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U.K. Elections: Labour Claims Historic Landslide Victory
The Labour Party has won a historic landslide victory at the 2024 U.K. general election, defeating the ruling Conservative Party. The transfer of power in the U.K. is brisk, and the Labour leader Keir Starmer is now set to become the 58th prime minister, after he visits King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday. After […]
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Kendrick Lamar Releases “Not Like Us” Music Video, Takes More Shots at Drake
The Kendrick Lamar victory lap continues. The Compton rapper finally released the music video for “Not Like Us,” his now-legendary Drake diss track, on Thursday. The video, which comes after Lamar performed the song six times in a row at his joyous “The Pop Out” concert last month, could be described as the cap on […]
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Netflix’s New Releases Coming in July 2024
Axel Foley returning to Beverly Hills, an animated feature from former Studio Ghibli talent, a jaw-dropping doc about love-struck “rooftoppers” and final seasons from three big shows — a Spanish teen drama, a viking saga and Daniel LaRusso’s last hurrah — are some of the highlights on Netflix in July. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, […]
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Scarlett Johansson Reveals Decade-Long Dream to Join ‘Jurassic World’: “I’m Such an Enormous Fan of the Franchise and Huge Nerd for It”
Ahead of leading the next installment in Universal’s Jurassic World franchise, Scarlett Johansson has outed herself as a “huge nerd” for all things Jurassic Park and Jurassic World and revealed that she had “been trying to get into this franchise in any possible way for over 10 years.” In an interview with Comicbook.com, Johansson said […]
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Kevin Costner Confirms He Will Not Be Returning to ‘Yellowstone’: “I Just Realized That I’m Not Going to Be Able to Continue”
It’s official: Kevin Costner will not be returning to Yellowstone. The actor posted a video to social media Thursday in which he confirmed long-mooted speculation that he was done with Paramount+’s monster neo-Western drama Yellowstone. “I just want to reach out and let you know that after this long year and a half of working […]
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Netflix Showcases South East Asian Slate of Films and Series Including New Titles From Joko Anwar, Kimo Stamboel and Carlo Ledesma
In less than a decade, Netflix has become a production powerhouse in South East Asia, and that fact was reinforced at a showcase the streamer held in the Indonesian capital Jakarta last week, where it showed off its latest batch of original local films and series. Through aggressive and consistent investment in producing originals, Netflix […]
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China’s Zhang Yimou to Direct ‘Three-Body Problem’ Movie
Liu Cixin’s best-selling sci-fi book The Three-Body Problem is heading home to China to get another screen adaptation. Zhang Yimou, arguably China’s most revered living filmmaker, is set to direct a Chinese-language feature film based on the novel, it was revealed Sunday during a forum at the Shanghai International Film festival. In Shanghai, Wang Changtian, […]
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Neil Jordan Claims Ex-Irish PM Expected Payment for ‘Michael Collins’ Praise (Report)
Michael Collins director Neil Jordan has claimed that ex-Irish leader Garret FitzGerald expected payment from Warner Bros. for penning an op-ed at the time that pushed back against the wave of criticism the political biopic faced. In a story published Friday, the Guardian reported that Jordan made the extraordinary claim in his new memoir, Amnesiac: […]
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Soho House Set to Open First Japan House in 2026
Soho House will finally reach Japan, after the global private members club for creatives revealed plans for a Tokyo house that is set to open in 2026. Located in the Tokyo’s upmarket Aoyama district, an area known for independent boutiques, fashion stores that is a stone’s throw from the Omotesando shopping area, Soho House Tokyo […]
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Martin Lawrence Addresses Viral Clip From ‘Bad Boys 4’ Premiere, Shoots Down Health Concerns: “I’m Healthy as Hell. Stop the Rumors”
Martin Lawrence has shot down concerns about his health after a viral clip of the actor from the Bad Boys: Ride or Die premiere in Los Angeles sparked speculation on social media. In the clip that went viral, Lawrence and Bad Boys 4 co-star Will Smith are atop a bus addressing the crowd during the […]
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Brother Marquis, 2 Live Crew Rapper, Dies at 58
Mark Ross, a rapper better known by his stage name Brother Marquis and a member of the influential and often controversial Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died. He was 58. The official 2 Live Crew Instagram account confirmed Ross’ death on Monday night, and the group’s longtime manager, DJ Debo, also confirmed the […]
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Netflix’s New Releases Coming in June 2024
A sexy comedy featuring man-of-the-moment Glen Powell posing as an undercover hitman, Jessica Alba kicking ass in an all-action revenge tale, the inimitable David Letterman interviewing a new round of guests, the continuing saga of Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, the return of a beloved fantasy series and the story of the most iconic franchise […]
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