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TikTok execs sought to assure advertisers at a NewFronts presentation Tuesday that their platform is safe and trustworthy, and backed by an open-ended financial commitment..

“The one thing I really want to say, and I want to say this very clearly, and I want to say this from my heart: TikTok is here. We are here,” declared Khartoon Weiss, who was promoted this year to head of North American ad sales. “We are absolutely confident in our platform and confident in the future of this platform. So we’re going to continue to invest in it. There’s a lot that’s going to come at you.”

While it is used monthly by 170 million Americans and continues to gain momentum as an ad vehicle, TikTok faces an uncertain ownership future amid scrutiny of its parent company, China-based ByteDance. After a court ruling forcing the divestiture of the U.S. assets...

Monument Releasing has acquired Eugene Kotlyarenko’s “The Code,” and is planning a theatrical release in the English-speaking world. The film premiered at the Fantasia Intl. Film Festival in Montreal and has gone on to have a strong festival run.

“The Code” will be opening at the Roxy Cinema in New York on April 23, and will be followed by a theatrical run at the Lumiere Cinema May 9 in Los Angeles. Key additional cities include Miami, Montreal, Toronto and San Francisco, with more to be added.

“The Code” is an absurd, high-concept comedy, following a sexless couple, paranoid about the status of their relationship, who embrace surveillance, spying and performance as a means to fall in love again.

The film stars Dasha Nekrasova, Peter Vack, Ivy Wolk (“Anora”) and Vish Velandy (“Wobble Palace”).

It was produced by Spacemaker Productions and lensed by Bart Cortright.

Kotlyarenko’s debut features, “0s & 1s” and “Skydiver,...

Talking with Rolling Stone last year, Robert Randolph recalled the unusual complaint he received when he was working on a new album in LA. Apparently, the bass amplifier he and producer Shooter Jennings had placed in a hallway was too loud, and a couple of people in the building — T Bone Burnett and Robbie Robertson — told a receptionist it was too loud. As Randolph said, Robertson walked into the studio and said, “Oh, that’s you down here? You guys are getting funky in here.”

Robertson, who passed away last year,...

Over 25 years ago, professional vocalist Hiroshi Kitadani entered the anime scene by performing One Piece's Season 1 opening theme song -- a track now known and loved by anime fans worldwide. In addition to helping him attract a new audience, Kitadani also credits One Piece, and anime as a whole, for "saving his life" during a low point in his career.

Hiroshi Kitadani made his music industry debut in 1994 as a member of the popular three-member band, 'Stagger.' In a recent interview conducted by Mantan Web, Kitadani recounted how, after performing with the group for several years, he was abruptly dismissed. "...After about four years, I was notified that I was no longer needed, and I was scared that this was the end of it." However, in 1999, Kitadani landed the opportunity to perform One Piece's now-iconic opening theme song, "We Are," which he describes as the single "biggest turning point" of his life.

Are you finding Atomfall difficult? Struggling to find the right weapon or keycard for the situation? How about missing a key recipe? Well, no matter the issue, we have everything answered to make Atomfall easy for you. In this guide, we’ll explain how to find the Greenhouse Hut key, so that you can get into the most secret area of the Garden Centre, and start one of the most fun leads in the game.

How to Get the Greenhouse Hut Key

On your exploration of the various places in Atomfall, you’ll quickly realize that there’s a lot you’re allowed to find on your own, and that includes the contents of the Greenhouse Hut, as well as finding the Greenhouse Hut Key itself.

If you happen to find yourself in the Garden Centre (you will at some point), you’ll want to get into the Greenhouse Hut.

Soft drink brand Oasis has announced a new collaboration with One Piece, turning its popular fruit-flavored drinks into the Straw Hat crew members just in time for spring.

Oasis also ran a successful collaboration last year with Naruto Shippuden, now looking to follow it up with another successful crossover by turning its fruit characters into some of the most popular Straw Hat Pirates. In celebration of the limited-edition drinks, Oasis has released an animated commercial that utilizes the first opening of One Piece, "We Are," and adds some fun Oasis-flavored animation to it, transforming all the major characters into some variety of fruit.

One Piece & Oasis Cross Over for New Limited-Edition Fruity Release

Notably, despite showcasing the entire Thousand Sunny crew during the commercial, the final shot featuring the available drinks only shows four, with a fifth can hidden and marked as "available soon." While some of the fruit choices aren't entirely clear,...

