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Prince Harry is said to be considering cancelling his upcoming visit to the UK over security concerns.The 39 year old Duke of Sussex was due to be visiting the UK - his former home country - in May to celebrate ten years of his sporting event, the Invictus Games, which he set up for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans. During his trip to the UK, Harry was due to give a speech at St Paul's Cathedral, however, since losing his High Court battle against the UK Home Office regarding the security provided to him and his family when they are in the UK, the Duke is thought to be concerned for his safety.

Lana Del Rey wrapped up her set at the 2024 Coachella Music Festival with one very large fine.

AB6IX have announced the dates for their upcoming 2024 ‘Find You’ fan concert tour, featuring concerts in South Korea and North America.Today (April 25), AB6IX have revealed the South Korean and North American dates for their upcoming 2024 ‘Find You’ fan concert tour. It’ll kick off next month with a two-date performance at the KBS Arena in Seoul, South Korea on May 25 and 26.The boyband will embark on the North American leg in July, which will feature concerts across the US, Canada and Mexico.

An encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Southern California was ordered to disperse this evening by Los Angeles police, who declared an unlawful assembly.

Social media users have accused Buckingham Palace of shading Meghan Markle with the release of a new ad. On Wednesday, the official Instagram account for the royal gift shop, Buckingham Palace Shop, posted a video plugging their strawberry preserve.The promo clip was shared days after Markle, 42, debuted her own strawberry jam, which was the first product to be released from her new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. "Our Strawberry Preserve is made using only the finest berries and is delicious served in a variety of ways," Buckingham Palace Shop wrote in the caption, adding a strawberry emoji.

People magazine. “It’s a shame because it should have been a beautiful moment, but after we did it, people were trying to take it away, until I stood up and went, ‘Wait a minute, why are we living our life for anyone else?’ And 35 years later, we’re still married.”The 62-year-old, born John Francis Bongiovi Jr., made the last-minute decision to marry his then-fiancée while he was on tour at the time.“We were in Los Angeles, California, the band was on the road on the ‘New Jersey’ tour, and if you opened up the curtains of my hotel room, there’s a big billboard of the five of us [Bon Jovi band members] staring into my window,” Bon Jovi went on.

The alleged 'real reason' Meghan Markle ‘turned down’ an invitation to King Charles' Coronation has been revealed. A spokesperson for the Sussexes confirmed at the time that the couple had received official correspondence from the palace, indicating that they had been invited to attend.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Actors Access, the leading online platform for film and TV casting, was hit with a class action lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that it illegally charges performers for access to auditions. The lawsuit, filed in L.A. Superior Court, accuses the platform of predatory conduct, and of charging working actors hundreds of dollars a year for upgrades that they hope will get them noticed.

Sharareh Drury When prospective students of the University of Southern California visit the school, tour guides like to point out several noteworthy landmarks on campus: Heritage Hall and its multiple Heisman trophies on display, the symbolic Tommy Trojan statue and Norris Cinema Theatre, where students of all majors congregate each Thursday night to watch and discuss cinema with famed film critic Leonard Maltin. The class, officially titled CTCS-466: Theatrical Film Symposium, was founded by a fellow critic, Arthur Knight, in the early 1960s.

The organization that hands out college football’s prestigious Heisman Trophy on Wednesday reinstated its 2005 award to USC running back Reggie Bush, an abrupt reversal by the group after one of college football’s most electric players of his era had the honor stripped from him in 2010 amid a wave of sanctions placed against the university by the NCAA.

Chris Pratt has received criticism for destroying a historic mid-century property in order to build his new home.Pratt, along with his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, purchased the 1950 Zimmerman house last year. The Los Angeles home was designed by Craig Ellwood, and the couple reportedly bought it for $12.5million.It is situated in the Brentwood neigbourhood of LA, and was mainly lived in by the late Hilda Rolfe, the widow of The Man From U.N.C.L.E co-creator Sam Rolfe.The home and its grounds have now been cleared to make way for Pratt’s new single-story modern farmhouse, which is set to be 15,000 square feet in size.

Paramount+ has renewed the animated preschool series Dora for a second season.

