Beyoncé Initially Planned to Release ‘Cowboy Carter’ Before ‘Renaissance,’ but ‘There Was Too Much Heaviness in the World’

Dennis Harvey Film Critic In an odd quirk of distribution timing, this month has seen the arrival of no less than two imported, semi-comedic thrillers featuring decrepit apartment building invaded by giant spiders. Already playing U.S. theaters is the Australian “Sting,” which is fun, if formulaic.

Aramide Tinubu There is no handbook on motherhood, but most people try their best when it comes to childrearing. Today, amid increasingly accessible resources and freedoms that weren’t afforded in the past, parenting has undoubtedly changed. However, “Mother Play,” written by Paula Vogel, is not a story about modern-day mothers.

J. Kim Murphy Ellen DeGeneres returned to the comedy stage Wednesday night for the first set of her “Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour,” taking significant time to address controversy around her talk show that began with an internal investigation of poor working conditions on the show as reported in Buzzfeed. “Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business,” DeGeneres sarcastically quipped onstage of the Largo at the Coronet Theater in West Hollywood, reports Rolling Stone, which had a reporter on site for the show.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Season 4 of “We’re Here” sees new hosts Priyanka, Sasha Velour, Latrice Royale and Jaida Essence Hall travelling to red states Tennessee and Oklahoma, where safety had become a concern at times because of anti-LGBTQ protests and threats. “It was frightening sometimes,” Jaida told me Wednesday night at the season premiere screening and party at the Avalon Hollywood. “It was eye-opening, imagining other people like myself who have to live in those spaces and see that every day.

Jack Dunn “Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie, La La Anthony and Ashley Graham will host Vogue’s Met Gala red carpet live stream. Emma Chamberlain will return as Vogue’s special correspondent to conduct red carpet interviews. The festivities kick off Monday, May 6, at 6 p.m.

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Unfortunately for readers in the UK, you’ll have to dig around online for all the details on Rebel Wilson’s bombshell allegations against Sacha Baron Cohen!

Gisele Bündchen was seen breaking down in tears earlier this week, causing a lot of questions. And now the FULL story has emerged!

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XO, Kitty has officially kicked off filming on new episodes!

Nicola Coughlan opened up about her support of Palestine in a new interview.

The Disney Channel has been a jumping off point for some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, and it’s set the stars on the path to amassing impressive fortunes.

Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony recently joined Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstong and Mike Dirnt’s side project The Coverups to play a set of covers.Last Saturday (April 20) The Coverups played a gig at the Costa Mesa’s Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, California. Anthony was brought on stage as a surprise guest.

Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham has hit out at people in Hollywood who are comfortable “ignoring” the ongoing war in Gaza.The Irish actor, who played Davos Seaworth on the HBO show, and is also in the new Netflix sci-fi drama 3 Body Problem, was speaking ahead of a pro-Palestinian rally in Dublin on Wednesday (April 24).Speaking about the conversations he has had with other people in the filmmaking industry, he said: “What concerns me is that the people who do care and are not doing anything are, in my opinion, worse than the people who don’t care.”“That it sits well with them, they can ignore it.”He also issued a warning to those who are not speaking out: “The internet doesn’t forget,” he said. “When this comes around, when the ICJ [International Court of Justice] and ICC [International Criminal Court] hopefully do their work honourably, it is going to come out.”“And the people who didn’t talk – it is not going to be forgotten.

Madonna after the singer made him wait “six hours” for a television interview.The presenter has spoken about the incident on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, recalling being furious that he was forced to wait until the early hours to get to speak to the Queen of Pop.“I was so angry,” he told his co-host Susannah Reid, explaining that the interview, which was “years ago”, “didn’t start until about one in the morning”.When Reid asked whether the interview was “worth waiting for”, he replied: “No it wasn’t, actually. She was weird”.It comes as Madonna is being sued for late starts to her concerts, with three fans claiming that the singer broke the law by arriving on stage two hours late at a pair of gigs at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.

