Cate Blanchett Makes Surprising Revelation About Her 'Lord of the Rings' Salary

Jessica Kiang Though doubtless a crucial aspect of many of the most dramatic occurrences in human history, letter-writing is not the most cinematic of activities. And so it unfortunately proves once again in Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza‘s “Sicilian Letters,” a heavily fictionalized riff on a real-life mafia tale, which sets up a battle of wits between a ruthless mob boss and the family friend working with the authorities to bring him down, but struggles to maintain any kind of momentum when the duel is merely a case of epistles-at-dawn.

Emmerdale's Belle Dingle, portrayed by Eden Taylor-Draper, is set to remain in the limelight with a special episode focussing on her scheduled on Thursday evening. Upcoming scenes will showcase a stylised episode that dives into the domestic abuse faced by Belle at the hands of her malignant spouse, Tom King (James Chase).

Kay Adams is a fan fave sportscaster known for hosting Up and Adams on FanDuelTV, which airs weekdays at 11am ET.

.Even if there are styles you think you can't “pull off" with a round face, it's all about working with a good hairstylist. Celebrity hairstylist , who has worked with the likes of Khloe Kardashian and Ashley Graham, echoes that your haircut should be a collaboration.“The best haircut is one that makes you feel confident, so don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do a style you want because of your face shape,” she says.

Lisa Hochstein is getting the last laugh!

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, wants to clear a few things up. Yes, she and some of her gang of Mormon wives and mothers (also known as #MomTok) were swingers. But that’s not all she, or they, want to be known for.If you’re lost, a brief refresher.

Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan has sadly passed away.

Goddess’, Banks has announced a new acoustic version and three intimate live shows across the UK and US.The singer announced the news of the album and shows on Instagram with a reel earlier today (September 5) and shared that tickets will go on sale at 10am local time on Tuesday (September 10) – you can get tickets here.A ticket presale will be available on Monday September 9 for fans who sign up for early access to the shows here.The singer released ‘Goddess’ exactly 10 years ago, on September 5, 2014, but the acoustic version, titled ‘Goddess Unplugged’, isn’t out just yet – while she announced the album today, she hasn’t revealed a release date.The shows she’ll be playing, meanwhile, are taking place at three of the original venues she played when ‘Goddess’ came out a decade ago. She’ll begin her run of shows at London’s Koko on October 21, before a show at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on October 23 and finally one in New York City’s Irving Plaza two days after that.On Instagram, Banks said: “Today is such a special day.

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” premiering Friday on Hulu.In an exclusive interview with The Post, the 30-year-old influencer explained how being put in handcuffs impacted her as an individual and her relationship with Mortensen.“I actually love this question because, yes it was obviously one of the worst nights ever,” she said. “But for me, it changed our relationship because I finally got help.”“I feel like I was really struggling post-divorce,” Paul explained.

Halsey opened up about how she came to sample Britney Spears‘ iconic hit “Lucky”

American Football have shared Ethel Cain‘s ethereal cover of the band’s 1999 track ‘For Sure’ from their debut LP.The cover sees Cain swap the track’s original opening trumpet line for soft guitar plucking which is then paired with her soft, celestial vocals as she slowly sings: “June seems too lateDelayed / Maybe for the better / Imagine us together.” Towards the end of the song, Cain’s cover turns into an explosive shoegaze jam, a reworking of the original’s Midwest emo grandeur.Filmed and edited by Cain herself, the cover’s accompanying video sees hazy clips of a blue sky, the greenery of a forest, fireworks, lights and houses in the suburbs. Check it out below:Speaking about the cover in a press release, Cain shared: “I knew I wanted to do ‘For Sure’ immediately.

A husband watched on in tears after his wife told how he 'let 72 strangers attack her' before finding out she had four sexually-transmitted diseases.

