Whoa. Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker is opening up about her ongoing mental health challenges in a very candid video to fans!
10.05.2022 - 15:49 / completemusicupdate.com
Help Musicians has launched a new online mental health platform, providing information and links to sources of support, after seeing calls to its Music Minds Matter phone line increase by 34% this year.The new website, called Music Minds Matter Explore, offers written and video content for musicians on a variety of mental health related subjects. Key topics include anxiety, performance anxiety and depression.“Music and musicians bring us all enormous joy but as [our] numbers show, mental health needs within the music industry are continuing to rise”, says Joe Hastings, Head Of Music Minds Matter.
“Music Minds Matter Explore has been launched to provide all those working in the sector with a new and additional form of help – adding to the range of services Help Musicians offers in this area”.“We hope that those using the site will find information to understand their needs better, signposting to support available locally and nationally, plus knowledgeable and supportive voices”, he goes on. “The music landscape is ever-changing and we will continue to develop our mental health support for all those who work in music.
Sadly, two years of COVID have seriously disrupted careers and we would encourage anyone struggling to get in touch and find the support they need”.Claire Cordeaux, CEO of British Association Performing Arts Medicine, adds: “As the clinical partner of Help Musicians, BAPAM has been very proud to provide therapeutic support as part of Music Minds Matter to support the increasing demand for mental health support. Rates of poor mental health have always been high in the musician population and COVID has had a significant impact”.“With increased financial pressures, lack of work opportunities and uncertainty
.Whoa. Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker is opening up about her ongoing mental health challenges in a very candid video to fans!
Jon Burlingame editorWith “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” debuting Friday on Disney+, English composer Natalie Holt becomes the first woman to score a live-action “Star Wars” project, on the heels of her success with Marvel’s “Loki.”She spent four months on the project, including two months in Los Angeles recording with many of the same musicians who recorded John Williams’ new theme for the series, as revealed by Variety in mid-February.“It’s been such a fine balance, all the way along, finding the right level of ‘Star Wars’ homage, because we’ve got heritage characters,” she says, referring to Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) and others, “and adding in new elements as well,” she says. “These heritage characters have big themes that everybody expects to hear when they get on screen.
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She has dominated headlines this week as part of an ongoing feud with Coleen Rooney. But long before the courtroom drama, Rebekah Vardy revealed her hopes for Meghan Markle to play her on the silver screen. The news first emerged three years ago, when plans were underway for a Hollywood biopic about Rebekah’s footballer husband Jamie that would chart his rise from a grassroots player to the Premier League star we know today.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were pictured recording a voice message on Friday 13 May, which was created for mental illness sufferers in association with the Better Health – Every Mind Matters Campaign. Prince William and Kate Middleton’s participation in the audio taping titled Mental Health Minute comes amid Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from 9 to 15 May.The 60 second message spoken by the Royals targeted the Every Minds Matters campaign theme of loneliness this year and aired across all UK radio stations at 10.59am on Friday with the aim to “lift someone out of loneliness".
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Gogglebox, who had viewers at home in stitches while always having a giggle with her family. But Scarlett Moffatt's journey with mental health hasn't been a straightforward one.After being crowned the Queen of the Jungle in 2016 when she should have been riding high from her I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! triumph, Scarlett found that life in the spotlight wasn't as rosy as she'd thought.READ: 'What Prince Harry and Meghan did to prioritise their family is fantastic' says Bryony Gordon"I suddenly felt as if there was a magnifying glass on me and everyone in the UK had an opinion of me," Scarlett tells HELLO! as she poses for our Mental Health Digital Cover as our guest editor to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.
Neighbours might be ending, but the legacy of the long-running soap lives on thanks to all the epic careers it helped to kick-start. Show bosses announced in March that the iconic Australian show is being axed after 37 years on the air, with the final episode set to be filmed in June.The soap, which began in 1986, has been a breeding ground for acting and singing talent, with many residents of the fictional suburb of Erinsborough going on to make it big in the world of Hollywood and pop music.
U.K. bound! Sophie Turner is ready to head back across the pond — but her husband, Joe Jonas, hasn’t signed on for a permanent move just yet.
Tyler Cruickshank has spoken out on his own mental health in a candid chat after revealing the sudden death of his friend.The 26 year old, who rose to fame after being coupled up with Kaz Kamwi on Love Island, lost his pal after he tragically took his own life before he went into the villa of the hit ITV dating programme. Croydon-based Tyler, who was recently announced as the SOS Silence Of Suicide Advocate For Young People, explained that the unexpected death left him in tears for the first time in years. "I haven't cried in years.