Battlestar Galactica, has died.Carter’s manager Ken Leicht confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that he died on Tuesday (April 23) at his home in Manhattan. He was aged 95.Carter’s cause of death has not been provided, however according to Leicht, he “had been ill for some time.”Born in 1928, Carter grew up in Brooklyn, New York City.

Russell Crowe has announced his first US tour in 12 years – you can find all the details below.The Gladiator actor and musician’s ‘Indoor Garden Party’ trek will see him perform live with his band The Gentlemen Barber and Lorraine O’Reilly in Newark, New York City, Los Angeles, Tulsa, Austin and New Orleans this August.Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (April 26) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Pre-sales begin at the same time tomorrow (Thursday, April 25).“Hello America… it’s your turn,” Crowe wrote on social media to announce the forthcoming dates.

Slipknot are set to play a one-off intimate gig this week – find out more below.Per the band’s new You Can’t Kill Me website – which first made headlines after a new billboard popped up in California earlier this month – the band will be playing to a crowd of 350 attendees at the Pappy + Harriet’s barbecue bar in Pioneertown, California on Thursday (April 25).Tickets to the event are now completely sold out, but cost USD$9 per ticket, with a strict limit of two tickets per purchase. It will mark the band’s first show of the year, as well as their first show with the Iowan metal band’s new drummer, who has yet to be confirmed.Slipknot will be donating all of the show’s proceeds to the Joshua Tree No Kill Shelter and BOYS & GIRLS CLUB of the Hi Desert.The upcoming intimate gig comes after percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan told NME that the band are “going back to basics” this year to celebrate their 25th anniversary.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Eddie Vedder-founded Ohana Festival will return to southern California for three days in September, with the opening and closing nights headlined by Pearl Jam, sandwiching a performance by Neil Young & Crazy Horse in the top-billed Saturday evening slot. Other performers joining the eclectic lineup, scheduled for Sept. 27-29, include Alanis Morissette, Turnpike Troubadours, Garbage, Black Pumas, Maren Morris, Crowded House, the Breeders, Idles and Jenny Lewis.

Idina Menzel is heading on the road this summer for her Take Me Or Leave Me concert tour and she’s promising a “vintage set.”

death of “American Idol” alum Mandisa, authorities said in a statement on Monday.The California native, whose full name was Mandisa Hundley, died at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 18.Her cause of death is still unknown. She was 47.Police do not believe that her death was the result of foul play.“The Franklin Police Department is continuing to investigate the death of a woman found inside a Beamon Dr.

Coachella is facing a fine of around $28,000 (£22,585), due to Lana Del Rey’s set running over the scheduled time.The fine has been put forward to the festival organisers following the singer’s headline set at the Indio event last Friday (April 19), where she finished the performance 13 minutes over the allotted time.The news was first reported by TMZ on Monday (April 22), and a representative for the city later confirmed to the publication that the organisers of the event would have to pay up because of the missed cut-off point.This isn’t the first time that those behind the iconic California festival have faced fines. As highlighted by US Weekly, the fines gathered for curfew violations over the first weekend of the 2024 edition (April 12-14) totalled an estimated $117,000 (£94,367).

Kimberly J. Brown and Daniel Kountz have tied the knot!

Fifteen people have been taken to hospital with injuries following a tram crash at Universal Studios Hollywood Saturday evening.

EXCLUSIVE: The Writer’s Colony is an LA-Based three month screenwriting residency where writers have the chance to develop an original script that showcases their writing voice and vision. Throughout the residency they workshop their scripts and have access to network with a variety of entertainment professionals at all levels to prepare them to launch into the industry. The residency is an opportunity for underrepresented writers, with cohorts made up of those who have not been on staff with a studio or been in a scripted television’s writers room. The goal of the colony is to amplify the voices of those who have not yet had the chance to bring their ideas to the page.

