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Grammy-winning country singer Kacey Musgraves has thrilled fans with the announcement of her highly anticipated Deeper Well World Tour, in celebration of her upcoming fifth studio album of the same name. The tour will kick off on April 28 in Dublin, Ireland, and mark Musgraves’ return to the stage after a period of absence.

The European and UK leg of the tour will be supported by Madi Diaz, while the North American shows, which will start on September 4 in State College, Pennsylvania, will feature performances by Father John Misty, Lord Huron and Nickel Creek. The tour will conclude on December 7 in Musgraves’ hometown of Nashville.

In an Instagram post accompanied by a tour poster, Musgraves invited fans to join her on a journey into the depths of the Deeper Well.

Alongside the tour announcement, Musgraves unveiled a new track from her forthcoming album titled Too Good To Be True. The song...

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On the eve of the debut of her new album, Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for an interview and performance of her song “The Architect.”

Seated center-stage on a dirt floor surrounded by a lush floral scene, Musgraves delivered the Deeper Well cut alongside her band, singing the hymn-like melody over a bedding of acoustics, banjos, and backing vocals. As she finished, Fallon exclaimed “Come on, that is how you do it!” Watch a video of the performance below.

In her interview, Musgraves spoke to Fallon about Deeper Well, her upcoming tour, getting a speeding ticket in Iceland, and more. Watch the interview below.

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After the interview and performance aired and clocks across the country hit midnight, Deeper Well arrived. Produced by Musgraves with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, the album is poetic with a dreamy mood, praised...

Kacey Musgraves appeared on The Tonight Show to perform her recent song “The Architect” and to chat with host Jimmy Fallon about her new LP, Deeper Well. Musgraves took the stage with her band in old timey garb for an emotional performance of the album cut.

Musgraves sat down with Fallon to chat about her recent Grammy win, Deeper Well, and kicking off her world tour in Ireland.

“Releasing a creative project, I don’t know if you feel this way, it’s such a process of letting go,” Musgraves...

On her sixth studio album, Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves digs into both her psyche and the sounds of folk music, making for an affecting and mellow set of songs. The album kicks off with the crystalline, fingerpicked intro of “Cardinal,” an almost startling introduction given the pop-heavy sound of Musgraves’s last album, Star-Crossed, before giving way to a more contemporary acoustic-guitar passage as the singer muses about lost loved ones. It’s an intimate and effective tone-setter for the rest of the album, as many of the songs here revolve around memory and loss.

The title track establishes the thesis of Deeper Well: “I’m saying goodbye to the people/That I feel are real good at wasting my time/No regrets, baby, I just think that maybe/You go your way and I’ll go mine.” The gentle guitars and unobtrusive drumming create a soundscape that echoes the...

Pink Floyd boasts a discography that evokes dynamic emotions and moods, all conveyed within the expansive, experimental mold of progressive rock that feels timeless. Countless franchises, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe, have used tracks from the band's impressive work in their films. For instance, "Interstellar Overdrive" was featured in "Doctor Strange" to convey the nature of Stephen Strange's life before it turned upside-down, while "Time" was used in "Eternals" to set the tone of its worldbuilding. Since both seasons of "Loki" also feature retro-tinted soundscapes that harken to branched timelines and similar cosmic events, it is not a stretch to assume that the show's music was inspired by Pink Floyd.

There is good reason for this assumption, as the show's "Tva Theme," which plays at the end of every episode, sounds remarkably similar to Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar." There is a haunting effect in how the guitar and bass ramp up the mystery,...

Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron" has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Like when his film "Spirited Away" took home the Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2003, Miyazaki himself wasn't there to accept the award in person tonight.

This was a bit of an upset: "The Boy and the Heron" is rightfully acclaimed, but it had a worthy challenger in "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse," which won Best Animated Feature at the 51st Annie Awards this February (the Annies are focused exclusively on animation). Christopher Miller, one of the writers and producers of "Across the Spider-Verse," took his Oscars defeat in good humor, posting on X/Twitter: "Well, if you're gonna lose, might as well lose to the Goat [greatest of all time]."

We here at /Film are big fans of "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse" (read our review from back in May 2023). But that said, the Academy made the right...

