The Copenhagen Philharmonic has posted this account of its music director’s abrupt departure today:
Copenhagen Phil’s Chief Conductor Christoph Gedschold is stepping down from his position by mutual agreement. The decision follows a period of dialogue about the collaboration. Against this background, there is agreement that a termination of the collaboration is the most appropriate solution.
Board Chair Maria Frej says: “As Chief Conductor, Christoph Gedschold has made a strong artistic mark on Copenhagen Phil over the past few years and has contributed to a number of significant concert productions. On behalf of the board, I would like to thank Christoph Gedschold, and we wish him all the best in the future.”
Christoph Gedshold says: “It has been both meaningful and inspiring to contribute to the Copenhagen Phil’s remarkable development and to collaborate with its many talented musicians and producers. I am proud of the productions and projects we have created together, and I wish the orchestra all the best in the future.”
Copenhagen Phil’s season program is expected to be carried out as planned, and who will take over as conductor at affected concerts will be communicated during the season.
The board and the Copenhagen Phil’s music director will also initiate the work of finding a new chief conductor.
Neither Christoph Gedschold nor Copenhagen Phil has any further comments.
Christoph Getschold, 49, was hired by Copenhagen in September 2024 after two years as music director at Leipzig Oper. Raised in Magdeburg, east Germany, he was a protege of the conductor Christoph Perick and came to attention as an assistant at the Lucerne Festival.
Nicole Kidman made a triumphant and incredibly stylish return to the Academy Awards this year. The 58-year-old actress and presenter had been away from the ceremony for a few years, but she reclaimed the spotlight on 15th March, with a look that was both glamorous and modern.
For her highly anticipated appearance, the ‘Babygirl’ star chose a peachy pink Chanel outfit. The ensemble featured a strapless peplum top and a long skirt, both beautifully decorated with delicate feather details. She finished the look with effortless, wavy hair accented by extensions for a soft, natural feel.
This marked a significant milestone for Kidman, as it was her first time attending the Oscars since 2023, a night she previously shared with her former husband, Keith Urban. Following their 19th anniversary, Kidman filed for divorce in September 2025. The pair continues to co-parent their two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, who are now young women.
In a recent conversation about her life after the separation, Nicole Kidman shared that she is doing well because she is focused on moving toward positive things. She expressed deep gratitude for her family and her commitment to keeping them strong as they move forward. While she prefers to keep the details of her split private out of respect, she emphasised that they will always remain a family.
As she moves into this new chapter, sources close to the actress say she isn’t in any hurry to start dating again. Instead, she is finding happiness in her work and her children. While she has had casual, lighthearted chats with friends about the possibility of meeting someone new in the future, she feels no pressure to rush. For now, she is focused on her upcoming roles in projects like ‘Practical Magic 2’ and ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles,’ proving she is truly in a great place.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Vittoria Ceretti shared a rare and cosy public moment at the 2026 Oscars.
The 51-year-old star of ‘One Battle After Another’ enjoyed a high-profile date night with his 27-year-old girlfriend during the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre on 15th March. Although DiCaprio is known for keeping his private life under wraps, this event was particularly special as it marked the couple’s first time attending the Academy Awards together since they began dating roughly three years ago.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar Look
The actor made a stylish impression on the red carpet by debuting a bold new moustache, bringing back his facial hair with a sophisticated flair. He stuck to a classic look with a black tuxedo and matching bowtie, adding a unique touch with a golden bee brooch pinned to his lapel.
While DiCaprio walked the red carpet alone, he joined Ceretti inside the theatre. The model, making her Oscars debut, was seen during the broadcast sitting next to him in a striking red gown.
In the past, the Best Actor nominee has typically chosen to keep his relationships away from the awards circuit. Earlier this season, he brought his 82-year-old mother, Irmelin Indenbirken, as his guest to both the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. His film, ‘One Battle After Another,’ entered the night with 13 nominations and early victories for its screenplay, casting, and a supporting actor win for Sean Penn.
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Relationship
The couple’s relationship dates back to the summer of 2023, when they were first spotted together on a casual outing in California. Those close to the pair have noted that DiCaprio is very fond of the model, describing her as charming and sweet.
Ceretti has been open in the past about the difficulties that come with dating a global superstar. She explained that it is a learning process, but emphasised that when a connection is real and built on mutual love, there is no reason to feel uneasy because that love provides a sense of security and confidence.
Jimmy Kimmel has ripped into Donald Trump while presenting at the Oscars.
The TV presenter, who has previously hosted the ceremony, took to the stage during last night’s (Sunday March 15) awards to present the documentary categories.
After cracking a joke about the evening’s host Conan O’Brien, he praised the “courage” of the Documentary Short Film and Documentary Feature Film nominees.
“We hear a lot about courage at shows like this but telling a story that could get you killed for telling it is real courage,” he began. “As you know there are some countries whose leaders don’t support free speech. I’m not at liberty to say which. Let’s just leave it at North Korea and CBS.”
The latter refers to accusations network CBS blocked an interview between late night host Stephen Colbert and Texas Democratic candidate James Talarico earlier this year over fears of retaliation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The segment was later shared on YouTube.
