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Simon Cowell has addressed the future of Britain's Got Talent as he prepares to return to screens with the hit talent show. The ITV programme will return for its 17th series in a double weekend extravaganza on Saturday (April 20) and Sunday (April 21).

Tyler, The Creator has responded to Jerrod Carmichael’s crush on him – watch the moment below.In the premiere episode of the Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, the comedian confessed to having a crush on Tyler, one of his long-time friends.Carmichael recalled expressing his love for Tyler over text back in 2022 but revealed how the feelings weren’t mutual.Tyler recalled calling Carmichael a “stupid bitch” and then said: “I think I just like brushed it off, getting news like that and avoiding it is a way to avoid change.”Carmichael responded: “One, it’s embarrassing, a little bit, and obviously the fear of it being so totally unrequited.”Despite this moment, Carmichael asked Tyler to be his date to the Emmy awards in 2022.However, a few days before the awards, Tyler declined.At the end of the episode, the pair discuss their friendship. Tyler said news of his friends feelings was “a lot of download” and that he saw Carmichael more as a family member.“That’s like a brother.

The UK's largest broadband names have once again been scrutinised, revealing some clear winners and significant losers.

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst Horror continues to perform well at theaters. But as this new Variety VIP+ analysis of the track record scary movies have put together in 2024, no genre is immune to the ups and downs of the marketplace.

Great Escape festival, with over half the line-up demanding the festival drop their sponsorship with Barclays in solidarity with Palestine.The Brighton-based festival is sponsored by the bank, which has been a source of controversy amid the current events in Gaza because of the bank’s financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.The issue was first highlighted by a petition started by the promoter How to Catch a Pig and the band The Menstrual Cramps, and has since been signed by artists including Kneecap, Lambrini Girls, Alfie Templeman, Lip Critic, Wunderhorse and Mary in the Junkyard who have urged the festival to drop Barclays as a sponsor.Then, Cherym pulled out of playing Great Escape due to the festival’s connection with Barclays bank before record labels Alcopop and Big Scary Monsters joined the boycott and pulled out of the festival.Now, dozens more have joined the boycott over the controversial partnership. The latest to drop out of performing include Lambrini Girls, ‌ZHEANI, Rett Madison, Mui Zyu, Hongza, Sarah Crean, LVRA, Ideal Living, Van Zon, COMRAD, Other Half, Cherym and Borough Council.‌Speaking about their decision not to play the festival, Lambrini Girls issued a statement saying: “We will not be appearing at The Great Escape festival this year.

Travis Kelce may be dating one of the most famous women in the world, but he still likes to live life like a fan!

is lookin' cute at the club. Well, the Kit Kat Club, which is actually in a Broadway theater, but the outfit is still absolutely club-ready.Kravitz was spotted at the New York City theater on April 16 for a performance of Cabaret—perhaps to support her Fantastic Beasts costar Eddie Redmayne, who is starring in the revival—in a head-to-toe sheer black ensemble (minus the coat).The look layered black briefs under sheer black tights under an equally sheer Saint Laurent black minidress, which was belted at the waist. Kravitz added a black overcoat, peep-toe pumps, and a black mini bag.

Ethan Shanfeld Brian Cox has never been one to withhold his true feelings, and at London’s HistFest the “Succession” star unloaded on a variety of topics Sunday night including politics, theater critics and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” “It’s terrible,” Cox said of the Oscar-nominated historical drama, per The Standard. “A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix. It really is appalling.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Fremantle is to handle worldwide sales on country music feature documentary “Rebel Country,” which will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film looks at a new breed of stars who are rewriting the rules and challenging the culture of country music.

Carolyn Giardina Visual effects studio Digital Domain is introducing a new version of its Masquerade facial motion capture system, which eliminates the need for actors to wear tracking markers on their faces during production. CTO Hanno Basse tells Variety that the company is sharing the development with customers and “we’re probably going to do several projects this year” using the tech.

Jack Dunn Tribeca Festival has revealed its feature film lineup for its 2024 festival, which includes films from actors Lily Gladstone and Michael Cera and documentaries featuring Prince, Carlos Santana and Dolly Parton. The opening night film is documentary “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge,” directed by Tribeca alumni Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. This year’s festival, which runs from June 5-16 in New York City, has a program of 103 feature films from 114 filmmakers spanning 48 countries.

