Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday. He was 59.
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The creators of the Netflix series Full Swing, a compelling look inside the lives of professional golfers, benefitted from a stroke of luck. As they were working on Season 1, the rival Saudi-backed LIV Tour sprang up, posing an existential threat to the venerable PGA Tour.
“It’s certainly, I would argue, probably the [most] unprecedented, controversial year in maybe any sport,” said executive producer Chad Mumm during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. “There’s certainly been other attempts and breakaway leagues in the history of sport, but never in the middle of a season, never when you’re sharing a locker room with guys that are leaving or rumored to be leaving and playing in pairings with them.”
Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Ian Poulter are among the golfers featured in Full Swing who bolted for LIV, but fellow competitor Rickie Fowler, past winner of the prestigious Players Championship, stuck with the PGA Tour. He played a key role getting Full Swing off the ground.
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“I’m pretty sure I was the first golfer to kind of commit to it,” Fowler said. “Ultimately, once you have the first, it’s a little easier to get the second and third [player]. It wasn’t like I was personally going to guys like, ‘Hey, you should or need to do this.’ But we wanted people to be on board and I think it shows a lot about the guys that were part of the first season, taking a little bit of a leap of faith because this was a new kind of territory for the game of golf.”
The series comes from Box to Box Films, Vox Media and PGA Tour Productions. Box to Box also produces the Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive,
Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday. He was 59.
McKinley Franklin editor Snoop Dogg’s Doggyland has teamed up with the popular animated sing-along series Gracie’s Corner to release a collection of empowering children’s videos, Variety can exclusively reveal. Led by Graceyn “Gracie” Hollingsworth and the Bow Wizzle character, voiced by rap icon Snoop Dogg, the series of educational videos will provide knowledge to children through song, rap and dance. Together, Gracie and Bow Wizzle will spread joy through the medium of music to instill confidence, self-worth and critical thinking skills into children through an installment of two animated videos for the title track “Girl Power,” a youthful girl power anthem. The 2D version will be accessible on the Gracie’s Corner YouTubechannel with the second 3D reiteration going live on Doggyland’s channel.
An art gallery with a twist has arrived in Manchester and promises to be the “most colourful exhibition of the year.” After three successful events in Paris, the Colors Festival is making its UK debut bringing its entirely unique art experience just outside the city centre.
Hitch star posed in a T-shirt featuring in character as Barbie's himbo BF Ken, complete with swoopy bangs and an unbuttoned denim vest showcasing his tanned abs. “Barbie 2023: Ryan Gosling as Ken” reads the top, which . In cuffed jeans and , Mendes is clearly talking to someone, though she didn't upload a video.
Detectives had to wait two weeks for permission to search the Glasgow home belonging to Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell, it has been reported.
The BAFTA TV Awards made a welcome return to our TV screens, with dozens of stars gathering to celebrate the most prestigious awards in British television.The annual awards bash tonight, 14 May, was hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and took place at The Royal Festival Hall in London. As most awards ceremonies are, the evening was filled with laughter, tears and glamorous red carpet looks, and some TV stars even walked away with two awards.
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Now Eurovision is over for another year, you may well be looking for a new drama to snuggle down with on a Sunday evening. Well from this weekend (Sunday, May 14), the BBC has just the thing.
The trailer for the next installment in the “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” has arrived!
Todd Longwell By the mid-2010s, BondIt Media Capital was thriving, funding 50 projects a year, as well as producing its own slate through its Buffalo8 division. But its post-production pipeline was a chaotic tangle, employing an uncoordinated mix of talent working at facilities spread across the map. Simply put, “it was unsustainable,” says BondIt CEO and co-founder Matthew Helderman. Then, in 2017, an opportunity presented itself: a post-production house was exiting its lease on a 10,000-square-foot space in Hollywood, leaving both the building and an impressive amount of equipment and personnel up for grabs. Helderman and BondIt COO and co-founder Luke Taylor stepped in and Buffalo8 Post Production was born.
Andor creator/showrunner Tony Gilroy says he has ceased all non-writing producing duties on the Disney+ series amid the WGA strike.
The first details of how Andy Burnham will use new powers given to Greater Manchester in the latest devolution deal have been revealed. The mayor will make a series of announcements in the coming months to set out his plans for transport, housing and technical education.
Bikini-ready babe! Emily Ratajkowski undoubtedly has the best bathing suit style.
Big Boi and Phantogram reunited their Big Grams project on stage at Shaky Knees festival this weekend – see what went down below.The Outkast rapper and electronic duo released a collaborative EP together in 2015 and haven’t played together since the following year.At Atlanta’s Shaky Knees on Saturday night (May 6), Phantogram invited Big Boi on stage with them to play two of the tracks from that EP.Watch Big Grams play ‘Born To Shine’ and ‘Fell In The Sun’ below.A post shared by Meagan Iwaniszek (@melgies85)Elsewhere, 2021 saw Big Boi and Organized Noize’s Sleepy Brown release their joint album ‘The Big Sleepover’. The collaborative project between the two frequent collaborators was first teased in 2019 after the release of ‘Intentions’ featuring CeeLo Green.Big Boi also revealed that he is holding on to a song he made with Kate Bush, and he’s described it as “a monster hit”.Speaking to Mark Ronson on The FADER‘s Uncovered Podcast, the rapper said the collaboration came after he met the elusive singer in the UK in 2014, while he and André 3000 were on their Outkast reunion tour.“I have a monster hit with Kate Bush that I’m just holding,” he said, adding: “It’s a dream come true and the people are going to fucking love it.
Prince Andrew made a low-key appearance at his older brother King Charles III’s official coronation on Saturday, May 6.
Ellise Shafer Brad Pitt is getting in the cockpit of a real Formula One race car for his upcoming film on the international racing league, according to director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. During a panel about the untitled film at the F1 Accelerate Summit in Miami, Kosinski and Bruckheimer shared production details of the Apple Studios movie, which stars Pitt and counts seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton among its producers. According to panel moderator Will Buxton, Kosinksi and Bruckheimer are “creating an 11th team filming on track and on event from Silverstone to the end of the year.” Silverstone is the track where the British Grand Prix takes place. This year, the event will be held on July 9.
With his greatest hits compilation The Diamond Collection currently riding high on the Official Albums Chart, Post Malone is finally set to bring his Twelve Carat Tour to the UK this week.
It might sound cliché, but Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is literally out of this world.
Food chain giants Burger King and Starbucks could be the big names to headline a major new development proposed for the outskirts of Perth.
Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith’s daughter Janie was very excited for her third birthday this month.