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Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Picking his proudestmoment from the past year is not easy for Metro Boomin. The super-producer has been on quite a run since releasing his second solo album, “Heroes & Villains,” in December 2022.

Big Brother fans will be pleased to learn that Jordan Sangha and Henry Southan have gone Instagram official.Throughout the recent reboot series, the eventual £100,000 winner, 26, and Henry, 25, forged an intimate connection that would often lead to kissing, yet the former was always quick to remind their co-stars that things were "platonic" between them. Posting via Instagram Stories on Sunday, Jordan finally confirmed their romance by writing to his followers: "The 'bf' term might now be applicable... And I cannot stop smiling".This comes after he told Metro that he'd like to spend his Big Brother winnings on taking Henry to the Big Apple for Christmas.

Two in five women public transport workers have been sexually harassed in the course of their job, a union said its research has shown. And the survey of 1,400 women workers across rail, bus, metro and passenger ferries found that most of those affected did not report the incidents, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union said.

There’s a truism we in the LGBTQ community experience at the visceral level: “Elections have consequences.” If you’ve been paying attention to what’s going on in Florida, Texas, and Cobb County, school boards have agendas. In 2023, the trend is for these local elected officials to use their actual and perceived power to beat up on our community. As a former school board member twice endorsed by the Victory Fund as well as by Georgia Equality and as a person who has dedicated his life to public education, I urge you to give Alfred “Shivy” Brooks your vote in the December 5 runoff for a seat on the Atlanta Public Schools Board.

The cast of Asacha Media’s Spanish-Serbian thriller series Scar (Cicatriz) has taken shape.

Outlander’s Sam Heughan has opened up on his love for James Bond as the jury remains out on who will be next to take on the iconic role.

Outlander star Sam Heughan praised his new co-star Eleanor Tomlinson ahead of their much anticipated Channel 4 thriller - which hits screens this month.

It was a big night for Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards as they both took the most trophies.

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards didn’t air on TV this year and the event was streamed online through videos uploaded to the Billboard website.

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards are tonight (November 19)!

Thania Garcia Metro Boomin and Future have replaced Lil Uzi Vert on the Rolling Loud California lineup. This comes just hours after Uzi — a singer and rapper who uses they/them pronouns — publicly denied ever having signed off on the gig.

The Prodigy‘s Maxim has revealed that he destroyed a collection of artwork he’d created following the death of Keith Flint.Flint died by suicide on March 4, 2019. He was 49 years old. A toxicology report subsequently found that he had cocaine, alcohol and codeine in his system at the time of death.Last summer, The Prodigy headed back out on the road in tribute to their late frontman and they continue to perform live.

Google is urging Gmail users to check for 'red flag' warning signs to ensure their accounts have not been hacked.

Scots singer Emeli Sande has been forced to call off her wedding just one year after she announced her engagement to pianist Yoana Karemova.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Nominations for the 66th annual Grammy Awards are being announced by Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason Jr. and celebrity guests in a livestream rollout, with nominees in just over 20 categories — including the four general-field competitions — being revealed first, starting at 11 a.m.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Sony Pictures will conduct a live orchestra at the Academy Museum featuring the bombastic music from its animated feature (and best picture) contender “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” At a special invitation-only event at the David Geffen Theater, the studio will feature an exhilarating arrangement of electronics, turntables and a live orchestra performing the original score from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s box office smash by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning composer Daniel Pemberton. The concert will feature appearances by Oscar-winning producers and screenwriters Phil Lord and Chris Miller; the film’s directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K.

The 2023 MTV EMAs show was scheduled to take place over the weekend, but the show was canceled amid the devastating events in Israel and Gaza.

Katcy Stephan Fortnite players, get ready for a blast from the past. The wildly popular online game is turning back the clock this season, allowing users to experience the magic of 2018’s first chapter. A series of weekly updates will bring different phases of Battle Royale’s past, starting with Chapter 1 Season 5.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Amazon Music closed out its current season of the Amazon Music Live series with a dynamic 50-minute set from Latto following Thursday Night Football. Broadcast simultaneously on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, the second season of the performance series has already featured a carousel of some of music’s biggest names, counting Metro Boomin, Green Day and Ed Sheeran as some of its headliners.

