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Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, has died aged 80.Robertson was behind such classics as The Weight, Up On Cripple Creek, and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. He died surrounded by his household, a press release from his supervisor mentioned.The Band initially served as Bob Dylan's backing group - earlier than changing into extremely influential within the Nineteen Sixties and 70s. They performed at Woodstock in 1969. Image: Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson performing on the Isle of Wight pageant in 1970. Pic: Mike Walker/Shutterstock Besides Robertson, who was born in Canada, the group featured drummer-singer Mark "Levon" Helm and bassist-singer-songwriter Rick Danko, keyboardist ...

Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” mined and helped reshape American music, has died at 80. ...

Broadcaster and comic Hardeep Singh Kohli has been arrested and charged in reference to allegations of sexual offences.Police Scotland confirmed the alleged offences are "non-recent" however gave no additional particulars. The 54-year-old was launched and is predicted to seem in court docket at a later date.A report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.The improvement comes after the pressure confirmed final month it was investigating allegations revealed by The Times newspaper. Be the primary to get Breaking News Install the Sky News app totally free A Police Scotland spo...

Actors and writers in Hollywood are placing for numerous causes, together with pay and dealing situations - but additionally due to considerations about synthetic intelligence (AI).Writers are frightened about management over AI within the screenwriting course of, whereas actors have fears about AI replicas of themselves getting used with out enough compensation. If this all seems like one thing out of Charlie Brooker's dystopian collection Black Mirror, that is as a result of it's - Joan Is Awful, an episode from the most recent collection launched earlier this yr, options Hollywood actress Salma Hayek preventing in opposition to a streaming service when she realises her AI likeness is being utilized in any manner that it chooses. Image...

Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who turned the topic of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died aged 81.The American singer's demise was confirmed by his granddaughter Amanda Kennedy on Wednesday after being posted to the web site Sugarman.org a day earlier. He died in Detroit following a brief sickness, in response to his spouse, Konny Rodriguez, 72.It was the documentary Searching for Sugar Man by Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul that made Rodriguez recognisable to a a lot bigger viewers.The movie tells of two South Africans and their mission to hunt out the destiny of their musical hero. It gained the Oscar for finest documentary in 2013. Image: Rodriguez in 2013. Pic: AP 'More...

Actress Doreen Mantle, greatest identified for her position within the BBC comedy sequence One Foot In The Grave, has died aged 97.She died "peacefully at home", her agent mentioned. Mantle starred as Jean Warboys, the annoying buddy of Victor Meldrew's spouse, in One Foot In The Grave. Image: Doreen Mantle (left) enjoying Joy Fishwick in Coronation Street in 2010 with Jennie McAlpine and Graeme Hawley She additionally appeared in BBC detective sequence Father Brown, Doctors and performed Joy Fishwick in ITV cleaning soap Coronation Street.Her different credit embrace My Family, Dirk Gently, Jam And Jerusalem, Doc Martin, Jonathan Creek and Yentl. She received an Olivier Award in 1979 for her position in Deat...

Channeling the promoting abilities of his most well-known position, actor Jon Hamm appeared on a picket line this week with a “Mad Men” themed signal. ...

A "large number" of ITV's This Morning staff have advised Parliament they confronted "further bullying and discrimination" after elevating issues of toxicity and harassment with the broadcaster. In June, ITV chief government Dame Carolyn McCall confronted questions from MPs about former host Phillip Schofield's exit from the daytime present amid allegations it was fostering a 'poisonous' bullying tradition. In correspondence printed on Wednesday, Dame Caroline Dinenage, chairwoman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, advised Dame Carolyn {that a} group of This Morning staff previous and current had since raised related claims to Parliament.In the letter dated 24 July, Dame Caroline wrote: "In the month that has passed since your appearance before the committee, we have ...

A microphone hurled by Cardi B at an viewers member in Las Vegas has been offered for nearly $100,000 on eBay.Clips exhibiting the rapper throwing a mic - additionally shared by the star herself - went viral on social media on the finish of July. The incident passed off after a girl appeared to splash a drink on Cardi B, actual identify Belcalis Almanzar, as she carried out her hit Bodak Yellow on stage at Drai's Beachclub in Las Vegas, Nevada. Police confirmed the incident was reported as battery the next day, however later dropped their felony investigation and mentioned no prices can be filed after a "thorough review" of the case.Now, the mic has been offered on public sale web site eBay. It was initially placed on sale by Scott Fisher, propriet...

Dua Lipa must go to courtroom for a 3rd time over her hit music Levitating.A choose in New York dominated that the British pop star should face a lawsuit accusing her of copying her 2021 megahit from a 1979 disco music. US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla mentioned songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer may attempt to show "substantial similarity" between Levitating and their music Wiggle and Giggle All Night.The lawsuit, filed in March final yr, claimed that Levitating shared "compositional elements" with Wiggle, most importantly by duplicating its opening melody.Lipa's legal professionals argued that it was implausible to imagine that the 27-year-old had heard Wiggle earlier than writing Levitating. Judge Failla agreed, however mentioned the plaintiffs alleged "j...