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Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic It’s an old saw in Hollywood that you shouldn’t put your own money into a movie. But I’ve always had a powerful respect for anyone who does. Clearly, it’s a sign of their commitment — that they care enough about what they’re doing to have some skin in the game.

Selena Kuznikov Morgan Freeman shared a note giving thanks to his fans Friday morning, expressing gratitude for users’ efforts calling out unauthorized AI imitations of the actor’s recognizable voice. The celebrated 87-year-old actor has become legend for his narration in films such as “March of the Penguins,” “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Million Dollar Baby.” The sterling reputation of Freeman’s voice has made him a particularly popular target of AI-generated voice imitations, including in a recent viral series of TikToks created by a woman posing as the actor’s “nepo niece.” Freeman is not a fan of the practice. “Thank you to my incredible fans for your vigilance and support in calling out the unauthorized use of an A.I.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the entertainment company that operates Redbox, Crackle and other businesses, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — after failing to pay employees and vendors for at least the past week. The company’s June 28 bankruptcy petition was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

“The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power,” with the author alleging that the prince and the athlete had been friendly for years before their fallout. Beckham and his wife, Victoria, were guests at Harry and Meghan’s wedding in May 2018 — but the relationship between the two couples soured less than six months later. In October 2018, Beckham attended Harry’s Invictus Games for injured service people in Sydney, Australia, but was purportedly kept away from the prince at Markle’s behest.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After Conor McGregor back out of the main event against Michael Chandler due to a broken toe, there’s still going to be a massive fight in the desert with UFC 303: Pereira vs. Procházka 2.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The battle for cricket supremacy comes down to this: India takes on South Africa today in the ICC T20 World Cup final, with the winners claiming the 2024 Cricket World Cup trophy. The India vs.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Eddie Murphy said he’s been the target of “cheap shots” over the years — including a “racist” joke that David Spade told on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” where Murphy had once been a cast member. Murphy, in an interview published by the New York Times, said Spade’s joke on “SNL” about his supposedly failing career came after Murphy’s 1995 horror spoof “Vampire in Brooklyn” had flopped at the box office. The hurtful joke was part of Spade’s “Hollywood Minute” sketch from December of that year on the late-night show, in which — after a photo of Murphy popped up on the screen — Spade said, “Look children, it’s a falling star.

Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER WARNING: This story contains spoilers for Season 3 of “The Bear,” available to stream now on Hulu. “The Bear” Season 3 begins and ends with a funeral. But in the finale, it’s a restaurant being mourned.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor If anyone is equipped to analyze the turmoil in the presidential race that was catalyzed by Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, it’s CBS News anchor John Dickerson. Dickerson is network’s chief political analyst and anchor of “The Daily Report with John Dickerson” streaming broadcast. He’s written extensively about American presidents and the political dynamics of our age in his role as a contributor to the Atlantic and author of the 2020 book “The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency.” What’s more, Dickerson also co-hosts the Slate podcasts “Political Gabfest” and “Whistlestop.” Since the June 27 faceoff between the candidates, Dickerson has been working overtime trying to sort out the impact of Biden and Trump’s performances in the debate held unusually early in the campaign cycle.

J. Kim Murphy Up against two new wide releases, Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” is looking to lead the domestic box office once again. The Disney release added another $17.1 million on Friday, down just 43% from its $30.5 million haul a week ago.Any three-day gross north of $53 million will have it rank among the ten biggest third weekends for a domestic release in box office history.

Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien has spoken for the first time about Helen Worth's exit from the show and shared her hope for the final scenes or she'll be 'absolutely devastated'.

There are two things the Real Housewives franchise reliably delivers on – binge-worthy drama and documenting the lavish lifestyles of the show’s stars.

Succession remains one of HBO’s most popular TV shows ever.

Love Island beauty Molly-Mae Hague regularly shares her stylish outfits with her fans on Instagram, often sporting a mixture of higher end brands and fast fashion favourites. But she left followers floored earlier this year after revealing her expensive-looking pair of leopard print jeans weren’t from the high street or a luxury boutique, but were in fact, from Amazon.

Christine McGuinness has been flooded with comments as she posed up a storm in a barely-there outfit to mark Pride. Pride in London is taking place this weekend in the capital with thousands taking part in a march on Saturday (June 29).

Michael Kiwanuka told the crowds who'd flocked to see him at Glastonbury Festival 2024 that he was having his 'worst nightmare' as his set was plagued by technical issues.

Fans were left questioning 'why' Kasabian couldn't have played a bigger stage as they made a surprise appearance at Glastonbury Festival 2024. The Leicester band did actually confirm their set earlier on Saturday (June 29) after rumours about a possible stint.

Joe Swash was quick to assume Stacey Solomon had been making more changes to their family home before realising it was his own blunder. The actor and presenter has been more active on social media of late, upping his game to be on par with his wife who regularly shares work, family and general life updates.

Keane won plenty of praise from fans as they performed at Glastonbury Festival 2024, with lead singer Tom Chaplin sending some a little bit wild. The alternative rock band took to the Pyramid stage on Saturday afternoon (June 29) as day two of music took over Worthy Farm.

Diplo is breaking his silence after he’s accused of violating “revenge porn” laws.

Supernatural is the sort of show that fans can always return to for a re-watch. However, no matter how often they watch the hit series, we bet that there is still so much that they may not know about it.

Fittingly, one of my favourite TV shows of all time bows out with its ninth run.

Jessica Holmes, wife of beloved property show presenter Jonnie Irwin, has opened up about the devastating loss of her husband.

Andy Murray admits he's prepared to take a RISK to play at Wimbledon with the next 48 hours key to his involvement.

