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Thania Garcia The 1975 has officially kicked off its next era with the release of a new music video and song titled “Part Of The Band.” The song is the first single from the band’s upcoming fifth album, “Being Funny In A Foreign Language” (due Oct. 14 via Dirty Hit).Led by a crisp string arrangement, and co-produced by Jack Antonoff, “Part Of The Band” opens with frontman Matty Healy reminiscing on former love affairs. “And I fell in love with a boy, it was kinda lame,” he croons, in his signature sing-songy mumble.

Newborn bliss! Brian Austin Green and Sharna Burgess are loving life with their baby boy, Zane.

Exes with benefits? Kendall Jenner showed her support for ex-boyfriend Devin Booker recently with a repost that left fans wondering about their relationship status.

No regrets. Javonny Vega and Cely Vazquez may have been the first ones eliminated on The Challenge: USA, but they seem to be taking it in stride.

Topless and talking about it! Kelly Ripa divulged that her initial reaction to her naked body is “ew”-inducing, but she treasures the bare-chested photo husband Mark Consuelos took of her on their honeymoon.

Chris Pratt has issued a mea culpa after dissing UFC star Israel Adesanya.

Paul Rudd is here to brighten a young boy’s day. After Rudd, 53, heard that classmates of 12-year-old Brody Ridder of Westminster, Colorado, wouldn’t sign his yearbook, the "Ant-Man" actor decided to send him a letter and a signed "Ant-Man" helmet.  Brody’s mother, Cassandra, shared images of both the letter and helmet on Facebook. Paul Rudd sent a letter and a signed "Ant-Man" helmet to a seventh-grade boy who has been bullied in school.

One of our favorite films of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director James Gray’s new intimate drama, “Armageddon Time,” is getting dropped into awards season this year. Focus Features announced today that the film will open in limited release on October 28, 2022.

LOVE Island's Jacques O'Neill raised the prospect that he will WALK after an almighty row with Paige Thorne. The rugby player was challenged after returning from Casa Amor single - after kissing new girl Cheyanne Kerr.

Zack Sharf Johnny Depp’s return to acting following his defamation trial against Amber Heard is not being backed by Netflix. Bloomberg reported that the Depp-starring French movie “La Favorite” is receiving “financial backing” from Netflix, but a source close to the streaming giant told Variety this reporting is not true. Netflix is not financing the movie but has licensed the film to stream in France only after it completes the country’s 15-month theatrical window.

In-demand Tom Lawrence is on the verge of signing for Rangers to serve up Gio van Bronckhorst a new-look attack ahead in time for Champions League qualifying.

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi are displaying some major PDA. The couple was spotted kissing on July 4 while on a boat as part of their vacation in Sardinia, Italy.Bongiovi, the 20-year-old son of Jon Bon Jovi, sported a backwards baseball cap, sunglasses and swim trunks in the shot, while his star girlfriend, 18, paired a polka dot bikini with a baseball cap of her own.The pair sparked dating rumors last summer when Bongiovi shared a selfie of the duo cruising in the car.

Josh Duhamel is remembering his former co-star. After news broke that James Caan had died at age 82, the 49-year-old actor took to his Instagram to emotionally pay tribute to the late actor.The men co-starred on , a TV series that ran from 2003 to 2008.«I just want to take a minute to remember Jimmy Caan, one of the kindest, coolest, funniest people I've ever met, one of my mentors,» Duhamel said, as he got choked up. «You'll be missed Jimmy Caan, I love you.»Alongside the video Duhamel wrote, «Rest in Peace Jimmy Caan.

Dwayne Johnson will attend San Diego Comic-Con for the first time ever this month, bringing his upcoming  film to the event's largest stage. The new DC Comics movie released its first trailer earlier this year and will likely offer a second glimpse of the film at the July panel. «Boys and girls and children of all ages,» Johnson said in a video posted to Instagram on Thursday.

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Sasha Urban editorJames Caan had completed filming his role in the Phillip Noyce thriller “Fast Charlie” before his death on Wednesday, Variety has confirmed. The film’s distributor, Screen Media, is eyeing an early 2023 release date for the movie.“Fast Charlie,” based on Victor Gischler’s novel “Gun Monkeys,” stars Pierce Brosnan as Charlie Swift, a hitman who has been working for his aging mob boss, Stan (Caan), for two decades.

Victoria Beckham is finally rejoining the world famous group Spice Girls just in time for a very special celebration. The fashion designer and businesswoman, who was recently spotted at Jacquemus fashion show, has been in talks to perform at Geri Horner’s 50th birthday, with the rest of the original band members.The birthday celebration is set to take place in September, just a few weeks after her birthday in August, with Posh Spice making a one time performance with the group in honor of the birthday girl.

Emily Andre and her stepdaughter Princess looked stunning as they hit the red carpet on a family night out at the star-studded Caudwell Children's Butterfly Ball. Peter Andre, 49, looked like a proud dad as he posed for photos alongside wife Emily, 32, son Junior, 17, and 15 year old daughter, Princess at the London charity event. But it was Emily and Princess who stole the show, with the former wearing a form-fitting scarlet gown with a low neckline and ruched waist detailing, completing her look with a charcoal sequinned clutch bag.

