Taylor Swift to Release ‘Carolina,’ Theme Song for ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Film, Tonight

Katie Holmes is sharing her experience directing the upcoming romantic drama ‘Alone Together,’ revealing that she wanted to keep things a little more interesting by never calling cut while filming the scenes for the movie.The Hollywood actress and filmmaker shared some of the process and her favorite moments on set during a recent interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers.Written and directed by Katie, the storyline for the film follows two strangers who find themselves sharing an Airbnb in New York City in the middle of the coronavirus lockdown.The actress told Seth Meyers that actor Jim Strugess said to her, “‘Every day I didn’t know what was going to happen,” so she thought “Yeah, but that’s the fun of it.”“The script is sort of just there. So, I guess I’m unpredictable,” Katie declared.

Priyanka Chopra was happy to celebrate her 40th birthday with her closest friends and family, sharing some fun moments of her special day with her husband Nick Jonas and their little girl Malti, who also joined the celebration as she is now 6 months old.The celebrity couple seemed happy to share a family moment together, as they can be seen in many of the photos Priyanka shared, including one where Malti is wearing an adorable birthday outfit, a pink tutu with the words “six months” and pink sunglasses.“Just a girl and her birthday squad!” the actress, who recently teased an upcoming project with her husband, wrote on Instagram. ”So grateful and thankful to be surrounded by so much love and to be able to spend time with my nearest and dearest.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“For All Mankind” has been renewed for Season 4 at Apple.The announcement was made Friday as part of the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Production on the new season is scheduled to begin in August. Season 3 of the series debuted on the streamer on June 10.“For All Mankind” is an alternative history series that explores what would have happened if the global space race had never ended.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCrew members who were on the set of FX’s “Justified: City Primeval” have spoken out after production was halted in Chicago when two cars engaged in a gunfight smashed through the show’s barricades.One crew member, who wished to remain anonymous, was returning from a restroom break when they heard a popping in the distance. “I’m originally from a military town, so I know what gunshots sound like,” they said.

Jillian Michaels revealed on Friday that she married her longtime love, DeShanna Marie Minuto, in Africa. "@deshannamarie Michaels — it's an honor and an adventure saying I do to you," the celebrity fitness guru wrote on Instagram. «Finding you… my person… and eloping in Africa together has been one of the most magical and transformative chapters of my life.

Just a few months before Danny Masterson’s trial for multiple rapes is set to start in L.A., the Church of Scientology has launched a Hail Mary attempt to get the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in another portion of the sordid matter.

David Harbour’s father. The “Cha Cha Real Smooth” writer-director’s third film takes a page from the real story of Jimmy Galante (Harbour), a Connecticut trash tycoon and member of the Genovese crime family who purportedly inspired the character Tony Soprano. In 2004, Galante took over his city’s minor-league hockey team and put his teenage son A.J.

AMC’s previously announced “Walking Dead” movie centered on Rick Grimes has been turned into a 6-episode streaming series for AMC+ that will also star Danai Gurira.Lincoln and Gurira joined Chief Content Officer of “The Walking Dead” universe Scott Gimple for a surprise announcement during the “Walking Dead” Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con. During the panel, Lincoln expressed his excitement to return and “get his boots back on.” “Michonne and this TWD family has meant so much to me, and to continue the journey of these beloved characters, alongside Scott and Andy, both creatively and in front of the camera, and bringing ‘The Walking Dead’ fans something truly special is just glorious,” Gurira said in a statement.

“Nope,” is no different. While Peele’s new movie isn’t as reliant on twists, it still has a few big reveals and plenty more to discuss.“Nope” follows Otis Jr. (or “OJ”) Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer), who take over their family ranch and stunt business following the untimely and mysterious death of their father (genre legend Keith David).

A real-life Infinity gauntlet? Dare we say, it’s inevitable. Marvel unveiled the rare collector’s item — worth a whopping $25 million — during the studio’s San Diego Comic-Con showcase on Friday.

