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The Queen has died at the age of 96 after 70 years on the throne, marking the end of an era and leaving the nation in mourning.The news was announced by Buckingham Palace in a statement: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. "The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow." The royal family’s official website now carries the message: “Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022”.

A frantic search is underway to trace a missing schoolboy who was last seen yesterday.

American Prophet: Frederick Douglass in His Own Words (★★★☆☆), in its world-premiere production at Arena Stage, wisely draw directly from the source for their expansive, though not exhaustive, biography of the great abolitionist, author, publisher, statesman, escaped slave, and public speaker.The bulk of Douglass’ lines and lyrics in the show are words that the man either spoke or wrote, interpreted and interpolated fluidly by book writers Charles Randolph-Wright and Marcus Hummon.Randolph-Wright also directs, while Grammy-winner Hummon composed music and lyrics for the score, which floats between R&B, pop, and gospel influences, but stays too comfortably within theater conventions.The music doesn’t start down the most adventurous path. Opening with Douglass plaintively singing “What Does Freedom Look Like?” feels way too obvious.The follow-up number, “Going to the Great House,” turns out to be a sharply satirical subversion of happy-dancing-slave tropes, but then shifts into a sober — and, again, very on-the-nose — “Wade in the Water,” complete with choreography reminiscent of Alvin Ailey’s “Revelations.”Fortunately, the show goes bolder in its characterization of Frederick Douglass.

It has been rumoured that singer-slash-swimmer Cody Simpson and his girlfriend Emma McKeon were struggling to get along with Emma’s former beau Kyle Chalmers. 

made a permanent host of Jeopardy! alongside Mayim Bialik — shared some fan mail he got in which he was asked to sign photos of esteemed actor Richard Jenkins. In addition to not looking anything alike, Jennings and Jenkins have a wholly different body of work, and this led to some pretty amazing jokes from the Twitterverse. Ken Jennings, one of the biggest winners in Jeopardy! history, doesn’t share much in common with Richard Jenkins, the Emmy winner and two-time Academy Award nominee, who’s known for his work in the theater, as well as movies and TV series including The Shape of Water, The Visitor, Olive Kitteridge, Six Feet Under, Burn After Reading and many more.

One of entertainment’s most famous names of the ’90s — Kato Kaelin — appeared on the “Hollywood Raw” podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn to chat all things O.J. Simpson.

LOS ANGELES – Ashlee Simpson recently updated fans on her life, including what it’s like for her kids to get older, and how supportive she is of her husband’s new endeavor into the restaurant world. The couple recently got together on the red carpet to celebrate the opening of The Hideaway, a new Mexican restaurant in Beverly Hills that Evans invested in and is a partner in.

Witney Carson was fighting her own battle during her debut season on "Dancing with the Stars." Carson, 28, shared with People magazine that she almost missed out on her "dream" opportunity when she discovered she was diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer, weeks before she was set to arrive in Los Angeles in 2014. "I finally got this call that was going to just skyrocket my career," she told the outlet. "It was my dream." "Dancing with the Stars" Witney Carson was diagnosed with melanoma cancer when she was 19.

Keeping a big secret. Witney Carson didn’t tell Dancing With the Stars producers that she had been diagnosed with skin cancer “for a long time” in order to avoid jeopardizing her debut on the show.

"The Simpsons" star Yeardley Smith is married! Smith, who has voiced Lisa Simpson in the famous adult cartoon since 1989, married former detective Dan Grice in June. Grice was hired to work security at a "Simpsons" event in 2014, which is where they first met.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 is teaming with TV talent company Gritty Talent to help independent production companies build more diverse senior teams. The move in the wake of the broadcaster’s new commissioning guidelines published in June, which require all the indies it works with to have ethnically diverse as well as disabled off screen talent on production teams, with the new framework coming into play Aug.

Cody Simpson and Emma McKeon have made their relationship Instagram official. The 25-year-old singer - who ditched his music career to focus on competitive swimming - has finally confirmed his romance with the 28-year-old swimmer with a series of photos on the social media platform. Sharing snaps from a trip to Barcelona, Spain, he wrote: "A brief rendezvous in Barcelona with my love, Emma.

Yeardley Smith is speaking out about her battle with bulimia in a candid new interview.