Stagecoach Country Music Festival gallops back to Indio, CA’s Empire Polo Field for three days of singalong anthems, cowboy boots and honky tonk good times.Headliners at this year’s festivities include Morgan Wallen, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson and Jelly Roll.They’ll be joined by fellow big names Elle King, Dwight Yoakam, Bailey Zimmerman, Hardy and Clint Black.Post Malone will also be on hand to perform a special set made up of country covers as well.Rounding out the impressive bill are iconic non-country acts like Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Beach Boys, ’00s hitmakers Nickelback, party-starting Diplo, Hip-Hop hero Wiz Khalifa and R&B sensation Leon Bridges.In total, 53 (!) acts are scheduled to grace the Stagecoach stages over the long three-day weekend. That being said, it should also be noted there are rumors Beyoncé may make a surprise performance on the heels of the release of her hugely successful country album “Cowboy Carter.”Want to go?For those that haven’t lasso’d up their tickets yet, it isn’t too late to wrangle them into your inbox at the last minute.They will cost you, though.At the time of publication, three-day general admission passes start at $420 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes can be roped in for $439 before fees.Yes, you read that right.

The 2024 Coachella Music Festival is in full swing!

Drew Afualo and her Two Idiot Girls podcast co-host, Deison Afualo, are embarking on a summer comedy tour. The Loud Tour will travel across the U.S. and make stops in 21 cities, supporting her first book, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve.

Iconic actor Danny Trejo is set to receive one of the biggest honors of his career.

’s Grammys announcement that she’d be releasing a brand-new album in April, Swifties and journalists were scouring her fall wardrobe for evidence that the re-recording was next on her list. This was definitely understandable, considering Swift's ~reputation~ for hiding clues within everything from her social media captions to her red carpet looks, but it turns out that we were all focused on the wrong things.While many publications noted Swift's turn toward a , she was also sneaking multiple clues about the double-album's track list within her street style, beginning as early as October 2023.

Kid Cudi went a little too hard at Coachella this year — and ended up with a broken foot!

remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday.The A24 election-year gamble, the indie studio’s biggest budgeted film yet, took in $11.1 million in ticket sales at 3,929 theaters over the weekend.The $50 million film, set in a near-future US in which Texas and California have joined in rebellion against a fascist president, has grossed $44.9 million in two weeks.Its provocative premise – and A24’s marketing, which included images of US cities ravaged by war – helped keep “Civil War” top of mind for moviegoers.But it was a painfully slow weekend in theaters – the kind sure to add to concern over what’s thus far been a down year for Hollywood at the box office.Year-to-date ticket sales are down almost 20% compared to last year, according to Comscore.Going into the weekend, Universal Pictures’ “Abigail,” a critically acclaimed R-rated horror film about the daughter of Dracula, had been expected to lead ticket sales.It came in second with $10.2 million in 3,384 theaters.That was still a fair result for a film that cost a modest $28 million to make.

claimed that she “isn’t pretty” and “can’t act.”The “Euphoria” alum, 26, rocked the tongue-in-cheek outfit in images taken during her tropical vacation with pals.“Sorry for having great t-ts and correct opinions,” the shirt reads, as shared a carousel of snaps on Instagram Saturday.In photos shared with her 19.6 million followers on the platform, Sweeney is seen soaking up the sun rays with two gal pals.The “Immaculate” actress showed off her toned body in a brown bikini, before enjoying some live music from a mariachi band on the beach.Naturally, the outfit received a lot of attention from eagle-eyed fans on the platform.“Are you really sorry tho?” one fan wrote, referring to her choice of clothing.Another penned, “That shirt says it all, greetings to haters haha,” while a third simply added, “Let the clothes talk!”Last week, Carol Baum, whose work includes “Father of the Bride” and its sequel, launched a scathing attack on the two-time Emmy-nominated actress during a discussion at a screening of her 1988 film “Dead Ringers.”“She’s not pretty, she can’t act,” Baum said. “I don’t get Sydney Sweeney.”The film producer referred to Sweeney’s recent romcom “Anyone But You,” in which she stars opposite Glen Powell, to critique her acting skills.“I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her,” Baum reportedly told the audience, calling the film “unwatchable.”Baum went on to slam Sweeney’s appearance, telling the audience that she couldn’t come up with a reason for why Sweeney’s career had taken off.“I said to my class, ‘Explain this girl to me.