After getting a cheer from the audience, Kimmel then took a dig at the recent Amazon Prime Video documentary focusing on Donald Trump’s wife, Melania.
“Fortunately for all of us there’s an international community of filmmakers dedicated to telling the truth, oftentimes at great risk to make films that teach us, that call out injustice, that inspire us to take action, and there are also documentaries where you walk around the White House trying on shoes,” he joked.
The award was given to All the Empty Rooms, while Kimmel took another dig at Trump as he announced the feature category, quipping: “Oh, man, is he going to be mad his wife wasn’t nominated for this,” before confirming Mr Nobody Against Putin as the winner.
Later on in January this year, Kimmel roasted Trump after winning an award at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
Kimmel wasn’t the only presenter to take a dig at Trump last night, with presenter Javier Bardem calling out the president and Benjamin Netanyahu for creating “another illegal war” while also declaring “free Palestine”.
Meanwhile, last night’s Oscars were dominated by One Battle After Another, which took home six awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn.
Sinners followed behind with four wins, including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan and a historic Best Cinematography award for Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who became the first woman and woman of colour to win the category. Elsewhere, Jessie Buckley and Amy Madigan took home the Actress and Supporting Actress awards.
Over the weekend, Sonic composer Jun Senoue appeared onstage with his band The Sonic Adventure Music Experience and, according to reports, confirmed an official ‘Sonic 35th Anniversary x Sonic Live’ tour will take place later this year. Further details will be announced in the near future.
Senoue first contributed music to 1993’s Sonic The Hedgehog 3 and went on to serve as sound director for 1998’s Sonic Adventure. He’s worked on a majority of Sonic games ever since.
At the Sonic Music Experience concert in Tokyo, @crush40 and @Ohtanitter announced a Sonic 35th Anniversary x Sonic Live concert series that will celebrate Sonic's music history. More details, and locations/dates, yet to come! #SonicNews
— Sonic Stadium ✪ Sonic the Hedgehog News & Forums (@sonicstadium) March 15, 2026
In 2000, Senoue teamed up with singer Johnny Gioeli to create rock group Crush 40, who have contributed a lot of fan-favourite anthems to the Sonic franchise. Crush 40 have put on several concerts in Japan and released two live albums, but have never done a full tour.
“For the first time ever, Johnny of Crush 40 is hitting the road for a full-scale world tour with a full band, and this isn’t just a concert… it’s an experience. By fans for the fans,” explains the official website. The first show will take place in Los Angeles this December with further shows in “Canada, the USA, South America, England, Scotland, Poland, Norway, Mexico and more” still to be announced.
“I’ve wanted to do this for the last couple of years. I want to bring these characters to life and have an immersive experience. I want to bring the audience inside the game. It’s going to be like seeing a movie,” Gioeli said in an interview with All Things Nintendo, describing the run of shows as his “last hurrah”.
In January, Sega confirmed it would be celebrating Sonic The Hedgehog’s 35th anniversary throughout 2026 with fan meet-ups, exclusive partnerships featuring limited merchandise, museum pop-ups and art exhibits, live concert celebrations and a brand-new narrative podcast.
“Gold Rush” is dusty, a little trippy at first, and slowly turns into a storm of guitars and emotion that feels both classic and right on time for 2026. The song opens in a strangely hypnotic way. talker‘s looping voice and a wandering guitar lick rise like something half-buried under a windy desert floor. It’s sparse, almost ghost-town quiet, but there’s tension in the air — the kind that…
“She was a Saint,” White wrote on Instagram, going on to say his mother was “a woman who gave so much of her love, and gave so much of herself, to her family and everyone she met. She prayed for everyone daily. She loved the song ‘Don’t fence me in,’ and loved jigsaw puzzles and good Polish food.
“She smiled and laughed so much, especially in these last few days with her family, who will all miss her dearly,” White continued. “She was the youngest of 10 just like me, so we had that special bond together on top of everything else she gave me. They really don’t make them like this anymore, and as George Jones once sang, that tough question lingers, ‘Who’s gonna fill their shoes?’”
As White mentioned, Gillis had 10 children and was 45 when she gave birth to White, the family’s seventh son. Per The Detroit Daily News, Gillis once worked as an usher at Detroit’s Masonic Temple and later served as a secretary for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
White credited his mother with instilling his work ethic, recalling a moment she’d visited him at work in a Nashville studio and expressing misgivings about his work rate.
“I offered to drop her off at home and she says, ‘No, you’re not dropping me off, because you’re not going to go back and rehearse and if you do, I’m going to be mad,’” he told The Guardianin 2012: “OK, Mom, I’ll stay home.”
