Matthew Morrison‘s wife is speaking out in his defense following the actor’s dramatic dismissal days ago from So You Think You Can Dance.
15.05.2022 - 12:29 / ok.co.uk
We all crave a decent kip, but what if finding the perfect way to nod off turns into an unhealthy obsession? Google searches for ‘insomnia hacks’ and ‘sleep hacks’ are spiralling as more of us are starting to appreciate the power of a healthy bedtime routine. Women generally have more trouble drifting off than men and according to research, 36% of all UK adults struggle to get to sleep at least once a week.
Almost one in five face this trouble every single night. Many of us have turned to fitness trackers (an estimated one billion worldwide own a wearable device).These analyse light and deep sleep as well as your heart rate to see if you’ve had enough restorative shut-eye.
Scientists have discovered this desperate desire for a decent eight hours is responsible for causing a condition called orthosomnia – disrupted sleep caused by an obsession with getting a perfect night’s slumber. “Symptoms include checking sleep trackers too often, spending excessive time in bed trying to get the ‘perfect’ rest and anxiety over the quality, duration or loss of sleep and how that will affect performance the next day,” says Stephanie Taylor, founder of health and wellbeing company StressNoMore.
“Trackers can make our obsessions worse because they encourage us to examine our sleep even more than before – looking at data, such as heart rate, how many hours of deep sleep we’ve achieved or if we’ve moved during the night. “These things are largely out of your control but can lead to anxiety, depression, insomnia and daytime sleepiness.
Matthew Morrison‘s wife is speaking out in his defense following the actor’s dramatic dismissal days ago from So You Think You Can Dance.
EXCLUSIVE: Erin Young’s recently published crime thriller The Fields is in the works for the small screen. Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories (Big Little Lies), Jennifer Todd Pictures and Endeavor Content have acquired the rights to the book to adapt into a television series, with Kate Brooke (A Discovery of Witches, Bancroft) attached as writer/showrunner.
Maisie Peters and Matt Maltese have teamed up for a new version of the former’s recent single ‘Cate’s Brother’, which you can check out below.‘Cate’s Brother’ came out last month and follows Peters’ 2021 debut album ‘You Signed Up For This’. It lands as the singer-songwriter is midway through a UK and European stadium tour in support of Ed Sheeran.“Matt became Cate’s brother and I can think of no one better suited to the job we are excited for u to hear it,” Peters wrote on Instagram.Listen to the Taylor Swift-referencing ‘Cate’s Brother (Matt’s Version)’ below.Maisie Peters signed to Ed Sheeran‘s label Gingerbread Man Records for her debut album.“Signing to Gingerbread is a dream come true,” Peters said in a statement.
Taylor Zakhar Perez (The Kissing Booth 2 & 3) and Nicholas Galitzine (Cinderella) have been tapped to lead Prime Video’s romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue, based on Casey McQuiston’s bestselling novel of the same name. Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew López (The Inheritance) will direct, in his feature debut, with Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Stephen Fry (The Dropout) and Sarah Shahi (Sex/Life) also aboard to star.
Cat Deeley has taken to Instagram following her colleague Matthew Morrison's shock exit from So You Think You Can Dance.It was confirmed last week that Matthew was leaving the show after not following “competition production protocols”. "Having the opportunity to be a judge on So You Think You Can Dance was an incredible honor for me. Therefore, it is my deepest regret to inform you that I will be leaving the show," Morrison said in a statement shared with PEOPLE."I cannot apologize enough to all involved and I will be watching alongside you all on what I know will be one of the best seasons yet." Now, further details have been revealed about Matthew’s sudden departure with a source close to the Fox reality show telling PEOPLE that the 43-year-old was fired from the series "after he had an inappropriate relationship with a female contestant".“…He reached out to her through flirty direct messages on social media," the source added.
It’s over. Billie Eilish and her boyfriend, Matthew Tyler Vorce, have called it quits.
Matt Tebbutt might be known for his culinary skills on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen, but there's far more to the cooking star than fancy plating and good conversation. From his 21 year marriage, published books and to visiting A&E not once but twice for cat bites, the 48 year old presenter has much more to offer than just his cooking prowess, reports My London. An interesting starter course, if you will, is that he also happened to be born on Christmas Eve - just like boyband superstar Louis Tomlinson, so there's a connection you never knew you needed.
Andy "Fletch" Fletcher, keyboardist and one of the founding members of the British electronic band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60 years old. The band’s official Twitter account shared the news Thursday. "We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher," the statement began. A cause of death has not been released.
