Watch Snail Mail and Mac DeMarco cover Talking Heads’ ‘This Must Be The Place’ at Valentine Fest

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Meredith Stiehm, president of the WGA West, got right to the point in her remarks Sunday at the guild’s 2023 award ceremony. With contract negotiations less than two weeks aways, Stiehm rallied the troops about the need for solidarity, and she emphasized the guild’s role as serving as the “good sheriff” helping to tame the Wild West for writers. The guild, Stiehm told the crowd at the Fairmont Century Plaza, is “walking around like Gary Cooper — low key but watchful, vigilent and a little swagger.” The guild is “looking to keep the peace” but is devoted to enforcing the rules established by its contracts. “The guild says there are rules, there are laws,” she said referring to a fight that the WGA recently settled over $42 million in residual payments owed to guild members.

Tucked away down a quiet lane in an unassuming Yorkshire village is a unique holiday home which its guests have called “the best place to stay in the UK”. The Grade II* listed gatehouse in Bolton Percy dates back to the 15th century and offers visitors the chance to step back in time and lose themselves in an historical setting.

author Cash Carraway, is set in England and follows struggling and impoverished single mother Costello Jones (Cooper), her daughter Iris (Fleur Tashjian) and Costello’s best friend Selby (Jack Farthing, “Poldark”) — a wealthy gay man who is Costello’s pseudo “soul mate” and Iris’ father-figure. “It’s an unconventional love story, really,” Cooper, 36, told The Post. “[Costello and Selby] are from opposite ends of the spectrum. He’s very affluent, she’s poor, and they’ve both been neglected in different ways and haven’t got the skills to have a normal healthy relationship, so it gets toxic.

David Byrne knows where he’s going and he knows where he’s been, and the former Talking Heads band leader and near EGOT winner is on his way to the Oscars again, 35 years after taking home the original score Academy Award for Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (which he shared with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su) with a song nomination for “This Is a Life” from A24’s 11x Oscar nominated Everything Everywhere All at Once which he co-wrote with the pic’s composers Son Lux and Mitski. If Byrne wins a second Oscar next Sunday, it doesn’t bring him closer to an EGOT; he needs an Emmy win to do that after two Grammys and a special Tony award for his Broadway showstopper American Utopia.

Manchester City beating Bristol City to advance to the FA Cup quarter-finals throws up another fixture rescheduling headache for the Premier League in the final months of this season.

A secluded estate at the head of a loch in what has been called "Britain's last wilderness" has announced it is looking for "seasonal help".

Manchester United's scheduled Premier League game with Brighton later this month will be moved after the Seagulls progressed in the FA Cup on Tuesday night, handing Erik ten Hag's side another fixture headache.

Kendrick Lamar, Caroline Polachek and Weyes Blood are among a host of new names to be announced for Roskilde Festival’s massive 2023 line-up.The festival will return to Denmark between June 24-July 1 this year, with the list of headliners including Blur, Queens Of The Stone Age, Christine And The Queens, Rosalía and more.Now, a host of new names have been added to the bill including headliner Lamar. Joining him, Polachek and Weyes Blood will be Special Interest, Code Orange and more.Roskilde Festival’s head of programming, Anders Wahrén, said of the announcement: “This announcement features some of the most vehement vocalists and powerful performers right now, acts whom in each their own way convey hope, meaning and change.

Snail Mail, also known as Lindsey Jordan, was one of the many artists who auditioned for the starring role in the now-scrapped Madonna biopic.In a new interview with Inked, Jordan spoke about the audition process, which was allegedly also contested by the likes of Sky Ferreira and Bebe Rexha. “I had to come up with a dance routine based on one of her music videos – I had to look at what she was doing but not imitate it, but be inspired by it,” Jordan explained, adding that she is a “huge” Madonna fan.“She’s a dance legend. I watched a documentary.

HBO Max. The streamer announced on Thursday that “Welcome to Derry” has been ordered to series, with “It” and “It: Chapter Two” director Andy Muschietti onboard to executive produce and direct multiple episodes.

Sophie Habboo has claimed that A-lister Bradley Cooper “chatted her up” on a night out, but the star reportedly was not in the UK the night of the ordeal. Discussing the matter on her podcast with husband-to-be Jamie Laing, he revealed to listeners: “Sophie met Bradley Cooper in this bar and he walked up to her.” Sophie, 29, then added: “'I said, ‘I'm engaged.' And he said: ‘Where’s your fiance?' and I said: ‘He’s downstairs.’” The Made In Chelsea star, who is set to wed millionaire Jamie, 34, in May after getting engaged in December 2021, went on to say that she was “so nervous” that she “ran away” from the A Star Is Born actor.

