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No—which is good news for football fans.The Abbott Elementary star generously lent her talent to the Super Bowl LVII Pregame, bringing down the house with a ravishing rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing." And the date made her performance all the more meaningful: According to Ralph's Instagram reel posted before the game, today marks 123 years since the hymn was first publicly performed. “It is no coincidence that I will be singing the Black National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl on the same date it was first publicly performed 123 years ago (February 12, 1900),” Ralph wrote.

EXCLUSIVE: Impossible Dream Entertainment and Double G Films have set a stacked cast for their dramatic comedy Lost & Found in Cleveland, marking the feature debut of writer-directors Marisa Guterman and Keith Gerchak. Leads for the film, currently in production in Cleveland, include Emmy and Golden Globe winner Martin Sheen (Grace and Frankie), Golden Globe nominee Dennis Haysbert (Far from Heaven), Oscar nominee June Squibb (Nebraska), Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (Nebraska), Independent Spirit Award winner Yvette Yates Redick (Inherent Vice) and Tony Award winner Santino Fontana (Broadway’s Tootsie).

Every Tuesday and Thursday in our CMU Approved column we introduce you to a new artist we love and hope you will too. Since the start of this year we’ve brought you new music from Slap Rash, Kate Davies, Shana Cleveland, Polinski, Pao Pestana and more – all of whom we’re very excited about.As well as giving you new tracks to listen to in each column in the Daily and on our website, everything goes into our CMU Approved playlist on Spotify.

Mortimer, Be Quiet is the musical outlet of artist James Knott, who combines theatre, video and audio in their work.Their debut album, ‘Dandelion’, was released in 2018 – the indie pop soundtrack to rock opera ‘Apocalypse In Your Bedroom’ – and they have now announced that an as-yet-untitled second LP is set to follow this spring.Out now is new single ‘After Dark’, of which Knott says: “Written during the pandemic, and while confronted with enduring chronic leg pain, I mythologised myself as a wounded astronaut narrating a plea to not surrender to apocalyptic thinking amidst an uncertain future”.“This song – and the album that will follow – marks the first time I’ve collaborated with other musicians”, they go on. “In this instance, local flute wizard Anh Phung’s duelling solos enliven the frantic samba breakdown before the final movement of the song.

A Braehead mum who was heartbroken to discover that children who rely on free school meals are going hungry over the weekends has launched a project to feed them.

With a handful of singles to her name already, Pao Pestana has just released her first of 2023 – ‘San Menace’ – which kickstarts a run of new music from her this year.Over futuristic, experimental production from Sour Sync and Shevlane, on ‘San Menace’ Pestano switches effortlessly between English and Spanish. Rooted in pop, which grounds the track and provides a melodic core, sudden changes in timbre up the drama and intensity which keep you on tenterhooks to the last beat.The musical feel of the track matches that of the lyrics, she explains: “I wanted to write something fiction – a thriller – so I thought, ‘what if technology was human?’ The internet knows more about us than we do – how to make us happy or how to trigger us – and I find that terrifying.

Polinski – aka 65daysofstatic’s Paul Wolinski – is set to release his new solo album ‘Telex From MIDI City’ next month. Employing a variety of ageing electronic music sounds and styles – such as analogue synths, MIDI, 90s IDM beats and more – he has attempted to create something that sounds up to date and free of the nostalgia with which they are usually imbued.“I have an increasingly conflicted relationship with technology”, he says. “I love working with computers.

Singer-songwriter Tommy Ashby is set to release his debut album ‘Lamplighter’ in March, with latest single ‘When Love Goes Dark’ out now.The album focuses on relationships of all kinds, linked by the central premise that when you meet a significant person, the metaphorical light they bring into your life will spread to others around you. “It depicts all the people who were lamplighters in my life”, he says of the record.Speaking about the new single, he adds: “This was the first song I wrote for the album.

Whether you’re looking for a cozy evening in or a night out on the town, these star faves will have you indulging like Rihanna, sipping like Ryan Phillippe and partying like Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse.

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Linn has just released her second EP ‘Femte Dimension’ – the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Happy Metal’ – collecting three singles she released over the last nine months and two new tracks.

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The Madonna biopic set at Universal Pictures has been scrapped, Deadline has confirmed.

Just as we suspected, Kylie Jenner has gone and pissed off her fans after rocking a very wild statement piece during Paris Fashion Week!

Weather the storm! The winter winds may be blowing, but for celebrities like 50 Cent and Gwen Stefani, their definition of “iced out” has more to do with A-list apparel and accessories than it does with the weather.