Paul McCartney enlists renowned poet for long-awaited memoir

Zack Sharf “Atlanta” writers revealed during the series’ TCA press conference this week that they were racially harassed in London during the filming of the Emmy-winning FX comedy’s third season.The long-delayed “Atlanta” Season 3 picks up with characters Earn (Donald Glover), Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry), Darius (LaKeith Stanfield) and Van (Zazie Beetz) on a music tour through Europe. Stephen Glover, a writer on and executive producer of the series, said a racially charged incident occurred on the crew’s first night in London after a group of drunk people confronted them outside of a bar.“This group of people walks up.

Wilson Chapman editorTons of films have dreams in them, but few capture what a dream actually feels like better than “Strawberry Mansion,” the surrealist indie dramedy that premiered at Sundance Film Festival last year and opens in theaters Friday and on digital next week.Directed by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley, the film tells the story of James Preble (Audley), an auditor who taxes people’s dreams for the U.S. government. On assignment to review the VHS-recorded dreams of aging artist Arabella Isadora (Penny Fuller), he winds up falling for the version of her younger self (Grace Glowicki) he meets in her mind, taking him on a strange journey where he fights witches, crashes on a deserted island and commands a crew of mice sailors.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Good News About Hell” and “Half Loop,” the first two episodes of “Severance,” which premiered Friday on Apple TV Plus.The Ben Stiller-directed “Severance” debuted its first two episodes Friday, revealing a fictional world where people, like Adam Scott’s Mark Scout, are able to undergo a procedure that allows them to mentally separate their work and home lives. Why a person would choose to do this and why Lumon, the company that created the process, would require it of some of its employees is just the start of the questions posed by the initial pair of “Severance” episodes.“What we know of them is that they are a med-tech company.

Wilson Chapman editorThe COVID-19 pandemic happened at an inconvenient time for Elsie Fisher’s career. The teen actor, who has been working professionally since she was five, had her breakthrough in 2018 as the lead in Bo Burnham’s hilarious and squirm-inducing “Eighth Grade.” A stint on season two of Hulu’s “Castle Rock” as the daughter of “Misery” villain Annie Wilkes followed, along with a voice role in the 2019 “Addams Family” adaptation. But just as she was lining up new projects for herself, quarantine happened, putting most of her plans on indefinite hold.Now, Fisher is making her belated return to film acting with “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” the latest entry in the iconic slasher series and a direct sequel to the 1974 original.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterDisney Junior exec Joe D’Ambrosia has been hired as executive vice president and general manager of Sony Pictures Television’s Silvergate Media. D’Ambrosia will be taking over for Silvergate founder Waheed Alli, who is stepping down from his post as CEO this summer.In his new role at the Sony-owned children’s programming producer, D’Ambrosia will serve as Silvergate’s creative and strategic business leader, overseeing day-to-day operations of the company.

Apple TV Plus series “The Afterparty” is, by definition, a murder mystery. But it’s also part action-thriller, police procedural, musical, rom-com — oh, and animation.The series follows escape room designer Aniq (Sam Richardson), who earnestly attends his high school reunion hoping for a second chance at love with his old crush Zoë (Zoë Chao), but instead finds himself the primary suspect in a murder when the afterparty goes terribly wrong.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDua Lipa has parted ways with her longtime management firm, Ben Mawson and Ed Millet’s TaP Management, a source close to the situation has confirmed to Variety. However, the source says that contrary to other reports, the singer is not currently taking meetings with other management companies, although presumably she will at some point in the future.

Following the critical acclaim (and an Independent Spirit Award) for his role in “Uncut Gems”, Adam Sandler is once again leaning into his dramatic side in the upcoming Netflix film “Hustle”.

Unlike a lot of people, Christian Siriano didn’t take a bit of a step back over the pandemic.

“Game of Thrones” fans anxious about the upcoming spin-off can breathe a little easier.

Martin Lawrence and the surviving cast of his hit comedy series Martin are set to reunite 30 years later as part of a BET+ reunion special, hosted by Affion Crockett. Taping will take place February 20 and the special will air later this year.

Adriana Lima just announced her pregnancy in the best way ever! The 40-year-old supermodel filmed a fun TikTok video and surprised her fans and her boyfriend Andre Lemmers with the exciting news.In the video, Adriana explains that her boyfriend likes to scare her and film her reaction, “But today… is… payback,” she stated, while holding a positive pregnancy test. When Andre appears, she proceeds to hand him the test, and when he realizes what he is holding, he seems to be incredibly shocked.

While reflecting on his career, Scott Eastwood claimed that he had a “volatile” experience on set with Shia LaBeouf — and Brad Pitt got involved.

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The Cuphead Show, a Netflix adaptation of the popular video game, has landed on the streaming service.

