Slipknot’s Corey Taylor signs to BMG for second solo album

After storming into Number 1 last week with the fastest-selling album of 2023 so far, Ed Sheeran isn’t going anywhere, with Subtract looking to spend a second week at the top of the Official Albums Chart.  

Fox Entertainment will have its new CEO, Rob Wade, making his debut at the network’s upfront presentation today. In a sign of continuity, he will unveil the Fox content slate for the 2023-2024 television season but not a schedule. The network first broke with tradition by not presenting a fall grid at the upfront last year; Fox announced fall schedule and premiere dates June 6.

Ja Morant, one of the NBA’s bright young stars, was suspended today by the Memphis Grizzlies after he was shown holding a gun, the second such incident this year for him.

Sam Ryder has been joined on stage at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest by Queen drummer Roger Taylor.This year’s instalment of the concert took place in Liverpool, following the ongoing political conflict taking place in Ukraine. Ukraine won the competition last year, with Ryder coming in second place.Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra opened this year’s Eurovision song contest with an emotive rendition of their 2022 winning song, ‘Stefania’.The opening also saw the band joined by musicians and famous figures from afar.

78-year-old Londoner must’ve been made up with Liam and Nicole’s choice of name, as the sweet baby is called Louie Mark Roderick Stewart after the rock icon. Not only is little Louie taking after his grandfather as his namesake, but the tot is already dressing head-to-toe in a Celtic strip.

Striking writers in New York City said they disrupted filming of FBI: Most Wanted for a second straight day by heading off a planned location shoot at a public park in Brooklyn on Friday morning and later by causing slowdowns of work on the Dick Wolf-EP’d crime drama starring Dylan McDermott and Alexa Davalos at a nearby soundstage. 

K.J. Yossman ‘Lockwood & Co’ will not be renewed for a second season, Variety has learned. The supernatural detective series, which is based on Jonathan Stroud’s young adult novels of the same name, was developed by Joe Cornish under his Complete Fiction banner and debuted on Netflix in January of this year. It starred Ruby Stokes as Lucy Carlyle, a teenage ghost hunter with a tragic past, who teams up with Anthony Lockwood (played by Cameron Chapman) and George Karim (Ali Hadji-Heshmati) to form a ghost-busting agency that specializes in dealing with deadly ghouls. Variety understands that while Netflix was very pleased with the show, and especially the work that had gone into it, viewing numbers didn’t meet the threshold to greenlight a second season.

Much-loved TV and radio favourite Vanessa Feltz is set to embark on a brand new romantic endeavour as she becomes the first star to sign up to the upcoming series of Celebs Go Dating.The long-standing E4 series is said to have spent months attempting to woo the 61-year-old former broadcaster, with The Sun today revealing that she's officially sealed the deal to take part. Vanessa revealed she had split from ex fiancé Ben Ofoedu back in February - following rumours he'd been unfaithful to her with several different women - so bosses were keen for her to front the incoming instalment.

Beyonce's Renaissance world tour kicked off in Stockholm on Wednesday night - almost 20 years to the day since she began her incredible solo career with the release of the album Dangerously in Love. That album, which helped her to win six Grammys and remains one of the best-selling of the millennium, famously featured the singer wearing a pair of dirty men’s jeans and a top comprised of rows of diamonds on its cover. In the years since, Beyonce, now 41, has gone on to model a variety of high-end - and very pricey - one-of-a-kind ensembles from every imaginable designer brand.

Mark Consuelos‘ second week at the hosts’ desk was another triumph.

Manchester City feel "unstoppable" at the Etihad Stadium ahead of next week's Champions League semi-final second leg, says Jack Grealish.

“You make billions/pay us some!” striking Writers Guild of America members chanted on the street of New York today near where filming was going on for Showtime’s Billions.

Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten has announced his debut solo album ‘Chaos For The Fly’ and shared new single ‘Fairlies’.‘Chaos For The Fly’ is due out on June 30, 2023 via Partisan Records, with the announcement following the release of the Irish artist’s debut solo release ‘The Score’ last week. You can pre-order/ pre-save the album here.Speaking of the contemplative new track in a press statement, Chatten said: “I wrote ‘Fairlies’ in intense heat.

Matty Healy is changing his ways now that he’s reportedly with Taylor Swift!

Best Coast Duo have announced an “indefinite hiatus”, as frontwoman Beth Cosentino reveals details of her debut solo album. Check out lead single ‘It’s Fine’ below.The singer-songwriter announced the new project today (May 3), and confirmed that she will be turning her efforts towards creating solo material for the foreseeable future.Set for release this summer, the new LP ‘Natural Disaster’ is set to see Cosentino explore new avenues as a musician, and venture away from the understated indie-pop sound she has delivered in the past. The album is described as a “radiant form of pop rock”, inspired by female pop icons, including Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow.Written across Nashville and Los Angeles and produced by Butch Walker, Cosentino has shared her debut single from the release, ‘It’s Fine’ — a track that she says encompasses the sound of the album best.“It is the song Cosentino was born to write and sing,” explains the press release.

Season 2 renewal at the streamer, reached the Top 10 in 84 countries with over 18 million views.Just behind “The Diplomat” on the English TV list was “Sweet Tooth” Season 2, which debuted in the No. 2 spot on the list with 48.34 million hours viewed this week as Season 1 of the series also re-entered the list in the sixth most watched spot.

Netflix has renewed the Keri Russell starrer The Diplomat for a second season.

Corey Taylor has said he will be releasing his second solo album, ‘CMFT2’, on his own record label imprint.The follow-up to 2020’s ‘CMFT’ is set to arrive this year via the recently created imprint Decibel Cooper, which is backed by BMG.In an interview with The Archive of B-Sox, Taylor said he hoped to use the imprint not only for his own music, but as a way of supporting new rock and metal artists.“I’m really excited,” Taylor said. “This is the first major step in something that I’ve been building towards for a long time.

Hollyoaks actor David Tag is set to become a dad again after revealing that his partner Abi Harrison is pregnant in a sweet family snap. Taking to Instagram, the star, 38, posted a black and white photo of Abi and their one year old son Reuben. Abi can be seen showcasing her blossoming bump as she held hands with Reuben by the sea.