Bugs, Niobe, and Morpheus are all prime candidates for spinoff films in order to revitalize the struggling Matrix franchise. Tank, Seraph, and The Architect also have potential for standalone movies to delve into their untold stories within the Matrix universe. Trinity emerges as the most obvious choice to lead the Matrix franchise forward after her character's powerful development.

The Matrix franchise has been in a bit of trouble for the past few years, but these 10 The Matrix characters could totally carry their own spinoffs and save the franchise in the process. Kenau Reeves' Neo has been the lead of all four live-action The Matrix movies so far, and while he is a fantastic protagonist for the original story, there simply isn't much to do with him any more. Because of this, The Matrix has to pull from its massive gallery of side characters for whatever comes next, and these 10 would make perfect candidates.

Kacey Musgraves is back.

The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter returns with her fifth studio album Deeper Well on March 15, beginning with the album’s title track out Thursday (February 8).

The album was co-produced by longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk and inspired by the energy of New York City’s Greenwich Village and its rich musical history, with the bulk of the record recorded at Electric Lady studios.

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“I was seeking some different environmental energy, and Electric Lady has the best mojo. Great ghosts,” she said in a statement.

The accompanying video was directed by Hannah Lux Davis.

“Sometimes you reach a crossroads. Winds change direction. What you once felt drawn to doesn’t hold the same allure,” Kacey went on to say, “you get blown off course but eventually find your footing and forage for new inspiration, new insight and deeper love somewhere else.

Kacey Musgraves is entering a new era of music — and she tapped the “great ghosts” of Electric Lady for it.

On Thursday, the country singer announced that she’ll release her fifth LP, Deeper Well, on March 15 via Interscope and McA Nashville. Musgraves co-produced the record with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk from Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

“I was seeking some different environmental energy, and Electric Lady has the best mojo,” Musgraves said in a press release. “Great ghosts.”

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Kacey Musgraves is back on the saddle again.

After teasing a new album at the 2024 Grammys last weekend, the country star has announced her sixth studio album, Deeper Well, set for release on March 15th via Interscope/McA Nashville. She’s also shared the album’s title track and first single; stream the song below.

Deeper Well is Kacey Musgraves’ first new album since 2021’s star-crossed, and was predominately recorded at New York City’s famed Electric Lady Studios with previous collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. “I was seeking some different environmental energy, and Electric Lady has the best mojo. Great ghosts,” Musgraves said in a press release.

She continued, saying “It’s ironic that the more woods-y side of me came out in New York City. I wasn’t making this record alone in a cabin in the forest. We were in one of the most crowded cities on the planet,...

The best feature prize went to ’Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’.

Canadian director and screenwriter Ariane Louis-Seize won the Reflet d’Or for best feature prize for Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person as this year’s Geneva International Film Festival (Giff) drew to a close this weekend (Saturday November 11).

Louis-Seize took home the prize for her film about a female vampire too sensitive to kill who meets a lonely man which carries a cash prize of Chf 10,000, 75% of which goes to the director and 25% to the rights holder who registered the film in the Festival selection. The cash...

The best feature prize went to ’Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’.

Canadian director and screenwriter Ariane Louis-Seize won the Reflet d’Or for best feature prize for Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person as this year’s Geneva International Film Festival (Giff) drew to a close this weekend (Saturday November 11).

Louis-Seize took home the prize for her film about a female vampire too sensitive to kill who meets a lonely man which carries a cash prize of Chf 10,000, 75% of which goes to the director and 25% to the rights holder who registered the film in the Festival selection. The cash...

David Fincher’s “The Killer” is taking his shot.

The latest from the filmmaker behind macabre masterpieces like “Seven,” “Zodiac” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” follows an unnamed assassin (Michael Fassbender) after a hit goes wrong. If you screw up at work, maybe you send an apologetic email or try and pretend like it never happened. If you’re the titular killer, you set out on a roaring rampage of revenge, crisscrossing the globe as you attempt to (bloodily) tie up loose ends.

But that’s not to say that you can’t enjoy what you do. And one of the things that makes Fassbender’s murderer stand out is that he makes mix tapes for his assassinations, with a particular fondness for The Smiths, who become the sort of Simon and Garfunkel for the world of “The Killer.”

