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Creed frontman Scott Stapp stars in a short Western film titled Deadman’s Trigger, soundtracked by his solo song of the same name. The 9-minute movie also features Stapp’s son, Anthony, in a supporting role.

In the film, Stapp plays a priest who is forced to go back to his old outlaw cowboy ways to protect his son. The movie, directed by Tyler Dunning Evans, features a classic gun battle, among other dramatic scenes. In addition to son Anthony’s acting role, Scott’s daughter Milan worked as a production assistant on the movie.

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“Adapting Scott’s storyline for the screen was easy because he is a narrative songwriter – the arc is already there,” stated Evans. “As a collaborator, he’s clear on his vision and values other creators’ expertise. With Anthony on-set and Milan working behind the scenes, Scott was hands-on in establishing safety...

Creed frontman Scott Stapp stars in a short Western film titled Deadman’s Trigger, soundtracked by his solo song of the same name. The 9-minute movie also features Stapp’s son, Anthony, in a supporting role.

In the film, Stapp plays a priest who is forced to go back to his old outlaw cowboy ways to protect his son. The movie, directed by Tyler Dunning Evans, features a classic gun battle, among other dramatic scenes. In addition to son Anthony’s acting role, Scott’s daughter Milan worked as a production assistant on the movie.

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“Adapting Scott’s storyline for the screen was easy because he is a narrative songwriter – the arc is already there,” stated Evans. “As a collaborator, he’s clear on his vision and values other creators’ expertise. With Anthony on-set and Milan working behind the scenes, Scott was hands-on in establishing safety...

Coldplay began the North American leg of their 2025 “Music of the Spheres World Tour” (get tickets here) at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California on May 31st and June 1st, with their signature LED bracelets, a career-spanning setlist, props, costumes, fireworks, and more.

The May 31st kick-off was technically Stanford Stadium’s first-ever live music experience, with the location predominately serving as the home of Stanford University’s football team. The show began with openers Elyanna (who later joined Coldplay for the Moon Music cuts “We Pray” and “Good FEELiNGS”) and Willow, followed by Coldplay’s performance at around 7:50 p.m. As with the rest of the “Music of the Spheres Tour,” the quartet divided their set into four acts: Planets, Moons, Stars, and Home.

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The Planets segment featured the back-to-back opening songs “Higher Power” and “Adventure of a Lifetime,” followed by “Paradise” and “The Scientist.

Creed will wrap up an extensive year of touring with three newly announced New Year’s Eve shows featuring support from Sevendust. Additionally, Creed singer Scott Stapp has booked a solo gig at the famed Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

The New Year’s Eve concerts will take place December 28th at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, and December 30th and 31st at The Colosseum Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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Platinum and artist pre-sales have begun via Ticketmaster, with a Live Nation pre-sale beginning on Tuesday (October 8th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Tempo, and a general on-sale starting Wednesday (October 9th).

Creed recently completed a highly successful summer reunion tour, and are gearing up for a fall North American outing with support from 3 Doors Down and Mammoth Wvh (pick up tickets here). The band also announced the lineup for its 2025 “Summer of ’99 and Beyond” cruise,...

After a summer of shows, “America’s Got Talent” has reached the last stage in the competition: the live final. Competing for America’s votes on September 17 are 10 finalists: dance troupes Airfootworks and Brent Street, acrobatic group Hakuna Matata Acrobats, singer Richard Goodall, comedian Learnmore Jonasi, quick change artist Solange Kardinaly, dog act Roni Sagi & Rhythm, aerial duo Sebastián & Sonia, singer Dee Dee Simon, and drone group Sky Elements.

Four of these “AGT” finalists earned a Golden Buzzer from one of the judges during the Quarterfinals stage of the competition: Airfootworks (chosen by Howie Mandel), Hakuna Matata Acrobats (chosen by Sofia Vergara), Sebastián & Sonia (chosen by Simon Cowell) and Dee Dee Simon (chosen by Heidi Klum). The other six contenders for the title made the cut during last week’s Semifinal.

