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Lena Dunham is making her return to TV with Netflix’s “Too Much,” which comes with a soundtrack perfect for both crash outs and healing moments.

“Too Much” follows Jessica (Megan Stalter), an American who moves to London after a devastating breakup and meets Felix (Will Sharpe), a charming British musician — mirroring Dunham’s own experience of meeting her husband, British musician Luis Felber. So, it’s only fitting that Felber, who also serves as a writer and executive producer on the show, heads up music alongside Matt Allchin.

From party hits like “London Bridge” by Fergie, “Tap In” by Saweetie and “Girls” by the Dare to tender ballads like “Praying” by Kesha and “Slow Like Honey” by Fiona Apple, “Too Much” has something for everyone.

Episode 1: “Nonsense & Sensibility”

“London Bridge” by Fergie “Dead or Alive (feat. Jimmy Jones)” by Cam’ron “Slow Like Honey” by Fiona Apple

Episode 2:...

In the first episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," which is simply titled "Strange New Worlds," Captain Pike (Anson Mount) is assigned to the planet Kiley 279 to finesse a teetering effort to engage in First Contact. In the world of "Star Trek," Starfleet has a strict hands-off policy when it comes to worlds that haven't yet developed faster-than-light travel. Right when a planet is about to develop such a technology, though, Starfleet officers usually go undercover to subtly introduce themselves to the world's rulers and tell them that they are about to join a giant galactic community of peaceful aliens.

In "Strange New Worlds," Pike has to put on some alien-looking prosthetics and go to Kiley 279 to rescue a missing crew mate while, perhaps, smoothing over the planet's turbulent, unfolding history. It seems that Kiley recently witnessed the U.S.S. Discovery, something that shouldn't have happened, and its...

It’s been four years since Black Clover aired its last episode, and I’m tired beyond reason of manifesting season 5. All of my favourite moments from the manga are yet to be animated, and the waiting time is getting next to impossible.

The Spade Kingdom Invasion is one of my favourite arcs, and Studio Pierrot did it the greatest injustice by never completely adapting it. Of course, the studio’s hands were tied due to the lack of source material, but there’s no excuse for not completing the arc now! Otherwise, I might grow white hair before ever watching my favorite Magna Swing moment in action.

My favourite Magna moment in Black Clover deserves better Magna Swing’s battle against Dante needs to be animated asap | Credits: Pierrot Spoiler Alert !!!Manga-only spoilers for Spade Kingdom Invasion arc

Magna Swing is one of the most underrated Black Bull members in Black Clover.

Les Films du Losange has released the trailer for Tony Gatlif’s “Ange,” starring Arthur H. and Mathieu Amalric, which screens Thursday in Cannes Official Selection as part of the Cinéma de la Plage section. The open-air screening will be preceded by a live concert featuring the film’s musicians, including Arthur H.

Les Films du Losange will distribute the film in France and is handling international sales.

The film centers on Ange, a rootless musician who, at 60 years old, feels a vital need to reconnect with his old friend Marco. Solea, his past love’s daughter, who is in revolt against the world, joins him on this journey. Together, they rediscover the path to joy.

As well as Arthur H. and Amalric, the cast includes Suzanne Aubert, Maria de Medeiros and Christine Citti.

The producer is Delphine Mantoulet at Prince Production, and the co-producers are Pastorale Productions and Cosmotone.

Karolina Kurkova, standing at 5ft 11 (180.3 cm), is noticeably taller than the average woman in both the Czech Republic and the U.S. Czech women average around 5ft 6 (167.6 cm), making Kurkova about 5 inches (12.7 cm) taller. She wears a shoe size 9 (US).

Karolina Kurkova makes a bold statement in a zebra-print suit paired with silver sandals, effortlessly combining elegance with a striking pattern at the Marc Cain Fashion Show on August 31, 2023, in Bodelshausen, Germany (Credit: Ddp / INSTARimages)

As featured on Your Next Shoes, Karolina Kurkova often wears high heels from brands like Balmain, Jimmy Choo, Giuseppe Zanotti, Aquazzura, Stuart Weitzman, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Alexander Wang.

