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A couple of weeks ago, Bad Bunny was at home, watching Especial Banco Popular, a Puerto Rican show that’s been around for decades and highlights folk music and traditions from the island. The theme of the episode Bad Bunny caught, coincidentally, revolved around someone returning home after time away and getting reacquainted with the customs and sounds of Puerto Rico — something that intrigued him, because he’d been thinking about the same subject matter while making his latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

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The highly anticipated Billboard Music Awards 2024 wrapped up a few hours ago, and the Internet has been buzzing with content. From the red carpet outfits to the star-studded performances and, most importantly, the night’s winners, the annual awards ceremony saw a host of stars under a roof.

Hosted by Michelle Buteau, the edition saw performances from Coldplay, Shaboozey, Jelly Roll, Linkin Park, Megan Moroney, and Stray Kids. Taylor Swift swept the musical ceremony with a record-breaking 10 wins. Here’s the complete list of winners to find out who won what.

Billboard Music Awards 2024: Full Winners List

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The Power Rangers have served as heroes for generations of children because of how long-lasting the series has been. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, an American recreation of the Japanese show, Super Sentai. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers started in 1993 and is still ongoing. The most recent season is Power Rangers Cosmic Fury, making it the thirtieth season of the show.

A series about superheroes can't exist for that many seasons without a bunch of equally entertaining villains. Many of these villains look like products of a fever dream and are over-the-top, cheesy, and memorably fun. However, some serve more as nightmare fuel, featuring actions and backstories that are surprisingly dark — especially for a kid's show.

This article was updated on December 11, 2024, by Christopher Raley: Nostalgia is a big factor for revisiting Power Rangers, a kid's show about superheroes with cool martial arts moves. While the show is known for...

The 2024 Billboard Music Awards nominations are here, and it’s loaded with so many big names!

This year, the most nominations title goes to Zach Bryan, who is a finalist in 18 categories with 21 total entries in the finalists list. Taylor Swift received 17 total nominations this year, coming in at second. Morgan Wallen landed in third with 15 nods.

Another fun fact: right now, Drake and Taylor Swift are tied for most BBMAs wins of all time at 39 each. This could change with just 1 additional win from either side!

The show will air across multiple platforms including Fox, Paramount+ and Amazon’s Fire TV channels. The two-hour show, hosted by Michelle Buteau, will air on Thursday (December 12) at 8pm Et.

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Exclusive: Oscar nominees Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon) and Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) have been set to star in action-thriller Lone Wolf.

Mark Pellington (Arlington Road) is set to direct from an original screenplay by Tom Chilcoat. Ted Hope and his Double Hope banner is producing alongside Christine Vachon and her Killer Films, in association with Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Productions. Backing comes from Rabbits Black.

The conspiracy thriller will follow a troubled vet (Gladstone) struggling with addiction who is recruited by a contractor (Cranston) for a covert government plot to assassinate a high-level politician. After learning she’s set to take the fall, she must utilize all of her skills to outwit the shadow agents to protect the future of her son.

Great Escape is handling sales with the UTA Independent Film Group jointly handling domestic at the upcoming American Film Market.

Executive producers include Sean Krajewski,...

Jay-Z was not wrong when he said that Frank Ocean wasn’t playing to anybody’s rules. Ocean is considered a pioneer in alternate R&b and his music has impressed even the likes of Jay-Z and Brad Pitt. Ocean won the Best Urban Contemporary Album Grammy for his debut album Channel Orange. His second album, Blonde, was critically acclaimed for its experimental approach.

Jay-Z in I Just Wanna Love U music video | Credits: Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam

Ocean hasn’t released a full-length album since his 2016 hit and his live comeback after six years at Coachella was a big disaster. Fans await to see his third studio album despite the singer not releasing that much music since the launch of his fashion brand Homer.

Jay-Z Showered Praises Upon Frank Ocean’s Music Frank Ocean in the music video of Novacane | Credits: Def Jam

Jay-Z identified Frank Ocean‘s talents way...

Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry. This week, YouTube’s CEO delivers a personalized gift, everybody loves Druski, and nobody loves DrDisrespect.

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Neal Mohan gave iShowSpeed his diamond play button. YouTube’s creator rewards may be shrinking, but the platform is compensating with exemplary customer service. It’s not every day that a tech CEO hand-delivers a gift to a creator, but when you break YouTube records, you get special treatment.

