New Chair Appointed Of UK Broadcaster Channel 4, Ahead Of Government Decision Over Privatization

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is to appoint a Power of Music Commissioner to spread the benefits of choir singing and music to help people suffering from dementia, depression and long Covid. Ms Dorries and Vicky McClure, the Line of Duty star, endorsed a UK Music and Music For Dementia report which sets out a plan to harness the uplifting power of music to transform people’s mental health and well-being.

Naman Ramachandran Two of the most respected practitioners working in the entertainment industry have slammed the U.K. government’s ongoing plans for broadcasters Channel 4 and BBC. Earlier this month, U.K.

Pointless star Richard Osman has reportedly quit the hugely popular BBC show after thirteen series on our screens. According to reports, the 51 year old presenter, who stars alongside friend Alexander Armstrong, has decided to step down from the show he has fronted for almost 30 series.

Richard Osman is stepping down from Pointless after 13 years.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Camila Cabello are ready to bring the laughs — and a little mispronunciation — to ! In a new promo for this week's show,  star, Bowen Yang, and the «Bam Bam» singer stump Gyllenhaal after sharing their own take on a few G-words, particularly the  actor's last name.«Gill-en-hall, your name is pronounced, Gill-en-hall,» Yang interjects, correcting this week's host after he introduces himself.«I guarantee you it is not,» Gyllenhall clarifies, quickly shutting down Yang's incorrect pronunciation of his last name.It looks like Cabello has her own take on a few G-words too, as she jumps in to correct the 41-year-old actor.«Gua-ran-tee, you gua-ran-tee it,» Cabello insists. «Yeah, both of you are very wrong,» Gyllenhaal maintains.But what Yang says next throws both host and musical guest for a loop.«Some say 'Camila,' some say 'Cabello,' Yang offers, to the 25-year-old singer's surprise.Another promo shows Yang hilariously walking off stage after he realizes he's the only one not getting paid to film this week's promos.»Hey, thanks for doing these promos," Yang tells the pair. «I know we have to get up early and we aren't getting paid.»«I'm getting paid,» Cabello says.

plans to sell Channel 4 don’t “make any business sense” and undermine the channel’s “tremendous economic and cultural achievement”.The Scottish filmmaker criticised the government’s proposals to privatise the publicly owned channel, which he clarified does not cost the taxpayer any money as Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wrongfully claimed last year, because it’s paid for by ad revenue.Iannucci, known for TV shows including The Thick Of It and I’m Alan Partridge as well as feature films such as The Death Of Stalin (2017), wrote in a The Guardian op-ed that the move has been ill-thought-out as he questioned why a broadcaster that “puts billions into the economy and promotes British culture and values internationally” should be sold off.“It doesn’t make any business sense, and it’s certainly not patriotic,” he wrote. “I regularly get asked by international broadcasters why the UK government has such a destructive agenda against the country’s main television networks.“Dorries tweeted yesterday that ‘government ownership is holding Channel 4 back’, which perhaps explains part of the problem, that she sees the network as some manifestation of the Big State.

The X Factor star Rhydian Roberts, 39, and his signature peroxide blonde hair first blasted onto our screens back in 2007, when he auditioned for the ITV show in his final year of university. He won the nation’s hearts with his flamboyant style and classical tones and went on to make the final of the cult talent show, before controversially being beaten to be crowned the winner by Scottish singer, Leon Jackson. Rhydian revealed on Loose Women in 2018 that his famously dazzling peroxide blonde hair was actually made whiter by The X Factor judge Simon Cowell, saying: “I remember when I was on X Factor Simon Cowell kept saying, 'No, no it needs to be whiter,' so really it was him who gave me the damage to this hair.

It was 15 years ago that Rhydian Roberts and his peroxide blonde hair first appeared on The X Factor.

of Strictly where he was paired with Nadiya Bychkova. The pair made it to week 11 of the show.

Naman Ramachandran The proposed privatization of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 could become a reality by the spring of 2023 as the government has decided to go ahead with the process.

The UK government is pushing ahead with plans to privatize Channel 4.

Naman Ramachandran Veteran businessman Ian Cheshire has been appointed the next chair of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, media regulator Ofcom revealed on Sunday. Cheshire will join the broadcaster’s board on Apr.

Despite heavy lobbying, the UK government has confirmed the closure of the £500M ($657M) Film & TV Production Restart Scheme at the end of this month.

ABBA have announced details of a new career-spanning box set which will celebrate their nine studio albums.The Swedish pop group returned in November with their ninth studio album ‘Voyage’, marking their first LP since 1981’s ‘The Visitors’.ABBA have now shared details of ‘The ABBA Album Box Set’, which will celebrate their nine studio albums to date and be completed by ‘ABBA Tracks’ – a special record featuring non-album singles such as ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)’ and ‘Fernando’.The collection, which is set for release on May 27 via POLAR/Universal Music, will be available in both 10xLP or 10xCD formats. Pre-order is available from here.A post shared by ABBA (@abba)The albums in the 10xLP box set will be pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl, while the 10xCD collection will be accompanied by a 40-page booklet featuring album information and classic photographs from throughout the group’s career.They’re are also set to release ‘ABBA’s Studio Album Picture Discs’, a strictly limited pair of LP bundles.The 8xLP collection features the the group’s original run of albums (from 1973-1981), while the 9xLP bundle includes 2021’s ‘Voyage’ in the collection.Pre-order is available here ahead of release on June 10.

Crushing coparenting! Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have been amicably raising their twins, Moroccan and Monroe, since their 2014 split.