Diana Ross reveals first album in 15 years, Thank You
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Spike Lee Graces Poster for 2021 Cannes Film Festival
The image shows Lee in his iconic role as Mars Blackmon — the character from his 1986 feature debut She’s Gotta Have It, which premiered in Cannes. Lee is a Cannes regular, having debuted five of his features at the French festival, including Do The Right Thing . …Read the full story
‘Sweet Thing’ Review: Little Caregivers, Little Fugitives
Longing for escape, the children meet Malik , a neighborhood boy with every hot-wiring skill an aspiring runaway could ever need. Rockwell cast his wife and two children as Eve, Billie and Nico, and their ease and familiarity lends the film naturalistic warmth. Here, there are no cellphones, no video games. …Read the full story
Listen to the Killers’ ‘Cathartic’ Bruce Springsteen Duet ‘Dustland’
Working with Springsteen, Flowers added, made sense: “Bruce has written a lot about people like my parents and found a whole lot of beauty in otherwise invisible people’s hopes and dreams – their struggles and their losses.” The Killers began teasing this “killer collab” earlier this month and later uploaded a 10-second preview of the […]
Review: In Pixar’s ‘Luca,’ young life as a stolen adventure
But curiosity and the urgings of another, more land-accustomed sea monster, Alberto , compel Luca to swim up to a beach and stride ashore. Walking comes quickly enough, though, and through Luca’s eyes we see the wonders of surface-dwelling anew — the blue sky, the swaying trees, the rustling grass. Alberto, more confident and reckless […]
‘Dune’ World Premiere Confirmed for Venice Festival
is a big fan of Venice, having successfully used the Lido as a launchpad for films such as Joker, A Star Is Born and Gravity, which all leveraged their Venice debuts to box office and Oscar success. Villeneuve directed Dune from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth based on Herbert’s novel. Dune […]
Jada Pinkett Smith shares unpublished Tupac Shakur poem to mark his birthday
In the Instagram video Pinkett Smith shows viewers the poem, titled “Lost Soulz,” written on lined paper. Shakur was just 25 when he was gunned down on a Las Vegas street and succumbed to his injuries days later. Twenty years after his death, there continues to be a fascination with Shakur. …Read the full story
Watch James Corden Go Behind the Scenes of ‘Friends: The Reunion’
Following his participation in the long-awaited Friends reunion last month, James Corden has shared behind-the-scenes footage of the cast on the Warner Bros lot. “This is so weird, I feel more nostalgic than if I was going back to an old apartment I ever lived in,” the host notes as he walks around Joey and […]
Dior Channels Olympic Spirit for Cruise Show in Greece
The goddess gown is to the Italian designer what the Bar jacket was to Christian Dior. “The peplos also is an element that allows the body to move freely, that evokes women in movement, and no one more than an athlete moves their body in a really active way. Stripping the gowns of their eveningwear […]
David Bowie Painting Purchased at Landfill for $4 Expected to Fetch Thousands
Last summer, an unidentified individual browsing a donation center at the entrance of an Ontario landfill purchased a portrait for $5 CAD . Part of the musician’s Dead Heads, or D Head, series, the 1997 painting is up for sale through June 24. The 9.75- by 8-inch portrait shows a loosely painted head surrounded by […]
TV Q&A: Will quiz shows be back? Where is Dane DeHaan?
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Today’s famous birthdays list for June 17, 2021 includes celebrities Venus Williams, Will Forte
Birthday wishes go out to Venus Williams, Will Forte and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. FILE – Barry Manilow speaks at the 65th annual BMI Pop Awards on May 9, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Sarah Jessica Parker, left, and Thomas Haden Church, right, attend the premiere of HBO’s “Divorce” at the SVA […]
All the Records Broken By the Fast & Furious Films
With eight films, multiple spin-offs and a cast that calls each other family, it’s clear why the latest installment F9 is already poised to be the biggest film yet. Let’s talk numbers: Yes, there are probably hundreds of car flips, badass chases and iconic one liners as Vin Diesel warns against living life a quarter mile at […]
Brontë Auction Is on Hold as Group Tries to Keep Library Intact
That private library, the Honresfield Library, was assembled in the 19th century and had gone virtually unseen since the 1930s. But after the nephew’s death in 1939, the originals fell out of public view. The consortium’s announcement also highlighted “two hugely significant letters” by Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, including one written on the […]
‘How I Met Your Father’: Chris Lowell to Star Opposite Hilary Duff in Hulu Spinoff
Lowell will play one of the main friends in the group, Jesse, who is smart, has an edge and is cynical about love. How I Met Your Father will be set in the near future with Duff’s Sophie telling her son the story of how she met his dad. “I mean, the script was so good,” Duff said […]
Rock ‘n’ Rides hits Royal Oak with carnival, local music as fests kick back into action
Amid Michigan’s ongoing pandemic restrictions, the veteran Michigan festival promoter had postponed Rock ‘n’ Rides, his Royal Oak carnival and music event, to a date in September. Whitmer’s announcement set off a flurry of phone calls between the promoter and Royal Oak officials, who ultimately gave their blessing. For Witz and his team, getting here […]
Will Smith to Host Netflix Variety Special, Westbrook Studios to Produce
The special will include comedy sketches, musical performances, surprise celebrity guests, and noteworthy conversations among other things. Smith is a multi-talented performer who is no stranger to working across all facets of entertainment one could expect to see in a variety special. Smith first broke out, however, as a rapper, performing under the name The […]
Luke Wilson Says He’d Come Back for Legally Blonde 3: ‘We’ll Just Have to See What Happens’
“I’ll watch it when I see it on cable, and it’s on cable a lot,” Wilson said. …Read the full story
‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ is Action/Comedy at Its Most Unlikable
A sequel to 2017’s surprise hit, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, the new film takes elements that work moderately well in the first and squeezes them dry of anything resembling wit, personality, or entertainment. Add to that jokes that fall flat, an abundance of weak CG, and action that’s both repetitive and immediately forgettable, and the resulting […]
Disney, Africa’s Kugali Reveal First Look at Sci-Fi Series ‘Iwaju’
Set in a futuristic version of Lagos, Nigeria, the series offers what production designer Hamid Ibrahim described as a “Kugali-Disney mash-up.” “This is a true collaboration. During the presentation, the show’s creators revealed a sneak peek at their futuristic vision of Lagos, a sprawling mega-city that straddles a lagoon and is divided into a densely […]