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Jehnny Beth, vocalist of the post-punk band Savages, is releasing her second solo album, You Heartbreaker, You, on August 29th via Fiction Records. In anticipation, Beth has shared lead single “Broken Rib” and its accompanying music video.

You Heartbreaker, You is the follow-up to Beth’s debut solo record, To Love Is To Live, which was released in 2020. The new album has nine tracks and is described as “visceral, abrasive, and cathartic” in a press release. It was produced by Beth’s longtime partner and collaborator Johnny Hostile, who also worked on her first album. See the artwork and tracklist below.

“We’re living in a dark time, full of drama, and barbarous tragedy. It became clear to me that, in these times, we either learn how to scream really well, or we learn how to whisper,” Jehnny said about the album in a statement.

The first preview, “Broken Rib,...

Former Doctor Who star Peter Purves has complained that the modern version of the Disney+ show is "too sophisticated." Purves played companion Steven Taylor between 1965 and 1966.

Purves' character was a memorable part of the First Doctor era of Doctor Who, before much of the mythology behind The Doctor had been developed. For example, the concept of regeneration had not yet been introduced during Steven's travels with the First Doctor, nor had there been much exploration of the Time Lord race.

Peter Purves Shares His Complaints About Modern Doctor Who

According to BBC News, Purves shared his thoughts on the current version of Doctor Who while attending an unofficial exhibit for the show at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. He called modern Who "far too sophisticated for [his] simple brain."

"We used to have stories that were very simple, you went from there to there, you had a cliffhanger at the end of an episode,...

Oliver Stone's action thriller movie Savages will soon hit Peacock. Starring Blake Lively as part of its ensemble cast, the film debuted to mixed reviews in July 2012.

Savages will arrive on Peacock on April 1. Based on Don Winslow's 2010 novel of the same name and directed by Stone from a screenplay he wrote, the movie follows Lively's Ophelia "O" Sage, Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Ben Leonard, and Taylor Kitsch's John "Chon" McAllister Jr., an ex-Navy Seal. Johnson and Kitsch's characters are best friends and marijuana growers who confront the Mexican drug cartel after Ophelia's kidnapping. Savages also stars Benicio del Toro as Miguel "Lado" Arroyo, Salma Hayek as Elena "La Reina" Sánchez, John Travolta as DEA Agent Dennis Cain, and Mía Maestro as Dolores Arroyo.

Hunger Games franchise star Jennifer Lawrence initially signed on to portray Ophelia but dropped out before filming due to scheduling conflicts. Amber Heard,...

A mother’s death set the stage for “My Life as a Zucchini,” the heartsore 2016 Swiss stop-motion that landed director Claude Barras an Oscar nomination for best animated feature. Now, the passing of a different maternal figure at the hands of unscrupulous men ignites the filmmaker’s eco-conscious, anti-colonial follow-up “Savages.” When a female orangutan is killed by loggers on the Indonesian island of Borneo, 11-year-old Kéria (Babette De Coster) and her father Mutang (Benoît Poelvoorde) adopt her adorable offspring and name it Oshi. Kéria becomes immediately protective of the young ape.

“Savages” deems those willing to enact such violence against other living creatures as uncivilized brutes, destroying the Earth for money while Indigenous peoples live in accordance with age-old principles of coexistence with nature. A musical number in Disney’s “Pocahontas” contrasted the same notions. Yet, even if departing from a rather obvious, if timely, environmentalist premise, Barras and...

S-x is back in Hollywood, baby! And this time, it is not just about being bold, it’s nuanced, intentional, and woven into the story in the best possible way. Recent films like Challengers, Saltburn, Babygirl, and Anora are pushing boundaries, making these moments feel natural and impactful.

Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Taylor Kitsch in Savages | Credits: Universal Pictures

Zendaya’s infamous threesome in Challengers broke the internet, but let’s not forget, Blake Lively pulled it off way back in 2012 with Savages, and no one batted an eye! Here’s the full scoop.

Remembering Blake Lively’s unexpected three-way scene in Savages

Hollywood is currently stepping into a new era, where erotic scenes and subjects are finally being explored in a more thoughtful and genuine way. Rather than just being a spectacle for audiences to watch, these moments have become a powerful tool to reflect characters’ emotions, underlying motives,...