Lucy Hale is ready to talk about her journey to sobriety. The 33-year-old actress just celebrated one year of sobriety, which she said has been a «mostly private» journey. Hale took to Instagram on Valentine’s Day to talk about the importance of «self-love» and revealed that she recently celebrated 12 months of sobriety — which she commemorated with a special cake.«Bear with me, this is an alternative Valentine’s Day post,» Hale wrote, alongside the photo of a sprinkle-covered cake with the words «1 Year!» written in icing. «This is a post about self-love and about the greatest thing I’ve ever done.»Hale explained, «On January 2, 2023, I celebrated one year of sobriety.»A post shared by Lucy Hale (@lucyhale)Now, the Pretty Little Liars star is opening up to Steven Bartlett on podcast: «I have never talked publicly about being sober — I have a little over a year sobriety.

Lise Pedersen The Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, also known as CPH:DOX, has unveiled the full program of its 20th edition, which includes 200 new films, more than half of which are world premieres, sealing CPH:DOX’s reputation as one of the leading events of its kind in Europe. For the first time, all 13 films competing for the top Dox:Award are world premieres. These include “A Storm Foretold,” the long-awaited doc on Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone by Danish political journalist Christopher Guldbrandsen; established filmmaker Margreth Olin’s highly anticipated epic film “Songs of the Earth”; “A Tiger in Paradise,” a surreal journey into Swedish singer José González’ inner world by Ruben Östlund’s regular creative partners Mikel Cee Karlsson and Erik Hemmendorff; and “Total Trust” by Jialing Zhang (“One Child Nation”), described as “the first major film about the Chinese surveillance state (…) – a disturbing tale of technology, (self-) censorship and abuse of power in the 21st century.”

Toyah Willcox and her husband, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp have covered Republica’s ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ – check it out belowIn honour of Valentine’s Day, Willcox and Fripp have turned this week’s Sunday Lunch session into a bit of a love-in, performing the Republica classic in front of heart-shaped balloons.Willcox then told Fripp she was going to “snog your face off” at the end of the video. “Suck face, sweetlips,” replied Fripp before the pair burst into laughter.“The kitchen is playing host to this Republica classic, and it’s delivered in a way only Toyah and Robert know how,” reads the description.

Snail Mail and Waxahatchee covered The Killers‘ ‘When You Were Young’ during the final night of the former’s ‘Valentine Fest’.The duo – whose real names are Lindsey Jordan and Katie Crutchfield, respectively – teamed up at the Ottobar for the cover of the 2006 hit single in Baltimore last night (February 14) for the fifth night of the concert series.It comes after Jordan linked up with Mac DeMarco to cover Talking Heads’ 1983 classic ‘This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)’ the previous night (February 13).Earlier in the week, Jordan also teamed up with Soccer Mommy for Avril Lavigne‘s 2002 hit ‘I’m With You’.‘Valentine Fest’ was launched in support of Jordan’s second album as Snail Mail, the titular ‘Valentine’, which arrived last November via Matador. Singles included the title track, ‘Ben Franklin’ and ‘Madonna’, with the album itself earning a five-star review from NME’s El Hunt.

A new adventure! The Ultimatum’s April Marie is pregnant and expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Cody Cooper, after nearly one year of dating.

Netflix‘s reboot of the reality competition series The Mole is getting another season.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Submarine Entertainment is launching sales at Berlin’s European Film Market on high-profile doc “Milano — The Inside Story of Italian Fashion,”  directed by John Maggio (“The Perfect Weapon”). Billed as the definitive story of the explosion of Italian fashion in the 1970s and 80s, as told by the insiders, the star-studded doc extensively features Giorgio Armani and delves into his life story, but also reveals unknown details about the Gucci and Versace fashion houses. “Milano” also features appearances and commentary by former Gucci creative director Tom Ford, Gianni Versace’s brother Santo Versace and Hollywood stars including Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson and Frances McDormand, all of whom have close ties to the Italian fashion milieu. Watch clip.

Caroline Polachek is currently working on a song for an upcoming A24 film.The news was confirmed in a Vulture feature, in which the singer was speaking about her new album ‘Desire, I Want To Turn Into You’, which came out today (February 14).“In the weeks before the album’s release, Polachek will travel back to London,” the article reads, “where she spends half the year, to rehearse tech and choreo and pick out outfits and put together backdrop video animations for her tour, which will include an on-stage “theatrical volcano-scape,” all while wrapping up a song she made for an A24 film.”In the same feature, Polacheck discussed her current tour. “Full disclosure: I’m taking my European tour at a loss,” she said.“But it’s worth it for me.

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) and Soccer Mommy covered Avril Lavigne‘s ‘I’m With You’ during a concert in Baltimore over the weekend.The pair teamed up as part of Snail’s Mail’s five night ‘Valentine Fest’ residency at the Ottobar in her hometown.During her set on Saturday (February 11), which saw her share the bill with Soccer Mommy, Feeble Little Horse and Animal Collective member Geologist, Jordan covered Ride‘s ‘Vapour Trail’.She was then joined by Soccer Mommy during the encore for Lavigne’s 2002 hit ‘I’m With You’. You can view both performances below.The concert series will run until tomorrow (February 14).