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has expressed his desire to play Popeye in a live-action movie if another one ever gets made.Taking to Twitter this past weekend, the musician and actor – who recently starred as a bounty hunter in Disney+‘s new Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi – pitched the idea of him taking on the role of the much-loved cartoon sailor.“If a good director decides to make a popeye movie, I’m your man,” he tweeted on Sunday (June 19).If a good director decides to make a popeye movie, I’m your man.— Flea (@flea333) June 19, 2022Although he’s predominantly known as the bassist for the California rock titans, Flea has been acting in TV shows and major motion pictures for decades.Some of his most notable roles include Back To The Future II and III, The Big Lebowski, Baby Driver, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, The Chase, My Own Private Idaho, and he’s voiced characters in The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad.Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye initially started off in 1929 as a comic book. The character made its way to the big screen in a 1980 with the release of a live-action musical directed by Robert Altman and starring Robin Williams as the titular character.Whether a new Popeye movie is in the works is not known at this point, but judging from the responses to Flea’s tweet it looks like people would be into the idea.Hollywood Heights actor Meredith Salenger was among those in his replies, telling the bassist: “Robert Altman’s was one of my favs.

Cody Simpson has sent a get-well message to his good friend Justin Bieber amid his battle with facial paralysis. The 'Love Yourself' hitmaker was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome - an acute peripheral facial neuropathy that occurs as a complication of shingles and causes hearing loss and facial paralysis - and his Olympic swimmer pal has hailed the pop megastar a "constant inspiration to everyone". Alongside a sweet throwback snap of the pair when they were younger, the 25-year-old star wrote on Instagram: "Get well soon, Justin.

WATCH: Cody Simpson defends Miley Cyrus against LGBTQ+ backlashCelebrities around the world have shown us time and again that being proud of who you are is a 365-day a year gig, and that's the kind of confidence to live by.From stars like Dan Levy and Jess Origliasso who are open with their sexualities, to Sam Smith, Elliot Page and Hugh Sheridan who have made waves in the world of gender, these are the LGBTQIA+ celebs inspiring us every day.Whether they identify as gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, or something else entirely, they're showing us how beautiful it can be to love the skin you're in.Keep scrolling to see all the out and proud LGBTQIA+ celebs that inspire us the most.Ian Thorpe"For me, when I did come out, it was amazing to have such a kind of warm embrace from people," he told The Guardian in 2016.Kristen Stewart"It’s cool that you don’t have to nail everything down any more. That whole certainty about whether you’re straight or gay or whatever ...

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJude Law is going to star in a new “Star Wars” series coming to Disney+. The announcement was made at the “Star Wars” Celebration in Anaheim, CA.The show was previously reported as being in the works earlier in May as part of a larger “Star Wars” story published by Vanity Fair.The description they gave was, “The show takes place during the post–’Return of the Jedi’ reconstruction that follows the fall of the Empire, the same as ‘The Mandalorian,’ but its plot remains a secret.

A ‘prolific’ criminal has been ordered to stick to a strict Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for the next decade. Dale Simpson was sentenced to 69 weeks imprisonment for 20 vehicle crime offences, and two handling offences committed in Warrington and Wilmslow.

The Kardashian family is no strangers to lavish, even over the top events and the family has returned to Italy for Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s wedding.  The famous family has hosted extravagant weddings, including Kim Kardashian’s wedding to Kanye West in Florence, Italy.  Here’s a look back on all the Kardashian weddings throughout the years, in chronological order.  Ahead of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's wedding, here is a look back at all the members of the famous family's wedding day. (Getty Images) Kris Houghton marries Robert Kardashian Kris Jenner – born Kris Houghton – married Robert Kardashian on July, 8 1978 at just 22 years old.

Hugh Jackman will make his debut in The Simpsons during the season 33 finale on Sunday (May 22).In the episode titled ‘Poorhouse Rock’, Jackman will play a janitor working at the nuclear power plant alongside Homer. When Bart visits his father at work, the janitor leads a musical number about how the American middle-class prospered after World War II, allowing people like Homer to succeed.In a clip shared on Entertainment Weekly, Jackman sings: “Your dad and his buddies had it swell but gradually it all went to hell.”The song’s subject matter was in response to a 2021 article in The Atlantic titled ‘The Life In The Simpsons Is No Longer Attainable’, which argued that Homer’s job supporting a family on a working-class salary is “an almost dreamily secure existence that now seems out of reach for all too many Americans”.A post shared by Entertainment Weekly (@entertainmentweekly)Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the article, episode writer Tim Long explained that he first “thought it was funny”, adding: “But the more we thought about it, the more we thought The Atlantic had a point.

Zack Sharf Rumors first circulated in February that Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man” director Jon Watts was circling a “Star Wars” television series at Disney+, but a new report from Vanity Fair now confirms the show. Lucasfilm gave no plot details about the project.

Coleen Rooney began giving evidence and Rebekah Vardy finished hers on the fourth day of the pair's Wagatha Christie High Court battle today. The 36-year-old accused Vardy of leaking stories about her in October 2019.

