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Morrissey has hit out at The Simpsons, after The Smiths were sent up in the show’s latest episode.The episode, titled Panic On The Streets of Springfield, aired last night (April 19), and saw Lisa getting a new imaginary friend – a depressed indie singer from 1980s Britain.While the show stopped short of getting Morrissey onboard to voice the character, they instead enlisted the services of Benedict Cumberbatch to voice him.Hours after the episode aired, a statement on Morrissey’s Facebook page

Cris Abrego was named as boss of MasterChef and Big Brother producer Banijay in the U.S. and Latin six months into the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Simpsons is set to send up The Smiths in a new episode this weekend, marking the latest chapter in the show’s long history of paying loving homage to pop culture.The episode, titled Panic On The Streets of Springfield, will reportedly see Lisa get a new imaginary friend – a depressed indie singer from 1980s Britain.While the show has stopped short of getting Morrissey onboard to voice the character, they will instead be voiced by another prolific British star – Benedict Cumberbatch.A

Ferne McCann was eager to hit the shops as Covid-19 restrictions have eased across the UK after she was spotted out and about on a girl's trip with her daughter and mother. The family outing with her mother Gilly and her three-year-old daughter Sunday showed the group making the most of the shops reopening as they walked with bags in hand through the streets of Essex.

Shonda Rhimes, who produces Bridgerton for Netflix, has broken her silence on the exit of season one star Regé-Jean Page not returning for season two.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesIsraeli-American actress-producer-author Noa Tishby was compiling research for what would eventually become her newly released non-fiction book “Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth” (Simon & Schuster) when she discovered that — save for Golda Meir’s 1973 autobiography and English translations of Israeli historian Anita Shapira’s work — there were no books on the history of Israel penned by a woman.

Avicii biography is set to be published later this year.Tim: The Official Biography of Avicii includes interviews with the late DJ and producer’s family, friends and colleagues in the music industry.

The Big Moon, Sinead O’Brien and more.The compilation’s first edition arrived last May, and featured contributions from Shame, Porridge Radio, Sorry, Gengahr, and more, with proceeds going to The Music Venues Trust and NHS Charities Together.The new volume, which came out via Bandcamp yesterday (April 2), will donate its proceeds to mental health charities Black Minds Matter UK and Help Musicians.

Wolf Alice have added new dates to their 2022 UK and Ireland tour due to demand – see the updated list of shows below.The January tour dates will come on the back of the band’s forthcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’ (out June 11 via Dirty Hit), which was previewed last month with first single ‘The Last Man On Earth’.After the band’s gigs at London’s Hammersmith Apollo and Glasgow’s Barrowlands sold out immediately after going on sale this morning (March 26), second shows have been added in both

NEW YORK -- An upcoming edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy will include paintings, drawings and other illustrations by the British author for the first time since it was published in the mid-1950s.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Thursday that the new version will come out Oct.

"The Fray,” John Smith (Thirty Tigers)Handclaps break out during the first song on John Smith's new album, as if to applaud the sentiments to come.“The Fray” is the British singer-songwriter's response to the year just past, and he offers 12 tunes of resilience, devotion and hope, with determination in the lyrics and buoyancy in the music.“It has been a crazy year; where do I begin?” Smith sings, his sandpaper tenor a voice of recovery.There's a comforting sway to the album's melodic folk-pop,

Home Team, the UK indie production house founded by Dominic Buchanan and Bennett McGhee, has hired Jessica Hill as Senior Development Executive.

Sheridan Smith To Headline Channel 5’s ‘Teacher’ BAFTA-winner Sheridan Smith is to headline Teacher, the latest drama series from ViacomCBS’s UK network Channel 5. Smith will play Jenna in the Clapperboard-produced psychological thriller, which follows a state schoolteacher whose life unravels after being accused of a drunken sexual encounter with one of her pupils.

Jake Bugg has announced details of a new album – get all the info on ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ below.The album, which was recently previewed by the single ‘All I Need’, will be taken on the road across the UK and Ireland next spring.Bugg says the ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ is “the most fun he’s ever had making a record,” and is set to land on August 20.