Andrew Lloyd Webber Defies Possible Delay in Fully Reopening U.K. Theaters: ‘Come to the Theater and Arrest Us’

Gloria Estefan, Sting, and Andrea Bocelli are among the stars joining forces for global virtual fundraiser Vax India Now. Josh Groban and Yo-Yo Ma will also take part in the 7 July event, which aims to bring attention and medical resources to the Covid-ravaged country, where officials are battling a deadly second wave of the virus.

Haley Bosselman editorGloria Estefan, Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma and David Foster, Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, Aasif Mandvi, Nishat Khan, Ranjani Gayatri Sisters and Matteo Bocelli will unite for global virtual fundraiser Vax India Now. More celebrities will be announced as the July 7 event date approaches.Through a global effort, Vax India Now aims to bring attention and resources to India on a massive scale.

Naman Ramachandran Super-producer and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has joined his fellow artists working in the beleaguered theater and music industries in taking legal steps to get the U.K. government to release results of its ongoing Events Research Program.The program was set up to examine the risk of transmission of Covid-19 from attendance at events and explore ways to enable people to attend a range of events safely.

coronavirus variant dubbed 'Delta Plus' has been detected in the UK - and could have been circulating for weeks. The new variant is a further mutation of the original Delta first discovered in India - and now it has emerged there have been 41 cases picked up in the UK.

EXCLUSIVE: UK sales company Parkland Pictures has picked up worldwide sales rights to feature documentary Never Forget Tibet about the Dalai Lama.

UK Government for the likely delay of lockdown restrictions in Scotland. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament earlier today the SNP leader announced that she would make a statement next week on a 'Freedom Day'.

Follow all the latest updates on our blog below. A delay to lockdown easing may also help break the link between infections and hospital admissions, a public health professor suggested.Professor Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, told LBC that the variant first identified in India now accounted for the majority of UK cases, but the death rate among people with this infection was low."You can see amongst people who were infected with this variant, the mortality rate was 0.7%, just 12

Hillary Clinton and estranged wife of disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, has a memoir coming out this fall.Abedin's “Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds” will be released Nov.

things were so desperate in the theatre industry he had already remortgaged his London home. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many theatres and venues to remain closed for more than a year with catastrophic financial impacts.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is intent on opening up his six London theaters in less than two weeks, even if it means he’s arrested for violating social distancing protocols.

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Ann-Marie Corvin This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam Freedom Talk speaker Pallavi Paul claims that her mid-length film “The Blind Rabbit,” which examines police violence and systemic abuse of power, is unlikely to be seen by an Indian audience because the level of censorship applied by the government is “so intense.”The New Delhi-based filmmaker’s 43-minute essay, running in the festival’s short and mid-length section, moves across moments like India’s national emergency of

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The classic tale of Cinderella is hitting the stage as a brand new musical.

St Andrew's House in Edinburgh earlier today the First Minister said the situation is giving cause for concern but that vaccines are providing hope. The number of people testing positive for the covid-19 has tripled in the last month with 992 new cases identified in the last 24-hour period.

Rebecca Davis editorChina has shuttered a portion of cinemas in top movie-going province Guangdong after what reports said may be the country’s first community outbreak of the Indian COVID-19 variant. Reports did not state exactly how many cinemas have been affected.The theater closures come days after U.S.

It has been over a month since Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh's demise but the late royal made it to Twitter trends in India after several netizens bombarded the micro-blogging site. Turns out, King’s College London was forced to apologise after an email bulletin featuring a picture of Prince Philip upset the staffers.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, BGM shakes up its executive teams in Canada; COVID postpones Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards; and India’s music industry teams for an online concert to raise funds for COVID relief.