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16 ENtertainment CONTACT US AT: 8351-9409, [email protected] Thursday June 15, 2017 DAVID BOWIE, John Peel and Sandy Denny will all receive blue plaques in their honor, thanks to nominations made by BBC local radio listeners. Forty-seven plaques will be unveiled on BBC Music Day on Thursday, recognizing pioneering musicians and music venues around Britain. Motorhead star Lemmy will be celebrated at Port Vale FC, which has adopted “Ace of Spades” as its unofficial anthem. Superstar tenor Alfie Boe will be the only Bowie and Peel among blue plaque recipients living recipient of the award. His plaque will be unveiled at Marine Hall in Fleetwood, where the musician gave his first public perfor- mance at the age of 14. Billy Bragg will unveil a plaque for David Bowie at the site of the Trident Studios in Soho, where the star recorded his multimillion selling albums “Hunky Dory” and “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.” Bowie’s backing band The Spiders From Mars will also be commemo- rated at Hull’s Paragon Station — from where they took the train to meet the Thin White Duke in the 1970s. BBC Music Day is an annual cel- ebration that aims “to unite commu- nities and generations through their love of music.” More than 200 events will take place this Thursday. (SD-Agencies) THREE books inspired by Netflix series “Black Mirror” are to be published from next year. Each volume will include three novel- las written by a variety of authors. “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker will edit them. The novellas will all be original sto- ries, with the first volume due to come out in February 2018. Brooker announced the “all-new” works would appear in a “high-tech ‘paper’ format.” He said: “Apparently, you just have to glance at some sort of ink code printed on paper and images and sounds magically appear in your head, enacting the story. Sounds far-fetched to me, but we’ll see.” The authors of the book series have not yet been announced but will be “leading names in the literary world,” according to The Bookseller. The next TV series of “Black Mirror” is due to drop on Netflix in October. (SD-Agencies) ‘Black Mirror’ books are coming Kelly Macdonald (R) is among the famous names who starred in the last series. File photo John Peel David Bowie ARIANA GRANDE is to get honorary citizenship of Manchester under plans put forward by the city council. The council is proposing a new system to recognize outstanding con- tributions to the city. The U.S. singer is in line to be the first recipient for organizing the One Love Manchester concert in aid of victims of the bomb attack at her gig, in which 22 people died. An event to mark “selfless acts” after the blast is to be held, too. Under the proposals for the new scheme, honorary citizenship of Man- chester could be granted to those from outside Greater Manchester. Council leader Richard Leese said many people would already consider Grande to be “an honorary Mancu- nian.” He said: “This seems a fitting moment to update the way we rec- ognize those who make noteworthy contributions to the life and success of our city. “We’ve all had cause to be incredibly proud of Manchester and the resilient and compassionate way in which the city, and all those associated with it, have responded to the terrible events of May 22 — with love and courage rather than hatred and fear.” He said Ariana Grande had “exem- plified this response.” Some 50,000 people went to the One Love Manchester concert at Old Traf- ford on June 4, which raised almost 3 million pounds (US$3.84 million) for victims of the Manchester Arena attack. Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a home-made bomb in the arena’s foyer at the end of Ariana Grande’s concert. Manchester City Council has also announced it would hold an event later this year to recognize the “great many selfless acts and demonstrations of community spirit in the aftermath of the atrocity.” (SD-Agencies) Grande to get honorary citizenship of Manchester Ariana Grande R APPER and music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs was named the world’s highest-paid entertainer Monday, ousting pop singer Taylor Swift who fell to 49th place on the Forbes annual list. Beyonce moved into the second spot with US$105 million, courtesy of her best- selling “Lemonade” album and world tour, while British author J.K. Rowling (US$95 million) moved back into the top three thanks largely to her “Harry Potter” spinoff movie franchise “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Jachie Chan is only Chinese celebrity that made into the list. The kungfu star earned US$49 million and came in 39th. Combs, 47, earned an estimated US$130 million in the 12 months ended June 1, 2017, Forbes said. It attributed the big payout to his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, earnings from his Sean John clothing line, and his partnership with Ciroc vodka. Last year, Combs came in 22nd on the list in a year when Swift bested all-comers with US$170 million after her best-selling “1989” album and world tour. This year, the 27-year-old country singer-turned-pop star, with no new album or tour, saw her paycheck dip to US$44 million, Forbes estimated. Newcomers in 2017 include model Kylie Jenner, the 19-year-old half-sister of reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who earned US$41 million, and U.S. radio and television personality Steve Harvey with US$42.5 million. Forbes compiles the list estimating pre- tax earnings, before deducting fees for managers, based on data from Nielsen, touring trade publication Pollstar, movie database IMDB.com, and interviews with industry experts and celebrities themselves. The list can be seen on www.forbes.com/ celebrities. (SD-Agencies) Combs ousts Swift as highest-paid global entertainer Sean Combs (R) signs autographs for fans during an event. File photo
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Thursday June 15, 2017

DAVID BOWIE, John Peel and Sandy Denny will all receive blue plaques in their honor, thanks to nominations made by BBC local radio listeners.

