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Throughout the many years of the box office, there have been plenty of records broken and maintained, one of which is held by the 2017 action/thriller film Collide. The box office still hasn't fully recovered since the 2020 pandemic, with the biggest box office year since then, 2023, still being a weaker showing than every year since 2006. However, even during the box office's biggest days in the mid-late 2010s, Collide broke an unfortunate record that no project since has been unlucky enough to repeat.

Collide, starring Felicity Jones and Nicholas Hoult, was released in Germany initially in 2016, before its American release later in 2017, and unfortunately, neither release was able to accomplish much at the box office. While it is unlikely that anyone expected the movie to do as well as the biggest films at the time, 2017 was a huge year for the box office, and the film's box office failings certainly would...

On Friday July 5 2024, Discovery broadcasts Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing!

The Best Collide Episode Summary

In this episode of “Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing” titled “The Best Collide,” airing on Discovery, viewers are in for an intense survival showdown as fourteen of the show’s top contestants face off in a formidable new challenge. The episode promises to be a gripping spectacle of skill, strategy, and endurance, where seasoned survivalists like ‘Bare-Handed’ Killer Bulent, renowned survival expert Ky, and previous competitors Dan, Gary, and Jeff, among others, converge to test their mettle in extreme conditions.

Join Discovery for a thrilling episode where egos and survival instincts collide among some of the most experienced participants from “Naked and Afraid.” Each contestant brings unique skills and a fierce determination to outlast their rivals, making every moment a testament to human resilience and adaptability in the wild.

Throughout the episode, viewers...

Amazon Prime Video is the place to go for movies this month, with a plethora of original films as well as new library additions for just about every movie fan. The Emma Roberts-led original Space Cadet hits the streaming service aptly on the Fourth of July, for anyone looking for a fish-out-of-water style comedy. My Spy the Eternal City, the newest film in the Dave Bautista-led family action series also drops on July 18.

Action film fans are also in for a treat with recent films The Beekeeper and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning coming to Prime Video in July.

As far as TV shows go, the most notable addition this month is the adult animated series Sausage Party: Foodtopia, a continuation of the 2016 film Sausage Party.

Here’s everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee in July – Amazon originals are designated with an asterisk.

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Taylor Swift may have played her second Eras Tour concert at Wembley Stadum on Saturday night, but she wasn’t the only game in town. British stars, from Keeley Hawes (Netflix’s Prince Andrew film Scoop), Yasmin Finney (Doctor Who), legendary broadcasters and newsreaders Moira Stuart and Angela Rippon, and Adrian Lester (Renegade Nell, The Sandman) to Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Nathaniel Curtis (It’s a Sin), Taj Atwal (Line of Duty, Memory) and Susan Wokoma (Enola Holmes), flocked to London’s National History Museum to an animal masquerade ball organized by charity The Feathers Association, celebrating its 90th anniversary, and partners. And they were joined by such U.S. guests as Esai Morales (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ozark).

The Feathers Animal Masquerade Grand Ball fundraiser for “people and planet” featured a white tie dress code and was one of the most expensive fundraising events ever to be held in London,...

Despite challenges and a tight schedule, Titanic became a cinematic masterpiece, grossing over $2 billion at the box office. The iconic kissing scene between Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio was a nightmare to shoot due to lighting and makeup mishaps. Titanic was the most expensive movie ever made in 1997 with a $200 million budget, but it ultimately paid off, becoming a massive success.

When it comes to romantic scenes set on doomed cruise liners, James Camerons Titanic has cornered that particular niche market. However, no matter how gooey-eyed fans get over seeing Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio sharing an intimate moment or two onboard the ill-fated ship, filming those scenes were, in Winslets words, a mess.

Titanic set sail in cinemas in 1997 as one of the many expensive ventures of director Cameron, and just like his subsequent $200 million-plus budgeted Avatar movies, the film became a $2 billion success at the box office. However,...

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel publicly announced Abby’s marriage with a new video on social media on Thursday. Abby married husband Josh Bowling, a U.S. Army veteran, in 2021. The twins, 34, kept the news private until the marriage was confirmed through official records obtained in March.

The video shows Abby and Brittany, arms around Josh’s shoulders, swaying to a remix of Adele‘s “Rolling in the Deep” on the dimly lit dance floor at the Jerome Event Center in Delano, Minnesota. The twins also seemed to clap back at critics in a separate video posted on the same day.

The sisters captioned a video montage of them getting ready for the wedding with, “We know you think you know us,” with two heart emojis and “#sisterhoodgoals.” The video featured the song “Collide” by Justine Skye, using the lyrics, “I know you think that you know me/But you...