Strutting in Style: Karolina Kurkova’s Most Memorable Shoe Moments

Karolina Kurkova’s footwear choices consistently showcase her impeccable style, each pair adding a distinctive touch to her ensembles:

Jimmy Choo: At the 2014 amfAR New York Gala, Karolina complemented her one-shouldered Giorgio Armani dress with Jimmy Choo’s ‘Escape’ sandals,...

Christopher Meloni will return as tough NYPD detective Elliot Stabler for Season 5 of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” on April 17, NBC announced on Wednesday.

The Dick Wolf series, which ran for four seasons on NBC, will stream exclusively on the network’s streaming platform Peacock for its fifth season.

In a short teaser trailer, Stabler promises “this fight has only just begun” as we see him wielding a baseball bat, entering a room with gun drawn alongside Sergeant Ayanna Bell (Danielle Moné Truitt) and bracing for impact as a vehicle hurtles towards his car.

Here’s the official synopsis from Peacock “Season 5 explores the dangerous worlds of cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family intent on repaying Stabler for the injury he did them in Rome. As his worlds collide, Stabler will put everything on the line to protect the vulnerable and fight for justice.”

Season 5 premieres Monday,...

Exclusive: Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander, two high-profile real-estate agents and their brother, were recently charged with sex trafficking after being accused of working together to “repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault, and rape dozens of victims, according to federal prosecutors.

Their story is now set to be told in documentary form, as well as potentially as a scripted series, after Charlize Theron’s Secret Menu, Sony’s Maxine Productions, which was behind ID’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, and Vox Media Studios teamed up on the project.

The project will be based on reporting by Bridget Read and James D. Walsh from New York Magazine, which is part of Vox, with Maxine Productions’ Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, who helmed Quiet on Set, being eyed to direct.

Secret Menu, Maxine Productions, and Vox Media Studios will produce and the three companies are also developing...

As you play Spider-Man or Venom for the first time in Marvel Rivals, you may notice the web-swinging abilities of either character can feel awkward. This is likely due to a hidden mechanic for both characters being turned on by default in the game's settings. To swing with more accuracy and precision throughout every map, you'll want to turn this feature off when playing as these wall crawlers.

Spider-Man in Marvel Rivals has multiple web-swings he can perform before a cooldown, while Venom only has one. For both characters, this skill is essential for how they move around on a map and surprise enemy teams with good positioning. However, you can't aim for precise spots on the map to web-swing from if you have a hidden feature called "Easy Swing" active in your settings.

Quick Links Easy Swing Makes It Difficult To Swing Around The Map Good For Beginners, Bad...

Election Day, aka the most fraught, divisive, and anxiety-inducing time of American politics, is almost upon us once again ... and Hollywood, as always, tends to offer up the perfect distraction (like this past episode of "SNL"). Then again, I suppose that depends on your definition of "perfect." In August of 2008, while then-Presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain battled it out in a heated race that would go on to define the next decade-plus of global diplomacy and policymaking, "Yellowstone" star Kevin Costner and co-leads Paula Patton and Kelsey Grammer were busy starring in arguably one of the most misguided pieces of political entertainment until Adam McKay decided he was the right person to write and direct 2018's "Vice." "Swing Vote" tells the story of how one random, apolitical citizen (Costner) inexplicably becomes the deciding vote in the entire Presidential election, with both major parties fighting to earn his endorsement.

Mike Flanagan often casts actors he has worked with before in new projects, and his upcoming film is no different. However, for the lead of his latest Stephen King movie, The Life of Chuck, the filmmaker chose Tom Hiddleston.

The Loki actor is set to make his debut in the Flanaverse in the upcoming adaptation of King's 2020 novella from the collection If It Bleeds. The Life of Chuck's cast consists of no less than 15 frequent Mike Flanagan collaborators, but the director explained why he chose Hiddleston as his lead in a new interview with Vanity Fair. The filmmaker also weighed in on the possibility of casting a newcomer but eventually opted to cast Hiddleston.

