Netflix has canceled the drama series “Chambers” after one season. The series followed a teenager who gets a heart transplant and becomes consumed with the mystery surrounding her donor. The series starred Uma Thurman, Tony Goldwyn, Sivan Alyra Rose, Lilliya Reid, Nicholas Galitzine, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Lilli Kay, Sarah Mezzanotte, and Griffin Powell-Arcand. Leah Rachel […]
Zhao Tao is one of the most recognizable faces in Chinese art cinema thanks to her longtime collaboration with director Jia Zhangke, whom she married in 2012. From 2000’s “Platform” to last year’s “Ash is Purest White,” her work has plumbed the moral depths of modern China and brought stories of the country’s drastic change […]
In today’s film news roundup, Cyprus is backing Nicolas Cage’s “Jiu Jitsu”; “The Nanny” and “Amityville 1974” are moving forward; “Milk” is returning to theaters; and Garrett Hedlund’s “Burden” is getting distribution. CYPRUS REBATE Nicolas Cage’s “Jiu Jitsu” has become the first international film to use Cyprus’ new tax credit-rebate program by filming entirely in […]
Sunn O))) have unveiled a new guitar pedal, in collaboration with guitar effects company EarthQuaker Devices. Life Pedal is a limited, hand numbered, octave fuzz and distortion with boost, inspired by the band’s latest album, the Steve Albini-engineered Life Metal. It’s the first artist-focused pedal by EarthQuaker. Check out a video of it below. Sun […]
Kamaiyah recently dropped her first new single of 2019. It’s called “Windows” and it features guest spots from Quavo and Tyga. She’s now shared the music video, directed by Damien Sandoval. Check it out below. Kamaiyah made her debut in 2016 with A Good Night in the Ghetto. She followed up the mixtape with Before […]
In August 2018, Young Thug (birth name: Jeffery Williams) was arrested for felony gun possession after several guns, including an AK-47, were found in cars belonging to Thug and his associates. According to the Blast, a search took place after “one of Thug’s cars bumped a squad car belonging to the police department.” He was […]
Everyone knows how it feels to find that one person who you just can’t get enough of and fall head-over-heels in love with them. Pop duo A Great Big World certainly does, and they bottled that feeling into a brand-new song. On Tuesday (June 18), A Great Big World released their new single “This Is […]
Music publisher Wixen says Pandora is “willful and deliberate” in using unlicensed song lyrics on the platform. Pandora displays lyrics for popular songs on mobile and desktop — but does it have the rights to? At least for its repertoire, music publishing company Wixen thinks not. The publisher is suing Pandora for copyright infringement, arguing that […]
Faced with accusations that it copied song lyrics from Genius, the search engine is offering an explanation. When users search for song lyrics online, where do the results come from? That question sparked conflict earlier this week, when lyrics website Genius Media accused Google of displaying lyrics copied from their site above search results. Google quickly issued a […]
Olivia Wilde and Jon Hamm have joined the cast of Clint Eastwood’s already star-studded drama “Richard Jewell.” Paul Walter Hauser is set to star as the titular Jewell in Warner Bros.’ pic alongside Sam Rockwell as Jewell’s attorney and Kathy Bates as Jewell’s mother. The drama is based on Marie Brenner’s article in Vanity Fair […]
A jury on Monday ordered VidAngel to pay $62.4 million to Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. for streaming hundreds of movies on its service without permission. The verdict is potentially a death blow to the Utah-based company, which sought to allow family audiences to watch Hollywood fare while skipping past violence, sex, and other objectionable […]
The Kids Entertainment Professionals for Young Refugees will host its third annual Kindred Spirits fundraising campaign this month on behalf of UNICEF and in coordination with World Refugee Day, which is Thursday. The grassroots, volunteer organization’s online fundraiser will take place from June 14-27, and 100% of every donation made will benefit UNICEF. “We call […]
YBN Cordae has enlisted Chance the Rapper for a new track called “Bad Idea.” Hear it below and scroll down for Cordae’s Beats 1 interview with Zane Lowe about new music. YBN Cordae is readying his debut solo project The Lost Boy. It’s coming out by the end of July, he told Zane Lowe. This year, […]
Megadeth co-founder and frontman Dave Mustaine has been diagnosed with throat cancer, he revealed today (June 17). “It’s clearly something to be respected and faced head on—but I’ve faced obstacles before,” he wrote. “I’m working closely with my doctors, and we’ve mapped out a treatment plan which they feel has a 90% success rate. Treatment […]
Jim Jarmusch’s star-studded zombie movie The Dead Don’t Die hit theaters last week. The score for the film has now been announced. It was composed and performed by SQÜRL, Jarmusch’s band with producer Carter Logan. It also includes dialogue from cast members including Tom Waits, Bill Murray, Chloë Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Selena Gomez, Adam Driver, […]