McMahon, 77, retired Friday after he struck a chord with a much wider audience over national and international headlines covering his sexual misconduct scandal, which led him to step back from the WWE and for his daughter to take the reins of the company.Detractors and fans flooded social media with reaction to his retirement announcement. Some surmised “He did not want the smoke” and declared “Bye, Felicia.” Others tipped their cap to the longtime WWE chairman and CEO, calling it the “end of an era” or telling McMahon “I salute you.”Many others questioned the sincerity of the announcement and called him out — or simply shared memorable clips and gifs from his many appearances as a WWE personality.See the varied reaction below.

Keeping it real! Ryan Reynolds’ film Deadpool just arrived on Disney+ — and the actor has some thoughts on the streaming services rating system. 

David Harbour is learning the hard way that some things aren’t easier the second time around!

Lupita Nyong’o has officially freaked out a lot of followers with her newest food excursion!

Netflix’s new movie The Gray Man is now streaming and it’s one of the most expensive films that the streamer has ever made!

Groot gets his dance on in the brand new trailer for I Am Groot.

The Walking Dead is changing things around regarding the planned movie about Rick Grimes.

Love Island fans will know that Nathalia and Ekin-Su stood some heat in the kitchen as they both had a pancake-off competing for Davide’s approval.

Carrie Underwood shared the most epic throwback video on Friday as she posted a never-before-seen clip of her singing from what appeared to be 1993 when Carrie was 10. With permed hair and wearing a black and white patchwork shirt with zig zag detailing, the young Carrie paired the look with tapered black pants, a classic for the time.SEE: Carrie Underwood's sprawling $3million forever home is so unexpectedShe was singing Blame It On Your Heart, the 1993 hit for Patty Loveless, and the video then cut to 2022, with Carrie singing the song on stage as part of the Grand Ole Opry's Opry Loves the 90s event which airs Saturday 23 July on Circle.WATCH: Carrie Underwood is unrecognizable in incredible 1990s videoShe tagged the video with the meme phrases "how it started" and "how it's going" and fans loved the video, calling it a "full circle" moment for the 39-year-old."Remarkable then, remarkable now!" added another while many praised her singing voice.READ: Carrie Underwood reveals her biggest regret in life – and it may surprise youMORE: Carrie Underwood opens up about her very normal life at home with her sonsIn the 2022 video, Carrie wore her blonde hair in her now classic straight style with a middle parting, and rocked a feathered purple gown.Opry Loves the 90s is a special one-off event airing at 9/8c with performances from the likes of Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson and Chris Young. Kelsea will be singing the 1999 Chicks hit Cowboy Take Me Away, while Keith will take on Sold (Grundy County Auction) by John Michael Montgomery from 1995.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticAccording to Stephen Schwartz, nothing can follow “Defying Gravity.” And for the “Wicked” songwriter, that’s one key reason why the movie version of his blockbuster Broadway musical has to be split into two parts.It’s not just about overall length, the composer is saying — it’s about the audience needing a breather after one of the great Act 1 closers of all time. (Even if that breather is 12 months of moviegoers going on with their daily business, versus 20 minutes cooling their heels outside a Broadway house.)“We found it very difficult to get past ‘Defying Gravity’ without a break,” Schwartz says.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticIt may be a polarizing album, but the public is voting with its streams on Drake’s dance-oriented new music, and he seems to be winning listeners over with his change of direction, or at least drawing huge numbers of fans to give it a first listen. His “Honestly, Nevermind” has bowed at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with an impressive 204,000 album-equivalent units. A single from the album that has 21 Savage as his featured guest, “Jimmy Cooks,” debuted at No 1 on the Hot 100.The 204,000 first-week number for “Honestly, Nevermind” is huge by the standard of nearly all other debuting albums in 2022.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticWhen Mandy Moore headlined Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium Sunday night, it might have seemed to some attentive audience members as if some trickery was going on. The singer-actress tours with her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, the frontman of the group Dawes, playing alongside her every night.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticDid ye get healed? This is a rhetorical question Van Morrison posed many years ago that may pop up in the back of your mind at someone else’s show, on one of those rare nights when there’s enough strife or upset in the world that the crowd can be collectively understood to be experiencing a wound. That was the case with Brandi Carlile playing two sold-out shows at L.A.’s Greek Theatre over the weekend right in the wake of the Supreme Court issuing a decision that the vast majority of her progressive-leaning audience would find deeply grievous, or ominous, with one justice vowing that another right should be on the chopping block — the same-sex marriage that Carlile has sung and talked about on stage virtually every night for years.