UK filmmaker Eran Creevy has signed on to true crime action-comedy The King Of Sting, produced and financed by Claudia Bluemhuber’s Swiss company Silver Reel.

Creevy is currently writing the screenplay, based on Craig Glazer’s 2010 novel The King Of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw.

Bluemhuber will develop, finance and produce the feature for Silver Reel, and is in Cannes discussing the project with buyers.

The story is inspired by Glazer’s own experience as a college student who goes on a two-year spree of stings, posing as police, IRS agents and hotel managers.

Film and TV financier and production company Silver Reel has boarded to finance and produce The King of Sting which Eran Creevy is set to write and direct. The true-crime action-comedy is an adaptation of the 2010 novel, The King of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw, written by the real-life protagonist, Craig Glazer with Sal Manna.

Creevy, who recently directed two episodes of Netflix’s The Gentlemen series, is currently writing the screenplay whose plot will be set in 1980s America and told in part retrospectively by Glazer’s character in the modern day.

Silver Reel’s Claudia Bluemhuber will develop, finance and produce the feature. The company is in Cannes discussing the project with buyers. Florian Dargel, Alexander Jooss, Karol Griffiths, Gerd Schepers and Gero Bauknecht will executive produce.

Said Bluemhuber, “Eran Creevy is an exceptionally talented filmmaker who is the...

Like him or not, Morgan Wallen is one of the biggest music artists in the world at the moment, in any genre. The country singer’s relatively young career has been a roller-coaster ride, to say the least, from the genuinely inspired to the boneheaded, and, in one case, shameful. Here’s a closer look at the major times the Sneedville, Tennessee, native has made waves with his music, his actions, or his words.

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There’s an alternate-timeline scenario in which Wallen’s musical dreams are realized a...

Exclusive: Actress Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries) has signed with Untitled Entertainment for management, with partner Evan Hainey to run point on her behalf.

“Funny enough Evan helped start my career well over a decade ago and we have remained good friends ever since,” Graham told Deadline. “I have consistently turned to him for guidance over the years as I navigated my journey in this industry, and he has never steered me wrong. This is a natural alignment. I am very grateful to join forces with a great man and solid friend like him.”

Graham broke out with her series regular role as witch Bonnie Bennett across all eight seasons of The CW’s supernatural teen drama The Vampire Diaries, which aired between 2009 and 2017. Developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, the show based on L.J. Smith’s books had her starring alongside Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, and more.

A trailer for Prey has just arrived online – and no, we’re not talking about that Predator movie that was just released a while back. This is a new movie called Prey, which Vertical will be giving a theatrical and VOD release on March 15th. It seems kind of soon to be sending another movie called Prey out into the world, but clearly Vertical disagrees. Ryan Phillippe (Shooter), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and Mena Suvari (American Beauty) star in this “nature run amok” survival thriller, and you can check out the trailer in the embed above. A poster for the film can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Written and directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil, who previously worked with Phillippe on the 2022 thriller Collide and with Hirsch on the 2022 thriller The Immaculate Room, Prey has the following synopsis: After an extremist militant group threatens their lives,...

"People are dying! We need a plan!" Survive - that's the plan! That's all there is! Vertical has revealed an official trailer for an action thriller movie called Prey, the latest from South African filmmaker Mukunda Michael Dewil. Back in 2022, he collaborated with the same two actors on other projects - Ryan Phillippe in Collide and Emile Hirsch in The Immaculate Room. This time they take on wild animals while fleeing in Africa. After their lives are threatened by an extremist militant group, a young couple must flee from their missionary post in the Kalahari Desert. But when their aircraft crashes into an animal preserve, they must battle man and beast in a fight for their lives. Taking on lions, leopards, and hyenas and more. Prey stars Ryan Phillippe, Emile Hirsch, Mena Suvari, Dylan Flashner, Jeremy Tardy, Michaela Sasner, Tristan Thompson, and Mohamed Hakeemshady as Scar.. This reminds me of...

Collider is delighted to treat our readers to an exclusive first look at the upcoming thriller, Prey, which will open theatrically and on demand on March 15th. The riveting film features a cast including Ryan Phillippe, Emile Hirsch, Dylan Flashner, Tristan Thompson, Michaela Sasner, Jeremy Tardy and Mena Suvari. The movie is written and directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil (Collide), Dewil is best known for writing and directing the thriller The Immaculate Room starring Hirsch, Kate Bosworth and Ashley Greene, as well as the thriller Collide, on which he worked alongside Phillippe previously. A brief synopsis of the movie follows.