Forty-seven plaques will be unveiled on BBC Music Day on Thursday, recognizing pioneering musicians and music venues around Britain.

Motorhead star Lemmy will be celebrated at Port Vale FC, which has adopted “Ace of Spades” as its unoffi cial anthem.

Superstar tenor Alfi e Boe will be the only

Bowie and Peel among blue plaque recipientsliving recipient of the award.

His plaque will be unveiled at Marine Hall in Fleetwood, where the musician gave his fi rst public perfor-mance at the age of 14.

Billy Bragg will unveil a plaque for David Bowie at the site of the Trident Studios in Soho, where the star recorded his multimillion selling albums “Hunky Dory” and “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.”

Bowie’s backing band The Spiders

From Mars will also be commemo-rated at Hull’s Paragon Station — from where they took the train to meet the Thin White Duke in the 1970s.

BBC Music Day is an annual cel-ebration that aims “to unite commu-nities and generations through their love of music.”

More than 200 events will take place this Thursday.

(SD-Agencies)

THREE books inspired by Netfl ix series “Black Mirror” are to be published from next year.

Each volume will include three novel-las written by a variety of authors. “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker will edit them. The novellas will all be original sto-ries, with the fi rst volume due to come out in February 2018.

Brooker announced the “all-new” works would appear in a “high-tech ‘paper’ format.” He said: “Apparently, you just

have to glance at some sort of ink code printed on paper and images and sounds magically appear in your head, enacting the story. Sounds far-fetched to me, but we’ll see.”

The authors of the book series have not yet been announced but will be “leading names in the literary world,” according to The Bookseller.

The next TV series of “Black Mirror” is due to drop on Netfl ix in October.

(SD-Agencies)

‘Black Mirror’ books are coming

Kelly Macdonald (R) is among the famous names who starred in the last series. File photo

John Peel David Bowie

ARIANA GRANDE is to get honorary citizenship of Manchester under plans put forward by the city council.

The council is proposing a new system to recognize outstanding con-tributions to the city.

The U.S. singer is in line to be the fi rst recipient for organizing the One Love Manchester concert in aid of victims of the bomb attack at her gig, in which 22 people died. An event to mark “selfl ess acts” after the blast is to be held, too.

Under the proposals for the new scheme, honorary citizenship of Man-chester could be granted to those from outside Greater Manchester.

Council leader Richard Leese said many people would already consider Grande to be “an honorary Mancu-nian.” He said: “This seems a fi tting moment to update the way we rec-ognize those who make noteworthy

contributions to the life and success of our city.

“We’ve all had cause to be incredibly proud of Manchester and the resilient and compassionate way in which the city, and all those associated with it, have responded to the terrible events of May 22 — with love and courage rather than hatred and fear.”

He said Ariana Grande had “exem-plifi ed this response.”

Some 50,000 people went to the One Love Manchester concert at Old Traf-ford on June 4, which raised almost 3 million pounds (US$3.84 million) for victims of the Manchester Arena attack.

Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a home-made bomb in the arena’s foyer at the end of Ariana Grande’s concert.

Manchester City Council has also announced it would hold an event later this year to recognize the “great many selfl ess acts and demonstrations of community spirit in the aftermath of the atrocity.” (SD-Agencies)

Grande to get honorary citizenship of Manchester

Ariana Grande

RAPPER and music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs was named the world’s highest-paid entertainer Monday, ousting

pop singer Taylor Swift who fell to 49th place on the Forbes annual list.

Beyonce moved into the second spot with US$105 million, courtesy of her best-selling “Lemonade” album and world tour, while British author J.K. Rowling (US$95 million) moved back into the top three thanks largely to her “Harry Potter” spinoff movie franchise “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

Jachie Chan is only Chinese celebrity that made into the list. The kungfu

star earned US$49 million and came in 39th.

Combs, 47, earned an estimated US$130 million in the 12 months ended June 1, 2017, Forbes said. It attributed the big payout to his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, earnings from his Sean John clothing line, and his partnership with Ciroc vodka.

Last year, Combs came in 22nd on the list in a year when Swift bested all-comers with US$170 million after her best-selling “1989” album and world tour.

This year, the 27-year-old country singer-turned-pop star, with no new album or tour, saw her paycheck dip to

US$44 million, Forbes estimated.Newcomers in 2017 include model

Kylie Jenner, the 19-year-old half-sister of reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who earned US$41 million, and U.S. radio and television personality Steve Harvey with US$42.5 million.

Forbes compiles the list estimating pre-tax earnings, before deducting fees for managers, based on data from Nielsen, touring trade publication Pollstar, movie database IMDB.com, and interviews with industry experts and celebrities themselves.

The list can be seen on www.forbes.com/celebrities. (SD-Agencies)

Combs ousts Swift as highest-paid global entertainer

Sean Combs (R) signs autographs for fans during an event. File photo