The Parisian crowd is chanting but it’s not immediately clear to American ears what they’re saying. It gets louder as the object of their adulation stands on the stage and calmly soaks it in. Then it snaps into focus: “Khendreek! Khendreek! Khendreek!” People had been saying all day before Kendrick Lamar’s second sold-out show at
Beyoncé seemingly confirmed she will be on tour next summer during WACO Theater‘s Wearable Art Gala 2022 on Saturday night by auctioning an extravagant concert ticket package during the charity event. In photos shared by attendees, the package description listed the following: “Valued at a total of $20,000, United [Airlines] x WACO offers you a
Janelle Monáe is a force to be reckoned with, even beyond the entertainment sphere. In recognition of the non-binary musician’s continued philanthropy and powerful messaging of being your authentic self, Monáe received the Trailblazer Award at the 40th annual Outfest Legacy Awards. “I feel like I’m at my church tonight,” Monáe told the audience in
Lenny Lipton, the New York-native who wrote the lyrics to what became Peter, Paul and Mary’s popular folk song “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” died on Oct. 5 from brain cancer at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife told The New York Times. He was 82. In 1959, Lipton was a 19-year-old physics
After the When We Were Young Festival announced it would be canceling its performances on Oct. 23, one hour before gates were set to open, fans were flabbergasted. For some, thousands of dollars had been spent on travel, lodging and admissions; the festival almost immediately sold out when tickets first went on sale in January.
Hollywood talent agents are famously competitive with one another. Whether big or boutique, agencies parry and joust in wooing talent and sealing deals. But some issues transcend money and ego. Hate speech is one of them. Bob Gersh, longtime leader of the agency founded by his father in the 1960s, has watched Kanye West’s abhorrent
There are a lot of enticing questions that haunt “Tár,” Todd Field’s rapturously fascinating, dread-fueled, immersive drama about a symphony orchestra conductor, Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), who is living an above-the-clouds existence of art and fame and sensuality…until she isn’t. The movie, which feels like a documentary directed by Kubrick, is a kind of reality-based
After less than seven minutes in a heated interview between Kanye “Ye” West and Piers Morgan on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” the rapper made claims that director Quentin Tarantino and Jamie Foxx “got the idea” for the concept of their 2012 film “Django Unchained” from him. West — who legally changed his name to Ye in
Dwayne Johnson’s superhero adventure “Black Adam” racked up $140 million in its global box office debut, including a mighty $73 million overseas. Warner Bros. reports that “Black Adam,” which debuted in 76 territories, is the No. 1 film in nearly every market. Outside of North America, where “Black Adam” also captured the No. 1 spot
UPDATE 11:21 AM PT — Cardi B has changed her tune in a matter of hours, saying she’s spoken to Madge and that all is well. She’s also deleted a lot of her anti-Madonna tweets. Madonna apparently wanted credit for “paving the way” for a ton of modern-day artists to embrace their sexuality — but
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you’ve seen the first nine episodes of “House of the Dragon” on HBO. Well before he died in Episode 8 of “House of the Dragon,” Paddy Considine’s King Viserys Targaryen (may he rest in peace) was falling apart. Literally — his body and face were crumbling. Viserys’ deterioration happened
“Black Adam,” a superhero adventure starring Dwayne Johnson as a villain who promises to change the “hierarchy of power” in the DC universe, towered over box office charts with $67 million in its domestic debut. The Warner Bros. comic book movie handily took down the weekend’s other new nationwide release, Universal’s romantic comedy “Ticket to
Less than three weeks before the midterm elections in the U.S., the Republican National Committee has sued Google — claiming Gmail is flagging the group’s fundraising emails as spam because of the RNC’s conservative views. The RNC filed a lawsuit Friday, Oct. 21, against Google in federal district court in California claiming the internet giant
Kore-eda Hirokazu, Japan’s best known auteur film director and a Tokyo International Film Festival regular, has unveiled a suite of images from “The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House,” his debut drama series for streaming giant Netflix. Kore-eda (“Broker,” “Like Father Like Son,” and Palme d’Or-winning “Shoplifters”) acts as producer, showrunner and co-writer of the