Blur performed Saturday night on the Coachella main stage ahead of No Doubt, they found themselves in front of a relatively unresponsive crowd, especially during their 1994 hit “Girls & Boys.” “You’re never seeing us again, so you might as well fucking sing it,” a clearly frustrated frontman Damon Albarn said after the crowd’s uninspired response during multiple call and response attempts. Segments of the internet soon erupted with confused reactions — were they about to vacate the stage? Were they splitting up again? Were they so frustrated that they were pulling a Frank Ocean and not returning for weekend two? Or, more likely, was it a not-out-of-character act of spontaneous anger from a 56-year-old rock star who’d played two nights at London’s Wembley Stadium to 90,000 screaming fans last summer — who’d screamed the lyrics to “Girls & Boys” almost louder than Albarn could sing them — and apparently didn’t realize that much of the Coachella audience was half his age and did not grow up on such ’90s Britpop classics as “Popscene,” “Tender,” “Coffee & TV,” “The Universal,” “Country House” and “For Tomorrow” (although they probably knew the “Whoo-hoo!” of the group’s biggest hit, “Song 2”).

Talented pianist Latisha Chan from West Calder High School has been named as West Lothian’s Young Musician of the year for 2024.

Emanuel Okusanya Afrobeats has been one of the fastest-growing musical genres of the past decade, but if any further evidence were needed that it has reached new peaks, just look at Nigerian singer Davido: Not only was he nominated for the first-ever Best African Music Performance Grammy earlier this year, he’s headlining New York’s Madison Square Garden tonight (April 17). Born David Adedeji Adeleke, Davido has been riding a steady upward trajectory: His latest album, “Timeless,” broke multiple records in the days after its release: It scored the highest number of first-day streams by an African album on Spotify, 10 tracks landed in the Apple Music US Top 200 songs chart, and the album’s standout track, “Unavailable” (featuring South African producer Musa Keys) sparked a global dance trend.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Maya Boyd will take over the title role in Broadway‘s “& Juliet.” She joins the cast directly from the company of “Merrily We Roll Along,” where she made her Broadway debut earlier this year while simultaneously completing her senior year at the University of Michigan. But there’s something Boyd has to take care of before she assumes the lead in the new show.

Rio Ferdinand believes Jadon Sancho is now proving a point to Manchester United after the player's fall-out with Erik ten Hag.

MGMT have discussed the “awesome” possibility of taking on a Las Vegas residency for their debut album ‘Oracular Spectacular’.The duo performed their 2007 record in full at the Just Like Heaven Festival last year, and in a new interview, they have opened up about the “incredible” prospect of replicating that performance across a full residency.During their appearance on the Midnight Chats podcast, the band’s Ben Goldwasser reflected on the fun they had putting on the show at Just Like Heaven. “We worked with a friend [Tom Scharpling] who writes comedy,” he said. “So we wrote little skits in the middle.

Kid Cudi has been announced as the latest addition to the Coachella 2024 weekend two line-up.Today (April 17), Coachella took to social media to reveal the daily schedule for this weekend’s festival, and teased Kid Cudi’s involvement through its caption, which read: “On the pursuit of happiness.”Per the schedule, Kid Cudi is due to perform at the Sahara Tent on Sunday (April 21) from 5:10pm PDT until 5:50pm PDT.A post shared by Coachella (@coachella)The performance will mark Kid Cudi’s first appearance at the festival since 2019, when he closed out the Sahara Tent and brought out Kanye West as a guest performer. During his 2019 set, Cudi paid tribute to late rappers Mac Miller and Nipsey Hustle.It is also worth noting that Vampire Weekend, who were a surprise addition to the opening weekend of this year’s Coachella, will not be performing for weekend two.In other Coachella news, Will Smith joined J Balvin for a cover of the Men In Black theme song, while Reneé Rapp brought out Kesha to perform ‘TiK ToK’, Tyler, The Creator invited Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky and Kali Uchis onstage for his headlining set on Saturday, and Lana Del Rey duetted with Billie Eilish on Friday night.

Lana Del Rey has hit out at her ex-tour manager after headlining Coachella 2024, while also revealing she had only recovered from laryngitis “a few hours” beforehand.The singer took the top slot on the festival’s main stage on Friday night (April 12), being joined by guests Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste and Jack Antonoff.And now, in a lengthy social media post, Del Rey has alleged that her previous tour manager “quit for no reason” just 37 days before the set, after being “butt hurt” that she had been able to acquire a motorcade of 10 motorcycles for her viral entrance to the stage.During a list of tributes to the team behind organising the set, Del Rey takes a moment to thank “Emily for stepping up as tour manager when Pete quit for no reason after 15 years because he was butt hurt that I got 10 comped bikes for free from Wally and randomly decided he was more of a stage designer than a tour manager”.A post shared by LANA DEL REY (@honeymoon)Del Rey continued: “Never got a phone call probably never will. Still grateful for the 15 years though.

Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho is reportedly open to restarting his career at Old Trafford if Erik ten Hag is sacked.

Manchester City will look to book their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday night when they welcome Real Madrid to the Etihad.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Millions of people tuned into CBS to watch Billy Joel‘s Madison Square Garden concert over the weekend, and the special — celebrating his 100th consecutive performance at MSG — has spurred a rush of last-minute ticket sales for his remaining residency dates. Joel and Madison Square Garden Entertainment announced last year that the singer will end his record-breaking residency at the iconic New York venue this July.

Mariah Carey’s Las Vegas residency, titled “The Celebration of Mimi.” The residency, which consists of 16 shows, is in celebration of the upcoming 20th anniversary of her hit album “The Emancipation of Mimi.”Although the singer has performed in Las Vegas before, the show features an amazing setlist that celebrates the best of her career in chronological order. Throughout the show, the singer reminisces about the most significant moments of her career.Mariah Carey’s daring Schiaparelli look showcases her curves in all the right placesKim Kardashian and Mariah Carey enjoy Nobu with North West and Monroe CannonWhy did Luis Miguel and Mariah Carey break up? Singer might reveal details in the third season of his Netflix biopicThe “Fantasy” singer changed outfits as she moved from one album or era to another.

Harrison Ford shared a story of how an afternoon with the late Jimmy Buffett inspired him to get his ear pierced. On Saturday, the 81-year-old actor was among stars who honored the musician during the Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett event at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl. Buffet died in September at the age of 76 after a battle with skin cancer.

Liev Schreiber is opening up about a terrifying experience he had while acting in a play. During a recent appearance on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," Schreiber detailed the neurological disorder he experienced prior to going on stage to perform his role in the Broadway production of "Doubt: A Parable." "The worst nightmare that an actor could possibly ever experience," he told host Seth Meyers. "I was in my dressing room, and I had a terrible headache.

Broadway‘s spring newcomers continued pulling in the city’s tastemakers, tourists and the merely curious last week, with overall box office down about 10% from the previous week but most new shows filling at least 90% of their seats.

Dave Chappelle has announced a last-minute series of ‘The Process’ London shows for later in the week during which he will be testing new material.The comedian will perform two nights at Leicester Square Theatre on Thursday and Friday (April 18-19), with both shows starting at 9:30pm. He will then perform two shows at Bush Hall on Sunday (April 21), one of which will start at 7pm, the other at 10pm.Tickets will go on sale tomorrow (April 17) at 10am – you can buy yours here.Attendees are banned from having phones, cameras or video recording equipment on them at the show.

Take That's Mark Owen has revealed the secret behind his youthful transformation after he left fans swooning as he looked "30 years younger" during a recent TV appearance. Mark, 52, appeared to have turned back the clock as he ditched his moustache and long hair for a '90s curtains hairstyle - reminiscent of his early days with the band - on an episode of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. However, the singer's impressive transformation didn't happen overnight.

Amanda Holden has compared a new Britain's Got Talent singer to a global superstar, as the brand new series sets a record for golden buzzer acts, who are fast-tracked straight to the live finals.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is finally resurrecting its outdoor concert stage, starting on Wednesday, April 17, with musical guest Chris Stapleton. The singer-songwriter will appear on the show to relaunch the space and perform his song ““It Takes A Woman.” Up until the pandemic, the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” outdoor stage, located in the parking lot behind the show’s Hollywood studio, was a staple for the late-night talker. But it hasn’t been in use since February 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2023-24 awards season finally wrapped with Sunday’s Writers Guild Awards, and the focus is turning to the next cycle. Enter the actors.

Courtney Love has some bold opinions about Taylor Swift.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music On the heels of the two albums they’ve released in the past three weeks — “We Don’t Trust You” and “We Still Don’t Trust You” — Future and Metro Boomin have announced dates for a six-week North American tour called, naturally enough, the “We Trust You” tour, presented by Cash App and Visa and produced by Live Nation. The arena run kicks off on Tuesday, July 30 in Kansas City, Mo.

Thania Garcia Shakira is ready to reunite with her “Shewolves” on tour. After announcing the 2024 tour during her surprise appearance at Coachella with Bizarrap, Shakira shared the first slate of tour dates on Tuesday morning. Shakira will start the 14-date trek on Nov.

When Fede Valverde was asked which stadium was the most difficult to play in last October, the Real Madrid midfielder's response was immediate. "[The Etihad] stadium. Their fans and the way they play, all difficult."

Asda shoppers have been warned not to eat one of their seafood products as a labelling error has made it 'unsafe to eat.'