Pet Shop Boys‘ Neil Tennant has admitted that he finds Taylor Swift‘s music “disappointing” following the release of her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. Despite Swift’s massive success in recent years, with her new double album becoming the fastest-selling of 2024, Tennant said in a Guardian Live event An Evening with Pet Shop Boys that he thought the quality of her music didn’t hold up to her popularity.“What is Taylor Swift’s ‘Billie Jean’?” he asked.

Elisabeth Moss suffered a broken vertebrae while filming a stunt for the upcoming spy TV series The Veil, leaving her briefly unable to move.The actor disclosed the information during a new interview with Variety, where she confirmed that she was left lying on her back on a roof in Istanbul for two hours.In The Veil, which premieres on Hulu on April 30, Moss plays an MI6 agent trying to stop a terrorist attack. Episode two finds her character Imogen chasing a lead through the Turkish city, when she is attacked on a rooftop above the Grand Bazaar.“The [scene] you see in the show is actually the second time we shot it, about six weeks later,” Moss said.

performances from Peter Kay on April 23 and 24 but following a test gig featuring Rick Astley at the weekend, the shows were moved to April 29 and 30 due to the venue’s power testing falling “a few days” behind schedule.Organisers insisted they were “not embarrassed” by the postponements, saying they were now focused on “ensuring a consistent total power supply”.In an appearance on BBC North West Tonight, Managing Director Tim Leiweke echoed that sentiment (via Manchester Evening News). “I think it’s a source of commitment to safety and expectations and trying to make sure that when people come in the building we do it right.

The Rolling Stones have announced the support acts for their 2024 ‘Hackney Diamonds‘ US tour.The legendary band are set to embark on a massive US tour next week (April 28). The tour will see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood perform in 16 cities across North America and Canada.To kick off the first night of the tour, Gary Clark Jr.

Kyle MacLachlan has shared a list of 10 films that he thinks would be his Twin Peaks character Dale Cooper’s favourites – check out the list below.MacLachlan played the FBI agent Cooper in David Lynch’s cult show Twin Peaks in its initial run in 1990 and 1991, its 1992 spin-off film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and its 2017 revival, Twin Peaks: The Return.The eccentric investigator is assigned to the town of Twin Peaks in the show to look into the brutal murder of the high school student Laura Palmer, although he is often more interested in the quality of the coffee and a good cherry pie than anything else.Now, in a post on the film social networking site Letterboxd, MacLachlan has posted a list of films that he has described as “Dale Cooper’s picks”.The list includes the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window, the subversive 1977 Italian horror film Suspiria and the satirical 1979 Peter Sellers comedy-drama Being There.It also includes a couple of noir classics – 1944’s Laura and Double Indemnity – as well as Ingmar Bergman’s arthouse gem Persona, the James Stewart courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder and the 1981 sex comedy Waitress!In a moment of meta self-reflection, the list is rounded out by Blue Velvet, Lynch and MacLachlan’s previous collaboration, and Fire Walk With Me itself.MacLachlan is currently starring in the highly anticipated television adaptation of the video game franchise, Fallout, which arrived on Prime Video earlier this month.And the actor, at the request of his Fallout co-star Ella Purnell, recently sent the “sweetest” video to a Twin Peaks mega fan.Speaking to NME, Purnell revealed that she’d left it late to get her friend – who was a huge fan of the David Lynch show – a Christmas gift and so

@Commonswomequ in their 'Misogyny in Music' report?Penny Mordaunt's answer – yes. pic.twitter.com/fhOEHwE5su— Kevin Brennan MP (@KevinBrennanMP) April 25, 2024Published in January, the report warned that women in the music industry face “endemic” misogyny and discrimination and said “urgent action” was required to tackle the issue.The document described the industry as a “boys’ club” where sexual harassment and abuse are common, and the non-reporting of such incidents is high.

Griff has announced the details of her debut album ‘Vertigo’ and has shared that this LP is “the full story”.The Brits Rising star winner announced that ‘Vertigo’ is set for release on July 19 via Warner (pre-order / pre-save the album here). The LP will consist of 19 tracks including her recently released single ‘Miss Me Too’. To tease the tracklist, Griff shared a photo of herself in a massive white dress on her Instagram, with the song titles printed on the train of the garment.