Nicholas Hoult has the acting range to play Lex Luthor in Superman: Legacy. Nicholas Hoult has already played a millennial elitist who believes the rich should eat the poor in a horror film. Nicholas Hoult's horror role improved on Jessie Eisenberg's Lex Luthor, proving he can be a madman drunk on power.

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It may have taken some time, but James Gunn's Superman: Legacy is taking shape in big ways. With David Corenswet as the new Man of Steel and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, the foundation has already been laid for Superman's next outing. In addition, Nathan Fillion and Isabela Merced were cast as Guy Gardner and Hawkgirl.

Now, the film has its Jimmy Olsen in Skylar Gisondo and its Eve Teschmacher in Sara Sampaio. However, the biggest announcement since Corenswet is news that Nicholas Hoult will be playing Lex Luthor.

It's easy to forget that country music singer Morgan Wallen actually got his start on The Voice. But although he was a contestant in season 6, he didn't actually win the reality competition show. In the years since, he has released albums, toured a lot, and even been romantically linked to Livvy Dunne.

There's a debate about whether competition shows actually lead to fame and fortune for the participants. While some singers do really well, others fade into the background. Would Morgan Wallen have been an even bigger star if he had won The Voice? Will the reality series ever have a winner who becomes a huge success?

What Happened To Morgan Wallen On The Voice?

Morgan Wallen has a $4 million net worth. Being kicked off The Voice didn't ruin his career. But viewers were still surprised at the way that his story played out.

In 2014, the singer auditioned for The Voice...

WaterTower Music is elated to announce today’s release of the soundtrack to Warner Bros. Pictures’ film “The Flash”. Directed by Andy Muschietti, “The Flash” is now in theaters.

“The Flash” serves as the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone feature film, and sees Director Muschietti reunite with noted collaborator, two-time Grammy- and BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch, who created all of the music found on The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Fans got an enthusiastic taste of the highly anticipated soundtrack over the past few weeks with the early release of 4 four tracks: “Worlds Collide”, “Run”, “I Am Batman” and “Sounds About Right, Bruce, and can now hear the entire, 43-track soundtrack, which is currently available for digital purchase and streaming, and available as a preorder for Triple LP, Two-Color Vinyl and Double CD.

Benjamin Wallfisch discussed working with Andy Muschietti: “Andy has created something truly incredible with this movie,...

A New Zealand-based platform where fans track, review and share lists of movies old and new is an increasingly influential marketing tool for specialty film with budgets tight and audiences harder to reach.

Letterboxd, founded as a passion project by Auckland tech entrepreneurs Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow just over a decade ago, recently passed 6.5 million members, with 40-50 in North America followed by the U.K., Europe and breakout markets including Brazil, India, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. It has 4.4 million monthly visitors and 800 million monthly page views.

Since launch, users have logged a whopping 1 billion films they’ve seen, put 300 million films on watchlists and posted 76.8 million reviews. Average time spent per visitor per month across web and app is about 40 minutes.

Letterboxd has been profitable since 2019, which is “source of immense pride,” Buchanan tells Deadline. The founders early on declined venture capital backing, he said, to...

“Jurassic World Dominion” and “The Intouchables” star Omar Sy has been tapped to lead John Woo’s reimagining of his 1989 film “The Killers” for Universal Pictures.

The crime action thriller followed a top-tier mob assassin named Jeffrey, who decides to retire after he accidentally blinds a nightclub singer who gets caught in the crossfire of one of his hit jobs. Before quitting his beloved profession, he takes one last job to pay for her sight-restoring operation, only to be double-crossed. He then teams up with a rogue police officer to set things straight.

Woo, the auteur director of movies like “Face/Off,” “Red Cliff” and “A Better Tomorrow,” will also produce the reboot. Writing partners Matthew Stuecken and Josh Campbell (“10 Cloverfield Lane”), along with as Eran Creevy (“Welcome to the Punch,” “Collide”) and Brian Helgeland (“42,” “Legend,” “Spenser Confidential”) wrote the screenplay.

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Exclusive: Ryan Phillippe (MacGruber), Mireille Enos (Hanna), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) and Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black) are the latest additions to Michelle Danner’s courtroom drama, Miranda’s Victim. They join an ensemble led by Abigail Breslin, which also includes Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia and Donald Sutherland, as previously announced.

The film will tell the true story of Trish Weir (Breslin), who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. Her case notably results in the establishment of the Miranda rights afforded to criminal suspects taken in police custody, to ensure the admissibility of statements made during interrogation, as part of subsequent criminal proceedings.

