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Eurovision Song Contest viewers say they were 'emotional' as they were quick to spot a massive change to Graham Norton's role on the show. The Irish TV star is, quite frankly, a Eurovision legend and viewers are used to watching the action unfold with his quick-witted commentary.

Kalush Orchestra, performing their winning entry of “Stefania” in Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti station, interspersed with cutaways to UK-based talents ranging from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Ms. Banks. For her part, performed a short instrumental piece for her cameo, filmed at in the Crimson Drawing Room of Windsor Castle.

After King Charles and Queen Camilla’s video cameo during the first semi-final of the 2023 Eurovision, the Saturday grand final featured another royal appearance during the epic performance of last year’s winning song, “Stefania,” by Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra, which opened the show.

Those tuning in to watch the Eurovision Song Contest were left doing a double take as they thought a famous pop star invaded the show. After months of build-up the grand final of the biggest music competition in the world finally kicked off on Saturday night (May 13).

The Eurovision Song Contest is taking place on Saturday night and is this year being hosted by the UK.

The Princess of Wales has made a surprise cameo during the opening performance of the Eurovision Song Contest. Kate played a pre-recorded instrumental piece which was recorded at Windsor Castle earlier this month.The clip, which is around 10 seconds long, appeared in a performance by last year’s winners Kalush Orchestra, which also includes contributions from Lord Lloyd-Webber and Sam Ryder.

With so many countries battling it out in the Grand Final, only one can be crowned the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The 67th contest reaches its climax on Saturday night (May 13).

The Eurovision Song Contest final is underway with singers from 26 all taking to the stage.

The UK's Eurovision hopes this year rest on the shoulder of singer Mae Muller.

UK entrant Mae Muller will need to beat the odds to win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – with the bookies backing Sweden’s Loreen to claim victory for a second time.

The Eurovision Song Contest is widely known for its fiendishly complex voting system. To make things more complicated, the European Broadcasting Union, which produces the competition, has made some tweaks for the 2023 edition. Ahead of the grand final on Saturday night, here is a refresher.

Deadline has launched the streaming site for Sound & Screen: Television, it’s live-music showcase featuring the musicians and their scores behind this year’s buzziest small-screen series and movies.

Lorraine Kelly shared her excitement for the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend as well as a throwback snap from 2003 when she dished out the UK's points.

Thania Garcia It’s time. Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour — her first jaunt in nearly five years — has officially kicked off at Stockholm’s Friends Arena where she’s set to perform for nearly three hours at the Swedish capital. The stadium trek will continue across Europe through June before coming to North America and will run for at least 40 dates, mainly in stadiums. Club Renaissance will make stops at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey (July 29) and at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Sept. 2) amid stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, Atlanta, Phoenix and Miami. A full slate of merchandise options was made available before the Stockholm show including black, gray and white t-shirts and hoodies. There was one customized “Opening Night” design with the city and date.

Fans of Spider-Man will be able to view the award-winning Into the Spider-Verse film with a live orchestra.

When does Eurovision 2023 take place?The first semifinals were held on Tuesday, May 9, and the second will be on Thursday, May 11. The final is on Saturday, May 13.Where is it being held? The contest is being hosted in Liverpool, England, as 2022’s winning country, Ukraine, is still at war with Russia.Where is it streaming?All three days of Eurovision 2023 stream on Peacock at 3 p.m.

Tickets to watch this year’s Eurovision Song Contest 2023 sold out in just minutes but there are plenty of ways to enjoy the popular event in person this year.

It's finally Eurovision week, and it's a huge deal for the north west as Liverpool hosts proceedings on behalf of Ukraine.

The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest is happening this week!

Here’s a musical surprise for all “Bridgerton” fans!

Prince Andrew is among the members of the royal family to attend the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle this evening. The Duke of York sat next to his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York.

King Charles III heaped royal praise on Andrew Lloyd Webber when he first heard the composer play a piano version of the coronation anthem, telling the peer that the music gave him “goosebumps and tears.”

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Testimony wrapped up in the Ed Sheeran copyright infringement trial at the end of the court day Wednesday, as the judge sent the Manhattan jury into deliberations with a pointed admonition: “Independent creation is a complete defense, no matter how similar that song is.” U.S. District Court Judge Louis Stanton’s instructions may have left a high bar in the jury’s minds for just how much evidence the plaintiffs’ attorneys needed to have established to prove that Sheeran and his co-writer actually copied Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when they wrote the pop hit “Thinking Out Loud.” According to Insider, Stanton told jurors that the lawyers for the heirs of Gaye’s co-writer, Ed Townsend, needed to “prove by a preponderance of the evidence… that Sheeran actually copied and wrongfully copied ‘Let’s Get It On'” — as opposed to the coincidental, negligible similarities argued by Sheeran’s attorneys.

