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Ethan Shanfeld Adrianne Lenker is kicking off a brand new solo album in 2024 with the new single, “Ruined,” a haunting ballad that her band Big Thief live debuted earlier this year. Lenker’s new rendition of the song is patient and piano-based, a rare thing for the guitarist. “Can’t get enough of you / You come around I’m ruined,” she laments on the chorus.

Manchester music legend Peter Hook is to play an intimate gig at an iconic Manchester pub in aid of mental health charity Headstock. The Joy Division founding member will play a set of the band's classic songs at the Star & Garter pub - which is now famously home to a stunning mural of Ian Curtis.

EXCLUSIVE: Cameras are rolling Stargazer, a new feature from artist-filmmaker Christian Neuman, which producers have described as a “modern psychic thriller” starring Poppy Delevingne and Rosalind Halstead (The Trial of Christine Keeler). 

Dianna Agron and her boyfriend Harold Ancart stepped out for a very rare public outing on Saturday (December 2), and they were the epitome of couple goals!

Belgian Oscar Entry ‘Omen’ Opens In France, Director Baloji Releases Soundtrack Inspired By Film 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Rights to the second season of Irish crime drama series “Hidden Assets” have been licensed by DCD Rights. Buyers include the BBC for the U.K., SBS and Stan for Australia, TV4 for Sweden and TV2 for Norway. The 12-part series is produced by Saffron Moon, Facet4Media & Potemkino for RTE, Super Channel & Acorn TV, and was written by Peter McKenna (Kin, Red Rock), Morna Regan, Mary Fox and Marthy Thornton.

Tricky has announced a run of 2024 European tour dates. Find ticket details below.The announcement of the new shows comes following the release of ‘Maxinquaye Reincarnated’ back in October – a re-recorded version of his iconic debut album ‘Maxinquaye’.Originally released in 1995, the track was named as NME’s album of the year and it also was nominated for a Mercury Prize, although lost out to Portishead’s ‘Dummy’.

Pep Guardiola has told his Manchester City players it is "not normal" to concede goals in the way they did against Chelsea and RB Leipzig after the Blues were again exposed on the break in the Champions League.

EXCLUSIVE: Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones, SAS: Rogue Heroes), Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders, Happy Valley) and Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones, Sex Education) are to star in a Dutch-Belgian thriller series from Ozark co-creator Mark Williams, Night Train Media and Submarine.

Netflix owns less than 25% of its IP of its content in Europe after expanding its business models over recent years, a senior acquisitions head has revealed.

If Aaron Wan-Bissaka needs convincing to answer the international call of DR Congo then the prospect of helping shape a 'dream team' might help sway the Manchester United man.

Outlander actor Sam Heughan is set to appear in Channel 4 thriller The Couple Next Door, which is based on a Dutch show called 'New Neighbours'.

Sean Dyche admitted he will likely be without key midfielder Amadou Onana for Sunday's Premier League game at home to Manchester United.

Starsailor have announced a 2024 UK tour, alongside news of an upcoming album titled ‘Where The Wild Things Grow’.The band – consisting of frontman James Walsh, bassist James Stelfox, keyboardist Barry Westhead and drummer Ben Byrne – will kick off the tour on March 22 at the Par Hall in Warrington. From there, they will make stops in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Sunderland, Leeds, and Amsterdam.

The Kills have announced details of a tour across the UK and Europe, set to kick off in 2024. Check out ticket details below.The newly shared run of live shows will see the duo – formed of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince – hit the road in celebration of their latest album ‘God Games’.

I'm A Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here's Nella Rose was left heartbroken after she lost both her parents at a young age.

Nella Rose has headed to Australia and is competing on this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.The 26 year old YouTube star and presenter of Catfish UK is the youngest participant this year. She's joined a star-studded cast that includes former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, Britney Spears' sister Jamie Lynn Spears, This Morning host Josie Gibson, Hollyoaks actor Nick Pickard, former Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson, Channel 4 First Dates' presenter Fred Sirieix, food critic Grace Dent, former JLS star Marvin Humes and former EastEnders star Danielle Harold.

Casemiro's injury has left Manchester United in a midfield lurch ahead of their busy winter period - and the club could search for a long-term replacement.

Influencer and YouTube star Nella Rose has entered the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! jungle and has already squirmed at the first challenge. Viewers tuned in on Sunday night to watch the return of the hit ITV series with a fresh batch of celebrities ready to take on a series of Bushtucker trails and camp conditions.

A new host of celebrities will head to the jungle as I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here returns to ITV. Among those taking part this year down under is TV presenter and YouTube and TikTok star Nella Rose.

At the Award Ceremony of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), awards were presented to the winners of the festival’s five competition programmes and PÖFF’s youth and children’s film sub-festival Just Film.The jury of the Official Selection Competition, headed by Trine Dyrholm, selected Emma Dante’s drama Misericordia as their favourite, handing the film the Grand Prix for Best Film. Dante adapted her own play of the same name, telling the story of three prostitutes who live in the wasteland by the sea, where a village of outcasts has emerged. Its star Simone Zambelli also scooped the Best Actor Award.

