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Coachella have ordered UK charity MS Trust to change the name of its online fundraising festival Couch-ella.The charity, which supports anyone affected by multiple sclerosis, said lawyers for the US festival, held annually in the Californian desert, told it the “chella” suffix was trademarked.A spokeswoman for the MS Trust, who said organisers of Coachella got in touch on July 23, told BBC News: “We’ve had to change the name to ‘MS Trust Home Festival’.
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Luke Bryan weighed in on the drama between Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, and blues singer Lady A, who has been performing under the name for decades.“You know, I don’t think they were anticipating the aftermath of being called Lady A,” the American Idol judge, 44, said during an interview on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on Tuesday, August 11. “I can say that for years, everyone in the community, in the country music community has really referred to them as Lady A.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Expectation, the UK production outfit behind Sky’s David Schwimmer comedy Intelligence, has secured its first Netflix original commission — a feature-length documentary on the nail bombings in London 20 years ago.Titled The Nailbomber, the film will tell the story of how far-right extremist David Copeland detonated three improvised bombs in Brixton, Brick Lane and Soho over three weekends in 1999, killing three people and injuring 140
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A Hamilton schoolgirl who suffers with a rare and incurable kidney disease has been putting her best foot forward in support of a national charity.Sara McDonald (pictured left) and her best friend Mya Rose Adams are taking part in the tough My Bridges Challenges for Kidney Research UK.And so far the girls have raised over £1125.The charity holds a place close in their hearts as eight-year-old Sara has
Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPantheon, AMC’s first hourlong animated primetime drama series has announced its full cast.
State of HIV Stigma Study, conducted by research firm Cint and funded by pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences, Inc. in partnership with the LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD, polled 2,506 U.S.
Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A Cleland author has taken a step back in time to 1940 and wartime Britain for her latest book.Geraldine O’Neill, 65, has already had more than a dozen books published, many of them achieving critical acclaim.Her latest offering – The Nightingales in Mersey Square – written under the pen name Lilly Robbins, fuses fact and fiction and shares an historically accurate story.The book centres on trainee nurses Clare and Gaye,
Candyman actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has revealed he was asked to change his name when he began his career in Hollywood.The US star, who is also due to appear in The Matrix 4 and Netflix‘s The Trial of the Chicago 7, spoke in a new interview about representing Muslim people and staying authentic.Abdul-Mateen II recalled to GQ Middle East that he was asked early on in his career to change his name to Yahya Mateen, or just Yahya on its own, though was adamant he would never consider the option.“My
DJ and producer The Black Madonna has changed her stage name to The Blessed Madonna, after facing accusations of cultural appropriation.
The Black Madonna has changed her name to The Blessed Madonna after a petition calling for her to change it due to controversy was set up.The US DJ, whose real name is Marea Stamper, announced the news today (July 20), saying she “should have listened harder to other perspectives” on the name.A petition had previously argued that “black Madonna” icons had special significance for “black catholics in the US, Caribbean and Latin America”, and added: “Religious connotations aside though, it should
Peter White Television EditorThe Hurt Locker writer and producer Mark Boal is adapting Israeli drama When Heroes Fly for Apple.The streamer has handed the series, which will be known as Echo 3, a straight-to-series ten-part order.It will be produced by Keshet Studios and Apple and will be set in South America.The series follows Amber Chesborough, a brilliant young scientist, the emotional center of a small American family.