Action-adventure film, “Schemes in Antiques” grabbed the top spot at the mainland China box office with a solid $25.6 million debut. It deposed crime comedy “Be Somebody” which had topped the chart for the past three weekends and earned $13.3 million in its fourth weekend, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. After 24 days […]
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader has been sentenced to four years in jail for inciting dissent against the military and for breaching anti-COVID rules. Suu Kyi, who headed the civilian government during the country’s brief democratic interlude, was deposed on Feb. 1, 2021, by a coup that was organized by the military with […]
Mexican director Joaquin del Paso’s coming-of-age drama “The Hole in the Fence,” set in an all-male religious camp in rural Mexico, scored the Cairo Film Festival’s top prize, the Golden Pyramid, on Sunday capping a vibrant 43rd edition of the preeminent Arab event, which was held in person despite the impending threat of the coronavirus […]
Phoebe Bridgers’ episode of the PBS series Austin City Limits is set to air on Saturday, December 4. In advance of her episode, which also features a set from Olivia Rodrigo, the show has shared her performance of Punisher’s “I Know the End.” Bridgers introduces the song by explaining that the lyric “I hate Texas” […]
Pi’erre Bourne and TM88 have announced a new album. Yo!88 will be out December 10 (via Capitol/Taylor Gang/Interscope/SossHouse). The musicians have shared the first offering from the album, “Block Boy,” which you can hear below. Find the Yo!88 tracklist below. Earlier this year, Pi’erre Bourne put out his album The Life of Pi’erre 5, the […]
“Weird Al” Yankovic has announced a gargantuan North American tour. The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour kicks off April 26, 2022 in Poughkeepsie, New York, and will run for six months, with a total of 133 shows. The trek will culminate on October 29 at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, marking […]
Country singer Walker Hayes is no stranger to the world of music in advertising, having attended conferences and panels “where they try to help guide you on getting syncs,” he recalls. Nothing ever came of it. And then “Fancy Like” happened … the year’s most out-of-nowhere country smash, in which Hayes crows, “Yeah, we fancy […]
Promising ingredients for a juicy murder mystery are spoiled by weak plotting and anemic drama in “Precious Is the Night.” Set among Singapore’s wealthy elite and their household servants in 1969, this plodding tale about a randy doctor involved with an unhappily married socialite and her two housemaids is impeccably decorated and handsomely photographed but […]
Turkish director Selman Nacar’s “Between Two Dawns,” a taut moral thriller exploring ethical and familial responsibilities over the course of one 24-hour period, took home the top honor at the 39th edition of the Torino Film Festival, which ran from Nov. 26 – Dec. 4. Chaired by director Ildikó Enyedi, and made up of actor […]
Monaleo, the Houston rapper behind the viral hit “Beating Down Yo Block,” has shared a new song, “We Not Humping.” The track follows “Suck It Up,” released this past summer. Listen to the new single—produced by Aryay, Diablo, and KeyWay Beats—below. Since releasing “Beating Down Yo Block” in January, Monaleo has also shared the song […]
Mary J. Blige has released the singles “Good Morning Gorgeous” and “Amazing.” She’s also announced that her next studio album is called Good Morning Gorgeous. The record will get released on February 11, two days before she performs during the Super Bowl LVI halftime show in Inglewood, California. Watch the “Good Morning Gorgeous” music video […]
Mach-Hommy has self-released his new album Balens Cho. The 13-track LP features guest appearances from Nicholas Craven, Tha God Fahim, Fortes, and Sam Gendal and is available on all DSPs; check it out below. The followup to the rapper’s May 2021 release Pray for Haiti, Balens Cho translates to “Hot Candles” in Haitian Creole. In […]
The Astroworld tragedy resulted in 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries, and has spawned some 275 lawsuits alleging negligence and misconduct on the part of the concert promoters, the venue and headliner Travis Scott. Attorneys on both sides of the sprawling litigation have filed a motion to consolidate those cases before a single judge for […]
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is honoring the centenary of cinema giant Satyajit Ray with a major two-part retrospective. May 2, 2021 was the birth centenary of Ray, the Indian master who won an honorary Oscar in 1992, shortly before his death, and remains the country’s best known filmmaker internationally. The first part of […]
Since 2004, Israeli documentary filmmaker Avi Mograbi has sat on the board of Breaking the Silence, a whistleblower organization that collects and publishes testimonies about life in the Occupied Territories, all while exploring similar subjects via oft-irreverent films. And as Mograbi’s still ongoing festival tour with his latest film, “The First 54 Years – An […]