EXCLUSIVE: Getting a leg-up here on our Thanksgiving stretch preview, Apple Studios production of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon will invade the global box office via Sony this Wednesday, in what’s shaping up to be a $46M WW global start.

EXCLUSIVE: Angel Studios, the studio behind surprise global blockbuster Sound of Freedom, has acquired worldwide rights to Bonhoeffer (fka God’s Spy), a true-life thriller written and directed by Sully scribe Todd Komarnicki. Spotlighting the courage and sacrifice of an extraordinary World War II hero, the film is slated for release in theaters in 2024.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Belgium’s Stenola Productions, behind Joachim Lafosse’s 2022 Cannes Competition player “The Restless” and this year’s San Sebastian’s Golden Shell contender “A Silence,” has boarded “Elena,” written by Cannes Camera d’Or winner César Díaz (“Our Mothers”) and a potential highlight at this month’s Ventana Sur Proyecta forum. Stenola, which looks set to handle part of post-production, joins Norwegian lead producer Staer, founded by Elisa Fernanda Pirir, and Lithuania’s Just a Moment on a film which marks the anticipated feature debut of Dalia Huerta Cano, whose “Flesh That Remembers” won best doc short at Mexico’s Morelia Film Festival and DF Docs.

France’s César Academy has unveiled its annual Revelations list showcasing 32 emerging acting talents making their mark in the French-speaking cinema world.

The tragic tale of a WW2 airman who died when his Spitfire crashed near Stirling during a training exercise is to be commemorated in sculpture.

Marta Balaga It’s a family affair for filmmaker Jialai Wang, taking a closer look at her mother and grandmother in feature debut “Paragate,” now showing at documentary festival IDFA. But she is not done just yet, currently developing a new hybrid doc under the working title “La Revenante” (“The Revenant”). “It talks about both of my parents and about their religion: My mother is a Buddhist and my father is a Christian.

Foo Fighters and Dua Lipa have been announced as headliners for next year’s Rock Werchter festival.Lipa will top the bill on Saturday, July 6 while the latter will close out the four day Belgium festival the following night (July 7).Further headliners and acts will be announced in the coming weeks for the bash, which will run from July 4-7 in the village of Werchter’s Festivalpark.Global pop superstar @DUALIPA is coming to Rock Werchter 2024! ✨

The Smile have revealed details of their brand-new album, Wall Of Eyes. The album is the second from the trio (Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood plus drummer Tom Skinner) and follows their 2022 debut A Light For Attracting Attention.

Air have announced a 2024 UK and European tour that will see the French duo perform their debut album ‘Moon Safari’ in its entirety for the first time.Having celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year, Air will tour their ‘One Night Only’ experience for ‘Moon Safari’ in February and March, which will include a show at London’s Coliseum.The tour – which will be the first time ever the duo have performed the 1998 album live – will kick off at Anitgel at Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, continuing on to Milan, Vienna, Belgium, Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam, before concluding in London.Pre-sale starts this Thursday (November 16) at 10am local time, while general sale goes live Friday (November 17) at 10am local time. You can buy tickets for the London show here, and all remaining dates here.“We were a duo doing some electronic thing, dreaming of selling 10,000 copies and being recognised by other musicians as cool,” said Jean-Benoît Dunckel of the record in a press statement.

Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards has questioned how Pep Guardiola will manage to find room for both Julian Alvarez and Kevin De Bruyne in his starting XI when the latter returns from injury.

Marks and Spencer customers have been floored by a 'beautiful' Christmas food and drink hamper from M&S that makes a 'perfect' present. The 'luxury' £55 M&S hamper, which contains chocolate, wine and Christmas treats, rivals the likes of Fortnum & Mason, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols, but is significantly cheaper.

Nella Rose, 26, who is an influencer, is putting on her hat and camp gear and reportedly heading into the I'm A Celebrity jungle for the 2023 series alongside a host of other stars. She could be partaking in the usual hellish challenges featuring bugs and revolting food in a bid to win food for camp. But who is Nella Rose and how did she become famous? Here we take a closer look at her life and career....

Phoebe Bridgers of Boygenius has hit out at online trolls who make comments about her body online, and use social media to “actively embarrass themselves.”The singer, songwriter and guitarist spoke out about the slew of nasty comments she and her bandmates receive online in a new interview with GQ, and stated that she finds it “fucking embarrassing” how people actually take to social media to make comments about their appearance.The topic arose when the band were asked about their set at Belgium’s Pukkelpop festival in August, when Bridgers ripped her shirt open and revealed her bare chest.Bandmate Lucy Dacus then followed suit, and the two spun around on stage together before falling to the floor. After it happened, discussion of the moment spread across social media, with some users criticising the musicians for what they saw as public indecency.“Twitter’s dead and everyone who’s actively using Twitter is, I think, fucking embarrassing themselves,” said Bridgers, reflecting on the comments.

Jared Leto is climbing to new heights, literally.

Ground-breaking French-Iranian sales agent and producer Hengameh Panahi, who represented a myriad of renowned Cannes and Venice prize-winning auteur directors, has died at the age of 67.