Three weeks following the death of Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who famously accepted Marlon Brando’s Oscar for “The Godfather” at the 1973 Academy Awards, a new column alleges that Littlefeather had been posing as a Native American through her life. Published Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle, the piece features quotes from Littlefeather’s sisters, Rosalind
Drake and 21 Savage have announced a joint album, “Her Loss,” due out on Friday, Oct. 28. The date and title were first revealed in the music video for “Jimmy Cooks,” the pair’s collaboration on Drake’s previous album “Honestly, Nevermind,” which released only four months ago. After Drake announced that the “Jimmy Cooks” music video
Beyoncé fans are mad at Kelis for not getting as upset at two foreign women playing with her hair as when she flipped her lid over Bey allegedly using her music without permission. The latest Twitter fracas is underway now … the Beyhive is seriously voicing their displeasure over a video the “Milkshake” singer posted
Bono has offer an apology for Apple downloading U2’s 2014 album “Songs Of Innocence” onto each iTunes user’s account, calling the incident an “overreach” on his part. In an excerpt from his new memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” published by The Guardian Saturday, the artist took responsibility for the ordeal, citing his “vaunting ambition”
The When We Were Young music festival has cancelled its slate of Saturday performances. The announcement was made at about 10:00 a.m., only one hour before doors were scheduled to open to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Not all festival attendees received the email announcing plans to cancel the day’s events at the same time,
Walt Disney Co. wants to keep auto racing on track. The company’s ESPN has extended its current rights deal with Formula 1 racing, a pact sports agents have suggested has become surprisingly lucrative for an agreement not tied to football or basketball. The new contract will keep F1 races on ESPN networks in the United
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Direct, precise and no filler — that’s a good way to describe Ron Carter, the tall, eloquent elder statesman of jazz. For many musicologists, he’s considered one of the great virtuosos – if not the GOAT — of the upright acoustic bass. He is the most recorded bassist in the world, having performed on more
The hierarchy of power at the box office is about to change. Warner Bros.’ “Black Adam” looks to claim the top spot on domestic charts, ahead of fellow new release “Ticket to Paradise.” The Dwayne Johnson vehicle landed a $26.8 million opening day, including $7.6 million in Thursday previews. The DC Comics adaptation is debuting
German broadcasting group WDR is traveling back in time with the newly restored 1983 cult sci-fi series “The Visitors.” The Czechoslovakian show is set in 2484, a utopian future in which humanity is united under one common government, advised in all decisions by a computer known as “the central thinker,” and where hunger, disease and
Monica Bellucci was among the guests of honor at the 14th edition of the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, where the Paris-based Italian icon discussed her latest film, “The Girl in the Fountain,” and looked back on her career. In “The Girl in the Fountain,” which alternates archival footage of Hollywood icon Anita Ekberg with the
Set in South Korea during the late ’90s, sentimental rom-com “20th Century Girl” offers local audiences a generous helping of nostalgia, while feeding Westerners’ growing appetite for content from the country that gave them BTS and “Squid Game.” Director Bang Woo-ri’s feature debut follows a 17-year-old as she navigates her life-changing first love and the
“Wendell & Wild” has a gently insane macabre kick. It’s the new stop-motion fairy tale from director Henry Selick, who in the 30 years since “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has made just four features — “Coraline,” “Monkeybone,” “James and the Giant Peach” and now this one. Selick’s movies have the logic of dollhouse dreams, the
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses several major plot elements throughout “Black Adam,” now playing in theaters. Dwayne Johnson has long promised that “the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change” with his movie “Black Adam.” Now that it’s finally released in theaters…will it change anything? The post-credits scene certainly hopes so.
Mike White is hosting a mini “Survivor” reunion on “The White Lotus.” “We had some ‘Survivor’ contestants make cameos in that very first scene,” he revealed to Variety at the Season 2 red carpet premiere of “The White Lotus” on Thursday night. White was a contestant on “Survivor: David vs. Goliath” in 2018, where he
Audiences have embraced all of Oprah Winfrey’s signature looks from the fluffed pixie to the long under bob, and now her signature curls. But they may not have known about Winfrey’s lifelong hair journey that led to her current look or even what drove Issa Rae to appreciate and love her natural hair after going