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Ridley Scott Says Gladiator 2 Is Being “Written Now”
Ridley Scott is preparing to go back to ancient Rome, as the filmmaker says a script for Gladiator 2 is being “written now.” Speaking with (fittingly enough) EMPIRE, Scott confirmed that he has eyes to make the sequel to the 2000 classic Gladiator after he finishes his next project, KitBag. That film happens to star Gladiator villain Joaquin Phoenix, who’s set to play Napoléon Bonaparte alongside Jodie Comer (Scott’s upcoming The Last Duel) as the emperor’s wife, Joséphine. “I’m already having [the next] Gladiator written now,” Scott said. “So when I’ve done Napoleon, Gladiator will be ready to go.” Advertisement Related Video This isn’t the first time Scott has made mention of a Gladiator 2. Back in 2018, he was in talks with screenwriter Peter Craig (The Hun...
Eminem Works Takeout Window at Mom’s Spaghetti’s Grand Opening
Eminem’s Mom’s Spaghetti restaurant opened in Detroit on Wednesday, and a familiar face manned the takeout window: Slim Shady himself. With a sweater clean of vomit, the rapper worked the walk-up window at the alley-set eatery when it first began serving customers on September 29th. As Complex reports, Em served the first 10 customers their takeout containers of spaghetti and meatballs (with a vegan option available!), snapping pictures with fans at the counter. According to the Detroit Free Press, the line for the opening day celebration stretched for blocks around Detroit’s Foxtown neighborhood. Some were camping out since the early morning awaiting the 5:00 p.m. opening. While they waited, they were treated to a rendition of “Lose Yourself” (the lyrics of which inspired the restaur...
Coldplay and BTS Unite for Intergalactic “My Universe” Video: Watch
Coldplay and BTS have unveiled the spacey music video for their hit collab “My Universe” via Parlophone Records/Big Hit. Watch it below. Set in far-off galaxy called The Spheres — as in Coldplay’s upcoming album Music of the Spheres — the rock band and K-pop idols team up with a supergroup of extraterrestrials called Supernova 7 to save music from being outlawed. “In the night, I lie and look up at you/ When the morning comes, I watch you rise/ There’s a paradise they couldn’t capture/ That bright infinity inside your eyes,” Chris Martin croons before being joined by Jung Kook on the track’s pre-chorus. Advertisement Related Video Directed by Dave Meyers, the visual follows Coldplay and BTS dropping two new versions of “My Universe”: an acoustic version and the “Supernova 7 Mix.” Watch the...
‘The Book of Boba Fett’ To Premiere on Disney+ This December
Disney+ on Wednesday announced that The Book of Boba Fett — LucasFilm‘s latest series that was first introduced in the end-credit sequence following the season two finale of The Mandalorian — is slated to premiere on Wednesday, December 29. The series “finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the Galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate,” according to Disney’s official synopsis. Temuera Morrison will return in the role of Boba Fett and Ming-Na Wen will return as Fennec Shand. Wen first depicted her character in season one of The Mandalorian and later provided Shand’s voice in the animated series Star Wars: Th...
‘Squid Game’ Director Reveals More About Gong Yoo’s Salesman Character
Dong-hyuk Hwang, the director of the highly-anticipated Netflix series Squid Game, revealed more about the salesman played by Gong Yoo. As a special appearance in Episodes 1 and 9, the character on the subway recruits participants into the Squid Game by playing ddakji. With speculations of the red and blue envelopes representing staff and players, the director has commented on the topic and how the character fits in the plot. “The recruiter is a facilitator from the game that gains trust from the authority and is allowed to work outside in public,” says Hwang. The colors of the envelopes are just alluding to the Japanese legend Aka Manto, where a masked spirit asked people if they want red paper or blue paper in the bathroom. For casting, director Hwang added that he asked Gong Yoo for thi...
Mark Hoppus Says He’s Cancer-Free
According to a post on his Instagram account, Mark Hoppus is officially cancer-free. The news comes just over three months after he confirmed his diagnosis and merely a few weeks after finishing his chemotherapy treatment. “Just saw my oncologist and I’m cancer free!!” Hoppus’ post reads. “Thank you God and universe and friends and family and everyone who sent support and kindness and love. Still have to get scanned every six months and it’ll take me until the end of the year to get back to normal, but today is an amazing day and I feel so blessed. Can I get a W in the chat?” The good news means that the Blink-182 and Simple Creatures singer, ringleader, and bassist followed in his mother’s footsteps by also beating stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and is hopefully on track for a heal...