For several years, the nominees for Album of the Year were decided by secretive nomination review committees, but the Recording Academy got rid of most of those in 2021 after The Weeknd's notorious shutout, so now the decisions are made entirely by members at large. Scroll down for our latest odds, which are based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. Those odds are constantly changing, so we'll be updating this list throughout the season.

SEEGrammy Album of the Year: All the Winners in Grammy Awards History

In 2022, the first year without the committees, the Grammys expanded Album of the Year to 10 nominations (though that has since been contracted back to eight). The 2022 winner ended up being We Are by Jon Batiste, which was a surprise against higher-profile hits. So even without the committees to uplift underdog recordings, the academy's 13,000 voters don't necessarily default to the most popular nominee.

The worlds of extreme sports have translated well to video games over the years, from the long-running and beloved skateboarding series Tony Hawk's Pro Skater to the more recent, multi-sport covering Riders Republic from Ubisoft. Now, the United Kingdom-based parkour and freerunning group Storror is looking to make a name for themselves in the space with their own game, Storror Parkour Pro. Officially revealed last November, the ambitious project bills itself as the first online multiplayer parkour game, focusing entirely on freedom of movement for players as they race through an open world. During an interview for their new Michael Bay-directed documentary, We Are Storror, with Collider Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub at our SXSW Media Studio at the Cinema Center, the group opened up about the game and what makes it stand out.

Crowd Network (Crowd), one of Europe’s fastest growing independent podcast networks, has partnered with Britain’s biggest independent brewer, BrewDog.

The BrewDog sponsorship has been passed between some of Crowd’s most popular podcasts, including Fc Bullard, Joe’s Marler’s Things People Do, Geraint Thomas Cycling Club, Beef’s Golf Club, and For The Love Of Rugby.

For the partnership, Crowd and BrewDog assigned each podcast a different BrewDog beer, with hosts drinking them in podcast episodes, and beer cans and packs decorating recording spaces. The chosen beverages reflect each podcast’s hosts and content — BrewDog’s Alcohol-Free Punk Af paired with Geraint Thomas Cycling Club during Dry January, as host Geraint Thomas is sober while in training.

The collaboration supports Crowd’s multichannel approach by facilitating extra content opportunities, like Jimmy Bullard’s appearance on Joe Marler’s Things People Do to progress the sponsorship. Hosts worked...

BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival (March 19-30) has unveiled its full line-up, with 56 features across three strands, exploring subjects such as Kenya’s ballroom scene and the appeal of dating apps.

The programme has films and shorts from 41 countries, with six world premiere features. These include Kenyan filmmaker Njoroge Muthoni’s documentaryHow To Live, which explores Nairobi’s vibrant ballroom scene and celebrates queer African joy.

In Yu-jin Lee’s Manok, the owner of a South Korean lesbian bar must return to her small hometown after clashing with the city’s younger queer community.

Buenos Aires-set comedy drama Few...

When Jon Batiste performed the national anthem in front of millions of Americans watching the Super Bowl Lix broadcast from New Orleans’ Superdome, he paid homage to generations both past and present on the hallowed stage.

For the first time in the NFL’s championship history, Batiste weaved a sample into his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner”: the Triggerman beat, first taken as a loop from a 1986 song by the Showboys and subsequently used on decades of hip-hop, bounce, and dance music, from Juvenile’s “Back Dat Azz Up” to Beyoncé’s Renaissance.

Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle lit up the 2025 Super Bowl with a powerful performance of “America the Beautiful” ahead of the game on Sunday.

The pair, both Louisiana natives, took to the field shortly before kickoff to sing the song, which was followed by the presentation of the colors and a military flyover. Stephanie Nogueras was also the featured Asl performer during the song.

Daigle was sporting a blue and red plaid off-the-shoulder dress, while Trombone Shorty opted for a teal-colored jacket, white shirt and dark jeans.

.@Tromboneshorty & @Lauren_Daigle perform America the Beautiful...

Louisiana musicians Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle joined the Super Bowl Lix pre-game festivities Sunday with a performance of the patriotic standard “America the Beautiful” on the field at New Orleans’ Caesar’s Superdome.

