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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sheryl Crow recently spoke to the BBC and slammed artificial intelligence being used in the music space to bring back the vocals of dead artists. She specifically called out Drake for using AI to recreate the voice of late rapper Tupac on his Kendrick Lamar diss track “Taylor Made Freestyle” in April. The song was ultimately pulled after Tupac’s estate threatened to sue Drake.

Thania Garcia French-born, Spanish-based artist Manu Chao is set to release his next album — and his first since 2007 — on Sept. 20. The upcoming new project, “Viva Tu,” is said to be “inspired by his travels and people’s daily lives,” with songs in Spanish, French, Portuguese and English, with collaborations from Willie Nelson on “Heaven’s Bad Day” and French singer Laeti on “Tu Te Vas.” Chao shared the album’s second single, “São Paulo Motoboy,” just one month after the May release of the title song.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director When will the Black Panther return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Letitia Wright took over the eponymous superhero role from her late co-star Chadwick Boseman in Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which grossed a mighty $860 million in fall 2022, but the studio has yet to put a “Black Panther 3” on its release calendar or confirm that Wright’s Shuri/Black Panther is featured in the next “Avengers” movies. “Let’s just say … I would like to continue with Shuri,” Wright recently said on “The View” when asked about Shuri appearing in the new “Avengers” movies (“Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” is on the calendar for May 1, 2026, and “Avengers: Secret Wars” is set for May 1, 2027).

Aramide Tinubu In his new Netflix series, “Supacell,” creator Rapman examines the lives of five ordinary Black South Londoners who develop unexpected superpowers. Though the excitement of supernatural abilities and the magic of science fiction ripple across the show, the series also explores major themes that disproportionately affect Black people, including human trafficking, extreme surveillance, pervasive global anti-Blackness and predatory medical practices. “Supacell” opens with a distressing event.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. With the end of the 2023-24 NBA season, let’s look forward to the next season of pro basketball. The 2024-25 season officially begins with the NBA Draft on Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 27.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Another Paramount Global exec is out the door: Anaïs Lempereur, after serving as CFO of the company’s Pluto TV group for more than four years, is joining Hallmark Media as chief financial officer. Lempereur is set to officially join Hallmark Media in August. She will be based in Hallmark Media’s Studio City office, reporting to Jim Shay, executive VP and CFO for Hallmark.

J. Kim Murphy It’s always been about timing for Annie Baker.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Ebon Moss-Bachrach may be playing Ben Grimm, aka the Thing, in Marvel’s upcoming reboot of “The Fantastic Four,” but he admits he didn’t read comics about the superhero team when he was younger “I was a comic book fan, but the comic books I read when I was a kid were more like the cheaper kind of ones I could get from the five-cent bin,” the actor told me Tuesday at the Los Angeles premiere of “The Bear” Season 3. “I liked ‘Archie,’ some ‘Richie Rich.’ I really liked ‘Groo.’ I liked ‘Elfquest’ a lot. I think some of my earliest sexual visions were ‘Elfquest.’” Moss-Bachrach’s “Fantastic Four” co-stars include Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr.

William Earl Eric Illowsky, a cable TV veteran who helped launch the original Sci Fi Channel in the early 1990s, died June 15 at in Peekskill, New York after a battle with glioblastoma brain cancer. Illowsky started his career at Disney Channel in 1985 and later moved to Cox Cable. He worked in cable throughout the 1980s and ’90s.

, someone who has really broken out of the whole internet label to become known in the mainstream. What influencers come to mind?Is it Charli D’Amelio or her sister Dixie? Addison Rae? Tinx or Alix Earle? Or maybe a YouTuber like Emma Chamberlain, Nikkie Tutorials, Jackie Aina, James Charles, or Mr.

.Here’s 15-year-old Kai Schreiber with Watts:And you can see Sunday Rose sitting on the end of this bench of legends. From left: Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, Joey King, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, , Kerry Washington, and Teyana Taylor.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Nicole Kidman shares Sunday Rose and her sister, Faith Margaret, with husband Keith Urban. The girls made their red-carpet debuts alongside their parents at the in April 2024, after appearing briefly (and remotely) .In a red-carpet interview at the AFI event, Kidman described her teen girls as “very supportive and incredibly loving.” But, like all teens, they’re interested in parties.

is so much more than cowboy hats and rhinestones. Sometimes, as Beyoncé demonstrates, it’s a slouchy, illusion leather tote bag designed to look like a red bandana.On Instagram on June 26, Queen Bey posted several snapshots of herself and Jay-Z enjoying a sunny boat ride. Beyoncé wore a white which she accessorized with a paisley-printed white scarf tied around her hair and a red leather shoulder bag that looks exactly like a large bandana, unless you’re looking very closely.

