Halsey forced to cancel gig due to heavy flooding

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorA lot of changes are taking place at CNN after the merger of its parent company, WarnerMedia, with Discovery, but this wasn’t one many people were anticipating.Christi Paul, who has been a regular presence on CNN’s weekend morning programs for nearly nine years, is leaving the news outlet, she announced on air Sunday morning. Paul has been with CNN and its sibling HLN since 2003, and has co-anchored “New Day” on Saturday and Sunday mornings alongside Victor Blackwell and, more recently, Boris Sanchez. Her Sunday appearance on CNN will be her last.A rotating group of anchors is expected to fill in on “New Day” alongside Sanchez for the foreseeable future, according to a CNN spokesperson.

George Ezra has announced the cancellation of of his performance at Tinderbox Festival in Denmark today (June 24) ahead of his rumoured secret set at Glastonbury Festival.Ezra took to social media on Thursday (June 23) to apologise to his Danish fans, revealing that he has “come down with a nasty bout of laryngitis” and is undergoing “full vocal rest for 48 hours” per doctor’s orders.“I hate having to cancel shows but sadly this one is out of my control,” he added.Read Ezra’s statement below.So sorry to everyone who was planning to come and see me and the band at @Tinderbox_dk x pic.twitter.com/KWz6hgfKOS— george E Z R A (@george_ezra) June 23, 2022The news comes two days ahead of his rumoured secret set at the John Peel tent at Glastonbury on June 26 at 2pm. While his 48 hours of vocal rest will wrap up by the time June 26 rolls around, it remains uncertain if the supposed set will still take place.Last Sunday (June 19), rumours began circulating on social media that Ezra would be making a surprise appearance at Glastonbury after signs emerged online from Worthy Farm teasing that the ‘Gold Rush Kid’ would perform on June 26.‘Gold Rush Kid’ is notably the name of Ezra’s latest album, which he released earlier this month.In a three-star review of ‘Gold Rush Kid’, NME’s Sophie Williams wrote: “The effusive ‘Gold Rush Kid’ sees Ezra marvel at his status as one of the UK’s most successful singer-songwriters of the past decade – his debut recently went five times Platinum – with a title track that sees him awed by the unexpected nature of his situation.”George Ezra’s rumoured secret set at Glastonbury isn’t the only performance in jeopardy at the festival this year.

EXCLUSIVE: With Riverdale coming to an end after its upcoming seventh season, the CW is eyeing another soapy, noir thriller teen drama set in the world of Archie Comics. Jake Chang, which is in development at the network, comes from writer Oanh Ly and writer-director Viet Nguyen, who both worked on the Archie Comics-based Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Daniel Dae Kim’s 3AD, Archie Studios and Warner Bros. Television.

Tributes have been paid to a former Bolton Council leader who has died suddenly at the age of 80. Cliff Morris represented the Halliwell Ward from 1983 before standing down before the local elections this year.

Dua Lipa is facing a second civil lawsuit over the alleged sharing of a paparazzi picture of herself on Instagram.The lawsuit was filed on June 20 in California by New York-based photographer Robert Barbera, Billboard reports. The photographer alleges that Dua Lipa has infringed his copyright by posting photos that he snapped of her in July 2018 to Instagram.The alleged photo – which can no longer be found on the singer’s social media profile – is said to depict the artist sporting a black sweater with the words “HEROES” printed on it.An excerpt of the complaint obtained by Billboard claims: “Without permission or authorization from Plaintiff, Defendant volitionally selected, copied, stored and displayed each of Plaintiff’s copyright protected Photographs.”Barbera is reportedly seeking damages and penalties from the profits Lipa could have made with the photograph on Instagram, on which she advertises her music, brand and business interests.Barbera also claims that he attempted to settle the matter with Lipa outside of court.

Duchess Kate is giving Us another suit moment! The British royal looked radiant in a classic white ensemble while celebrating Windrush Day in London with her husband, Prince William.

Dua Lipa and her father, Dukagjin – is set to return to its original location in Pristina, Kosovo after it was moved amid a dispute with organisers.The inaugural edition of the festival took place at Germia Park in Kosovo’s capital – Dua’s hometown – in August 2018, with the singer appearing as a headliner. It was put on to raise money for the Sunny Hill Foundation, of which the star is a patron.Sunny Hill Festival returned in 2019 with performances from Dua, Miley Cyrus, Calvin Harris and more across three days.Lipa then confirmed last summer that the event would return in August 2022 following a two-year COVID-related break.

Conor McGregor looks like he’s having a great time on vacation!

Katie Holmes shows off her style during a stroll around New York City on Thursday (June 16).

Selome Hailu In 1958, Esquire published “A Great Day in Harlem,” a photo taken by Art Kane of 57 jazz musicians ranging from Thelonious Monk to Coleman Hawkins gathered together on a New York City Stoop. In an homage to that historic picture, on June 5, 2022, Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount Pictures organized “A Great Day in Animation,” which features 54 Black professionals working in animation today.

As Manchester Day makes its long awaited return after three years people are being urged to plan ahead as a number of road closures are set to be in place. A number of roads are to be closed on Sunday (June 19) in the city centre for the parade with access to other streets limited.

WWE legend Jeff Hardy arrested on 'third DUI offense in 10 years' and other chargesTottenham striker Harry Kane reacts to Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez signingsTrial against Carl Woods scrapped following charge for 'threatening behaviour'Steve is touring with the band following the death of long-standing drummer Charlie Watts, who died on August 24 2021 at the age of 80. The band made their return to the UK stage at the Anfield football stadium on Thursday last week and are also due to play two shows at BTS Hyde Park in London this summer.

the band said in a statement posted to Twitter. The band are currently performing a series of shows across Europe, with their next gig scheduled for June 21 in Milan, Italy.

Former Love Island contestant Amy Day has claimed that ITV producers “manipulate” islanders on the show, with the final product we seen on screen entirely “fake.” The 25 year old, who appeared on the show last year as part of season 7, made the claims on Saturday 11 June during an interview with the Daily Star. According to the reality star, there wasn’t as much freedom in the process as she had originally thought, with show producers frequently dictating when islanders needed to get up, go to bed and what they could do, when. "It was more than what I thought before I went in,” Amy told the newspaper.

Dakota Johnson is hitting the streets of NYC.

Halsey was forced to postpone their Maryland concert Wednesday night at the last minute after a storm flooded the venue.

Halsey cancelled their headlining show in Maryland, where they were scheduled to perform last night (June 8), due to the venue becoming heavily flooded.Storms had begun to affect the area that evening, CBS reported, with the Howard County and Baltimore areas briefly placed under a tornado warning. Fans had already filled the Merriweather Post Pavilion when the 19,000-capacity venue started flooding, as it had stressed hours earlier that “the show is still happening rain or shine”.The venue later announced on Twitter that Halsey’s show had been delayed.

A huge mound of animal waste spilled onto a road in Tameside last night with emergency services called to the scene.

Gaz Coombes has released a new track today (June 7) called ‘Sonny The Strong’. Listen to it below.The Supergrass frontman wrote the song about a semi-fictinalized British boxer in post-World War II Britain.“This track was always going to have a biographical story arc to it,” Coombes said of his latest song. “For me it was just a case of finding the inspiration.