Related 'Biggest Thing I Want People to Know': Mike Flanagan Clarifies Something Crucial About Next Stephen King Movie

Mike Flanagan doesn't want you to leave The Life of Chuck disappointed for expecting something else.

The film...

Power Trip played their first full show with new singer Seth Gilmore on Thursday night (June 6th) at the Glass House in Pomona, California. The gig served as a warm-up for the band’s appearance at the one-day No Values punk festival in Pomona on Saturday (June 8th).

Back in December, Gilmore joined the surviving members of Power Trip for a surprise five-song set at the Mohawk in Austin, Texas. That gig marked the band’s first performance since the tragic passing of frontman Riley Gale in August 2020.

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In February, the band officially announced its return with Gilmore as its lead singer, booking a handful of shows for 2024, including the two Pomona appearances and headlining concerts in Los Angeles (June 9th), Dallas (July 6th), and New York City (August 24th). Pick up tickets here.

At last night’s show, Power Trip played a 12-song set,...

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 Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness calling the action, so let’s get into the review!

Match #1: Roderick Strong def. Lio Rush The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:

Roddy chopped and stomped at Lio, swarming Lio in the corner. Roddy blasted Lio with another chop and then a suplex, looking to make a statement after his title loss to Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing. Outside the ring Matt Taven taunted Lio, putting Lio’s entrance jacket on. Lio rocketed outside the ring with two tope suicidas to Roderick Strong. Roddy rallied back with a back breaker, yanking Lio off the turnbuckles. Roddy followed up with an Olympic Slam for a near fall. Lio stunned Roderick with a kick to the head.

Oscar Micheaux is a trailblazing American filmmaker whose name and fandom — including Spike Lee and the late John Singleton — are better known than his groundbreaking films. A festival opening in New York on Friday, May 3, at Film Forum aims to fix that.

Though competition is steep in the New York film space, with 17 films and several curated special events, “Oscar Micheaux and the Birth of Black Independent Cinema” is designed to make history. Seven films on the schedule are new restorations of the original prints. Some screenings will be accompanied by live musical performances, much like when silent films were originally exhibited in the 1910s and 1920s. On May 5, there’s also a tribute for the recently deceased author and filmmaker Pearl Bowser, a pivotal architect of the renaissance Micheaux’s work now enjoys. The lineup also boasts conversations with DJ Spooky (aka Paul Miller), who composed new scores for...

Seeking to carve out a slice of Hollywood’s growing interest in golf and golf content, a new media and commerce startup called Pro Shop has raised nearly $20 million to expand the sport’s presence in the entertainment world.

Co-founded by Chad Mumm, the executive producer of Netflix’s Full Swing docuseries, and former Puck CEO Joe Przycki, Pro Shop has raised $19.25 million from lead investor Powerhouse Capital (The Athletic, Wondery), the PGA Tour, former CAA partner Jim Toth and EP Golf Ventures (a Jv between the PGA of America and Elysian Park Ventures), among others.

Under the terms of the deal, Pro Shop will acquire Skratch, a digital and social media brand launched by the PGA Tour to appeal to younger consumers. It will also get a slate of rights from the tour, including highlights, archival footage and the right to film at PGA Tour events. The PGA Tour...

Netflix’s golf documentary series Full Swing will return for season two on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 with featured golfers from season one back in the spotlight. The upcoming season focuses on professional golfers Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Tom Kim, Joel Dahmen, Matt Fitzpatrick, Alex Fitzpatrick, and Wyndham Clark.

Season two also features Keegan Bradley, Justin Rose, and Ryder Cup captains Luke Donald and Zach Johnson.

“The cameras are back for a second season, as this immersive documentary series follows a diverse group of professional golfers – both returning favorites and new faces – on and off the course across a relentless season of competition on the PGA Tour, including all four of golf’s Major championships, the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open Championship, and The Open Championship,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “And this season brings even more drama, with an unexpected proposed agreement between the PGA Tour, the...

Athletes from Full Swing and Formula 1: Drive to Survive will compete in Netflix’s first-ever live sports event. The Netflix Cup, described as an all-star golf tournament, will air live on the streaming service on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 3pm Pt and 6pm Et.