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Fever 333 have announced a new album titled Darker White, set to arrive on October 4th. In advance of its release, the band has unveiled the new single “No Hostages.”

The album news follows a previous announcement of a fall North American tour, which kick off October 17th in Los Angeles, and runs through a November 8th show in Brooklyn, New York (pick up tickets here).

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Regarding the new album’s theme, frontman Jason Aalon Butler remarked, “Darker White is the intersection we will all find ourselves in at some point in our lives. It is the struggle we will inevitably face when identifying our metric for good or bad. Wrong or right. Dark and light. All based on our environment, social construction and cultural/psychological conditioning.”

He continued, “It is the eagle-eyed observation of said intersection and the removing the shame after realizing we all experience...

Coldplay saved their best surprise for last when the band brought out Sabrina Carpenter during their closing show at Radio 1’s Big Weekend Festival on Sunday. Carpenter joined the band for a performance of the Ghost Stories track “Magic.”

“We’ve been playing this, one Big Weekend since we were basically children,” Martin told the crowd before introducing Carpenter. “And the reason we play one Big Weekend is because without Radio 1, we would never have kept our jobs.”

Martin continued: “What we’d like to do, to say thank...

Scott Stapp has just released his new solo album, Higher Power, and with it comes a music video for the moving ballad “If These Walls Could Talk” featuring Dorothy.

The single features the Creed singer and Dorothy trading verses as they sing about battling demons, with poignant lyrics like, “They’ve seen me pick the bottle up and put the bible down/ They’ve heard me crying out more times than I can count.” The song slowly builds into a powerful climax showcasing each singer’s impressive vocal range.

Heavy Consequence recently caught up with Stapp, and he told us, “[Dorothy] is a real powerhouse vocalist. Just in terms of what she’s capable of doing vocally, it just blows my mind. She has such an iconic, big, soulful voice. And it’s so dynamic — she can do so much, from rock to incredible gospel-esque melodies, all the way to having opera training.

Prior to reuniting with Creed for a pair of rock cruises and a North American tour, singer Scott Stapp will embark on his own solo jaunt in support of his upcoming album, Higher Power.

Stapp just announced a brief US outing that kicks off March 10th in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and runs through a March 22nd show in Clear Lake, Iowa. A Live Nation pre-sale for select dates starts Wednesday (January 17th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Spotlight, while a general on-sale starts Friday at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

Fans can also check for deals or pick up tickets to sold-out shows via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

In addition to the March shows, Stapp will also play a couple of previously announced January concerts, including one gig opening for Daughtry. Tickets to those shows are available now.

Creed are reuniting for a massive tour in 2024, but what about new music? In a new interview, singer Scott Stapp discusses the possibility of the band writing and recording new songs.

“[Guitarist] Mark [Tremonti] and I were together a couple days ago doing something like, some secret thing I can’t share,” Stapp told host Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation. “But we were hanging out for a couple days and as we were hanging out, we just began talking about how we wrote [our 1999 album] Human Clay, and we wrote Human Clay while on the road touring My Own Prison.”

He continued, “And we wrote it at, during soundchecks, 80%, 90% of that record was written on stage during soundcheck. And you know what we’d do? We’d write a song and we’d get it tight and play it within three or four days of writing it, because we didn’t have...

It’s an interesting month ahead on Hulu, as the streamer rolls out some of the series it’s been keeping in its back pocket for the holiday season.

On December 15, the first season of Such Brave Girls will arrive. The sitcom follows a dysfunctional family – and we mean dysfunctional! – that includes real-life sisters Kat Sadler and Lizzie Davidson. British comedian Sadler has previously written for The News Quiz, Hypothetical, and Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, but this is her first big TV project. “Everything we joke about in the show is from a place of lived experience,” she told Funny Women. “I wish I could say this is a heart-warming show about overcoming trauma, but that would be a lie. It’s about three toxic, damaged egomaniacs manipulating the world and each other for their own personal gain, vengeance and glory…just like in Little Women.” Sounds good!