DrDisrespect might even be too controversial for Rumble. After reportedly soliciting a minor, DrDisrespect is banned from Twitch. Kick doesn’t want him, and even right-leaning Rumble might spurn him, though the platform’s CEO could have ideas of his own. Speaking of disgraced streamers…

Adin Ross is now getting his friends banned by association. If a Twitch...

Marvel Reportedly Wants to Keep Hugh Jackman as Wolverine for as Long as Possible - Main Image

Hugh Jackman had sent off his Wolverine with Logan back in 2017, so it was a huge ask for him to come back as the character for Deadpool and Wolverine.

Though fans were sure that he would only be staying for a couple more films before Marvel found a Logan for the 616 timeline, it looks like the studio may want him to hang around for even longer.

How Long Does Marvel Want Hugh Jackman Around?

In a recent Q&a with insider Alex Perez (via The Cosmic Circus), a fan had asked whether Marvel was planning to recast Wolverine down the line, to which Perez replied, “I heard they want use Hugh Jackman for as long as possible, but we will see how far that goes.”

With Marvel wanting to keep Jackman on retainer,...

The concepts of rapid industrialization and de-industrialization are quite prevalent in China, where the decisions of authorities regarding nation-wise policies have been taking a significant toll on people all over the country. Meitian, a city in Hunan, experienced the former during the 80s, when a decision to mine coals in the area, due to concerns about regional industrial self-sufficiency in the event of war, made the place ‘fashionable’. People drove cars in an era where they were barely present in rural China, dressed fashionably and were considered rich by their neighbors, even in bigger cities. When the decision was deemed obsolete, the mines were abandoned along with the people who surged in Meitian to work in them, leaving just the consequences of intense mining for those who were left behind to deal with. Li Jie, who is actually from the region, talks to a number of people who still stay...

Touken Ranbu Kai – Douden Chikashi Samuraira Umonora– , a prequel film with an original story set before the events of the Touken Ranbu Kai Kyoden TV anime, has published a music video featuring the song “Boukyou” (“Nostalgia”), which has the cast of the film performing in-character. The film began its limited, three week theatrical screening period on August 16, 2024, and concludes its run on September 6, 2024. Based on the original work by Dmm Games and Nitro Plus, Kazuya Ichikawa directs the film at animation studio domerica. Kenichi Suemitsu provides the script, Mari Takada provides the character designs and Ryunosuke Kasai provides the music. The film features the voice talents of Tarusuke Shingaki as Hasebe Heshikiri and Tomoaki Maeno as Kunihiro Yamanbagiri in the leading roles . Related: Touken Ranbu Kai Kyoden Anime Prequel Film Releases Yamanbagiri Kunihiro Character Trailer Crunchyroll currently streams Touken Ranbu Kai Kyoden , and describes the story as follows: In 2205 A.

When it comes to Fortnite, nothing can unify the fans as much as an Og season can. Fortnite Og, introduced last year, brings back an earlier season of the game. This allows veteran players to relive the nostalgia and gives newcomers a chance to experience content they missed before.

Since its conclusion last year, fans have been eagerly demanding the return of Fortnite Og, and it seems we finally have a date for it. Apparently, the second installment of the Og season is going to drop in November this year.

Fortnite Fans, Get Ready Because Og 2 Is on the Way Fortnite Og became an instant fan favorite last year. Image credit: Epic Games

There is no doubt that Fortnite Og 2 will be a grand event that every player will get behind. The first installment was a hit among fans, and the same can be expected for the next one. Furthermore,...

Arab distributor Mad Solutions has taken world rights to Firas Khoury’s “Dear Tarkovsky,” the Palestinian filmmaker’s follow-up to his fiery Cairo Film Festival winner “Alam” (The Flag). Khoury will be introducing the project to prospective partners this week at the Durban FilmMart.

The director’s sophomore feature follows 35-year-old Farouk, a resident of Ramallah who dreams of making his first film, “A Bridge to Jaffa,” a period piece about a Palestinian resistance fighter. A graduate of Russian film school and a devotee of Soviet auteur Andrei Tarkovsky, Farouk is searching for an outlet for his artistic ambitions beyond the schlocky wedding videos he produces to make ends meet.

