Toyah Willcox on refusing to be 'controlled' by age, and playing Glasgow with Billy Idol

People around the world are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as it was confirmed that she’d passed away at Balmoral Castle at age 96 on Thursday.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Betty Gilpin is in the desert. She’s there filming “Mrs. Davis,” Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez’s Peacock drama series, but doesn’t give a specific location — “We’re shooting in the middle of nowhere,” she says — because the project is still mostly under wraps.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Billie Lourd, Colin Hanks and Aisling Bea have boarded the transatlantic comedy “And Mrs,” which is set to start shooting in east London this fall. The British feature centers on Gemma, a woman living in London (Bea) whose American fiancé Nathan (Hanks) dies shortly before their wedding day. When, with some encouragement from her sister-in-law, she decides to go ahead and marry him anyway, she has to overcome public opinion, the law of the land and even her own family’s objections. Bea is best known for “This Way Up,” “Living With Yourself” and “Doctor Who,” and will soon be headlining the much-anticipated film based on the songs of Take That, “Greatest Day.”

Billie Eilish is fronting a new Gucci eyewear campaign advert that sees her being stalked by her doppelgänger.The pop star has turned model and actress for the campaign, marketing the brand’s black acetate Navigator glasses with gold Gucci script on the temples, an oversized ’80s-inspired “sun mask”, and pink cat-eye shades.In the advert, Eilish is seen driving through the Hollywood hills with a mystery tail in pursuit.

Black Country, New Road have covered Billie Eilish‘s song ‘Happier Than Ever’ during a recent show on their current US tour.The rock band performed the track — the title track from Eilish’s 2021 album — at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom yesterday (September 5), adding new elements to the part-sombre, part-thunderous rendition.BCNR violinist Georgia Ellery introduces classical strings to the lullaby-like intro, before drummer Charlie Wayne belts out the song’s punk-pop latter half, with vocal assists from the rest of the band as they mosh on stage. The cover elsewhere enlists keys from May Kershaw and saxophone riffs courtesy of Lewis Evans.

Billie Piper has ditched her signature blonde locks as she's shown off her brunette look whilst at Heathrow airport with her boyfriend and daughter.The actress and former singer, 39, definitely looked like she was opting for comfort on the trip as she rocked a pair of baggy trackie bottoms, some bright red sliders and a brown pinstriped shirt. Her short hair was tied in a messy half-up half down style and she opted to go for minimal makeup for the family holiday.

Beardy Beardy has been located in the heart of Glasgow city centre for over three years now. In that time the team has grown to include several finalists and some winners in some of the most prestigious industry awards across various categories.

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Billie Eilish really made this teacher’s summer.

Billie Eilish duetted with his TikTok tutorial to one of her songs.Sheridan Coldstream, who is from Buckinghamshire, posted a video on TikTok of himself playing piano and providing singing instructions for Eilish’s song ‘Listen Before I Go’ to help clients on his Total Vocal programme.Last month, Eilish recorded herself singing the song, which is taken from her debut 2019 album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?‘, alongside Coldstream’s piano accompaniment and instructions. The clip has since had more than 32million views and 6.5million likes.Coldstream told BBC News that it was “completely astounding” that not only was Eilish singing to his piano playing but she was also following his directions.#duet with @sheridan_coldstream ♬ original sound – Sheridan “There’s a bit in the song where she normally goes down,” said the 58-year-old, who runs Total Vocal at his studio.

EastEnders' Toby-Alexander Smith and Emmerdale's Amy Walsh have enjoyed a romantic Mediterranean escape in Ibiza and have now announced their engagement. Amy uploaded pictures of a sunset dinner with the three photos, captioned: "Before, during, after" with the latter a picture boasting her new diamond ring as the pair beamed at the camera. Former Girls Aloud member and sister to Amy, Kimberly Walsh, was one of many celebrities to gush over the photo.The singer commented: "The best news", with some celebratory emojis.

The Cyrus bunch. The famous family boasts a lot of big names — Miley Cyrus, Noah Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus, just to name a few — but their love and acceptance of each other appears to be even bigger.

A frantic search has been launched to trace a missing schoolboy who was last seen boarding a bus to Glasgow City Centre.