, in Paris for Fashion Week and , recently posted pictures of herself looking at some iconic artworks wearing a black top and skirt, and no shoes, captioning the photo dump “The Louvre at midnight.” No one else seems to be around.On Instagram, reactions have ranged from impressed to disgusted, with one commenter writing, “We get it. You’re so filthy rich you can get the louvre to open at midnight just for you to walk barefoot around the historic halls.

who’s best known—and now, beloved—for making everything from Oreos to bubble gum entirely from scratch.The idea has become such a a fundamental component of Smith’s ethos, that upon announcing her third pregnancy, she joked that she was “growing a human from scratch.” And on June 25, Smith took her DIY endeavors into the wellness realm by posting a TikTok in which she formulated her own homemade using everyday ingredients found in her kitchen.In Smith’s video, which has already amassed 10 million views, she and her husband (fellow model Lucky Blue Smith) combined, melted, then solidified coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter, cocoa butter, jojoba oil, and as DIY SPF. According to Smith, it was a success: “This went on so smooth and didn’t leave a white cast,” she said in her corresponding voiceover.Nara Smith’s homemade sunscreen fits right in on TikTok, where controversial “ available for purchase is harmful and causes cancer.

and currently the , are getting into the movie game. The team just announced that it will partner with The Hallmark Channel to make a football-themed Christmas movie. Also, Hallmark was founded in Kansas City.

A man was arrested near Leeds Bradford Airport today on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly.

A man has denied causing a woman's death by dangerous driving. Kate Swale died aged 21 after a crash involving a grey Vauxhall Corsa and a silver Mercedes C180 on the M62 on May 27 last year.

A dad accused of murdering his two-year-old son watched a YouTube video on how to perform CPR before calling paramedics for his son, a trial has heard.

Mondaire Jones won his Democratic primary, setting him up for a general election showdown against Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Lawler in a district covering New York City’s northern suburbs and exurbs in the Hudson Valley.Jones, who is gay, was first elected to Congress in 2020.

Shopping fans will be rejoiced to hear that Amazon has announced the date for its next Prime Day, which is set to go ahead in three weeks.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland staff returned to school to remind the children at Riverbank Primary in Carnbroe about health and safety.

Epic Mazur is still trying to wrap his mind around Shifty Shellshock’s death… Especially given the last thing he heard from the late singer.

Maci Bookout is on the hook for a MASSIVE tax bill! And it spans multiple counties and jurisdictions!

Kelly Bensimon just called off her wedding, but first she was in the Caribbean for a girls weekend with her daughters.

Glastonbury 2024, promising a place for festival-goers to “find themselves” at the Woodsies area. Watch our video on The Tree Stage above.The Tree Stage is Glasto’s new outdoor area, set beneath an oak tree décor canopy with LED screens and state of the art soundsystem – designed to “zero into the immersive, ambient and experimental”.The area is described as a “playground for sound” for artists to indulge in an “audio-visual spectacle”, and is set to see figures from the worlds of the arts, folk, science and music with work and events by Jon Hopkins, Merlin Sheldrake, Ana Roxanne and more“It’s bringing something really new and refreshing to the area,” area organiser Lilith Piper told NME. “It’s very much trying to integrate this whole space into being a new listening experience, quite literally in the trees.

Ozzy Osbourne has warned fans to not snort Liquid Death‘s Death Dust in a new advert for the drink company.The Prince of Darkness has made an appearance in the latest advert for Liquid Death’s brand-new product Death Dust – an electrolyte drink mix available in three flavours. The commercial clip sees two teens pouring a sachet of the drink mix into a cup while out on the street.Osbourne then pulls up in a black SUV and stops the boys by yelling “Hey Kids.