But the first-time director struggles to finance his provocative film, which includes scenes of his protagonist on the battlefield in armed combat with Israeli soldiers. As his frustration mounts, he cooks up a scheme to con one of Ramallah’s...

The new 7 Days to Die update takes some fun stuff away from the gameplay. And players hate the update the most right now.

However, there are valid reasons behind why the devs did what they did. And even if players complain much about it, there is nothing to do but to move on. We are talking about the zombie loot aspect of the game, which has been apparently tweaked up.

Nostalgia Holds The Warmth of Joy in 7 Days to Die

Some critics mention that there was a time when the game was a sea of loot, with zombies frequently dropping valuable items. This helped players go on in the game without requiring them to venture into towns or other places of interest. But now, players notice that zombie drop rates have plummeted after the recent 1.0 release.

Zombie drop rate feels like….0%

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In Alpha 17, “zombie loot” was...

Inside Out 3 may introduce new emotions, including grief and love, connected to the main five emotions. Nostalgia's early introduction in Inside Out 2 hints at more undiscovered emotions in Riley's brain. Developing existing emotions and their relationships with the main five is crucial for Inside Out 3's storyline.

A potential Inside Out 3 can introduce new emotions, which are entirely possible thanks to a key detail in Inside Out 2. The Inside Out sequel introduces new emotions in Riley's brain just as she begins puberty. These emotions include Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, and Ennui. Inside Out 2 got two of the new emotions wrong, but Envy and Ennui still work and play essential roles in Riley's head. Furthermore, Riley still grows as a person as she enters a different stage in her life. Her brain adapts to new emotions as she grows.

One emotion that the narrative briefly introduces in Inside Out 2 is Nostalgia,...

France’s Les Films du Losange is taking international sales outside Italy on “Sicilian Letters” (“Iddu”), the hotly anticipated drama about Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro – who was dubbed “the last godfather” – directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza (“Sicilian Ghost Story”).

“Sicilian Letters” pairs two top Italian actors — Elio Germano, who plays Messina (see first-look image above) and Toni Servillo (first-look image below) as his antagonist Catello, a shady secret services operative — working in tandem for the first time. The title refers to a surreptitious correspondence between them using “pizzini,” the small slips of paper that the Sicilian Mafia uses for high-level communications.

The film – which is expected to launch on the fall festival circuit – looks at a time during Denaro’s three decades as a fugitive from Italian justice, when he was at the peak of his nefarious powers. After being on the run for three decades,...

This weekend, the fan-favorite Pixar film, ‘Inside Out’, was met with it’s sequel. ‘Inside Out 2’ opening weekend was a smashing success at the box office, scoring $155 million within a few days. Though ‘Inside Out 2’ had some significant changes since the first film, such as new cast members and new emotions, the sequel was a solid addition to the Pixar family. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. ‘Inside Out 2’ follows the same characters and a similar structure to its predecessor. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust...

Thelma stars June Squibb in her first leading role, showcasing her dramatic and humorous range in an unconventional action hero role. Director Josh Margolin received approval from Tom Cruise to use Mission: Impossible footage, adding depth to the comedy. Thelma explores issues faced by older adults with clever humor, confronting mortality without oversimplifying it, earning high praise.

Tom Cruise approved the use of Mission: Impossible footage in Thelma, with director Josh Margolin explaining how he received permission. Thelma stars 94-year-old June Squibb in her first-ever leading role. The 93-year-old character, Thelma Post, seeks revenge and becomes an unlikely action hero after being scammed out of $10,000. Margolin based the character and the story on his own 104-year-old grandmother while having the film explore issues that older adults face in a meaningful and entertaining fashion.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Margolin was asked about the action-comedy's references to the Mission: Impossible...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Thelma is a new action comedy starring 94-year-old June Squibb, who goes on a hunt to get her money back after being scammed. The movie aims to highlight the realities of aging in a hilarious way, as seen in an exclusive clip where Squibb tries to reach for a gun. June Squibb, with over 100 credits to her name, has appeared in a variety of projects including animated films and TV shows like Modern Family.

Thelma is a new action comedy over 90 years in the making, and Screen Rant has an exclusive clip. In it, 94-year-old June Squibb plays Thelma, an elderly woman who is scammed out of $10,000 by a caller pretending to be her grandson. Written and directed by Josh Margolin in his feature film directorial debut, Thelma sees Squibb on a hunt to get her money back, no matter what it takes.

