Fame

The musician Empress Of, real name Loreley Rodriguez, is trying to tell me about her new album, but there is a problem. A Los Angeles native, she’s in London for a week of press, with starry trappings: a show at the Jazz Cafe; an appearance on Radio 1; dinner with friend and fellow pop star Rina Sawayama at a Mayfair restaurant, where she was stunned to find the chicken priced at £140.Now she’s in a corner on the third floor of the Barbican centre, finishing her coffee before we head into its exhibition on textiles. No…

I didn’t expect Steve Martin to be funny. Sure, it was his skewwhiff sensibility that made The Jerk, The Man With Two Brains, LA Story and Bowfinger so deliriously inspired. And he was comedy’s first double-platinum-record-selling, stadium-touring megastar; he began wearing a white suit on stage only so that he could be seen by fans in the cheap seats several postcodes away. He crafted riotous slapstick crescendos in All of Me and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and displayed a literary flair even at his silliest. No one who has…

Tata Motors Request Government For Three-Year Extension Of EV Incentives.Tata Motors has asked for a three-year extension of incentives for electric vehicles to help fuel growth. According to estimates, China accounts for six out of every ten EVs sold globally.Tata Motors has urged the government to extend incentives for electric taxis for another three years, as well as include personal vehicles in the flagship demand support scheme, FAME.Tata Motors, which controls more than 70 per cent of the local EV industry, wants…

The late songwriter will join "Swingin'" singer John Anderson and guitarist James Burton in the class of 2024 inductees Toby Keith is one of the 2024 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The songwriter died Feb. 5 after a long battle with stomach cancer — one day before the names of the final inductees were to be delivered to the Hall of Fame staff. Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer, announced Keith as one of this year’s inductees and walked through the nomination process…

When Theo James read the script for the second season of The White Lotus, the British actor wasn’t immediately sure what he could bring to the part of Cameron. The character was “another finance bro”: cocky, suave and superficial. “Interesting,” he recalls, “but we’ve seen it a hundred times.”‘I was a boy from Aylesbury’: Theo James wears blazer, top and trousers, all Giorgio Armani (armani.com) Photograph: Gavin Bond/The ObserverAt the audition, though, the 39-year-old James was won over by Mike White, who writes and…

New Edition, the legendary R&B group made up of Ricky Bell, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, is set to be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame. The group will be inducted during the 2024 NAACP Image Awards ceremony being held in Los Angeles on March 16. Previous inductees include Eddie Murphy, Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Carlos Santana, Little Richard, Sidney Poitier, Earth Wind and Fire and Aretha Franklin. Formed in Boston in…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIn the world of Hollywood, the first sign of overexposure is when other celebrities start being asked questions about you. Why, for example, does presumed Best Actress winner and all-round superstar Emma Stone keep being asked about Taylor Swift? Why did Martin Scorsese have to constantly talk about superheroes? And why is Barry Keoghan’s penis a hot topic of conversation on red…

The 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala will feature a special appearance from Diane Warren, who has been named this year’s recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award. The award, to be presented at the ceremony on June 13, is considered to be the institution’s highest honor. It is reserved for songwriters and songwriting teams that have already been inducted into the Hall of Fame and whose catalogue of work matches the quality and standards set by esteemed songwriter Johnny Mercer. “I’m beyond honored…

Foreigner‘s overdue Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination arrived on this year’s ballot for the first time in the band’s history. The arena rock heroes formed in New York City back in 1976 when Mick Jones linked up with multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald and recruited vocalist Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, bassist Ed Gagliardi. The following year, the group released their self-titled debut album, producing career-defining singles “Feels Like the First Time” and “Cold as Ice.” …

R2-D2 and C-3PO got all dolled up for the premiere of Dune: Part Two.Photo: Gareth Cattermole (Getty Images)No one reads io9 or Gizmodo for any type of educated insight into the world of high fashion. We’re nerds, which is why you come here to learn about the latest and greatest in the world of science fiction. But once in a while, those worlds collide in such a fun way that we just have to expand our boundaries and go full Vogue. The cast of Dune: Part Two was in London Thursday for the film’s premiere and the outfits…