Glastonbury festival actually is.Glastonbury has returned to its annual home of Worthy Farm this week – with Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA set to headline the music festival. A video captured from a hot air balloon 3000ft up in the sky has provided a bird’s eye view of just how gigantic Glastonbury is.

Vin Diesel in a recent interview.During a press junket for Inside Out 2, the actor made comments suggesting that the Fast And Furious star “mistreats” cast and crew members.When Hauser was talking about his character in Inside Out 2, Embarrassment, he said: “It’s cool to get to be a part of a character that kinda has an arc and he helps in the end.”The interviewer then said: “You’re like Vin Diesel now,” to which Hauser responded: “Please don’t say that.”Hauser then went on to make suggestive comments without specifically calling out Diesel.He elaborated: “I like to think I am on time and approachable.”Paul Walter Hauser has no shame calling out Vin Diesel's unprofessional behavior during our 'Inside Out 2' interview pic.twitter.com/Iw4PBSTWuu— CinemaBlend (@CinemaBlend) June 25, 2024He continued to allude to Diesel’s alleged behaviour, saying: “I love people, but when I hear stories about Hollywood actors who get paid really well and mistreat people… I out them constantly, and it’s a blast.”Lewis Black, who plays the role of Anger, appeared to agree with Hauser’s point, saying: “That’s awful.”Diesel wasn’t the only person Hauser went after in the interview. When Black answered the question about which emotion best personifies him, he said: “If intelligence were an emotion, I would choose to be intelligent.

Harry Potter books will see Succession duo Mark Mylod and Francesca Gardiner at the helm as director and writer.News of the upcoming TV version of J.K. Rowling’s book series was first confirmed by HBO Max last April, with each of the seven books reportedly getting its own season.Although details of the cast are still unconfirmed, HBO recently named Gardiner, whose credits include Killing Eve, His Dark Materials and Succession, as showrunner and executive producer.Mylod, who also worked on Succession as well as Game of Thrones and The Last of Us, will act as executive producer and director of multiple episodes in the series.The series, which is currently in development, is said to be a “faithful” adaptation of Rowling’s books, complete with a new cast.I'm truly thrilled to announce our director and writer, both of whom I interviewed as part of the production team.

Slipknot’s founding member and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has told fans to expect new music soon.Six weeks after the surprise announcement that Slipknot had written ‘Long May You Die’, their first track with new drummer Eloy Casagrande, Crahan has teased that the iconic metal band will release new music “really soon”.In a new interview with Revolver, he said: “Well, one thing I can say is this: There’s always going to be new Slipknot music. But we’ve also said that there is a filter, and we are the filter, and that filter must go through everyone.“And when I was telling you that we’re doing a lot better communicating, now apply that to communicating about music.

allow former service members convicted under Article 125 to request and receive proof that their conviction has been erased, petition to have their “other than honorable” discharges upgraded, and seek to recover lost pay or benefits.“Today, I am righting an historic wrong by using my clemency authority to pardon many former service members who were convicted simply for being themselves,” Biden said in a statement released on Wednesday, June 25. “Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.“We have a sacred obligation to all of our service members — including our brave LGBTQI+ service members: to properly prepare and equip them when they are sent into harm’s way, and to care for them and their families when they return home.

David Benedict Regardless of one’s political allegiance, it’s almost universally agreed that in recent years political expediency rather than truth has been, literally, the governing principle behind speeches from Britain’s right-wing politicians. Sadly, the same is true of the two leads in Joe Penhall’s contrived, adversarial three-hander about confrontations between a local opposition MP (member of parliament) and her angry constituent. That James Corden would choose “The Constituent” for his return to the British stage, however, makes complete sense.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Emma Roberts appeared on the “Table for Two” podcast (via Vanity Fair) and was asked whether becoming a “massive movie star” was a priority for her when she decided to follow in the career footsteps of her father, Eric Roberts, and her aunt, Julia Roberts, and become an actor. Not quite. Emma said that watching aunt Julia become an A-list superstar as a kid showed her how scary that level of fame can be.

Emma Roberts is spilling all the behind-the-scenes tea about Kim Kardashian!

Jessica Biel really is sticking by her man no matter what! Just like that old fortune teller said when we were kids…

Nearly two weeks after her missing fiancé was found, Amber Portwood and Gary Wayt have ended their engagement.