Years & Years and BRITs nominee Regard have shared their new single ‘Hallucination’.The track, which you can listen to below, sees the Kosovo Albanian DJ and producer laying his beats over Olly Alexander‘s falsetto vocals.“Don’t be so fake, oh/ Your love is a hallucination,” Alexander cries over the disco pop anthem.Speaking about the track, Alexander said: “I wrote Hallucination with [producer] Joel Little back in 2019. I was inspired to write it when an ex lover attempted to re-enter my life.

Frank Turner has scored his first ever UK Number One album with ‘FTHC’, his ninth studio LP.The singer/songwriter’s record claimed the top spot with almost 90 per cent of physical sales, topping the UK Official Record Store Chart and the Official Vinyl Albums Chart.It is his highest ever charting position after his last album, ‘No Man’s Land’ went in at Number Three in 2019 and his 2015 album ‘Positive Songs For Negative People’ peaked at Number Two.“Getting a Number One album is crazy, it’s not a thing I ever thought would happen to me and it’s happened on my ninth album,” Turner told the Official Charts Company.“That feels particularly crazy and awesome, and I’m proud of it. It feels quite fitting that, of all the records I’ve put out, this is the one that got the Number 1 trophy.

50 Cent has added a new date to his UK tour plans in Edinburgh.The rapper will headline The Big Top at the Royal Highland Centre on June 14, following the announcement of his recent shows at London’s OVO Arena on June 10, a headline set at Parklife in Heaton Park, Manchester the next day (11), and a show Dublin’s 3Arena on June 12.Tickets for the show are on sale now and can purchased here.The new date comes following his recent surprise appearance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, which saw him join Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J.

NME about what US fans can expect from live music during the next stage of the ongoing pandemic.With some tours and festivals continuing to be postponed and others’ rescheduled dates due to start in the months ahead, some concern and confusion remains over what to expect from the state of live music this year. The producers of Governors Ball music festival, the people behind ticket-selling app Bandsintown, and an infectious disease specialist told us their insights and projections for events and festivals in 2022.Live music discovery and ticket purchasing app Bandsintown have reported an increase of 8 million users in the last six months. Fabrice Sergent, the app’s managing partner, told NME that those numbers were “pretty astonishing,” adding that recent ticket-buying behaviour in the US showed that “demand for live events is very strong.”“In terms of the number of upcoming shows and festivals being announced [in 2022], we’re still at about half of the number that were announced during this same period of time in the US in 2019 and 2020,” he said. Even with 50 per cent less shows, however, Bandsintown still described “a high level of consumer interest”.“We saw a very strong January in terms of the number of tickets sold; it was twice as many as 2019.

Team GB has been stripped of its silver medal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a sprinter was found to have violated anti-doping rules.

Trees have been felled across Greater Manchester as Storm Eunice causes damage and disruption.

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Ever since their divorce, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s winery has been at the center of a dispute between the exes—and now, the future of the company remains even more uncertain.

Nearly 50 years after the original was released, Netflix is ready for a whole new generation to discover “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” with a new sequel arriving today. And on this episode of The Playlist Podcast, filmmaker David Blue Garcia joins to talk about the latest entry in the history of ‘Chainsaw’ films.

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John Lennon's son Sean and Paul McCartney's son James are good friends just like their famous fathers?MORE: Paul McCartney shares rare loved-up photo with wife Nancy ShevellSean Ono Lennon and James McCartney shared a rare insight into their friendship back in 2018 when they shared a selfie on Instagram in the midst of what appears to a jamming session and fans couldn't believe their resemblance to their legendary dads."You two definitely look like your famous fathers. I am still saddened by the loss of your father Sean.

Paul McCartney is set to release a memoir. The singer announced Wednesday on social media that he will recount his life and songwriting that has spanned for 64 years in,The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present,to be published by Liveright in November.

Paul McCartney has announced a career-spanning book about his life through 154 songs from his back catalogue.‘The Lyrics’, which is due for release on November 2, will recount the musician’s life through his earliest boyhood compositions, songs by The Beatles, Wings and from his lengthy solo career.It will also be presented with previously unseen drafts, letters and pictures from his personal archive.Arranged alphabetically to provide a kaleidoscopic rather than chronological account, it establishes definitive texts of the songs’ lyrics for the first time and describes the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.You can view a trailer below.“More often than I can

Sir Paul McCartney delighted his fans when he shared a rare photo with his wife Nancy Shevell – and they look so in love!The Beatles star took to Instagram on Saturday to celebrate the couple's rescue dog, Rose, on Love Your Pet Day.MORE: Paul McCartney's epic £16.5million+ home is a tribute to The BeatlesIn the snap, Nancy affectionately rests her head on her husband's shoulder as they sit at the bottom of a staircase with their pooch in front of them.WATCH: Paul McCartney receives royal honour alongside wife Nancy ShevellPaul captioned the photo: "It's #LoveYourPetDay! Here are Paul and Nancy with their rescue dog, Rose.