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AMC in U-turn over concert simulcast series after strong start to summer box office

AMC in U-turn over concert simulcast series after strong start to summer box office

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter AMC Theatres has postponed its plan to show live-streamed concerts this summer after a recent hot streak at the box office. Performers like Bebe Rexha, Maren Morris, Paris Hilton and Kim Petras were set to put on interactive, real-time shows that would simulcast to local theaters in a brand new live music experience from June 17 to June 20. However, the cinema chain said in a statement Wednesday that they were changing the plan to instead focus on the current momentum in theatres after new releases like Obsession, Backrooms and Scary Movie have overperformed at the box office. “Week after week in 2026, the domestic box office performance has exceeded or met expectations,” AMC Theatres said. “With a robust lineup of films and strong advance ticket sales in the weeks ahead, AMC is making some programming adjustments during the month of …

IPSO: Times OK to say BBC ignored Bill Gates climate U-turn despite Today coverage

IPSO: Times OK to say BBC ignored Bill Gates climate U-turn despite Today coverage

Published by Sam Flores

Bill Gates pictured in October 2023. Picture: Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis The Times was entitled to say in a leader column that the BBC produced “no coverage” of an intervention by Bill Gates on climate change despite it being discussed on Radio 4’s flagship Today programme, press regulator IPSO has found. During the week of 3 November, the story was discussed for several minutes on the Today programme, for around seven minutes on BBC Radio Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, and for two minutes on a BBC World Service Newshour segment. The Times had used it as an example of what the BBC chooses not to cover in a critical leader column the following week. It said that “one of the BBC’s biggest problems is not just what it covers, but what it chooses not to cover. For example, there was no coverage of Bill Gates’s rethink on climate change last week – a significant intervention from one of the world’s richest men – presumably because it did not fit with a metropolitan world view.” The Energy and …

Ty Pennington returns to HGTV as network makes U-turn on canceling series

Ty Pennington returns to HGTV as network makes U-turn on canceling series

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Ty Pennington is returning to HGTV for the new season of Battle on the Beach, despite previous rumors that the renovation show had been canceled. The former Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host, 60, will serve as a mentor on season five of the competition show, the network announced Monday. Premiering June 1, the seven-episode season features Pennington, his Rock the Block co-star Sarah Baeumler and 100 Day Dream Home host Mika Kleinschmidt as mentors working with a two-person team and a $100,000 budget to overhaul dated waterfront homes in South Carolina across seven weeks. The new designs will be judged by Renovation Aloha duo Tristyn and Kamohai Kalama — whose show is currently being sued for showing native Hawaiian burial remains on TV — for the cash prize of at least $50,000. The show’s return comes after reports emerged last summer …

Wendy’s makes U-turn on discontinued menu item after fan uproar

Wendy’s makes U-turn on discontinued menu item after fan uproar

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Wendy’s is bringing back its discontinued Sweet and Sour sauce after customers begged for its return. Fans took note when the condiment was quietly taken off the fast-food chain’s menu in September, demanding for it to be brought back. In a December Instagram post, Wendy’s confirmed that the Sweet and Sour sauce would eventually return by posting a meme about the constant customer request. Finally, in a Monday press release, Wendy’s revealed that the dip was available again in U.S. restaurants. “Thousands of social media comments. Countless posts and tags. An undeniable wave of fan passion demanding one thing: the return of Wendy’s Sweet and Sour dipping sauce,” the company wrote. However, Wendy’s noted in a recent Instagram post that the sauce would only …

Keir Starmer makes sneakiest U-turn yet – shows just how corrupt PM is | Personal Finance | Finance

Keir Starmer makes sneakiest U-turn yet – shows just how corrupt PM is | Personal Finance | Finance

Published by Sam Flores

We’ve had endless examples of how he will say whatever suits him at the time, without giving a damn whether it’s true, or whether it will come back to bite him later. I remember him posing for pictures with the Waspi women while in opposition, claiming to support their campaign for fast and fair compensation. I warned at the time he didn’t mean it, and he duly dropped them like a stone after winning power. He’s done it again and again. During the election, he repeatedly claimed he wouldn’t hike taxes, then with the help of Rachel Reeves, Labour went to town. In August last year, I drew up a list of his biggest whoppers. I quickly came up with 25. You can read them all here but a word of warning: they could make your blood boil. In January, the Express counted 13 Starmer U-turns, and we’ve seen a constant stream since. Today, there’s another. And this one is classic Sir Keir. It also offers an ugly insight into how far Labour will go …

Trump left red faced as Iran makes dramatic Strait of Hormuz U-turn | World | News

Trump left red faced as Iran makes dramatic Strait of Hormuz U-turn | World | News

