The second trailer for the film adaptation of Delia Owens’ novel “Where the Crawdads Sing” arrived this week, bringing with it a better glimpse at Taylor Swift’s original song for the soundtrack, ‘Carolina’, including the lyrics: “I’ll make a fist, I’ll make it count.” The film arrives July 15.
Michael Jackson’s iconic “Thriller” album will be reissued in an expanded edition in celebration of its 40th anniversary on Nov. 18. The 2-CD set will feature the original album, plus a second disc of “never-released tracks which were worked on by Michael” for Thriller.
Director Peter Jackson’s 8-hour documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” will be released on 3-DVD and 3-Blu-Ray sets on July 12. Physical home video editions of the 2021 doc were previously announced to come out 6 months earlier, but that release was canceled due to a defect in the discs.
Darius Rucker is heading back to his hometown of Charleston SC in a new show called “Rucker’s Reno”. It will follow him as he renovates a historic mansion that is currently a vacant city landmark. “Rucker’s Reno” premieres on May 30 on the Design Network.
Jamie Foxx, Robert De Niro, Scott Eastwood, and John Leguizamo have signed on to star in a new action movie called “Tin Soldier”. This story is about a cult led by Jamie’s character that is trying to be taken down by the government. “Tin Soldier” will begin filming in Greece next week.
Cardi B will be the next guest on “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman”. Season 4 of the interview series will be released on Netflix on Friday and is reported to feature Will Smith, Kevin Durant, Billie Eilish, and Cardi B.
Machine Gun Kelly and fiancé Megan Fox celebrated her 36th birthday by getting matching voodoo doll tattoos. The ring finger tats were designed to look like real voodoo dolls. The couple shared several pics of their day out together. In one, they’re on a rollercoaster ride on Space Mountain at Disneyland.
Lizzo has another massive hit on her hands with “About Damn Time.” It’s currently at #9 in Billboard and is on track to become her highest-streaming song of her career. A new version of the song highlights her disco influences with an energetic remix by German DJ and producer, Purple Disco Machine.
Why does Tom Cruise risk his life to do his own stunts in “Top Gun: Maverick”? According to Variety, the actor told a masterclass at the Canes Festival, “No one asked Gene Kelly, ‘Why do you dance?’” Tom also made it clear to the audience that he is a movie star, and that releasing “Maverick” and “Mission Impossible 7” on Paramount+ during the coronavirus pandemic was “never going to happen.” He said, “I love my audience. I make movies for audiences … I make movies for the big screen.”
Minka Kelly and Trevor Noah have split. A source says “They have been broken up for a while.” Another insider says the “Friday Night Lights” alum “has the best attitude” and adds, “She is very happy. She’d rather be single than waste her time with the wrong guy.”
“Yellowstone” Season 5 will premiere this fall. The Paramount Network announced on Twitter that the Dutton family will be back on November 13th. The supersized, 14-episode season will be split into two parts.
“Riverdale” will end with Season 7 on The CW. The news was part of The CW’s 2022 fall schedule release, which stated that the popular series will debut its seventh and final season at midseason in 2023.
Even before a single scene from “Top Gun: Maverick” unspooled at the film’s Cannes premiere, festival-goers made it clear that they think Tom Cruise is magnifique. He received a thunderous ovation after being presented with a “surprise” Palme d’Or, which genuinely seemed to take him off guard.
Robert Downey Jr. is getting his own reality TV show. He’s joining forces with Discovery+ for the project, which is about restoring classic cars. Under the working title “Downey’s Dream Cars”, the new series will see the “Iron Man” actor restoring cars that once spewed pollutants into environmentally-friendly transportation.
Alanis Morissette is releasing a meditation album. “the storm before the calm” was co-written with Darkside’s Dave Harrington. She has already shared the first cut from the collection, titled ‘safety—empath in paradise’. The album drops June 17.
RICKY GERVAIS explained that people get offended when they mistake the subject of a joke with the actual target. But not smart people because they can separate the two. He also said humor helps humanity cope with bad and inevitable things like death.
A child actor from “Jaws” is now a police chief on Martha’s Vineyard, where the movie was shot. His name is JONATHAN SEARLE, and he and his brother played the two kids who caused a panic with a fake fin.
MTV plans to reboot “Jersey Shore” with a new cast, and the originals are NOT happy. They issued a statement saying, quote, “We are not in support of a version that will exploit our original show, our hard work and authenticity to gain viewers.”
The painting used in the opening credits of “Good Times” and on the cover of the MARVIN GAYE album “I Want You” just sold for $15.3 million . . . 76 times more than it was expected to fetch.
DOJA CAT is recovering from a procedure to remove an abscess on her left tonsil. She said she might have bad news coming soon, which could involve canceling her appearance as the opening act for THE WEEKND’s tour in July.
Ed Sheeran announced that he and his wife, Cherry Seaborn welcomed their second child and it’s a girl. He posted a photo on Instagram of a baby blanket and booties and said they are “over the moon” to now be a family of four. He wrote, “We are completely in love with her. Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here.”
The Kid Loroi’s new single, “Thousand Miles” is about his girlfriend, TikTok star, Katarina Deme. He wrote it when he realized how attracted he was to her. He said he was questioning whether or not he was ready for a relationship. And was basically telling her that she should stay 1,000 miles, away because he liked her so much. About their relationship, 18-year-old Laroi said, “I had to mentally be prepared for it, first. I had to ask myself a lot of questions over a couple months — like, ‘Do I really want to do this?’”
Lil Nas X will be honored at the upcoming Songwriters Hall of Fame gala with a special award. He’s this year’s recipient of the Hal David Starlight Award. Each year, songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry with their original songs, are chosen for this prestigious recognition.
Margot Robbie is re-teaming with her “Bombshell” director Jay Roach for a new “Ocean’s Eleven” movie. Her publicist told People the project is “an original Ocean’s film set in the ‘60s.”
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