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested while attending the funeral of teenager Armita Geravand, who died after allegedly being assaulted by morality police on the Tehran metro system for not wearing Iran‘s obligatory headscarf.

Don’t plan on driving this Sunday on the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer How do you seamlessly blend the connective tissue between hip-hop and classical? Easily, if you’re Metro Boomin. On Thursday night, the Atlanta producer partnered with Red Bull Symphonic to translate his music into widescreen at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre, playing master of ceremonies during a precisely 90-minute set that featured a 43-piece ensemble counting strings, brass and a harp to boot.

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards nominees have been revealed!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift‘s big year is being further commemorated with a leading 20 nominations for the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, followed by SZA and Morgan Wallen, who each have 17 nominations in a total of 16 categories. Other stars with a big look in the BBMAs nominations include the Weeknd, a finalist for 16 awards with 17 entries; Drake, who’s up for 14 awards; and first-time finalist Zach Bryan, who’s contending with 14 nominations in 13 categories. The winners in the data-driven awards will be revealed Nov.

Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, SZA, The Weeknd, Drake and Zach Bryan are top of the list in 2023 Billboard Music Awards nominations revealed Thurdsay, with Swift leading the charge as a finalist in 20 categories, the most of any artist this year.

Britney Spears' hotly anticipated memoir has reportedly been leaked in full days before its official release date.

Christopher Vourlias Slovak directors Ivan Ostrochovsky and Pavol Pekarčík’s Ukraine war drama “Photophobia,” which won the Europa Cinemas Label Award after its Venice Days premiere and is Slovakia’s entry in the best international feature film Oscar race, has been acquired by Prague-based sales agent Filmotor. Set on a cold February morning in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, “Photophobia” follows 12-year-old Niki and his family as they arrive at the Kharkiv metro station to take shelter from the terrifying war raging outside.

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent has cast an all-Canadian ensemble.

Nigel Harman has firmly shut down any speculation on the 'Strictly curse' with his professional partner Katya Jones.

Todd Gilchrist editor It’s been a long, hard road to Offset’s third solo album. Originally scheduled for release in November 2022 before the shooting death of fellow Migos member Takeoff, “Set It Off” shows major artistic growth for the Atlanta rapper and sets a new course for him as a solo artist — and features top-level collaborations from Travis Scott, Future, Don Tolliver, Latto, his wife Cardi B and more, and production from hitmakers like Metro Boomin, Boi-1da and Vinylz.

Netflix show The Fall Of The House Of Usher has proved a hit with critics so far, with many describing it as a horror-version of hit HBO show, Succession.The series is the next project from Mike Flanagan, who created Netflix’s The Haunting Of Hill House, The Haunting Of Bly Manor and this year’s Midnight Mass.The eight-episode series follows the gloomy downfall of pharmaceutical kingpin Roderick Usher (played by Bruce Greenwood) and his rich family who are often at loggerheads – much like the cast of Succession.Describing the show on X/Twitter last year, Flanagan wrote: “This miniseries is a modern remix of some of the most iconic works of Edgar Allan Poe. To tell this epic tale of greed, horror, and tragedy, we have assembled the largest ensemble cast in the history of Intrepid Pictures.”The series, which premieres on Netflix on October 12, has been certified ‘fresh’ by Rotten Tomatoes, scoring a huge 92% positive score so far.

Disaster is on the horizon for one Emmerdale couple, with the otherwise solid pair being nearly torn apart by the news of a surprise pregnancy. The popular couple are set to be rather unhappy with the news that they have a baby on the way, and will have some rather tough decisions to make, which risk tearing their relationship apart.

YNW Melly’s star was rising fast in the fall of 2018. His mixtape I Am You — released that August by 300 Entertainment — was a successful label debut, certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, with its lead single, “Murder On My Mind,” going 6x Platinum. Ben Dandridge-Lemco profiled Melly for The FADER’s GEN F series a day before the project dropped, and production wrapped on a short documentary about his life in late October.

The 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards nominations are here!

The Government has pledged to extend the Metrolink line to Manchester Airport - where it has already existed for almost nine years.

This year’s show returns to Paris for the first time since 1995, and kicks off Sunday, Nov. 5.