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New ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Image Teases Connection With ‘Black Panther 2’ and ‘Moon Knight’
Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is fully underway, but many titles such as Shang-Chi and Eternals have focused mainly on introducing its new superheroes without much reference to the rest of the MCU. Luckily, some of the original Avengers such as Spider-Man and Doctor Strange have contributed to this aspect, and now Thor: Love and Thunder are looking to bring the interconnectedness of the massive superhero franchise even further. Spotted in a new image of the upcoming Taika Waititi film that has surfaced, we see both Tessa Thompson‘s Valkyrie and Natalie Portman‘s Mighty Thor convening in a similar way as the Illuminati in Multiverse of Madness, but while it’s no surprise for the two to be appearing on screen, fans have noticed that a new character has found its way into...
Jeff Bridges Runs from the Law in FX’s ‘The Old Man’
FX has just released the first trailer for its adaptation of Thomas Perry’s The Old Man, pitting Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges and Golden Globes winner John Lithgow head to head. Bridges takes on the lead role of Dan Chase, a former CIA operative that has since disappeared and now lives completely off the grid. After years of hiding, his past has finally caught up to him, with an assassin attempting to kill him. Realizing that he’s being hunted, Bridges goes on the run, fighting his way out for survival while he’s chased down by Lithgow’s Harold Harper, an assistant director at the FBI who shares history with him. Joining the two esteemed actors will be Alia Shawkat, E.J. Bonilla, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Amy Brenneman, Bill Heck, Leem Lubany, and Pej Vehdat. Johnathan E. Steinberg and R...
Chris Hemsworth Stars as a Dystopian Prison Leader in New ‘Spiderhead’ Trailer
Netflix on Tuesday dropped off the official trailer for its upcoming sci-fi thriller Spiderhead, starring Chris Hemsworth. The movie, helmed by Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski, sees Hemsworth don an American accent as a pharmaceutical genius named Steve Abnesti, who runs experimental tests on prisoners in exchange for shortening their sentences. Based on the George Saunders short story “Escape From Spiderhead,” which was first published in The New Yorker, the film also stars Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollet as lovestruck prisoners who rebel against Steve at the namesake penitentiary. “Beautiful people get away with too much,” Hemsworth’s character says during a scene in the trailer. “I say that having benefited myself from time to time.” Kosinski is directing based on a...
Above & Beyond Usher In New Era Of Ambient Music With “Reflections” Imprint
Above & Beyond‘s new label imprint, minted for life’s ruminative moments, has arrived with its debut release. Christening the label themselves, the famed dance music trio has dropped “Morning in Deira” and “Time Heals” respectively. With the first taste of what the group’s new imprint will have to offer, it’s plain to see the creative direction for Reflections will be far different compared to that of Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. Despite the stylistic differences, the group has certainly shown their tenacity in the competitive label space with their beloved Anjunabeats having surpassed over twenty years of operations in late 2020. In stark contrast to the more traditionally-defined dance music offerings of their existing imprint...
ILLENIUM, PNAU, Lady Gaga Top Dance/Electronic Categories At Billboard Music Awards
The 2022 award show season continued over the weekend with music’s biggest stars showing out in Las Vegas for the Billboard Music Awards. The night saw a myriad of artists, albums, and songs celebrated across many genres with Drake and Olivia Rodrigo specifically taking home the night’s top honors by winning the awards for Top Artist and Top New Artist respectively. Meanwhile, in the highly competitive dance and electronic categories, Australian dance music trio, PNAU, bested the field of Top Dance/Electronic Song with their remix of Elton John and Dua Lipa’s “Cold Heart.” The radio-ready track eked out a victory over Tiësto’s “The Business,” Travis Scott & HVME’s “Goosebumps,” Farruko’s “Pepas̶...
Megan Thee Stallion Says She’s “95% Done” With Her Sophomore Album
Last fans received a new project from Megan Thee Stallion was back in October, with her release of Something For Thee Hotties. Made up of freestyles and unreleased songs from her archive, the compilation album spanned 21 tracks in total and served as the eagerly-anticipated follow up to the rapper’s debut LP Good News. About a year and a half since she dropped Good News, Megan teased that fans may be hearing new work sometime soon. On Monday evening the rapper was the recipient of the Webby Artist of the Year Award, presented to her by celebrity stylist and Legendary co-star Law Roach. During a red carpet interview, she shared that her sophomore album is nearly finished. “Anything I want to give away? Actually, I’m probably like 95% done with my new album,” she revealed “I want to tease th...