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Creed singer Scott Stapp has unleashed the latest song from his upcoming solo album, Higher Power, set for release on March 15th. The third single from the LP is titled “Black Butterfly,” and can be streamed below.

The new song follows previous singles “What I Deserve” and the title track. The hard-rocking tune is reminiscent of Bush in its initial verses as it leads up to an anthemic chorus and later a Middle Eastern-inspired guitar solo.

“Growth is a challenging process,” said Stapp of the song. “I often write aspirational lyrics about getting to that ‘next level’ – knowing what you’re capable of and rejecting the idea that you’re defined by your mistakes. Overcoming difficulty can lead to increased self-awareness and, in time, wisdom that can lead to helping others going through similar situations.”

As Stapp promotes his forthcoming solo album, he’s also prepping for a reunion tour with Creed.

Scott Stapp has announced his fourth solo album, Higher Power, arriving March 15th via Napalm Records.

The Creed singer also shared the new single “What I Deserve,” which follows up the previously released title track. The new song features guitarist Yiannis Papadopoulos, and touts emotional high and lows, drifting from brooding balladry to heavy, big-chord choruses. The tune comes with a shred solo from Papadopoulos, along with lyrics that ponder the intricacies of a relationship.

“We all want back what we give,” Stapp commented in a press release. “‘What I Deserve’ is about two people understanding who they are individually and coming to a place where they can express exactly what they each want, need, and deserve. The duality in the song is that both sides are expressing the same thing and coming to an understanding of the faults of the other.”

He added, “This song pleads both guilty and...

Selena Gomez surprised Coldplay’s Los Angeles audience on Sunday evening with a special performance of their collaboration “Let Somebody Go.” The singer hit the stage a few verses into the song, evoking loud cheers from the crowd after frontman Chris Martin’s expert fake-out.

At the beginning of the song, Martin welcomed two fans — a pair of sisters — to the stage. The younger of the two had brought a fan sign requesting that the song be added to the setlist. “Right now, you two represent the whole audience,” he told them.

Following the news of a Creed reunion, singer Scott Stapp has released a new single, “Higher Power.” The track features Stapp’s characteristic brand of melodic hard rock, with powerful vocals and heavy guitars.

“Life’s mysteries can be unraveled by listening to one’s inner voice,” Stapp said regarding “Higher Power” in a press release. “For me, that means leaning on my faith in God and listening to His voice to guide me through the struggles and darkness. For others, whether it’s through art, nature, science, family, or a combination of all, tapping into a higher power is an individualized process that requires an open mind and a willingness to flow with a force that’s greater than the individual.”

Stapp wrote “Higher Power” with Scott Stevens, who co-produced the track with Marti Fredericksen. The tune was mixed by Chris Baseford and mastered by Ted Jensen.

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Coldplay has extended its tour with new North American dates in the fall. The tour is in support of their latest album, Music of the Spheres (2021).

Starting in Seattle on September 20, the band will embark on a West Coast leg to Vancouver, San Diego and Los Angeles.

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Coldplay is currently preparing for their European trek, which will last from May to July.

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Coldplay formed in 1997. Their debut LP, Parachutes (2000), included their breakout single “Yellow.” The band received a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Coldplay’s second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), featured the single “Clocks,” which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

More recently, the band has incorporated new musical styles, including ambient, pop, R&b, electronica, classical and progressive rock. The band is one of the best-selling music acts of all...

In the preliminary round of season 17 of “America’s Got Talent,” 138 acts were tapped by the four judges — Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, and Sofía Vergara — to move on in the competition. However only 55 are being featured in the five live Qualifiers. Among the 11 acts competing in Qualifier 3 on August 23 is Simon’s Golden Buzzer singer Sara James, a 14-year-old from Słubice, Poland.

Also in the hunt to be one of the two acts who get the most votes from America are five more acts that raise their voice in song: duo Jojo and Bri, soloist Amanda Mammana, one-woman band Mia Morris, ventriloquist Celia Munoz and JoJo Siwa‘s girl group Xomg Pop.