“I always knew that I wanted to use ‘How Soon is Now?...

This summer, Nordic streamer Viaplay is offering both dark thrillers and documentaries. In the satirical Scandinavian horror “No Angel” streaming July 6, a popular 17-year-old girl does the usual round of parties and boys — with a twist. She’s also a serial killer.

Watch the trailer for ‘No Angel’:

In “A Road Less Traveled” acclaimed actress-director Liv Ullmann looks back on decades of a successful career. In the documentary — streaming on June 22 — Ullman recounts the struggles she endured to gain respect in the entertainment industry. Some of her famous collaborators are also interviewed, including Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, and Jeremy Irons.

Coming to Viaplay this Summer: June 1 The Architect June 8 One of the Boys June 22 A Road Less Travelled July 6 No Angel July 20 Black Sands Aug. 17 Fenris Aug. 31 Face to Face, Season 3 7-Day Trial viaplay.com Viaplay

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Eili Harboe is burning up social media lately. The talented actor turned heads this spring as the brooding Ebba on the final season of Succession, and she’s bound to keep the intrigue going playing Julie, a beleaguered intern in the upcoming dystopian dark comedy, The Architect, which begins streaming on Viaplay June 1. More on that later.

Let’s chat Ebba, who has given audiences plenty to ponder as Succession heads toward its climactic series finale. Ebba may be a game changer as the Roy kids — Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Shiv (Sarah Snook) — vie for control after the poor health of Daddy Logan (Brian Cox). As GoJo's head of communications, Ebba knows everything about shady Lukas Matsson, played by Alexander Skarsgård, who lays on the slick extra thick here. Ebba is also Lukas’ ex-girlfriend, and she’s already spilled some dirt about her ballsy employee as the shaky Waystar-GoJo acquisition keeps tottering.

SeriesFest has announced the official lineup for SeriesFest: Season 9, which will be held from May 5 to 10 in Denver. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” producers will be presented with the SeriesFest Impact in Television Award at the annual festival, Variety can exclusively reveal.

SeriesFest: Season 9 has slated a wide variety of screenings, panels, workshops and sneak peeks/television premieres at this year’s festival. The non-profit organization is committed to showcasing and uplifting rising talent and underserved communities through episodic storytelling.

This year’s Impact in Television Award will be presented to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” producers Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey and Tom Campbell, for their pioneering and creative developments in the world of television production. Barbato, Bailey and Campbell will also participate in a panel on Monday, May 8, where audiences can ask the creatives questions.

“We’re excited to celebrate this amazing content and embrace conversations about the ever-changing industry,” Randi Kleiner, co-founder and CEO of SeriesFest,...

Following her stint in Berlinale Series’ competition with “The Architect,” a Norwegian Viaplay limited series set in the near future, Kerren Lumer-Klabbers will focus on a feature film next, which has the working title of “School of Women.”

The project, produced by Søs Thøstesen, will be inspired by her own life, admits the filmmaker. Or rather, the lives of her two mothers.

“They met thanks to the Women’s Liberation Movement in Denmark. One of my mothers grew up in a conservative family, where a woman was supposed to be seen, not heard. The word ‘lesbian’ wasn’t even a part of the vocabulary. She spent her whole life trying to liberate herself from that upbringing,” she said.

Lumer-Klabbers has been busy interviewing women who were a part of the Movement. Including her mothers.

“I told them they can’t say anything wrong and that it’s not about ‘entertaining’ me.

Exclusive: Jack Huston has signed with CAA.

Huston first gained recognition for his portrayal of the disfigured hitman Richard Harrow in HBO’s Emmy-winning series Boardwalk Empire, sharing a SAG Award for best ensemble cast. Most recently, his film roles have included Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Wash Westmoreland’s The Earthquake Bird with Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough, both for Netflix. Huston’s other credits include David O. Russell’s American Hustle (which earned him a second SAG Award for ensemble), Kill Your Darlings, the David Chase-directed Not Fade Away and Mathew Weiner’s The Romanoffs. Huston recently wrapped the new season of Fargo for broadcast later this year and will next be seen starring in the Lionsgate social thriller Antebellum and Philip Noyce’s Above Suspicion opposite Emilia Clarke. In theatre, Jack starred in Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train on London’s West End.

