EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has acquired world rights to Martine Syms’ feature The African Desperate, which is due to open theatrically in New York on September 16, with a wider rollout to follow.
22.06.2022 - 19:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Covid-19 cases have risen drastically across the UK in the wake of several new Omicron sub-variants.
Official figures have shown that both cases and hospital admissions are rising rapidly.
UK infections rates are growing by 43% on a weekly basis, according to the latest data from the ONS.
Earlier this week, deputy national clinical director John Harden warned that Scotland could be heading towards a new Covid wave.
Experts believe the three new sub-variants that have recently been discovered are to blame for the increasing number of cases, reports the Mirror.
The World Health Organisation has been researching how they could affect us as initial research suggests they could be more infectious and better at getting around the immune system.
Here’s everything you need to know about what the new Omicron sub-variants are and the symptoms to look out for.
The three new Omicron sub-variants are known as BA.4, BA.5 and BA.2.12.1.
Scientists in South Africa were the first to identify the new BA.4 and BA.5 variants in January and February of this year.
Both the BA.4 and BA.5 variants have now been identified among cases in the UK and several other countries.
Meanwhile, the BA.2.12.1 was discovered by scientists in the US in April and is thought to have evolved from the earlier BA.2 variant.
Experts believe that all three of the new variants could be to blame for a current new wave of Covid in the UK.
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EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has acquired world rights to Martine Syms’ feature The African Desperate, which is due to open theatrically in New York on September 16, with a wider rollout to follow.
Showtime’s Your Honor will end after its upcoming season, series star Bryan Cranston said today in an interview on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. Filming on Season 2 has just started, with Joey Hartstone, who was a writer on Season 1, as new showrunner, Deadline has learned. Additionally, I hear Keith Machekanyanga, who recurred heavily as Lil Mo in the first installment, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2.
The Weeknd has announced new support acts for his upcoming North American stadium concerts – dubbed the ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour – after Doja Cat pulled out.Back in May, Doja Cat announced that she was to cancel all her 2022 live dates, including festival shows and the tour with The Weeknd, to recover from tonsil surgery.The tour, which begins in Abel Tesfaye’s native Toronto on Saturday night (July 8), will now see support on select dates from Snoh Aalegra, Kaytranada and Mike Dean.After its opening in Toronto, ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ will take The Weeknd to Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more.See the full list of dates below.JULYWednesday 8 – Toronto, Rogers Centre Tuesday 14 – Philadelphia, Lincoln Financial Field Thursday 16 – New York, Metlife Stadium Tuesday 21 – Boston, Gillette Stadium Friday 24 – Chicago, Soldier Field Monday 27 – Detroit, Ford Field Thursday 30 – Washington, FedExField ThursdayAUGUSTThursday 4 – Tampa, Raymond James Stadium Saturday 6 – Miami, Hard Rock Stadium Thursday 11 – Atlanta, Mercedes-Benz Stadium Sunday 14 – Arlington, AT&T Stadium Thursday 18 – Denver, Empower Field at Mile High Saturday 20 – Las Vegas, Allegiant Stadium Tuesday 23 – Vancouver, BC Place Thursday 25 – Seattle, Lumen Field Saturday 27 – San Francisco, Levi’s Stadium Tuesday 30 – Phoenix, State Farm StadiumSEPTEMBERFriday 2 – Los Angeles, SoFi StadiumAccording to a press release, the North American dates are just the first leg in a world tour that will also includes stops in Mexico, South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa and the Middle East which are yet to be announced.Additionally, the singer – real name Abel Tesfaye – has
hotels, restaurants, bars, shopping, attractions and free things to do, plus how to spend a weekend in New York. In an age of IMAX theatres and blockbuster premieres, Film Forum might be considered 'retro' by some. But to others – let’s say real film buffs – it’s more of a glance back to the golden age of cinema.
