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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Watch: Babyface, Jennifer Hudson honor Jamie Foxx at BET Awards
June 10 (UPI) -- Babyface, Jennifer Hudson and other music artists honored actor and singer Jamie Foxx during the BET Awards Monday. The Office alum Craig Robinson took to the piano to introduce the various performers paying tribute to Foxx. "Tonight, we celebrate a man who starred in his own TV show and sang the theme song 'Simple things are all you need,'" Robinson said. "As the kids say, it was a bop. We wanted to celebrate you tonight, and to kick things off, ladies and gentlemen, his mother named him Kenneth, but the world knows him as Babyface." Babyface was joined by Ludacris on the stage for a cover of Foxx's "Unpredictable," while Tank and Jennifer Hudson performed "Night and Day." Doug E. Fresh, Teddy Riley and T-Pain teamed up on "Blame It." Foxx, 57, was among the Ultimate Icon Award recipients at the BET Awards. That award commemorates "decades of groundbreaking contributions to music, entertainment, advocacy and community impact," a press release states. "I cannot even begin to express the love that I feel from everybody out there," Foxx said during his acceptance speech. "I don't know why I went through what I went through, but I know my second chance I'm not going to turn down," he said, referring to his 2023 medical scare. "I'm not going to turn down. I have so much love to give." Mariah Carey, Kirk Franklin and Snoop Dogg also received the award. Foxx recently starred opposite Cameron Diaz in Back in Action, and the comedy special What Had Happened Was...
Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Irish festival announces saunas and cold-water plunges to help music fans unwind
Thousands of festival-goers are set to unwind in saunas and cold-water plunges at Night and Day Festival. The Roscommon-based festival announced a full wellness programme to take place across the weekend, which kicks off on June 27 until 29. Festival-goers will be able to unwind and recharge at Night and Day with an expansive offering of wellness activities. Commenting on the announcement of the wellness programme, Carla and Olivia said: "Thank you to Night & Day for giving us this opportunity to participate and help organise the Wellness area. It has been a great experience, and we can't wait for the festival weekend to see it all put together and meet everyone." Night and Day co-founder Craig Hughes said: "We have wanted to enhance our wellness offering for some time so it is great to see it come to fruition. "Festivalgoers will be able to unwind and recharge each morning before dancing into the early hours each night!" Perched on the embankment overlooking Lough Key, Lough Allen adventures will be running their hot tub, sauna and cold plunge sessions. Ce Sauna will operate on the opposite side of the lake in a more secluded part of the festival. On Saturday morning, the wellness schedule will consist of Pilates by Aisling Dolan, Quantum Riki and sound healing experience with Bailey Barbour, a partner yoga and massage workshop by West Coast Wellness, followed by an outdoor yoga session with Nicole O'Kelly. On Sunday morning, Roscommon native Oisin O'Dowd will host a breathwork session followed by Restore and Flow yoga with Nicole O'Kelly. Attendees are required to bring their own yoga mats with them. Radiant Spaces will curate a calming chill out area for festivalgoers to unwind inside while looking out overlooking the tranquil Lough Key. The programme has been curated by students of the BBus (Hons) Tourism & Event Management course at ATU Sligo Carla Taylor and Olivia Elis. Full details and booking information can be found here. Acts previously announced to play Night and Day include; José González, KT Tunstall, The Wailers, The Stunning, Lisa Hannigan, Paul Brady, Sultans of Ping, Adwaith, Fionn Regan, Daithi, Joshua Burnside, Bog Bodies, Yard, Dark Isle, DUG, Frank, Skinner, Harvest (A Tribute to Neil Young), Shark School and James Keegan. Festival-goers can also explore the beautiful grounds and campsite at Lough Key Forest Park. Families will also be able to avail of the on-site activities such as zip-lining courses, forest trails and a tree-top walk. Tickets for Night and Day are on sale now at for €185 for weekend adult camping tickets, with children's tickets costing €2. Day tickets are also on sale now; Friday (€55), Saturday (€88) and Sunday (€88).
