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South Wales Argus
9 hours ago
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- South Wales Argus
Pulp on track to claim first number one album in 27 years
The rock outfit's latest offering, More, which is their first studio album since 2001's We Love Life, was released on Friday. The last time the Sheffield-based group topped the UK album charts was in 1998 with This Is Hardcore, which followed on from their best-known album, Different Class, which was released three years prior and is their only other chart-topping LP. Jarvis Cocker of Pulp performing on stage at Finsbury Park in London in 2023 (Victoria Jones/PA) The band are playing a number of gigs throughout the summer, including sets at Montreux Jazz Festival in July and Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival in August. The veteran rockers have a gap in their schedule between June 21 and July 10, which has fuelled speculation that they could be among the secret acts currently listed as 'TBA' in the line-up for Glastonbury Festival, which is taking place later this month. Elsewhere in the album charts, UK rapper Little Simz could land her personal best if her latest offering, Lotus, scores the number two spot. The London-born artist has had three of her albums chart in the UK, including Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, which peaked at number four and earned her the Mercury Prize in 2022. Addison Rae's mononymously named debut album is looking to enter the charts with her first ever top five. Addison Rae attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California (Doug Peters/PA) The TikTok star broke into the music scene in the past few years, with her most recent song, Fame Is A Gun, looking to make it into the top 20 singles charts while her album Addison is predicted to debut at number three. Welsh singer-songwriter Marina, whose real name is Marina Diamandis and is known by her former stage name, Marina and the Diamonds, is expected to reach number four in the album charts with Princess Of Power. My Chemical Romance could also rejoin the charts with Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge Deluxe Edition, more than 20 years after the album was first released. The second studio LP from the rock band previously peaked at number 34 in 2004, with the new release including 2025 remixes and bonus live tracks.
Jordan Times
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Jordan Times
Conan, Gaza and Hackman: top moments from the Oscars
US actor Adrien Brody (left) holds the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 'The Brutalist' next to British actress Georgina Chapman (right) and his parents Sylvia Plachy (second left) and Elliot Brody as they attend the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on Sunday (AFP photo) LOS ANGELES, United States — Hollywood's biggest night of the year was its usual festival of glitz, humour, emotional actors and some overly-long speeches. Here are some of the standout moments from the 97th Academy Awards: New host First time host Conan O'Brien kept it mostly light, with his usual blend of silly and sharp. His pre-taped opening saw a worker hammering on his dressing room door, urging the redhead to hurry to the stage. Inside the dressing room, O'Brien was emerging from Demi Moore's recumbent body, in a riff on satirical body-horror flick "The Substance," in which an aging Moore takes an off-market drug to try to recapture her youth, with dire consequences. After examining himself in the mirror -- and seemingly being pleased with what he saw -- the comic plunged back into Moore's body in an apparent search for lost items. "That was weird," he said after taking the stage. "Yeah, awkward. I'm missing some car keys." Gaza After past years when host Jimmy Kimmel took shots at President Donald Trump, the 2025 Oscars had appeared set to be a largely politics-free evening, until "No Other Land" won the documentary feature award. The film, made by Palestinians and Israelis, follows young Palestinian Basel Adra, recording the gradual destruction of his homeland, as Israeli soldiers demolish homes and evict those living there. The poignant story contrasts his struggles with the freedoms enjoyed by Jewish Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham. Accepting the award, Abraham criticised the "atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people" and called for the immediate release of Israeli hostages still being held after the October 7, 2023 sudden attack by Hamas fighters. He called for Israel and the Palestinians to walk "a different path, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people". "And I have to say, as I am here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path." Gene Hackman Morgan Freeman led tributes to Gene Hackman, whose body was discovered in his New Mexico home, along with that of his wife and their pet dog, last week in what police said were circumstances "suspicious enough" to investigate. "This week, our community lost a giant and I lost a dear friend," Freeman said of the 95-year-old Oscar winner. "Like everyone who ever shared a scene with him, I learned he was a generous performer and a man whose gifts elevated everyone's work. "He received two Oscars, but more importantly, he won the hearts of film lovers all over the world." Doing it for the kids Picking up his award for best supporting actor, Kieran Culkin said he had almost turned down "A Real Pain" because he didn't want to be away from his children to film it abroad. But if it was hard to leave his two kids, he revealed that -- if he gets his way -- there might be even more soon. Culkin said his wife had previously agreed to a third child after he won an earlier award. "Turns out, she said that because she didn't think I was going to win," he said. "After the show, we're walking through a parking lot. She's holding the Emmy... and she goes, 'Oh, God, I did say that. I guess I owe you a third kid.'" But, he told her he actually wanted four. "She said, 'I will give you four when you win an Oscar.' I held my hand out, she shook it. "And I have not brought it up once. Until just now," he added. Shaken, and stirred The ceremony paid tribute to Hollywood's best-loved spy, James Bond, just days after long-time producers Barabara Broccoli and Michael Wilson relinquished creative control to Amazon. One-time Bond girl Halle Berry introduced the section, which kicked off with a succession of clips of actors who have played the super-spy, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig. That was followed by a montage of the kind of high-octane stunts that characterize perhaps the most durable franchise in cinema history. Musical stars Lisa, Doja Cat and Raye took turns to belt out theme songs from movies gone by -- "Live and Let Die", "Diamonds are Forever" and "Skyfall".