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Many will be cheering on Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson today during the NFL opening season game against the Kansas City Chiefs. While watching, you may be wondering about his dating history and love life, including if he has a girlfriend.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer When PlayStation‘s “Astro Bot” launches Friday, it will give PS5 owners access to a brand new, fully fleshed out story starring the little robot whose previous claim to fame was teaching gamers all the cool new features for the Sony gaming console launched in 2020 through pre-loaded title “Astro’s Playroom.” Four years later, Astro has broken out of his playroom and is on a bigger mission: Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sony Interactive in an easy-entry platformer that features more than 150 cameos of beloved PlayStation characters from across mega hits and deep cuts, including “God of War,” “Ratchet & Clank,” “Ape Escape” and many more. However, the original idea for the game from Team Asobi was simply to give Astro a bigger space adventure game with more to do, while sprinkling in a few PlayStation references and characters here and there.

Mark Sutherland Reading and Leeds Festivals always deliver one of the U.K.’s wildest weekends, but this year’s event was even more full of incident than usual. The set by Lana Del Rey (pictured above) was cut short by organizers, who later apologized; Reneé Rapp walked off stage after being drenched when accumulated rainwater was blown off the stage roof (again prompting an apology); and there was the small matter of the Oasis reunion effectively being announced at the end of Liam Gallagher’s set. But if things were pretty tempestuous on stage, they were even stormier off it — literally.

Nicknames are a playful part of friendship, even for the royals.The young Princess Charlotte, despite her Royal status as third in line to the throne, is no different - and has been given a charming nickname by her chums. Keen on giving their daughter a slice of normal life, Prince William and Princess Kate ensure that nine year old Princess Charlotte experiences an upbringing typical for a girl her age. She's known as Charlotte Cambridge at school, reflecting her parents' connection to the title, but her friends have given her an affectionate nickname that she's totally smitten with.

Keith Urban has quite the opinion on Miley Cyrus’ voice!

Terra Twin frontman and The Rings Of Power star Maxim Baldry has spoken to NME about his band’s “muscular, trashy” new EP ‘Static Separation’ and balancing music with his acting life.Baldry, who plays Númenórean warrior Isildur in The Rings Of Power, formed Terra Twin from his bedroom in New Zealand, whilst shooting season one of the Amazon Prime Video fantasy epic back in 2020. The London-based indie quartet (completed by guitarist Lewis Spear, bassist Jonny Thwaites and drummer Alex Wadstein) have today (September 5) shared the EP’s jagged, thumping lead single ‘The Recogniser’ – their first via Leeds-based label Dance To The Radio.“We wanted to elevate our sound and make it a bit more muscular”, Baldry told NME of ‘Static Separation’, which is due out in February 2025.

With the momentum of stardom in her favor after Netflix’s Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Jenna Ortega will surely take on more Hollywood projects following Season 2 of Wednesday, which is currently in production.

TV On The Radio opened for Weezer and Pixies at Madison Square Garden.Then, they disappeared.Until now.On Thursday, Sept. 4, the trailblazing indie rockers took the stage at a surprise Vans Fashion Week event where they performed six of their biggest hits — including the blistering “Wolf Like Me” and otherworldly “Staring At The Sun” — in front of a recreated version of shuttered Lower East Side bar Max Fish.Thankfully, that brief set won’t be their only live show this year.Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton (Dave Sitek won’t be joining them on this run) announced they’re striking out on a short 20-year anniversary tour celebrating the expanded reissue of their essential debut album “Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes.”As of now, there are only seven North American concerts on TV On The Radio’s tour itinerary; that includes four back-to-back-to-back-to-back gigs at New York City’s Webster Hall on Monday, Nov.

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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Keke Palmer is set to star in a TV adaptation of the dark comedy film “The ‘Burbs,” which has been ordered straight-to-series at Peacock. Celeste Hughey (“Palm Royale,” “Dead to Me,” “High Fidelity”) will adapt the film for television. Seth MacFarlane is set to executive produce, as will Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment, with Imagine having produced the film.

Jeremy Kyle is currently defending his eponymous show, The Jeremy Kyle Show, in court as an inquest for the death of participant Steve Dymond goes on, who is believed to have taken his own life seven days after filming for The Jeremy Kyle Show in May 2019. While Steve's episode was never aired, and the show was cancelled shortly after, an unaired clip has now been released and shown to the court.

