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Charli XCX, Lola Young and Wham's 'Last Christmas' Get Ivor Awards Nods

Charli XCX poses as she arrives for the BRIT Awards at the O2 Arena in London, Britain, March 1, 2025. (Reuters)
Charli XCX poses as she arrives for the BRIT Awards at the O2 Arena in London, Britain, March 1, 2025. (Reuters)
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Charli XCX, Lola Young and Wham's 'Last Christmas' Get Ivor Awards Nods

Charli XCX poses as she arrives for the BRIT Awards at the O2 Arena in London, Britain, March 1, 2025. (Reuters)
Charli XCX poses as she arrives for the BRIT Awards at the O2 Arena in London, Britain, March 1, 2025. (Reuters)

Charli XCX's hit album "Brat" and Wham!'s perennial festive hit "Last Christmas" are among the musical works nominated at next month's Ivors, Britain's annual awards honoring songwriters and screen composers.

Lola Young was in the lead on Wednesday with three nominations, her first from the Ivors Academy. They included one for rising star, while her single "Messy" was among the contenders for best song musically and lyrically.

Her record "This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway" is nominated for best album, alongside Charli XCX's "Brat", which inspired a cultural phenomenon last year, and singer Jordan Rakei's "The Loop".

Further nominations went to rappers Ghetts and Berwyn for their albums "On Purpose, With Purpose" and "Who Am I" respectively.

Wham's "Last Christmas", which was released in 1984 but regularly returns to the UK charts during the festive season, is nominated in the most performed work category. Its writer, late singer George Michael was last nominated at the Ivors 20 years ago.

Also nominated are Dua Lipa's "Houdini", Myles Smith's "Stargazing" and "Prada" by Casso, Raye and D-Block Europe. Harry Styles' 2022 "As It Was", nominated for a third year running, completes the most performed work category list.

After winning songwriter of the year at last year's Ivors, Raye is nominated for best song musically and lyrically for her single "Genesis". Also nominated in that category are "Child of Mine" by Laura Marling, "In the Modern World" by Fontaines D.C. and Orla Gartland's "Mine".

Best contemporary song contenders are Ghetts' "Double Standards (feat. Sampha)", Pa Salieu's "Allergy", Jade's "Angel of My Dreams", Sans Soucis' "Circumnavigating Georgia" and Bashy's "How Black Men Lose Their Smile".

Last month, organizers said Irish rockers U2 would receive the Ivors Academy Fellowship, the UK-based association's highest honor, at this year's awards, their 70th edition.

Named after the early 20th century Welsh composer, actor and entertainer Ivor Novello, the Ivor Awards were first handed out in 1956. This year's ceremony will be held on May 22 in London.

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French Prosecutors Urge 10-Year Term for Alleged Kardashian Theft Ringleader 

US celebrity Kim Kardashian leaves the courthouse after testifying before the Assize Court for the trial over the 2016 robbery that saw her relieved of millions of dollars' worth of jewellery at gunpoint in Paris, on May 13, 2025. (AFP)
US celebrity Kim Kardashian leaves the courthouse after testifying before the Assize Court for the trial over the 2016 robbery that saw her relieved of millions of dollars' worth of jewellery at gunpoint in Paris, on May 13, 2025. (AFP)
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French Prosecutors Urge 10-Year Term for Alleged Kardashian Theft Ringleader 

US celebrity Kim Kardashian leaves the courthouse after testifying before the Assize Court for the trial over the 2016 robbery that saw her relieved of millions of dollars' worth of jewellery at gunpoint in Paris, on May 13, 2025. (AFP)
US celebrity Kim Kardashian leaves the courthouse after testifying before the Assize Court for the trial over the 2016 robbery that saw her relieved of millions of dollars' worth of jewellery at gunpoint in Paris, on May 13, 2025. (AFP)

Prosecutors on Wednesday urged a French court to hand a 10-year prison sentence to the main suspect in the 2016 robbery of US celebrity Kim Kardashian in a Paris hotel after a trial that saw the influencer testify.

The reality TV star has said in a massively followed court appearance last week that she feared she would be killed by the masked men who robbed her at gunpoint of some $10 million of jewellery in her hotel room in the early hours of October 3, 2016.

But she also expressed her forgiveness despite the "trauma", with most of the suspects men now in their 60s and 70s and dubbed the "Grandpa robbers" in the French media.

"I know, just as you do, that among the 10 accused, eight proclaim their innocence," prosecutor Anne-Dominique Merville told the court on Wednesday.

"Yet my firm conviction is that they are all guilty."

"They were masked, wearing gloves, they were going to sequester her and tie her up. They have no empathy for Kim Kardashian, for the receptionist," she said.

She requested that the alleged mastermind behind the robbery -- Aomar Ait Khedache -- be sentenced to 10 years in prison.

He has admitted to tying up Kardashian, but denies being the ringleader of the robbery.

Khedache, 69, "gave orders", recruited others, and travelled to Belgium to sell the jewellery, according to the prosecutor who was due to give sentencing requests for the other suspects later on Wednesday.

The attackers threatened Kardashian with a gun, tied her up and taped her mouth. They made off with valuables, most of which have never been recovered, including a diamond ring given to Kardashian by her then-husband, rapper Kanye West, and valued at 3.5 million euros ($3.9 million).

None of the accused are currently in detention and whatever the verdict of the court -- expected to be announced on Friday -- they are above all seeking to avoid any return to jail.

The charges of armed robbery and sequestration meant some of the accused could face up to 30 years in prison. The prosecution was not expected to ask for terms anything close to this, but could demand that some of the accused be immediately placed in custody due to the seriousness of the robbery.

The court will also have to take into account the fact that several key defendants are already ailing.

Yunice Abbas, 71, who wrote a controversial book about the robbery and had already undergone heart surgery while in pretrial detention, suffers from Parkinson's disease.

Aomar Ait Khedache, meanwhile, is completely deaf and virtually mute, suffering from a condition that requires him to go to the bathroom every hour, slowly leaning on a cane.