Along with their performance, Ledisi sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and Jon Batiste took on the National Anthem ahead of the big game, which will see the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles battle it out for the Vince Lombardi trophy. Later in the evening, Kendrick Lamar headlined the halftime show.

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Jon Batiste is singing the National Anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl.

The 38-year-old singer-songwriter is on hand to perform the song during the big game on Sunday (February 9) between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs live from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

The extremely accomplished musician has worked with everyone from Stevie Wonder to Prince, and he currently serves as the music director of The Atlantic and the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. He also co-composed the score for Pixar’s Soul, and he won an Album of the Year Grammy for 2021′s We Are.

Jon‘s “The Star-Spangled Banner” rendition is set to kick things off, and fans may be curious to know more about his personal life.

Sadly, there is some upsetting news happening right now at home.

Keep reading to find out more…

Jon Bastiste is married to Suleika Jaouad.

Every month, a new rendition of “We Go!” debuted as the opening tune for the One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga , the currently airing remastered version of the titular saga that was broadcast over a decade ago. The next two teams of artists to sing the iconic song were announced tonight, all of them hailing from VTuber agency Hololive, ready for the remixes release in February and March before the series returns for the second half of the Egghead Arc . In February, Maki Otsuki will team up with Fubuki, Houshou Marine and Tsunomaki Watame to perform “We Go!.” Mine Kushita, who composed “Dear sunrise” will once again be composing this version of the iconic opening. The song starts on the February 2 broadcast. Meanwhile, in March, TeddyLoid and Tepe will produce their version of “We Go!” for Hololive English members Takanashi Kiara and Hakos Baelz and Hololive Indonesian members Kobo Kanaeru.

Los Angeles' Palisades High School, a landmark for pop culture, has burned down in the ongoing L.A. fires. The high school, which has been used as a set for several films including 2003's Freaky Friday and 1976's Carrie, has also had a long list of A-list alumni.

Per Business Insider, the Los Angeles Palisades Charter High School burned down in a wildfire on Tuesday evening, Jan. 7. The ongoing fires have affected many areas in Los Angeles, with many Hollywood stars affected by the natural disaster. A series of iconic landmarks in the industry, including the high school, the Pasadena synagogue, the Bunny Museum, and more have been damaged by wildfires.

Related “We Are Heartbroken”: Billy Crystal Confirms Losing Home of 46 Years to L.A. Wildfires

Monsters, Inc. star Billy Crystal has said he’s “heartbroken” over his home burning down in the Los Angeles wildfires.

The Los Angeles...

The official YouTube channel for voice actor Mamoru Miyano began streaming a music video for his upcoming 26th CD single song "Dressing." Pre-production for the song was conducted at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles (where Michael Jackson's “Thriller” was recorded), and vocals were recorded at Henson Studio (where “We Are the World” was recorded). Meanwhile, the visuals for the live tour were shot in New York City, and the music video features footage filmed at both locations. Mamoru Miyano "Dressing" Music Video "Dressing" will be featured as the theme song for his next live concert tour "Mamoru Miyano Live Tour 2024-2025 ~Dressing!~," which will start on December 14. The song was composed by Jin Nakamura , who has worked on many songs including Miyano's debut single song "Discovery" in 2008. The CD single of "Dressing" is set to release in Japan on December 11, 2024. Ahead of the CD release, the title tune...

Batman has had more than enough experiences delving through asylums, the Joker's traps, and even the Riddler's torturous puzzles - but he's never been at the mercy of this kind of Saw-like torture. In a new cover, the Caped Crusader is going up against a killer like no other in comics. It's often said that Batman can beat any villain with enough prep time, but how prepared he would be against Jigsaw is any comic fan's guess.

As revealed in DC's February solicitations, in the finale of the "We Are Wounded" arc in Batman: Dark Patterns #3 by Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman, Batman is on the case of the killer known as the Wound Man. Unfortunately, it looks like he's turned from the World's Greatest Detective to one of Gotham's newest victims.

Batman: Dark Patterns #3 (2025)

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February 12th, 2025

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Dan Watters

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Hayden Sherman

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Hayden...

The Grammys are handed out every year by the Recording Academy, an organization composed of music professionals representing different genres across the industry. For multiple years their nominations for Album of the Year were decided by clandestine nomination review committees, but the academy got rid of most of those in 2021, so now the decisions are made entirely by members at large. Scroll down for our latest racetrack odds, which are based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. Those odds are constantly changing, so we’ll be updating this list throughout the season.