Rounding out the roster of talent on “AGT” tonight are a handful of variety acts: hockey tricksters Cline Twins, dance duo Funkanometry, comedian Hayden Kristal, LED dance group Mplusplus and magician Nicolas Ribs.

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The Grammy Awards took place on Sunday night, April 3, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, but it took a while to get to the main event. Originally scheduled for January, the ceremony was pushed back more than two months as the result of the winter surge of Covid-19 cases due to the omicron variant. So who took home prizes when they were finally handed out? Scroll down for the complete list in all 86 categories from Record of the Year all the way down to Best Music Film.

These awards honor the best recording achievements released during the eligibility period of September 2020 through September 2021, and for the first time in more than two decades the nominations were decided in almost all categories by Recording Academy members without anonymous, controversial nomination review committees acting as unaccountable intermediaries to make the final judgments. The result was a list led...

Smooth like butter! The boys of BTS just brought their signature dance moves to the Grammys stage with a performance of their English-language single, “Butter.”

The group — comprising Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Rm, Jimin, V, and Jungkook — performed their second English-language song, which hit Number One on several charts. The performance was framed around a heist of sorts and included a dramatic entrance from the ceiling and members hanging out in the audience (with Olivia Rodrigo) before they all met on stage.

Living up to the song’s silky namesake, the...

After more than two months of delay due to the winter surge of Covid-19 cases, the 64th Annual Grammy Awards are finally scheduled to air on Sunday, April 3. Most of the awards will be handed out during the Premiere Ceremony in the afternoon while the top awards including Record, Album, and Song of the Year will go out during the prime time telecast on CBS. So who will win? Scroll down for our racetrack odds in 33 categories, which are based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users.

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These awards are voted on by the industry professionals who make up the Recording Academy, honoring the best music released from September 2020 through September 2021, and Jon Batiste led the way with 11 nominations across a remarkable six genre fields including R&b, American roots, and jazz. He’s followed by Doja Cat, Justin Bieber, and H.E.R. with eight noms apiece.

Coldplay have dropped new spins on Kid Cudi’s “Day ‘n’ Nite” and their own “Let Somebody Go” for the Spotify Singles series.

The band give Cudi’s megahit an atmospheric reworking, driven by piano and synth. “‘Day ‘n’ Nite’ I loved when it came out, and I still love love love it,” frontman Chris Martin said in a statement. “This is the first time I think that we’ve really taken proper time to record a cover, because in my head I could hear a version of it quite different from the original,...

Selena Gomez and Chris Martin prove how hard it is to say goodbye in the emotional, Inception-like music video for “Let Somebody Go,” released Monday.

The black-and-white, Dave-Meyers-directed clip opens with Gomez and Martin — two love interests — embracing for what seems to be a final hug in a busy New York City street. The Coldplay frontman begins to sing the tear-jerking song’s first few lyrics into the camera as a tear falls from Gomez’ cheek.

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The 64th Annual Grammy Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday, November 23, at 9:00am Pacific/Noon Eastern, honoring the year’s best achievements in music, spoken word, comedy and more. These awards recognize recordings released from September 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 — a 13-month eligibility period as the recording academy readjusts its calendar. Scroll down to see who made the cut.

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There were major changes in how these nominees were decided. Chief among those was the elimination of the nomination review committees. For decades those committees would take the top 15 or 20 vote-getters in their categories and decide which would be the final nominees. Those secret, anonymous panels often produced surprising results: this past year The Weeknd was shut out entirely. He decided to boycott the awards, joining in a chorus of music stars who have criticized the voting process. Some of the criticisms even came from inside the house,...

With the Grammys eligibility period nearing its August 31 deadline, let’s take a fresh look at the contenders for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, which could be even more competitive than Best Pop Solo Performance given all the collaborations that are eligible to make the cut.

This category has numerous contenders who could easily get in. The locks — if you can call anything a lock at the Grammys — seem to be three. First, “Levitating” by Dua Lipa and DaBaby, which is the biggest hit eligible and is a remix of a song off of Lipa’s already-Grammy-winning album “Future Nostalgia“; its only problem might be DaBaby’s recent controversy concerning his homophobic remarks and stigmatizing of HIV/AIDS, which has already cost him a number of gigs but so far hasn’t knocked the remix off the charts.

