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Eric Clapton has postponed concert dates after testing positive for COVID-19. The English guitarist's health update was shared Monday on behalf of Clapton via Facebook. "Eric Clapton is unfortunately suffering from COVID having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the Royal Albert Hall," the post read.  "He has been told by his medical advisers that if he were to resume traveling and performing too soon, it could substantially delay his full recovery.

Eric Clapton has been forced to postpone two of his upcoming shows after testing positive for COVID-19.The guitarist kicked off his latest UK and European tour earlier this month with a pair of shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London.However, Clapton has now announced that he is rescheduling his planned dates in Zurich, Switzerland and Milan, Italy, which had been set to take place tonight (May 17) and tomorrow (May 18), after he contracted COVID following the second Albert Hall gig.“Eric Clapton is unfortunately suffering from COVID having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the Royal Albert Hall,” a statement on Clapton’s website reads.

Eric Clapton, who last summer declared that he reserved the right to cancel performances at venues where audience members were required to show proof of Covid vaccination, has indeed canceled two shows, but for another reason: Clapton just tested positive for the coronavirus.

Mitchell van der Gaag appears set to join his Ajax boss Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United next season. The pair have worked together for the past year at Ajax after Van der Gaag was promoted from the club's Jong Ajax side last season and they have enjoyed success together, cruising through Ajax's Champions League group with six wins from six as well as winning the Eredivisie title.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBen Stassen’s nWave Studios (“The Son of Bigfoot,””Sammy”) is set to produce “The Inseparables,” a $25 million animated feature based on an original idea by Joel Cohen et Alec Sokolow, the Oscar-nominated writers of “Toy Story.”The feature is being jointly produced by nWave Studios in Belgium, Octopolis in France and A Contracorriente in Spain.Cohen and Sokolow penned the feature with Cal Brunker, Bob Barlen (“Paw Patrol,” “Bigfoot”), Matthieu Zeller and Jérémie Degruson.Degruson, who previously directed some of nWave Studios’ biggest animated hits “The House of Magic,” “Bigfoot Junior” and Bigfoot Family,” is on board to helm “The Inseparables.”The animated buddy movie follows the misadventures of Don, a runaway puppet with a boundless imagination and, DJ Doggy Dog, an abandoned stuffed animal toy in need of a friend, as they cross paths in Central Park and pair up against all odds for an epic adventure of friendship in New York City. The movie will be delivered in July 2023 in both 2D and 3D formats.

Liam Gallagher has spoken out about his time working with Eric Cantona on the video for the 2019 track ‘Once’ in an exclusive clip shared with NME – you can watch it above.Adopting a hilarious impression of the cult football hero in the clip from the forthcoming one-hour Sky special called Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours At Rockfield which is due to air later this month, the former Oasis frontman recalled the first time he met the ex-Manchester United star, in a video you can watch above.“I met him at a club in Paris with two mates who were United fans and had a drink with him and he turned round and went ‘Are you one of the Gallagher boys?’ I said: ‘I am’,” Gallagher said.“And then ‘Once’ came out and I seen him on Instagram, listening to it saying it was his favourite song so I got someone to call him and went ‘Wouldn’t he be great to be in the video?’ I don’t like doing videos but we asked him would he be in it and he said yeah.“So I said, ‘How much fucking money do you want to be in it?’ and he went ‘I do not want nothing.’ So I went, ‘Right let us know what fucking flight you want’ [and he goes] ‘I will get my own flight’.

Nicola Hughes has announced that she's expecting her first child in a sweet snap shared on social media.Taking to Instagram on Monday 9 May, the former Made in Chelsea star shared a photo of her lying in a bikini with her and her husband Charlie Tupper's hands resting on her belly. She captioned the photo: "Hi baby", and has since been inundated with congrats by her celebrity pals – with Lucy Watson leading the comments. Lucy branded the couple's pregnancy as "the best news ever", while Kady McDermott wrote: "Congrats lovely".

Naman Ramachandran A consortium led by Todd Boehly has struck a deal reportedly worth £4.25 billion ($5.24 billion) to acquire top English Premier League soccer club Chelsea FC, one of the highest price tags ever agreed for a sports club in history.Boehly owns holding company Eldridge, which owns MRC and Dick Clark Productions, producers of Hollywood’s popular Golden Globes Awards, and serves as interim CEO of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which operates the awards. He is also an owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Sparks.The others in the consortium are Clearlake Capital, real estate magnate Jonathan Goldstein, Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss and Mark Walter, CEO, Guggenhiem Partners, with whom he has stakes in the Dodgers and Lakers.

A group led by Todd Boehly, who also owns a stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers, dick clark productions and who is currently the caretaker CEO of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has agreed to terms to acquire the English soccer club Chelsea in a deal worth almost $5 billion.

Glenn Close wows in a bright blue suit at the premiere of her Apple TV+ series, Tehran, held at The Robin Williams Center on Wednesday (May 4) in New York City.

Glenn Close can now add learning Farsi to her list of accomplishments. ET spoke to Close at the New York premiere of her Apple TV+ series, , Wednesday, where she detailed her return to television and the difficulties she faced learning a brand-new language for her role as CIA agent on the second season of the network's espionage thriller.«It was just such a new experience. Everything was new,» Close said of her first TV role since wrapping  in 2012. «Filming in Athens was new.

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Selling Sunset’s Chelsea Lazkani has been a hit with fans since she joined seasons five of the real estate show.The British born star, 29, credits her husband Jeff, 40, for pushing her to take on the role at The Oppenheim Group – where he knows Jason Oppenheim. Chelsea previously told People: “I think having the support of my husband and my family really prepared me to take on this big role... which I saw as an opportunity to really open doors in an industry that has lacked diversity and where minorities are underrated.

Selling Sunset’s Chelsea Lazkani is the newest star of the show to light up our screens on series five of the Netflix real estate show.The mum of two met her husband Jeff Lazkani in Los Angeles in 2015 after she visited for a holiday.The pair are doting parents to son Maddox, three, and two year old Melia. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Chelsea was raised in North West London. She studied at the University of Birmingham and also has a masters degree in oil and gas economics from The University of Dundee.

The latest series of Made in Chelsea is in full swing and – between Ollie Locke discovering that Digby Edgley is dating his ex, Emma Walsh, and Tristan Phipps words of warning for ex-girlfriend Verity Bowditch – we've seen a fair dose of relationship drama already.That all gets turned up a notch in tonight's episode (Monday 25 April) when Maeva D'Ascanio and Ruby Adler discuss Miles Nazaire's date with Verity. Our exclusive clip shows that Maeva is infuriated by the news. She's shocked when Ruby tells her and proceeds to dub Verity a "rat" and a "viper" before calling her the "worst person." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox withOK!'s daily newsletter.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Saturday evening. The reality television star, 41, modeled a darling baby blue dress made of a netted fabric that allowed her bronzed skin to peek through. Hilton slipped her feet into a pair of chic silver kitten heels and she accessorized with a pair of diamond stud earrings.