Quick Links Bigger Emotions in Inside Out 2 Growing Up Means Feeling Less Joy Capturing the Feeling of Childhood Anxiety Is an Overwhelming Emotion Inside Out 2 Teaches Audiences to Live With Their Emotions Inside Out 2 is a box office hit, resonating with audiences thanks to its relatable exploration of complex emotions. New characters like Anxiety add depth to the film, showcasing the overwhelming nature of growing up and conflicting feelings. The movie teaches valuable lessons about living with emotions, finding balance, and embracing the complexities of life.

Inside Out 2 is a box office hit. Not only did it mark the first $100+ opening weekend of the year and helped turn around the doom and gloom of the summer box office, but it has also been a hit with critics and audiences as it has a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes and scored an A CinemaScore. With $155 million, it is the...

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The actor: June Squibb is the very model of the journeywoman actor. She’ll turn...

The phrase "neverending horrors" has never been more appropriate than for the Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai anime, which is continuing its reign of terror with a thirteenth season premiering on TV Tokyo on July 14, 2024 at 26:50 Jst (effectively July 15 at 2:50). A main visual was also released today, along with confirmation of cast members Kanji Tsuda, Kotomi Takahata, Toshimasa Niiro, Shinji Matsubayashi, Yutaka Shimizu, Takaya Yamaguchi, Yuta Hoshino, Risa Aizawa and Ringo Koishio. "Nostalgia" will be the new season's theme. Main Visual Related: The A-z of Winter 2024 Anime on Crunchyroll, From Anniversary to Zeppelin The latest season of Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai is once again directed by Akira Funada, with scripts by Hiromu Kumamoto, Mitsuhiro Sasaki, Choji Yoshikawa, Saori Aoki and Dan Osano. Crunchyroll streams every season of the anime so far and the live-action series, describing the setup like so: Each week at dusk, a man in a...

Dua Lipa’s new album Radical Optimism has arrived, and though it’s been met with mixed reception from critics and fans alike, it has debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 2.

Featuring a neo-psychedelia-inspired sound with significant contributions from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Radical Optimism is Lipa’s first full-length release since 2020’s Future Nostalgia. As Consequence’s Mary Siroky wrote in her review, the album’s 11 songs show that Lipa is “ready to soak up the sun and dance,” though the album as a whole “might not be quite as radical as one might have hoped.”

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Nonetheless, the album has performed pretty well, debuting at No. 1 on the UK Official Albums Chart with the biggest week of sales for any British female artist since Adele’s 30 in 2021. Likewise, earning the No. 2 slot on the Billboard 200 marks Lipa’s highest chart debut to date,...

To call Sfb Games’s Crow Country pleasant would seem to clash with its horror setting, which is played reasonably straight. The game’s setting is an abandoned amusement park, whose ransacked corridors are now home to a horde of rotting mutants. But Crow Country nonetheless exudes a rather cozy atmosphere, with its lo-fi style bathing this house of horrors in a warm glow of nostalgia. The colors pop beneath a hazy PS1-esque filter, and the textures are smooth and shiny, reminiscent of early 3D’s plasticene aesthetics.

Blood pools beneath monsters in a perfect, shimmering circle, and characters like the game’s protagonist, Mara Forest, are squat and cartoonish, more of a piece with the 3D polygonal models from the original Final Fantasy VII than the more realistic character models from the horror touchstones of the PS1 era like Resident Evil or Silent Hill. From the overhead camera perspective,...

Dua Lipa’s third album is almost here. She’s been teasing a new era since November, when she debuted “Houdini,” the first single from the long-anticipated project. In March, after weeks of speculation, she revealed the album title: Radical Optimism, which finally drops on Friday.

Lipa first shared details about the album when she spoke at length with Rolling Stone for a cover story that was released in January. Here is everything she told us about her new music and what we can expect from her Radical Optimism era.

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the eight jurors who will be joining jury president Greta Gerwig for the event’s 2024 edition (May 14-25).

They are American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green, French actor and producer Omar Sy, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, and Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino.

The jury will award the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in competition at the closing ceremony on May 25. Anatomy Of A Fall picked up the top prize last year.

Prime Video has announced the full cast for action comedy show “Costiera” set on Italy’s iconic Amalfi Coast being directed by Emmy-winner Adam Bernstein and featuring Jesse Williams (“Take Me Out”) as the lead.

