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Charli XCX has spoken to NME about what fans can expect from her upcoming album, and deliberated who has more intense fans – herself or The 1975. Watch our video interview above.The pop pioneer was talking to NME at the BRITs 2024, where she appeared as a guest presenter.

Love stories on all of our favorite soap operas are usually riddled with drama, and they certainly aren’t all built to last.

St. Vincent has spoken about how a track on her upcoming album ‘All Born Screaming’ was inspired by the tragic death of SOPHIE. In January 2021, the highly influential DJ and producer SOPHIE died at the age of 34 in a fall from a hotel rooftop in Athens.

The Guardian in a 2015 interview.“At that time you could ride the whole subway system for a nickel, so each week I would take a different section of New York — Chinatown, Yorkville, Harlem, Greenwich Village,” she told the outlet.She continued, “And I really fell in love with the Village. The Village was where I started to poke around antique shops and become enchanted with all this old junk.”Apfel studied art history at New York University before transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Khloé Kardashian finally answered a burning question many of her followers had a couple of weeks ago — did she or did she not photoshop a picture of her own cat?

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The Nigerian rapper Burna Boy, one of Africa’s biggest superstars credited with introducing the rest of the world to afro-fusion music, is the face of the latest campaign from the Dutch clothing brand G-Star Raw. The collaboration, which officially launched on Feb.

EXCLUSIVE: Middle grader book series Kiranmala & The Kingdom Beyond is getting the animated television adaptation treatment.

The trailer for Camila Mendes and Rudy Mancuso‘s upcoming movie Música has finally arrived!

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Germany’s Beta Film is introducing at the London TV Screenings the first episode of “Maxima,” a six-part drama about the love story between future Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and the then Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander. The series is produced by Millstreet Films “The Neighbors”), with Videoland (RTL Netherlands) holding Dutch broadcasting rights.

ANOHNI has announced her first shows with The Johnsons in 14 years – find all the details below.Following the release of 2023 album ‘My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross’ – her first in seven years – the artist will be reuniting with The Johnsons for a concert series in the UK and Europe which will include two nights in London.The first show will take place on June 13 at Epidaurus Festival Herodion in Athens, followed by dates in Madrid, Paris, Berlin and more.On July 1 and 2, she’ll stop at the Barbican for consecutive shows and finish up with another two at DR Koncerthaus in Copenhagen on July 12 and 13.General sale tickets will be available from 10am GMT on Friday (March 1). Alternatively, fans can sign up to pre-sale via ANOHNI’s website to purchase tickets from 9am GMT Wednesday (February 28).ANOHNI will be joined by a nine-piece band including Julia Kent (cello), Maxim Moston (violin), Doug Wieselman (multi-instrumentalist) and Jimmy Hogarth (guitarist/producer).The shows will see her draw from new material as well as songs from across her back catalogue.

Thania Garcia Los Angeles-based duo the Driver Era is hitting the road for a 17-city tour across North America. With over three albums to date, brothers Ross and Rocky Lynch will again begin touring on April 2 in Pittsburgh’s Roxian Theatre and hit venues in New York, New Jersey, Quebec and more before wrapping in Toronto on May 8.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Whoopi Goldberg, famed EGOT and business mogul, is adding another entry to her résumé: streaming entrepreneur. Goldberg is an equity investor in Blkfam, billed as the first and only Black-owned and Black-focused family streaming platform. The free, ad-supported service launches Feb.

EXCLUSIVE: The “Pay It Forward” PSA was launched during the Producers Guild Awards tonight, featuring a group of producers discussing producing.

One of them’s not even open yet, but already Manchester’s two biggest music venues are at each other’s throats. It was always going to be interesting to see how the AO Arena and new kid on the block Co-op Live were going to rub along together.

Coronation Street fans think they have worked out who Bethany Platt is receiving abusive messages from after she planned to write a story about Lauren Bolton's experience in the far-right group. Needing money, Lauren said she'd talk to journalist Bethany for a story with Chit Chat magazine.

American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe has been accused of sexual assault for the third time in less than two months.

Matt Crooks watched some of the world's best footballers from his Old Trafford seat, this week he'll be facing perhaps the greatest ever.

Matt Damon has confirmed that he is open to the prospect of starring in a new instalment in the Bourne franchise.It was first reported back in November that a new Bourne film might be in the works, with All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger in talks to helm the project.In an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last week, Damon confirmed that Berger is indeed in the early stages of developing the new film, and expressed an interest in returning as the amnesiac action star.“There is a great director named Edward Berger,” Damon said. “All Quiet on the Western Front is a fantastic film, and he’s wonderful and he said he had an idea.

The Wailers have announced a UK tour for November 2024, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the release of the iconic compilation album ‘Legend’.The album, a collection of Bob Marley’s greatest hits, was first released in May 1984 and remains the best-selling reggae album of all time, selling an estimated 25 million copies worldwide.The band, now led by Aston Barrett Jr., will feature the lead vocals of Mitchell Brunings, a Surinamese-Dutch artist that has long been compared to Marley.The Wailers will kick off the tour at NX in Newcastle on November 13, and running through ten more dates, finishing off at Bristol’s O2 Academy on November 25. Tickets for all shows go on sake on Friday (February 23) at 10am.

Mubi has snapped up rights across multiple territories on Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger, the Martin Scorsese-narrated doc set to debut this week at the Berlin Film Festival.