Huston,...

For most people with the Intj (The Architect) personality, movies are either good or bad, they either like it or they don't. The common denominator for this is how intellectually or artistically stimulating the movie can be and it just so happens that action movies don't exactly require much thinking.

Related: 10 Action/Adventure Movies To Watch If You Love The Uncharted Games

Even so, some action movies have broken that mold and stand out as creative masterpieces of violence-- something that will please even the most judgmental or nitpicky of INTJs. Seeing as how picky we are with the stuff we watch, here are five action movies that INTJs will love and five we shouldn't waste our time with.

Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Ina Weisse’s “The Audition,” the tense psychological drama which world premiered at Toronto and went on to win the Silver Shell Award (for Nina Hoss) at San Sebastian.

Represented in international markets by Les Films du Losange, the film stars Hoss as Anna Bronsky, an obsessive violin teacher at a high school focused on honing young talent. When Anna finds a young student, Alexander, she sets off to create a model of herself but her dedication gradually creates a tense situation and affects her personal life with her husband and son.

“‘The Audition’ features such a powerful performance from Hoss that is heartbreaking, vulnerable and unforgettable, we are proud to have the film for North America” said Strand Releasing’s Jon Gerrans who negotiated the deal with Alice Lesort of Les Films du Losange. Strand plans to release “The Audition” next Spring or Summer.

Welcome to this week’s review of SmackDown, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we another WWE Draft, because Vince McMahon never learns. Maybe this time will be different, but I doubt it. Okay, let’s jump into the madness before I get cold feet/a clue.

Match #1: Seth Rollins def. Roman Reigns (Disqualification) The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

Universal Champion Seth Rollins (representing Raw) and Roman Reigns (representing SmackDown) collided to kick off Friday Night SmackDown with the winner earning the first overall pick in the WWE Draft for the brand he was representing. Being so familiar with each other’s arsenals, the two felt each other out in the early goings until tempers began to flare, at which point the two Superstars just flat out started throwing haymakers. In the critical moments, The Architect seemingly had The Big Dog bested when he...

Featuring a captivating performance from Nina Hoss, Ina Weisse’s sophomore feature follows a woman trapped in the pursuit of success and abandoning her family. A famous actress with an extended career in German television, Ina Weisse made her first foray into screenwriting and directing with the award-winning feature drama The Architect in 2008. The Audition is Weisse’s sophomore film and had its world premiere in the Discovery section at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival. Anna Bronsky (Nina Hoss) is a violin teacher in a high school for musicians in Berlin. She’s married to French violin maker Philippe (Simon Abkarian) and together they have a 10-year-old son, Jonas (Serafin Mishiev), who also attends the same school. Her relationship with her husband seems to be crumbling, and Anna is looking for new challenges in her rather dull family and professional life. During the school’s annual admission exams, Anna becomes fascinated with.

Standing out in the French sales agent’s Toronto line-up is German director Ina Weisse’s second feature film, which will then go on to battle it out in competition at San Sebastián. The international sales team (led by Alice Lesort) of Parisian outfit Les Films du Losange (directed by Margaret Ménégoz) are heading for the 44th Toronto International Film Festival (running 5 to 15 September), pinning their hopes on The Audition, among others, by Germany’s Ina Weisse, which will have its world premiere in Canada on 8 September within the Discovery section of the Festival, before travelling on to compete in the 67th San Sebastian International Film Festival (20 to 28 September).This second feature film by the actress, following on from The Architect (screened at the 2009 Berlinale within the German Cinema line-up), brings together German star Nina Hoss, France’s Simon Abkarian, Ilja Monti, Serafin Mishiev and Denmark’s Jens Albinus. Written.

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Romantic comedies are universal in appeal, but they've historically been limiting in terms of casting. Over the years, white actresses like Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts have dominated female protagonist roles in the genre. The road to progress has been slow, but after an unnecessarily long delay, there's finally an Asian-American leading lady in a major rom-com. In Crazy Rich Asians, Taiwanese-American actress (and queen of lobs) Constance Wu stars as Rachel Chu, a middle-class economics professor who falls for a member of Singapore's elite.