More recently, he’d shared endearingly anecdote about her back in January, telling fans: “My 95 year old mother just FaceTimed me from Detroit and said the most hilarious joke; she said “They’re saying on the news that you should check on older people during this ice storm, so I thought I’d give you a call.“
The 2026 Oscars took place in LA last night (March 15). As ever, they were a tonally uneven endurance test worth sticking out. Here are the major talking points, including a poor showing all around for Timothée Chalamet.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s rollicking black comedy about a sad sack former radical on the comeback trail won six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Anderson’s hat-trick was a major vindication for a visionary filmmaker who’d previously lost all 11 Oscars he’d been nominated for. It was about time, quite frankly.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, a genre-blending horror romp that cleaned up at the box office, took home four prizes from its 16 nominations. A little disappointing? Perhaps, but Coogler’s Best Original Screenplay victory was no mean feat for a genre film; Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history by becoming the first woman to win Best Cinematography; and Michael B. Jordan deservedly won Best Actor for his dual performance as the Smokestack twins.
His gracious acceptance speech name-checked the five previous Black actors to win this award – Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Forest Whitaker and Will Smith – as well as Halle Berry, the sole Black woman to win Best Actress. It was a classy finish to Jordan’s pretty much flawless awards season.
Marty Supreme was completely shut out
Chalamet had lost momentum in recent weeks, but he still looked like the best shot for Josh Safdie’s gonzo ping-pong flick to win something. However, as many pundits predicted, Jordan pipped him to Best Actor. Timmy can take comfort n the knowledge that Leonardo DiCaprio had to wait even longer to win an Oscar – he was 41, 11 years older than Chalamet is now. So, place your bets now on the scourge of the opera world finally winning Best Actor in 2033.
Sean Penn is now a triple Oscar winner
Penn’s villainous turn in One Battle After Another – a big swing that really pays off – won him Best Supporting Actor over well-fancied veterans Delroy Lindo (Sinners) and Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value), who both would have been worthy first-time winners.
Penn, who previously won Best Actor for Mystic River in 2004 and Milk in 2009, duly becomes only the seventh person to secure a career hat-trick. Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Frances McDormand, Walter Brennan and Ingrid Bergman also have three Oscars apiece, while Katharine Hepburn remains in a class of her own with four.
Oh, and Penn didn’t even turn up to collect his statuette – maybe a case of ‘been there, done that’?
KPop Demon Hunters had a killer night
They’re going up, up, up, it’s their moment! EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami – the singing voices behind the film’s girl-group Huntr/x – delivered a suitably jubilant rendition of their global megahit ‘Golden’. Plus, the Netflix phenom won both awards it was nominated for: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for ‘Golden’. The only bum note was the aggressive way the songwriters were played off before finishing their acceptance speech. Might those scheming Saja Boys have had something to do with this?
Which means the Diane Warren drought continues
The queen of power ballads is now 0 for 17 in the Original Song category – no one in Oscar history has been nominated for more awards without a win. She did receive an honorary Oscar in 2022, but stressed in her recent documentary, Diane Warren: Relentless, that she still really wants to win a competitive award. Could 2027 be her year? Well, at least there won’t be a new Bond theme to steal her thunder.
Barbra Streisand sang during the In Memoriam segment
Only a few bars of ‘The Way We Were’, admittedly, but it was still a touching tribute to Robert Redford, her co-star in the classic 1973 tear-jerker of the same name. Apparently, he always called her ‘Babs’, and she let him get away with it – no, you have something in your eye.
Conan O’Brien delivered at least one savage zinger
The host’s opening monologue was adequate rather than dazzling – he was always going to make comedic hay from Chalamet’s recent facepalm comments about opera and ballet. However, his best joke felt a little closer to the bone. “It’s the first time since 2012 that there are no British actors nominated for Best Actor or Best Actress,” O’Brien told us, his face an impeccable deadpan. “A British spokesperson said: ‘Yeah, well, at least we arrest our paedophiles.’”
And there was an actual tie!
Only the seventh in Oscar history, and the first since 2013. The award for Live Action Short went to both The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva. Presenter Kumail Nanjiani read the room when he quipped that “it’s ironic that the short film Oscar is going to take twice as long [to hand out]”. Well, quite.
EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI are the voices of HUNTR/X, the fictional band from the Netflix smash hit, and on Sunday night (March 15) played the hit track.
The three of them took to the stage after a brief theatrical performance inspired by the film took place, and performed dressed in all-white, while illuminated by glowing yellow lights.
The set took place after KPop Demon Hunters beat off tough competition from Zootopia 2, Little Amélie or The Character Of Rain, Arco and Elio to be named the winner in the Best Animated Film category.
Later in the night, ‘Golden’ also went on to win Best Original Song – becoming the first K-pop track to win an Oscar. Other songs nominated in the category this year included ‘Train Dreams’ from the film of the same name, ‘I Lied To You’ from Sinners, and Viva Verdi!’s ‘Sweet Dreams Of Joy’.
At the event last night, One Battle After Another led the way in terms of wins, taking home six awards from 13 nominations. In addition to winning the prestigious Best Picture prize, the film’s writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson also collected the awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The film then went on to win for Best Casting – a new category this year – as well as Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn.
Other memorable moments from the night included members of the Bridesmaids cast reuniting to present two awards, and of them, Rose Byrne was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You – but lost out to Hamnet star Jessie Buckley.
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