Stephen A. Smith Issues Apology to Rihanna After Questioning Her Super Bowl Halftime Show Gig, Making Comparisons to Beyonce

Streamers hoping to capture audiences with their latest television series have a limited window to do so, according to a new report from Samba TV.

A Wishaw teenage boxer is celebrating winning the western district title for the second year in succession.

Searches for missing Nicola Bulley have now entered the 18th day as her devastated husband has expressed that his 'gut instinct' is that she is not in the river. Lancashire Police are said to be keeping an 'open mind' as the investigation continues into the mum-of-two who disappeared on January 27 while walking her dog in St Michaels on Wyre.

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP Allan Dorans has today warned it will be ‘unacceptable’ if any Royal Mail customer service points in his constituency are axed.

Sir Rod Stewart fans were delighted today when it was announced that he will be playing a special summer tour - with a gig at Edinburgh Castle.

Shell-shocked Airdrie boss Rhys McCabe insists their capitulation from 3-0 up should never have been allowed to happen, as 10-man Diamonds blew the chance to stun League One leaders Dunfermline.

Internet Explorer users could be blocked from using the browser as Microsoft releases a major update to permanently disable its software.

Superdrug has sent shoppers absolutely wild over a budget bottle of perfume that they claim smells "identical" to a popular Chanel fragrance worth over £100.

Kilmarnock Women battled through a tricky cup tie with St Johnstone to set up a Scottish Cup quarter-final clash.

Maybe Morton were right all along. When 41 out of 42 clubs voted in favour of the introduction of VAR at an SPFL general meeting at April last meeting, it later emerged that the Greenock club were the solitary voice against the technology.

APPOINTMENTSBooking agency ATC Live has announced that agent Ed Thompson has joined the company from the Free Trade Agency. “I am THRILLED to be joining the team at ATC Live”, he says. “I have always admired how they do business and their incredible track record of spotting and developing new acts.

Universal Music’s German division has announced that it has cut its ties with metal act Weimar after it emerged that the band’s members have far right connections – including at least two members having previous links to neo-Nazi bands.The decision comes after German newspaper Der Speigel published an article on the band’s members and their apparent beliefs.“Based on the information we recently learned from a journalist’s inquiry, we terminated our relationship with Weimar, which consisted of distribution of one album”, said the major label in a statement. “That has been stopped with immediate effect”.”The information that has come to light made clear that any relationship with the band was absolutely unacceptable to us and inconsistent with our values”, it went on.

De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur – aka Trugoy The Dove – has died aged 54.No cause of death has yet been disclosed, although the producer and rapper had previously spoken about his struggles with congestive heart failure, and how health problems had prevented him from performing and touring with his bandmates.Born in Brooklyn in 1968, Jolicoeur met fellow De La Soul members Vincent Mason (aka Maseo) and Kelvin Mercer (aka Posdnuos) at high school, with the three friends forming the legendary hip hop group in 1988.After being discovered by local producer Prince Paul, the group released their first seminal album ‘3 Feet High And Rising’ the following year. Their distinctive sound and eclectic jazz and funk samples made them immediately stand out within the hip hop genre, even if some of those samples subsequently led to legal problems.The group went on to release nine studio albums, most recently 2016’s ‘And The Anonymous Nobody…’ However, as streaming became the default place where people accessed music, the group’s first six LPs were not available due to sample licensing issues and a dispute with the label Tommy Boy.However, after Tommy Boy was acquired by music firm Reservoir, it was indicated that those issues were in the process of being addressed.

I don’t know if you know this, but the BRIT Awards took place on Saturday night. The first time in the event’s 45 year history that anyone thought to get the entire British music industry drunk on a night where they didn’t all have to go to work again the next day. So, a big night all round.

R Kelly’s lawyer last week asked the court in Chicago where her client was last year found guilty of enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity to show leniency when sentencing the musician.Prosecutors in the Chicago case are pushing for a jail sentence of between ten and 90 years. Though Kelly, of course, is already in jail having been found guilty in a New York court of running a criminal enterprise in order to access and abuse women and teenagers.He was sentenced to 30 years in the New York case.

The hospitality sector in Renfrewshire has been boosted after being given the nod to use outdoor spaces.

One romantic way to spend Valentine's Day is cuddling up with your partner to look at the stars.

“There’s just certain things you don’t talk about,” said Sherri Shepherd on her syndicated talker today. She then indicated those verboten topics are “politics, religion and Rihanna vs. Beyoncé.”