The match-play tournament is hosted by the Wynn Golf Club at Wynn Las Vegas. The streaming event will help kick off the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix, and will feature four pairs made up of one Formula 1 driver and one PGA Tour professional. Each team will play an eight-hole match. The top two teams will then advance to the final hole and compete to win the first-ever Netflix Cup title.

Alex Albon (Williams Racing), Pierre Gasly (Bwt Alpine F1 Team), Lando Norris (McLaren Racing), and Carlos Sainz (Scuderia Ferrari) will represent Formula 1 drivers. The chosen golfers include Rickie Fowler, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa,...

Law & Order: Svu has endured for 24 Seasons with a 25th on the way. Olivia Benson has remained one of the longest-running primetime TV characters and confronted a dark world of crime never shown on TV. Law & Order: Svu's mature topics have changed television forever and continue to change the lives of its viewers after over 20 Seasons.

On September 20, 1999, NBC premiered a new show that was a spinoff from the wildly successful Law & Order. The first spinoff in the Law & Order franchise, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, was centered around Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), and their colleagues in the NYPD's 16th precinct. While Wolf Entertainment and NBC anticipated good things from the show, no one could have predicted how Svu would change not just television but also the rhetoric around sexual assault and domestic violence. Countless viewers also...

To borrow — and alter — an Eminem punchline: Taylor Swift breaks so many records that each new claim sounds like a broken record. This time, Swift’s “The Eras Tour” concert film has broken AMC Theatres’ record for single-day advance ticket sales revenue.

Taylor attracted $26 million on Thursday, besting the previous record set by “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The 2021 animated Spidey flick netted $16.9 million in its own first-day presale web.

It’s important to point out that Swift’s film set adult tickets at $19.89, a reference to her “1989” album and world tour (and the singer/songwriter’s birth year); the “No Way Home” tickets were just regular market price. When “Spider-Man: No Way Home” swung into theaters, the average U.S. ticket price at an AMC theatre was $11.50, according to company filings.

That’s not a shot at Swift’s huge sales. It took her less than three hours to pass...

Netflix tries muscling in on the Mission: Impossible game with the adrenaline-charged spy thriller Heart of Stone, built as a vehicle for Gal Gadot (one of the producers) to swap superheroics for a more earthbound combo of brains, tech savvy, instinct and formidable fight skills. While it’s a few notches up from the Wonder Woman star’s last action romp for the streamer, Red Notice, it feels only marginally less manufactured from the spare parts of other movies. But it gets the job done and is sure to pull solid numbers. It doesn’t hurt that Gadot has appealing chemistry with co-star Jamie Dornan.

The timing seems mildly unfortunate given that the most recent M:i installment, Dead Reckoning, hit theaters only a month ago and also revolves around a risibly named AI mega-brain, “The Entity,” which nefarious forces are angling to control.

In Heart of Stone, that all-powerful cyber tool is called “The Heart,...

By the end of this week’s Outlander, two Fraser men are in very bad straits, with no clear rescue in sight.

“Well, actually, Jem is a MacKenzie,” you just thought. Ok, Ok — two men with Fraser blood coursing through their adventurous, often-in-peril bodies are left in seriously worrisome ways as we head into next week’s midseason finale. The aforementioned Jeremiah has been kidnapped by Rob Cameron (whom we all kinda knew was a tartan trash bag, right?), and Jamie closes the episode face-down on a field following the first Battle of Saratoga.

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Origins is a recurring series that gives artists a space to break down everything that went into their latest release. Today, British post-punkers Squid take us through their latest single, “The Blades.”

Squid have returned with the latest single from the upcoming O Monolith, “The Blades.” The post-rock-inspired, experimental post-punk track comes complete with a video directed by Kasper Häggström and starring Charlotte Ritchie.

The tune evokes the high-strung, tense art rock of Hail to the Thief-era Radiohead, fusing classic art-punk instrumentals with sprawling electronics and blistering horns. It builds itself up only to crumble before offering any sense of catharsis, and all the while, vocalist Ollie Judge offers perhaps his most dynamic performance yet.

“The song is written from the perspective of a police helicopter pilot called out to a protest and going a bit mad with power,” Judge explains. “The song ends with him in bed being tormented...