The Irish Sun
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Irish music festival to transform popular tourist attraction into exciting new 150ft-high stage ‘with live animation'
A POPULAR Irish music festival is set to transform a major tourist attraction into an incredible new 150ft stage. Night and Day Festival, which is held in the magnificent Lough Key Forest Park in Co. Roscommon, announced a spellbinding new stage set up today. 2 Night and Day Festival takes place this June 27-29 2 Festival bosses have announced a new 150ft stage for this year's festival The independent festival is expected to take place from Friday, June 27 until Sunday, June 29. Festival bosses recently revealed their brand-new "Sol Stage" which will see acts perform from a perch high up on the 150ft high Moylurg Tower at Lough Key Forest Park. The impressive new brutalist structure will be illuminated by Visual artist Sergey Khadjava. The artist will light up the entire "Tower stage" with live animation for festival goers during the Night and Day's "Forest Rave sessions". READ MORE IN MUSIC The performances on the Tower Stage will also be captured on a multi-camera setup and broadcast in the months after the festival. New acts added to the Tower Stage include Mathman, Nialler9, Efa O'Neill and Mark Wolfson. These acts join the previously announced Daithi who will close out the festival with a live performance on Sunday night. Dublin-based act, Mayfield Sound, will also return to Night and Day to perform on the Electric Cave stage. MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN The festival's headliners include Irish rock band The Stunning, singer-songwriter legend Paul Brady and noughties hitmaker KT Tunstall. Outside of a packed schedule of music, exhibitions and family-friendly fun, Night and Day also invites festival goers to explore many of the park's unique, natural and historical features from its 19th-century parkland. Weather bosses don't rule out rain showers ahead of Electric Picnic as temps hit 21C Filled with majestic trees, follies, bridges and canals, there are numerous walks and trails through the native woodlands, bog garden and forests. Lough Key Forest Park is already home to several activities such as zip-lining courses, tree-top walks, and boat tours, all of which Night and Day ticket holders can access over the weekend. GET YOUR TICKETS The existing campsite at Lough Key also offers a high-end camping experience, water stations, and showers. Night and Day is a strictly over 20s event, but those under 14 can enter with a kids ticket when accompanied by an adult. Tickets for Night and Day are currently on sale now on their website. As it stands, a weekend adult camping ticket costs €185, while a children's ticket costs just €2. Day tickets are also on sale now, Friday tickets cost €55 while Saturday and Sunday tickets cost €88.
Scottish Sun
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
The forgotten Noughties soap with huge Emmerdale, EastEnders and Hollyoaks stars – but can you remember it?
The soap was set in Greenwich and focused on six different families SOAPY MEMORIES The forgotten Noughties soap with huge Emmerdale, EastEnders and Hollyoaks stars – but can you remember it? Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A FORGOTTEN Noughties soap drama had huge Emmerdale, EastEnders and Hollyoaks stars - but can you remember it? The show first broadcast on ITV in 2001 and ran until 2003 with an enormous amount of trailers promoting the new series. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 8 A forgotten Noughties soap drama had huge Emmerdale, EastEnders and Hollyoaks stars - but can you remember it? Credit: Rex Set in Greenwich, it focused on the lives of six very different families, including a missing 16-year-old girl, who appeared in flashback and fantasy sequences. Do you know it yet? The soap began on the sixteenth birthday of best friends Jane Harper and Della Wells, who lived in the same street in Greenwich. However, before the day was over, Jane had disappeared. Over the next year, the lives of six families in the street became further intertwined as a tangled web of secrets and lies threatened to boil to the surface, And Jane's disappearance continued to have a devastating effect. Did you guess it? The soap was called Night and Day and featured a host of stars that went onto find fame in other soap dramas. Let's delve into a few. Glynis Barber 8 Glynis Barber played a school teacher in the soap drama Credit: Rex Glynis played Fiona Brake and was close to the children of the street given her nature as their school teacher. But fans of Holly Oaks will know her as Norma Crow (also known as The Undertaker) who was a gangland boss, whose organisation had been active in Hollyoaks since at least 2020. After her son, Warren Ross began suffering from liver failure, Norma offered herself as a donor, unaware that Warren planned to kill her in revenge for his childhood trauma following the transplant. However, he changed his mind after they bonded together. The pair continued to fall out and reconcile as Norma attempted to make amends for the 40-odd years of Warren's life she missed out on. Kevin Sacre 8 Kevin Sacre went on to playing the notorious Jake Dean in Hollyoaks Credit: Rex Kevin played Roxanne's eldest son Dennis Doyle who never fully trusted his stepdad, Alex, and was discovering adulthood. He was a loser in love after being rejected by bitchy Jane Harper and catty Kate Ellis. He went onto play the notorious Jake Dean in Hollyoaks who after finding out about his wife's affair - was taken down a darker path and his personality became erratic and controlling to those around him. Jake then developed drinking problems as well as becoming more aggressive and even caused the death of another due to his actions. Jake then had a breakdown and was sectioned but he returned in 2009 on a redemption path but that didn't end well either. Sally Dexter 8 Emmerdale's Sally Dexter played the role of Dr Natalie Harper Credit: Rex Sally played a GP called Dr Natalie Harper who was Jane's mother. Despite being very highly-strung and quite secure, Natalie's initial ability to deal with her daughter's disappearance masked her true crumbling nature. However, viewers might know her much better as Faith Dingle in Emmerdale who was the ex-wife of Shadrach Dingle and the mother of Cain Dingle, Caleb Miligan and Chas Dingle. Faith left the Dales forever when she died of cancer in Cain's arms. Stuart Manning 8 Stuart Manning played a soccer player before catching his role in HollyOaks Credit: Rex Stuart played the role of Sam Armstrong; an up-and-coming soccer player. Sam was Jane's first boyfriend, and the father of her unborn baby, although he wasn't aware of it at the time. Sam's life, however, changed when his parents were killed and he took in his sister Lucy, brother Ben, and had to deal with the sudden involvement in his life of his Aunt Rachel. Stuart went on to the play Russ Owen in Hollyoaks and first appeared in 2004 with the Owen family. Russ has been involved in storylines including being diagnosed with testicular cancer and kidnapping his son Max McQueen (Gabriel Lawrence). Russ returned to the soap in 2018 and was killed off after being murdered by Breda McQueen. Lysette Anthony 8 Lysette played Roxanne, Natalie's best friend in the show Credit: Rex Lysette played Roxanne Doyle who was Natalie's best friend, and Della's mother. She was pregnant and prone to irrational outbursts. Another HollyOaks cast member - Lysette went on to play Marnie Nightingale who was the ex-wife of Mac Nightingale and the mother of James, Nathan and Ellie Nightingale. Marnie hired her grandchildren, Juliet and Romeo, to work at her pâtisserie but the building exploded during the "Dee Valley Heroes" event. The disaster claimed her life shortly afterwards. Shane Richie 8 Shane played the villainous Danny Dexter in Night and Day Credit: IMDB Shane played the villainous Danny Dexter who was Dennis's father, who may have been involved in Jane's disappearance. Shane went on to play roles in Dr Who and Benidorm as well as starring in Flushed Away but he is best known for his EastEnders role. He plays the loveable Alfie Moon who made his first appearance in 2002 and has been a recurring character ever since. Some of his character's more prominent storylines have included his turbulent relationship with Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) and the dementia and death of his grandmother Nana Moon (Hilda Braid). He also believed that Kat's son Tommy Moon had died of cot death, unaware that their neighbour Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack) had switched him with her own deceased child. Currently Alfie has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is supporting Kat with Tommy's parental abuse.
The Sun
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The forgotten Noughties soap with huge Emmerdale, EastEnders and Hollyoaks stars – but can you remember it?
