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NEWS IN BRIEF
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The Academy Awards are set to take place Monday 26th April (BST) with Mank leading the way with a staggering 10 nominations including Best Picture.
Apple Music announces they now pay double that of main competitor Spotify per stream.
Taylor Swift breaks The Beatles' UK record for having the fastest run of three number one albums.
Reports surface of a The Last of Us Remake happening at Playstation Studio while plans for a Days Gone sequel are scrapped.
Alfred Molina confirms that his Doc Ock character will return in the upcoming SpiderMan: No Way Home.
EDITOR
Following the sensational first season, along with the off-screen drama that followed, we should all be anticipating High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season 2. It follows Nina (Olivia Rodrigo) and the cast as they train to perform High School Musical 2, otherwise known as the best HSM.
RECORDS
OLIVIA RODRIGO - SOUR (21/05/2021)
Olivia Rodrigo swept social media with her hit single ‘Drivers License’, and her latest track ‘Deja Vu’ appears to be following suit. With her debut album Sour, I’m curious to see if she can live up to the hype created by these two charttopping bops.
FILM
NOMADLAND, dir. Chloé Zhao (30/04/2021)
This quiet, understated film is a beautiful look at life on the modern American frontier. Frances McDormand is formidable as Fern, a widow who packs her bags and ventures out as a Nomad and adapting to a new spontaneous way of life. Intimate, meditative and undoubtedly awards-worthy.
CULTURE
WITH TEETH by Kristen Arnett (01/06/2021)
Due to be released in May, With Teeth is the story of Sammie. Sammie becomes increasingly scared of her son, Samson, as he jumps from a turbulent childhood to antisocial adolescence. This also allows space for resentment between Sammie and her wife, Monika, as they fight to preserve a pictureperfect image of a queer family. Eventually, Samson resorts to physical violence, and Sammie must confront her role in his upbringing, as well as the reality of her family and the household she runs.
LIVE
AUSTRA - SONGKICK (29/04/2021)
She's been in the business for the last 10 years and given us hits such as 'Home' and is an incredible singer-songwriter. She'll be performing hits, new songs and showing all why we should be keeping an eye on women in the music industry. If you are into your electronic, indie & alt or pop, she is the one you should be tuning into!
REMEMBERING HELEN MCCROY SAM PEGG
Stage and Screen star, Helen McCrory has passed away at the age of 52 after a secret battle with cancer. The actress who starred as Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders and, most recently, Stelmaria in the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials; had a career that spanned roughly thirty years. Amassing many award nominations (including ones for the Olivier Awards) and wins throughout her career, McCrory has had a huge presence within the British film and TV industry, one that feels a little more empty after her passing. Many fans and fellow actors and actresses have all taken the time to remember McCrory, with her husband, Damien Lewis, paying tribute to his late wife as a woman with "fearlessness, wit, curiosity, talent, and beauty". McCrory passed away on April 16th.
