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Prince William is reportedly maintaining a distance from his cousins, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, as they "pivot towards" Prince Harry, according to a Royal expert.

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Nada El Shazly’s voice is something to behold. Last weekend at 24-HOUR DRONE, I watched her perform a powerful set over a minimal backing track: Alone on stage, the Egyptian vocalist and composer-producer seemed overcome with emotion, pounding her chest and falling to the ground as she sang heart-wrenching laments in Arabic.

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“All We Imagine As Light” opens as only a film set in Mumbai can— with the gradual unfurling of this massive metropolis at dawn. Its essential workers begin corralling the huge resources needed to maintain its creaking infrastructure and feed the tens of millions of people who will wake up and take public transport to work.

George Lucas returned to the Cannes Croisette for the first time since 1971 this week to receive an honorary Palme d’Or. So what did the 80-year-old director say about his career as he talked to a packed audience at the Debussy Theater after accepting the prize? Well, to the surprise of no one, THR reports that he mainly talked about “Star Wars.” Along the way, Lucas defended the prequel trilogy, his continual updates to the original trilogy, and lamented how Disney misused his ideas after he sold Lucasfilm to the company in 2012 for $4.05 billion.

It’s been a minute since we heard from director Sam Mendes and his uber-ambitious “Beatles” film plans. Known for the Oscar-winning “American Beauty” and the Bond films, “Skyfall,” and “Spectre,” Mendes isn’t just taking the bold step of making a fictional film about the Beatles, he’s making four of them, one about each member: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has died at just 53 years old.

Travis Kelce might not be ready to propose to Taylor Swift yet, but the boy sure is smitten!

Is this beneath Billie Eilish???

On the Road AgainThe New York institution Shakespeare in the Park is taking a break this year while the famous Delacorte Theater in Central Park undergoes renovations. But the Public Theater, which produces it, will still tour a bilingual, 90-minute musical version of the Bard’s “Comedy of Errors” to locations around the city as part of its Mobile Unit program.

her backup dancers accused her of sexual harassment, which she denied, but “South Park” didn’t get into that. An angry Cartman later notes, “Rich people get Ozempic, poor people get body positivity!”Ozempic is a drug for diabetes that has become trendy for weight-loss purposes. In April, Barbra Stresiand got slammed for publicly asking Melissa McCarthy if the “Bridesmaids” actress had taken Ozempic.

Diddy has been accused of verbally assaulting Chaka Khan as well as having his security attack her son Damien Holland.Diddy – real name Sean Combs – is currently facing a series of ongoing investigations regarding alleged sex trafficking, sexual assault and harassment. The rapper’s homes in Miami and Los Angeles were raided in March, seemingly in connection with the accusations.The allegations made against him about assaulting the ‘I’m Every Woman’ singer were made by the singer’s daughter – Indira Milini Khan – after he publicly apologised for assaulting his ex-partner Cassie in surveillance footage recently published by CNN.A post shared by LOVE (@diddy)Chaka Khan’s daughter left a comment under Diddy’s apology video.“I'm glad this is happening to you, you got in my mothers face and publicly disrespected her yelling and screaming like a lunatic when my little brother tried to get you out of my mothers face your security jumped… pic.twitter.com/uylNkLHRgd— The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) May 22, 2024Indira took to the comments section of Diddy’s apology video on Instagram and wrote: “I’m glad this is happening to you, you got in my mothers face and publicly disrespected her yelling and screaming like a lunatic.”She continued: “When my little brother tried to get you out of my mothers face your security jumped my 19 year old brother[.] [T]hese may be your dark days but I’m singing and dancing watching your demise.

Paul Mescal to play one of the Fab Four in his upcoming Beatles biopic.Mescal first gained attention for his award-winning role as Connell Waldron in the 2020 drama miniseries Normal People. He was also nominated for Best Actor at the 95th Academy Awards for his portrayal of Calum in 2022’s Aftersun.The actor is set to star as Lucius Verus in Ridley Scott’s upcoming Gladiator II. Verus is the nephew of the original film’s villain Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) but grows up idolising deceased gladiator Maximus (Russell Crowe).Now, The Hollywood Reporter has released a new feature highlighting 10 young movie stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Knives Out franchise, titled Wake Up Dead Man.Johnson took to his official X/Twitter account to announce the title of the film as well as its release date. The 45-second-long clip featured narration from Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc.

KT Tunstall has spoken to NME about Azealia Banks calling for her to collaborate with Beyoncé, as well as sharing her admiration for new and rising songwriters.Back in March, Tunstall made headlines when she was namechecked by the controversial rapper when discussing Beyoncé’s acclaimed country album, ‘Cowboy Carter’. In her comments, Banks complained about the absence of Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves, before claiming that she “personally would have jumped out of my seat for a KT Tunstall appearance” on the record.Responding to the comment by sharing NME‘s article, Tunstall has since replied on social media, jokingly writing: “To be fair, I’d have 100% got off the couch.”The pair’s friendship was soon sealed in a series of follow-up social media posts complimenting one another.A post shared by Azealia Banks (@azealiabanksforever)Now, when speaking to NME on the red carpet of the 2024 Ivor Novellos in London yesterday (Thursday May 23), the Scottish singer-songwriter discussed her excitement.“I was just really thrilled, because Azealia doesn’t say nice stuff about people that often,” she said. “I was completely surprised by it.

Lana Del Rey has revealed that she wrote a song for the James Bond film Spectre, but it was rejected by the franchise’s producers.The singer was speaking backstage at the Ivor Novello Awards in London this week (May 23), where she picked up the Special International Award.As the BBC reports, she was asked about the prospect of recording a Bond theme, to which she said she had already given it a shot, before beginning to sing her song ‘24’, from her fourth album ‘Honeymoon’, released the same year as the film.“I wrote that for them,” Lana said. Listen to the song below:The eventual theme for that film, ‘Writing’s on the Wall’, was recorded by Sam Smith and became the first Bond theme to reach Number One on the UK Singles Chart.“Sam, you did a wonderful job,” Del Rey quipped, before saying she had not given up hope at making a song for the film series.“But I’m going to continue to do my little Nancy Sinatra thing every now and then and just pretend it’s the title track,” she added.It was not the only time that Bond producers turned away a stellar music name for the choice of Spectre’s signature song.

The Hives have shared their rowdy new cover of Blue Swede’s ‘Hooked On A Feeling’.The Swedish five-piece rock band teamed up with Spotify for their Spotify Singles to release their rendition of Blue Swede’s 1974 hit track. Released on March 29 of that year, ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ made history by becoming the first single by a Swedish artist to take the top spot on Billboard’s US list.The song has racked up over 660 million streams on Spotify to date, in part thanks to its feature in movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and Reservoir Dogs. For their version of the song, The Hives swapped the song’s original slower tempo for something much louder and more boisterous.Speaking about the cover in a press release, The Hives’ frontman Pelle Almqvist said: “I think there’s a synergy effect of Swedish music having made it abroad, and you feel like it’s possible.

Maxïmo Park have announced their new album ‘Stream Of Life’, and have shared the new single ‘Your Own Worst Enemy’ – listen below.It will be the Newcastle band’s eighth studio record and will be released on September 27 via Lower Third. The LP marks the group’s first fully collaborative album since 2017’s ‘Risk to Exist’ (excepting the COVID-era ‘Nature Always Wins’ in 2021).

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Of all the films premiering at Cannes this year, “The Most Precious of Cargoes” is both an anomaly (the first animated feature to compete for the Palme d’Or since “Persepolis” in 2007) and the most likely to become a classic. Blending the heavy lines of early-20th-century woodcuts with the gentle pastels of watercolor painting, “The Artist” director Michel Hazanavicius finds a poignant way to address not only the horrors of the Holocaust, but the kinds of kindness that combatted it, crafting an indelible parable destined to be watched and shared by generations to come.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re looking to revisit Morgan Spurlock‘s “Super Size Me” following the news of the documentary filmmaker’s death on Thursday morning, you can stream the Oscar-nominated doc on Peacock.

Mark Sutherland As he picked up his Ivor Novello Award in London Thursday, Bruce Springsteen told a story about the first time he came to the U.K.’s capitol city. In 1975, Springsteen and his band arrived at Heathrow Airport famished, and went in search of a cheeseburger — only to find that such exotic cuisine had yet to make it to that side of the pond, with only fish ‘n’ chips available.

Todd Gilchrist editor Gaylen Ross has only a handful of acting credits to her name, but the first of them remains significant enough even today for her to be permanently canonized in horror film history: “Dawn of the Dead.” Playing television producer Fran Parker for writer-director George A. Romero, Ross joins what’s otherwise a boys’ club cast to combat zombies (and post-apocalyptic boredom) in an abandoned shopping mall, in the process adding to the genre’s then-nascent collection of heroines who are forced to summon strength and resourcefulness in the face of unimaginable — and deadly — circumstances.