Soulja Boy has shared his interest in purchasing TikTok after US Congress passed a bill that could lead to the app’s potential ban.This week (April 23), US Congress passed the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act that could force TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the platform within nine months. If not, TikTok will be banned from US markets and removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store nationwide. US President Joe Biden signed the legislation yesterday (April 24).After the news broke, the Atlanta rapper took to X/Twitter to show his frustration around the decision.

Emma Stone has denied that she called Jimmy Kimmel a “prick” after he made a joke as the Oscars host about her film Poor Things.In a clip that went viral, Stone appeared to mouth the word to her husband after Kimmel poked fun at the movie.“Those were all the parts of Poor Things that we’re allowed to show on TV,” Kimmel quipped after the film’s Best Picture nominee montage aired.But now, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Stone has flatly denied that she was annoyed by the gag, also saying that she did not call the host a prick.“Did he upset me? No!” she said. “I didn’t call him a prick.

End Of The Road have confirmed a slew of new additions to its 2024 line-up, including Richard Hawley, Lambrini Girls, Altın Gün, and more.This year’s edition will take place at its usual spot on the Larmer Tree Gardens site on the border of Dorset and Wiltshire, and run between August 29 and September 1.IDLES, Slowdive, Fever Ray have all been confirmed so far, while others include Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, Lankum, Jockstrap, CMAT, Nation Of Language and The Lemon Twigs.Joining them as part of the new announcement are Billy Woods, Lætitia Sadier, Still House Plants, Gustaf, Sextile, MSPAINT, Debmaster, SENYAWA, Chanel Beads, H31R, Plantoid, Anastacia Coope, The None, NiCKY, SOMOH, OTG and Me Lost Me.MORE BANDS JUST ANNOUNCED FOR END OF THE ROAD 2024!Joining IDLES, Slowdive, Fever Ray, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney and Lankum in the gardens will be legendary Sheffield singer-songwriter @RichardHawley and psych-folk-rock supergroup @altingunband (1/3) pic.twitter.com/LkVqNAxVOs— EndOfTheRoadFestival (@EOTR) April 25, 2024“This year’s line-up is very special to me. It includes a lot of artists who released personal favourite albums of 2023: Lankum, Nation of Language, Slowdive, Casisdead, Yo la Tengo, The Lemon Twigs, Joanna Sternberg, Mark Lewis Hamilton, Fever Ray and many more,” said End Of The Road co-founder Simon Taffe of the 2024 edition.“I’m also super excited that Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is performing a very rare festival appearance – Will Oldham is one of the all-time greats.

BBC have promised that Sam Smith‘s upcoming Proms performance will be “entirely appropriate” after their past ‘Satanic’ backlash.Smith has been announced as a headline act for this year’s BBC Proms on August 2 under their expanding pop programme. They will perform their 2014 debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’ in its entirety.

Lauren Jauregui is open to exploring new concepts of relationships following her split from ex Sasha Mallory.

Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany are hitting the red carpet together for their first major appearance of the year!

Dua Lipa made music history this week ahead of the release of her new album!

Matthew McConaughey is making a rare appearance with his full family!

A teacher who attempted to murder the 17-year-old student he slept with has been released from prison.

Don’t expect Joe Alwyn to react to The Tortured Poets Department like Matty Healy! His lips are sealed when it comes to Taylor Swift — permanently!

Is Kylie Jenner responding to all the pregnancy rumors??

When The Tortured Poets Department turned out to be way more about Matty Healy than Joe Alwyn, most casual Taylor Swift fans were confused. After all, she had been with Joe for six years! That thing with the singer from The 1975 was a month-long fling! Right?

Taylor Swift was always destined to be a poet!

Yeesh! Critics aren’t the only ones not loving Taylor Swift‘s new album — a music icon is now bashing ALL of her music, too!