‘League of Legends’ Unveils Anime Music Video Ahead of Upcoming World Championship
Ahead of the League of Legends World Championship, Riot Games has released a new song and anime-inspired music video. Titled “Burn It Down,” the new track is by alternative-pop band PVRIS and features animated versions of some of the world’s best “League of Legends” players. Created by Haoliners Animation, the anime-inspired music video includes Lee “Faler” Sang-hyeok, who has won the World Championship multiple times and is considered one of the game’s greatest players, in addition to former world champion Kim “DoinB” Tae-sang and last year’s World Championship MVP, Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu. Riot Games and Netflix recently released the full trailer for its upcoming “League of Legends” animated series, “Arcane.” The new series, which focuses on the relationship between sister Jinx and Vi, unco...
Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ Cancels Performance Due to Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases
This marks the first Broadway cancellation due to COVID-19 since shows resumed on the Great White Way. Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway canceled Wednesday night’s (Sept. 29) performance due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases, just one day after the show reopened for the first time in 18 months. “Through our rigorous testing protocols, breakthrough COVID-19 cases have been detected with the company of Aladdin at The New Amsterdam Theatre. Because the wellness and safety of our guests, casts, and crew are our top priority, tonight’s performance, Wednesday, September 29th, is canceled,” the production tweeted Wednesday evening. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful peo...
Gloria Estefan Reflects on Being Called Out During ‘In the Heights’ Colorism Controversy
The singer and Cuban American icon said it can be assumed she isn’t Latina due to her lighter skin, but says she understands why someone would point to her as an example. “I understood it, completely. I understood it because I am a very well-known Latina, and I look a certain way. My skin is white, you know,” she said. “Although to a lot of people, they might assume that I’m not white because I’m Latina! So, it may have nothing to do with your genetics; the bottom line is labeling and putting people in boxes.” “OK, even though I go, ‘Hey, I’m just as Latina as anybody else,’ I understood where that was coming from,” she added. Emily — who is proud the show is “bringing up and opening the door to the conversation of colorism and racism within the Latin community” — says women like the Estef...
NCT 127 Nets Third No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart With ‘Sticker: The 3rd Album’
Of Sticker: The 3rd Album’s sales of 58,000, physical album sales comprise 57,000 (all from CD sales) and 1,000 via digital download. Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of the album was issued in multiple collectible packages and boxed sets (nine, including a Target-exclusive edition). NCT 127 previously led Top Album Sales with NCT #127: Neo Zone, The 2nd Album in 2020 and NCT #127 We Are Superhuman: The 4th Mini Album in 2019. Lil Nas X’s first full-length album, Montero, arrives at No. 2 with 22,000 copies sold, all via digital download. Rock band Spiritbox sees its debut full-length set Eternal Blue bow at No. 3 with 19,000 sold. Of that sum, 10,000 were sold via vinyl LP while the rest were mostly split between CD and digital download sales. The album’s vinyl sales were rob...
Live Nation Expands Artist Discovery Platform ‘Ones to Watch’ Into Australia
Ones to Watch Australia launches proper on Oct. 8 with a live showcase at Adelaide’s Lion Arts Factory, featuring performances from local acts Colourblind, East AV3 and Teenage Joans and three of South Australia’s 2021 Robert Stigwood Fellowship Recipients. The invite-only launch-night is a collaboration with the government of South Australia’s Music Development Office, and Music SA, and it takes place as part of the trade body’s annual industry showcase event, Scouted. According to a statement issued Thursday (March 30) from LN, Ones to Watch Australia will “showcase rising new talent” from across the country, including musicians, bands, and producers, who’ll be provided with “professional support to help kickstart their careers by leveraging Live Nation’s global network.” One...
Mark Hoppus Announces He Is “Cancer-Free”
blink-182 staple Mark Hoppus has announced that he is now “cancer-free.” The 49-year-old bassist confirmed the news on social media with a joyous note: “Just saw my oncologist and I’m cancer free!! Thank you God and universe and friends and family and everyone who sent support and kindness and love. Still have to get scanned every six months and it’ll take me until the end of the year to get back to normal but today is an amazing day and I feel so blessed. Can I get a W in the chat?” Hoppus publicly revealed his cancer diagnosis in late June, sharing that he had already been undergoing chemotherapy for three months before disclosing the news. Shortly after, he explained that he was battling the same type of cancer his mother had beaten, specifying that it was “diffuse large B-cell lymphoma...
