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JT Sets Release Date for Debut Solo Project, ‘City Cinderella’
JT is set to release her debut solo mixtape, “City Cinderella,” on July 19, the Miami-bred rapper announced Tuesday. This comes nearly one month after the City Girls made their split public, citing creative differences. Music Industry Moves: Tixr Opens London Office, Hires Stephanie Rosa; Quality Control Taps Britney Davis as General Manager The album’s artwork sees JT sitting in a puddle of water, sporting an icy blonde wig accessorized with a crown. The lower-half of her body is made of crackling ice and her back is turned to the camera. She captioned the post, “City Cinderella coming….7/19.” For the last...
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Star in Netflix Thriller ‘RIP’
BFFs Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have found their next collaboration. The “Good Will Hunting” and “Air” team will next star in “RIP,” a new Netflix thriller from writer and director Joe Carnahan.'The Instigators' Trailer: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck Are Robbers on the Run in Doug Liman's New Action Comedy Plot details and release date remain under wraps. The film will be produced by Artists Equity — the artist-led studio founded by Affleck and Damon in 2022. Artist Equity’s other projects include the Cillian Murphy starrer “Small Things Like These,” a sequel to “The Accountant” and the Jennifer Lopez-led films “Unstoppable”...
Blumhouse Games Execs Lay Out Plans to Scare You — But in a Cozy Way, If Horror Isn’t Your Thing
During gaming industry expo Summer Game Fest last month, Jason Blum took the stage to unveil the inaugural slate of titles for his Blumhouse Games division, which launched in February 2023. 'M3GAN' Universe Expands With Erotic Thriller 'Soulm8te,' Dated for 2026 While the through line for the six indie games was of course horror (we’d expect nothing less from the producers of “Halloween,” “The Purge,” “Paranormal Activity,” “M3GAN” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s” film franchises), the fear factor varied wildly from an adorable farming and town sim with a murder-element to a first-person adventure where folklore mixes with religion in a nightmarish version of...
Joe Biden to Sit Down With ABC’s George Stephanopoulos After Debate Debacle
President Joe Biden will sit down for an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday, as he seeks to quell concerns about his age following a disastrous debate performance.Hollywood's Top Donors Freak Out After Biden's Debate: 'If He Doesn't Drop Out, We're Not Giving Any More Money to Democrats' ABC News will air the first look at the interview on Friday’s edition of “World News Tonight With David Muir.” Additional clips will air on “Good Morning America” on Saturday and Sunday, with the full interview running on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday. Biden has faced pressure to prove that he...
Xbox Live Goes Down in Nearly Seven-Hour Outage
UPDATE, 7/2, 9:01 p.m. ET: Microsoft said it resolved the technical problems that had knocked out Xbox Live for nearly seven hours. “Users should no longer be encountering issues signing in to Xbox Live and services,” the Xbox Support account on X posted at 8:49 p.m. ET. “Thank you for your patience, game on!”Xbox App to Launch on Some Amazon Fire TV Devices EARLIER: Xbox Live, Microsoft’s multiplayer gaming and digital media network, was suffering a major outage Tuesday as thousands of users reported problems accessing it. User-reported problems with Xbox Live began to spike at about 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday, according...
Music Industry Moves: Tixr Opens London Office, Hires Stephanie Rosa; Quality Control Taps Britney Davis as General Manager
Tixr, a ticketing and live event commerce marketplace, is set to open its new London office at London Bridge. The move marks the company’s first steps into continental Europe with Stephanie Rosa serving as managing director of the region.Music Industry Moves: Tokischa Inks Publishing Deal With Warner Chappell Music The London office follows the expansion of Tixr’s operations into Canada and recent partnerships with Space Ibiza, Eden Nightclub in Ibiza, and British digital radio station Kisstory. They also work with festivals and entities including F.A.T. International, RuPaul’s Dragcon, Dreamhack, Uptown Festival, Dublin ComicCon, Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Egg London, E1 Series,...
Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton Join Netflix Limited Dark Comedy Series ‘Sirens’
Kevin Bacon and Glenn Howerton are joining the cast of the upcoming Netflix limited series “Sirens,” Variety has learned. 'The Sandman' Season 2 Casts 'Season of Mists' and 'Brief Lives' Storylines; Ruairi O'Connor to Play Dream's Son Orpheus The pair join previously announced leads Julianne Moore, Milly Alcock, and Meghann Fahy in the dark comedy. Variety exclusively reported in February that the series was coming to Netflix. It hails from “Maid” creator Molly Smith Metzler and is based on her play “Elemeno Pea.” The series is told over the course of a weekend at a lavish beach estate. Per the official logline,...