Michael Strahan isn't one to let the competitive spirit die after years of competitive football, and he's taking his sporting talents to a whole other kind of game.MORE: Michael Strahan talks 'surviving' every day in heartbreaking confession about high schoolThe Good Morning America host shared on social media that he was joining a new tournament that would pit sports icons against each other for a round of golf.VIDEO: Michael Strahan makes surprising confession about his homeThe Icons Series tournaments will feature many sporting legends from around the world, spanning football, cricket, boxing, and more, who will be split into two teams led by a pair of pro golfers.Michael will be one of the players representing team USA and face off against those from the team ROTW (rest of the world) on 30 June and 1 July.MORE: Michael Strahan makes candid comment about parenting twin daughters"Can't wait to play in the @iconsseries at @libertynationalgc, we need all sports fans in New York and New Jersey to come and show us some support," he wrote alongside a poster for the game, even sharing with fans how they could purchase tickets.Several of his fans excitedly reacted, with one even calling him: "Magic Mike," and a few others reminiscing over his glory days in the NFL.A post shared by michaelstrahan (@michaelstrahan)Michael will be playing in the Icons Series gamesThe ABC host has always been a fan of golf and while he built his career as a pro football player, his passion for the art of putting always remained.He first started playing in 1996, stating to Golf: "I kept being asked to play and I didn't really want to, but I thought it might be a good way to meet people.
9/11 Memorial Museum ($26), the Guggenheim Museum ($25), the Museum of Modern Art ($25), the Whitney Museum of American Art ($25), the American Museum of Natural History ($22 or pay-what-you-wish for NY, NJ and Conn. residents), the Brooklyn Museum ($16) and the Jewish Museum ($15). Up until 2018, the Met’s pay-what-you-wish policy extended to visitors from around the globe, the last museum in the world to have such broad guidelines.
A little over one month after the more transmissible BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. on May 24, two sister subvariants of Omicron have quickly eclipsed BA.2.12.1 across the country.
An R Kelly fan and YouTuber was arrested in Chicago this weekend over threats he made in a video to “storm” the US attorney’s office in New York following last year’s court hearing in which the musician was found guilty of running a criminal enterprise in order to abuse young people.Christopher Gunn posts content to YouTube under the name DeBoSki, with the strapline “fighting for the due process rights of all people”. He has published countless videos about the prosecution of Kelly, often talking about and criticising witnesses and lawyers involved in the criminal cases against the musician, as well as the judge who oversaw last year’s trial in New York.Gunn’s own arrest relates to a video he made about a week after the guilty verdict was reached in that trial.
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Alvvays have announced they’ll kick off a North American headline tour in October, and have also seemingly teased new music.The Canadian dream pop outfit will commence the run on October 14 in Chicago, continuing along with shows in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Texas, Washington, Philadelphia, New York and more before wrapping up November 18 in Boston. Joining the band on the road will be Slow Pulp.
Sony Music last week told the high court in London that a dispute over the rights in the Jimi Hendrix Experience recordings should be heard in the New York courts, because the legal battle centres on agreements signed in the 1970s in the US. And a separate lawsuit in relation to this dispute has already been filed with the courts in New York.The dispute is between Sony Music and the Jimi Hendrix estate on one side, and UK-based companies representing the estates of the other two members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience band – Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell – on the other.
An exciting new event is set to transform a city-centre car park into a "realistic beach" this summer.
Lil Nas X has shared a snippet of a new song on his Twitter page, writing in the accompanying caption “yet another snippet i’ll never release”.The video, which you can view below, shows Lil Nas seated and lip-syncing to the song’s lyrics, before he gets up to dance as the beat comes in.In March, the artist said his new album is “close to finished” when responding to a fan about new music on social media. He then returned to Twitter for the first time since December and shared new screenshots of new songs, as well as a lengthy clip of new music.yet another snippet i’ll never release pic.twitter.com/sF9PXwZRcz— obamas cousin (@LilNasX) June 11, 2022Last week, he also posted a clip on Twitter, in which he lip-syncs along to an unreleased song which opens with him repeating the phrase “Fuck BET” several times.