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Ahead of the release of Coldplay’s new album Music of the Spheres, the band has shared the LP’s closing track, the space epic “Coloratura.”

Clocking in at 10 minutes and keeping with the album’s interstellar theme, “Coloratura” takes a panoramic, multi-suite voyage into the cosmos, with Chris Martin namechecking celestial bodies like Galileo, Oumuamua, and Betelgeuse along his journey to the stars.

“It’s a crazy world, it’s true,” Martin sings in the closing minutes, following a colossal guitar solo that ties the track’s many disparate elements together.

Coldplay have officially announced their ninth studio album, Music of the Spheres. The 12-track LP, produced by pop hitmaker Max Martin, will be out on October 15th.

The band released an album trailer for Music of the Spheres called “Overtura” on Tuesday, along with a note posted to Instagram where they announced that a new single, “Coloratura,” would be released this Friday. The next album single will follow in September.

“Thank you for listening, or coming to shows, or any way we have met through music,” the note concludes, along with the phrase,...

Coldplay performed as part of Macy’s “Fourth of July Spectacular,” offering a firework-fueled rendition of recent single “Higher Power.”

The band recorded their NBC performance, which took place in Queens, in June. They also taped a version of their hit “Viva La Vida.” More than 1,000 fireworks were set off on a barge on the East River behind the band as they as they played for a small crowd of vaccinated fans.

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Coldplay appeared on The Tonight Show to showcase the acoustic rendition of their recent single “Higher Power.” Accompanied by a group of backup singers, including host Jimmy Fallon at one point, Chris Martin and crew gave the song a pared-down, intimate take.

The performance follows this week’s release of the acoustic version of “Higher Power,” a new single the band originally dropped last month. Originally a synth-pop track produced by hitmaker Max Martin, the acoustic version of “Higher Power” is instead built around rich guitar songs and the harmonies...

Coldplay have released an acoustic version of their new single “Higher Power,” which the band dropped last month.

Originally a synth-pop track produced by hitmaker Max Martin, the acoustic version of “Higher Power” is instead built around rich guitar songs and the harmonies between Chris Martin and his backup vocalists. “You’ve got a higher power/Got me singin’ every second, dancing every hour,” they sing during the hymn-like track’s chorus.

The band first premiered the song in May and were joined by French Esa astronaut Thomas Pesquet during the premiere livestream.

Coldplay have released an official music video for their recent single, “Higher Power.”

Directed by Dave Meyers, the song follows Chris Martin as he wanders around a dystopian-looking planet named Kaotica (the local alien language, “Kaotican” is featured in the video and across the “Higher Power” artwork). Despite the gloomy setting, Martin soon finds himself running through an elaborate dance routine with a group of aliens portrayed by Seoul’s Ambiguou Dance Company.

“The video is a metaphor for how, right now, we all feel alienated, far removed from our world,...

We’re getting the first look at the CW’s Naomi, Ava DuVernay’s new superhero DC drama, and All American spinoff Homecoming. The footage is contained in a trailer released by The CW that includes a look at returning shows as well, set to Coldplay’s single “Higher Power”.

Naomi, the network’s latest DC adaptation, comes from DuVernay and Arrow writer and co-exec producer Jill Blankenship. Based on the eponymous comic book series that debuted in 2019, co-written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker and illustrated by breakout artist Jamal Campbell, the show follows a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes.

Kaci Walfall stars, along with Alexander Wraith, Cranston Johnson and Camila Moreno.

Coldplay will livestream their first TikTok concert next week in support of Red Nose Day 2021, as Billboard reports. The event takes place May 24th at 2 p.m. Et.

Their TikTok concert arrives ahead of the official 2021 Red Nose Day on May 27th; the annual fundraising campaign works to end child poverty. In 2015, the band also lent their support to Red Nose Day when they participated in “Game of Thrones: The Musical,” a comedy video in which Coldplay attempted to adapt HBO’s epic fantasy-drama for the Broadway stage.

