after two straight years of virtual celebrations.

There are some bombshell new details regarding the paternity legal battle between Maralee Nichols and Tristan Thompson.

When it was announced that Disney+ would be the official streamer of the entire Disney catalog, most people assumed the platform would stay family-friendly, with the company’s sister streamer, Hulu, getting the more adult fare. But with the addition of the Marvel TV shows from Netflix, most of which push the limits of TV-MA and border on R-rated content, it appears Disney+ is getting more mature.

Peaky Blinders season six will arrive on Netflix on June 10.Following the show’s UK premiere on BBC One on Sunday February 27, the streaming giant confirmed the sixth and final season will arrive on the platform worldwide in June.While this is the final season, several spin-offs and a feature-length movie are already in the pipeline.Speaking to NME, the show’s creator Steven Knight said: “I’m seeing this as the end of the beginning, rather than the beginning of the end.”There's one last deal to be done.The sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders premieres June 10 pic.twitter.com/lDZJkCqiTk— Netflix (@netflix) March 10, 2022Peaky Blinders season six stars Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Finn Cole and Tom Hardy. The final season will also honour late actor Helen McCrory, who passed away from cancer last year before filming.Speaking about paying tribute to McCrory and her character Polly Gray, Tommy Shelby actor Murphy said: “I think the whole series is really in tribute to her and to honour her.

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war in Ukraine and tensions running high between China and Taiwan, now is not the time for nuclear powers to accidentally fire missiles at one another.But earlier today India’s defence ministry revealed it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance.“On March 9 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile,” the ministry ministry said in a statement.“It is learnt that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan.

Google Maps user has spotted the bizarre moment one of the Street View cameras was attacked by a frog.TikTok user googlemaps.fai uploaded a video of the strange sighting, screen recording as they dropped the pin down. The video was captioned: "I found it!!", followed by a single frog emoji.

football stadium has been reduced to rubble by a Russian airstrike in the northern city of Chernihiv.Videos on messenger service Telegram and pictures on Facebook show the scale of the devastation at the city's Olympic sports training centre, home to Ukrainian Premier League side FC Desna Chernihiv.The images depict a once-thriving 12,060 capacity stadium almost totally destroyed by the impact of the strikes.One of the main stands has been completely wrecked, with pieces of wood and metal piled on top of each other from where the stand has collapsed in on itself. A shot from the exterior shows one of the main buildings blown out with wires and material hanging down and the glass windows shattered from the force of the blast.

Emmerdale this week, as her mother Mary arrived unexpectedly in the village.While Marlon Dingle attempted to propose to Rhona, Mary made her shock entrance - but why?With Rhona and Mary's relationship already strained, what will this mean for Rhona's life in the village? Viewers will have to wait and see.Rhona has had quite a few unexpected surprises recently, particularly following the arrival of her son Marcus Dean.However, Rhona actress Zoe Henry's life is far less dramatic - including a sweet bond with her onscreen mum, marriage to her Emmerdale co-star and living at her stunning Yorkshire home.

Amanda Holden looked ageless as ever as she showed off her toned pins in a figure-hugging dress.The Britain's Got Talent judge, 51, dazzled her Instagram followers as she performed an elegant twirl in her tight dress, allowing her skirt to flare around her.The dress in question was a black and white checked number, featuring a ruffle of pale yellow ribbon at the collar and a thin black leather belt cinched around Amanda’s waist.The fairytale gown spun in a perfect circle around her calves as Amanda twirled around the office for a sleek Boomerang clip, before coming to a stop to smoulder at the camera.Amanda matched the stunning frock, which hailed from London-based fashion designers L.K.

Stereophonics have secured their eighth UK Number 1 album with Oochya!, released on Ignition Records. The album outselling their closest competition by 2:1, according to Official Charts Company data. 

It feels like a very long time since we were last able to pop in to a café for a dose of caffeine or sweet treat.

Pret A Manger has announced it plans to reopen more stores for delivery and takeaway from May 11.

Pret A Manger is set to close all 400 of its UK stores – just days after promising to feed NHS workers for free.

Pret A Manger has temporarily closed all of its 400 UK stores due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Hundreds of jobs are at risk as Pret a Manger prepares to close around one in ten of its UK sandwich shops.