Phillippe will play the ACLU lawyer Flynn, who successfully argues in front of the Supreme Court...

Rocket Science has boarded the biopic “The Good Spy,” about CIA operative Robert Ames, from Oscar-nominated “Paradise Now” and “Omar” director Hany Abu-Assad.

The pic is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kai Bird’s biography of Ames. Scott Frazier (“Berliner”) is adapting for screen.

“Free Solo” and “Everest” producer Evan Hayes will produce under his Ace (Anomaly Content & Entertainment) production company. Laurie MacDonald and Walter Parkes will executive produce with Frazier, while Bird will act as a consultant on the project.

Rocket Science is financing the film and will co-represent worldwide sales with CAA Media Finance.

Said Abu-Assad: “When Robert Ames moved deeper into the life of Ali Hasan Salameh, a prominent Plo member, he realizes that not only is he crossing the line between the CIA and being involved in his enemy’s cause, but the friendship between the two men leads to a certain threat to the establishment of both sides.

A Lil Baby feature and some monetary support for Ukraine arrive with a new remix of Ed Sheeran’s “2step.” On Thursday, the British singer released the music video for the single, which he shot in the war-torn country before Russia’s invasion.

The video shows the singer in a gray hoodie and black coat singing in the midst of dancers in the Kyiv streets. All royalties and proceeds for the single are set to benefit Dec’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

“I filmed the video for ‘2step’ in the city of Kyiv,...

Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has tapped Good Deed Entertainment’s Kristin Harris for the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Production and Development.

Harris will lead the company’s emerging production and development arm, reporting to Vertical Partners Peter Jarowey and Rich Goldberg beginning March 14. She most recently served as Executive Vice President, Distribution and Operations for the boutique studio Good Deed, there overseeing and managing all content and distribution operations for a slate of six to 10 films per year, including Extra Ordinary, Lucky Grandma, Summertime, Ma Belle, My Beauty and the Academy Award-nominated Loving Vincent.

“It should come as no surprise, film financing is a key area of expansion for us, and frankly, for all of our competitors across the globe. Vertical needed to find the right executive to help build out that sector of our business which is extremely nuanced and labor-intensive,” said Jarowey and Goldberg in a joint statement.

Daniel Baur’s K5 Film and K5 International are re-teaming with writer/director Mukunda Michael Dewil for the time-loop thriller “Open House.” The script was written and developed by Jon Davis and Sergio Pinheiro.

Dewil and Baur, who will produce the movie, already worked together on the action thriller “Vehicle 19,” starring the late Paul Walker, and the psychological thriller “The Immaculate Room,” starring Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth and Ashley Greene Khoury, which won best picture and best male actor at the Mammoth Film Festival recently.

Dewil’s most recent movie project is thriller “Collide,” starring Ryan Phillippe, Kat Graham and Jim Gaffigan, which recently wrapped production. Baur is an exec producer on the movie.

“Open House” centers on a couple out house hunting, who get stuck inside a show house with a strange realtor.

The production is in the process of casting, and is looking to announce the cast within the coming weeks.

An edge-of-the-seat, noir thriller can only be a welcome addition to the list of upcoming films this year. According to a report by Deadline, actors Ryan Phillippe, Kat Graham, and Jim Gaffigan are set to star in Mukunda Michael Dewil's thriller movie "Collide." While details of the plot are scant, "Collide" is expected to follow three interlocking stories that intermingle in the end.

Mukunda, who also wrote and directed "Retribution" and "Vehicle 19," is behind the camera for "Collide," in which the three narratives unfold inside an L.A. restaurant over the course of a single evening. The film will feature a large ensemble cast,...

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Exclusive: Ryan Phillippe, Kat Graham and Jim Gaffigan will topline Collide, a thriller from Vertical Entertainment, Tpc and Robert Ogden Barnum, which recently wrapped production.

The film written and directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil is billed as is an edge-of-your-seat, noirish thriller where three interlocking stories hurl towards an explosive end. It follows an ensemble of characters whose paths intersect over the course of a single evening inside an L.A. restaurant.

David Cade (Lansky), Dylan Flashner (The Card Counter), Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos), Aisha Dee (The Bold Type), David James Elliot (Heart of Champions), and Paul Ben-Victor (Daredevil) round out Collide‘s cast. Barnum and Lucas Jarach produced the film, with Daniel Baur, Luke Daniels, David Gendron, Russell Geyser, Rich Goldberg, Peter Jarowey, Ali Jazayeri, Joel Michaely, Rick Sasner, Greg Thompson...