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J. Cole’s “Interlude,” the lead single from his just released album The Off-Season, shot to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, ending a month-long run for Polo G’s “Rapstar.” Cole self-produced the new track along with T-Minus and Tommy Parker. It pulled in 23 million streams during its first week, giving Cole his first Number One on the Rs 100.

Cole accounted for one of two high-flying debuts: “Miss the Rage,” a new collaboration between Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti, landed at Number Five. Redd posted a...

Coldplay performed their new single “Higher Power” during the 2021 Brit Awards on Tuesday in London. The band, who opened the awards show, delivered the song at sunset while on a barge in the River Thames.

Mirroring the group’s official video for the song, their set included dancing alien holograms. Their performance also featured colorful smoke and fireworks as Chris Martin buoyantly danced around and sang the Max Martin-produced track on a purple-and-blue lit platform.

Last week, Coldplay premiered the video in space. They first shared it with French Esa astronaut Thomas Pesquet,...

Coldplay have released their new song, “Higher Power.” The band premiered the track and video in space, first sharing it with French Esa astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is on board the International Space Station.

The visual features the band performing as alien holograms dance around them. “You’ve got a higher power/Got me singing every second/Dancing every hour,” Chris Martin sings on the chorus. “Oh, yeah/You’vе got a higher power/And you’re rеally someone/I want to know.”

Prior to its premiere, Coldplay linked up with Pesquet for a conversation.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is taking on the role of mentor next week on “American Idol,” Variety has confirmed.

Martin is set to mentor the current “American Idol” contestants on May 9, which is the singing competition’s Mother’s Day episode. The remaining finalists will prepare and perform two songs for the episode: one of their choosing dedicated to a loved one in their life in honor of Mother’s Day, and a song from Coldplay’s discography. Martin will mentor each contestant during the process of preparing for the Coldplay-themed portion of the night.

Coldplay will also perform its upcoming single, “Higher Power,” during the episode in the song’s live debut. “Higher Power” is set to release on May 7 and will mark the band’s first release since “Flags,” a bonus track from the 2019 album, “Everyday Life.”...

Coldplay’s catalog will be the focus of the Mother’s Day episode of American Idol, with Chris Martin serving as a mentor to the singing competition’s remaining seven contestants.

The May 9th episode also features Coldplay’s debut performance of their new single “Higher Power,” which the band will release on Friday, May 7th.

The episode will feature two performances from the remaining seven American Idol hopefuls: First, each will sing something as a Mother’s Day tribute to their moms. Then, Martin will appear as guest-mentor and...

It’s been a difficult week for Batwoman, with Ruby Rose surprising us by exiting the role of Kate Kane after just one season. While there have been several reasons floated as to why Rose quit the job, there’s been no shortage of actresses expressing interest in taking over the character. So far, notable names being rumored for joining Batwoman include Stephanie Beatriz, Alaina Huffman and Wallis Day. The latest actress to put herself forward though is Jade Tailor, who is perhaps best known for The Magicians.

Recently, Tailor put together her credentials on Twitter, including her fighting skills and experience with the demands of a television schedule on five seasons of The Magicians. The actress had this to say about why she should be considered for playing Kate Kane:

“Soo… since #rubyrose is no longer playing #Batwoman on #BatwomanCW I think they should cast someone with fighting skills...

Hollywood is reeling after news broke on Monday that John Singleton has died at the age of 51. The Oscar-nominated director of “Boyz n the Hood” and “Shaft” suffered a debilitating stroke two weeks ago.

On social media, filmmakers and actors such as Jordan Peele, Regina King, and Robert Townsend responded to reports that Singleton had died, praising the director’s work and reflecting on his many kindnesses. His career took off with “Boyz N the Hood,” a drama set in South Central L.A. that received critical raves and was a major commercial success. Singleton became the first African American and youngest person to ever be nominated for best director, earning his invite to the Oscars at age 24.

