Dua Lipa live at Studio 2054: a big night in with a pop great who excels at escapism

Also on this day: George Washington, the first president of the United States, dies at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67. Alabama joins the Union as the 22nd state.

 Also on this day: English poet John Milton is born in London.The Downtown Athletic Club of New York honors college football player Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago with the DAC Trophy, which would later become known as the Heisman Trophy.The anti-communist John Birch Society is formed in Indianapolis.The Petrified Forest in Arizona is designated a national park. President Gerald R.

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks streamers Sundance Now and UMC have inked a deal for the North American, Caribbean, Canadian, and UK rights to South African horror series Dead Places.

Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and Paloma Faith were among the winners at the first ever virtual Attitude Awards.Actors Luke Evans and Russell Tovey, writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry, musician Yungblud, presenter Michelle Visage and activist Munroe Bergdorf tonight scooped up honours at the ceremony, hosted on the magazine’s YouTube channel.The Vamps, Yungblud, Faith, Rina Sawayama and Drag Race UK’s The Vivienne all performed at the two-hour ceremony, which was pre-recorded at the Roundhouse in

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has inked a multi-million dollar deal for near-global rights to sci-fi survival thriller Stowaway, starring Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect), Toni Collette (Hereditary), Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0) and Shamier Anderson (Wyonna Earp).

Also on this day: The United States and Britain sign preliminary peace articles in Paris for ending the Revolutionary War; the Treaty of Paris would be signed in Sept. 1783.

Scots singers Joshua Grant and Luke La Volpe are battling it out in the UK charts this week. The talented young musicians are currently neck and neck in the iTunes top 40, prompting a "wee Oasis vs Blur situation" as they both vie for the top spots of the official rundown on Friday.

State Pension payments are a lifeline for thousands of people in the UK and will increase by 2.5% next year. This means that those on the full, new State Pension will receive £179.60 per week, an increase of £4.40 on the current rate of £175.20.

Dua Lipa couldn’t believe what she heard over the phone from her team of supporters on November 24 when she learned that she had earned a whopping six Grammy nominations! In the clip, posted to her Instagram, the British pop singer, 25, was completely bowled over, sitting on the edge of a couch and crying her eyes out. “You’re f–king joking me,” Dua said, using her hand to cover her eyes as she spoke on the phone.

Also on this day:  On this date: Frederick County, Md., becomes the first colonial American entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.Enrico Caruso makes his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in “Rigoletto.” Life magazine, created by Henry R. Luce, is first published.The musical “Fiorello!,” starring Tom Bosley as legendary New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, opens on Broadway.President Lyndon B.

BTS are challenging for first UK Official Number 1 single this week with Life Goes On. The South Korean group rank at Number 2 on today’s Official Chart: First Look, based on preliminary downloads and streams across the first two days of the chart tracking week.

South Korean boy band is here to soothe all your pandemic woes with “Life Goes On,” the lead track and first single off of the group’s new album “BE,” which dropped early Friday.On the acoustic-guitar-laced mid-tempo track, BTS — crooning as well as rapping — offers COVID-era comfort in both Korean and English.

Also on this day: Elizabeth I accedes to the English throne upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary, beginning a 44-year reign.Congress holds its first session in the partially completed U.S. Capitol building.The Suez Canal opens in Egypt.The Union Pacific Railroad Co.