True crimes have taken over television and streaming, with various series based on true stories becoming the most watched on different networks and platforms. Seizing the moment, Peacock shared the first trailer for Based on a True Story, its new series that satirizes the genre.

Just as productions like Scream did, and continue to do with horror movies, the new original series on the NBC Universal platform seeks to expose the public's obsession with this type of stories, which has led to overwhelming successes like The Staircase, The Girl from Plainville, The Act or Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which has already announced the first details of its second season.

Earlier this month, Peacock shared the first-look images at the show starring Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory), Chris Messina (Air), Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile), Priscilla Quintana (Good Trouble), Liana Liberato (Scream 6), Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), Alex Alomar Akpobome...

February is yet another stacked month for Netflix.

Not only are there returning TV shows, including the Penn Badgley-starring drama You, there is a host of new releases hoping to find success on the streaming service.

Below, we have compiled a list of every single movie and TV show coming to both Netflix in the UK and US.

Find the full list of everything being removed from the platform this month here.

Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.

UK

Original Titles

TV

2 February

Freeridge season one

3 February

Class season one

8 February

The Exchange season one

9 February

Dear David season one

My Dad the Bounty Hunter season one

You season four, part one

10 February

Love to Hate You season one

14 February

In Love All Over Again season one

Perfect Match season one

15 February

#NoFilter season one

Eva Lasting season one

The Law According...

February is yet another stacked month for Netflix.

Not only are there returning TV shows, including the Penn Badgley-starring drama You, there is a host of new releases hoping to find success on the streaming service.

Below, we have compiled a list of every single movie and TV show coming to both Netflix in the UK and US.

Find the full list of everything being removed from the platform this month here.

Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.

UK

Original Titles

TV

2 February

Freeridge season one

3 February

Class season one

8 February

The Exchange season one

9 February

Dear David season one

My Dad the Bounty Hunter season one

You season four, part one

10 February

Love to Hate You season one

14 February

In Love All Over Again season one

Perfect Match season one

15 February

#NoFilter season one

Eva Lasting season one

The Law According...

After Sheryl Lee Ralph was announced as the Emmy Award winner for her role as Barbara Howard on "Abbott Elementary," she took to the stage and immediately began singing her face off — belting out the song "Endangered Species" by Dianne Reeves. As she held out a perfect note, completely enrapturing the audience, cheers erupted from the Emmy attendees, and probably everyone watching at home from their couches too. Thanks to the success and popularity of "Abbott Elementary," a world of people are learning about Ralph's undeniable talent for the very first time, but make no mistake, Ralph is not a newcomer.

"I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like, this is what striving looks like, and don't you ever, ever give up on you," she said in her acceptance speech. It's a fitting statement from a woman who landed her breakthrough role as Deena Jones...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of tonight’s Better Call Saul‘s “Breaking Bad” episode. Let’s just say, the title is a bit of a giveaway.

“I said, no details,” insists Bryan Cranston’s Walter White to Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman in tonight’s third to last episode of Better Call Saul. “He’s on a need to know basis,” the partially ski-masked high school science teacher and would-be drug kingpin tells his sidekick as a smarmy Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) stands in front of the Breaking Bad duo in their infamous meth lab Rv a.k.a. the Krystal Ship.

Lurching towards the August 15 series finale, the Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould-created spinoff weaved back and forth Monday to the periphery of seminal Breaking Bad events in the Thomas Schnauz penned and directed “Breaking Bad” entitled 11th episode of the sixth and last season of Better Call Saul.

NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime is welcoming Ellen Burstyn home during its second season when she’ll reprise the role of Bernadette Stabler, mother of Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni).

She returns to the franchise as a guest star nearly 13 years after she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her contribution to the episode of Law & Order: Svu titled “Swing.” Season 2 of Organized Crime is set to premiere Thursday, Sep. 23, at 10 p.m. Et, with Burstyn arriving later this fall.

In Law & Order: Organized Crime, created by Dick Wolf, Meloni’s Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. However, the city and police department have changed dramatically in the decade he’s been away and he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning.