Little Simz, AJ Tracey and IMPALA’s Helen Smith announced as AIM Awards winners

It's the news that has been more than a decade in the making - Turkey Twizzlers are back!School children of the past will remember the treat which was iconic amongst kids and families of the nineties and early noughties.So finally after 15 years, Bernard Matthews, the firm behind the carefully crafted household favourite, has announced the 'comeback of the century'.People will remember that the product was controversial axed from school dinner menus and from supermarket shelves in 2005 after

post-proposal bliss after he popped the question on Santa Cataline Island in July, but how did they come to be together?Speaking to EVOKE the Selling Sunset and Flipping 101 stars recounted how a fateful fourth of July party led their paths to cross in real life after Tarek initially shooting his shot in Heather’s DMs didn’t send sparks flying.As soon as things did kick-off, however, their whirlwind romance led to love and life long commitments to each other in record time as the smitten duo

The 2020 Soribada Best K-Music Awards took place today and was hosted by Jun Hyun-moo and Jin Se-yeon. As revealed by Soompi, BTS dominated at the award ceremony along with TWICE and Kang Daniel as the trio won three awards each.

The Association Of Independent Music’s cleverly re-worked Independent Music Awards took place online last night, with live performances from the likes of Little Simz, AJ Tracey, Vince Clark and Damon Albarn, plus plenty of prize giving.Because, yes, while there were many innovations in play as a result of the awards ceremony having to take place in the virtual world, organisers still nevertheless remembered to hand out some prizes.And those prizes, in case you wondered, were distributed as

Fraser T Smith has announced his new album ‘12 Questions’ under the banner Future Utopia, with the record set to feature guest contributions from the likes of Stormzy, Dave and Idris Elba.The producer, songwriter and musician will release ‘12 Questions’ on October 23 via Platoon/70Hz.Describing the record as “the most ambitious, exciting and terrifying thing I’ve ever done”, ‘12 Questions’ is based on a series of 12 universal, human and urgent questions, each of which is posed by Smith to a

Arlo Parks, Little Simz, FKA twigs and more all picked up awards at tonight’s (August 12) AIM Independent Music Awards.The annual ceremony highlights independent artists, and was held virtually for the first time in its history due to coronavirus restrictions.FKA twigs picked up the award for Best (Difficult) Second Album for 2019’s ‘MAGDALENE’, an album NME called “an unstoppable force of nature” in a five-star review, while Arlo Parks won the One To Watch award.Elsewhere, Little Simz picked up

AIM’s Independent Music Awards will take place tonight, the whole event having shifted online because of pesky COVID-19. And, organisers have confirmed, the proceedings will end with a Damon Alban-led tribute to the late great Tony Allen.The Afrobeat drummer, who died in April, will receive a posthumous Outstanding Contribution To Music award during the show.

Damon Albarn is set to perform at the AIM Awards’ virtual ceremony tomorrow evening (August 12) in tribute to Tony Allen.The AIM Awards 2020 will honour Allen with the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award following the Afrobeat pioneer’s death earlier this year, and will see some of his friends and collaborators come together for a special performance.Joining Albarn will be Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso, Gorillaz’ Seye Adelekan and Remi Kabaka Jr, and The Good, The Bad & The Queen’s Simon

Tom Grater International Film ReporterLaal Singh Chaddha, the Hindi-language Forrest Gump remake starring Indian megastar Aamir Khan, is moving production to Turkey after a delay due to the pandemic.Ajit Andhare, COO at producer Viacom18 Studios, took to Twitter to confirm that the pic would still be releasing for Christmas… but 2021 rather than the originally planned 2020 date, which is no longer doable due to the coronavirus disruption.We will still keep the Chirstmas date, not 2020, but in

new podcast.The selection features tracks from recent NME cover stars Arlo Parks and Little Simz, as well as Jhené Aiko, Tierra Whack, and longtime friend of the Obamas, Beyoncé.The former FLOTUS captioned the Instagram post: “Excited to share with you a new @Spotify playlist inspired by the first season of my new podcast.“It’s filled with incredible new artists and a whole lot of #BlackGirlMagic.

Selling Sunset’s Heather Rae Young was overjoyed to say yes to Tarek El Moussa’s proposal on July 25 and now they’re wasting no time turning their attention to wedding planning.On their one year anniversary, HGTV’s Flipping 101 star shut down Descanso Beach on Santa Catalina Island to ask her to marry him and the Netflix star was thrilled to say yes.

Patti Smith has announced that she’ll perform a special show next month featuring music and excerpts from her most recent book.The virtual event, which takes place on September 4 at 2am BST, will be filmed at the Murmrr Theatre in Brooklyn, where Smith will read from her 2019 book Year Of The Monkey and play a handful of songs with longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan.The ticketed event, which is being billed as Smith’s only worldwide staged program of 2020, will be filmed by cinematographer Matthew

Maya Jama has reportedly scored herself a lifetime supply of free Nando's by signing up as the chicken restaurant's latest brand ambassador.The 25 year old is joining the likes of Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards, Capital FM presented Roman Kemp, boxer Anthony Joshua and England footballer Jadon Sancho as the new face of the restaurant chain.

Dallas Smith fans won’t have to wait much longer for new music.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBAFTA is today staging the industry’s biggest TV awards since the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, with Submarine director Richard Ayoade hosting a 90-minute virtual ceremony from a studio, as winners stay at home.The event, which is being broadcast on BBC One from 7PM local time (11AM PT), will feature guests including Normal People stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal handing out prizes, while red carpet arrivals were replaced by a pre-show on BAFTA’s

Dr Alex George has spoken out following the tragic death of his brother Llyr after a mental health battle, reassuring fans that he is “still going”.The former Love Island star announced the devastating news last week, saying his family was facing the “hardest” and “darkest” times after his little brother passed away. Alex, 30, has now taken to his Instagram story to thank fans for support amid the difficult time.