A new year has finally arrived and HBO Max is set to open it with a bang. With its list of new releases for January 2022, HBO Max is rolling out some intriguing original series and an absolutely packed slate of library titles.

The real highlight this month comes on Jan. 13 with the release of Peacemaker. Developed by James Gunn, this series spins off John Cena’s titular character from last years’ The Suicide Squad. The show will delve into the pathology of a superhero who will achieve peace regardless of how many people need to be killed to attain it.

Also of note this month are second seasons for two major HBO series. Euphoria season 2 and The Righteous Gemstones season 2 both premiere on Jan. 9, making for quite the odd double feature. Meanwhile, the fifth and final season of superb comedy Search Party arrives on Jan. 7.

January 2022 is light as far as original movies go.

The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history. The Animated World is a regular feature spotlighting animation from around the globe. The series "Fables, Folklore, Futurism: Visionary Hungarian Animations" is showing on Mubi starting September 20, 2021.Johnny CorncobFor the past several years, the Hungarian National Film Institute has been celebrating 120 years of Hungarian cinema with film restorations, including a generous selection of animation. These films run the gamut from experimental to commercial and reflect well the rich variety of animation that has been produced in Hungary since 1915, with a special focus on the golden years of animation at Pannónia filmstúdio. Hungarian animation from this period steadily built up an international reputation for excellence, imagination and an intriguing mixture of traditional and modern storytelling, with Pannónia becoming a central and influential studio. Hungarian animators also wielded a great deal of influence as immigrants,...

WWII Action Film Begins In Helsinki

Principal photography has begun on Immortal, the World War II action film from Rare Exports director Jalmari Helander, in which a man goes to war against the Nazi army in the Finnish wilderness. Starring are Jorma Tommila (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale), Aksel Hennie (The Martian), Jack Doolan (The Hatton Garden Job) and Onni Tommila (Big Game). Filming will take place in Lapland and Helsinki, Finland. Petri Jokiranta and Subzero Film Entertainment produce. Executive producers are Mike Goodridge, Gregory Ouanhon and Antonio Salas. As previously announced, Stage 6 Films acquired worldwide rights, excluding the Nordics, which will be handled by Nordisk Film. Pic is backed by the Finnish Film Foundation, Business Finland – Audiovisual Production Incentive and MTV Cmore.

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EbonyLife and Sony Pictures Television are launching Alo, a program for writers of African heritage. The word ‘Alo’ is from the...

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Sky Deutschland has revealed plans for three new original series, which are part of a wider slate of 60 German and international series that will air in 2022.

“Autobahn,” a 10-part series, will follow a pair of police officer brothers as they keep their cool while chasing suspects at high speed. Shot across Bavaria, the series is from producer Action Concept in association with Sky Studios. The lead writers are Sven Frauenhoff and Andreas Brune. The producers are Heiko Schmidt, Andreas Perzl and Frank Jastfelder.

Set in the year 2036, “Tender Hearts” turns on Mila who orders a humanoid love robot from an advanced tech firm. The eight part series is produced by Odeon Film in association with Sky Studios with Eva Lia Reinegger set to write, with Pola Beck as director. Executive producers are Katja Herzog, Andreas Perzl and Frank Jastfelder.

“Chameleon,” an eight part series, is set in the murky...

Like seemingly all the awards shows this season, the 63rd Grammy Awards were filled with surprises, ranging from unprecedented record-breaking splits to a significant number of upsets. Not only that, we also saw a lot of solid trends broken this year, much like we saw in the nominations earlier in the season. Let’s take a dive into the biggest and weirdest moments of the night.

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The Grammys are infamously known for sweeps, so to see Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, and Brittany Howard all leave with one Grammy apiece was definitely odd. It was especially weird because Styles edged out Lipa for Pop Solo, yet Lipa defeated him and Taylor Swift for Pop Vocal Album, and then Swift beat Lipa for Album of the Year despite not winning anything else.

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So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture, and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.

Olu and WowGr8, the two rappers who make up Earthgang, spent much of this year hunkered down in West Atlanta recording Spilligion, their excellent debut album with Spillage Village — the hip-hop collective whose other key members include J.I.D, Mereba, 6lack, Hollywood Jb, Benji, and Jurdan Bryant. (For much more on how that album came to be,...

It's been a wild roller coaster of a year, but the one thing we've been able to count on is an abundance of great music releases. And now, the 2021 Grammy Awards nominations have arrived, and we're celebrating artists like Fiona Apple, Brittany Howard, Grace Potter, and more! The nominees were announced on Nov. 24 by four-time Grammy winner Pepe Aguilar, Yemi Alade, Nicola Benedetti, Lauren Daigle, Mickey Guyton, Imogen Heap, Dua Lipa, Gayle King, and The Talk host Sharon Osbourne.

