KISS set to livestream final concert of 2023 Farewell tour

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabia’s rapidly expanding Telfaz11 Studios has announced the genre-bending epic “Al-Gaid” (working title), set to be the first feature to go into production under its exclusive nine-picture deal with Neom, the sprawling production hub in Saudi’s northwestern corner. Set against the backdrop of the 19th-century wintery northern Arabian desert, “Al-Gaid” is penned by Saudi novelist and writer Ahmed Alhokail and blends the revenge genre with Bedouin soap opera tropes, “crafting a unique narrative tailored for an Arab audience,” according to a Telfaz11 statement.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Taiwanese feature “The Mimicry” was named best picture at the first edition of the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival. The festival ran Nov.

Naman Ramachandran Yosep Anggi Noen, whose “24 Hours with Gaspar” premiered at Busan and is playing at the Red Sea and Singapore festivals, has lined up his next movie, an untitled horror film. The film is produced by Palari Films, the Jakarta-based production company behind Edwin’s “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash,” which won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2021. Noen is no stranger to Locarno glory himself, having been nominated in 2012 for “Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses” and in 2016 for “Solo, Solitude” and scored a special mention in 2019 for “The Science of Fictions.” The untitled horror-drama-thriller film, produced by Palari’s Muhammad Zaidy and Meiske Taurisia, will unite acclaimed actors Happy Salma and Putri Marino for the first time.

Alissa Simon Film Critic From its jaunty animated credits to its absurdly satisfying conclusion, “Voy! Voy! Voy!” is a saucy and blackly comic look at immigration. An entertaining first feature inspired by stranger-than-fiction actual events from seasoned adman Omar Hilal, here serving as director, writer and producer, Egypt’s official Oscar submission nabbed the top spot at the local box office for two months following its mid-September domestic release and also played well in the Gulf states.

A yellow weather warning will remain in place in Scotland today for snow and ice.

Social Security Scotland has confirmed that around 400,000 people will start to receive this year’s Winter Heating Payment from the middle of December, with the ‘vast majority’ of eligible households due the money before the end of January 2024. The payment of £55.05 will be made automatically and is designed to help people with higher energy costs during the colder months.

East Kilbride Men’s Shed has expressed an interest in leasing a local hall for 15 years.

Furiosa trailer has been released by Warner Brothers. In fact, the full title for the prequel film to Mad Max: Fury Road is Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth.The film is director George Miller’s much-anticipated return to the iconic dystopian world he created more than 30 years ago with the “Mad Max” films.

It’s officially December, which means it is time to start compiling those best film of the year lists. Before you do, we highly encourage you to first seek out the fantastic Femme. THN caught the movie back at Berlin Film Festival and were immediately smitten with this “intense, beautiful, thought-provoking, and devastating” movie. Written and directed by duo Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choo Ping, Femme is a neo-noir revenge thriller that will get your heart pumping. Jules’ life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack, but when he re-encounters his attacker, Preston, in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge.

Boys Planet contestants, have made their debut with ‘Must Be Nice’.‘Must Be Nice’ is the title track of ONE PACT’s debut mini-album, ‘Moment’. The record, which also dropped on November 30, features five other songs alongside the lead single.“‘Cause I don’t need no reason / My love is just for you, baby / It doesn’t mean anything if its not you / I don’t need it all / I gotta be with you right now,” they sing on the track.

Lou Reed’s final solo album, ‘Hudson River Wind Meditations’, will be getting its first vinyl release in January. ‘Hudson River Wind Meditations’, originally released in 2007, is a collection of ambient and drone recordings from the late Velvet Underground frontman, and was his last solo studio album.Helmed by Seattle independent label Light In The Attic, in conjunction with the Lou Reed Archive and Reed’s wife, Laurie Anderson, the vinyl release marks the album’s first-ever, and is scheduled to drop on January 12.

SZA has expressed her love for the music of two of rock’s most polarising bands, Creed and Nickelback in a new interview.The ‘Kill Bill’ singer named Creed and Nickelback while speaking to Variety about her favourite music in commemoration of being named the magazine’s ‘Hitmaker of the Year’.“The other day you know what I pulled up? Creed, Nickelback, Train’s ‘Drops of Jupiter’, just a whole bunch of that,” she said, as the interviewer facepalmed and burst out in laughter. “Wait, you know what’s crazy? Do white people hate Creed and Nickelback? Why? Black people love them! They rock! That shit is bomb!”She proceeded to specifically express her admiration for ‘Higher’, the ninth track off Creed’s 1999 sophomore full-length, ‘Human Clay’.

NewJeans, members of BTS, BLACKPINK and more.The music streaming service launched the 2023 edition of its annual Spotify Wrapped event on November 29, where it shared data on the platform’s most-streamed artists, music and podcasts.As part of the Wrapped 2023, Spotify Korea also shared lists of the Top 10 most-streamed K-pop songs and K-pop artists this year. BTS member Jungkook‘s debut solo song ‘Seven (feat.