The ensemble cast for the English-language series being co-produced by Amazon Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide comprises British actor Jordan Alexandra; Spain’s Alejandra Onieva (“Alta Mar”); Italy’s Maria Chiara Giannetta (“Blanca”); Antonio Gerardi; Tommaso Ragno (“Nostalgia”); Amanda Campana; Pierpaolo Spollon; Britain’s Sam Haygarth (“Jojo Rabbit”); and France’s Jean-Hugues Anglade (“Sink or Swim”).

In “Costiera” – which started shooting in Italy in late February and is expected to wrap at the end of May – Williams is playing an Italian-American former Marine named Daniel De Luca, who is a problem solver in one of the most exclusive hotels in the world in the picturesque Amalfi Coast town of Positano. He is a...

Reviving the classic X-Men animated series takes guts. In a list of beloved shows from a bygone era of Saturday Morning television, Marvel’s X-Men stands among select others at the top of Mount Nostalgia, with adamantium claws popped and a dream of equality for mutantkind in its heart. When Marvel announced a return to the fan-favorite animation, it was difficult to imagine the Herculean task of doing justice to the old series while carving a new path. Thankfully, Marvel’s X-Men ’97 launched to rave reviews from critics and fans, and we’ve got the show’s Supervising Producer and Supervising Director, Jake Castorena, to tell us about establishing a new era in mutant-related entertainment.

Speaking with Jake, we discussed the team lineup for X-Men ’97 and who could join the cast. We also talk about how X-Men ’97 is so true to the spirit of the original that...

Burbank, CA — Season 4: DC’s unlikeliest group of heroes, the Doom Patrol, are ready to save the world… kind of. After suffering horrific accidents that gave them superhuman abilities, Cliff/Robotman (Brendan Fraser), Larry/Negative Man (Matt Bomer), Rita/Elasti-Woman (April Bowlby), Jane/Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero), and Vic/Cyborg (Joivan Wade) were each left scarred, disfigured, and ostracized – until mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder (Timothy Dalton) brings the outcasts together to treat and protect them. Gritty and irreverent, Doom Patrol follows this part support group, part superhero team as they take on evil, otherworldly forces determined to destroy humankind – even if it wants nothing to do with them.

Featuring all 12 episodes from the fourth season, Doom Patrol: The Complete Fourth Season is priced to own for $29.00 Srp (Bd) / $19.99 Srp (DVD).

Also available on April 9, is Doom Patrol: The Complete Series on Blu-ray and DVD, which includes all four...

The Union of Italian Exporters Anica, which represents most of the country’s leading sales agents, has expressed concern about the launch of Rai Cinema’s new film sales operation.

Rai Cinema International Distribution makes its market debut at EFM this week with a slate of 10 films. It will handle new features, while existing TV and film sales distribution operation Rai Com will sell library titles.

In a statement issued exclusively to Screen, the Union noted its “concern about the entry into the market of a fully publicly funded operator” which it described as a “giant” compared to other Italian companies.

Cameron's preference for not hiring older actors contradicts his decision to return to the franchise only if Schwarzenegger was involved. Cutting out Hamilton and Schwarzenegger wouldn't have made the film more appealing or profitable, as nostalgia sells tickets in legacy films. The excessive use of CGI in Dark Fate, while attempting to replicate the success of the first two films, ended up spoiling the movie and should have been utilized more selectively.

James Cameron recently spoke about the shortcomings of Terminator: Dark Fate, but his criticisms left several things unsaid. Cameron has been an integral part of The Terminator franchise, having dreamed up the series, and writing and directing the first two installments. In those early pictures, Cameron found the perfect duo to lead the action in Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger, but when it came time to make a third film, the rights had changed hands and Cameron lost interest.

Joe Hisaishi's soundtracks for Studio Ghibli films are iconic and perfectly complement Miyazaki's storytelling and animation. Hisaishi's scores have a unique charm and can stand alone, but they shine even brighter when linked together in a film. Each film has standout pieces, such as "Bygone Days," "One Summer's Day," and "A Journey," that capture the essence and themes of their respective movies.

The best Studio Ghibli soundtracks by Joe Hisaishi serve as iconic undertones of Miyazaki Hayao’s cinematic masterpieces. Although Studio Ghibli is not single-handedly run by Miyazaki, the films he has created are the face of the studio, and along his entire journey, Joe Hisaishi has been there by his side writing scores that perfectly complement Miyazaki’s beautiful storytelling and animation.

Aside from scores by Joe Hisaishi, some Ghibli films not directed by Miyazaki feature soundtracks on a similar level, such as Cécile Corbel’s work...

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Hazbin Hotel Season 1 Review: Star Rating:

Cast: Erika Henningsen, Stephanie Beatriz, Blake Roman, Keith David, Kimiko Glenn, Amir Talai, and Alex Brightman

Creator: Vivienne Medrano

Director: Vivienne Medrano

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Language: English (with subtitles)

Runtime: 8 episodes, around 25 minutes each.

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Hazbin Hotel is the creation of Vivienne Medrano, an animator, voice actress, and producer who has made a name for herself online, amassing a fandom big enough to get her an animated show on Prime Video. This show follows the adventures of Charlie, the princess of Hell, and her mission of building a hotel that can actually rehabilitate the sinners of Hell so they can find their way to Heaven.

Hazbin Hotel Season 1 Review: Script Analysis

I came to Hazbin Hotel knowing basically nothing about Medrano and her previous work,...

With the release of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom anime film on Friday in Japan, the surprises don't stop with the film's premiere. This time the return of singer Mika Nakashima to the Gundam Seed series has been revealed with the release of a new song being featured within the new film in "Bokyo" ("Nostalgia"), which was written and produced by the film's opening theme composer Tetsuya Komuro. Gundam Seed Freedom insert song "Bokyou" cover and Mika Nakashima portrait In addition to the reveal of the new insert song, multiple campaigns have launched that will see a traveling exhibition in "We're Going To Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom All Over Japan!" This will see characters "travel" in a campaign that will hit all 47 prefectures. There's also a new one-day festival in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Festival ~Freedom To a New Future~ that will see cast members attend a live...

Toni Servillo, who played Roman socialite Jep Gambardella in Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-winning “The Great Beauty,” will star in a drama about Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro, dubbed “the last godfather” directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza (“Sicilian Ghost Story”).

Also starring in the hotly-anticipated drama titled “Iddu” – which means “Him” in Sicilian dialect – is Italian A-list actor Elio Germano, winner of a Cannes best actor prize for Daniele Luchetti’s “Our Life” in 2010 and more recently of Italy’s 2021 David di Donatello Award for Giorgio Diritti’s “Hidden Away.”

The roles respectively being played by Servillo and Elio Germano are being kept under wraps.

After being on the run for three decades, Messina Denaro was arrested in mid-January 2023 outside an upscale medical facility in Palermo, where he had been undergoing cancer treatment for a year under false identity. The top mafioso, convicted of masterminding some of Italy...

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Screen is listing the 2023 release dates for films in the UK and Ireland in the calendar below.

For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2023 here.

December

December 31

Berliner Philharmoniker Live: New Year’s Eve Concert 2023 (Trafalgar - event cinema)

Previous releases January

January 6

Piggy (Vertigo), The Enforcer (Vertigo), Alcarràs (Mubi), A Man Called Otto (Sony), Rashomon (BFI), Till (Universal)

January 7

Andre Rieu In Dublin 2023 (Piece of...

Io Capitano, Pinocchio, Tale Of Tales director Matteo Garrone with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I would say that fairy tales, as Italo Calvino used to say, fairy tales are true. It’s a different way to talk about the human condition.”

Italy’s Oscar submission and Venice Film Festival Unesco and Best Director Silver Lion winner Matteo Garrone’s suspenseful and fleet Io Capitano (Me Captain), co-written with Massimo Ceccherini (Garrone’s Pinocchio), Massimo Gaudioso, and Andrea Tagliaferri, shot by Paolo Carnera stars the naturalistic duo of Seydou Sarr (Marcello Mastroianni Award Best Young Actor) and Moustapha Fall with Ndeye Khady Sy, Oumar Diaw, Issaka Sawadogo.

Matteo Garrone on Io Capitano shot by Paolo Carnera: “Paolo put himself in the service of the story and he worked carefully on the light, but tried always to be natural, …”

Garrone’s Tale of Tales, based on Giambattista Basile’s early 17th century fairy tales,...

Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma have scaled major heights with their hit collaboration “Ella Baila Sola.” Spotify crowned the track as the song of the summer, and it quickly jumped to number one on the platform’s global charts. On Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Spain, eight months after the song’s release, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma teamed up for their first televised performance of the track.

