Here’s our annual rundown of the 10 largest awards given out by the British Film Institute’s Film Fund across 2021. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK.
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It's been the most extraordinary six months for Riley Davies, the Brighton native who has gone from obscurity to notching three UK Top 10 singles in quick succession under the moniker of ArrDee.
Thanks to a viral smash verse addition to Tion Wayne and Digga D's Body, ArrDee signed to Island. In less than a year, the singles Oliver Twist (Number 6), Wasted with Digga D (Number 6) and Flowers (Say My Name) (Number 5) have transformed him into one of the UK's brightest, quickest hitmakers.
When we
Here’s our annual rundown of the 10 largest awards given out by the British Film Institute’s Film Fund across 2021. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK.
With only a couple more days to go before the UK’s Christmas number one is announced, the Official Charts Company has published its weekly Trending Chart. It shows which songs are rising up the charts the fastest.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Netflix audiences tossed all their coins to their Witcher during Season 2’s debut weekend. The fantasy show’s premiere debuted at No.
There is nothing better than tucking into your favourite tub of chocolates while you settle down to watch a film at Christmas.
Naman Ramachandran The comments by then “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan on Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and contestant behavior on “Love Island” topped what has been a record year for complaints to U.K. media regulator Ofcom.
K.J. Yossman 2021 may have been a stellar year on the small screen, as we welcomed back much-hyped series such as “Succession” and delved into new, bingeable fare such as “Squid Game,” but all signs suggest the next 12 months are shaping up to be even better.Like last year, many of these shows are coming out of the U.K.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn the most outlandish scene in “The King’s Man” — if not the strangest scene of the year — Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes), a sneaky aristocrat who will go on to form the first British secret-service agency (and is already acting like a rogue spy), shows up for a meeting with Grigori Rasputin, the fevered mystic and demonic holy man of Imperial Russia, played by Rhys Ifans as if he were starring in a historical thriller directed by Mel Brooks.It’s the eve of
The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that on October 31, 2021 there were 2.8 million people across the UK claiming support through Personal Independence Payments (PIP), with just over one in three claimants (35%) receiving the highest level of award.
Dominic Raab has been forced to backtrack after incorrectly stating the number of people in hospital with Omicron TWICE during a disastrous series of interviews.
Ed Sheeran, PinkPantheress, Tion Wayne and Russ Millions are among some of the music acts who’ve made the biggest impact on TikTok in the UK this year.TikTok has unveiled its statistics for 2021, which range from the most-used songs in videos to the most-watched livestreams.Tion Wayne and Russ Millions’ song ‘Body’ is the video-sharing platform’s biggest 2021 track, followed by Sam Smith‘s ‘Like I Can’ and PinkPantheress’ breakout hit ‘Just For Me’.
The country was told that all over-18s will now be offered the booster jab by the end of December in the fight against Omicron, tributes have poured in of a 25-year-old man who died in a horrific street attack in Bolton last night, a mum-of-two has complained that her mouldy house is making her children ill and a man has been jailed for hurling anti-Semitic abuse at a couple in front of two off-duty police officers last year.
One of the UK's chief scientists has warned that more Covid-19 restrictions may soon be needed.
Health officials have advised “stringent national measures” are needed by next weekend to avoid Covid hospitalisations surpassing last winter’s peak, according to a leaked document.