Taylor Swift unveiled her celebrity-filled video for “You Need to Calm Down” on Monday (June 17), and it’s packed with cameos. The video celebrated Pride Month by featuring a ton of well-known members of the LGBTQ community — everyone from the Queer Eye cast to RuPaul to Hayley Kiyoko. Even Katy Perry showed up dressed in […]
Another Empire actor has been arrested in Chicago, but this time on a traffic-related offense. Police spokeswoman Karie James said Monday (June 17) that Bryshere Gray, who plays a younger brother of Jussie Smollett’s character on the Chicago-based Fox TV show, was pulled over Thursday because a temporary license plate didn’t match the 2014 Rolls-Royce he […]
“It’s just the beginning!!!” As the Jonas Brothers‘ triumphant return continues, so does their excitement. Just after news broke that the sibling trio’s Happiness Begins album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on Monday (June 17), Nick and Kevin took to social media to celebrate their latest achievement and thank fans for the […]
Huayi Brothers Pictures CEO and media group VP Jerry Ye made no mention Sunday of the abrupt cancellation of the premiere for his firm’s highly anticipated war epic “The Eight Hundred,” which was set to be the Shanghai Intl. Film Festival’s opening film the night before. Instead, he looked to the future at a panel […]
“Wings over Everest,” a new action adventure film from veteran producer Terence Chang and “Wolf Warrior 2” producer Lu Jianmin, is poised to join the burgeoning Chinese sub-genre of rescue movies. The Chinese- and English-language film stars Chinese actress Zhang Jingchu (“Project Gutenberg”; “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation”), Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (“Babel”; “Memoirs of a […]
Hong Kong’s Tony Leung Chiu-wai and mainland China’s Duan Yihong will head the cast of the Shanghai Film Group’s upcoming “Fox Hunt.” The film is based on real live events and depicts the activities of Operation Fox Hunt, a worldwide anti-corruption initiative managed by China’s Ministry of Public Security. The operation seeks to find and […]
Beastie Boys have shared a deluxe version of their 2004 LP To the 5 Boroughs to celebrate the album’s 15th anniversary. The expanded digital edition features a handful of B-sides and rarities, as well as remixes by the likes of producer Just Blaze, Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, and more. The material is available digitally for […]
Iggy Pop has collaborated with Stumptown coffee for a signature brew. The single origin Indonesia Bies Penantan is produced by the Bies Penantan community in the province of Aceh, Sumatra and assembled for Stumptown by the female-led Ketiara Cooperative. The coffee arrives in a black bag designed by Iggy and has notes of “dates, nutmeg, […]
A Bonnaroo attendee died after suffering a “medical situation” on the festival campgrounds yesterday (June 15), festival organizers say (via the *Tennessean). The 27-year-old Tennessee man, who was at the 80,000-capacity festival with his father, received CPR from medics minutes after being found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead after being moved to the hospital. Organizers said […]
This Father’s Day, Kim Kardashian is celebrating by sharing loving tributes to two of the most important men in her life, her husband, Kanye West, and her late father, Robert Kardashian. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star posted a series of photos to her Instagram Sunday (June 16), including some of her and Kanye with their […]
“There are scenes that are graphic, hard to watch and can be triggering,” the actress wrote. Hours before it was set to premiere, Euphoria star Zendaya issued a warning to would-be viewers. In a statement shared via Twitter (she has more than 15 million followers), the actress stressed the HBO show will not be for everyone with […]
There’s still no word on when Lana Del Rey will release her new album, Norman Fucking Rockwell, but Saturday night (June 15) she gave fans a taste of the title track. The singer posted a snippet of the song to her Instagram. “This is so much my favorite for so many reasons,” she added in the comments […]
There are two Sophias in French director Virgil Vernier’s clever, cunning, chilling fifth feature. The first is its setting, the eponymous “Sophia Antipolis,” a technology park in the south of France, a place self-consciously designed as an experiment in social engineering, where an international community of professionals would, it was hoped, create an environment of […]
Writer-director Imogen Thomas’ debut feature “Emu Runner” has and probably will play in designated family-themed strands of film festivals, and given its story of a 9-year-old Aboriginal girl who deals with grief in the wake of her mother’s death by bonding with a lone female representative of Australia’s largest native bird species, this programming strategy […]
The British director Simon West, who made Angelina Jolie-starring “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” is now co-directing a Chinese tomb-raiding film. “The Legend Hunters” is the next instalment in the “Mojin” universe based on the popular fantasy novel series “Ghost Blows Out the Light.” Backed by Wanda Pictures and Beijing-based Saints Entertainment, the film is set […]