Coleen Rooney has spoken out about her marriage woes with England star Wayne during her libel trial with Rebekah Vardy.

Coleen Rooney has spoken out about her marriage woes with England star Wayne during her libel trial with Rebekah Vardy.The 40-year-old made the comments in relation to a post on her private Instagram with Wayne and the kids in 2017. Although the post was not printed in The Sun article, an image of her and the kids that she posted on her public Instagram was used with only a reference to the Wayne picture. Rooney is being sued for libel by Vardy after her now-famous Wagatha Christie tweet, in which she accused the fellow WAG of leaking information from her private Instagram account.

black midi have announced details of a new album. The U.K. trio's follow-up to 2021 album Cavalcade is titled Hellfire and is due on July 15 via Rough Trade Records.

Black Midi have shared a new single today (May 9) – check out ‘Welcome To Hell’ below.It’s been unveiled as the first single of their upcoming new album, ‘Hellfire’, which will be released on July 15 via Rough Trade Records. You can pre-order the album here.‘Welcome To Hell’ tells the story of “a shell shocked soldier’s excess and military discharge,” according to a press release.Check out the new video for ‘Welcome To Hell’, which was directed by Gustaf Holtenäs, here:‘Hellfire’Tracklist 1. ‘Hellfire’2. ‘Sugar/Tzu’3. ‘Eat Men Eat’4. ‘Welcome To Hell’5. ‘Still’6. ‘The Race Is About To Begin’7. ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ 8. ‘The Defence’9. ’27 Questions’Speaking about the new album, guitarist and vocalist Geordie Greep said: “if ‘Cavalcade’ [their last album] was a drama, ‘Hellfire’ is like an epic action film”.A statement adds that it “delves into overlapping themes of pain, loss and anguish.”The stories on the new album are written in the third person and “tell the tales of morally suspect characters.” A statement adds: “There are direct dramatic monologues, flamboyantly appealing to our degraded sense of right and wrong.

Bad Bunny is excited about becoming a movie star.

Gogglebox star Sandi Bogle looked happy and confident as she posed in a black swimsuit by the pool.The reality star, 57, beamed as she wore a black cut-out swimsuit in the sun as she took a dip in the pool during a holiday to Ibiza. Sandi wore her hair loose and opted for a make-up free look as she climbed down the steps of the pool and completed her look with a simple silver necklace.The star, who has also previously appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Fit Farm, has been enjoying a break in Ibiza, where she has been updating fans on her time lounging by the pool and dining out in the evenings.

Billie Eilish has teamed up with Lisa Simpson in the latest Disney+ Simpsons short – you can watch a snippet of When Billie Met Lisa below.The short, which was released yesterday (April 22), features Eilish and her brother, Finneas, as well as the pop star duo’s mother and father, as they invite Lisa to a jam session in the studio.Lisa, who begins the short looking for a quiet place to practice her saxophone, is discovered by the chart-topping pair playing the instrument under a bridge. Once they get to the studio, Eilish fires her in-house orchestra in favour of Lisa and the pair get to work on putting a new spin on The Simpsons theme song.You can can see a clip from the episode below:We, too, would profusely sob at the chance to jam with @BillieEilish.

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Robert Morse has sadly died.

A man in love! Cody Simpson‘s relationships have been a topic of conversation over the years as he navigates dating in the public eye.

Cody Simpson is opening up about his split from Miley Cyrus. The 25-year-old singer, who dated Cyrus for less than a year from 2019 to 2020, spoke about his breakup from his 29-year-old ex during an appearance on, an Australian radio show.«It was kind of a mutual decision between us, knowing that we were sort of going in different directions in our life,» Simpson said.For Simpson, his life was taking him back to his native Australia as he pursued a competitive swimming career.

Cody Simpson has revealed the real reason why he and ex Miley Cyrus broke up in August 2020.

If you don’t remember, Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson broke up in 2020 after dating for around 10 months.

Oscar winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell are teaming with Disney Plus for upcoming Simpsons-themed short When Billie Met Lisa. The brother and sister duo will appear alongside the Springfield-based family in the short which premieres April 22. Check out the key art above and below.   In When Billie Met Lisa, Lisa Simpson is discovered by the chart-topping artists while searching for a quiet place to practice her saxophone. Billie then invites Lisa to her studio for a special jam session she’ll never forget.   This latest Simpsons-themed short is the fourth in a series created for Disney Plus to highlight the streaming service’s marquee brands and most popular content. The previously released videos include Star Wars and Marvel-themed tie-ins Maggie Simpson In The Force Awakens From Its Nap and The Good, The Bart, And The Loki as well as The Simpsons in Plusaversary which was released in November last year to celebrate Disney Plus Day.