Megan Moroney: Country’s Rising Star is Georgia Red All Over, but Won’t Mind if You Take Her for ‘Tennessee Orange’

The Last Dinner Party have been announced as the winners of the prestigious BRITs Rising Star award supported by BBC Radio 1.The band – comprised of Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci – were revealed as the winner of the award by Clara Amfo on her BBC Radio 1 Future Sounds show.The Rising Star prize recognises British artists who had not achieved a top 20 album, or more than one top 20 single by October 31 of this year. It is voted by an industry-wide panel.

, attending the premiere of The Color Purple on December 6 in Los Angeles, walked the carpet in a scarlet gown with multiple tiers of pleated, heavily ruffled taffeta skirt and a criss-crossed halter neck on the bodice. This is just so much dress. Julie Andrews could fashion a new wardrobe for seven Von Trap children using only the fabric from this dress., accessorizing with diamond statement earrings but no other jewelry.

EXCLUSIVE: Heartstopper breakout star Joe Locke will make his Broadway debut next month when he joins the cast of the hit Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Bright Eyes have shared a new cover of John Prine’s festive song ‘Christmas in Prison’ – listen to the track below.The song was first recorded by Prine for his 1973 album ‘Sweet Revenge’. Prine, often referred to as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, died in April 2020 from complications caused by COVID-19.The atmospheric, country-tinged track sees Oberst’s echoey vocal accentuated by plaintive pedal steel guitar. “It was Christmas in prison / And the food was real good / We had turkeys and pistols / Carved out of wood,” he sings.The song also includes an excerpt from ‘A John Prine Christmas’, a spoken word track recorded by Prine for his 1993 album of the same name that sees him reflecting on his memories of Christmases past.Proceeds from the track will be donated to Prine’s charity, The Hello In There Foundation and its current beneficiaries, which include the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Porters Call, the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and Renewal House.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and the rest of the Republican field of presidential candidates aren’t the only ones who have something riding on the GOP’s next primary debate. The event will be telecast Wednesday between 8 and 10 p.m. eastern from the University of Alabama by the upstart cable-news outlet NewsNation, and has the potential to affect more than just votes and donations.

The Murder Capital covered The Pogues‘ ‘I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day’ in tribute to Shane MacGowan during a recent live performance in Ireland.The Dublin punk group were performing as part of Other Voices Festival on Friday (December 1) at St James’ Church in Dingle when they remembered the late Pogues frontman, who died last week, aged 65.The five-piece performed an a cappella version of The Pogues’ 1985 song from album ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’, only occasionally using the sparse rattle of a tambourine for the haunting rendition.Frontman James McGovern asked the crowd to “join us if you know it”, before performing their version of the song. “Love you, Shane,” he said as they closed out the set.A post shared by The Murder Capital (@themurdercapital)The Murder Capital are the latest band to pay musical tribute to the late Irish singer-songwriter.U2 covered The Pogues’ ‘A Rainy Night in Soho’ in tribute to MacGowan during their latest show at the Las Vegas Sphere.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s hard to quite think of someone who was as big a veritable child star as Brenda Lee was in the late ’50s and early ’60s a “late bloomer.” Nor can “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” really be considered an underdog song, after its accrual of quintuple-platinum sales over the decades. And yet it’s spent the last several years peaking at No. 2 each December, after spending most of its lifetime not annually charting at all.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country music hasn’t had a huge presence in the mainstream top 10 since Florida Georgia Line provided a couple of big crossover blips in 2014 and 2017 with “Cruise” and “Meant to Be.” But that changed in triplicate in 2023 with three Nashville exports— the well-established Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, plus a blazing-hot newcomer, Zimmerman. His first three singles all hit No.

The stars are stepping out for the 2023 Red Sea International Film Festival.

Coronation Street star and fans have flooded Alan Halsall with support as he made a '25 year' announcement. The actor, who is currently on a health-based absence from the ITV soap, is best known for playing Tyrone Dobbs.

Stuart Ford’s AGC International has picked up world rights to two Arab-produced titles, HWJN by Yasir Al-Yasiri and To My Son byDhafer L’abidine, ahead of their debuts at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. 