K-pop boyband ATEEZ have made a comeback with their second full-length album ‘The World EP.FIN : Will’ and its title track ‘Crazy Form’.Released today (December 1), the new ‘Crazy Form’ visual features the group as pirate-inspired vigilantes from a futuristic world as they wreak havoc and fight against hordes of hooded figures.“9024, kick that drum / My ego’s in this show / To the moon we go / Hey, this is come crazy form / Ah ya ya ya just dance / My ego’s in this show / Put ‘em up, put ‘em up make them run / Now, that’s crazy form,” they sing in the chorus.Prior to its release, ATEEZ performed ‘Crazy Form’ for the first time at the 2023 MAMA Awards show on November 29, where they also took home one of ten Worldwide Fan’s Choice awards.‘The World EP.FIN : Will’ is a continuation of the group’s ‘The World’ series of releases, which began last year with their mini-album ‘The World EP.1: Movement’ and its lead single ‘Guerrilla’. Notably, that single was named one of NME’s 25 best K-pop songs of 2022 along with the B-side ‘Cyberpunk’ from that same album.It also comes less than six months after the previous release in the series ‘The World EP.2: Outlaw’ and its title track ‘Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)’, which arrived this June.In other K-pop news, boyband ONE PACT, made up of former Boys Planet contestants, have made their debut with ‘Must Be Nice’.

A 'lovely' mum died just months after doctors failed to spot the signs of a brain tumour, an inquest heard.

Jack Grealish surprised a young fan to help Manchester City announce their first Official Equality Diversity and Inclusion Partner for City in the Community.

Dove Cameron just dropped Alchemical: Volume 1, the first part of her two-part debut album!

It looks like Priyanka Chopra might have been listening to the Jonas Brothers classic “Burnin’ Up” while getting ready for her date night with Nick Jonas on Thursday (November 30).

Kandi Burruss is reacting to the rumors of a cast shakeup for the next season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta!

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth are hard at work promoting their new movie Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at CCXP 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Rutherglen Glencairn boss Joe Pryce says he’ll need every member of his squad for a run of league games in December and January that he feels are ‘crucial’ to their season.

They've spent the past two months trolling Rangers on an almost daily basis.

East Kilbride boss Mick Kennedy says he’s lacking a penalty box predator and wants a striker to step up, as he urges his side to react to their first Lowland League defeat.

An authentic Neapolitan pizzeria in Wishaw has been crowned Scotland’s Best Pizzeria title at the Italian Awards 2023.

Stuart Kettlewell insists he’ll keep papering the walls to try and decorate Motherwell’s season.

It’s the start of December, and your daily horoscope can help you prepare for the festive month and the new possibilities it provides. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - each of the 12 zodiac signs' forecasts should hold something that speaks to you and resonates with a deeper, inner truth.Today's daily horoscopes for each star sign can be found below.These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for more than 50 years. From Aries through to Pisces, here's what today could bring for your horoscope - and what you can do to be prepared.

The Winter family are set to be rocked by yet more bad news in upcoming episodes as Bernie Winter faces her sentencing in Coronation Street. In recent weeks, fans have watched as Bernie’s son, Paul Foreman, has come to terms with his Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis. His family have rallied around him, but in a shocking turn of events, Bernie was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.

The son of a popular former amateur football coach, granddad, and dad-of-four from Stockport has warned about the dangers of hidden heart conditions after the shock of his father’s sudden death. Kevin Lewis died after a sudden cardiac arrest while having a massage in Hazel Grove in November 2022 at the age of 62.

Stockport's historic Underbanks continues to be a magnet for new bars and restaurants - from Neapolitan pizza spots to Caribbean-inspired bars. This December, it will welcome another venture into the fold.

Girls Aloud fans have another chance to get their hands on tickets for the band's highly-anticipated reunion tour today (Friday December 1).

Greater Manchester Police has made 'significant improvements' - with no areas of policing now deemed to be 'inadequate' - but there are still a number of key priorities where the force 'needs to do better', inspectors have said.

30 kilos of drugs, £400k in cash and over 200 suspects have been arrested in a series of police raids to tackle county lines gangs over the last eight months in Greater Manchester, it has been revealed.

A prolific child sex offender befriended a family and babysat their two young children, buying them sweets, ice cream and toys, a court heard.

A teenage killer jailed for life after stabbing his close friend to death in a row over a minor drug debt has lost a bid to appeal against his conviction and sentence. Maciej Mikolajczyk, then 17, stabbed Alan Szelugowski 20 times before taking his mobile phone and leaving him to bleed to death in a park in Salford.

Naman Ramachandran High powered global experts will feature at the inaugural edition of AniMela, India’s first-ever international festival for animation, VFX, XR, gaming and comics (AVGC-XR). The four-day event is by India’s Aniverse and Visual Arts Foundation (AVAF), which has partnered with the government of India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and France’s Annecy International Animation Festival. As revealed by Variety, the festival will take place Jan.

Gene Simmons has said KISS‘ farewell tour is the “end of the road for the band, not the brand” and hinted at what’s to come.The glam rock band are currently on the final leg of their extensive last run of concerts, dubbed the ‘End Of The Road World Tour’. Simmons and co. are due to bow out with a performance at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 2.KISS announced last week that they’ll be live-streaming the NYC show worldwide, inviting fans to “rock out” with them “one last time”.During a new interview with 519 Magazine, Simmons explained that the group’s imminent retirement doesn’t necessarily mean the end, and teased some other potential KISS-related projects.“This tour is the end of the road for the band, not the brand,” he told the outlet.