‘Amedspor,’ ‘Lover, Not a Fighter’ Among Winners at Karlovy Vary’s Eastern Promises Awards
“Amedspor” and “Lover, Not a Fighter” were among the winners at the awards for Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s industry section, on Tuesday.'Real' Review: Oleh Sentsov's Ukrainian War Documentary Is Unplanned but Utterly Immersive The Works in Progress Visual Post-Production Award went to Turkish documentary “Amedspor,” directed by Rezan Yesilbas and produced by Ahmet Gurata. The film follows Amedspor, a minor soccer club from the Turkish second league, which came into the spotlight when it decided to reclaim its Kurdish identity. The jury said it was “an important and enthralling look at the intersection of sports and politics in modern day...
‘Horizon’ Actor Michael Rooker Defends Kevin Costner’s Film After Dismal Box Office Debut: ‘Get Over That Crap’ TikTok and ‘Learn How to Watch Real Cinema’
Kevin Costner’s “Horizon” franchise got off to a dismal start at the box office, with the first of four-planned movies debuting to just $11 million at the domestic box office. Michael Rooker, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” favorite who stars in the Western epic as Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan, caught up with TMZ after the film’s lackluster opening weekend and urged moviegoers to quit TikTok and give “real cinema” a chance.Kevin Costner Knew Before 'Horizon' Flopped at the Box Office That Putting 'So Much Pressure' on Opening Weekend Gross Would Lead to Disappointment “It’s real cinema, folks. Be prepared. We ain’t...
MipDoc and MipFormats Move to London
MipDoc and MipFormats are joining Mip London next Feb, organizers confirmed today.'Deadlock,' 'Lady Bird Diaries' Director Dawn Porter Sketches Roadmap for Documentary Makers in Challenging Marketplace at Cannes' MipDoc The new market is set to replace Mip TV, which traditionally took place in Cannes in April. It will be the 27th edition of MipDoc and the 15th edition of MipFormats. Mip London will take place in London’s West End from Feb. 23 to 27, with a base at the Savoy Hotel and adjacent IET London conference center. MipDoc and MipFormats will take place on the Sunday and Monday, focusing on showcasing new content,...
Childish Gambino Announces Release Date for Final Album ‘Bando Stone & The New World,’ Releases First Single ‘Lithonia’
Childish Gambino has announced his new and final album under the moniker “Bando Stone & The New World,” releasing July 19.Childish Gambino Debuts Trailer for Upcoming Film 'Bando Stone & The New World' Coinciding with the album announcement, the rapper has released its first single “Lithonia,” named after a city just east of Atlanta, where his TV show is set. “Lithonia” is something of a different sound for Gambino, venturing into rock territory with heavy guitars and reverb vocals. News of the album release comes just a few days after he premiered the trailer for his upcoming film “Bando Stone & The...
MTV News Repository of 460,000 Articles Launched by Internet Archive After Paramount’s Content Takedown
MTV News lives! Well, sort of.The Disappearance of MTV News' Online Archive Is a Tragedy: Guest Post by the Website's Founding Editor In the days after Paramount Global disabled mtvnews.com and mtv.com/news — removing a trove of hundreds of thousands of articles about music and pop culture from the internet — the not-for-profit Internet Archive assembled a searchable index of 460,575 web pages previously published at mtv.com/news. You can search the MTV News archive on the organization’s Wayback Machine at this link. Prior to Internet Archive aggregating the MTV News pages into a collection, there was no way to locate articles based...
Eminem References Spider-Man on New Single ‘Tobey’ Featuring Big Sean and Babytron
Fresh off announcing a July 12 release date for his upcoming album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” Eminem is showing love for his hometown with his new single “Tobey” featuring fellow Detroiters Big Sean and Babytron.Eminem to Release New Album 'The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)' on July 12 Fans were perplexed when the track didn’t drop at the assumed midnight hour, but he officially released it 12 hours later. Right down to the single cover art, which riffs off a Spider-Man meme, “Tobey” refers to the comic franchise and one of its film stars. “Tobey...
‘The Morning Show’ Casts Jeremy Irons in Season 4 as Alex’s Dad
Jeremy Irons has joined the cast of “The Morning Show.”'The Morning Show' Star Mark Duplass on Chip's On-Air Meltdown, 'Obsessive' Attraction to Alex and Why He Was 'Nervous' to Join the Apple Drama In the Apple TV+ drama’s upcoming fourth season, he will play Martin Levy, the father of Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston). Irons first rose to prominence in 1981, when he starred opposite Meryl Streep in “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” in the roles of Charles Henry Smithson and Mike. Also among his long list of credits is “Moonlighting” (1982), “The Mission,” “Dead Ringers” (1988), “Reversal of Fortune” (1990), “Lolita” (1997), “Margin...
Merck Mercuriadis to Exit as Hipgnosis Song Management Chairman Ahead of Blackstone Acquisition
Hipgnosis Song Management announced Tuesday that Merck Mercuriadis, chairman of the music rights company that at one point held the rights to catalogs by Neil Young and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is exiting from his post. Hipgnosis Songs Fund Agrees to $1.4 Billion Takeover by Concord His departure from the company will be effective upon closing of the proposed acquisition of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited by Lyra Bidco Limited, a company owned by Blackstone-managed funds. Blackstone already owns two other elements of Hipgnosis — the investment fund Hipgnosis Songs Capital and the advisor Hipgnosis Song Management. Mercuriadis steps down after months of...
‘3 Body Problem’ Star Zine Tseng Joins ‘Young Sherlock’ Series at Amazon
Zine Tseng is the latest addition to the cast of the “Young Sherlock” series at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. 'Blade Runner 2099' TV Series at Amazon Adds Nine to Cast She will star alongside series lead Hero Fiennes Tiffin as well as recently announced cast members Joseph Fiennes and Natasha McElhone. The show is inspired by Andy Lane’s “Young Sherlock Holmes” novels. The official description for the series states, “At age 19, Sherlock Holmes is disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. Diving into...
Frameline Film Festival Announces 2024 Winners: ‘National Anthem’ and ‘Fragments of a Life Loved’ Take Top Honors
The Frameline Film Festival has announced the winners from its 2024 program.Ben Hardy Talks 'Unicorns' Role, Career Path: 'Acting Is Very Close to Anthropology' The top honors went to Luke Gilford’s “National Anthem,” which took home the Outstanding First Feature Award, and Chloé Barreau’s “Fragments of a Life Loved,” which won Outstanding Documentary Feature. Frameline, the world’s largest and longest-running LGBTQ film festival, ran from June 19–29, with 120 screenings, programs and events held in theaters across the Bay Area, including the Herbst Theatre and Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Highlights of the festival included the Castro Theatre’s first-ever celebration of Juneteenth —...
AI Firm ElevenLabs Sets Audio Reader Pact With Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds and Laurence Olivier Estates
AI audio firm ElevenLabs has set agreements with the estates of Judy Garland, James Dean and other legends to use their voices to read books, articles, PDFs and other text material to mobile users of its new Reader App.Will AI Become Friend or Foe to Animators? ElevenLabs envisions users tapping Garland’s legendary pipes to read the original L. Frank Baum novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” or Laurence Olivier to deliver a Sherlock Holmes story, in addition to a range of other works. ElevenLabs emphasizes that it has struck license agreements for authorized use of the legendary voices as part of...
‘For Sama’ Director Waad al-Kateab on Turkish-Syrian Earthquake Doc ‘Death Without Mercy’: ‘These People Didn’t Die Just From a Natural Disaster’
On Feb. 6, 2023, after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Turkish-Syrian border, becoming the deadliest disaster in the region’s modern history, Syrian director Waad Al-Kateab was in London fretting about her family and friends, and feeling helpless.'We Dare to Dream' Director Waad Al-Kateab and Producer Angelina Jolie Discuss Impact of Olympic Refugee Doc as Eurosport Acquires Streaming Rights (EXCLUSIVE) The activist and helmer of “For Sama” – the Oscar-nominated civil war diary that traveled around the world – was unable to reach the stricken area, having fled the Bashar Assad regime. But she immediately reached out to people on the ground,...
CNBC Ramps Up Sports-Business Coverage
CNBC is tweaking its game.NBC, Warner Join Big East Roster After CBS Bows Out The NBCUniversal-backed business-news outlet said on Tuesday it intends to grow its coverage of the sports industry with the launch of a new vertical called “CNBC Sport.” The company has hired Michael Ozanian, a Forbes journalist known for rankings of the most valuable sports leagues and teams, as a senior sports reporter who will examine valuations of sports franchises and how they are affected by news and developments. Various CNBC reporters will add beats tied to the topic,\and focusing on the intersection between business and sports. CNBC journalists...
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