One of the biggest gun and drug trafficking gangs ever encountered by law enforcement in the UK are among those who have been locked up this week in Greater Manchester.
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Mike Wass How do you break a British artist with a kaleidoscopic sound that incorporates everything from chiptune to Jersey club beats in the United States? In PinkPantheress’ case, by rolling out a remix of an already viral song featuring a hotly tipped rapper. That’s what happened with “Boy’s a Liar,” the latest in a long list of genre-blurring bangers from the 22-year-old that found a firm following online. Breaking out of the digital bubble, however, would take a little luck and a lot of strategy.
“Boy’s a Liar” immediately stood out to the artist’s inner circle, according to Phoebe Gold of Up Close Management, who co-manages Pantheress with Jesse Gassongo-Alexander. “We were in L.A., all staying in a house together in the hills, and Jesse walked into the dining room and said, ‘I heard something through Pink’s door,’” remembers Gold. “He was like, ‘It’s the one!’” Encouraged, Pantheress posted a snippet on TikTok and it went nuclear.
There was just one problem: The song wasn’t finished. “We worked backward into making ‘Boy’s a Liar’ into the full track that it became,” Gold says. Audiences were primed by the time the dizzyingly brief bop (it comes in at just over two minutes) dropped in late 2022, and the track quickly ascended the charts at home and made noise around the world.
“We got asked if we were interested in doing a remix, and our initial feeling was hesitation,” Gassongo-Alexander says. That stance slowly changed as “Boy’s a Liar” continued to surge in popularity and Pantheress and her team realized there was an opportunity to connect with a broader audience. “We were going through ideas, and Ice Spice was the name that stuck out to us,” Gassongo-Alexander says.
One of the biggest gun and drug trafficking gangs ever encountered by law enforcement in the UK are among those who have been locked up this week in Greater Manchester.
Valerie Wu Intern “Everybody Loves Raymond” will not be getting a reboot, according to Ray Romano. On “Real Time With Bill Maher,” Romano addressed the possibility of a reboot, saying, “As far as a reboot, well, it’s now out of the question because unfortunately the parents are gone: Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts.” Boyle and Roberts portrayed Romano’s parents Frank and Marie Barone on the sitcom. Roberts died in 2016, while Boyle died in 2006, shortly after the show ended.
Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman will star in a new psychological thriller, Miller’s Girl – watch its trailer below. The film, produced by longtime collaborators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, is written and directed by newcomer Jade Halley Bartlett.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Laufey (pronounced Lay-vay) is captivating Gen Z by writing and singing music that almost sounds like it could be from Gen WWII. Go figure, and go marvel. But the 24-year-old has always instinctively known that a box is no place to be: She hails from Iceland, is of Asian heritage, and is in many ways a quintessentially all-American girl.
The Game Awards 2023, the annual celebration of all things gaming, is scheduled for the early hours of tomorrow (December 8) in the UK. Besides celebrating this year’s biggest games, it promises to also contain numerous new announcements – to follow them live, here’s how to watch The Game Awards 2023.The Game Awards 2023 is set to begin at 12:30 AM BST (4:30 PM PST / 5:30 PM MST / 6:30 PM CST / 7:30 PM EST).It is estimated to run between two and a half and three hours, per a Q&A with host Geoff Keighley, and fans can watch the show through either YouTube, Twitch, or X (formerly Twitter).As for what will be shown, The Game Awards 2023 will feature a musical performance from rock band Poets Of The Fall, who played fictional rockers Old Gods Of Asgard in Alan Wake 2 this year.Several trailers and games that will be appearing at the show have also been announced, with Fortnite spin-off Rocket Racing receiving a debut trailer at the show.
Omid Scobie must not be happy right now…
TikTok is revealing the biggest stars and songs of the year!
Kate Middleton and Prince William have arrived at Buckingham Palace's annual reception to highlight the UK's diplomatic relations and the role of the monarchy within it, as they put on a united front after the ongoing "race row" as a result of Omid Scobie's Endgame book. The Prince and Princess of Wales, both 41, looked spectacularly regal as they posed side by side in photos for the event, which came days after they appeared at the Royal Variety Show at the Royal Albert Hall, with mum-of-three Kate donning a stunning blush pink Jenny Packham gown.
Over 100 celebs walked the red carpet at the 2023 The Fashion Awards and we’re recapping all of the best looks of the night.
EXCLUSIVE: Former Lionsgate UK & Europe chief and Marv Studios Group CEO Zygi Kamasa launched film and TV company True Brit Entertainment last month with backing from talent management and entertainment company Three Six Zero, which reps talent including Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, FKA Twigs, Will Smith, Marcus Rashford and Kid Cudi. The company will focus exclusively on British feature films and TV.