K.J. Yossman Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim” is set to get an animated feature adaptation by Indian filmmaker Ketan Mehta.Mehta’s animation studio, Cosmos-Maya, will co-develop the film alongside Irish animation studio Piranha Bar. Mehta (“Sardar,” “Mangal Pandey: The Rising”) will direct.“Kim” is a story about Kimball O’Hara, AKA Kim, a savvy street kid turned child spy in colonial-era India who becomes an apprentice to a Shaolin monk.
After the success of “Godzilla vs. Kong,” released during the pandemic, the Monsterverse continues to chug along.
Deepa Mehta Toronto-based filmmaker Deepa Mehta has been making films since the 1970s, including the Oscar-nominated “Water,” part of her elements trilogy; “Bollywood/Hollywood” and “Funny Boy.” Her TV credits include “Yellowjackets,” “Little America” and “Leila.”As an immigrant to Canada from India, I felt “seen” twice in my life. And both those moments, ironically, were diametrically antithetical to each other.It was my first foray into North America as a young newlywed documentary filmmaker. I missed my home and family, had no work, couldn’t get the fuss about ice hockey and was frankly surprised at the general questions thrown my way by well-meaning, educated young and old white folk.
Matt Lucas and Eddie Izzard are among the stars supporting Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, who has become the first pro footballer to come out as gay in 32 years. Daniels, 17, became the first male professional player in English football to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990 with his incredible statement. Little Britain star Matt wrote on Twitter: ‘It’s a landmark day in British LGBT history.
Muse‘s forthcoming new album ‘Will Of The People’ is “a greatest hits album – of new songs”.The Teignmouth trio, who returned to action in January with the track ‘Won’t Stand Down’, will release their ninth studio LP on August 26 via Warner Records.Speaking to The Big Issue, Muse frontman Bellamy explained how ‘Will Of The People’ was written partly in response to their record label, who wanted the band to release a ‘best of’ compilation.“We were reaching that point where there was talk about maybe doing a greatest hits album, and we weren’t really in favour of doing that,” Bellamy said. “So it’s almost like we’ve made a record that is a greatest hits album – of new songs.“That means this album might have a metal track on it – and it’s like, the best metal track we’ve ever done.
Matt Helders has spoken about Arctic Monkeys’ upcoming new album, saying that musically it “picks up where ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ left off”.The Sheffield four-piece have yet to officially announce the follow-up to their May 2018 album, but new music from the band is expected to arrive this year given that the Monkeys are heading out on tour in August.AM drummer Helders has now given fans an indication about what to expect from their next record. Speaking to Mike Dolbear for this year’s DrumathonLIVE 2022, Helders said that the Monkeys’ next album will be in a similar vein to 2018’s ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’.“It kinda like picks up where the other one [‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’] left off musically,” Helders said (you can watch his interview in the below post at the 45-minute mark).A post shared by Mikedolbear.com (@mikedolbearcom)“I mean, it’s never gonna be like [2012 ‘AM’ single] ‘R U Mine?’ and all that stuff again, you know, the heavy riffs and stuff.“But there are riffs in there and [it’s] a bit more up-tempo, even though it’s not loud,” he added.
It's the idyllic Highlands village that English TV star Mathew Horne has fallen in love with.
Muse’s Matt Bellamy has responded to the scientific discovery of an actual Supermassive Black Hole.Earlier today (May 12), scientists shared the first ever image of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy.The picture is the first time the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way – known as Sagittarius A* – has been seen.Researchers described the black hole as “the glue that holds the galaxy together” and one of the co-authors on the new papers, Ziri Younsi from University College London said the discovery was “key to our understanding of how the Milky Way formed and will evolve in the future.”Now, Muse frontman Bellamy has responded to the discovery, sharing an image of the supermassive black hole on his Instagram. The lead single of the band’s 2006 third album, ‘Black Holes and Revelations’, was ‘Supermassive Black Hole’.Bellamy wrote on Instagram: “Knew she’d show up one day.”When news of the discovery first came about in 2019, Bellamy also responded then, writing at the time: “Supermassive black hole, finally spotted”.You can check out today’s post here:A post shared by Matt Bellamy (@mattbellamy)Meanwhile, Muse have recruited British songwriter and Bring Me The Horizon collaborator Dan Lancaster to be part of their live band.Performing their first major shows of 2022 with two special charity gigs at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith earlier this week, Muse treated fans to new songs and “deep cut” rarities, as well as unveiling a live line-up that features Lancaster on additional synths, keys, percussion and guitar duties.
EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has acquired British drag doc City of Queens, the Sky doc which features star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Bimini Bon Boulash.
Operation Mincemeat was a covert British plan during World War II designed to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. To do this, two members of British intelligence disguised the body of an already-deceased man named Glyndwr Michael as an officer of the Royal Marines, a fictitious man named William Martin.