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Until the last few years, Manchester United's first Irish captain had lain in an unmarked grave in an English cemetery for nearly half a century.

Selome Hailu As Billie Eilish treated herself to a bowl of soup the day after her headlining performance at the first weekend of Coachella 2022, she learned that Donald Glover was looking for her. “I was on some management call, and I remember being told, ‘There’s this show, but it’s during a period of time where you’re not available. It’s a pass,”’ she says about the first time she heard about Amazon Prime Video’s “Swarm.” “I was like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, what the fuck are you talking about? This is my dream!”’ The daughter of actors Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell, Eilish grew up acting in plays, but as her pop music stardom grew, she shelved those ambitions. “I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t wanna do this anymore.’ I did, but it’s always been a deep thing that I’ve been reluctant to talk about because I thought I was really bad.”

AMC Networks announced Friday that sitting Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Christina Spade will be stepping up as its new CEO, effective Sept. 9.

AMC Networks has appointed COO and CFO Christina Spade as its new CEO, succeeding Matt Blank, who has held the role in an interim capacity since last September.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChristina Spade, a veteran media executive who was previously chief financial officer of the former ViacomCBS, has been named the new chief executive of AMC Networks, tasked with leading the small but influential media company through a tricky time in the media business.She replaces Matt Blank, a Showtime veteran who had been serving as the company’s interim CEO, and will assumer her new responsibilities on Sept. 9.“I’m delighted that Chris is taking over as our new CEO,” said James Dolan, AMC Networks’ chairman, in a statement.

Billie Eilish is showing her support for her older brother!

Billie Eilish and brother Finneas made a visit to the White House on Wednesday to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden.

While Billie Eilish was pulling double duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live on December 10, her parents made sure it was a family celebration, when introducing their 19-year-old daughter and their son Finneas, 24, to perform the title track from Billie’s latest album Happier Than Ever. It’s not surprising to learn that Billie comes from a creative family, and her mom Maggie Baird, 62, and dad Patrick O’Connell, 64, encouraged her music career.

Patrick O’Connell was the founding director of Visual AIDS, where he developed programs for HIV/AIDS awareness including the red ribbon.O’Connell was a member of New York City’s gay community in the 1980s, when AIDS was ravaging that community but was rarely talked about elsewhere. The government was largely silent as the then-misunderstood disease killed many.

A new episode of Billie Bille Eilish’s Apple Music radio show show “me & dad radio” has dropped, with Eilish and dad Patrick O’Connell joined by a special guest: her brother Finneas.

Billie Eilish revealed that she was a huge fan of Taylor Swift's "Picture to Burn" when she was a little kid, but until this year, she had no idea it was even a song from Swift's catalog.The singer put the song on the playlist of the latest episode of "me & dad radio," the Apple Music show she records with her father, Patrick O'Connell.

Billie Eilish has revealed that she’s a big fan of Katharine McPhee — and nobody was more surprised than McPhee herself.

When worlds collide!

Billie Eilish had fan girls of her own, she was one herself.On Tuesday, the 18-year-old’s mother Maggie Baird was a guest on her daughter’s Apple Music show, “me & dad radio,” a program where the starlet and her father Patrick O’Connell share music and stories from their illustrious lives.There, she revealed her daughter’s scary obsession with Justin Bieber, now 26 — so much so that she and O’Connell considered putting their then-12-year-old daughter in therapy.Maggie talked about how, in 2012,

Even stars have their own idols! According to Billie Eilish’s mother, the now-18 year old singer used to be so obsessed with Justin Bieber and his music that she and her father nearly sent her to therapy because of it! This was revealed during the latest ‘me and dad’ radio on Apple Music. During the episode, her mom, Maggie Baird, shared with the audience that she and the dad, Patrick O’Connell, almost tried to get their daughter help after noticing how much she obsessed over Justin.

Billie Eilish, 18, is just like everyone else and has sobbed listening to Justin Bieber songs! During a July 3rd episode of the “bad guy” singer’s me & dad radio on Apple Music, Billie‘s mom, Maggie Baird revealed that she and Billie‘s dad, Patrick O’Connell, almost sent their daughter to “therapy” over Billie’s excessive love for the “Sorry” singer.

Pop sensation Billie Eilish has won a temporary restraining order against an overzealous fan accused of trespassing on her family’s property.

Billie Eilish has experienced massive success collaborating with brother Finneas O’Connll, and now she’s embarking on a new project that will team her up with her dad.

Billie Eilish and her dad are to co-host a weekly radio show.

Me & Dad Radio will see Eilish and her father discuss their favourite music

Billie Eilish and her father Patrick O'Connell will become the ultimate father-daughter duo after the two launch their Apple Music show "me & dad radio" tomorrow (May 8).

Finneas O'Connell was recently slammed on social media for downplaying his privilege and not acknowledging the part nepotism played in his and his sister Billie Eilish’s success. Billie and Finneas’ mother, Maggie Baird, is an actress and screenwriter, and their father, Patrick O’Connell, is an actor.

Yes, someone really did claim that Finneas and Billie Eilish are successful because of their parents' "connections" in the industry. Their parents, Maggie Baird and Patrick O'Connell, have worked in the acting and film spheres throughout their lives, but the 22-year-old singer, songwriter and producer took to Twitter to set the record straight.

"Our parents gave us love but knew no one in the record industry"

Billie Eilish doesn’t believe she would have carved a successful career in music if she’d attended a mainstream school.