SEEGrammy Album of the Year: All the Winners in Grammy Awards History

Not everyone in the industry appreciates the Grammys, though. At the 2021 awards The Weeknd didn’t get a single nomination despite an acclaimed album (“After Hours”) and a song (“Blinding Lights”) so popular that Billboard ranked it as their number-one single of 2021 and the number-one song of all time.

Destruction have announced their 16th studio album, Birth of Malice, arriving March 7th via Nuclear Blast Records. The video for the second single, the eponymous track “Destruction,” can be streamed now.

Releasing a self-titled song this deep into their career is a bold move, but the German thrash vets pull it off, delivering a proper anthem that captures the essence of the band, its fans, and its legacy: “We are Destruction!” This is full-bore thrash with a punkish snarl and a raw, live-sound production — complemented by some excellent concert footage of the band and its rabid fanbase in the accompanying video.

“The crushing song ‘Destruction’ is the perfect opener for this album: It builds a bridge between our old-school sound and riffing, including song title phrases from classic Destruction tracks and more shredding and melodic twin lead guitars that will pinch your brain with its razorsharp leads!” enthused the band via a press release.

Elvis director Baz Luhrmann is officially reuniting with Warner Bros. for his next film: an epic retelling of real-life French heroine Joan of Arc. Though the project is still in its early stages, a casting call was sent out earlier today for the eponymous protagonist a young girl transformed into a national icon due to her incredible resilience and determination in the face of the Hundred Years' War.

While celebrating his 62nd birthday, Luhrmann revealed his intention to tackle the extraordinary French epic an announcement initially disclosed by Deadline, and later confirmed by Warner Bros. The film has two potential titles, either Jehanne or Jehanne d'Arc, and will tell "the ultimate teenage girl coming of age story, set in the Hundred Years' War." Reportedly in the midst of his creative process, Luhrmann has declined to share further details about the project, but given that the casting process has already begun,...

Get ready for the new LGBTQ psychosexual thriller Feral starring Fawn Winters (We Are Wolves) and Eunoia Sonders.

This will be Director Rich Mallery’s 10th film. His previous work includes Maid Droid, Borderline, We Are Wolves, among others.

Synopsis

After ripping off the wrong person, femme fatale Ghost (Fawn Winters) has one week to pay off her debts or else. Desperate to find the money, she manipulates Billie (Eunoia Sonders), a lost soul, into helping her steal it. Although Billie appears like easy prey, she isn’t as innocent as she seems and Ghost soon realizes she might’ve made a deadly mistake.

Feral releasing this fall on digital platforms.

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Get ready for the new LGBTQ psychosexual thriller Feral starring Fawn Winters (We Are Wolves) and Eunoia Sonders. This will be Director Rich Mallery’s 10th film. His previous work includes Maid Droid, Borderline, We Are Wolves, among others. Synopsis After ripping off the wrong person, femme fatale Ghost (Fawn Winters) has one week to pay …

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Little can be said about One Piece that hasn't been said before. Luffy will be the King of the Pirates, the series is the biggest comic of all time , and the One Piece is real (according to certain sources). It's one of the most watched TV shows around the world and even in the anime's 25th year (27th for the manga!), Eiichiro Oda's odyssey is only gaining more wind in its sails. One Piece Day’24 made the 25th anniversary of the anime the centerpiece of the celebrations, as well as the manga's outgoing Egghead Island Arc. Crunchyroll News was able to climb the waterfall to the Grand Line and attend the second day of the weekend celebrations. Dory and Broggy welcomed people to the show floor We Are On A Cruise! As with all One Piece events, the day started with Hiroshi Kitadani performing "We Are!" at the opening ceremony.

Episode 1015 celebrates with Luffy's rise to prominence and dramatically poignant entrance to the battle against Big Mom and Kaido. Episode 37 is dark & emotional with Luffy supporting Nami in rebellious fight against Arlong. Episode 312's Going Merry sacrifice represents the end of innocence, foreshadowing Marineford tragedy.

Given that One Piece has 1000+ episodes and has become one of the most well-known and adored anime series in the world over the course of over two decades, it undoubtedly has a fair proportion of episodes that are significantly better than the others. One Piece's single ongoing storyline makes it a bit harder to highlight outstanding episodes, but there are a few that stick in fans' memories and represent the pirate adventure story at its best.

