The Prodigy have changed the lyrics to ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ live

I got to experience the real Lapland as they gear up for what is set to be a record-breaking winter season for tourism.

Angelique Jackson Erika Alexander got her start as a teen on “The Cosby Show” before assuming the breakout role of attorney Maxine Shaw on “Living Single.” But it’s her latest performance in “American Fiction,” a satire that critiques our culture’s obsession with stereotypes, that’s put her in a conversation she’s never been in before — that of awards season contender. Alexander plays Coraline, the love interest of Jeffrey Wright’s Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a cantankerous author who challenges the industry’s perceptions of “Black entertainment.” On Dec. 5, just hours before sitting down with Variety, Alexander learned she’d been nominated in the supporting category at the Independent Spirit Awards; she attended last year’s ceremony as a guest.

“The Three Musketeers – Part I: D’Artagnan” only just arrived in US theaters, but its sequel “Part II: Milady” hit theaters on the continent this week. And that means a new trailer for the pulse-pounding second part in the latest adaptation of Alexandre Dumas‘s epic story.

John Brotherton has a new holiday movie coming out on Hallmark Channel!

Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas is overjoyed after becoming a new grandmother, but her happiness is tinged with sadness as her grandson Banksi Wylde lives in America. Shirley, 63, who is dating actor Danny Taylor, 20, dotes on dancer son Mark who is married to singer song-writer BC Jean but misses him every day now they live on different continents. While Mark remains in America, Shirley lives in the UK with her mum Audrey, who is in remission from cancer.

Little Simz spoke out about the importance of “pushing the boundaries” in art and where she finds power in music at a public event in London.The Mercury Prize-winning rapper took part in an exclusive Q&A panel in Central London last night (December 7) to unveil her collaboration with Bose alongside musician Kelvin Krash and director Dexter Navy.The motto of the global campaign is “Sound is Power”, which has a clear meaning for Little Simz.“I’ve always described sound as intention,” she said. “People think they’re hearing sounds, but what they’re really hearing is intention,” she said.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events While the LGTBQ rights movement has made tremendous strides since that first rock was thrown at the Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969, there are still many areas of the U.S. where the queer community doesn’t feel safe. In the new Hulu documentary, “We Live Here: The Midwest,” director Melina Maerker and producer David Clayton Miller chronicle queer families living in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio.

Plans to move the English National Opera (ENO) to the North of England have been warmly welcomed in Greater Manchester which will become the 'main home' for the cultural institution. But the news, which was announced on Tuesday (December 5), was met with some strange responses from the rest of the country on social media - including from some angry Londoners.

Ethel Cain has announced her 2024 ‘The Childish Behaviour’ tour, with stops in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom.The alt-pop singer – who released her first album ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ in May last year, took to her official social media pages to share the handful of tour dates slated to commence in June 2024.Cain’s first show of the tour is set to Kick off on June 3 at Le Trianon in Paris, France. From there, the singer will head out to Amsterdam to play Paradiso on June 4 followed by a show at the Roundhouse in London on June 5.

King Charles and Kate Middleton getting outed as the royals who allegedly questioned what baby Archie’s “skin color” would be – but, not to be outdone, now the Spanish royal family is having their own drama. Queen Letizia’s ex-brother-in-law has claimed that he had a relationship with the 51-year-old royal before he married her sister, Telma Ortiz, 50. Jaime Del Burgo, 53, who is currently based in the UK, recently contributed to a tell-all book about Queen Letizia, “Letizia & I,” by journalist Jaime Peñafiel.Del Burgo, who is an entrepreneur and the son of former politician Jaime Ignacio del Burgo, was married to Letizia’s sister Telma from 2012 to 2014.

Netflix miniseries Obliterated is living up to its name when it comes to the reviews, with some labelling it the “worst show of 2023”.The action-comedy-drama, which was created by Cobra Kai’s Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald, follows a special ops team who celebrate after neutralising a nuclear bomb, only to find out that they have not succeeded. All eight episodes of the show premiered on the streaming service on November 30, and several reviews have taken the time to criticise several aspects of it.

Taylor Swift is praising Beyoncé on Instagram!

Feeling festive? With this stellar line-up at The Bridgewater Hall, Christmas 2023 promises to be an absolute cracker.

The Rolling Stones have announced a companion live album to their latest full-length, ‘Hackney Diamonds’.The live tracks were recorded at the band’s surprise gig in New York’s Racket club on October 19, which commemorated the launch of their 24th studio album. They played a brief seven-song set, which included both songs from ‘Hackney Diamonds’ and other songs from their discography, including ‘Shattered’ and ‘Jumping Jack Flash’.Lady Gaga also joined them on stage to perform the live debut of ‘Sweet Sounds Of Heaven’ as an encore.

Reading and Leeds has added three new names to the line-up for 2024.Joining the bill for the annual twin-site festival, which will return for the August Bank Holiday weekend, are 21 Savage, Jorja Smith (in a UK festival exclusive) and The Prodigy.The Prodigy and Smith will take to the stage on Friday at Reading and Saturday at Leeds, while 21 Savage will appear on the Sunday at Reading and Friday at Leeds.They will join the ten acts who were announced for the festivals last week. Next year’s Reading and Leeds will be headlined by Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Fred Again.., Gerry Cinnamon and Catfish & The Bottlemen.

Taylor Swift’ ‘Eras’ tour shows.Swift will bring her world tour to the UK next summer, which includes three shows at Wembley Stadium in June and three in August. Earlier this month, she added two extra shows to the August run, raising the total number of Wembley dates to eight.All In, meanwhile, is set to take place on August 25 – just a few days after Swift’s final Wembley date – and the organisation’s president Tony Khan has told the Daily Mail that those shows were made possible because AEW agreed to speed up the installation of their set.“The load-in is a very different schedule than what we had last year,” Khan said.

Leigh-born band The Lottery Winners have issued an update after pausing their UK tour last week. The have now rescheduled the remaining dates for next year.

Arnold Schwarzenegger made a career out of using his impressive phisique on the big screen. The actor, politician, and bodybuilder rose to fame in documentaries like “Pumping Iron,” which later translated to a succesful Hollywood career. In his docuseries “Arnold,” Schwarzenegger opens up about the film that made him change his life and provided him with the “blueprint” for the person that he would become in adulthood.

Following last night's anncounment that Girls Aloud would be reuniting for a 2024 UK and Ireland tour, the band have revealed more details about what it may entail. The most successful girl group of the noughties will be heading out on tour next May, starting off in Dublin before going across the UK, including two nights in Manchester.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Was there anyone who didn’t have an opinion — and the strong need to express it — when the Beatles‘ “last single,” “Now and Then,” came out earlier this month? The surviving members’ long-aborning completion of a 1970s John Lennon demo profoundly moved millions of fans, and put off some others, but no one in practically any demographic — not boomers or even Gen-Z-ers and millennials — wanted to hold their tongue about it. And that’s the kind of marketing that money and promotion can’t buy.