Pond kick off Australian tour in support of new album ‘Stung!’ this weekend

Girls and Scots just wanna have fun! Cyndi Lauper has thrilled fans with the announcement of a 'farewell' world tour, which is set to kick off in Glasgow for its first stop in February, 2025.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “Seven Types of Ambiguity,” the Australian TV series involving a mystery told from the shifting perspective of seven characters, is getting an Arabic adaptation as an original production for beIN Media Group’s TOD streaming platform. Titled “Mirage” or alternately (“Sarab”) in Arabic, the first international adaptation of the six-part ABC series – which is based on the acclaimed novel by Australian author Elliot Perlman, revolving around the disappearance of a child in suburban Melbourne — is being transposed to a Middle East setting.

It’s Disney/Pixar’s weekend to lose with the third session of Inside Out 2, which is expected to do $55 million-$60 million at the domestic box office — and maybe even more. At the pace it’s going, many believe it will blow past the final domestic of Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie which wound up with $574.9M.

Following the news that Princess Anne has been hospitalised following an 'incident' believed to be with a horse, there are many close friends and family who will be at her side as she focuses on her recovery. While her two children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, are surely top of that list, there is someone else who grew up on the Princess' Gatcombe Park Estate in Gloucestershire who will surely lend a hand.

Jerry Seinfeld is working through his range of heckler put-downs after he was interrupted once more during his stand-up show in Australia on Saturday evening.

Jerry Seinfeld has brutally shut down yet another group of anti-Israel hecklers at his Melbourne show, the latest in a series of disruptions during the legendary American comedian’s Australian tour.Seinfeld was performing in front of thousands of fans at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Saturday night when, towards the end of his set, a group of anti-Israel protesters began chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”The 70-year-old — who is widely considered one of the best stand-up comedians of all time — immediately mocked the group for having paid to attend his show.“I think you need to go back and tell whoever is running your organization, ‘We just gave more money to a Jew,’” he said as the crowd erupted with laughter.“That cannot be a good plan for you.

The King and Queen are expected to reduce their upcoming trip Down Under due to concerns from medical professionals that Charles is overexerting himself.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian talent management company Ignite Elite Artists has opened a UK division. The first clients on the company’s UK books are Peter Andre, Amanda Clapham (Hollyoaks), and Ethan Dillon (Vikings).

Weeekly have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Weeekly University’ tour, featuring concerts across the Americas.On June 17, Weeekly and their label IST Entertainment announced that the girl group will be heading on a tour of the Americas in September this year, Called ‘Weeekly University’, the trek will feature shows in Mexico, Colombia, the US and more.The K-pop act will kick off their tour on September 6 in Mexico City, followed by a show in Colombia in the same week. Thereafter, the group will head to the US and Canada, with seven concerts across the two North American countries.Some dates, ticketing and venue details have yet to be announced for the 2024 ‘Weeekly University’ tour.

Headie One has announced a UK and Australian tour for later this year, as well as a string of European dates to take place in 2025 – read on for the full list of shows.With the Tottenham rapper’s album ‘The Last One’ due out later this month, he has announced an extensive tour to support it, including his first non-festival UK shows since 2021.He will play in Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow in November, before a huge hometown show at OVO Wembley Arena in London on November 29. Tickets for these shows go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (June 21) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.Before that, he will be heading down under for his first-ever Australian shows, in Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, in October.UK + AUSTRALIA + IRELAND.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Paolo Cortellesi’s “There’s Still Tomorrow,” a box office smash in its native Italy, was Sunday named winner of the Sydney Film Prize at the end of the Sydney Film Festival (June 5-16) A jury headed by Danis Tanovic called the film about an industrious woman in post WWII Rome “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous.” The prize is one of the richest awarded at any festival and is worth A$60,000 ($39,600). The announcement was made at the city’s State Theatre ahead of the Australian premiere screening of the Demi Moore-starring Cannes hit “The Substance.” The A$20,000 ($13,200) Documentary Australia award went to local filmmaker James Bradley, for “Welcome to Babel,” which charts Chinese-Australian artist Jiawei Shen’s plans to create an epic work.

As a small child, motherless Grace started keeping snails in a jar, writing names on their shells and watching their life cycle — mate, breed, die — with loving fascination. “They were my friends,” she muses in voiceover in Memoir of a Snail, which this week had its premiere at the Annecy International Animation Festival. “I knew they’d never leave me, hurt me — or die.” Moments before, we saw Gracie’s huge ovoid eyes, spill over with tears as the aged Pinkie, her only human companion, breathed her final death rattle. “I’m so alone,” says Grace, not for the first time. “Goddamn life! Such a stupid, stupid puzzle!”

Taylor Swift has officially revealed when her history-making Eras Tour will end. The musician made the announcement during the tour’s 100th show in Liverpool, England, Thursday.“This is the very first time I’ve ever acknowledged to myself and admitted that this tour is going to end in December,” she said, per USA Today.She reportedly confirmed the news during her “All Too Well” speech before the 10-minute song.“I once used to have hobbies,” she joked to the crowd at the concert.“You have done so much to be with us,” she continued. “You’ve made plans so far in advance.

Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 had its first full day of play at the international box office on Wednesday with No. 1 starts in each of its eight material markets, including strong debuts in majors Korea and Germany as well as the Philippines. The total through day one overseas is $4.9M. Majors joining through Friday include Australia, Mexico and the UK.

Karina Irby, a prominent body positivity influencer bikini model, stripped down to her swimwear in a powerful demonstration against body shaming this week.

The friendship bracelets have been made, the outfits carefully crafted and the gig chants learned. It's official. Taylor Swift's highly-anticipated Eras Tour has touched down in the UK.

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Angelique Jackson Disney’s live-action “Moana” has found its new leading lady: Catherine Laga‘aia will star opposite Dwayne Johnson, who reprises his role as the demigod Maui, in the highly anticipated film. “I’m really excited to embrace this character because Moana is one of my favorites,” said Laga‘aia, a 17-year-old from Sydney, Australia. “My grandfather comes from Fa‘aala, Palauli, in Savai‘i.

Alex Ritman In June 2022, Jason Herbison was on set shooting what was to be the 8,903rd — and final — episode of “Neighbours,” an experience he admits was “very, very emotional.” The cult Australian soap opera — a show he first starting writing for after leaving high school in 1990 and came to oversee as its top exec producer — was coming to a tearful end. Two years on, almost to the day, and Herbison is now on a short trip to L.A.

Dylan has dropped a high-energy new single called ‘Perfect Revenge’. Check it out below.Released today (June 6), the dates come on the heels of the 24-year-old’s recent headline tour across the UK, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and North America.With ‘Perfect Revenge’, the singer brings out her knack for delivering sharp-tongued lyrics in full force – and the lyrics explore the feeling of obsession and wanting something you can’t have.It was written alongside her regular collaborators Mati Schwarz and Vera Carlbom in Los Angeles, and came together while she was on tour across the country with Ed Sheeran.“You, you’re so sweet/ You’re making me seem bitter/ Yeah you, pull me in to leave me like a sinner,” Dylan sings in the opening lines, and the track comes alongside a music video which sees her look straight into the camera.Describing the track, Dylan said: “I understand that there is power in being the bigger person, and that ‘the best revenge is to have enough self-worth to not seek it’…but sometimes that is not always the answer.“My perfect revenge is releasing a song called ‘Perfect Revenge’.