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R.I.P. Robbie Coltrane, Hagrid in Harry Potter Series Dead at 72
Robbie Coltrane, the beloved comic actor who starred as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, is dead at the age of 72, his agent confirmed to Deadline. Coltrane had been in poor health for about two years, and died in a hospital near his Larbert, Scotland, home. Coltrane featured prominently in all eight films in the Harry Potter series, serving as a bumbling but lovable father figure to the titular orphan. He also stole scenes in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999) as Russian gangster Valentin Zukovsky, and won three consecutive BAFTA Awards for best actor in the ITV crime series Cracker. Michael Gambon is the only other actor to achieve that distinction. Coltrane appeared in the anniversary special ...
Neil Young Announces Harvest 50th Anniversary Reissue, Shares Live Version of “Heart of Gold”: Stream
Neil Young will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his fourth studio album, Harvest, with a deluxe reissue out on December 2nd via Reprise. Available on 3xLP or 3xCD, the box set will come with the original album; three studio outtakes; a previously unreleased BBC solo performance recorded on February 23rd, 1971; and a documentary called Harvest Time. Also included are a hardbound photo book, posters, and liner notes by photographer Joel Bernstein. The outtakes included in the reissue are “Bad Fog of Loneliness,” “Journey Through the Past,” and “Dance Dance Dance.” Meanwhile, Harvest Time features footage from Young’s “Harvest Barn” sessions in Northern California along with recording sessions in Nashville and London. Advertisement Related Video Pre-orders are ongoing. Scroll onwa...
Everything You Need To Know About DC’s Black Adam
The DC Cinematic Universe has faced some serious shake-ups in 2022 alone. With the controversial state of its upcoming Flash film, the world has their critical eyes on their newest film set to release this October. DC’s Black Adam, like The Flash, is set to bring about a new era for the DCEU following the mixed bag that was Zack Snyder’s DCEU. With his debut as Black Adam, Dwayne Johnson redefines what it means to be a hero while facing off against the Justice Society of America for the first time in live-action. DC’s Black Adam is a major turning point for the company, with its protagonist leaning further down the line of what is morally sound. While it isn’t uncommon for movies and TV to have morally gray and villainous protagonists, DC’s Black Adam seems to be one of the first superhero...
Netflix to Launch Ad-Supported Plan for $6.99 Per Month Beginning in November
Ads are coming to Netflix beginning in November. Following months of speculation, the streamer plans to launch its ad-supported tier beginning November 3rd at a monthly price point of $6.99. Subscribers of the ad-supported tier can expect to see between 4 to 5 minutes of commercials per hour of content, including both pre-roll and in-content ads. The ad-supported plan will also not include Netflix’s full content catalog. A “limited number” of movies and TV shows — estimated to be between 5% and 10% of Netflix’s current titles — “won’t be available due to licensing restrictions,” Netflix chief operating officer Greg Peters disclosed. Additionally, subscribers of the plan will not have the ability to download titles for offline viewing. Related Video Netflix’s “Basic with Ads” plan will laun...
Rob Schneider Says Bill Murray “Hated” Chris Farley and Adam Sandler
Bill Murray doesn’t exactly have a great reputation right now, and to add to the fire, Rob Schneider has shared his own experience with the rather difficult comedian. Appearing on SiriusXM’s Jim Norton & Sam Roberts, the Saturday Night Live alum recalled that Murray — himself a former Not Ready for Prime Time Player — really didn’t jibe with Schneider or castmates like Chris Farley and Adam Sandler. Initially discussing a project he declined to name, Schneider described a filmmaker warning the crew that “‘Bill Murray is gonna come, he’s gonna change the… dialogue. He’s gonna change things, and it’s gonna be great, but you don’t know who you’re gonna get. Which Bill Murray you’re gonna get. The nice Bill Murray? Or you’re gonna get the tough Bill Murray?’” “He’s super nic...
Blink-182 Return With Reunion Single “Edging”: Stream
Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker are back together for the first time in nearly a decade. In addition to a mammoth world tour, the trio is also gearing up to release a new album, their first since 2011’s Neighborhoods . The lead single, “Edging,” is out today and can be streamed below. Beginning next year, Blink will embark on a world tour that hits North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand (grab tickets here). On the North American leg, they’ll be joined by hardcore titans Turnstile, and come next October, they’ll perform with the likes of Green Day and All Time Low at the second When We Were Young Festival. Beyond all that, Blink bassist Mark Hoppus has announced a memoir detailing his career and recent battle with cancer. Advertisement Relat...
