Thousands of pounds from Britain’s coronavirus bailout pot for the cultural sector goes to music festival promoting ‘world control’ by China Arts Council England awarded £78k to Belt and Road China-UK music festival The festival is supported by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism It promotes the country’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has been … Read more
More than £250million will be handed to theatres, arts venues and museums to try to salvage the suffering culture sector. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will announce today that 1,385 cultural organisations will receive grants. Among the recipients of the £257million fund will be Liverpool’s Cavern Club, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park … Read more
Selena Gomez accepts the highly coveted Arts Award for her impact on pop culture and her mental health advocacy during the 33rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 04:25 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 04:25 BST, 8 October 2020 Selena Gomez is this year’s recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s … Read more
Eddie Murphy scores first Emmy win for SNL hosting gig during night five of 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 05:01 BST, 20 September 2020 | Updated: 05:01 BST, 20 September 2020 Eddie Murphy won his first-ever Emmy on the fifth and final night of the virtual 2020 Creative Arts Emmy … Read more
The Creative Emmy Awards continued into its third night on Wednesday, which included in-person and virtual presenters like Laverne Cox, Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne. Cox, 48, presented the award for Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation during the ceremony on Wednesday night. Cannavale, 50, and Byrne, 41, who have … Read more
The coronavirus crisis has pushed the arts to the ‘point of no return’, Andrew Lloyd Webber warned today. The composer and theatre impresario lamented the impact of lockdown and social distancing, saying it had made it economically ‘impossible’ to run theatres. Lord Lloyd-Webber complained that the Government had given him ‘no satisfactory answer’ over ‘anomalies’, … Read more
Nailed It host Nicole Byer to host five-night 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards virtual ceremony By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 04:01 BST, 28 August 2020 | Updated: 04:01 BST, 28 August 2020 Nicole Byer has been named the host of the upcoming 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Television … Read more
An arts centre and museum, which includes the house in which controversial colonialist Cecil Rhodes was born, has changed its name following Black Lives Matter protests. The Rhodes Art Complex in Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, has severed its 82 year link to the controversial imperial figure, who was born in the building which now houses Bishop’s … Read more
Viewers were left shocked to see a familiar face standing alongside Scott Morrison when he announced a $250million arts package to help revive the entertainment industry on Thursday. The Voice coach Guy Sebastian made a surprise appearance at the conference, thanking the Prime Minister after he announced the news. But the star’s attendance didn’t go down to well … Read more
Coronavirus may have flown into the UK a month before the first case was identified. An antibody test has revealed that a London Arts director, who fell ill on January 6 after returning from a skiing holiday in Austria, has suffered from the disease. Susannah Ford, 53, said she is convinced she caught it while … Read more