Wu has had a few parts in films and TV series, but her biggest role yet is on ABC's Fresh Off the Boat, in which she plays the stern, often inadvertently hilarious Jessica Huang. Besides Jessica, Rachel is a very important part for Wu since it marks her first leading role in a major studio film. In a recent emotional tweet,...

Epix’s drama Pennyworth has found its villainess at the top of the British pop charts: Platinum-selling singer Paloma Faith has joined the cast in the role of Bet Sykes, a cruel adversary who will test the courage of young Alfred Pennyworth and his new boss, Thomas Wayne, the future father of Bruce Wayne.

Faith’s character is described as a “spirited, sadistic and sharp-tongued villain,” according to Warner Horizon Scripted Television. The characters are based on the adventures dating back to the Fdr years and published in the pages of Batman, Detective Comics and other DC Comics titles.

Faith has acted before — her onscreen credits include Peter & Wendy and Doctor Parnassus — but is best known as a UK music star with a strong track record at home but little traction in the American market.

The singer’s fourth full-length album, The Architect, was released last November and hit No.

Stars: Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Marisa Tomei, Patch Darragh, Luna Lauren Velez, Kristen Solis, Rotimi Paul | Written by James DeMonaco | Directed by Gerard McMurray

With The Purge franchise, creator James DeMonaco has done the near impossible: develop and expand an implausible, high-concept idea into an engaging socio-political saga. Better still, he’s managed it without too much repetition. 2013’s The Purge was a simple home invasion horror; 2014’s Anarchy was a survival action movie with zombie movie tropes; and 2016’s Election Year was a broad allegory for the toxic state of American democracy in the run-up to the real-world presidential showdown. Now we are in the era of Trump, and DeMonaco – writer only this time, leaving directing duties to Burning Sands’ Gerard McMurray – has gone back to the creation of the Purge itself.

The concept of the Purge – for one night each year, all crime in...

As “The Purge” franchise has grown over five years and four films, the series has moved from its roots as a high-concept home invasion thriller that focused on a well-off white family attempting to get through the night when their high-tech security system fails to safeguard against mad marauders during the worst night of the year. Subsequent sequels moved the action outward, and introduced more-diverse characters with timely stories. Sequels “Anarchy” and “Election Year” expanded the Purge mythology, including its roots as a government plot to eradicate poor people.

That concept drives Gerard McMurray’s prequel “The First Purge,” which dramatizes the eponymous first “experiment” in chilling fashion: A new political party (The New Founding Fathers) created the Purge as a way for an uneasy Americans to release their worst impulses, an idea they test in a 12-hour period on Staten Island. Residents receive $5,000 if they stay on the island...

Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, television, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. St. Louis show hours are Friday, February 2nd, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, February 3rd, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday,February 4th, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Stan Lee , the legendary comic book writer, editor, actor, producer and publisher, announced that he will attend Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis, February 3-4, The iconic Lee, a member of both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, will greet fans, pose for photo ops, sign autographs and conduct interactive Q&A sessions in Saturday and Sunday.

Known to millions as the man whose superheroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comic book industry,...

Pop culture comes to life in St. Louis next month! It’s the Wizard World Comic Con February 2nd, 3rd, and 4th at America’s Center downtown (701 Convention Plaza – St. Louis, Mo 63101), and boy oh boy, do they have an amazing line-up of guests!

Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, television, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. St. Louis show hours are Friday, February 2nd, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, February 3rd, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday,February 4th, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis is also the place for cosplay, with fans young and old showing off their best costumes throughout the event. Fans dressed as every imaginable character – and some never before dreamed – will roam the convention floor...

For 11 years now Tampa has hosted the Gasparilla International Film Festival. Located in the historic Ybor neighbourhood, the fest provides a great mix of local fare, world class features and docs as well as its fair share of cinephilic events. There are a few exciting films making their debut, including All Nighter with J.K. Simmons that looks to be a lot of fun, as well as titles like Burn Your Maps and others that have had festival success elsewhere. I'm personally looking forward to catching Score, the doc on film soundtracks, and the Parker Posey vehicle The Architect. The Florida showcase often finds some hidden gems, and the fest generally provides a great deal of comraderie and fun for local audiences. Look out for...

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