Booker Prize abolishes Baroness Nicholson’s honorary role amid homophobia row

showed the first batch of virtual auditions amid the coronavirus pandemic — as well as the stunning last batch of performances done in-person. Among them was Australian singer Riley, who stunned the judges with his beautiful rendition of Billie Eilish's «idontwannabeyouanymore.» The Australian singer first had Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara and Howie Mandel (Heidi Klum was out sick) perplexed as he refused to answer Cowell's simple question about his name.

Carly Pearce is staying positive following her split from Michael Ray.

Dave Franco is getting some fresh air with a friend.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for July 4.Teenage defender Eric Garcia is set to play an increasingly prominent role at Manchester City next season.Pep Guardiola’s side are light in the centre of defence: Aymeric Laporte is first-choice but has struggled with injuries while there are doubts over the form of both John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi.

Keir Starmer has fired Rebecca Long-Bailey as shadow education secretary over an alleged antisemitic article she reposted online.In a shock move, the Labour leader’s office issued a statement calling on Starmer’s left-wing rival for the leadership of the party only three months to stand down with immediate effect.A spokesman for Starmer said: "This afternoon Keir Starmer asked Rebecca Long-Bailey to step down from the Shadow Cabinet.

A version of this interview with John Ridley first appeared in the Limited Series & Movies issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.John Ridley has been a leading voice in television for decades, earning two nominations in 2015 (and another the following year) for his ABC limited series “American Crime.” When the cultural and political landscape began to change in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last month, we figured it was time to check back in with Ridley,

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Reflecting the collective disappointment of the  cast of a $40 million limited series The Comey Rule after ViacomCBS gave a surprising post presidential election Showtime air date for the button drama about the clash between ex-FBI Director James Comey and President Donald Trump, writer/director Billy Ray wrote and circulated a letter of apology.When the network revealed that the series would air over two nights in late November, speculation was

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAs Hollywood is cautiously charting a path back to TV production, Vancouver may help lead the way.A number of shows filming up north have set tentative July-August production start dates, I hear.

Country stars Carly Pearce and Michael Ray have split after less than a year of marriage.

Country stars Carly Pearce and Michael Ray have split after less than a year of marriage.The 30 year old wed Ray in Nashville, Tennessee in October during a ceremony officiated by country music DJ Bill Cody, 10 months after becoming engaged.“Knowing without a shadow of a doubt that I didn’t settle for something less than truly the person that I think was made for me is something that I am thankful for,” Carly said after accepting Michael’s proposal.“No matter what, I have her in my corner,” Ray

Keane, who won the Premier League seven times with United, said that Liverpool need to maintain their good form over a number of years in order to be in the same bracket as some previous United teams.“I’m certainly not anti-Liverpool. When I was growing up in the ’80s, Liverpool were obviously a brilliant team and I had a lot of respect for players like Ronnie Whelan and Ray Houghton.