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BBC has announced that its hugely popular 6 Music Festival will be taking place in Greater Manchester once again in 2024.

Anticipation for next year’s Amy Winehouse movie Back to Black is growing with Studiocanal unveiling a second image and announcing release dates.

Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell has sent a 'love' message to her fellow dancer following their sad exit from the competition. The Australian pro was sharing her response to Katya Jones' appearance alongside Nigel Harman on Saturday night's show after they were forced to withdraw from the competition.

Denise Welch left fans doing a double take as she was supported by her co-stars, celebrity pals and followers as she gave the first glimpse of herself in her new role. The Loose Women star transformed into the late Queen Elizabeth II for her new theatre role.

“Ok, will someone PLEASE tell me… when will I feel old? This is ridiculous, I keep hearing these numbers, but I honestly can’t understand them,” tweeted pop superstar Cher, when she turned 77 in May. And as she chats to OK! about her new album, family festivities and her Christmas memories, we’re just as dumbfounded. She may tell us she is “cranky and teary because I’ve been working really hard” but she’s a funny, feisty ball of energy.

Michaela Zee Alicia Keys‘ musical “Hell’s Kitchen” is heading to Broadway in the spring. The musical, which features music and lyrics by Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz, made its world premiere at the Public Theater on Oct. 24 and is currently running there through Jan.

The new Mean Girls movie is just one month away from hitting theaters and the cast just gathered for their first major event!

Hell’s Kitchen, the new musical written by Alicia Keys, is heading to Broadway in Spring 2024!

Dick Clark Productions is expanding its talent division with two new appointments. Sara Kantathavornis joining the company as senior vice president, talent strategy and Jeremy Lowe has been promoted to vice president, talent and partnerships. Lowe and Kantathavorn will work closely together in their new roles.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s hard to quite think of someone who was as big a veritable child star as Brenda Lee was in the late ’50s and early ’60s a “late bloomer.” Nor can “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” really be considered an underdog song, after its accrual of quintuple-platinum sales over the decades. And yet it’s spent the last several years peaking at No. 2 each December, after spending most of its lifetime not annually charting at all.

Hell’s Kitchen, the Alicia Keys‘ musical currently play a sold-out run Off Broadway, will transfer to Broadway’s Shubert Theater this spring, producers announced today.

Give it to ‘em, they’re “Worth It”!

Some shows get canceled after a few seasons. Some only last for a few weeks. And then, there are those that get yanked from broadcast after a single night’s airing.

Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan were spotted on a dinner date this past weekend in Los Angeles!

Ariana Grande has given us bop after bop over her past decade in pop, and she’s already amassed an incredible discography.

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, is not just a musical spectacle and a heart-pumping recreation of the tour with which it shares a name, but a heartfelt tribute to her late Uncle Johnny.The movie opened globally on Friday, Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, a day meant to honor and remember those who have passed away from the disease.During a premiere event, the singer stood on stage and spoke to the crowd.“I’m really proud this film is coming out on December 1st, World AIDS Day, in honor of Uncle Johnny,” she said.

is welcoming a child with .Back in September, the quintessential Y2K power couple pulled a —and it looks like they're ready for the next phase of their renewed journey, per .“Nelly and Ashanti are welcoming their first baby together,” a source told the publication. This will be Ashanti's first child, while Nelly shares two adult children with his ex, Channetta Valentine.Ashanti and Nelly dated on-and-off from 2003 to 2013, before their relationship allegedly ended in betrayal. “I think sometimes when people have their own insecurities, it allows them to act out of character,” Ashanti said in a 2015 interview on , per .

Vanessa Hudgens and Cole Tucker are officially Mr. and Mrs.!

Thania Garcia Brenda Lee’s iconic “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” has hit No. 1 for the first time in its 65-year history. The single, which annually returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, is Lee’s third No.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Every fan of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971) loves the scene where Gene Wilder, as the mystical candy maker, takes his guests on a psychedelic tunnel ride, zooming through the bowels of the Chocolate Factory as he chants a little verse (“There’s no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going…”), getting angrier and more hysterical by the second. Wilder’s Wonka was a sweetheart, but he had a hidden maniacal side. And in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Tim Burton’s majestically wacked 2005 remake, Johnny Depp, then at the apex of his movie stardom, went full Depp, playing Wonka like some louche vampiristic cross between Anna Wintour and Michael Jackson.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music While it includes some of the most iconic Christmas songs of the past 60 years — most notably Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) — if there was ever an album with a problematic history, it’s “A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector.” Spector was the hottest producer in the world at the time of the album’s release, but it dropped on Nov. 22, 1963 — yes, the day President John F.

Variety event honoring the biggest stars and most important artists of the year. While speaking with the hosting publication, the Grammy winner talked about her recent coming out, which took place in a Variety cover story. “I kinda thought, wasn’t it obvious?” Eilish stated to the red carpet interviewee when her cover story was brought up.

Dick Clark Productions said Monday that it has hired Apple Music executive Sara Kantathavorn as its SVP Talent Strategy and upped Jeremy Lowe to VP Talent and Partnerships.

You might not be able to tell it from the trailers but Wonka, the latest movie inspired by Roald Dahl‘s classic 1964 children’s story “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is, make no mistake about it, a full-on movie musical that I found to be more in the tradition of ’60s-era films like Oliver, Dr. Dolittle, Albert Finney’s Scrooge — basically a throwback to that kind of feel-good musical confection designed to be released during the year’s end.

Paul Harris WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center Honors was a decidedly tuneful affair, with musical talents representing four of its five recipients – vocalists and/or songwriters Dionne Warwick, Renee Fleming, Queen Latifah and Barry Gibb — along with actor/comedian/filmmaker Billy Crystal. The program, in its 46th year, followed the traditional format that showcases tributes to each honoree by artists and celebs whose identities are undisclosed in advance. It kicked off with a lively parade of dancers down the aisles, led by emcee and former honoree Gloria Estefan and accompanied by Sheila E on drums—a first for the event.

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens just tied the knot with MLB player Cole Tucker in Mexico, the perfect way to end a special year.The actor, whose credits include Rent: Live and Gigi on Broadway, , flashing a gorgeous diamond ring in pictures taken – where else? – Paris.“YES.

Manchester music legend Peter Hook is to play an intimate gig at an iconic Manchester pub in aid of mental health charity Headstock. The Joy Division founding member will play a set of the band's classic songs at the Star & Garter pub - which is now famously home to a stunning mural of Ian Curtis.

Giovanni Pernice has sent a 'last' message before teasing some exciting plans coming in the New Year. The professional dancer has been keeping himself busy after being forced to make an early exit from Strictly Come Dancing this year.

Strictly Come Dancing is nearing its festive climax, but it's still tough for fans to say goodbye to their favourite dancers and celebrities. Especially when the exit is due to injury as opposed to a dance-off and judge's vote.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have announced plans for a huge outdoor gig in Wigan next year.