Alex Kapranos shares new Clara Luciani duet ‘Summer Wine’ and tells us what’s next for Franz Ferdinand

HELLO! Magazine: ‘When we were discussing names I thought, “I want to want her name”, and I do. I just love it.

12 years of a life sentence.Jahche Broughton is making a bid for freedom after being locked up for battering Karen Aim to death with a baseball bat in January 2008 as she visited Taupo on a trip around New Zealand.After he was sentenced, Karen’s family vowed to fight to keep Broughton behind bars for his whole life.Two years ago, her dad Brian said he would campaign against any bid for freedom “for the safety of the public in New Zealand”.He added: “If he’s released, he’ll be 26 and that is just

Kenny MacAskill has criticised the Scottish Government for “failing” to hand over all the papers in the Alex Salmond probe. MacAskill rejected claims some information had to be censored and backed a Holyrood committee’s demands for full disclosure.

Alex Salmond fiasco has clashed again with the Scottish Government on the operation of the probe.

While the US festival season has been in a bit of disarray since SXSW was canceled back in March, it appears that some events will actually take place before the end of 2020, led by the New York Film Festival in September.

The New York Film Festival just now unveiled the final selection of their annual big three titles, naming Azazel Jacobs’ French Exit as the 2020 incarnation of the fest’s Closing Night pick. We now know the festival’s Opener in Lovers Rock, Centerpiece in Nomadland, and Closer, so all that’s left is the Main Slate, which should be headed our way shortly.

Also Read: Steve McQueen's 'Lovers Rock' Set as New York Film Festival Opening Night Film“We’ve been watching New York filmmaker Azazel Jacobs for more than a decade, since his film ‘Momma’s Man’ screened in our New Directors/New Films festival in 2008,” New York Film Festival director Eugene Hernandez said in a statement.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAzazel Jacobs’s “French Exit,” the story of a New York socialite who jettisons her old life for a new one in Paris, has been selected as the closing night feature of the 58th New York Film Festival.The film, which stars Oscar-nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, will make its world premiere at the festival, which is expected to be a mixture of physical and virtual events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFrench Exit, which stars Michelle Pfieffer and Lucas Hedges and has Tracy Letts voicing a cat named Small Frank, will have its world premiere as the closing night entry in this fall’s New York Film Festival.Film at Lincoln Center hasn’t set final details for the 58th annual edition of the festival, which runs September 25 to October 11.

Alex Salmond is scheduled to be broadcast on the BBC next week. Presented by Kirsty Wark, one of Scotland’s top journalists, it includes interviews with some of the women at the centre of a trial that saw Salmond cleared.

NEW YORK -- An English-language edition of “Le Consentement,” a French publisher's jarring memoir about her abusive relationship as a teenager with a prominent writer in his 50s, will come out next year. HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Monday that Vanessa Springora's “Consent” will be released in the U.S.

Comedian Andy Dick is suing the man who allegedly punched him in New Orleans last year. The attack took place outside a French Quarter nightclub in August 2019.

NEW ORLEANS -- Comedian Andy Dick has filed a lawsuit in New Orleans against the man who punched him last year outside a French Quarter nightclub. Documents in the July 30 lawsuit were made public Thursday, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.

Alesha Dixon has shared a peek inside her stunning vacation to the island of Jersey with her family. In pictures you'd be forgiven for thinking was an exotic tropical location, the 41 year old Britain's Got Talent judge jetted off to the Channel Island in between the UK and France.

Anna Vakili didn’t have much luck in the Love Island villa as her boyfriend Jordan Hames cracked on with India Reynolds just two days after they went official (leading to one of the most iconic Love Island fights ever) but things seem to be looking up for her on the outside world.The 30-year-old is currently enjoying a seemingly romantic getaway in the south of France after hinting at a mystery boyfriend.She teased a new relationship while sharing a sultry snap of her soaking up the sun poolside

Olivia Bowen has revealed she and her husband Alex have built a miniature shower for their two French bulldogs.The 26 year old, who recently unveiled her finished bespoke kitchen makeover with chic granite counters and flooring, took to her home Instagram account to share the incredible dog shower with her 561,000 followers.The star first shared a snap of the finished product, which boasts square marble tiles for the wall with matching hexagon-shaped tiling on the floor.

Wiz Khalifa has shared a new song called ‘Top Down’ – listen to it below.Taken from his upcoming mixtape ‘Big Pimpin’, Wiz teams up with New York producer Harry Fraud – known for his work with French Montana and Curren$y – for the roll-your-windows-down, laid back track.It follows a string of records the Taylor Gang rapper has put out as of late, including ‘Flight to China’, taken from the recently released ‘Road To Fast 9’ mixtape; ’90 IROC-Z’, where he teamed up with Curren$y; and ‘Gah Damn

Embattled comedian Andy Dick is requesting Louisiana prosecutors reopen an investigation into his alleged assault outside a New Orleans nightclub last year after changing his mind about co-operating.The Employee of the Month star claims he was knocked unconscious in an unprovoked attack by David Hale last August after finishing a stand-up set at a club in the French Quarter.At the time, Hale insisted it was Dick who instigated the altercation after reportedly grabbing the 47-year-old’s genitals,