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to get wild with the release of Kraven the Hunter this weekend, but the actor found himself on the wrong side of a Mexican drug cartel in the 2012 action thriller Savages. Directed by Oliver Stone, the film was viewed and promoted as a sort of return to form for the director, appearing more in line with his more provocative films like Natural Born Killers.

While Savages wasn't near the level of that film in terms of its unflinching look at society and the media, Savages did see Stone reveling in a similar style aided by a stellar ensemble cast that was more than ready to match Stone beat for beat. While the veterans of the cast...

The lost Doctor Who story The Savages, first aired in 1966 and starring William Hartnell, will be animated for release in 2025.

We’re edging ever closer to a time where we’ll be able to watch every missing Doctor Who story in animated form. The most recent release was 1966 story The Celestial Toymaker, which broke the mould by using a surrealist, 3D animated style befitting the Toymaker’s aesthetic.

The BBC’s sticking with the William Hartnell era for its next animated reconstruction, as the corporation has confirmed that the 1966 story The Savages will be the next episode to be animated.

The official description reads as follows:

In The Savages, the Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companions, Steven (Peter Purves) and Dodo (Jackie Lane), arrive on an unnamed planet where they encounter two distinct people – the Elders and the Savages. They soon discover the Elders are the evil, draining the...

Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez has topped the nominations for France’s Lumière Awards.

The French-made, Spanish-language film earned six nominations for best film, director, screenplay, cinematography, music and actress for Karla Sofía Gascón in her starring role as the titular transitioning Mexican drug lord.

The Lumière nominations cap a strong week for Emilia Perez, which garnered 10 nominations for the 2025 Golden Globes,and was the big winner at the European Film Awards with five prizes.

Scroll down for full list of nominees

Boris Lojkine’s Souleymane’s Story, which tracks the daily life of an undocumented Guinean asylum seeker in Paris,...

‘La Habitación de al Lado’ encabeza las nominaciones y Karla Sofía Gascón opta al premio a la Mejor Actriz. © Warner Bros| Elástica Films | DeAPlaneta

Ya se conocen las nominaciones a la 37ª edición de los Premios del Cine Europeo (Efa), y España está de enhorabuena: La habitación de al lado, de Pedro Almodóvar encabeza las nominaciones (junto a Emilia Pérez) y la española Karla Sofía Gascón se encuentra nominada a la Mejor Actriz. Además, las películas animadas españolas El sueño de la sultana y Dispararon al pianista se llevan dos nominaciones cada una. Los ganadores de los premios se anunciarán el 7 de diciembre de 2024. Aquí está la lista de nominados:

Mejor PELÍCULA Europea

Bye Bye Tiberias

Dahomey

Emilia Pérez

Flow

In Limbo

Living Large

No Other Land

Savages

Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat

El sueño de la sultana

La habitación de al lado

The Seed of the Sacred Fig...

Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door have emerged as the front-runners for the European Film Awards 2024, with four nominations apiece.

The nominations for the main categories of this year’s awards, which take place on December 7 in Lucerne, were announced this morning by the European Film Academy.

Scroll down for full list of nominations

Fifteen features compete for the best European film prize, up from five last year. This follows a recent rule change which means that films shortlisted for the best documentary and animation categories can also compete in the section.

Emilia Pérez is nominated in the best European film category,...

The European Film Academy has revealed the nominations in the animated feature film category of the European Film Awards.

The nominated films are Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow,” Kristina Dufková’s “Living Large,” Claude Barras’

“Savages,” Isabel Herguera’s “Sultana’s Dream,” and Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s “They Shot the Piano Player.”

“Flow” won the main jury and audience awards at Annecy, and the award for original music. It played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.

“Sultana’s Dream” won Annecy’s Contrechamp Award, while “Living Large” won the Contrechamp Jury Award.

“Savages” played in competition at Annecy and also screened at Locarno. Barras was Oscar nominated for “My Life as a Courgette.”

Mariscal and Trueba were Oscar nominated for “Chico & Rita.” Trueba’s live-action drama “Belle Epoque” won an Oscar for best foreign-language film.

The committee that decided on the nominations was comprised of representatives of the European Film Academy and Cartoon,...

The European Film Academy on Wednesday unveiled the 5 nominees for best animated feature for this year’s European Film Awards.