Singleton joined the Directors Guild of America in 1990, served three terms as a member of the Western Directors Council and was the co-chair of the African American Steering Committee. DGA president Thomas Schlamme...

“Billionaire Boys Club” isn’t living up to its name.

Vertical Entertainment’s crime drama starring Kevin Spacey, Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, and Emma Roberts picked up an anemic $618 when it debuted in 11 theaters across the United States. It reportedly launched with a disastrous $126 on Friday. “Billionaire Boys Club” played in various smaller cities, including the San Fransisco area, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Detroit, New Orleans, the Hartford/New Haven area, Miami and Sarasota, Florida.

James Cox directed the film, which is based on the real-life Billionaire Boys Club that was active in southern California in the ’80s — their get rich quick ponzi scheme collapsed in spectacularly bloody fashion. The film was first released through video on demand on July 17, which likely further depressed box office. However, allegations that Spacey sexually abused multiple people didn’t help matters.

Earlier this summer, Vertical Entertainment put out a statement defending its decision to release the film.

Beat the back-to-school blues with new movie titles like “13 Going on 30” and “Sixteen Candles” hitting Hulu on Sept. 1, as well as new and favorite fall TV series.

The Hulu original series “The First,” starring Sean Penn and Natascha McElhone, is about a group of astronauts attempting to be the first humans on Mars. It premieres on Sept. 14, and new episodes of Sarah Silverman’s “I Love You, America” will arrive on Sept. 6.

Fall TV also arrives next month, and you’ll be able to watch premieres of network hits like “This Is Us” on Sept. 26, “9-1-1” on Sept. 24 and “Grey’s Anatomy” on Sept. 28. New shows will also become available after they premiere, like “Manifest” on Sept. 25, “New Amsterdam” on Sept. 26 and “A Million Little Things” on Sept. 27.

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Sneak Peek the new science fiction action thriller "Higher Power", directed by Matthew Santoro, starring Ron Eldard, Jade Tailor, Austin Stowell, opening Summer 2018:

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A trailer has been released for forthcoming science fiction thriller, Higher Power, which showcases visual effects far beyond the movie’s modest budget. Higher Power marks the directorial debut of Matthew Charles Santoro, a visual effects artist who has previously worked on the likes of 300, X-Men: The Last Stand and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Unfortunately, Santoro hasn’t been afforded the luxury of a superhero-sized budget to craft Higher Power and, as a result, has put together most of the movie’s visual effects by his own hand. After several years in development, Higher Power is finally complete and has been picked up by Magnolia.

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Matthew Charles Santoro‘s Higher Power (2018) movie trailer stars Ron Eldard, Colm Feore, Jordan Hinson, Richard Portnow, and Austin Stowell. Higher Power‘s plot synopsis: “When the Universe decides what it wants, it’s pointless to resist. With his family’s life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist [...]

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"Well, what if I told you I had a plan? It's the only thing powerful enough to stop what's coming." Magnet Releasing has debuted the first official trailer for a very weird, global-scale indie sci-fi film of sorts titled Higher Power, about a gamma ray that gives a human on Earth some crazy impressive superpowers. This is very hard to describe, you just have to dive into the footage. The official description is fairly vague as well, only explaining that "when the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist." You'll get a sense of this in the trailer. Starring Ron Eldard as Joe Steadman, who reminds me a lot of a young Jeff Daniels in Dumb & Dumber. The cast includes Jade Tailor, Austin Stowell, Jordan Hinson, Colm Feore, Tom Wright, and Laura Margolis. This actually looks pretty cool, and a bit weird. It's worth a watch, for sure.

Kew Media boards Richard Brake, Natalia Kostrzewa-starring thriller.

Kew Media Group has acquired world sales rights to Kevin Chicken’s dark thriller Perfect Skin.

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Richard Brake in ’Perfect Skin’

The film stars Richard Brake (Game Of Thrones), Natalia Kostrzewa (The Cured) and Jo Woodcock (Dorian Grey) in a story that delves into the culture of tattooing and body modification.

