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The Kid Laroi has linked up with Future and BabyDrill for a new song, “What’s the Move?” off his upcoming debut album, The First Time.

With a beat that blends speaker-rattling percussion with dazed synth loops, “What’s the Move?” is as much about getting off the best boasts (“My lifestyle DaVinci,” Future proclaims, “Know my lifestyle expensive”) as it is about yearning for escape. “I’m sick of wasting time,” Laroi sings on the hook, “You know I am/I need some peace of mind/I want leave the country/Baby,...

Christopher Hampton, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “The Father” and “Dangerous Liaisons,” is set to adapt Walter Isaacson’s acclaimed biography “Leonardo Da Vinci” for Universal Pictures.

Universal Pictures had fiercely chased rights to the hot literary property six years ago, and was outbid by Paramount, which developed the project with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way. Now that Universal has finally secured those rights, it has tapped Hampton to pen the adaptation, which seems to be the perfect material for the Oscar winning writer whose movies typically lure A-list talent.

Hampton’s screenplays include “Atonement,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “A Dangerous Method” and more recently Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” which won two Oscars, for best adapted screenplay and actor (for Anthony Hopkins). Hampton has also been celebrated for his plays and musicals that have garnered two Tony Awards, an Olivier Award, and the New York Theatre Critics Circle Award.

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Sensical, the kids streaming service run by Common Sense Networks, has launched on Prime Video Channels.

The $4-a-month subscription offering gives Common Sense, the for-profit arm of Common Sense Media led by former Sony and Crackle streaming exec Eric Berger, a presence in SVOD, AVOD, mobile and Fast.

Central to Sensical is the idea of non-algorithmic content discovery. Programming is segmented by age group and organized according to criteria like topics of interest, traditional learning, personal characteristics, role models, inclusion teamwork and empathy. The SVOD service has no commercial interruptions.

The content offering combines short-form content from studio and digital-first creators. The uniquely programmed offering features custom playlists and popular titles like Science Max and Operation Ouch stemming from a new alliance with Macademia’s Da Vinci.

The flagship Sensical AVOD service, which launched in 2021, expanded into Fast market this year with the launch of of the Sensical Jr.