The 2024 animated nominees include Gints Zilbalodis Flow, a dialog-free eco-fable about a cat that bands together with other animals to try and survive a cataclysmic flood; Living Large, a coming-of-age tale from Kristina Dufková about a heavy-set 12-year-boy with a talent in the kitchen; Savages, Claude Barras’ Boreno-set drama about deforestation and a lost baby orangutan; Isabel Herguera’s Sultana’s Dream, about a Spanish artist who becomes obsessed with finding a female utopia where women can live in peace; and They Shot the Piano Player from directors Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, a portrait of Francisco Tenório Júnior, a leading light of the thriving Brazilian music scene of the 1960s and ’70s who went missing in 1976.

Sultana’s Dream They Shot the Piano Player

All 5 nominees will also be...

One of the most iconic pieces of Batman lore is destroyed by the Dark Knight's own hand. Bruce Wayne has been through a lot in the past few months and now that he's stopped a monster of his own creation, he's turning his attention to a dire new threat.

Amid all the upheaval in Batman's life, the immortal villain Vandal Savage came to Gotham and was appointed the city's new Police Commissioner. Now he's out to strike a crooked deal with the Caped Crusader, but Batman's response hints at what lies ahead for Bruce and every other hero in Gotham.

Batman is Officially Done Working with Gotham Pd

In Batman #149 by Chip Zdarsky, Steve Lieber, Michele Bandini, Nick Filardi, and Clayton Cowles, Batman has finally defeated his twisted doppelganger, Zur-En-Arrh. But the backup personality left a wake of destruction that Bruce is forced to clean up, starting with Zur-En-Arrhs Robin,...

Slade Wilson's unconventional approach to handling magic involves violence and cunning that Superman would struggle with. Deathstroke's strategy against magical foes is fast, hard, and aimed squarely at the face. The limits Superman places on himself make him vulnerable to magic, highlighting the importance of response and reflex in magical combat.

Warning: Contains Potential Spoilers For Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #1!

Deathstroke could easily give Superman a masterclass in overcoming one of the Man of Steel's greatest weaknessesmagic. However, it's doubtful that Clark Kent would ever seek out Slade Wilson as a tutor, considering the mercenary's approach to handling magic is anything but conventional, often involving a level of violence and cunning that Superman would find hard to stomach.

It's the limits that Superman places on himself that make him particularly vulnerable to magic in most cases.

Tom Taylors high-fantasy Elseworlds saga continues with Jay Kristoff and Tirso...

Eight years after My Life as a Zucchini premiered in Directors’ Fortnight en route to winning two Césars (and nabbing one Oscar nomination), Swiss director Claude Barras returns to Cannes with Savages, an emotionally resonant stop-motion fable that looks at rampant deforestation on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

A tight 87 minutes, Savages wastes no time tossing us directly into the action as pre-treen Kéria and her palm-oil-extractor father witness his employer’s murder of an orangutan. Despite this killing occurring off-screen, it is very distressing. The father-daughter duo act quickly to hide the lone survivor, a baby orangutan, in their bag. With this harrowing opening, Savages relays that the death and destruction at the center of its narrative will not be sugar-coated for children.

This very cute orangutan is named Oshi, due to the sneeze sound he makes, and is primarily an accessory for the 11-year-old Kéria––a...

Films about the ecological stakes of contemporary life often center the results of unfettered human consumption. By showing the abuses suffered by the environment, they function as both an urgent warning and a desperate plea. Claude Barras takes a different route in Savages (Sauvages), his incisive and edifying animated feature about an 11-year-old girl trying to protect her land and people from encroaching deforestation.

Premiering at Cannes, Savages focuses on elemental beauty and the dignity of community-driven preservation. It is the latest film from the Swiss director whose last film My Life as a Zucchini premiered at Cannes in 2016 and went on to critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination. As in that movie, Barras does not condescend to or patronize his youngest audience members. Savages, written by Barras and Catherine Paillé in collaboration with Morgan Navarro and Nancy Huston, is uncompromising in its messaging, deceptively spare in its instruction and absolutely gorgeous to look at.

With Rob Savages The Boogeyman, horror fiends may have noticed that the film is not exactly faithful to the beloved Stephen King short story it is based on. For starters, Kings protagonist, Lester Billings, only shows up for a few minutes, played by the always formidable David Dastmalchian. Instead, the movie follows two new characters, Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair) and Sadie (Sophie Thatcher), sisters who become targets for the titular monster. Thats because Savages The Boogeyman is not a direct adaptation of Kings short story. Its actually a sequel.