Anticipation for next year’s Amy Winehouse movie Back to Black is growing with Studiocanal unveiling a second image and announcing release dates.
There were SO many celebs on the red carpet at the 2023 The Fashion Awards and we have a recap of everyone who attended!
EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired North American distribution rights to A Storm Foretold, a documentary about Trump adviser Roger Stone that becomes more urgent as the 2024 presidential election inches closer with every passing day.
Rolling Stones fans just did.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band just announced they’re adding three shows to their ‘The Stones Tour ’24 Hackney Diamonds’ run next spring and summer due to overwhelming demand.That includes a huge concert at East Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium on Sunday, May 26 in addition to their Thursday, May 23 gig.They also added second shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field and Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium.And if you want tickets to sing along to “Gimme Shelter,” “Street Fighting Man,” “Let’s Spend The Night Together,” “Tumbling Dice,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” as well as tracks from from their recently released, rapturously received record, you can grab them as soon as today.Although inventory for all shows aren’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Dec.
The much-anticipated Royal book, Endgame by Omid Scobie was released in the UK on 28 November.The book, which promised to "have the world talking", has done just that and is packed with many shocking allegations against the Royal Family.The book features bombshell revelations about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as well as King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Royal Family is yet to comment on any of the claims made by Omid in the book despite its numerous attacks on several members of the family. So what are the most shocking stories to emerge in the book? Take a look below...
Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, Madness and Sting have been announced as headliners for the inaugural Plymouth Summer Sessions festival 2024.Gabrielle, Cassyette, The Lightning Seeds and Blondie will also perform as support at the shows between June 13-16 at The Plymouth Hoe.Tickets are set to go on sale Friday (December 1) at 9am GMT, and you can buy your tickets here.A post shared by Sir Tom Jones (@realsirtomjones)Jones will kick off the first-ever Plymouth Summer Sessions on Thursday, June 13 with support from Gabrielle. Adams will then take to the stage on Friday, 14 June alongside special guest Cassyette.Madness are set to headline Saturday, June 15, joined by The Lightning Seeds, and Sting will close out the debut Plymouth Summer Sessions with special guest Blondie.“We are thrilled to bring together an extraordinary lineup of legendary artists for the first-ever Plymouth Summer Sessions,” said Peter Taylor, co-founder of festival partner Cuffe & Taylor in a press statement.“We can’t wait to enliven the spectacular location that is The Hoe, with the magic of world-class music.
Police have launched a probe after a fight allegedly broke out during a performance of Hamilton. The incident reportedly happened during the evening performance of the show at Manchester's Palace Theatre on Friday.
Sault have teased that they will be playing a live show in London before the end of the year in a post on Instagram.The mysterious British collective have still never made any live appearances since their emergence in 2019, nor have they given any interviews or officially confirmed the identity of their members.But today (November 25), they posted on their official Instagram account an image that reads: “SAULT LIVE, LONDON, 2023”. They captioned the image with the words, ‘Sharing our gifts”.A post shared by SAULT (@saultglobal)In November 2022, the band also took to their Instagram, asking fans, “If we were to do a live show…which songs would you want to hear?”Sault surprise released five new albums last November – ‘Untitled (God)’, ’11’, ‘Aiir’, ‘Earth’ and ‘Today And Tomorrow’ – “as an offering to God”.
Poor Things, which promises to be one of the weirdest (and most fun) of the year is almost here! is sure to nab at least a nomination for the , and we are fully drooling over the sets and costumes.Based on the novel by the late Alasdair Gray, Poor Things follows Bella Baxter (Stone), a Victorian woman that was resurrected by the “brilliant and unorthodox scientist” Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe).
Mick Jagger, 80; Keith Richards, who turns 80 Dec. 18; and Ronnie Wood, 76, are throwing in with the American Association of Retired Persons as the sponsor of their Stones Tour ’24 Hackney Diamonds, which kicks off April 28 in Houston.The two-month stadium trek — which includes a headlining show at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 2 and a MetLife Stadium stop in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on May 23, before wrapping up in Santa Clara, California on July 17 — is behind the Stones’ new album “Hackney Diamonds.”The band released its first LP of original material since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang” — and its first since the 2021 death of beloved drummer Charlie Watts — in October.Reflecting on the 18 years since their last album of new material in September, Jagger quipped, “We’ve been very lazy.”But, he added, “We didn’t want to make just any record and put it out … Before we went in [to make ‘Hackney Diamonds’], we all said, ‘We’ve got to make a record that we really love ourselves.’ Other people may like it, other people may not.