‘Wicked Part 2’ Flies Away From ‘Avatar 3,’ Shifts Release Date to Thanksgiving

TMZ, she is still not doing well and certainly can’t be expected to pick back up where she left off with her performing schedule.Madonna’s battle with a serious bacterial infection has taken a toll on her health, leading to her being bedridden even after her release from the hospital. The iconic pop star has apparently been grappling with persistent vomiting and a body still under the throes of the infection.

A violent robbery gang targeted cash in transit drivers armed with a red-bladed axe. In total, the group stole over a quarter of a million pounds in the attacks.

Primark fans are swooning over a £25 Summer dress that has been hailed 'perfect' for Summer. The budget high-street sundress can easily be styled for a casual BBQ or picnic look with sandals and a denim jacket, or dressed up for Summer holidays, the races and weddings with a pair of chunky wedges and a raffia handbag.

The press watchdog is not currently planning to investigate newspaper coverage of the disappearance of Nicola Bulley. But Ipso said it was not ruling out a probe after Ms Bulley's family criticised 'appalling' coverage by some media.

Reading & Leeds festivals have added 27 new names to their line-up for 2023, with all set to perform on the BBC Introducing stage.The twin festivals return to Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park from August 25-27, with Foals, Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender and Imagine Dragons all set to headline.Names for the BBC Introducing stage at both sites have now been revealed, and include Matilda Mann, HotWax, Pixey, The Goa Express, Antony Szmierek and more.Elsewhere, Leeds have also announced the DJ line-up for their Anachronica stage.

Pearl Jam‘s Jeff Ament has given an update on the band’s new album, saying it “doesn’t feel like a record yet”.Guitarist Stone Gossard confirmed in an interview last March that work had begun on the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Gigaton’ and that Andrew Watt, who has previously worked with Justin Bieber, is behind the production desk this time around.While Gossard said they were going to try and finish the record “pretty soon,” Ament has revealed in a new interview that there’s still a way to go on the new LP.“The hardest part of [finishing] a record a lot of times is figuring out which songs go on the record and do we need to record another song and what’s the artwork and what’s the title and all that stuff,” he said, revealing that the band are taking the summer off.“Come September, we’re still gonna pick up those questions we have about where we’re at and we’re gonna ask those questions again,” he added.“I think everybody hopes that we have a record out next year. If we have a record out next year, that means we’ll probably play a few more shows, and I think there’s a couple places we haven’t played in quite a while, so I think we have stuff penciled in.”Of the band’s legacy and what it affords them when making new music, Ament added: “We’ve earned the right to sort of [do whatever we want], and that’s tough because there are five of us pulling the cart.“Sometimes you end up pulling the cart in opposite directions.

Several Manchester United supporters have welcomed the prospect of the club signing Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana in this summer's transfer window.

A woman and two children have died following a house fire in Cambridge. More than 30 firefighters from across Cambridgeshire were called to the blaze in the two-storey maisonette on Sackville Close shortly after 1am on Friday morning (June 30), CambridgeshireLive reports.

A detective has revealed how Lesley Molseed's twisted killer was finally caught. The 11-year-old's murder sparked a huge manhunt after she was stabbed 12 times and sexually assaulted after disappearing from her home in Rochdale.

The £3,000 dream holiday of University of Manchester student and his pal ended before it started when they were booted out of the Caribbean after just four hours - and they say they have no idea why.

Zack Steffen has played down talk that he could join former Manchester City assistant Enzo Maresca at Leicester, insisting he is calm about his future.

cities.Starting on Aug. 5, Guns N’ Roses will begin the North American leg of their global tour in the U.S.

One of the stars of a British TV show currently in production has boasted that the set is so sexy, bosses have drafted in not one but two intimacy coordinators. 

Marta Balaga In “Red Rooms,” Pascal Plante didn’t want to show explicit images of violent killings. He wanted to talk about them instead. “During the pandemic, we have been spending all this time in front of our screens, consuming violent images in a very detached way. Realizing that led me to the dark web, basically,” he tells Variety. His “sort of cyber thriller and sort of courtroom drama” – world premiering at Karlovy Vary Film Festival before opening Canada’s genre fest Fantasia – revolves around the high-profile trial of Ludovic Chevalier (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos), accused of murdering teenage girls and selling videos of his exploits.

Another weekend, another round of the UK media chewing over the entrails of the fragmented relationship between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the rest of the British Royal Family. 

A baby orangutan has been born at Blackpool Zoo as part of efforts to save an endangered species. The 'very special' arrival is the first Bornean orangutan to be born at the zoo in 20 years.

The owner of a wild camping site in Wales has been left gobsmacked after receiving a complaint about a very Welsh feature - sheep.

