'The Little Mermaid' Director is Gushing Over Halle Bailey's Performance

Caroline Flack's mother Christine got emotional while hearing the song that was played at her daughter's funeral.The late TV presenter, who passed away in February 2020, was honoured last month at Flackstock Festival in Reading, Berkshire. A documentary about the festival aired on Sky Max and Sky Showcase on Sunday 28 August.

Annan’s Newstart Recycle is continuing to send aid to war-torn Ukraine thanks to donations from the Dumfriesshire communities.

An exhibition of paintings by one of the Glasgow Girls will go on display in Kirkcudbright this week.

Dalbeattie Food Bank has been handed a funding boost.

A fierce blaze ripped through a Hamilton home, completely destroying the roof.

A local basketball club is getting ready to tip off for the new season.

Naman Ramachandran After more than two decades in Los Angeles, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are returning home to the U.K., with gun crimes in the U.S. being a primary reason. “Everything’s fucking ridiculous there. I’m fed up with people getting killed every day. God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings. And there was that mass shooting in Vegas at that concert… It’s fucking crazy,” Osbourne told The Observer in an interview. “And I don’t want to die in America. I don’t want to be buried in fucking Forest Lawn,” Osbourne added. “I’m English. I want to be back. But saying that, if my wife said we’ve got to go and live in Timbuktu, I’ll go…. But, no, it’s just time for me to come home.”

Baby showers are usually a chance for loved ones to spoil the baby mama - but not Charlotte Crosby's.The former Geordie Shore star was the sole party planner for her wild bash to celebrate the impending arrival of her baby daughter with boyfriend Jake Anker- and it could have passed for a hen party. Here, the 32-year-old exclusively invites OK! VIPs inside her raucaus baby shower.

Charlotte Crosby has opened up about her shock at her mum Letitia being diagnosed with breast cancer.The pregnant star recently celebrated her baby shower with her family and friends, and the 32 year old says being able to have her mum there meant the world to her. And she wants to focus on making fun memories with her "Mam" following the shock diagnosis.

Kate Middleton has long been a fan of a blusher-heavy look, but her most recent makeup for a visit to SportsAid House at the 2022 Commonwealth Games tells us that she’s turning to rosy shades and glow-giving formulas more and more to give her skin a youthful appearance. We can only speculate on the formulas she’s choosing to use as Royals can’t reveal the names of beauty brands they love, but we can pretty accurately match the shade and formula of her blush with ones we think can give a very similar look.

Monday has arrived and Russell Grant has inspired the signs to keep striving towards long-term goals - while Virgo is determined to achieve great accomplishments, a leadership role brings out the best in Leo. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.

supports HTML5 videoJohnny Depp joked that he was available for ‘birthdays, bar mitzvahs and wakes’ as he returned to the MTV VMAs 2022.The Pirates of the Caribbean actor – who recently won his defamation trial against Amber Heard – was rumored to be making a surprise appearance at the ceremony, held at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday night.However, the 59-year-old did not grace the red carpet, instead popping up in a series of virtual appearances as the MTV Moonman mascot.In one brief clip, airing only on TV, he could be heard saying: ‘I needed the work’.Meanwhile, in another, he jokingly offered up his services to viewers at home, in case they were of any interest.‘I just want you guys to know that I’m available for birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings, wakes, any old thing you need…‘Oh, I’m also a dentist.’Depp recently returned to a film set following the end of his highly-publicized trial – with official pictures released of his upcoming stint as King Louis XV in French period drama, Jeanne Du Barry.As well as this, it was also announced that he will be directing a biopic about painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani, marking his comeback to filmmaking for the first time in 25 years.Elsewhere, the star-studded ceremony featured a string of surprises, including an appearance by Taylor Swift herself, who then proceeded to drop the news of her upcoming album, which will be released in October.Music icon Fergie also graced the stage with her presence for a bombshell performance of Glamorous and First Class, alongside Jack Harlow.As you do.Nicki Minaj, who was hosting the bash beside Harlow and LL Cool J took home the coveted video vanguard award, and blessed us all with an incredible

P Nation was reportedly raided last week by the country’s labour ministry amid investigations into the death of a construction worker who was dismantling a Psy ‘Summer Swag’ concert set.South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labour released a statement on August 25 sharing that its Gangwon Province branch office had raided the southern Seoul headquarters of P Nation, the label and agency founded by ‘Gangnam Style’ singer Psy, along with its subcontractors that day, per a report by The Korea Times. The raid was conducted as part of the ministry’s investigation into the death of a construction worker who was hired to work on Psy’s ‘Summer Swag’ concert in Gangneung, Gangwon Province on July 30. The unnamed worker, a Mongolian man in his twenties, fell from a height while dismantling the concert’s set the day after the event.

MTV VMAs brought some of the biggest names in music to the stage at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday. From exciting performances to powerful speeches, this year's VMAs were a celebration of joy.Featuring a trio of hosts that included LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow, the high-energy gala was pulsing with energy and enthusiasm as some of the biggest names in music took the stage — both to perform their massive hit singles and to accept some of the night's top honors.As usual the slew of musical artists delivering TV debuts of their latest hits provided most of the night's biggest highlights, alongside a few artists making their big returns to the VMAs stage for the first time in years.Here's a look at some of the biggest performances and most memorable moments from Sunday's big show.Harlow opened the show with a performance of «First Class,» delivered inside an airplane set. Dressed as a flight attendant, Harlow was flanked by seated celebrities on both sides, including Lil Nas X, Avril Lavigne, Chloe Bailey, Jimmy Fallon, Saucy Santana and Becky G. The 24-year-old singer then surprised the crowd when he brought out Fergie.

Having previously entered distribution deals with Netflix for reality, drama and entertainment series, Japan’s Nippon TV is expanding its relationship with the streamer, licensing 13 of its most popular anime titles to the platform in a non-exclusive pact.

Leonardo DiCaprio is spending the afternoon with some friends.

made Halle Bailey emotional. ET's Deidre Behar spoke to the 22-year-old singer and actress at 's Power of Young Hollywood event on Thursday, and, after telling ET that «little clips» from the film made her cry back in June, she's now revealing the specific scene that got the waterworks flowing.«It was the reprise that I saw… that was a moment where I cried,» Bailey said. «It’s part 2 of 'Part of Your World,' later in the film where she's on the rock.»«I’m just always in awe,» she added of her involvement in the project.

Halle Bailey is opening up about the importance of playing Ariel in the upcoming live adaptation of The Little Mermaid.

Halle Bailey opened up about the pressure she’s been under over the last three years since she was cast as a Disney princess as a person of colour.

Halle Bailey has opened up about the support she received from her grandparents in the wake of receiving racist backlash when she was cast as Ariel in the lead role of the live-action version of The Little Mermaid.The 22-year-old actress/singer told Variety her grandparents told her about the racism they had endured, and was boosted when they told her how important her role in the film would be.'It was an inspiring and beautiful thing to hear their words of encouragement, telling me, "You don't understand what this is doing for us, for our community, for all the little Black and brown girls who are going to see themselves in you,"' the Atlanta native told the outlet. The latest: Halle Bailey, 22, has opened up about the support she received from her grandparents in the wake of receiving racist backlash when she was cast as Ariel in the lead role of the live-action version of The Little Mermaid.

Halle Bailey was obsessed with “The Little Mermaid,” wearing out her family’s VHS tape watching and rewatching the 1989 Disney animated hit and pretending to be Ariel every time she went swimming. “Her sense of longing, her searching for herself, was something that I could resonate with,” Bailey says. “She knew where she wanted to go, and she wasn’t going to let anybody stop her.”Bailey can relate.