Taylor Swift to Appear on The Tonight Show Following Release of New Album Midnights
Taylor Swift will unveil her next album, Midnights, on October 21st, and come October 24th, she’ll sit down for a post-release interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, kicking off the host’s week of Fall-Star Favorites. Meghan Trainor will perform on the October 24th Tonight Show episode. On the 25th, Fallon will interview Sigourney Weaver, while Zedd and Maren Morris will perform. Selena Gomez and Rose Byrne will appear as the guests on October 26th, and the week will conclude with an appearance from Millie Bobby Brown on October 27th. Midnights, Swift’s 10th album, follows her pandemic projects folklore and evermore. In a statement, the artist said the record was about “13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.” “This is a collection of ...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Unveil New Album Return of the Dream Canteen: Stream
Red Hot Chili Peppers are back with Return of the Dream Canteen, their second album of 2022. Listen to the project below. Anthony Kiedis, Flea, and Chad Smith have clearly been in good spirits since reuniting with their beloved on-again, off-again guitarist John Frusciante. Not only did they write enough music to follow-up April’s Unlimited Love just six months later, but they also penned a sentimental message to fans about Return of the Dream Canteen‘s origins. The statement reads: “We went in search of ourselves as the band that we have somehow always been. Just for the fun of it we jammed and learned some old songs. Before long we started the mysterious process of building new songs. A beautiful bit of chemistry meddling that had befriended us hundreds of times along the ...
Green Day Announce Nimrod 25th Anniversary Box Set, Share Unreleased Demo “You Irritate Me”: Stream
Green Day have unveiled a new box set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their fifth album, Nimrod. The three-piece collection was announced along with an unearthed track from that era, “You Irritate Me.” Nimrod 25 – 25th Anniversary Edition contains the 1997 LP along with a compilation of demos and a live recording from a headlining show at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory on November 14th, 1997, one month after the album’s release. The 14-track demo set features early takes of album cuts like “Nice Guys Finish Last” and “Walking Alone” as well as unreleased songs like “Tre Polka” and a cover of Elvis Costello’s “Alison.” Stream the set’s first offering, a demo of “You Irritate Me,” below. Due out on January 27th, the box set will be available as a 3xCD or 5xLP collection. The vinyl pack...
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Forcibly Removes Fan from Stage During Concert: Watch
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson physically ejected an invasive fan from the stage during a recent show in Anaheim, California. While the incident happened on September 22nd, footage of the onstage incident is now making the rounds. The encounter took place during the final song of the evening (“Aces High”). Wearing a backwards cap, the fan rushed the stage and flashed the devil horns at guitarist Janick Gers and a visibly perturbed Dickinson, who attempted to escort the intruder backstage by the hand. Instead, the fan broke free and approached bassist Steve Harris, at which point he removed his hat to headbang next to the Iron Maiden founder. It’s here where Dickinson lost his patience, as the frontman grabs the fan by the back of the shirt or his long hair, and physically drags him b...
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Says Average Musician “Living Hand to Mouth”
Garbage singer Shirley Manson is the latest artist to speak up about the “enormous strain” musicians are facing due to the current state of live music. In a statement posted to Instagram, she said a “large percentage” of fellow musicians “are likely living hand to mouth” as a result. “Live music is under enormous strain,” Manson wrote in a caption accompanying the cover photo of a recent Vulture report titled The Live-Music Industry Is Broken. “The average musician can no longer survive let alone thrive under the current conditions. We are seeing so many precious talents buckle under the economic injustice of a system that does not pay the creative for their artistic output.” Manson continued, “Everyone is vying for a handful of venues in order to make a small amount of money to tide them ...
Martin Scorsese to Direct Gangs of New York TV Series
Martin Scorsese will executive produce and direct the first two episodes of a new Gangs of New York TV series, Deadline reports. The new show won’t be an adaptation of Scorsese’s 2002 crime drama Gangs of New York, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz. Instead, he and writer Brett Leonard are returning to the source material, looking at new characters and storylines from Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction book, The Gangs of New York. Asbury’s history covers several decades of organized crime, beginning in the second half of the 1800s and continuing through prohibition. Scorsese’s film was set in 1862, and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, which he directed and executive produced, was set in the 1920s, so perhaps this new...
