Rachel Zegler has confirmed that she’s dating West Side Story co-star Josh Andres Rivera!
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Wizkid has been announced as the headliner of Yam Carnival 2022 in London.The Afrobeats festival, which celebrates Black music, culture and dance, will take place on Clapham Common in the capital on August 27.Wizkid will perform his only outdoor show of the year at Yam Carnival, with the slot following on from his trio of sold-out gigs at The O2 in London last year.The likes of Naira Marley, Flavour, Fally Ipupa, CKay and ShaSimone will also perform on the main stage at the festival.DJ Maphorisa, Kabza De Small, Major League DJz, Focalistic, Vigro Deep, Kamo Mphela, DBN Gogo and Young Stunna will perform at Yam Carnival on its Piano People Stage.Limited pre-sale tickets for Yam Carnival 2022 are available from Wednesday (February 2) at 10am, before general sale tickets go on sale at 1pm on the same day from here.Yam Carnival will take place on Clapham Common the day before the new London festival Electric City, which will see Chase & Status headlining.The duo will be performing their brand new live show during their headline slot at Electric City, with the likes of Headie One, Andy C and Jme (presenting ‘Grime MC FM’) also set to perform during the day. Last month Wizkid shared a short film, Made In Lagos, to accompany his 2020 album of the same name.Wizkid also teamed up with Burna Boy recently for the track ‘B.
Rachel Zegler has confirmed that she’s dating West Side Story co-star Josh Andres Rivera!
Adele had quite a bit of fun this week at Heaven nightclub in London. Shortly after taping an appearance on, the 33-year-old British chart-topper stopped by the club, where she seemingly crashed the weekly G-A-Y Porn Idol stripping competition, which was being hosted by star Cheryl Hole. Adele took to the stage in a cream-colored pant suit and black bralette top, to share that she was a big fan of Cheryl, who was eliminated from the reality drag show in season 1, coming in in fourth place. «Cheryl, you know I love ya.
Naman Ramachandran The 36th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival will open with Alli Haapasalo’s “Girl Picture” and close with Kevin Hegge‘s documentary “Tramps!” “Girl Picture,” which won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance in January and will screen at the Berlinale next week, follows three girls at the cusp of womanhood. Over three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something she’s never experienced – pleasure.Feature documentary “Tramps,” world premiering at the festival, looks at how in London in the 1980’s, an onslaught of art students arriving in the city resulted in a unique cross-fertilization of British art, fashion, music and film culminating in a group known as The New Romantics.
Kanye West‘s 2006 live album ‘Late Orchestration’ has finally been made available on streaming platforms in the US.The rapper and producer’s live LP was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London in September 2005, and featured live renditions of tracks from West’s first two studio albums, ‘The College Dropout’ and ‘Late Registration’.‘Late Orchestration’ saw West working with a 17-piece all-female string orchestra, while the likes of John Legend, Lupe Fiasco and Consequence made guest appearances.Nearly 16 years on from its original release as a CD and DVD in April 2006, ‘Late Orchestration’ has finally become available on streaming services in the US.You can hear Kanye West’s ‘Late Orchestration’ below.West, who is now legally known as Ye, is currently working on the sequel album to 2021’s ‘DONDA’. Future is said to be executively producing the record, while Marilyn Manson is also working on the album.The rapper reportedly held a private listening party for ‘DONDA 2’ in LA earlier this week, which was attended by the likes of Drake, Travis Scott and Yung Lean.
Mo Gilligan is hosting this year's Brit Awards alongside BBC Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo and TV presenter Maya Jama.
Sam Fender and Paolo Nutini have been announced as the final two headliners of Victorious Festival 2022.The two artists join Stereophonics in topping the bill at the Portsmouth festival, which will return to the Southsea Seafront this year between August 26-28.As well as Fender and Nutini, Primal Scream and The Libertines have been added to the line-up of Victorious Festival 2022 today (February 8).Anne-Marie, Editors, Amy Macdonald, Example, White Lies, Suede, Ocean Colour Scene, Inhaler, Turin Brakes, The Subways, Andy C and Hot Chip Mega Mix will also perform at this year’s event.Those acts join the likes of James, The Wombats, Self Esteem and Sugababes on the line-up for Victorious Festival 2022.‘‘We can’t wait for this year’s festival, we built the excitement with our first wave of artists and we’re thrilled to be able to announce even more amazing acts for 2022,” Andy Marsh, Victorious’ festival director, said in a statement about today’s announcement.“Stay tuned as we’ve got even more acts to announce between now and the festival!”Tickets for Victorious Festival 2022 are on sale now from here, and you can find out more information about this year’s festival by heading here.
