#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2025 × Concern over sniffer dogs near first NSW pill-testing site in Wollongong. Attenders able to check what substances are in their illicit pills and powders at two-day Yours and Owls music festival
#Showbiz × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania #music
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2025 × James Bond by Amazon isn’t a bad thing – we could finally get an update to the groundbreaking GoldenEye 007. Some fans are up in arms about the corporate behemoth taking over the franchise. But I’ll wade through any amount of spin-offs for another crack at the best multiplayer game of the 90s
#Showbiz × #Tech #United Kingdom #USA #Amazon #Europe #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2025 × YouTube star MrBeast planning investment round that could value company at $5bn. Funds would be used to create holding company for 26-year-old’s growing empire of video and food businesses
#Showbiz × #Tech
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2025 × Gene Hackman and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa found dead at home with their dog. The Oscar-winning star of The French Connection, The Conversation, Superman and The Poseidon Adventure has died, along with his classical musician wife
#Showbiz × #France #USA #Europe #North America #musician
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 × Michelle Trachtenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl actor, dies aged 39. The actor was reportedly found at a New York apartment with the cause of death as yet unknown
#Showbiz × #actress #USA #actor #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 × ‘The killers I met in jail didn’t scare me’: singer Rokia Traoré on why prison was ‘a privilege’. After serving time in Paris, Rome and Brussels, the Malian star is ready to perform again – and planning a book and a stage show about her fellow inmates and her own prison experiences
#Showbiz × #France #Africa #Belgium #Italy #Europe #music #Mali
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 × ‘Madcap adventures’: Paul McCartney co-authors book about his time in Wings. An oral history of the musician’s post-Beatles work in the 70s, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, will be published in November
#Showbiz × #United Kingdom #USA #Europe #North America #music
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 × Inside this year’s Oscar goody bags: $1m of disaster relief, spliffs and a reimagined backgammon experience. The gifts handed out to this year’s acting and directing nominees at the Academy Awards, feature key inclusions reflecting the California wildfires
#Showbiz × #academy #Academy Awards
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 × TV presenter Henry Kelly dies aged 78. Irish journalist hosted gameshows including Going for Gold and Game for a Laugh in the 1980s and 90s
#Showbiz × #United Kingdom #Republic of Ireland #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 × Netflix’s games were once its best-kept secret – where did it all go wrong?. Its investment in indie darlings and big-name talent suggested the streamer wanted big stakes in the gaming industry, but layoffs, lousy ties-in and leadership changes suggest that is changing
#Showbiz × #Tech
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 × ‘Kind of sad’: Timothy Dalton reacts to Amazon’s James Bond deal. Ex-007 praises Broccolis for series while expressing concern for its future after bombshell announcement
#Showbiz × #Tech #United Kingdom #Amazon #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 × Indian cinema chain sued by film-goer over lengthy pre-film ads. Court orders compensation to be paid to 30-year-old from Bangalore, saying ‘in the new era, time is considered as money, each one’s time is very precious’
#PublicHoliday #Showbiz × #New Year's Eve #New Year #Asia #India #Americas
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2025 × ‘There’s no better feeling’: TikTok star Go-Jo to represent Australia at Eurovision 2025. Singer of viral hit Mrs Hollywood hopes his milkshakes bring everyone on board at Basel this year when he sings Milkshake Man, an ode to self-confidence
#Showbiz × #Hollywood #Switzerland #Australian continent #Australia #Europe #Insular Oceania #music
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2025 × Warner Bros cancels Wonder Woman video game and closes three studios. Decision to shutter development studios comes as gamers cut back on new purchases and instead opt for proven titles
#Showbiz × #Tech
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2025 × Fyre festival 2: tickets go on sale for follow-up to infamous disaster. No musical line-up has been confirmed but tickets to the Mexican sequel are now available with prices up to $1.1m
#Showbiz × #USA #North America #music #Mexico
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 × Karla Sofía Gascón to attend Oscars despite tweet controversy. The Emilia Pérez best actress nominee will be at Sunday’s ceremony with Netflix paying for all expenses incurred
#Showbiz × #film actor #Academy Awards #actress #Bulgaria #USA #actor #Europe #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2025 × Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album. Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission
#Showbiz × #Tech #music
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 × Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88. Much-loved singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, had suffered a stroke in 2016
#Showbiz × #music
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 × UK pop stars fail to reach global Top 10 albums and singles chart for first time since 2003. Global chart dominated by US acts including Benson Boone, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter, with K-pop bands also strong
#Showbiz × #cls__sex_gdb_Female #carpenter #Taylor Swift #Asia #music #South Korea
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 × Sag awards 2025: Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win major categories. Screen Actors Guild awards go to Shōgun and Conclave ensembles, while Jane Fonda gives a rousing political speech while accepting a life achievement award
#Showbiz × #actor
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2025 × Cult folk singer Bill Fay, writer of The Healing Day, dies aged 81. Songs by the reluctant live performer have been covered by the War on Drugs, Wilco, Pavement and Marc Almond
#Showbiz × #music
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2025 × Energy giant AGL is disputing $25m fine for wrongly taking welfare money from hundreds as ‘excessive’. Exclusive: Court documents obtained by Guardian Australia show appeal argues judge was wrong to decide penalty was needed to ‘provoke’ leadership attention
#Showbiz × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2025 × UK churches need open-mindedness to preserve heritage says heavy metal musician. Mark Mynett of Plague of Angels says there is also a classist undertone to outrage at band’s concert at York Minster
#Religious #Showbiz × #music #musician
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2025 × Waltz this way: rival venues in Vienna compete to celebrate Johann Strauss’s 200th birthday. As the Austrian capital honours the legacy of its dance king, the race is on to attract the most punters
#Showbiz × #Austria #Europe #music
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