The two acts teamed up in front of an all-white set, backed by dancers wearing bright red. As they sang, white...

Dua Lipa had to postpone her Future Nostalgia tour three times, but once she got on the road, inspiration for new music came to her quickly. In fact, she began writing her latest song, “Houdini,” while she was on tour, she tells Rolling Stone for the latest episode of “The Breakdown.”

Lipa returned to London’s 5dB, where she wrote a lot of her upcoming third album, to tell the story of how “Houdini” was put together. She explains that she had been spending time in Los Angeles, where Tame...

Dua Lipa’s psychedelic journey starts now. The pop star finally announced the new single “Houdini,” out Nov. 9 at 7 pm E.T.

The news arrives a day after Lipa teased new music in a teaser, which featured a golden key necklace, several polaroids, and the cryptic message “4 8 9 9 14 15 21.” A snippet of the song was played in the video, featuring Lipa singing the line “Tell me all the ways you’ll need me” over a groovy beat. Back in August, Lipa confirmed with New York Times magazine that a new album was in the works,...

Bad Bunny’s Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana dethroned Drake and For All The Dogs to debut atop the Billboard 200 Albums chart, the publication announced on Sunday, marking the rapper’s third consecutive album to debut atop the chart in an impressive run for one of music’s biggest global superstars.

Nadie opened with 184,000 equivalent album units, driven mostly by its 239.56 million streams, though the digital-only LP also managed to sell about 7,500 copies. The feat comes just a day after the reggaeton star hosted and performed on...

It comes as no surprise that Drake‘s new album “For All the Dogs” debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200. It’s his 13th number-one album on the chart, which places him third on the list of the most chart-toppers ever, behind only The Beatles (19) and Jay-Z (14). Taylor Swift is close behind with 12, but she’s likely to tie Drake again when she releases her re-recorded “1989” later this month. Read more about this week’s chart here at Billboard.com.

Despite mixed reviews, “For All the Dogs” achieved 402,000 equivalent album units based on its combined record sales, individual track sales and online streams. But really, it was almost all streaming that did it. 391,000 units came from streaming, which equates to 514.01 million streams of the album’s 23 tracks. That’s the biggest streaming week of the year and the fourth biggest week ever. Drake actually accounts for four of the top five streaming weeks of all-time,...

In its 31st week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, country singer Morgan Wallen‘s “One Thing at a Time” is back at number-one for the 16th nonconsecutive week. It achieved 74,500 equivalent album units based on its combined record sales, individual track sales and online streams. That’s the lowest total for a number-one album in 2023. The last time an album with fewer units led the chart was Pusha T’s “It’s Almost Dry” with 55,000 units in May of 2022. Read more about this week’s chart here on Billboard.com.

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After two weeks at number-one, rapper Rod Wave‘s “Nostalgia” dropped to number-two with 71,000 units. Pop star Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Guts” fell one spot to number-three with 67,000 units. Close behind in the number-four spot is “Autumn Variations,” singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran‘s second new album of 2023, following “Subtract” which debuted at number-two earlier this year.

Few people have had a better year than Pedro Tovar. The 21-year-old singer is the voice behind Eslabón Armado, one of the biggest bands in the booming música Mexicana scene. This year, Eslabón Armado released Desvelado, a follow up to their 2022 emo sierreño opus, Nostalgia, which made history on the charts.

Desvelado features “Ella Baila Sola,” the track with Guadalajara-raised artist Peso Pluma that also made huge waves: “Ella Baila Sola” was crowned the song of the summer, its first few guitar chords followed by blaring horns reverberating across park barbecues in New York City,...

This week’s Billboard 200 albums chart was decided by one of the narrowest margins of the year. Only 500 equivalent album units separated number-one from number-two based on the combination of album sales, individual track sales and online streams. Read all about this week’s chart here at Billboard.com.

Rod Wave‘s “Nostalgia” stayed at the top of the list with 88,000 units, making this his first album to spend multiple weeks at number-one. It’s the lowest number of units for a number-one album since Sza‘s “Sos” led with 87,000 units on March 4. But it was just enough to hold off Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Guts,” which achieved 87,500 units. Morgan Wallen‘s former 15-week chart-topper “One Thing at a Time” came in third with 73,000 units.