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 2024 edition, running from June 9 to 15. (scroll down for full list of titles and events)

Highlights announced on Thursday include Terry Gilliam as guest of honor to receive an Honorary Cristal and give a masterclass. He joins previously announced honorary guest Wes Anderson.

The main Competition and the Contrechamps sections will showcase 23 new animated features.

Features in the main competition include Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius’ first ever animated feature The Most Precious of Cargoes, which will also open the festival.

The drama follows the fate of baby boy who is thrown from an Auschwitz-bound train by his French-Jewish father. The picture will world premiere first in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Other Cannes films in Annecy’s main competition include Un Certain Regard selection Flow by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis and Ghost Cat Anzu by Japan’s Yoko Kuno,...

Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant are set to lead a new period drama directed by Peter Glanz.

Titled “Savage House,” the eighteenth century black comedy also stars Bel Powley (“A Small Light”) and Jack Farthing (“The Lost Daughter”).

Kila Lord Cassidy (“The Wonder”), Richard McCabe (“Napoleon”), Vicki Pepperdine (“Poor Things”) and Pip Torrens (“The Iron Lady”) round out the cast. The film recently wrapped in the U.K.

“Set against the backdrop of eighteenth century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – this is a timely and darkly satirical story of Sir Chauncey Savage (Grant) and Lady Savage (Foy) and their blind pursuit of a better life,” reads the logline. “It is not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed. Filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed, this is a madcap play on class and power.”

Foy...

Another remake of classic – make that two classics – is headed to Netflix, as the streaming giant has just released the teaser for The Wages of Fear, first made in 1953 and later most notably remade by William Friedkin with 1977’s Sorcerer.

In the trailer, we see an explosion and the chaos of the aftermath, with a voice saying, “There is a gas pocket feeding the flames. To put it out, we need to blow it up.” This sets up the plot of The Wages of Fear, which finds a team driving to the location in trucks filled with nitro…and they’re on a timeline of just 24 hours.

Helmed by action director Julien Leclercq, The Wages of Fear looks to bring a lot more of his trademark action to the screen than its predecessors. Henri-Georges Clouzot’s original The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur) is, as far as I’m concerned,...

The Savages director said he made the remarks “before the film even came out” and while he was promoting his documentary Nuclear Now.

Oliver Stone was clearing up his Barbie comments from last year after an interview with the filmmaker resurfaced recently. Deadline took a deserved shot from him also. Click below to see the whole statement by the multi-Oscar winner:

My statement on #Barbie — @Deadline #GretaGerwig #BarbieMovie pic.twitter.com/ek0vquIu2f

— Oliver Stone (@TheOliverStone) January 23, 2024

“At the time, I was busy promoting my nuclear documentary in Europe and had little to no knowledge of the project beyond its title,” he said in a post he shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. His comments resurfaced virally but he made it clear that he said them before he watched Barbie in theaters last July. That is too long a time span to be served back up as fresh aggregation.

Update: Jan. 25, 2024 – 21 Savage‘s American Dream biopic and its trailer were a spoof, the rapper said in an interview on podcast Club Shay Shay with Shannon Sharpe.

A film inspired by 21 Savage’s life is on its way. On Monday, the rapper, who recently appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, shared the trailer for his upcoming American Dream: the 21 Savage Story film, which features both Donald Glover and Caleb McLaughlin playing him at different points in his life.

The trailer shows the Stranger Things actor playing 21 Savage as...

Welcome to this week’s review of Aew’s latest television show, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got the commentary team of Nigel McGuiness and Ian Riccaboni calling the action, with Jim Ross joining commentary for the Cm Punk match as he did last week… someone’s got to be in Punks’ corner given the recent rumours regarding his actions at this show), so let’s get into the review!

Match #1: The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) def. Iron Savages (Bronson & Boulder) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:

Bowens traded forearms with Bronson. Bowens got the upper hand, and then tagged out to Max. Boulder got chopped by Max. Boulder held up both members of the Acclaimed and hurled them overhead and to the mat. Bowens cleaned house on the Iron Savages. Boulder and Bronson planted Bowens. Caster ran in to break up the pin attempt on Bowens.

