Ghostbusting has left the mean streets of New York City and set up shop in the countryside. Set 30 plus years after the original film, Ghostbusters: Afterlife” stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd. But despite the location change, the first Busters Dan Aykroyd and original film director Ivan Reitman, are heavily […]
December 9, 2019 7:08AM PT Lizzo put on a show at the Lakers-Minnesota game on Sunday night and then some. While sitting courtside for the NBA matchup, the “Juice” singer danced on the jumbotron as the Lakers’ cheerleaders performed a routine to her hit song. She then turned around, revealing her thong in an, um, […]
December 9, 2019 7:45AM PT “Succession” boss Jesse Armstrong has inked a three-years overall deal at HBO, Variety has confirmed. Armstrong created the critically-acclaimed series and also serves as showrunner and executive producer. Armstrong formerly co-created the popular UK comedy series “Peep Show” and “Fresh Meat.” He also worked on the hit HBO comedy “Veep” during […]
Juice WRLD died today at the age of 21. He was reportedly rushed to the hospital after suffering a seizure in Chicago’s Midway Airport. The news of the popular rapper’s death left the music world stunned, and throughout the day, rappers paid homage to their late peer. “I really wish we had more talks like […]
Earlier this week, Kanye West announced that he had another opera in the works. Mary followed the Christmas nativity story. It was staged today (December 8) at the boat-racing arena Miami Marine Stadium, which looks out onto an expanse of water instead of astroturf. His latest collaboration with artist Vanessa Beecroft fell on the final […]
The nominees for the 2020 Golden Globe Awards have been announced. Up for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture are Taylor Swift’s “Beautiful Ghosts” from Cats, Beyoncé’s “Spirit” from The Lion King, and Elton John’s “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman. They will compete against Cynthia Erivo’s “Stand Up” (from Harriet) and Kristen […]
The ballad began Brooks’ run of 19 Hot Country Songs leaders to date. On Dec. 9, 1989, Garth Brooks‘ “If Tomorrow Never Comes” reached No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart, becoming his first leader. The ballad, written by Brooks and Kent Blazy, was released as the second of four singles from Brooks’ self-titled […]
Legendary bachata band Aventura has announced the dates for their first U.S. tour in over 10 years. Yes, it’s real, Romeo Santos, Lenny Santos, Henry Santos, and Max Agende Santos will reunite to bring their fans a once in a lifetime show during the seven-date Inmortal tour in 2020. Produced by Live Nation, the outing will kick […]
“Joker,” “Marriage Story,” “The Irishman” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” lead the nominees. The nominations for the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Monday (Dec. 9). Tim Allen Dakota Falling and Susan Kelechi Watson did the honors at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Among the leading nominees […]
2019 has been an excellent year for films from Africa and the Middle East, with a higher presence in A-list festivals, and kudos for films such as Mati Diop’s “Atlantics,” which won the Grand Prix at Cannes. The “new wave” of Arab and African cinema includes a small group of films that explore links with […]
New viewing habits brought on by the rise of streaming have hastened the demise of the mid-budget American indie, changed the very definition of arthouse cinema, and shaken the indie distribution business. But theatrical is still here to stay, attendees of the Macao International Film Festival’s closed-door industry panels concluded Saturday. Panelists gathered to discuss […]
Philippines director Dodo Dayao’s supernatural horror project “Dear Wormwood” claimed the top prize on Sunday at the IFFAM Project Market, part of the ongoing International Film Festival & Awards Macao. “Wormwood” is a tale of five women living together in a remote house in the forest, where a mystery illness strikes one of the quintet, […]
Alex Paterson has announced a new album from the Orb: Abolition of the Royal Familia is out March 27 via Cooking Vinyl. The record, which Paterson made with his new main writing partner Michael Rendall, features contributions from Roger Eno, Youth, Steve Hillage, Gong’s Miquette Giraudy, and more. Below, check out the Orb’s new song […]
The Weeknd returned to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night for the second time this week. This time around, he performed his comeback single “Blinding Lights.” The Weeknd’s set was broadcast in black and white, and the singer performed in a hall of mirrors while audience members held up small, square mirrors to […]
Charlotte rapper DaBaby was the musical guest on this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Jennifer Lopez. Joined by dance crew the Jabbawockeez, he performed “BOP” and “Suge.” He also appeared in a hip-hop Christmas caroling sketch alongside J.Lo, Pete Davidson, Kenan Thompson, and Chris Redd. Watch it all below. DaBaby […]