070 Shake and NLE Choppa have released a new song called “Lose My Cool,” along with its accompanying music video. In the clip (directed by C.O.R.E.), the two can be seen rapping along to the song inside a luxurious mansion covered in gold, drinking wine on a sidewalk, and biking down the street. Check it […]
Goldenvoice is bringing back This Ain’t No Picnic Festival for summer 2022. The two-day event will take place August 27 and 28 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Headlining the festival are the Strokes and LCD Soundsystem. Also on the bill are Le Tigre, playing a reunion show. This Ain’t No Picnic […]
Chromatics’ Adam Miller has announced a forthcoming solo album, his first under his own name. It’s titled Gateway, and it’s out February 11. In an Instagram post, Miller described the record as “18 tracks of guitar meditations,” inspired by the likes of Robert Smith, Maurice Deebank, and others. See more about the project here. Miller […]
The perpetual troubles of a prepubescent protagonist are humorously placed at the center of Disney Plus’ “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” After a successful run of four live-action features adapted from Jeff Kinney’s popular book series, director Swinton Scott refurbishes the franchise as an animated feature, and while the wholesome-minded product feels a tad redundant, […]
Lifetime is trying to turn a commercial break into a holiday tradition. Last year, the A+E Networks-backed cable outlet showcased a 15 minute “mini-movie” that starred actor Mario Lopez as KFC scion Col. Harland Sanders. The steamy short poked fun at the network’s famous soapy dramas. At 8 p.m. Friday, Lifetime will bring out a […]
The flood of documentaries in recent years about high-risk climbing and mountaineering have offered plenty of vicarious armchair athleticism, to be sure. But for viewers with a more casual than envious interest in such adventures, it’s hard not to wonder: Do these daredevils have personal attachments? Who’d be reckless or masochistic enough to forge a […]
Grimes is back with a new single. It’s called “Player of Games,” and it’s featured in the new season of the video game Rocket League. Grimes produced the new song alongside Illangelo. Check it out below. The single arrives after Grimes’ formation of a new AI girl group called NPC, which was announced with a […]
Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi have teamed up for a new song called “Just Look Up.” The track appears on the new soundtrack to the Adam McKay–directed new film Don’t Look Up, which begins streaming on Netflix starting December 10. Listen to the new song below. Don’t Look Up stars Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl […]
A new single from late Chicago rapper Juice WRLD and Justin Bieber has been released. It’s called “Wandered to L.A.” Hear it below. “Wandered to L.A.” will appear on Juice WRLD’s forthcoming album Fighting Demons, which arrives December 10 via Grade A Productions and Interscope. It will mark the second posthumous LP from Juice WRLD, […]
Three members of K-pop group BTS have sold some of their shareholdings in Hybe Corporation, the management company that launched them, netting them a combined $8.4 million. All seven idols are expected to miss the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMAs) awards show in Seoul, following the reintroduction of health restrictions in South Korea due to […]
Finland’s leading indie company Rabbit Films, which has been thriving with non-scripted content for two decades, including local adaptations of “Saturday Night Live” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” has bowed its scripted division with a bang. Under the leadership of CEO Olli Suominen, the Helsinki-headquartered company has built a bullish slate including some […]
The world is one big carnival, and we’re all just suckers — or “marks,” in the parlance of the traveling grifters so effective at fleecing those poor rubes who are not with it — in Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley.” A perfect match of material to auteur, William Lindsay Gresham’s pulpy 1946 novel and the […]
Eddie Vedder has announced a string of tour dates in support of his upcoming solo album Earthling. Vedder and his band—dubbed “The Earthlings”—will kick things off in New York on February 3 and stop in Newark, Chicago, El Cajon, and Inglewood before wrapping things up with a pair of hometown shows in Seattle toward the […]
Experimental composer Alvin Lucier has died at the age of 90 at his home in Middletown, Connecticut, The New York Times reports. Mary Lucier, the composer’s former wife and collaborator, shared the news on Facebook earlier today (December 1). Lucier’s daughter Amanda Lucier later told The Times that the cause of death was complications after […]
Moses Sumney has released a new song called “In Bloom (In the Woods)” that reimagines and strips down his græ track “In Bloom.” It’s taken from Live From Blacklachia, his upcoming album and film capturing a one-take performance in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, that’s due out December 10. Check it out […]