Unsurprisingly, many of these episodes feature fights against the Straw Hats' most formidable foes, but others have simply some of the most dramatic or epic moments in the series.

The Basketball Tournament (Tbt) is back in 2024 with a $1 million prize on the line in the winner-take-all, summer basketball tournament. The Round of 64 gets underway on Friday, July 19 with a total of 29 games across four networks, with the championship game scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 4 at 2 p.m. Et on Fox. The remaining tournament games that won’t appear on Fox-branded linear channels can be streamed on TheTournament.com. Don’t miss any of the action across Fox, FS1, Fox Sports 2, and Big Ten Network, which you can watch with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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Avex picture's official YouTube channel today began streaming the main trailer for King Of Prism -Dramatic Prism.1- , a upcoming compilation film based on the King Of Prism -Shiny Seven Stars- TV series that aired in 2019. The clip introduces the film's theme song "Link World" performed by the anime franchise's seven-member unit SePTENTRION , consisting of Shin Ichijo, Taiga Kogami, Yukinojo Tachibana, Kakeru Juouin, Minato Takahashi, Yu Suzuno, and Leo Saionji. The unit was formed in the TV anime's final 12th episode . The film centers on a new Prism Show Championship, titled "Prism.1" . Selected members from both Edel Rose and Schwarz Rose compete in a number of performances. The film is re-edited as "Dramatic Prism.1," a special program featuring an "exclusive live" broadcast of the show. The live announcer is Fumihiko Tachiki , well-known for his narrating works for popular Japanese martial arts programs, such as Pride (the title logo of Prism.

One Piece Day 2024 celebrates the series' 25th anniversary with exciting panels, live performances, and a much more, with both days' events streaming on YouTube. The event will feature performances by Maki Otsuki, Hiroshi Kitadani, and the Japanese voice cast of Straw Hats and Dr. Vegapunk and his satellites. The special live concerts include artists like Ado, GRe4N Boyz, Mori Calliope, and Be:first, tickets for which which are available from Stagecrowd.

One Piece is celebrating its 25th anniversary in style this year and has finally revealed its plans for this year's One Piece Day celebrations. This year's event will include several exciting panels, live performances as well as a live stream for fans around the world to tune in to.

Bandai Namco, Shueisha, and Toei Animation will be hosting the third annual One Piece Day from 10 to 11 August 2024 at the Makuhari Messe Exhibition Hall in Chiba, Japan. The performances held...

How do we know what music is actually good? Many fans look to critics. Sure, some might label music journalism as irrelevant in assigning value to art, but the reality is, critics do at least partly contribute to the consensus on the quality of music. That’s why, whether it is during a civilized conversation or the most rabid Twitter stan war, an album’s Metacritic score typically comes up. So award show voters must take those top albums more into consideration than others, right? To be a big awards player, doesn’t your album need to be somewhat acclaimed?

Let’s take a look at the past three Grammy ceremonies as examples. Since these are ceremonies with no nomination review committees involved, the results are a more accurate, unfiltered reflection of what voters think. According to Metacritic, anything below 81 is not “universally acclaimed,” so that’s how I’ll sort it out.

Abbey Lee Kershaw, Zoë Kravitz, Courtney Eaton, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Riley Keough Screenshot: Warner Bros. The internet is filled with facts, both true and otherwise. In Film Trivia Fact Check, we’ll browse the depths of the web’s most user-generated trivia boards and wikis and put them under the microscope.

While fans of One Piece who don't enjoy reading subtitles now have the excellent Funimation Dub to enjoy, it wasn't always like this. When the series was initially brought to the West, it was dubbed by the infamous 4Kids Entertainment.

The 4Kids English Dub of One Piece is notorious for the strange decisions made to censor the series. The changes made in translation were largely brought about by a desire to target the series toward a younger demographic than the series was written for; while some of these edits are understandable with this in mind, such as limiting the amount of blood and sexuality, others are just plain weird.

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Guns are a common weapon of choice in One Piece, especially in the early arcs of the series that were dubbed by 4Kids. However, 4Kids refused to allow any realistic depictions of firearms to be shown.

The band is (finally) getting back together: After a three-year layoff, We Are Lady Parts has locked down a Season 2 premiere date on Peacock.

