One Liners: Jamal Edwards, Craig David, Serenade, more

Jamal Edwards' cause of death has been confirmed as a heart attack after taking recreational drugs, the late star's "shocked" mum Brenda has confirmed. Music pioneer Jamal tragically passed away at age of 31 following a "sudden illness" in February this year.

Brenda Edwards has confirmed her son's cause of death after Jamal Edwards tragically died in February, aged 31. There was an outpouring of grief and shock at the SBTV founder's sudden death.

APPOINTMENTSUniversal Music Greater China has promoted Carol Ding to Senior Vice President & Head Of Digital And Commercial. “I am excited to lead UMG’s future digital and commercial development across the region, and to join the senior management team in Greater China”, she says. “This is an exciting time for UMGC, as we look to develop new digital and commercial opportunities to support our expanded roster of artists and labels, and further expand our position as the global leader in music-based entertainment”.Universal’s Republic Records in the US has promoted Taylor Vaughn to VP Media.

Craig David has discussed why he believes he is still single at 40 years old after opening up about being scarred from an early heartbreak as a teen. While he often sings about love, the artist confessed that he isn’t having much success with women in reality lately, which he put down to his early relationship trauma. Appearing on The Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett, Craig spoke of becoming “closed down” after splitting with his first girlfriend when he was in school, as he said he never truly recovered from the break up.

This week’s panel discussion featured Michael Shellenberger, a California gubernatorial candidate, cofounder of the California Peace Coalition, and author of San Fransicko: W,hy Progressives Ruin Cities; and Douglas Murray, columnist for the New York Post and The Sun, and author of War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason.

Loose Women star Brenda Edwards has opened up about a message given to her by a clairvoyant about her son Jamal Edwards MBE, several years prior to the young star’s tragic death. The music mogul died suddenly earlier this year in February, aged just 31 after suffering from a sudden heart attack. On Tuesday’s edition of Loose Women, the West End star appeared alongside her fellow panellists Coleen Nolan, Linda Robson and Carol McGiffin as they discussed an encounter she had previously had with a psychic, while talking about whether they would ever want to meet their future selves.

The second season of HBO Max’s unscripted spinoff series Hard Knocks in Season will feature the Arizona Cardinals and their exciting young quarterback Kyler Murray. The streamer is teaming with NFL Films for the docuseries, which  will launch in November.

The BBC’s Platinum Party At The Palace concert to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne will see a huge range of musicians perform including rock band Queen with American pop star Adam Lambert opening. The performance comes 20 years after Queen guitarist Brian May performed God Save The Queen on Buckingham Palace’s roof during a show marking the Golden Jubilee in 2002.

Out LGBTQI Australian actors Murray Bartlett, Hugh Sheridan and Troye Sivan have been nominated for the 2022 Logie Awards. The nominations for Australian TV’s biggest awards were announced on Sunday and LGBTQI excellence was featured in some of the prominent award categories. The awards ceremony will be held on June 19, 2022.  A post shared by Hugh Sheridan (@hugh_sheridan)Sheridan was nominated for a Silver Logie in the Most Outstanding Supporting Actor category. “Why did no one tell me?!! THANK YOU BEYOND.

It has been announced that Jamal Edwards - the late son of Loose Women host Brenda Edwards - has received a posthumous Music Industry Trusts (Mits) Award for his contribution to the music industry. Best known for founding youth broadcasting and film production company SBTV, Jamal passed away unexpectedly at the age of 31 in February, leaving his family and friends in utter shock.The much-missed star helped launch the careers of artists like Dave, Ed Sheeran and Jessie J. Now Jamal has received The Mits award for his pioneering work.

Jamal Edwards is to be honoured with this year’s Music Industry Trusts Award (MITS) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the music industry.Edwards is being celebrated for his music entrepreneurship, founding the multifaceted music platform SB.TV in 2006. He will be the MITS’ first ever posthumous recipient in recognition of his remarkable contributions to the UK music business.The author, broadcaster and DJ, who died unexpectedly in February, helped launch the careers of Stormzy, Skepta, Dave and Ed Sheeran via his youth broadcasting and production film channel SB.TV.

Serena and Venus Williams hold hands while arriving at the F1 Grand Prix of Miami held at Miami International Autodrome over the weekend in Miami, Fla.

The BAFTA TV Awards 2022 got underway on Sunday night and it saw some of TV’s biggest stars come together to celebrate the best moments in television. Emotions were high, though, as the awards show paid tribute to TV stars that have passed away in the last year, including Jamal Edwards, Tom Parker and Sarah Harding. SBTV founder Jamal passed away aged 31 in February from a sudden heart attack.

Wilson Chapman editorJudith Light and Wilson Cruz were among the many honorees of the New York City GLAAD Media Awards on Friday.Now in its 33rd year, the annual GLAAD Media Awards celebrates television, film, music, comic books and journalism that have represented breakthroughs and advancements in LGBTQ+ representation. The New York ceremony announced the rest of the 30 recipients, after the April 2 ceremony in Los Angeles announced the initial group of honorees.