Channel 4's Celebrity Gogglebox came back with a bang with its latest episode, as a host of celebs shared their thoughts on the week's television offerings. Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash returned to our screens from the comfort of Pickle Cottage, snuggling up on their plush cream sofa alongside their furry friends.

David and Victoria Beckham's youngest son Cruz went public with his new relationship at Glastonbury after he was spotted kissing Jackie Apostel on a night out in London. The 19-year-old went public with his new girlfriend at the music festival on Friday with the teen looking loved up as he strolled around with Jackie ahead of Dua Lipa's headline set.

The Last Dinner Party have spoken out about the General Election, which is scheduled to take place next Thursday (July 4) while at Glastonbury.Taking to the Other Stage this afternoon (June 29) at Worthy Farm, lead vocalist Abigail Morris introduced hit single ‘Nothing Matters’ with a short speech, asking voters to “protect each other and just having some fucking empathy.”She began: “I just want to take a minute [to speak] because of how many people are here watching, and on television too. I think we all know who we are voting for, but it doesn’t end with the Tories being kicked out,” she said.

Bloc Party played a huge, fun-packed early evening set on the Other Stage at Glastonbury 2024 today (June 29), as well as airing new material. Check out what went down and the setlist below.The band, who are currently celebrating 20 years together on the road to a huge show playing classic debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in London in full next month, delivered a career-spanning set – including fan-favourite ‘00s indie bangers ‘Banquet’, ‘Mercury’, ‘Flux’, ‘Helicopter’ and ‘So Here We Are’.

Sick Of It All have cancelled their European tour dates following frontman Lou Koller’s esophageal cancer diagnosis.Last month, the band had toured UK and Europe and were set to make stops in Belgium, Germany and Poland this summer, but have since cancelled the shows.The frontman of the New York punk band took to their official Instagram account to share a video explaining the tour cancellation and opened up his diagnosis.“What’s up everybody, Lou here. As you may or may know, we had to cancel out full European tour this Summer. There’s some rumours going around as to why, and we’re here to set the record straight.

Kasabian have just delivered an explosive surprise performance at Glastonbury 2024, with a setlist that included their biggest hits, a taste of their forthcoming new era and homages to dance music.After taking to the Woodsies stage at 6pm today (Saturday, June 29), the band were met with an energetic and hearty response from the crowd, opening with ‘Club Foot’ from their 2004 self-titled debut album. This was their fifth time at Worthy Farm, but the first since the departure of frontman Tom Meighan in 2020.For Sergio Pizzorno, it seemed to be a momentous occasion.

Charli XCX was joined by Robyn and The xx’s Romy during her set at Glastonbury 2024 – watch footage below.Last night (June 28), the ‘Brat’ singer took to the Levels stage for ‘Charli XCX Presents Partygirl’, and was joined by Robyn for a performance of ‘With Every Heartbeat’.Robyn, who previously teamed up with Yung Lean on a for summer-ready remix of ‘360’, has been working with and Charli since last year, when the ‘Von dutch’ singer confirmed they’d been in the studio “making music together”.Charli was also joined by Romy, who remixed Robyn’s track, ‘Dancing on My Own’.Romy, from the indie rock band the xx, remixes Robyn's "Dancing on My Own" at Charli XCX's "Partygirl" DJ set at #Glastonbury. https://t.co/s6ndJEU8NL pic.twitter.com/jPwlR1OQ20— Variety (@Variety) June 29, 2024Charli XCX brought out Robyn for "With Every Heartbeat" at her #Glastonbury "Partygirl" DJ set.

Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi laid into IDLES’ Joe Talbot during a riotous set at Glastonbury‘s Woodsies stage today (June 29).Saoudi, sporting skin coloured mesh tights, poked fun at IDLES’ set on the Other stage last night (June 28), during which Talbot led a chant of “Fuck the King!” and inadvertently took part in a Banksy-assisted protest.Before a rendition of ‘I Am Mark E Smith’, Saodui dryly announced: “This is a song about my feminist zeal – it’s called ‘I am Joe Talbot'”, and later acknowledged the chants at IDLES set by saying: “God save the King! Fuck off”.It’s not the first time the bands have come to blows. Back in April, the Fat White Family frontman accused them of “grandstanding on that woke ticket”.FAT WHITE FAMILYまた変なバンド見に来ちゃった。サイコーなサイコ pic.twitter.com/uoakqHIsaS— d（asa） (@mosh_mushroom) June 29, 2024In a conversation with The Independent, he said at the time: “I don’t mind bands being dull or whatever, fair enough, but when you’re grandstanding on that woke ticket I just find that anathema to what rock n’ roll really is, which is the reprobates.

Kings Of Leon‘s bassist, Jared Followill, seems to have dispelled rumours that the band will be making a surprise appearance at Glastonbury this year.Following a cryptic post on the band’s Instagram yesterday, Followill took to Twitter earlier today to share another update, writing: “Everybody keeps telling me we’re playing a secret gig at Glastonbury today. Somebody has to tell our manager, booking agent, singer, etc.. ASAP.”Yesterday, the band shared a video of their performance at Worthy Farm in 2008.

Keane performed at Glastonbury 2024, and used their set to reflect on 20 years since they shared their breakthrough album ‘Hopes And Fears’.The band took to the stage at the Pyramid Stage today (Saturday, June 29), following performances earlier from Femi Kuti, Ayra Starr and Cyndi Lauper. Their set also comes ahead of a huge performance from tonight’s headliners Coldplay.During the set, Tom Chaplin and co.

Travis Kelce may not have been in the audience at the Dublin Eras Tour show at the Aviva Stadium this week, but Taylor Swift still took a moment to pay tribute to her boyfriend!

The drama between Michael Lohan and his estranged wife, Kate Major, continues.