In the film, Katia (Kostrzewa), a young Polish woman adrift in London, meets Bob (Brake), an American tattoo artist. Katia is drawn to his mysterious aura and the taboo culture of body modification, but Bob has a dark, secret desire to leave his mark on the world and little does Katia know that her fascination with him will put her life in danger.

Perfect Skin was produced by Fiona Campbell and Cordelia Plunket.

Kew Media’s Evp of Sales, Jonathan Ford, will introduce the film to buyers and show promo footage at the upcoming...

Kew Media boards Richard Brake, Natalia Kostrzewa-starring thriller.

Kew Media Group has acquired world sales rights to Kevin Chicken dark thriller Beautiful Skin.

Source: Kew Media

Richard Brake in ’Perfect Skin’

The film stars Richard Brake (Game Of Thrones), Natalia Kostrzewa (The Cured) and Jo Woodcock (Dorian Grey) in a story that delves into the culture of tattooing and body modification.

In the film, Katia (Kostrzewa), a young Polish woman adrift in London, meets Bob (Brake), an American tattoo artist. Katia is drawn to his mysterious aura and the taboo culture of body modification, but Bob has a dark, secret desire to leave his mark on the world and little does Katia know that her fascination with him will put her life in danger.

Perfect Skin was produced by Fiona Campbell and Cordelia Plunket.

Kew Media’s Evp of Sales, Jonathan Ford, will introduce the film to buyers and show promo footage at the upcoming European Film Market...

It was revealed today that Common (John Wick: Chapter 2, Suicide Squad, Run All Night, Selma, Now You See Me) will star in a new revenge action thriller titled Quick Draw from Content Media and Lorenzo di Bonaventura - producer of the blockbuster Transformers franchise, Deepwater Horizon, Shooter, and the GI Joe franchise among others.

Harris Goldberg wrote the screenplay and will direct the film. Featuring hyper intense shoot-outs, choreographed car chases, and lightning fast hand-to-hand combat, the action in Quick Draw plays out across the mean streets of Los Angeles.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the film with Content Media's Tom Butterfield and David Greenblatt, through his Greenlit Creative company. In addition to producing Quick Draw, Content Media is handling worldwide sales, while CAA will handle USA. Lorenzo di Bonaventura said this.

"Harris has such an incredible vision for this film that this collaboration is particularly exciting for us.

Adding even more firepower to its international sales slate ahead of Cannes, Content Media announced today that it has acquired international sales rights to “Pistorius” – a documentary feature about the inspiring, Olympic hero turned convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius.

Content’s President of Film Jamie Carmichael and Head of Sales, Harry White will begin introducing the film to distributors in Cannes next week.

Vaughan Sivell (“Mr. Calzaghe”) is directing the film, which is currently in production, and is producing with Sean Richard with Western Edge Pictures and the Gennaker Group.

“Pistorius” is “Making a Murderer” meets “Senna” – a riveting true-crime story about a beloved sports icon.

At the 2012 Olympics, South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius (aka ‘The Blade Runner’) made history by becoming the first double-amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics. He was one of the world’s most successful sportsmen, and an inspiration to millions.

Not even a year later,...

Content Media heads to the Croisette with international rights to a documentary about the complicated life of the world-famous athlete.

Vaughan Sivell is shooting the film about the South African, who became the first double-leg amputee to compete at the Olympic Games in 2012.

However, Pistorius fell from grace a year later following the death of his fiancée Reeva Steenkamp that eventually led to his murder conviction.

Pistorius sets out to investigate the truth behind its central character as well as the reputation of South Africa itself as a place of violent crime and corruption.

Sivell also produces the film, styled as Making A Murderer-meets-Senna, alongside Western Edge Pictures colleague Sean Richard and the Gennaker Group.

“Oscar Pistorius captured and then broke our hearts,” said president of film Jamie Carmichael, who is introducing Pistorius with head of sales Harry White. “And there’s a danger South Africa will do the same. Vaughan has struck...