Season 2 of the comedy about an all-female Muslim punk rock band will debut Thursday, May 30 on the streamer with all six episodes, TVLine has learned. The sophomore run will also feature guest appearances from activist Malala Yousafzai and comedian Meera Syal.

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The 2024 Tribeca Festival has revealed its lineup of talks and reunions with filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Judd Apatow, Kieran Culkin and more.

The premiere of HBO’s “Wise Guy David Chase and the Sopranos,” a documentary directed by Alex Gibney, will take place to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “The Sopranos.” There will also be a reunion with creator David Chase, executive producer Terence Winter and cast members Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Aida Turturro, Annabella Sciorra, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea De Matteo, Steve Schirripa, Michele Chase, Kathrine Narducci, and Dominic Chianese.

In addition, “Mean Streets” celebrates its 50th anniversary and will include a conversation with Scorsese and De Niro. Steven Spielberg will recognize his theatrical debut, “The Sugarland Express,” and Kevin Bacon will honor “Footloose’s” 40th anniversary.

There will also be conversations with Apatow, Andy Cohen, Laverne Cox, Culkin, Michael Stipe, Kerry Washington, Gus Van Sant,...

The following contains major spoilers for My Hero Academia Chapter 421, "We Are Here" by Horikoshi Kohei, Caleb Cook and John Hunt, available now in English from Viz Media.

Since My Hero Academias final arc began in 2021, Horikoshi Kohei has been seamlessly blending stunning art, rich character development, and conclusions while resolving several plot threads introduced over his decade-long epic. The rate of consistent quality all but proves that every aspect of this incredible arc has been meticulously planned out. While this approach has merit, it occasionally results in chapters that feel mandated rather than a natural progression of ongoing events. Chapter 422 is one such minor misstep.

In My Hero Academia Chapter 421, We Are Here, most of Class 1-a return to the site of Dekus battle with All For One. One by one, each character arrives through the Warp Gate, and their presence suggests that they feel just as responsible for...

On a dull Saturday afternoon, away from the sweltering summer heat, the anime fans who had made their way into Mumbai Comic Con 2024 at Jio World Convention Center in Bandra-Kurla complex were having the time of their lives.

Gathered outside the Crunchyroll booth, these fans sang in unison, as DJ Kazu belted out some immensely popular anime songs. As the convention hall reverberated to the sounds of Gurenge, Where Our Blue Is, Unravel, Bling-Bang-Bang-Born, We Are and others, even passersby were not spared of the infectious energy of these fans.

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However, the highlight of the day came later as Natsuki Hanae, the voice of Tanjiro, and Yuma Takahashi, the producer of Demon Slayer from Aniplex, made an appearance at the main stage as part of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To The Hashira Training...

Kartam Bhugatam Stars Shreyas Talapde and Vijay Raaz In Lead Roles.

Shreyas Talpade is fighting back after fighting off death in real life. He is all set to tackle, the twisted thrills in his movie Karatam Bhugatam. The teaser for the Talpade and Vijay Raaz drama dropped today and at a second glance, themes can give a tough competition to Ajay Devgn’s Shaitaan. Kartam Bhugatam’s teaser is exciting and thrilling but maybe needs a spark that the trailer can offer.

The first glimpse of the awaited film Kartam Bhugtam dropped today. The intriguing teaser offers a glimpse into a world where human psychology collides with the mysteries of astrology. “Kartam Bhugtam” delves into the intricate web of karma, exploring the timeless truth that actions have consequences.

The 55-second teaser starts with depictions of holy temples and is set against the background of Vijay Raaz reciting a couplet about karma,...

Jon Batiste is giving high praise to Beyoncé, with whom he collaborated on a new country music album, Cowboy Carter.

Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album Friday, but she made history last month with the release of single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. That made her the first Black woman to accomplish such a feat, according to Billboard.

Batiste, who was one of several collaborators on Cowboy Carter, praised the Grammy-winning singer for her role in breaking down barriers across music genres.

“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.

He added: “Quincy Jones told me, as he also wrote in his forward to my We Are album, ‘it’s up to you to de categorize American music!! ,’ which is what Duke Ellington told him. I really believe that is our generations role,...