A FORGOTTEN Noughties soap drama had huge Emmerdale, EastEnders and Hollyoaks stars - but can you remember it? The show first broadcast on ITV in 2001 and ran until 2003 with an enormous amount of trailers promoting the new series. 8 Set in Greenwich, it focused on the lives of six very different families, including a missing 16-year-old girl, who appeared in flashback and fantasy sequences. Do you know it yet? The soap began on the sixteenth birthday of best friends Jane Harper and Della Wells, who lived in the same street in Greenwich. However, before the day was over, Jane had disappeared. Over the next year, the lives of six families in the street became further intertwined as a tangled web of secrets and lies threatened to boil to the surface, And Jane's disappearance continued to have a devastating effect. Did you guess it? The soap was called Night and Day and featured a host of stars that went onto find fame in other soap dramas. Let's delve into a few. Glynis Barber 8 Glynis played Fiona Brake and was close to the children of the street given her nature as their school teacher. But fans of Holly Oaks will know her as Norma Crow (also known as The Undertaker) who was a gangland boss, whose organisation had been active in Hollyoaks since at least 2020. After her son, Warren Ross began suffering from liver failure, Norma offered herself as a donor, unaware that Warren planned to kill her in revenge for his childhood trauma following the transplant. However, he changed his mind after they bonded together. The pair continued to fall out and reconcile as Norma attempted to make amends for the 40-odd years of Warren's life she missed out on. Kevin Sacre 8 Kevin played Roxanne's eldest son Dennis Doyle who never fully trusted his stepdad, Alex, and was discovering adulthood. He was a loser in love after being rejected by bitchy Jane Harper and catty Kate Ellis. He went onto play the notorious Jake Dean in Hollyoaks who after finding out about his wife's affair - was taken down a darker path and his personality became erratic and controlling to those around him. Jake then developed drinking problems as well as becoming more aggressive and even caused the death of another due to his actions. Jake then had a breakdown and was sectioned but he returned in 2009 on a redemption path but that didn't end well either. Sally Dexter 8 Sally played a GP called Dr Natalie Harper who was Jane's mother. Despite being very highly-strung and quite secure, Natalie's initial ability to deal with her daughter's disappearance masked her true crumbling nature. However, viewers might know her much better as Faith Dingle in Emmerdale who was the ex-wife of Shadrach Dingle and the mother of Cain Dingle, Caleb Miligan and Chas Dingle. Faith left the Dales forever when she died of cancer in Cain's arms. Stuart Manning 8 Stuart played the role of Sam Armstrong; an up-and-coming soccer player. Sam was Jane's first boyfriend, and the father of her unborn baby, although he wasn't aware of it at the time. Sam's life, however, changed when his parents were killed and he took in his sister Lucy, brother Ben, and had to deal with the sudden involvement in his life of his Aunt Rachel. Stuart went on to the play Russ Owen in Hollyoaks and first appeared in 2004 with the Owen family. Russ has been involved in storylines including being diagnosed with testicular cancer and kidnapping his son Max McQueen (Gabriel Lawrence). Russ returned to the soap in 2018 and was killed off after being murdered by Breda McQueen. Lysette Anthony Lysette played Roxanne Doyle who was Natalie's best friend, and Della's mother. She was pregnant and prone to irrational outbursts. Another HollyOaks cast member - Lysette went on to play Marnie Nightingale who was the ex-wife of Mac Nightingale and the mother of James, Nathan and Ellie Nightingale. Marnie hired her grandchildren, Juliet and Romeo, to work at her pâtisserie but the building exploded during the "Dee Valley Heroes" event. The disaster claimed her life shortly afterwards. Shane Richie 8 Shane played the villainous Danny Dexter who was Dennis's father, who may have been involved in Jane's disappearance. Shane went on to play roles in Dr Who and Benidorm as well as starring in Flushed Away but he is best known for his EastEnders role. He plays the loveable Alfie Moon who made his first appearance in 2002 and has been a recurring character ever since. Some of his character's more prominent storylines have included his turbulent relationship with Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) and the dementia and death of his grandmother Nana Moon (Hilda Braid). He also believed that Kat's son Tommy Moon had died of cot death, unaware that their neighbour Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack) had switched him with her own deceased child. Currently Alfie has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is supporting Kat with Tommy's parental abuse. 8