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic What part of fast in “Fast Car” did anyone not understand? Country superstar Luke Combs’ cover of the 1988 Tracy Chapman classic proved to be as turbocharged as anything acoustically based in this world can be, with unexpected multi-format success: It was No. 1 at adult pop and country for two weeks each; a healthy No. 6 at Top 40 radio; No.

Coronation Street fans were left doing a double take as one of the soap's former stars returned to soapland - but in Emmerdale. It was announced last week that Paula Lane will be heading for the Dales in the new year and started filming on the Yorkshire-based soap this week.

Singer and TV host Marvin Humes has opened up about how he started his family with a special night, shortly following his wedding to Rochelle. Speaking to his fellow I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! campmates Nella Rose and Josie Gibson, Marvin, 38, explained how he proposed to Rochelle, 34.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The mystery of why Daryl Hall obtained a restraining order against John Oates has been solved, at least in part, now that part of the case has been unsealed by a Tennessee judge who previously ordered all details to be kept under wraps. It’s now been revealed that Hall is attempting to block his longtime musical partner from selling his share in their joint venture to Primary Wave Music. On Friday afternoon, the Associated Press was first to report the actual reason for the restraining order, after the judge quietly unsealed some — but not nearly all — of the case two days earlier, on Thanksgiving eve.

As ITV's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! prepares to hit our screens on Sunday 19 November, the show's medics have spilled the beans on why celebs always wear red socks. The show, which started in 2002, has seen stars donning red socks as part of their jungle uniform throughout its history and this year a fresh batch of celebs will be slipping into the classic I'm A Celeb attire for the 23rd series. Ahead of the show's launch, the star-studded line-up has already been announced and includes Britney Spears' sister Jamie-Lynn, TV star Sam Thompson, This Morning's Josie Gibson, First Dates' Fred Sirieix, YouTuber Nella Rose, ex-politician Nigel Farage, food critic Grace Dent, JLS's Marvin Humes, EastEnders' Danielle Harold, and Hollyoaks ' Nick Pickard.

Britney Spears has multiple stars interested in making a movie about her life, and they are prepared to pay a hefty sum to secure the rights.

Daisy Edgar-Jones, ??p?? Dìrísù and Himesh Patel today joined forces along with other industry experts to decide the next BAFTA EE Rising Star award nominees. The annual award which, in the past has gone to the likes of James McAvoy, Eva Green, Juno Temple, Tom Hardy, Kristen Stewart, Jack O’Connell, Will Poulter, John Boyega, Tom Holland, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Micheal Ward, Bukky Bakray, and Lashana Lynch, will be dished out with the other film BAFTAs early next year.Emma Mackey was awarded the honour earlier this year.Now in its nineteenth year, it stands as the only EE BAFTA Film Awards category to be voted for by the British public, reinforcing EE’s commitment to become the UK’s most personal, customer-focused brand by providing the nation with an opportunity to have their voice heard.

Star Trek and Batman, has died at the age of 95.His death earlier this month was announced in an obituary this weekend (November 11), which revealed Butler died just two weeks before his 96th birthday. “Robert Stanton Butler, revered television director, loving husband, devoted father and doting grandfather, passed away on November 3 2023 in Los Angeles,” the obituary read.Butler’s career spanned nearly five decades in which he directed many shows including Star Trek, Batman (the original Adam West-starring series), The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-O, Moonlighting and many more.He won three Primetime Emmy Awards during his career – two for The Blue Knight in 1974 and the other for Hill Street Blues in 1981.Butler also co-created Remington Steele, a series which ran from 1982 to 1987 in NBC and gave future Bond star Pierce Brosnan his break.He directed several feature films and television movies too such as Now You See Him, Now You Don’t, The Barefoot Executive, Scandalous John and Disney’s The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.The Directors Guild of America paid tribute to Butler today (November 12).

The first trailer for Inside Out 2 dropped Thursday morning, introducing fans to Anxiety, played by franchise newcomer Maya Hawke. But there were a couple familiar voices you may have noticed weren’t there.