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Mae Muller says she felt her “life was over” after Eurovision result

Mae Muller has spoken of her upset after her performance at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and how she carried on following the result. Muller placed 25th out of 26 entries with ‘I Wrote A Song’ in May. She was the final act to perform on the evening and while her performance was well-received in the venue, it failed to inspire voters of either the jury or audience. Now, Muller has reflected on how she felt following the disappointing result, which was worse than many had predicted. Advertisement “I was like, ‘Oh my God, my life is over’,” she told...
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A Beyonce ‘Renaissance’ concert film could be on the way

Beyonce is reportedly in the final stages of talks to bring her ‘Renaissance’ world tour to cinema screens later this year. Variety reports that the artist is in discussion to distribute the film directly to AMC Theatres, according to sources with knowledge of the project. Preliminary talks with major studios and streamers were reportedly held two weeks ago, another source added, relating to a project that has supposedly been in development for years. Advertisement The film would feature footage from the ‘Renaissance’ shows and a documentary-style account of making the record and building out the tour. Insiders also told Variety...
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A film about the Titan submersible tragedy is already in the works

The OceanGate Titan submersible tragedy is set to be the subject of a fictional film. E Brian Dobbins, who worked on the 2002 black comedy slasher The Blackening, has signed on to produce alongside MindRiot Entertainment, which has also greenlit a docuseries based on the former OceanGate mission director Kyle Bingham. According to The Guardian, its current working title is Salvaged. Advertisement In June, a tourist submarine named Titan made headlines when it went missing in the North Atlantic on an expedition to the Titanic shipwreck. At some point on its journey, it suffered a “catastrophic implosion” killing all five...
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Paramore cuts ex-members out of group photo for ‘Brand New Eyes’ anniversary

Paramore celebrated the 14th anniversary of their third album ‘Brand New Eyes’ this week, but two former members of the band were cropped out of a photo of them from the time of its release. “HBD, BNE,” the group wrote via X, formerly known as Twitter, but the accompanying photo featured only vocalist Hayley Williams, drummer Zac Farro and guitarist Taylor York. Guitarist Josh Farro and bassist Jeremy Davis also played on the band’s 2009 album, and it was the last to feature the Farro brothers before they left the band under rather acrimonious circumstances in 2010. In a...
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Ed Sheeran says there will be no singles or music videos for ‘Autumn Variations’

Ed Sheeran has confirmed that there will be no singles or music videos for his new album ‘Autumn Variations’. The project is Sheeran’s second new album this year and was released yesterday (September 29), arriving just a few months after his comeback album ‘Subtract’. As with ‘Subtract’, it was produced by The National‘s Aaron Dessner and marks his first independent release on his own label, Gingerbread Man Records. Sheeran has now explained why ‘Autumn Variations’ hasn’t had a traditional album rollout. “Each record before I’ve done, like, all the big going in and doing all these radio interviews, and going...
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Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart and Lou Reed had to convince Damien Hirst not to chop off his hands for an art project

Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart has revealed he and Lou Reed once had to convince Damien Hirst not to chop off his hands for an art project. Stewart told the story as part of an interview for NME’s Does Rock N’Roll Kill Braincells? series, shortly after he was asked which comedian had played him in a ’90s Rock Profile sketch. “He wanted to have his hands chopped off and then stitched back on by a surgeon in Mexico, while filming it as an art piece,” Stewart said. “He seemed dead-serious but myself and Lou Reed were trying to convince him: ‘No,...
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People surprised that Anya Taylor-Joy speaks Spanish but Jenna Ortega doesn’t

Some people have shared their surprise that Anya Taylor-Joy speaks Spanish but Jenna Ortega doesn’t, after the pair were filmed chatting at Dior’s Paris Fashion Week show. Earlier this week actresses Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit), Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) and Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) were sat with Spanish pop star Rosalía at Dior’s Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 show. US actress Jennifer Lawrence was also close by. A 12-second clip from the evening shows Taylor-Joy introducing her husband to Rosalía and Ortega in Spanish. Ortega, who is not a Spanish-speaker, then greets him in English. Advertisement The video has surprised some people...
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Watch Yungblud tease new collaboration by surprise calling a fan

Yungblud teased a new collaboration with a video of him surprise calling a fan and playing her his new song. In a new video posted to his social media, the fan is seen screaming “OH MY GOD!” when she sees the Doncaster-born artist after answering the call, with Yungblud laughing in response. “I am going to play you a new song,” he said in the video, “and it’s a collaboration.” Advertisement The fan responds, “Wait, with who?”, but Yungblud’s reply is bleeped out. Nonetheless, she is seen screaming “YES!” in response. In the caption, Yungblud jokingly offers “20 quid...
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‘Little Britain’ is being reassessed as “cringe” online: “It made me so uncomfortable”

Comedy fans reassessing Little Britain online have deemed the sketch show, starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, to be “cringey”. READ MORE: Computer says go! Times haven’t changed, ‘Little Britain’ was offensive trash from the start A discussion around the show kicked off after Reddit user ARedemptionSong asked people to assess its controversial sketches through a modern lens, particuarly in the age of cancel culture. “Most of the sketches I think were fairly hit and miss, but Lou and Andy was absolutely profound,” they began. Advertisement “People think it is just about a chancer pretending to be disabled, when it...
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Bruce Springsteen releases new Bryce Dessner-produced single, ‘Addicted To Romance’

Bruce Springsteen has shared a new single, ‘Addicted To Romance’, which was co-produced and orchestrated by The National‘s Bryce Dessner. The single was recorded for the soundtrack of the new Rebecca Miller film She Came To Me and also features vocals from his wife, and member of the E Street Band, Patti Scialfa. The National touring members Benjamin Lanz and Kyle Resnick also appear on trombone and trumpet respectively. “When Rebecca asked me about working on a song for the end credits, I immediately thought (perhaps unrealistically!) that it would be incredible to ask Bruce Springsteen to write a song,”...