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The country’s joint military command said on Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state … under strict management and control of the armed forces.” It warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect. The military statement accuses the US of “piracy”, saying that its “so-called blockade” amounts to maritime robbery. The Iranian military’s operational command, Khatam Al-Anbiya, added: “Until the US restores the complete freedom of navigation for vessels from an Iranian origin to a destination, and from a destination back to Iran, the situation in the strait of Hormuz will remain strictly controlled and in its previous state.” The announcement came the morning after US President Donald Trump said that even after Iran announced the strait’s reopening on Friday, the American blockade “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the US, including on its nuclear programme. Movement through the key waterway briefly increased this morning, with several shipping …

Alison Hammond does complete U-turn on Strictly claims after saying she turned down presenting offer

Alison Hammond does complete U-turn on Strictly claims after saying she turned down presenting offer

Published by Sam Flores

Alison Hammond has backtracked on her claim that she turned down an offer to become the host of Strictly Come Dancing. The presenter hosts several shows on TV, including This Morning, The Great British Bake Off and For the Love of Dogs, but previously said she was unable to become one of Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman’s replacements on Strictly as she was too busy. “I’m so busy, babes, that I’m not sure it’s going to happen,” she told Radio Times earlier this month. “It’s unrealistic. I’m so happy they considered me, but I can’t do it because everything clashes.” Alison Hammond previously ruled herself out from taking on the ‘Strictly’ presenting role (YouTube) However, Hammond, 51, has walked back the suggestion she was offered the role, stating in a new interview. “Do you think I would turn down Strictly if Strictly came along? “ she told Metro. “Who would turn down Strictly? They’d be absolutely crazy.” Hammond, who now said she’s “not too busy”, suggested she made her previous comments because she feels being …

Starmer signals migrant U-turn after pressure from Rayner

Starmer signals migrant U-turn after pressure from Rayner

Published by Sam Flores

Sir Keir Starmer has opened the door to concessions over reforms to the rights of 1.6 million migrants to stay in the UK, following criticism from Angela Rayner. Downing Street repeatedly refused to say whether the Government would press ahead with plans devised by Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, to increase the time it takes for migrants already in the UK to qualify for permanent settlement. Ms Rayner, championed as a potential leadership contender by the Left, said on Tuesday that the plans were “un-British” and “pulled the rug” from underneath hard-working families. Any climbdown on migration would likely be seized upon by opponents who say a weak Sir Keir is being forced to the Left by his Cabinet and backbenchers. The Prime Minister could face a leadership challenge after the May local elections, when Labour is set to lose hundreds of council seats to Reform UK, which has made migration a key campaign issue. Under the Home Secretary’s proposed changes, most migrants will be forced to wait 10 years, rather than five years, before …

Keir Starmer set to cave in to Angela Rayner in immigration U-turn | Politics | News

Keir Starmer set to cave in to Angela Rayner in immigration U-turn | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood in Downing Street (Image: Getty) This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Keir Starmer is set to cave in to leadership rival Angela Rayner with a humiliating U-turn on flagship immigration reforms. The Prime Minister is reportedly drawing up plans to water down controversial changes to the rules for obtaining indefinite leave to remain, also known as settlement. It follows a furious backlash from Labour MPs who opposed the reforms – and an incendiary speech this week from Angela Rayner, the former Deputy Prime Minister, who condemned the changes and called them a “breach of trust”. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced that many migrants will need to live in the UK for 10 years to obtain indefinite leave to remain, which gives them the right to live and work in the UK without restrictions and makes them eligible for benefits and social housing. This is up from five years now. Read more: Labour’s botched handling of immigration risks …

Rachel Reeves humiliated in chaotic U-turn over crunch meeting with UK petrol chiefs | Politics | News

Rachel Reeves humiliated in chaotic U-turn over crunch meeting with UK petrol chiefs | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

A petrol retailer group accused ministers of inciting abuse towards forecourt workers as a meeting with Rachel Reeves was plunged into chaos today. The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) hit out at the use of “inflammatory language” as it pulled out of Downing Street talks with the Chancellor and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband on fuel prices amid the Middle East conflict. But the group later said it would attend the meeting after receiving assurances that the media would only be present for the first part. The association had said it wanted talks to be private “to allow a conversation to explain how the fuel market works”. Gordon Balmer, executive director of the PRA, said: “Recently I have heard of incidents from some of our members of retail staff being abused by members of the public, who may have been provoked by the incorrect and inflammatory language emanating from some commentators for example use of the terms ‘rip offs’ and ‘profiteering’. “Our members are working hard in difficult circumstances making sure that motorists and businesses are getting …