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece has had many opening theme songs that have helped the series grow hugely. But none of the theme songs compare to the first one that introduced the One Piece story to the world. The name of the song is “We Are!” It was sung by Hiroshi Kitadani, and composed by Kohei Tanaka with lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi.

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The song marked the beginning of the East Blue Saga in One Piece and also brought a lot of fame and popularity to the singer Kitadani. And now Kitadani has returned to the One Piece world after almost 25 years with another banger for the Egghead Island arc.

The name of the theme song is “Uuuuus!” and it has also been composed by Kohei Tanaka with lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi. According to Kitadani, One Piece saved his career by giving him a chance to sing the opening...

The 29-year-old British star Jacob Collier has risen to fame from YouTube all the way to the Grammys, earning six trophies throughout his career. While Collier was a Grammy favorite from his first album, “Djesse Vol. 3” was the one to put him on the radar for a lot of folks, earning three Grammy noms including for Album of the Year. That nomination was quite unexpected and launched Collier to a lot more fame, especially as his fusion of jazz/R&b/pop is quite unique and not what many would expect to cross over to the Grammy mainstream. Despite not being a huge commercial artist, Collier might be looking at his biggest year ever at the Grammys with his new album, “Djesse Vol. 4.” But just how much recognition will Collier get?

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During a recent episode of Wheel Of Fortune, one contestant steals the winnings with a big upset. Within the debacle, Pat Sajak steers the contestants through the maddening escapade. In the end, the contestant walks away with a big win.

Wheel Of Fortune Upset

On the Thursday, March 14, episode of Wheel Of Fortune, fans witnessed a huge upset. Max McGee from Lake Barrington, Illinois, Patricia Blackburn-Hunt from Miami, Florida, and New Rochelle, New York native Billie Kolinsky were competing. In the final puzzle of regular play, the three contestants were attempting to solve a five-word puzzle under the “Phrase” category. Then the board read, “_ / _ _ _ T _ N _ /_ _ / T_ _ / _ _ N _ _.” In a confident move, Patricia takes a stab at the answer guessing, “A Meeting of the Mind,” but unfortunately it was ruled as a wrong answer. Following the attempt, Billie perplexed chose a letter rather than make a guess. When Max’s...

Onir, one of a handful of out and proud Indian filmmakers, is speaking out about the current scenario for LGBTQ filmmakers in the country.

“There are a lot of non-Indian queer films and series available on streaming and also a lot of queer short films and reel videos being made across the country. Having said that, I feel the mainstream industry and streaming platforms when it comes to queer content are mostly still taking baby steps, and also looking at our stories from a very heteronormative gaze,” Onir told Variety.

“The queer gaze is largely missing. What is disappointing is that it’s largely about a tick mark of having done the right thing — right from actors to platforms and studios that use the phrase ‘but we are already doing one queer story.’ I don’t understand what that means. We are not one homogeneous story, we have many stories.

Jon Batiste took to the Oscars stage on Sunday to perform “It Never Went Away” from his nominated documentary American Symphony. Batiste showcased the intimate, emotional song at a grand piano alongside the accompanying Oscar orchestra, earning passionate applause from the crowd.

Jon Batiste performs "It Never Went Away" from #AmericanSymphony at the 2024 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/nsuHQqNE3h

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 11, 2024

The artist is up for this year’s Best Original Song award for “It Never Went Away” from his documentary American Symphony, which Rolling Stone called...

To celebrate International Women’s Month, Hard Rock International announced a new “We Are” initiative honoring its ongoing commitment to championing women’s health and empowerment.

Hard Rock's official International Women's Month We Are t-shirt

Through its “We Are” campaign this March, Hard Rock will join forces with Eva Longoria to encourage women around the world to share their personal stories, help uplift women’s narratives on critical issues and spotlight nearly 1,000 performances by talented female musicians in special events at its Cafe, Hotel and Casino locations throughout the month. Hard Rock is also releasing a limited-edition t-shirt and exciting food and beverage menu items. Through its charitable arm, Hard Rock Heals Foundation, the company is raising funds throughout the month to benefit two organizations working to support women and women’s health: Global Gift Foundation and Magee-Womens Research Institute.

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Eager to move into horror, Spanish director Miguel Martí is partnering with famed actress-producer Macarena Gómez and distributor Carlos Guerrero on an ambitious project to find their perfect hair-raising script.

