BBC removes Billy Nomates Glastonbury clip after online abuse

Billy Porter and his husband of six years, Adam Smith, are going their separate ways.The star's rep, Simon Halls, confirmed the news in a statement to on Wednesday, sharing that they «have made the sad decision to end their marriage after six years.»«The decision was an amicable and mutual one and was made after much consideration,» Halls continued. «They continue to love and support each other as they embark on this next chapter.»Porter and Smith first met in 2009, and briefly dated before splitting.

Crater has been pulled from Disney+ less than two months after its release.The film – which premiered on May 12 and came from Stranger Things‘ producers Dan Cohen and Shawn Levy – is about a recently bereaved boy growing up on a lunar colony who takes a trip to a legendary crater with his four best friends.Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez and starring Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace and Billy Barratt, it reportedly cost $53.4million (£42million), but was only on the streaming service for 48 days before it was removed.“@DisneyPlus can you guys give us heads up when you’re gonna yank shows or films off,” one Twitter used said in response.“The ultimate result of movies become a product instead of art is this,” another added.“I was JUST about to watch it!” a third shared. “This is the worst thing now about streaming,” another insisted.Tried to rewatch the excellent Crater on @DisneyPlus only to find it’s been inexplicably deleted.

Coronation Street actor Daniel Brocklebank appears to have found love again.The actor who plays Billy Mayhew on the cobbles is dating police officer and musician Jordan Coulthard. Daniel, 43, has been pictured with his new partner at the Lytham Festival alongside a number of soap stars. Former EastEnders actress Cheryl Fergison shared a selfie of the trio on Instagram.

Reading & Leeds festivals have added 27 new names to their line-up for 2023, with all set to perform on the BBC Introducing stage.The twin festivals return to Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park from August 25-27, with Foals, Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender and Imagine Dragons all set to headline.Names for the BBC Introducing stage at both sites have now been revealed, and include Matilda Mann, HotWax, Pixey, The Goa Express, Antony Szmierek and more.Elsewhere, Leeds have also announced the DJ line-up for their Anachronica stage.

Naman Ramachandran Google has joined Meta in blocking access to Canadian news links after Bill C-18 AKA the Online News Act that will eventually make the tech giants pay local media outlets for news was passed. C-18 was set up to ensure “fair revenue sharing between digital platforms and news outlets”; provide for “collective bargaining by news outlets”; promote “voluntary commercial agreements between digital platforms and news outlets, with minimal government intervention”; and “as a last resort,” establish a “mandatory arbitration framework when digital platforms and news outlets cannot reach commercial agreements,” according to the Canadian government.

Janet Street-Porter has told fans that she is 'ok' after telling them about a scary incident where she was hurled with abuse while out on a walk. The Loose Women star shared what happened on Twitter and was quickly inundated with messages from her concerned fans and followers.

Melanie Lynskey has posted her thoughts on Instagram about longtime friend Julian Sands, who was found dead in the Southern California mountains earlier this week.

Melanie Lynskey is remembering her friend and former co-star, Julian Sands. On Wednesday, the actress took to social media to pay tribute to the actor, who was confirmed dead five months after disappearing during a hike.«Julian Sands. I met you on the set of Rose Red in 2000.

A second person has died at Glastonbury Festival after a body was found during clean-up operations. Police say a man in his forties was found unresponsive in his tent at around 2.20pm on Tuesday.

Fall Out Boy have released an updated version of Billy Joel‘s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ with headlines from the past 30 years.Joel’s 1989 Number one hit, ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’, includes brief references to 118 significant political, cultural and scientific events between the years of Joel’s birth in 1949 and the song’s release in 1989.Today (June 28), Fall Out Boy shared a modernised version of the track, replacing the original lyrics with standout events from where the song left off in 1989 to 2023.“I thought about this song a lot when I was younger. All these important people and events – some that disappeared into the sands of time –others that changed the world forever,” shared the band on Twitter.“So much has happened in the span of the last 34 years – we felt like a little system update might be fun.

A man in his 40s has died at Glastonbury Festival after a “medical incident” in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A man in his 40s has died at Glastonbuy Festival after a “medical incident” in the early hours of Sunday morning. Avon and Somerset Police said it responded to the incident on a footpath known as the old railway line at Worthy Farm in Somerset shortly before 4am, and the force is not treating the man’s death as suspicious.

Lewis Capaldi was excited to headline Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, June 24, before his voice cracked in the middle of “Someone You Loved.”

The BBC has removed from its platforms footage of a Glastonbury musician who complained of the abuse she received following her performance. 

Sam Claflin learned about the history of Fleetwood Mac from a TikTok video.

Sir Elton John will bring on four special guests during his headline show at Glastonbury this weekend, his husband David Furnish has revealed.The Rocket Man superstar will take to the Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm on Sunday night for what has been billed as his final UK gig. Discussing Sir Elton’s plans for surprises at the show, David told Sky News’ Beth Rigby: “Four collaborators of his choosing. People, he just thought, ‘I’d really like to do something with these artists at Glastonbury’.

Billy Bragg has led support online for Billy Nomates after the musician received a host of online abuse following her set yesterday (June 24) at Glastonbury.After the set, the musician, real name Tor Maries, asked BBC6 Music to take down footage of her online after receiving what she described as an “insane” amount of “personal abuse”, before saying that after her summer gigs, there would be “no more shows”.A post shared from Maries read: “The level of personal abuse on @bbc6music socials for going to work today is insane. I’ve asked for all footage to be removed.“I know it’s not for everyone what I do.

Benefits have spoken to NME about making their Glastonbury Festival debut tonight (Friday June 23).The Teesside noise punks will be performing under the invitation of Billy Bragg on his legendary Left Field stage this evening, shortly after the mysterious set from The Churnups – widely believed to be Foo Fighters, or least something featuring Dave Grohl, after he was spotted on site earlier today.Still, Benefits frontman Kingsley Hall isn’t worried about pulling a big crowd shortly after. “We’re not up against them,” replied Hall. “As soon as they finish, we start. There’s no crossover.

An ex-Celtic scout has been jailed for today for the sexual abuse of boys. Disgraced former teacher Kenneth Divers was caged for five years and placed on the sex offenders' register for life for preying on boys as young as 11 between 1968 and 1992.

A man was arrested after allegedly racially abusing passengers and spitting at a driver before he was caught dancing at a bus stop on Tuesday (June 20).