Beyoncé reclaimed her place as most-nominated artist of the year with nine nominations, followed by Roddy Ricch, Dua Lipa, and Taylor Swift, who earned six nods each. Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes fame picked up five nods for her solo debut, with Megan Thee Stallion earning four for her Hot Girl Year. Check out the full list of nominations ahead, and get ready for music's biggest night, hosted by Trevor Noah,...

Before this week, one of the worst moments of Morgan Wallen‘s singing career was when his coach Adam Levine cut him during “The Voice” Season 6 playoffs. Six years later, Wallen is no doubt having flashbacks to his untimely elimination as he was just dumped by “Saturday Night Live” for breaking Covid-19 health safety protocols.

The rising country star was set to perform two songs during the October 10 episode of “SNL,” alongside host Bill Burr. It would have been a great chance for Wallen to reintroduce himself to audiences after originally rising to fame on NBC’s reality TV show, especially now that he’s having a successful run on the awards front, earning nominations at the Cmt Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, iHeartRadio Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards.

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The fine art of romance is a difficult éclat to master, and if anyone understands that, it's Tiana Major9. After all, muddled feelings about relationships are what inspired her new EP, At Sixes and Sevens, which dropped on Aug. 7. A follow-up to 2019's Rehearsal @ Nine, the 24-year-old star's latest project is an introspective journey through love's tangled nexus. "During this period of my life, I've been feeling very conflicted about love, how to be in love, and how to navigate love," the "Collide" songstress told Popsugar. "So the EP is really about all of those things."

"I learned that I'm highly sensitive and very in tune with my emotions, and that's what I love about the EP."

But At Sixes and Sevens is more than your cookie-cutter "love is complicated" collection of tunes. There's an overarching theme of self-awareness that enriches the exploration, and the London-born vocalist harps on that insight by interlacing short affirmations.

Farewell to the great Florian Schneider, co-founder of Kraftwerk, the German electronic duo who changed everything about the way music sounds. “Kraftwerk is not a band,” Schneider told Rolling Stone in 1975. “It’s a concept. We call it ‘Die Menschmaschine,’ which means ‘the human machine.’ We are not the band. I am me. Ralf is Ralf. And Kraftwerk is a vehicle for our ideas.” As his longtime collaborator Ralf Hütter once said, Schneider was the “sound fetishist” of the group — the machine in the mensch-machine.

Kraftwerk always reveled in their reputation as cerebral technocrats.

Florian Schneider, co-founder and keyboardist of the influential German electronic music group Kraftwerk, has died at the age of 73.

“Kraftwerk co-founder and electro pioneer Ralf Hütter has sent us the very sad news that his friend and companion over many decades Florian Schneider has passed away from a short cancer disease just a few days after his 73rd birthday,” the band said in a statement.

“In the year 1968, Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider started their artistic and musical collaboration,” the statement continued. “In 1970, they founded their electronic Kling Klang studio...

“Queen & Slim,” the film, traffics in sudden tragedy and symbolic terror as it portrays the violence of self-defense and self-awareness in stark, painful terms. It deserves an equally audacious score and soundtrack, a job that has gone to another Devonté Hynes, the British singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer and director in his guise of Blood Orange.

Hynes has been known for his other musical projects, the punky Test Icicles and the dreamy Lightspeed Champion. But as Blood Orange, Hynes has found himself at the axis of abstract soul and ambient electronic pop with a lyrical edge that is as deeply emotional as it is bracingly inventive. Plus, in the last several years, Orange has been in the pink of top-tier production and writing assignments for the likes of Mariah Carey, Solange, Mac Miller, Fka Twigs, Haim, Florence and the Machine, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kylie Minogue and Blondie. He’s...

The soundtrack to the highly anticipated film “Queen & Slim” will be released by Motown on Nov. 15, it was announced today. The 17-song collection features new tracks from Ms. Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, Vince Staples featuring 6lack X Mereba, Tiana Major 9 & Earthgang and Coast Contra featuring Bj The Chicago Kid and Syd. Classic songs by Roy Ayers, Bilal and Mike Jones can also be heard.

Starring Daniel Kaluuya, who was nominated for an Academy award for his role in Jordan Peele’s “Get Out,” and Jodie Turner-Smith (“The Neon Demon”), “Queen & Slim” is a modern re-telling of Bonnie & Clyde that confronts race relations and police brutality in America. Melina Matsoukas makes her feature directorial debut with the film. Lena Waithe, the first black woman to win the Emmy award for outstanding writing for a comedy series, is credited as a writer alongside James Frey, of “A Million Little Pieces” fame.