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In fourth place was Doja Cat‘s new hip-hop album “Scarlet,” which achieved 72,000 units.

It was a close race for the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the tracking week that ended September 21, but rapper Rod Wave‘s “Nostalgia” eked out a win over the second week of Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Guts.” Read all about this week’s chart here at Billboard.com.

“Nostalgia” achieved 137,000 equivalent album units based on the combination of its traditional sales, individual track sales and online streaming performance. In this case, streaming made up the overwhelming majority of its units. This is Rod Wave’s third number-one album, following “SoulFly” (2021) and “Beautiful Mind” (2022).

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“Guts” was next with 134,000 album units, just 3,000 fewer than “Nostalgia.” That’s down 56% from last week when the album debuted with 302,000 units. The rest of the top five is made up of familiar faces. Zach Bryan‘s...

Estevie is bringing the cumbia norteñas of the early 2000s back. On Thursday, the Mexican-American star premieres the music video of her single “Como Yo” with Rolling Stone, ahead of the release of her debut EP, aptly titled Cumbialicious, out Friday.

“Making cumbia is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life… I noticed that there really weren’t any new cumbias coming out. So I was like, ‘I got to make some cumbia for the new generation,'” she tells Rolling Stone. “[It’s about] keeping and respecting...

Italian genre specialist Stefano Sollima – who is known in Hollywood for “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” “Without Remorse” and the TV series “Gomorrah” – is in the Venice competition for the first time with Rome-set crime drama “Adagio.”

This beautifully shot picture features an ensemble cast of Italian A-listers comprising Pierfrancesco Favino (“Nostalgia”), Toni Servillo (“The Great Beauty”), Valerio Mastandrea (“Perfect Strangers”) and Adriano Giannini (“The Ties”). It’s the tale of three old – and once mighty – mobsters searching for redemption in a cutthroat contemporary Rome that is literally burning. They find it in the form of a 16 year old named Manuel who is being blackmailed after venturing too deep in a rotting Roman underworld world that he doesn’t understand.

You often work from books such as “Gomorrah” but this is your original idea. How did it germinate?

“Adagio” – this is no secret – is a gift that I made to myself.

Disney+ Japan has shared updates for the upcoming anime adaptation of Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka's manga, Phoenix.

The studio released new key visuals, stills and a trailer on its official YouTube channel, for the upcoming four-episode series, titled Phoenix: Eden17. Additionally, two new cast members have also been announced, with Shintarō Asanuma providing the voice of Makimura, while Ryohei Kimura takes on the role of Cain. Phoenix is considered one of Tezuka's best works, along with Astro Boy.

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The series will be adapted from the Nostalgia arc, originally published in 1976–1978 as the eighth of twelve volumes of the manga series, beginning with Romi's struggles after the tragic death of her lover, George, and her determination to protect their child. The plot will revolve around the adventures of Romi and her companion in a distant future as...

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is adamant about his decision to place six Italian movies in this year’s 23-title festival lineup. “Nobody accused the French of chauvinism because they had seven French films in competition in Cannes this year,” Barbera quipped to a snarky Italian reporter when the Venice lineup was announced in July, though he did concede, “It’s true that in the past I have not done this.” Indeed, Barbera’s previous limit on Italian movies in competition for the Golden Lion was five titles last year, which some local critics considered a stretch.

More importantly, the Venice chief pointed out that he presently sees Cinema Italiano at a particularly favorable juncture largely thanks to the fact that Italians are making movies with bigger budgets, “which means greater quality and the ability to compete in international markets, and to travel beyond our borders,” he said.

Rome-based sales agency True Colours has added Edoardo de Angelis’ “Comandante,” which opens the Venice Film Festival, to its slate. The film, which plays in the main competition section, stars Pierfrancesco Favino.

“Comandante” is based on the true story of Italian submarine commander Salvatore Todaro and the events that occurred in October 1940, when Todaro was in command of the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini.

One night, while navigating in the Atlantic, the Italian vessel sinks an armed Belgian merchant ship, and Todaro decides to take the 26 shipwrecked crew members on board his already crowded submarine, aiming for the nearest safe harbor to release them. It is an unexpected action in the context of war, but follows the law of the sea, and endangers his life as well as that of his men, since the submarine has to navigate on the surface of the water for three days, visible to the enemy forces.