Jon Burlingame Composer Jeff Cardoni found precisely the right sound for “White House Plumbers,” the five-hour miniseries about the Watergate burglars that debuted Monday on HBO: He revisited the 1970s musically, and it’s both effective and ultra-cool. Cardoni, whose credits range from “CSI: Miami” to “The Kominsky Method,” scored “White House Plumbers” like a caper film, using both a small jazz combo and a larger, string-based orchestra depending on the scene. He likened the approach to a David Shire score from the ’70s, along the lines of “The Conversation” and (no surprise) “All the President’s Men.” Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux play E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, the ex-CIA and FBI agents recruited by President Nixon’s re-election committee to dig up dirt on his Democratic opponents, bungled the job so badly that they wound up bringing down the entire Nixon administration. Director David Mandel plays it for both laughs and tragedy as their plans constantly go awry.

Katy Perry will be temporarily replaced on ‘American Idol’ while she is in Britain for King Charles’ coronation. The ‘ET’ singer, 38, and fellow judge Lionel Richie, 73, are set to take to the stage at Windsor Castle in London on 7 May for the king’s coronation show, and a couple of “big time” stars are set to fill in for the pair. Their co-judge Luke Bryan, 46m told Entertainment Tonight about the stars who will fill the pair’s seats when they are away: “It’s big time.

The Coronation Concert will feature a Union Jack-shaped stage which will extend out to the audience, first look images have now revealed.

Björk lit up the sky over Coachella 2023 earlier this month by incorporating over 800 drones into her performance – you can now watch her performance here.Clips of her renditions of ‘I’ve Seen It All’ and ‘Hyperballad’ have now been officially released on Coachella’s YouTube channel.Initially, the set was scheduled to be livestreamed onto Coachella’s YouTube channel. However, in a controversial decision, both Björk and Frank Ocean’s performances were pulled from the schedule hours before they took to the stage.The career-spanning set, which saw Björk perform with an orchestra conducted by Bjarni Frímann, prioritised “simplicity” – according to the Icelandic singer – but also enlisted over 800 drones as a visual aid for the crowd.Check out ‘I’ve Seen It All’ and ‘Hyperballad’ below:The set also included fan favourites such as ‘Isobel’ and ‘Joga’ and saw the drones create green, blue and red displays that matched each performance.

A Broadway icon is making his contribution to a royal celebration.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday. Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Enter Shikari celebrate their first-ever UK Number 1 album today with A Kiss for the Whole World.

She celebrated her 90th birthday in 2023 and Carol Burnett’s net worth is indicative of her decades-long career in show business. But she came from a very modest background.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large As Carol Burnett turns 90, she bristles at the idea of looking back at her legacy. She’s not one to watch old episodes of her iconic “The Carol Burnett Show,” for example. “I’m not like Norma Desmond,” she quips, referring to the fading star in “Sunset Boulevard.” “The only time I do it is if I have to for a reason.” In this case, NBC gave her a good one. The network is set to air “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love” on April 26, and the special features both new performances and clips from Burnett’s storied career. And it gave Burnett a chance to reminisce with old friends — and new. “It’s exactly what I wanted,” Burnett said. “I didn’t want a birthday party with cake and balloons and confetti and all of that. What I wanted was to have an entertaining show. And that’s what we got. It’s a variety show, with live entertainment by Bernadette Peters, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, Katy Perry, Darren Criss and Sutton Foster. And then funny moments with Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney and Laura Dern. We had a 19-piece orchestra live.”

Having celebrated her 50th anniversary in music last year, Joan Armatrading has announced that she will hold the world premiere of her first symphony in London later this year.“I have always known that I would write a classical piece at some point in my life”, she says. “One day, I was in my studio and out of the blue I decided that this was the day”.“I started with the melodic second movement”, she adds, “it felt to me like writing a song.

Broadway can be a loud place, with belters belting and orchestras swelling and actors playing to rafters in the theater across the street, so it’s both comforting and mesmerizing to see a play as quietly poignant as David Auburn’s Summer, 1976.

Carol Burnett is out here proving age really is just a number.

Jurassic Park has been announced, marking 30 years since the release of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster.‘Jurassic Park In Concert’ is due to tour the UK, with John Williams’ score performed live by a full orchestra. The tour begins at the Manchester AO Arena on October 18, before continuing to the Birmingham Resorts World, Leeds First Direct Arena, Nottingham Motorpoint, and concluding at the Liverpool M&S Bank Arena on October 29.The tour follows a long line of Hollywood classics that have received the orchestral treatment, with the HD screening accompanied by a performance of Williams’ seminal score by the Hallé Orchestra, one of the UK’s top symphonic ensembles.The plot of Jurassic Park follows a group of scientists, invited to a newly opened theme park set on a remote island, with exhibits featuring recently revived dinosaurs after a scientific breakthrough.You can see full dates for the tour below.