Christopher Nolan that he considered his commitment to Slow Horses as more important than his appearance in Oppenheimer.The fourth season of the Apple TV+ spy drama arrived this week, with the first two episodes available to stream now. Oldman’s lead character of Jackson Lamb is back, and now the actor has said that his devotion to the role came at no expense – not even one of the biggest films of 2023.Oldman portrayed the US President Harry S.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Just days after Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” hit No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart, Island Records has promoted Jackie Winkler — who signed Carpenter to the label — senior vice president/ head of A&R, the company announced on Thursday. Based in Los Angeles, Winkler will report directly to Imran Majid and Justin Eshak, Co-CEOs of Island Records.

EastEnders viewers got more than they bargained for when Chrissie Watts, played by the fabulous Tracy-Ann Oberman, made a shocking return to the soap. Having been as iconic presence on Albert Square from 2004 to 2005, Chrissie charmed her way into viewers' hearts over 218 memorable episodes as Dirty Den's (Leslie Grantham) other half.

Netflix have a new slate of content heading your way – check out the new additions for September below.One of the month’s most anticipated new arrivals will be the concluding half of the new season of Emily In Paris. The rom-com drama returned for its fourth season last month, with the first five episodes dropping on August 15.On September 12, the remaining five episodes of the season will be added for Netflix subscribers, with Lily Collins’ marketing executive Emily Cooper’s narrative arc coming full circle.Netflix have also secured the festival hit His Three Daughters, a drama film starring Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne as three estranged sisters who return home to care for their ailing father.Directed by Azazel Jacobs (French Exit, The Lovers), it will receive a limited theatrical run from September 6 and then premiere on Netflix on September 20.Two hit US reality shows are returning this month too: the eighth season of Selling Sunset arrives on September 6, while the first four episodes of the latest season of The Circle will be out on September 11, with the remaining eight to follow later in the month.One of the most anticipated new film releases will be Rebel Ridge, directed by Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room, Blue Ruin).

Warner Bros. Discovery announced a new global structure for the company’s worldwide studio tours, retail destinations, touring exhibitions, and all location-based experiences, bringing together the existing licensed entertainment and owned and operated teams into a single worldwide division called Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences.

Marvel’s latest live-action show, “Agatha All Along,” is right around the corner and will premiere September 18 on Disney+. The series is, of course, a spin-off of Marvel’s “WandaVision” and was also created by the same showrunner, Jac Schaeffer.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. As we inch closer to the release of “Wicked,” set to hit theaters Nov. 22, dozens of brands are following the Yellow Brick Road to lucrative collaborations, limited-edition releases and other olive-green hued merch to celebrate the highly anticipated Broadway adaptation.

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the sixth installment in the Wallace & Gromit stop-motion franchise from Aardman Animations, is set to world premiere on the closing day of AFI Fest, screening at the TCL Chinese Theatre, as part of the festival’s Red Carpet Premieres section, on October 27.

There is a disconcertingly ambivalent tone to Sicilian Letters, a very handsomely presented game of cop cats and mafioso mice flying the RAI quality-drama banner. On the one hand, there is the mob movie’s requisite number of murders, betrayals, overnight widows and irredeemably corrupt public officials. There is the expected childhood flashback showing the nastiest honcho in the Cosa Nostra learning his trade by doing something horrible to an animal. All this, and yet Sicilian Letters, directed by Favio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza,  is more of a romp than a revengers’ tragedy. 

TORONTO – The more you consider Nick Hamm’s “William Tell,” a gala world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, the more you realize how utterly wild it is. Set in 1307, it centers on a legendary archer, the title character (Claes Bang), and chronicles how this humble farmer in the Swiss Alps became a symbol of resistance against an evil Austrian kingdom.

TMZ on Thursday.His cause of death is unknown at this time.Rich Homie Quan’s family told the outlet they are heartbroken and shattered by his unexpected death.The rapper’s real name was Dequantes Lamar. He burst onto the mainstream hip-hop scene in 2013 with his instant hit, “Type of Way.” The single peaked at no.

Johnny Depp fans have been speculating that the actor has taken steps to fix his teeth, based on a new video on social media.A clip has been posted online of the Pirates Of The Caribbean star mixing drinks behind the bar of a venue in Exuma, Bahamas, in which his sparkling white teeth are on display.“Jacksparrow meets the killerbartender of Exuma Bahamas,” wrote the worker in question alongside the video. “Once in a lifetime moments with Mr.