Rebecca Lucy Taylor – aka Self Esteem – has been hired as the composer for upcoming West End play ‘Prima Facie’, starring Jodie Comer.“I am such a huge fan of Rebecca and everything she stands for”, says Comer. “Her voice, her words and her honesty.
Caribou and Happy Mondays are set to be among the headliners of Bigfoot Festival 2022.The UK’s first craft beer music festival, which held its inaugural edition last year, is set to take place at Claydon Estate (near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) from June 17-19.Caribou and Happy Monday have been announced this morning (February 8) as the first two headliners for Bigfoot 2022, with a third headliner set to be announced soon.The likes of Self Esteem, Shame, Working Men’s Club, Octo Octa, India Jordan, Erol Alkan and Hayden Thorpe have also been announced on the line-up for this year’s festival.You can see the line-up so far for Bigfoot Festival 2022 in the above poster, with more additions set to be announced soon.Bigfoot has also confirmed that the British breweries Braybrooke, DEYA, Gipsy Hill, Howling Hops, Purity, Signature Brew, Two Tribes, Verdant and Wild Beer will all provide drink at this year’s festival.General tickets for Bigfoot Festival 2022 will go on sale at 9am GMT this Friday (February 11) from here.
Pleasing, but fans continue to be fascinated by his rumoured romance with Olivia Wilde. Yes, 2021 Hollywood news kicked off with reports that boyband star turned critically acclaimed artist and international mortal of affection Harry Styles and respected feminist and all-round cool girl actress/director Olivia Wilde are dating. The rumour mill went into overdrive in January when the pair were spotted together.
A British trans woman, Naya Martinez, 21, and her gay friend, Valentino Kyriakou, 20, were told to leave a chicken shop in north-west London’s Wembley otherwise they would be stabbed. Trigger Warning: This story has details and visuals of a homophobic attack, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.The BBC reported the ordeal was recorded by onlookers and posted on TikTok where it went viral, and was shared via other social media platforms including , and Instagram where it has been viewed “hundreds of thousands of times.”Valentino Kyriakou, 20, and Naya Martinez, 21, were subjected to homophobic slurs by a group of young men in Wembley, #London.The video shows the friends being told that they would be "shanked" if they didn't leave.@metpoliceuk say they are trying to identify the perpetrators. pic.twitter.com/eU9BapFAos— Birmingham Against LGBTQI Hate (@BrumAgainstHate) February 1, 2022Police have yet to make any arrests as they try to identify the offenders captured on video.
K.J. Yossman On Tuesday, Ariana DeBose, Harris Dickinson, Lashana Lynch, Millicent Simmonds and Kodi Smit-McPhee were announced as the 2022 nominees for the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award.Nominees are selected for demonstrating “exceptional talent in film over the past year.” Previous winners of the award have included James McAvoy, Eva Green, Tom Hardy, Kristen Stewart, Tom Holland, Letitia Wright and Micheal Ward.The award, which is in its seventeenth year, is the only BAFTA honor to be decided by the general public, who can vote for their favorite online.Just hours after the nominations were unveiled, DeBose and Dickinson sat down with Variety to discuss their nominations.Congrats on the nominations! How are you feeling? DeBose: I’m just thrilled that I get to be here in London to celebrate this nomination and celebrate all of my fellow EE Rising Star nominees, because I am very well aware that every single one of them is massively talented and I find them all incredibly inspiring.Dickinson: Wonderful, thank you very much.
Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra is set to make his celebrity boxing debut in the coming months.
Finley Burns is set to become the third young Manchester City central defender to go out on loan this season.
Being kind and courteous to a bus driver is something that’s been instilled in me from a young age.