Pride in Trafford cancelled over coronavirus

ViacomCBS' Comedy Central International has teamed with theEdinburgh Festival Fringe Society on a series of specials featuring up-and-coming stand-up comedy talent and a "virtual audience." The Fringe, considered the world's largest arts festival, typically takes place in August and includes stand-up comedy and other stage productions. But organizers this year called off the event along with Edinburgh's other August festivals, including its book fest, the Edinburgh International Festival and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Queen Elizabeth II has been crafted – out of red wine spilled on a CARPET.

coronavirus has had on venues when considering permission for redevelopment, demolition or change of use.It is hoped the move will safeguard venues by preventing them from being bought up and converted into housing or shops.“Our theatres, concert halls and live music performance venues are the envy of the world and are central to our cultural heritage,” Mr Jenrick said.“That’s why we’re investing £1.57 billion to protect Britain’s cultural, arts and heritage institutions, as well as ensuring these buildings aren’t destroyed.“It is vital they are properly protected by the planning system for both people today to enjoy and future generations.” The policy is expected to remain in place until December 31.It comes just days after Prime Minister

John Wayne was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, yet his ultra-conservative views on race and other hot-button topics have the “True Grit” star a controversial figure in the modern era.

USC’s School of Cinematic Arts will remove its John Wayne exhibit after months of students and alumni protesting keeping such a tribute to the actorendorsed white supremacy. Protests over the exhibit followed resurfaced racist comments by the actor in a 1971Playboy magazine interview.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Louis Tomlinson and his label Syco Music have parted ways, the One Direction alum announced today (July 11) on Twitter.“Hope everyone is doing ok! Just wanted to let you know that Syco Music and I have agreed to part ways,” he wrote. “I’m really excited for the future and to be back in the studio writing the next album.” The post was retweeted nearly 150,000 times within four hours.The news comes some 15 months after signing with Arista, a subsidiary of Sony Music, via Syco. As Variety wrote in Feb.

Ellise Shafer editorUSC announced on Friday that its School of Cinematic Arts will remove an exhibit dedicated to John Wayne after student protests regarding the actor’s racist past.Wayne attended USC on a football scholarship in the 1920s and the exhibit honoring him was created in 2012. Controversy has been brewing for years over his 1971 interview with Playboy Magazine in which he stated he believed in white supremacy and made derogatory comments about Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ people.

coronavirus pandemic.It follows the UK government announcing an unprecedented £1.57 billion in grants to support the arts sector.The country’s Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced the news during the First Minister’s daily briefing yesterday (July 11), revealing that the Music Venue Trust had worked with the government to secure the funding, and that it will be used to “quickly provide” stability to small venues as they remain closed over the coming months,” as the Sunday Post reports.It comes along with a wider £38 million grant to the “most promising” early-stage businesses in the country.Hyslop said: “We need to find ways to support our most innovative sectors because their access to finance has been severely restricted.

Harrods to M&S, big temples to the fruits of our industrialised labour have woven themselves into the nation’s cultural fabric. John Lewis did even more than provide us with a window on our relative wealth, its partnership structure gave us a uniquely British form of collectivism.That’s why it was surprising to hear how surprised the reporter on yesterday’s Radio 4 news show, at the responses to the firm’s announcement that it was closing some of its branches, with a combined loss of 1,300 jobs.The reporter sounded as though he’d anticipated a massive shrug from the citizens of Watford when he canvassed them for opinions - perhaps like Napoleon imagining that shopping was a pastime for little people.

call upon the government for “urgent clarity” as to whether festivals will benefit from a £1.57billion arts bailout announced last week.The AIF have told NME thay they have been unable to get reassurance that festivals will be allowed this money, fearing that they may have been “left outside the tent”.

The Tories' deployed yet another slogan in the fight against coronavirus today, leaving people either shuddering with laughter - or merely shuddering.

Outdoor arts performances can resume this weekend, the Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced - giving the go-ahead for theatres, opera, dance and music to return.At a Downing Street press briefing tonight he warned that audience numbers will be restricted and will be subject to social distancing rules.Mr Dowden said a change in planning rules will also mean theatres, concert halls and live music venues will be protected from demolition or change of use by developers, stopping those that have been made temporarily vacant during lockdown disappearing altogether.Mr Dowden said in a statement: “Our culture, heritage and arts are too precious to lose.

Diddy has an important message for fans, and he shared it on his social media account. He’s been very vocal these days about everything that’s been happening in the US and the whole world.

Glasgow last month. Hundreds of people descended on George Square in the city centre on Sunday, June 14, calling for the statue of Metropolitan Police founder Sir Robert Peel to stay in place in an event organised by a group called the Loyalist Defence League.It came after a protest was organised to call for the statue's removal.The original demonstration, planned by the Glasgow Youth Art Collective, was postponed due to what organisers said was a lack of access to the square and "police targeting activists".Police Scotland said on Wednesday that a 54-year-old man has been charged in connection with an assault and two men, aged 20 and 24, have been charged over public order offences.

While most Australian supermarkets have gone into overdrive through Coronavirus, one Coles in Australia has quietly been creating the country's most luxurious grocery shopping experience yet: Coles Local.

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The Independent Gamer is a curated roundup of news from indie gaming, landing here every other Friday. With video games front and center amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, there are more titles than ever to pick and choose from as players hunker down at home and escape into another world.

https://t.co/noh8VRHMyN“But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.”Rowling has come under fire for speaking out on trans issues, including raising concerns that trans rights are eroding women’s rights to single-sex spaces and suggesting young women are being rushed into medical transition.In a 3,600-word essay last month she defended her right to speak about trans issues without fear of abuse, and explained that her views were over women’s safety and stemmed from her own past experiences of domestic abuse and sexual assault.“I was very proud to sign this letter in defense of a foundational principle of a liberal society: open debate and freedom

Perthshire people have been making a myriad of fundraising pledges, mainly to help local causes hit by the coronavirus situation.

Chloe Sevigny has been on full-time baby duty since welcoming her first child, son Vanja Sevigny Mačković, two weeks ago.But on Thursday the 45-year-old actress seemed to get a break.The Boys Don't Cry star was spotted strolling with her baby daddySinisa Mackovic, who was born in the 1980s, as they walked in New York City. Time off from baby:Chloe Sevigny has been on full-time baby duty since welcoming her first child, son Vanja Sevigny Mačković, two weeks ago.

Chloe Sevigny has been on full-time baby duty since welcoming her first child, son Vanja Sevigny Mačković, two weeks ago.But on Thursday the 45-year-old actress seemed to get a break.The Boys Don't Cry star was spotted strolling with her baby daddySinisa Mackovic, who was born in the 1980s, as they walked in New York City. Time off from baby:Chloe Sevigny has been on full-time baby duty since welcoming her first child, son Vanja Sevigny Mačković, two weeks ago.