Chicago – The short film gets its due at one of Chicago’s premiere micro-lengthed movie festivals. Twelve shorts from around the world – presented by Nebula Creatives –will unspool at the 7th “Shortcut 100” International Film Festival at the Logan Theatre in the Logan Square neighborhood on September 28th, 2019. For more details and tickets, click here.

September 28th, 2019, at Chicago’s Logan Theatre

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The event takes place from 5-9pm and will feature the following films: “Tina” by Gayatri Bahl, “Silence Is Silver” by Patrick Lewtschanyn, “The Tattooed Heart” by Mad Minds Entertainment, “Toe” by Neal O’Bryan, “Collide” by Ralph Klisiewicz, “Swept Away” by Sheri Davenport, “Mellow Yellow” by Jessica Batson, “Waves” by Justin Bailey, “Hope is French” by Chris Mack, “Strong Independent Women” by Jennette McCurdy, “Asylum” by Jaap van Heusden and “Moving On - A Short Film About Grief” by Nyasha Hatendi.

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We’ve got some interesting new information to share with you regarding the long awaited Gears of War movie. The script for the film is being worked on by F. Scott Frazier (Collide and xXx: Return of Xander Cage).

When it was announced that he was writing the movie, it was said that the story would be set on the planet Sera, and that it follows a former P.O.W. “who leads the human resistance against the Locust Horde, a race of creatures who emerge from beneath the Earth’s surface intent on eliminating mankind.”

According to Gears of War head Rod Fergusson, the movie will not be set in the same reality of the game. It will be its own thing and tell its own story, a story that will not be dependent on the games. He explains:

“In order for the movie to be successful, it has...

Universal Pictures is moving forward with their big screen adaptation of the hit video game Gears of War.

This project has been sitting around waiting to be developed at the studio for a couple years. They picked up the rights to the property back in 2016, but now according to The Wrap, they’re ready to get serious about moving forward with it. They’ve hired screenwriter F. Scott Frazier to write the script. Frazier’s previous writing credits include Collide and xXx: Return of Xander Cage.

I think that the films Frazier has worked on have been pretty mediocre action film projects, so I’m not expecting much from the Gears of War script that he’ll write. I’m sure the movie will look visually awesome, but as I’ve said many times before, visuals don’t make a great film.

The story is set on the planet Sera,...

Screenwriter F. Scott Frazier has been tapped to write Universal’s “Gears of War,” individuals with knowledge of the project exclusively tell TheWrap. Frazier’s previous writing credits include “Collide” and “xXx: Return of Xander Cage.”

Universal Pictures optioned motion picture rights to Microsoft Studio’s iconic “Gears of War” franchise in 2016, based on the Xbox video game series. Set on the planet Sera, “Gears of War” is a third-person shooter that follows a former P.O.W. who leads the human resistance against the Locust Horde, a race of creatures who emerge from beneath the Earth’s surface intent on eliminating mankind.

Dylan Clark will produce for his Dylan Clark Productions alongside “Gears of War” co-creator Rod Fergusson. Scott Stuber will executive produce.

Also Read: Scott Stuber Wins Battle to Produce 'Gears of War' Movie

“Gears of War” is one of the most celebrated sagas in video game history.

One year ago, fueled by female audiences, Wonder Woman was lighting up the summer box office, en route to becoming the third largest domestic release of 2017. This weekend, the female-led ensemble cast of Ocean's 8 looks to deliver some solid results of its own following a downer weekend last week. Also hitting theaters is A24's much-talked about horror film Hereditary as well as Global Road's Hotel Artemis. Meanwhile, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is getting its start internationally this weekend, two weeks ahead of its domestic bow. Debuting in a healthy 4,145 theaters, Ocean's 8 features a massive ensemble including Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina and Mindy Kaling. The film fits within the Ocean's film franchise, which began with the 2001 remake starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon and debuted with $38.1 million. That filmed spawned two sequels, the last of which hit theaters eleven years ago,...

Singer Howie Day's flip out on his longtime girlfriend, including at least one shove, was captured by surveillance cameras moments before he was arrested for domestic violence. TMZ's obtained video of the incident that went down last month at the Seattle airport, where Howie threw a violent tantrum when Carrie Pencek, his gf of 8 years, came to pick him up. You can see him kicking the hatch of his Toyota RAV4 ... and slamming his...