For KING & COUNTRY’s “Little Drummer Boy” got a big boost after the duo performed an attention-getting rendition of the track on ABC TV’s Dec. 3 broadcast of CMA Country Christmas. According to initial sales and reports to Nielsen Music, the various versions of the track sold a combined 5,000 downloads on Dec. 3-5 — up […]
Lizzo is making Saturday night just a little steamier. The “Good as Hell” singer posted a series of photos from the set of Hustlers, in which she portrayed a stripper named Liz, that she’d been reluctantly holding on to for a while. The pictures show Lizzo in various poses, wearing a fishnet one-piece and a furry […]
The move follows Gabrielle Union’s dismissal from her position as judge on the competition series after making a comment about the show’s “toxic culture.” In the wake of Gabrielle Union’s exit as a judge on America’s Got Talent, in which she cited a “toxic culture,” Simon Cowell has reportedly beefed up his legal team. The report of the increased legal […]
Baby Yoda won the hearts and minds of “Star Wars” fans this year. But can it also win awards season? The short answer, of course, is no. Baby Yoda — technically called “The Child” on the new Disney Plus series “The Mandalorian” — is not real, and not eligible for its own Golden Globes, Screen […]
Juan Sebastian Torales arrived at this year’s Ventana Sur Proyecta showcase for Latin American projects as one of the event’s most buzzed up debutants with his upcoming semi-autobiographical feature “Almamula.” In September, Torales and producer Pilar Peredo, from France’s Tu Vas Voir, pitched the project at San Sebastian’s Co-production Forum, where it won the Eurimages […]
BUENOS AIRES – Ventana Sur’s Opening Windows conference series welcomed an esteemed line-up of women in film to Buenos Aires’ UCA campus on Wednesday afternoon for a panel that sought to familiarize the audience with the enormous weight of breaking into a male-dominated industry throughout the years. Among the panelists was Argentine Producer Lita Stantic, […]
Melbourne quartet Crayon Fields are reissuing their 2009 album All the Pleasures of the World, as BrooklynVegan reports. The deluxe reissue, to celebrate the record’s 10th annviersary, is pressed on blue/green “galaxy swirl” vinyl and includes B-sides, instrumentals, and covers of ABBA, Roxette, and Kath Bloom songs. Check out the band’s demo version of “Mirror […]
The new Aretha Franklin TV series Genius: Aretha premieres on National Geographic in May 2020. Today (December 6), Entertainment Weekly has shared the first photo of Erivo as the Queen of Soul. Check out the image below. Genius: Aretha will feature a number of Aretha Franklin’s hit songs, including “I Never Loved a Man (The […]
The Weeknd returned to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night for the second time this week. This time around, he performed his comeback single “Blinding Lights.” The Weeknd’s set was broadcast in black and white, and the singer performed in a hall of mirrors while audience members held up small, square mirrors to […]
Cardi B made her way to Africa to perform on the continent for the first time. In celebration, the rapper took to Instagram on Thursday (Dec. 5) to share a video of herself on the private jet. “1:03am drop my KK in NY on my way to Afrriiiiicaaaaaaaaaa baybeeeee!!!!!!,” she wrote in the caption as she twerked to “Fall” by Davido. […]
On the heels of releasing his new solo album, Liam Payne has also shared the music video for his song “Live Forever” featuring Cheat Codes. Filmed on the Isle of Wight, the visually stunning Similar But Different-directed video features a mostly shirtless Payne levitating near crashing waves, spinning nighttime donuts with Cheat Code, exploring seaside […]
After finally being discharged from the ICU on Thanksgiving, French Montana kicked off December on a positive note by dropping his highly-anticipated MONTANA album on Friday (Dec. 6). The musician FaceTimed with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1, and chatted with the host about the his recovery from the ICU. “You know, life come at you sometimes, get you down […]
The Department of Justice is taking sides in another hot-button antitrust battle, this time siding with Irving Azoff’s upstart music licensing firm against a group representing 10,000 radio stations. The DOJ Antitrust Division filed a brief on Thursday arguing that the Radio Music License Committee may have engaged in illegal price-fixing when it refused to […]
It’s different strokes for different streaming folks as Amazon, HBO Max and Netflix lifted the lid on their international plans in London this week. Amazon said it’s not in the volume game and talked up a select number of hyper-local shows, while Netflix dished on plans to rev up non-English-language originals. The message from HBO […]
Martin Scorsese’s mafia saga “The Irishman” was watched by 17.1 million unique Netflix viewers in the U.S. in the first five days of its streaming release, according to Nielsen estimates. By comparison, Sandra Bullock-starrer “Bird Box” scored nearly 26 million U.S. viewers in its first seven days of availability (Dec. 21-27, 2018) on Netflix, according […]