Ministers have ordered a local council to scrap its experiment with a four-day working week. South Cambridgeshire District Council had announced plans to extend its trial until next April, but ministers have told officials to end it now.

Boots has slashed the price of one of its most popular straighteners by a whopping £80. The Remington straighteners, which would usually set you back £160, are said to rival luxury hair care giants like GHD and Dyson.

The landscape of Manchester United's first-team squad has officially changed following the conclusion of several players' contracts and loan deals.

The Sun newspaper on Saturday published an apology to Meghan Markle on its front page and said it realised that “with free expression comes responsibility.”

Holly Willoughby appeared to show her support for her co-star and pal Alison Hammond as she was flooded with comments and dubbed a 'Barbie girl'. During her latest appearance on This Morning, the presenter appeared inspired by one of the show's latest segments.

The family of an 'amazing' and 'creative' 22-year-old from Bolton who is in hospital after a road accident in Cyprus have spoken of their anguish.

One of Gogglebox's best-loved stars has admitted she doesn't own a TV, and 'doesn't really watch telly' when she's not appearing on the Channel 4 show. The 29-year-old has appeared on the show for more than half a decade.

The Voice Kids is back on ITV, with a new line-up of future popstars ready to sing their hearts out.

Star of ITV's The Chase Mark Labbett has opened up on the unique way he wooed his glamorous 41-year-old girlfriend Hayley Palmer. 57-year-old Mark, who is 16 years Hayley's senior, split from his ex wife Katie, who is also his second cousin, in 2020, claiming that their 27-year age gap and Covid-19 lockdowns were the reasons after seven years of marriage.

Disney was the final studio to present here at CineEurope in Barcelona, highlighting 17 upcoming films and bringing A Haunting in Venice star/director Kenneth Branagh to town, as well as a live performance of “This Wish” from animated adventure Wish which releases in November.

Billy Ray is back for the sixth installment of Strike Talk, a podcast that began with the start of the Writers Guild standoff. Falling on the 50th day of the strike, this episode is groundbreaking, in a Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey‘s HAL meets James Cameron’s The Terminator kind of way. As he will explain in the podcast, Ray was able to make it so that he could have a back and forth verbal conversation with the AI that is a major bone of contention for the WGA in its dispute with AMPTP signatories. While the voice of AI seems amiable enough, it makes clear that as its technology and learning abilities become more sophisticated, fears that it could be used to lessen the number of writers coming up in the creative ecosystem by the use of cost-effective technology is validated in technicolor. Below-the-liners, writers and actors and even studio heads are expendable. Ray, who wrote the classic ‘I am the captain now’ line in Captain Phillips, unveils a new and potentially scarier skipper here, one that might give studio chiefs pause to consider what they’re unleashing to save a few bucks. Click below to listen.

Universal Pictures looks to be pretty excited about its upcoming adaptation of the global Broadway hit Wicked as the studio is moving up Wicked Part Two to November 26, 2025. The film was originally set to bow on Christmas 2025, with Wicked Part One opening worldwide on November 27, 2024.

Bowen Yang has revealed a big update about the Wicked movies and gave fans a detail that they’ve been waiting to hear!

Zoe Saldaña knows what time it is.

Avatar: The Way Of Water, Disney has announced that the next three films in James Cameron‘s epic sci-fi franchise have been delayed.Per a report from Variety, Disney has pushed back the third Avatar film by a full year from December 2024 to December 2025. As a result, the two following films in the sci-fi franchise have also delayed by three years to 2029 and 2031 respectively.That means the final film in the Avatar franchise is set to premiere a whopping 22 years after the original 2009 film’s debut.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” may have finally arrived in theatres in 2022, but that long parade of “Avatar” delays isn’t done, yet.

Zoe Saldaña has had an amusing moment of realisation following the news that Avatar 5 has been delayed until 2031.Per a report from Variety, Disney has pushed back the third Avatar film by a full year from December 2024 to December 2025. As a result, the two following films in the sci-fi franchise have also been delayed by three years to 2029 and 2031 respectively.“Great! I’m gonna be 53 when the last Avatar comes out,” Saldaña humorously posted on her Instagram alongside a shocked face emoji.

“Alien” series through 20th Century Studios on August 16, 2024. Fede Alvarez, director of horror titles like “Don’t Breathe” and the 2013 revival of “Evil Dead,” will write and direct the new film, as well as produce with original “Alien” director Ridley Scott.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” means that James Cameron will fulfill his promise of making the additional “Avatar” sequels, yet another release date delay has been announced for the next few films.“Avatar 3,” previously set for release in 2024, has been pushed back a year to Dec. 19, 2025.