My Chemical Romance Lay ‘The Foundations Of Decay’ In Debut Live Performance
Emo has risen. My Chemical Romance welcomed fans back to the Black Parade on Monday (May 16) with the kick-off performance of their long-awaited reunion tour at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England. The legendary band debuted a live performance of their newest single, “The Foundations of Decay,” the first of their music since their 2013 breakup. Fan-captured footage from the show reveals that they also delivered two surprise debut performances of other older songs “Surrender the Night” and “Boy Division” from their 2013 compilation album Conventional Weapons. MCR also killed it, according to fan reactions on social media, with other favorite hits and classics like “Helena,” “This Is How I Disappear,” “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na),” “Teenagers,” “I Don’t Love You,” and “Slee...
Deftones Bring on the Blood Moon with Rooftop Performance in NYC: Recap, Photos + Video
Setting the Stage: After twice postponing their highly anticipated tour due to the pandemic, Deftones have finally hit the road again. Most of the fans in attendance at the Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City had been holding onto their tickets for two years, and they were rewarded with a beautiful night of perfect weather on Sunday (May 15th). Not to mention, a full moon hung over the evening’s festivities, with a sensational real-life backdrop that included the Empire State Building to the left and the Brooklyn Bridge to the right. In fact, later on that night, a “blood moon” would be visible due to a total lunar eclipse. If that weren’t enough, French metal masters Gojira were providing direct support, with Australian electronic duo VOWWS opening the evening. Taking the Stage: With...
The Police Come Knocking in Trailer for Only Murders in the Building Season 2: Watch
For true crime fanatics, murder mysteries are all fun and games until you become the prime suspect. That’s the plot of Only Murders in the Building Season 2, which just released a new teaser trailer. In the second installment of Hulu’s crime comedy, there’s no longer only one murder in the Arconia, Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel’s (Selena Gomez) Upper West Side building. After forming a podcast to solve the mysterious death of their neighbor, Arconia Board President Bunny Folger turns up dead as well, and all signs point to the trio. “Evidence keeps showing up in our apartments!” Mabel frets in the trailer. Soon enough, the police come knocking, right when Oliver discovers a bloody knife that appears to be the murder weapon. Advertisement Related Video T...
Star Wars Needs to Embrace Recasting Classic Characters
In an epic Vanity Fair feature published Tuesday, Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy laid out how the next phase of Star Wars is focused on television, with the serialized saga of The Mandalorian and its spin-offs soon to be joined by other series set in different periods and starring different characters. While offering up a hard sell on the exciting projects on the horizon, with some exceptionally charming Ewan McGregor and Diego Luna quotes for flavor, writer Anthony Breznican does also explore some recent missteps made during production. To quote from the piece: To keep minting fans, Lucasfilm must give new generations their own collection of characters to love and hate, and not every classic character can be brought back endlessly anyway. Kennedy is well aware of all this now. In The Mandal...
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Being Rebooted for Hulu
It’s been two decades since Stephen Norrington’s messy adaptation of Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which is apparently enough time to get a reboot off the ground. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Studios is taking another crack at the comic book franchise as a feature film for Hulu. Penning the screenplay will be Justin Haythe, who is known for his work on Revolutionary Road and Red Sparrow, with Don Murphy revisiting his producer role from the original adaptation. Murphy will be joined by producing partner Susan Montford and Erwin Stoff of 3 Arts Entertainment. THR reports that unlike the 2003 film, which went as far as adding Tom Sawyer as a US Secret Service agent, Haythe is returning to the core comic books for a more faithful ...
IRS Drops Tax Forms Detailing Black Lives Matter Co-Founder’s Use of Donation Money
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Clark / Getty Black Lives Matter (specifically the Black Lives Matter Global Network) has been scrutinized after its co-founder Patrisse Cullors was called out for its alleged misuse of the donations given to the foundation. Now, the IRS has dropped receipts in the form of tax forms, and it details where a good portion of the money went. The Associated Press exclusively shared the 63-page Form 990 revealing Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. reports took in $90 million last year, investing $32 million in stocks during the breakout of racial justice protests in 2020. Organizers claim that money will be used to further support the movement and ensure the foundation continues its work. Related Stories BLM ended its fiscal year July 1, 20...
