Sir Mick Jagger has paid a glowing tribute to his "wonderful friend" Tina Turner. The 79-year-old star has taken to social media to hail the music icon, who died on Wednesday (24. 05.
05.05.2023 - 07:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It’s been a bruising night for the Conservatives at this year’s local elections.
In Greater Manchester, the Tories lost seven seats in Bolton overnight. They lost the same number in Tameside, and couldn’t dent Labour’s huge majority in Salford.
The results mean that, for all talk of change with a new Prime Minister at the helm — with Boris Johnson in No 10 at the last local elections — the party has a lot of work to do to win voters over for the expected General Election. That poll has to take place by the end of 2024, by law.
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Within Tory ranks, there will be an inquest. Questions will be asked, local issues re-examined, and new strategies will be devised.
However, they are questions for later today, or next week. To see how the night unfolded for the Tories, five tweets tell the story.
In Thurrock, an authority that has faced financial ruin, council leader Mark Coxshall lost his seat to Labour. Journalist Gareth Davies, who has investigated the affairs of the council, said the result was met with ‘cheers of jubilation’.
The Conservatives remain the largest party in Thurrock, but lost two seats tonight, as one-third of the council was up for grabs. In contrast, Labour gained five of the 16 available.
There were similar scenes on the other side of the River Thames, after the Tories lost control of Medway Council for the first time in '20 years', Newsnight's Anna Collinson tweeted. Labour gained 12 seats, to take them to 34, as the Tories lost 12 councillors - and control of the authority.
But it wasn't just the south-east where the Conservatives took a kicking. One of Labour's big wins was in Stoke-on-Trent, taking control of the 'red wall' area.
Sir Mick Jagger has paid a glowing tribute to his "wonderful friend" Tina Turner. The 79-year-old star has taken to social media to hail the music icon, who died on Wednesday (24. 05.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Tina Turner, who died Wednesday at 83, rarely failed to electrify, not just in person but with cameras as her conduit to the audience, too. Longtime Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich worked with Turner on programs from the late ’70s through the late ’90s, and he shared his memories with Variety of three particularly memorable TV performances. The first of these was in 1985, when she sang “What’s Love Got to Do With It” on the Grammys, the same year she won record of the year for that song — arguably the peak of her career, though she’d been revered for a quarter-century before that and would become a bigger superstar still in the next 25 years to follow. The second appearance he singles out is a duet between Turner and Elton John for a 1999 “VH1 Divas” special that got more fiery behind the scenes than necessary, albeit possibly to its benefit. Finally, he was an integral part of one of Turner’s last great TV spots, a highly copacetic duet with Beyoncé on the 2008 Grammys telecast.
Ariana Madix has moved on, but she hasn’t moved out. Despite being photographed outside the home she shares with her ex, Tom Sandoval, with boxes and a moving truck, she’s still living there. On Monday, the Vanderpump Rules star was spotted presumably moving out of Valley Village, following Sandoval’scheating scandal with Raquel Leviss.She posted on her Instagram Story, smiling as she posed in front of her boxes. «Ready to dip out,» she wrote alongside the video, as a nod to Sandoval's much-used phrase.She later took to Instagram to clarify she wasn't moving — yet.«I’m moving up, not out,» she said in an ad on her Instagram Story.
Alison Herman TV Critic All awards shows are arbitrary, and none more so than the Emmys, for which voters must select a handful of nominees and winners from an ocean of worthwhile television. The shows on this list, arranged alphabetically, represent just a small sampling of the series that deserve recognition from the TV Academy, and while some are more likely to receive an official nod than others, all are worth viewers’ precious time. In its first season, “Abbott” became the increasingly rare broadcast sitcom to resonate with both audiences and critics.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Holland revealed in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly that filming his upcoming Apple TV+ crime thriller “The Crowded Room” led to a “bit of a meltdown” in his personal life. The Spider-Man actor stars in the show as Danny Sullivan, who is arrested in summer 1979 due to his involvement in a shooting at Rockefeller Center. The show is based on the real crimes of Billy Milligan, who was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. “I was seeing myself in [the character], but in my personal life,” Holland said. “I remember having a bit of a meltdown at home and thinking, like, ‘I’m going to shave my head. I need to shave my head because I need to get rid of this character.’ And, obviously, we were mid-shooting, so I decided not to… It was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.”
Prince Louis of Wales made quite the impression at his grandfather, King Charles III‘s Coronation over the weekend.
READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp communityKaty Perry, who will be performing at the Coronation Concert in Windsor Castle on Sunday evening, was also invited. The singer was seen wearing a lilac outfit with a matching hat. British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, BBC director-general Tim Davie, Australian musician Nick Cave, TV presenter Jay Blades, and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber were also in attendance.
Royal fashion protocol has been completely ripped up at the coronation of King Charles, historian Rosie Harte has said. Speaking exclusively to OK!, Rosie – the author of the upcoming book The Royal Wardrobe – explained that Charles has done away with some of the usual expectations of what should be worn at a coronation.
had commissioned Bruce Oldfield, British couturier and longtime friend of the royal family, to design . It isn’t surprising that Queen Camilla turned to someone she already trusts, having worked with Oldfield to design pieces for other landmark moments, from the 2016 State Opening of Parliament to the 2021 premiere of No Time to Die.
Voters in Cheshire East have had their say in the 2023 local elections.
The Prime Minister has reacted to a bruising set of local election results for the Conservative Party by saying he has ‘heard a message’.
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Voters in parts of England will have their say in the local elections today (Thursday May 4). Some 230 local authorities are holding elections, with hundreds of candidates eager to gain seats.
Councils across England and Northern Ireland are preparing for the local elections this May.