Salma Hayek is a Mexican-American actress who began her career starring in the telenovela Teresa and the romantic drama Midaq Alley. These performances gained her international attention leading her to gain roles in Hollywood, appearing in Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, and even Eternals. Hayek's career has not been limited to acting, as she has done quite a bit of producing over the years. In 2023, Hayek made the list of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Considering that Hayek's acting career has spanned the past 3 decades, it would make sense that she would have a lengthy filmography. Salma Hayek has starred in a variety of films, from raunchy comedies to serious dramas, Hayek is a versatile actress who doesn't take herself too seriously. She has certainly been on a hot streak recently with roles in Ridley Scott's House of Gucci, the animated hit Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,...

Netflix Buys Japanese Romcom ‘Turn To Me Mukai-Kun’ From Nippon TV

Netflix has acquired romantic comedy drama Turn To Me Mukai-Kun from Japan’s Nippon TV. The series will stream on Netflix starting July 12, immediately after its broadcast on Nippon TV’s Wednesday primetime slot. Hulu Japan, which is owned by Nippon TV, will also stream the series in Japan immediately after its primetime broadcast. Based on the award-winning manga by Yoko Nemu, the series stars Eiji Akaso as a young man with a perfect life but disastrous love life who reconnects with an unforgettable ex.

‘How Do You Live?’ To Be First Studio Ghibli Film To Get Simultaneous Imax Release

Japan’s Studio Ghibli has announced that Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, How Do You Live?, will have an Imax release when it opens in Japan this Friday (July 14), marking the first of the animation master’s films to release simultaneously in Imax.

Studiocanal has boarded “A Prophet,” a new television adaptation of Jacques Audiard’s acclaimed 2009 film. The eight-episode limited series started filming on July 3, with “Django” director Enrico Maria Artale and a diverse new cast led by Mamadou Sidibé.

The French-language series brings back the award-winning team behind the original film, including creators and writers Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit (“The Returned”), as well as producer Marco Cherqui (“Savages”), in agreement with “A Prophet” producers Why Not Productions and Page 114.

The show, which is filming in Marseille and Puglia, Italy, is produced by Cherqui and Sebastien Janin, former Apple exec and co-founder of Media Musketeers, and co-produced by Ugc, Orange Studio, Entourage Series and Savon Noir, with the participation of Ocs. The key crew includes “Gomorra” cinematographer Ferran Paredes Rubio. Veteran Italian producer Fabio Conversi (“Youth”) is exec producing the series.

The original movie won the grand jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival,...

Injustice is always bad but worsens when prejudice comes into the mix.

Two young men were arrested in connection with the murder of Brooks on Perry Mason Season 2 Episode 2, and the circumstances surrounding the arrests couldn't be vaguer. This triggered Perry and Della to take their case when they realized the victims and their families were helpless without them.

Perry, who had been struggling with the direction his law firm had taken with their case choices, came alive at the prospect of ensuring someone was not abused by the law and jailed or murdered for a crime they didn't commit.

After the Dodson trial, Perry vowed not to take on criminal cases because they are emotionally taxing, and the victory from the Dodson case became useless a few months later.

But how could he not take this on in the face of such injustice?

This case is not easy, and...

After collaborating with Robert Eggers (The Witch) on The Northman in 2022, Focus Features has announced that production has begun on Eggers' next film, a reimagining of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson joining a cast that includes Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Simon McBurney, and Ralph Ineson:

Press Release: Focus Features announced today that production has commenced on Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated next film Nosferatu. Additionally, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train) has joined the cast, staring alongside Bill Skarsgård (Barbarian), Nicholas Hoult (The Menu), Lily-Rose Depp (Wolf), Emma Corrin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Willem Dafoe (Inside), Simon McBurney (Carnival Row) and Ralph Ineson (The Green Knight). Nosferatu is written and directed by Robert Eggers. Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Eggers, Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus are producing the film, which is currently filming in Prague.

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a...

Savages mesmerized with the bone-chilling, dynamic "Adore" – the centerpiece of the post-punk band's second LP, Adore Life – Tuesday on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

The performance found singer Jehnny Beth crooning her sparse lines over Gemma Thompson's icy guitar texture and the droning rhythm section of bassist Ayse Hassan and drummer Fay Milton. "Is it human to adore life?" Beth asked, her question growing in angst and volume at each repetition, jumping an octave at the abrasive climax.

Savages spoke to Rolling Stone in January about the themes of the acclaimed Adore Life.