The trio’s respective, Madrid-based companies, Wonder Ficción, Cilantro Films and 39 Escalones, have launched the We Are Looking for Your Horror Script initiative, putting the call out to screenwriters with a penchant for chills, thrills and the macabre to submit their works from March 2 to April 16 via the website buscamostuguiondeterror.com.

The winning script will be announced on July 13 at the Sotogrande Music Festival, one of the initiative’s many partners. The winner will initially receive €4,000 as a four-year option on the script in addition to €3,600 for three months of development work. The producers will seek to finance the production over the four-year period. A purchase of the script under previously agreed upon terms will be effective once financing is confirmed.

Live-action remakes of beloved animated titles are nothing new and with each new remake comes the endless debate of how closely fans want the new show to follow the original, versus how much of a new thing it should be. The best remakes end up being more like rebuilds, taking from the original, adding to it, and overall making something that feels recognizable, but fresh. Shows like "Watchmen," "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" and the "Rebuild of Evangelion" movies succeed at this.

Even the "One Piece" live-action show managed to break the curse and deliver a great live-action anime remake. That show found the right balance of old and new by essentially throwing away the individual episode stories, instead reworking important character arcs into new episodes that followed the overall structure of the original series but not their scripts. It nodded at the source material while doing something new.

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Jon Batiste, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of an audience of film students at Chapman University, is a singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and actor. At just 37, he has already won five Grammys — including, in 2022, album of the year, for We Are — and also has to his name an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award, all for the score of the 2020 film Soul. He is currently nominated for the best original song Oscar for his tune “It Never Went Away,” which is featured in Matthew Heineman’s Netflix documentary feature American Symphony, about the best of times and the worst of times in the life of Batiste and his wife, Suleika Jaouad.

Batiste has been described by Forbes as “a generational artist who is only getting better.” Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s artistic and managing director,...

If something about this weekend’s 66th annual Grammys look familiar to you, credit Jon Batiste and his armful of nominations. Same goes for March 10’s Oscars ceremony.

In the run-up to the 2024 Grammys, the New Orleans native has again bolstered his Technicolor brand of R&b jazz fusion with gospel, hip-hop, dancehall and beyond for his newest release, 2023’s “World Music Radio.” For that, the keyboardist-composer is nominated for song of the year (“Butterfly”), record of the year (“Worship”), album of the year (“World Music Radio”), best jazz performance (“Movement 18′ (Heroes)” and best American roots performance (“Butterfly”). For his sixth nomination this year, Batiste is also Grammy-recognized for his featured appearance on Lana Del Rey’s most recent album, sharing a best pop duo/group performance nomination for “Candy Necklace.”

As far as the March 10 Oscar ceremony, Batiste is represented with a best original song nomination for “It Never...

The Grammys are presented every year by the Recording Academy, an organization composed of music insiders from across the industry. For years their nominations for Album of the Year were decided by secret nomination review committees, but the academy eliminated almost all of those in 2021, so now the decisions are made entirely by members at large without an intermediary to override their choices. Scroll down for our latest racetrack odds, which are based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. Those odds are constantly changing, so we’ll be updating this list throughout the season.

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Chronicling what should probably be considered the Avengers Assemble of the rock music world, Netflix’s latest musical documentary, The Greatest Night in Pop, lays out everything that went behind the scenes of the 1985 single We Are the World. It is certainly one of the most popular songs in the history of music, mainly because of its universal appeal and the people that are associated with it. You don’t get names like Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Kenny Rogers, Bob Dylan, and Stevie Wonder working together to create one single piece of art every day. It is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, and Netflix makes sure that the audience gets to see it that way only.

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The Greatest Night in Pop takes us back to one cold winter night in January 1985, where all the shining stars of the musical world gathered together in the A&m Studios,...

The biggest Grammy Award of the night is Album of the Year, meant to honor complete pieces of work that defined the music scene and impacted the culture throughout the eligibility period. The award has gone to some of the most influential records of all time, including The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Adele’s “21.” While some years are more uncertain than others, this year the category seems to be a two-horse race, although a few other players might sneak their way through as well.

The frontrunners here are Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” and Sza’s “Sos.” Both records are massive commercial successes, finishing 2023 as the second and third biggest albums of the year, respectively. Both have also managed to be career peaks for these already uber-popular stars.

In Sza’s case, “Sos” was her sophomore album and served as proof that...