Singer Howie Day allegedly flew into a violent rage at Sea-Tac Airport that ended with him getting thrown in jail for assaulting his girlfriend. The incident went down last month in Seattle while Howie -- who enjoyed enormous success in 2004 with the hit single "Collide" -- waited for his girlfriend of 8 years, Carrie Pencek, to pick him up. According to a police report obtained by TMZ ... we're told surveillance video shows Howie throwing a tantrum...

The multi-year, first-look development, financing and production deal is for feature films.

Management and production company 42 has entered into a multi-year first-look development, financing and production deal for feature films with streaming giant Netflix.

Run by producers Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken with managers Kate Buckley, Cathy King and Josh Varney, London and La-based 42 has previously collaborated with Netflix on Sand Castle with Nicholas Hoult and Henry Cavill, The Titan starring Sam Worthington and Taylor Schilling, and Natalie Dormer and Ed Skrein vehicle In Darkness in some territories.

The companies’ upcoming collaborations include Jim Mickle’s In The Shadow Of The Moon,...

Whether or not you agree that “The Emoji Movie” was the Worst Picture of 2017, it’s easy to single out the Razzies as the worst “awards” show. Routinely picking low-hanging fruit that’s already been panned rather than making even slightly bold choices, the 38-year-old institution “honored” the critically reviled “Emoji Movie” with a total of four prizes.

Also singled out were “The Mummy,” for which Tom Cruise was named Worst Actor, and “Fifty Shades Darker,” which was deemed the Worst Sequel, Rip-Off, or Remake. Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!” received three nominations but managed to avoid the dubious honor of actually winning. Full list of winners below:

Worst Picture

Baywatch

The Emoji Movie

Fifty Shades Darker

The Mummy

Transformers Xvii: The Last Knight

Worst Actress

Katherine Heigl / Unforgettable

Dakota Johnson / Fifty Shades Darker

Jennifer Lawrence / Mother!

Tyler Perry / Boo! 2: A Medea Halloween

Emma Watson / The Circle

Worst Actor

Tom...

The 2018 Golden Raspberry Awards announced their winners on Saturday, March 3, on the eve of the Oscars. Now in their 38th year, the Razzies “honor” the worst films of the year and over the years they have celebrated such anti-classics as “Howard the Duck” (1986), “Showgirls” (1995) and “Gigli” (2003), to name a few notorious offenders. Watch this year’s announcement video above, and scroll down for the full list of winners and nominees in all nine categories ranging from Worst Picture to Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.

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These awards are decided by more than 1,000 voters casting their ballots online from all over the world. But while they chose a lot of familiar faces like the 2017 “Fifty Shades” and “Transformers” sequels in the nominations, they went in some new directions with their winners. “The Emoji Movie” swept all four of its categories,...

Who will win at the Razzie Awards on Saturday, March 3? As of this writing more than 1,100 Gold Derby users have entered their predictions in all nine categories for these anti-Oscars. Now in their 38th year, these are the only kudos in Hollywood where you hope your name won’t be called since they “honor” the worst films of the year. Scroll down for our complete predictions listed in order of their racetrack odds, with the projected winners highlighted in gold.

Among the users making their forecasts at Gold Derby include Expert journalists we’ve polled from top media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Razzie winners and the All-Star Top 24 who got the highest scores when you combine the last two years’ predictions. And while some years are easy to forecast with notorious films...

It may be Oscar season, but It’s also the time of year again for Hollywood to get taken down a peg. It’s Razzies time! This is the big moment for the best of bad cinema. The 38th annual Golden Raspberry award nominees have been announced. Here’s the complete list of nominations for the 2018 Razzies.

Worst Picture-

"Baywatch"

"The Emoji Movie"

"Fifty Shades Darker"

"The Mummy"

"Transformers: The Last Knight"

Worst Director-

Darren Aronofsky, "Mother!"

Mchael Bay, "Transformers: The Last Knight"

James Foley, "Fifty Shades Darker"

Alex Kurtzman, "The Mummy"

Anthony (Tony) Leonidis, "The Emoji Movie"

Worst Screenplay-

"Baywatch"

"The Emoji Movie"

"Fifty Shades Darker"

"The Mummy"

"Transformers: The Last Knight"

Worst Actress-

Katherine Heigl, "Unforgettable"

Dakota Johnson, "Fifty Shades Darker"

Jennifer Lawrence, "Mother!"

Tyler Perry, "Boo 2!: A Madea Halloween"

Emma Watson, “The Circle"

Worst Actor-

Tom Cruise, "The Mummy"

Johnny Depp, "Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales...