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Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges has been announced as this year's host for the Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall. The stand-up comedian, 37, will host "A Night of Comedy" on Tuesday, 19 March with performances from Rob Beckett, Paul Chowdhry, Joe Lycett, Joanne McNally and Seann Walsh, plus special guests who are yet to be announced.This night is a part of the week-long event that will take place at the Royal Albert Hall from 18 March to 24 March to help raise vital funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity.There will also be performances from The Who with Orchestra, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Young Fathers and The Chemical Brothers to name a few at the star-studded event.

screen for the first time on February 10 as part of its “Beyond the Big Game” exhibit, which runs through March 3. The showcase, created with help from the NFL and Pro Football Hall of Fame, features more than 150 iconic photos, a treasure trove of memorabilia and viral commercials culled from nearly 60 years of play.But, the broadcast of the first Super Bowl is particularly special.“It is indeed the first public screening of the Super Bowl,” Simon said of the upcoming event, characterizing the footage as the “holy grail” of sports broadcasts.It was captured by pure happenstance.

deliver their first annual report at the Houses Of Parliament – warning grassroots gig spaces in the UK were “going over a cliff” without without urgent government action and investment from new large arenas. After the stark warning that the UK was set to lose 10 per cent of its grassroots music venues in 2023, the MVT and others from the sector ended the year by telling NME how 2023 was the “worst year for venue closures” while “no one in music industry seems to care”.Now, the MVT have shared their full report into the state of the sector for 2023.

The Smile have announced an extra London date on their March 2024 UK tour after phenomenal demand.The Radiohead side project – comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – announced their UK and European tour back in November, alongside their new album ‘Wall Of Eyes‘.The band are due to kick off the tour at Dublin’s 3Arena on March 7 and play dates in Brighton, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham before finishing up with a show at London’s Alexandra Palace on March 23.They’ve now added a second London show at the Eventim Apollo on Sunday, March 10 due to “exceptional demand”.Tickets for the extra show go on sale this Friday (January 26) at 9am GMT from here. Fans can also sign up to the pre-sale here.A post shared by The Smile (@thesmiletheband)MARCH7 – Dublin, 3Arena 10 – London, Eventim Apollo 13 – Copenhagen, K.B. Hallen 15 – Brussels, Forest National 16 – Amsterdam, AFAS Live 18 – Brighton, Brighton Centre 19 – Manchester, O2 Apollo 20 – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo 22 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 23 – London, Alexandra PalaceThe Smile’s second album ‘Wall Of Eyes’ is out Friday, which NME described in four-star review as a “masterclass in pushing rock forward”, adding that it features “some of their best work since ‘In Rainbows'”.It added: “Where previously the comparisons to their Radiohead catalogue could warp expectations, the breadth of the material on offer here suggest that it could, eventually, flip that dynamic right on its head.”Reviewing The Smile live in New York City in 2022, NME described the show as an “expansive and dazzling spectacle”.

Addie Morfoot Contributor In 2013, Angela Patton gave a TEDWomen talk that described a father-daughter dance for incarcerated dads and their daughters. That talk was viewed over a million times and inspired the documentary “Daughters,” which has its world premiere Monday at the Sundance Film Festival. In the film, Patton, who in the past decade has helped arrange approximately 15 Daddy Daughter Dances across the nation, and co-director Natalie Rae follow four young girls preparing for the event with their fathers in a prison in Washington, D.C.

A guest on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow was left stunned when an "ugly" gift from his mum turned out to be worth a small fortune.The show, famous for its unexpected valuations, saw a strange yellow three-legged toad valued at a hefty sum. In an episode filmed at Brodie Castle in Morayshire, Scotland, the guest brought in the ornament for expert Lee Young to examine.The toad, a birthday present from his mother, had been known as the 'ugly toad' by the owner for about 60 years.The man said: "He has been known as 'ugly toad' to me for about 60 years.

Storm Isha is set to batter Greater Manchester and the rest of the UK this weekend.

There are many things we love about Stacey Solomon, but her recent dedication to sharing useful and affordable home storage is definitely up there. The TV presenter has been diligently sharing her tips and tricks for keeping her home looking neat and organised on Instagram , and recently shared the Hair Dryer Straightener Holder with Cable Tidy, currently reduced from £12.99 to £8.69 here , that she uses to keep her styling tools looking tidy .

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Festival season is almost underway. As always, Coachella will take place over two weekends — April 12-14 and April 19-21.

Taylor Swift knows a thing or two about being catnip.Indeed, the pop superstar worked all of her flirtatious feline wiles as Bombalurina in “Cats,” the much-maligned 2019 movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical.But Swift had a different kind of kitty persuasion on “Argylle,” the upcoming spy thriller starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson and more.Director Matthew Vaughn (“Kick-Ass,” “X-Men: First Class” and the “Kingsman” films) says that it was the “Anti-Hero” singer who was “responsible” for the scene-stealing Scottish Fold cat featured in the film, which hits theaters Feb. 2.It all started when Vaughn’s two daughters with his supermodel wife, Claudia Schiffer, convinced their mother to buy them a Scottish Fold for Christmas after seeing Swift’s cat in her 2020 “Miss Americana” documentary.

When Sir David Jason heard that Jay Blades was going to perform to the Only Fools And Horses theme tune on Strictly Come Dancing, he decided to offer “a bit of encouragement”.Two years later the pair are now friends and have just finished making the series David & Jay’s Touring Toolshed.The routine, filmed for the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special in 2021, saw 53-year-old Jay, sporting a Del Boy-style flat cap and a gold medallion, jiving around a yellow Reliant Regal. “Jay was doing Strictly Come Dancing and I heard that he was going to try, desperately, to dance to the opening theme tune of Only Fools And Horses,” says David, 83.

Angelique Jackson SPOILER ALERT:This story contains spoilers from “The Book of Clarence,” now in theaters. “The Book of Clarence” begins with a misdirect. The sophomore feature of British musician-turned-filmmaker Jeymes Samuel, a biblical epic, opens with a crucifixion. The camera sweeps across a sun-streaked landscape where a dozen men are nailed to crosses.

Katherine Ryan knows exactly how many times she has sex with her husband, Bobby Kootstra, each month, and now she's shared that figure publicly. The Canadian comedian and writer, who lives in the UK, said in a new interview with The Times that she and Bobby have sex "exactly twice a month". She joked: "I log it just in case I do get pregnant," before saying she "should be a minx" between the sheets.

Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell has marked eleven years with her partner Alex, two years after being diagnosed with incurable brain cancer.The 36 year old antiques expert, who joined the BBC show in 2018, was tragically diagnosed with a grade four brain tumour - known as a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) - one year after the birth of her son.Theo celebrated eleven years with Alex as she shared a black-and-white photo of the pair to her Instagram. She penned the caption: "The last week has been quite a big one - my partner, Alex, had his birthday and we celebrated 11 years together.

Chelsea Handler, hosting the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, had praise for women in film, took broadsides at studio executives, and made some digs at her ex-boyfriend, comedian Jo Koy, who was widely criticized for his hosting the Golden Globes a week earlier. 

The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards are set for Sunday, January 14 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Chelsea Handler returns to host the ceremony, which begins at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET and will air live on the East Coast and in Los Angeles on The CW.

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Get ready to watch True Detective season 4 with a 'lowest price' Sky deal that saves you £180! Almost a decade since it first hit our screens, the next chapter of True Detective is just around the corner for its fourth season, featuring a brand new cast and showrunner.The upcoming series, called True Detective: Night Country, stars Oscar-winner Jodie Foster and boxer-actress Kali Reis as detectives in chilly, dark Alaska. The story revolves around eight men who mysteriously disappear while working at an Arctic research station.The synopsis reads: "When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace.To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice." This is the first season of True Detective without creator Nic Pizzolatto as the showrunner or writer as he's now an executive producer.

Barbenheimer’ phenomenon, but not enough to return it to pre-pandemic levels.A total of £1.06 billion was taken across the year, according to numbers released by Comscore (via Variety). That represents an 8.3 per cent increase on 2022’s total of £980.5 million.However, the number remains 23.5 per cent below 2019, the final year before COVID-19 shut down cinemas.