'Pure evil' former X Factor contestant jailed for sex attacks on 9 women over 22 years

White Lies have shared a soaring new single called ‘Blue Drift’ – listen to it below.It’s the latest offering from the trio’s upcoming sixth album, ‘As I Try Not To Fall Apart’ which arrives on February 18 – you can pre-order it here.Speaking about the new song, the band’s Charles Cave said: “Dare I say it this is another tip-toe into a more progressive-rock realm.“The song feels very much a nighttime drive to me, winding empty roads, foreign air creeping in through the window. It’s a song about being humbled by the mind’s ability to lift us up and bring us down.“It’s grand, full of longing and bombast, but there is an uneasiness to it too.

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Green Day kicked off their 2022 tour with a set at the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest on Saturday night (February 12).The band were co-headlining the third and final night of the festival at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, alongside Miley Cyrus. Over the course of their set, they played 28 songs from across their career, plus several covers.Opening with ‘American Idiot’, the first half of their set included ‘ Holiday’, ‘Know Your Enemy’ and a cover of The Crickets’ ‘I Fought The Law’, which the band haven’t played live since 2010.

Forbes about the ad.“Then, me and Paul kind of conceived of maybe it then goes in a very strange direction (laughs). Then Evan [Goldberg] came on to direct and write it, as well.

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Richard E Grant took to Twitter today to share a picture with his wife Joan Washington, who died in September of last year.The loved-up snap received over 12,600 likes and 187 comments from the actor’s 284,600 followers.Richard, 64, revealed late last year that his wife Joan had died at the age of 74 following a long battle with cancer.The With Nail and I star shared via social media that his partner had died on September 3, eight months after receiving her stage-four lung cancer diagnosis.Today, the actor posted a sweet picture of the pair smiling with their heads resting against one another, framed by a red love heart.He captioned the Valentine’s Day snap with a string of red love heart emojis.The comment section was subsequently flooded with supportive messages from Richard’s followers, who were moved by the tear-jerking post.“Sending you lots of love,” wrote Loki director Kate Herron with a heart emoji, “And gorgeous photo.”Author Giles Paley-Phillips commented: “Sending so much love today, Richard.”Waterloo Road actress Eva Pope wrote: “Love lives on, and on, and on.There is nothing real but love.“She will be loving you now more than ever, in the purest form x.”While Grey’s Anatomy actress Brooke Smith added: “Sending you so much love, Richard!”Sonja Sorensen penned: “Such wonderful memories.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIf there’s a word in American life that should probably be retired (or at least used a lot less often), it’s “rebel.” Back in the ’50s, when Marlon Brando was rebelling against “whatever ya got,” the rebel was a rare breed. But the rock revolution opened the door to a generation of rebels — the freak-flag-flying music stars, plus their armies of followers.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorRemember “It’s Pat” or “Coneheads”? While those movies based on “Saturday Night Live” skits are perhaps better left forgotten, 30 years later, “Wayne’s World” remains a classic 1990s absurdist comedy. It made phrases like “We’re not worthy!,” “Party on,” “Not!” and “Bonus!” enduring parts of the culture and became a surprise box office hit.Mike Myers and Dana Carvey started their Wayne and Garth public access show “Wayne’s World” on “Saturday Night Live,” and it became one of just a handful of the show’s skits that justified a feature film version.Originally released Feb.

teaser trailer last December and a full trailer in January.These anticipate how the series will peel away the glamour and seeming paradise of La Encantada, where 32 contestants are groomed to compete for the 1989 Miss Mexico beauty pageant, to reveal its circles of hell. The full trailer also served to confirm the first season’s protagonists: Dolores, Miss Guerrero, with a perfect body and drug dependency; Jocelyn, Miss Chihuahua, who’s sister goes missing; Angeles, Miss Oaxaca, a single mom; Isabel, Miss Yucatan, educated and with big business ambitions; Concepción, La Encantada co-director; and Elena, La Encantada culture teacher.Here, Puenzo speaks for the first time in detail about one of the most anticipated premium TV series from Latin America.Episodes 1, 2 and 3 tell the stories of Elena, Miss Chihuahua and Miss Oaxaca. Why this structure?It’s women who tell this story.

Kate Aurthur editorNetflix has unveiled the trailer for Season 2 of “Bridgerton,” which became a phenomenon after its December 25, 2020 premiere. The trailer teases the much-anticipated romance between Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and newcomer Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), which will be the centerpiece of the season — while also leaning hard into the show’s Lady Whistledown aspect, the anonymous gossip chronicler who in the finale was revealed to be Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan).The second season of “Bridgerton” will premiere on March 25.As broken-hearted “Bridgerton” fans know, Netflix announced last year that Season 1’s breakout star Regé-Jean Page, who played Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, was leaving the show.

Valentine's Day. The Welsh Mountain Zoo - National Zoo of Wales, in Colwyn Bay, has put love in the air for animals, and many of the creatures living there can vouch for that.

Phillip Blackwell had taped some of his victims' eyes and used a camcorder to film himself attacking young women after launching his first assault in 1997.

A former X-Factor contestant has been jailed for life following a 22-year sex attack campaign.Serial rapist Phillip Blackwell launched sex attacks on nine women over the two-decade period.The sentencing judge on Monday described Blackwell, an ex supply teacher, as "monstrous" as well as "pure evil" – adding: "Murderers aside, I can think of no more dangerous an individual that I have crossed in my 35 years in criminal law".Warwick Crown Court heard how the 56-year-old launched his first attack in 1997 and would tape some of his victims' eyes and used a camcorder to film himself attacking young women.Following on from his attacks in the late 1990s in the Midlands, the defendant then carried out a string of sexual offences on another four

X Factor contestant Phillip Blackwell risked being ‘identified as a rapist’ when he joined the ITV talent show’s nationwide tour 12 years ago. Blackwell, 56, appeared on The X Factor back in 2008 and went on to join the show’s tour alongside the likes of series winner Alexandra Burke and boyband JLS.The former supply teacher was jailed for life on Monday, after pleading guilty to raping multiple women over three decades.

Former X Factor contestant Phillip Blackwell desired fame so much that he risked being identified as a rapist, a court heard today.