Zack Sharf “Obi-Wan Kenobi” ran for six episodes on Disney+, but for many fans and critics that was simply too long. While everyone was happy to see Ewan McGregor back as the iconic Jedi, not every “Star Wars” fans agreed on the pacing of the story or the main plotline that sent Obi-Wan on an adventure to save a young Princess Leia from Darth Vader.

Love Island's Cheyanne Kerr has revealed what she said to Paige Thorne before leaving the villa for good after dropping her Jacques O'Neill bombshell. During the latest episode, Jacques revealed that he was going to stay with Paige after being "tested" while the delighted paramedic, who had remained loyal in Casa Amor, also picked him. However, just as the couple reunited, Cheyanne decided to drop the bombshell that she too had a connection with Jacques and was confused over his decision.

Love Island really packed in the drama during Thursday night’s recoupling. Among the couples who decided to stick with their original partners was Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti.The couple may have been happy to be reunited with each other, with plenty of banter about how much they missed each other, but as the episode went on, it was revealed that Davide wasn’t as loyal to Ekin-Su as he made out. When speaking to Laura Whitmore, bombshell Mollie Salmon revealed that Davide had been sharing a bed with her each night and that she “had a connection” with him.

Valheim is coming to Xbox and Windows Store on PC, both via Game Pass, and now we also know it’ll support cross-play.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBret Baier is gearing up for something that may surprise Fox News aficionados and its cable rivals: a debate event that features two U.S. Senators with distinctly opposing views who say they just want to talk things out.Baier will at noon on Fox Nation moderate the first event from The Senate Project, in which two U.S. Senators take part in Oxford-style debates.

Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty spoke about how existing multiplatform Activision Blizzard titles will be handled once the Microsoft acquisition goes through.Booty stated during the briefing (via IGN): “If we acquire a game that comes with a big community across a number of platforms the last thing we want to do is take something away.” He continues: “If anything, we feel that it’s our job to be caretakers, to be shepherds, to continue to build and nurture that community, not to cut it up into pieces and try to take some of it away.”GM for Programming and Events Tina Summerford used Microsoft’s acquisition of Minecraft as an example of the company’s philosophy, with that title continuing to receive support on all platforms as opposed to new updates being locked down to Xbox.So, this seems to imply that ongoing titles such as Overwatch (and its upcoming sequel), Call Of Duty: Warzone, and perhaps even future Call Of Duty titles will remain multiplatform. Summerford noted that while they’ll support existing titles, there will still be some games that will be made exclusive.

Microsoft has announced a new program designed to bring demos to Xbox Game Pass, and it’s called Project Moorcroft.The early game demos intended for the Project Moorcroft initiative are meant to replicate the demos played during gaming conferences such as E3 or PAX.“We were sitting around as a team thinking, you remember it used to be you go to E3, you go to PAX, and you would go visit some of your favourite creators and they would have a piece or a level of a game that you could sit there and play, and there would be someone from the studio like right next to you in your ear being like: ‘press that button, go under there, do that stuff,'” said Sarah Bond, corporate vice president of game creator experience and ecosystem at Microsoft Gaming, speaking to press.“And you would get to experience the game, and they would get to generate excitement about what they’re building and what’s coming next.“So we said you know what?” Bond explained, “Why don’t we take Game Pass and make it like the show floor? Why don’t we make it possible for a developer to take a piece, a level of their game, release it into Game Pass, generate excitement for what’s coming, and also get that really valuable feedback as they are tuning and preparing their game for launch?”Bond also added that Microsoft set up the program to not just benefit the player, but it benefits the developers as well by giving them financial compensation for the game. It will also allow developers to receive feedback as well.Project Moorcroft is set to release within the next year and will begin by focusing on indie games.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe TV upfront market doesn’t appear to compute for Microsoft.The technology giant has been telling TV networks and media buyers that it intends to bypass TV’s annual haggle for commercial inventory, according to four executives familiar with recent discussions. The company behind such products and services as Windows, LinkedIn, the Halo video games and Surface tablets instead favors taking its chances in what is known as TV’s “scatter” market, the purchase of ad time bought closer to run date.Microsoft seems to feel that it needs to be cautious in trying to sell consumers expensive hardware and other tech goods at a time when the stock market is churning, according to two of these executives, and when people may be fretting about loosening their purse strings.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News’ venerable  “60 Minutes” is creating a time machine, of sorts.The long-running newsmagazine will be form the bulk  of a new channel at Pluto, the ad-supported streaming outlet that is, like CBS News, part of Paramount Global. The streaming channel is expected to launch sometime this year, Bill Owens, executive producer of the show, told staffers during a town hall meeting Thursday.“The channel will allow us to share our broadcast and historic archive with the wider world,” Owens told employees.

Xbox consoles has changed secret achievements, and it’s quite a handy change for any hunters out there.Xbox users can now view secret achievements natively, as announced via an Xbox Wire post. On how to access the information, the post reads: “From within a game, open the guide and go to Game activity > Achievements.