Most Scottish arts organisations to face deep funding cuts

The Edinburgh festival receives £2.3m in foundation funding a year. Photograph: Murdo Macleod More than 50 of Scotland’s best-known arts organisations, including the Edinburgh festival and the Traverse theatre, face deep cuts in their grants from the new government arts agency, Creative... 

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Zsa Zsa Gabor Hospitalized with Broken Bones

AP 2007 Zsa Zsa Gabor, shown here in this AP file photo, was hospitalized late Saturday, July 17, in Los Angeles for broken bones. LOS ANGELES — Zsa Zsa Gabor’s publicist says the 93-year-old actress has been rushed to a hospital after falling out of bed and breaking several bones. John Blanchette... 

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The Script’s Brand New Single ‘For the First Time’ Unleashed

© /WENN The Script have a fresh single out for listening pleasure. The new song is titled “For the First Time” and confirmed to appear among new materials in their forthcoming second studio album “Science & Faith”. The power-balladry... 

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Radio review: Desi Pubs

‘A shot of Punjabi culture’ . . . Bobby Friction, presenter of Desi Pubs Desi Pubs (Radio 4) was a fascinating listen. Bobby Friction considered the phenomenon of Asian pubs, but did much more than simply highlight them as an interesting concept. Reporting from West Bromwich, a... 

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Usher’s Song ‘Get in My Car’ Feat. Bun B Emerges

© Judy Eddy/WENN Following the release of Pitbull-assisted single “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”, another new danceable song from Usher rolls out for free stream. Coming from the production hands of top-notch music maker Polow da Don, it’s called... 

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