Jennifer Garner looked sporty in a black long sleeve and a pair of tight black leggings while stepping out to run errands with her ten-year-old son Samuel in Brentwood.  A she exited a Starbucks with a canvas white tote bag on her shoulder, the 50-year-old actress kept a low profile with her glossy brown locks under a blue baseball cap.  For her laid-back outing, the Golden Globe winner kept her hazel eyes concealed under her black shades and looked relaxed as she enjoyed an iced coffee on Friday.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticNews of a forthcoming Marcus Mumford solo album began to leak out this past week, which countless radio stations and websites around the world immediately leaped to assume meant that old gang of his was breaking up. Mumford made it official on two counts — yes, his solo record is coming up, and no, Mumford and Sons are not splitting — and offered a first taste of the new project as he sat in with Brandi Carlile Friday at L.A.’s Greek Theater.During the encore portion of the first of Carlile’s two sold-out gigs at the Greek, the two sang a collaborative new ballad (the title of which was not announced) that Mumford said would be the closing track of his solo album, publicly confirming a heretofore secret project that has become widely speculated upon over the last week.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticTaylor Swift has gone to Carolina in her mind in her new single, which was released at midnight Thursday night — the first newly written original song she’s put out since the “Evermore” album in late 2020. But things are more brooding for her in that state of mind than they were for James Taylor.“Carolina” is the end-credits theme for the film “Where the Crawdads Sing,” which doesn’t reach theaters for another three weeks — July 15, to be exact — and the song provides a foretaste of the possibly jolting mood of the climax, where she and the movie’s protagonist are definitely not feeling 22.As much as it’s a direct outgrowth of Swift loving the source novel, fans may feel the song is a throwback … all the way back to the “Folklore”/”Evermore” era of two years ago, with those albums’ primary producer, Aaron Dessner, back on board for a tune lightly augmented with the Americana-friendly elements of mandolin and fiddle. Swift provided more insight into the song in an Instagram post.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticAt a recent intimate listening session for a new Bob Dylan record, there was a last-minute mention from someone in the control room of L.A.’s Village Studios that attendees should have their phones off. It probably went without saying, but producer T Bone Burnett added a note of incidental gravity: “Yeah, if this gets out,” he laughed, “my life will be over.”You might hear that kind of hyperbole about not letting leaks get out at other listening sessions for new recordings, but it had a little more weight at this one.

Long Island iced tea, please! Two decades after its premiere in 1999, Cruel Intentions still has fans talking about its scandalous story line — and dreamy lead Sebastian Valmont.

Taylor Swift has announced the release of a brand new song called ‘Carolina’, which is produced by The National‘s Aaron Dessner.The track, which is set to arrive at midnight ET tonight (5am BST), is the theme song for new film Where The Crawdads Sing, directed by Olivia Newman and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon.A snippet of ‘Carolina’ was first previewed back in March in the trailer for the new mystery thriller. Swift’s vocals sound eerie as she sings: “They never saw me/ You didn’t see me here/ No, they never did see me here/ There are places I will never, ever go/ Things that only Carolina will ever know.”According to Witherspoon, the song was written while Swift was working on her 2020 album ‘Folklore’, after reading the 2018 Delia Owens novel of the same name on which the film is based upon.“She read this book and loved it so much, and then she heard we were making a movie [during the period] she was making her ‘Folklore’ album and then she wrote a song with that whole ‘Folklore’ team, which was so haunting and magical and beautiful,” Witherspoon said during a recent roundtable (via Variety).Newman explained that Swift submitted the song out of the blue after writing a “gorgeous letter” to the crew.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticA funny thing happened at Bob Dylan’s concert at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach: It got dark… really dark. But only on stage; out in the auditorium, the house lights stayed up, dimmed just a little, for the whole show.

Among studios, Sony was first up with its presentation here at CineEurope in Barcelona which kicked off on Monday. “As an industry, we are anything but done,” declared Sony Pictures International Releasing’s President Steven O’Dell at the top of the show. The studio is coming off of its most ambitious six-month slate ever, which it began rolling out in the fall and wrapped up with the $1.9B worldwide smash Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the January hit Uncharted.