Guy Lodge Film Critic With the Cannes Competition jury set to announce their awards tomorrow, tonight the spotlight falls on the festival’s second-most prestigious strand, Un Certain Regard. Chinese director Guan Hu’s “Black Dog” has taken the top prize in the section from Xavier Dolan‘s jury, with big wins also going to Boris Lojkine’s “The Story of Souleymane,” Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” and Roberto Minervini’s “The Damned.” This page will be updated with a full report.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Lily Gladstone went back home to the Blackfeet reservation after her lengthy awards season with “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and “nobody was upset” that she didn’t win the Oscar for best actress. Gladstone was a frontrunner for the Academy Award alongside Emma Stone, but it was Stone who prevailed on Oscars night thanks to her performance in “Poor Things.” It turns out some of the Blackfeet Nation leaders assumed Lily would be coming home with the gold. “It was funny, the organizers of the event called me beforehand and they said that they’d got a bunch of little cardboard cut-outs of gold-man statues that looked like an Oscar, to give to the kids,” Gladstone recently told Empire magazine.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer IATSE has scheduled an additional three days of bargaining in June in which it hopes to wrap up a tentative agreement with the studios. The union told members Friday that it has reached “consensus” with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on some issues. But there is still work to do on artificial intelligence, and how best to protect workers whose jobs are displaced by AI.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Death by Lighting,” Netflix’s upcoming series about the rise and eventual assassination of U.S. President James Garfield, is adding to its cast. Variety has learned that Bradley Whitford (“The West Wing,” “Get Out”) and Shea Whigham (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Take Shelter”) have joined the show as series regulars.

Megan Vick It’s been half of a decade since “The Society” captivated Netflix viewers during its short life as a streaming series. These viewers became enraptured by a rag-tag group of teens that started their own civilization after landing in an identical version of their town but devoid of the rest of its residents, including their parents. The series, which premiered in May 2019, was renewed two months later and set to go into production in March 2020.

The Apprentice” in an effort to block its U.S. sale and release. It warns the team behind the film not to pursue a distribution deal, according to two people who have read the letter.

Danielle Fogarty, the 32 year old daughter of former I'm A Celeb winner and British motorcycle racer, Carl Fogarty, has shared her 'living nightmare' as she revealed that her home was broken into.Taking to Instagram, Danielle, who is married to Ross Worswick, formerly a star on Ex on the Beach, described how her home was broken into as their two young sons were asleep upstairs and their grandparents were babysitting, whilst Danielle and Ross enjoyed a rare date night. Uploading a black and white snap of herself, Ross, and their sons, Mason and Maddox, Danielle shared an emotional message as she said she was "taking time out to spend with what matters in life...family".

Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey Bieber, are over the moon as they anticipate the arrival of their first child. The 30-year-old pop sensation took to Instagram on Thursday, May 23, to share a series of stunning photos featuring Hailey, 27, proudly displaying her baby bump.In the initial photo, Hailey exudes effortless chic in a black leather jacket paired with a sheer top and stylish sunglasses.

Christina Aguilera is sharing her appreciation for Billie Eilish after the singer’s daughter Summer got to share a sweet moment with her idol. During the listening party for Billie’s latest album ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft,’ the two musicians showed their admiration for each other, and Summer even got a photo with Billie.Christina Aguilera looks unrecognizable in corseted top and pink mini skirtChristina Aguilera talks about her supernatural encounters: ‘You have to be careful’Christina Aguilera reveals she almost didn’t perform in Mexico“THANK YOU [Billie Eilish] for making my daughter’s whole world at your LA listening party,” Christina wrote on Instagram, sharing a video of their interaction, with Summer posing next to Billie.

has died at the age of 53. His death was announced by his brother, Craig Spurlock. Nicola Peltz-Beckham’s beloved grandmother dies at 95Latin Grammy-nominated vallenato singer Omar Geles dies in ColombiaSpurlock had cancer and appears to have died out of complications sparked by the disease in upstate New York.

Chris Hemsworth, well-known for his iconic role as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was recently honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. During the acceptance speech, Hemsworth paid a heartfelt tribute to his wife, Elsa Pataky.“I want to say thank you to my beautiful wife, who has been here for my entire career basically by my side, endlessly encouraging and supportive,” Hemsworth said of the Spanish actress.

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