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Spotify Is Getting the Netflix Treatment
Netflix just announced that’s developing a scripted series based on the “Swedish music sensation Spotify.” Based on the book Spotify Untold, the new Netflix show will tell the music streaming company’s origin story in the framework of piracy in the late Aught…
Netflix just announced thats developing a scripted series based on the Swedish music sensation Spotify. Based on the book Spotify Untold, the new Netflix show will tell the music streaming companys origin story in the framework of piracy in the late Aughts. W… [+3025 chars]
Adam Clark Estes
2019-12-11 22:30:00
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Irving Burgie: Songwriter of calypso hit Day-O dies aged 95
Irving Burgie helped to popularise Caribbean music, with his songs selling over 100 million records.
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Irving Burgie wrote the lyrics to the national anthem of Barbados
US composer Irving Burgie, who helped to popularise Caribbean music with hit songs like Day-O, has died aged 95.
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2019-12-01 10:04:08
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Taylor Swift says AMA performance in doubt amid music feud
The singer claims music bosses Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta won't let her perform her old songs.
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Swift is being named Artist of the Decade at this month's AMAs
Taylor Swift has said her performance at the upcoming American Music Awards (AMAs) is in doubt because she is being barred from performing her own songs.
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2019-11-15 04:57:01
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Gal Gadot and Chris Pine are back in the first trailer for ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
Despite the financial success of of the goofily likable “Aquaman,” Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman is probably still the biggest draw in DC’s Extended Universe. She’s returning to big screens next year in “Wonder Woman 1984”, and Warner Bros released the first trail…
Despite the financial success of of the goofily likable “Aquaman,” Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman is probably still the biggest draw in DC’s Extended Universe. She’s returning to big screens next year in “Wonder Woman 1984”, and Warner Bros released the first trail… [+975 chars]
Anthony Ha
2019-12-09 10:47:11
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7 new trailers you should watch this week
Watch this week’s best new trailers from Disney, Disney+, Marvel, HBO, and more, including the new James Bond trailer.
Why are dog movies so in right now?
Photo: DANJAQ and MGM / Nicola Dove
Hi everyone, Im back after a couple weeks away partly because of the holidays, partly because the trailer selection just wasnt very good. (Im sorry, I couldnt post another Cats trailer)… [+5580 chars]
Jacob Kastrenakes
2019-12-07 15:00:00
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‘Queen & Slim’ Could Be One of the Great Love Stories of All Time — if You Let It
The film is a rare portrayal of black people in our fullness — angry and frightened and hurt, euphoric and loving and free.
To witness was in fact one reason I was there. Cementing something in memory is one way of cementing it in the world. But I had another reason for going, too. My daughter was 12 on the day of Nias murder. She caught the train to school from the same BART stat… [+5398 chars]
Carvell Wallace
2019-11-21 10:00:02
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Your sock drawer is missing an important item: Half socks
Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better. When I was in elementary and middle school, I had a dance teacher named Kristin who was the absolute epitome of cool. She had a punky Avril Lavigne aesthetic, list…
Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better.
When I was in elementary and middle school, I had a dance teacher named Kristin who was the absolute epitome of cool. She had a punky Avril Lavigne aesthetic, li… [+4864 chars]
Nicole Gallucci
2019-12-11 13:30:00
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Apple Pays $25 Million for Billie Eilish Documentary Headed for Apple TV+ Rather Than Apple Music
Apple has paid $25 million for the rights to a Billie Eilish documentary that will be shown on Apple TV + and follows the 17-year-old singer-songwriter's life after the release of her debut album in March, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the repo…
Apple has paid $25 million for the rights to a Billie Eilish documentary that will be shown on Apple TV+ and follows the 17-year-old singer-songwriter's life after the release of her debut album in March, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
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Tim Hardwick
2019-12-05 11:30:47
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I'm Comedian Demi Adejuyigbe, and This Is How I Work
Demi Adejuyigbe has written for The Good Place and James Corden, co-hosted the podcasts Punch Up the Jam and Gilmore Guys, and turned the 21st of September into an internet holiday. He’s written fake credits songs for Space Jam, Black Panther, Get Out, Infini…
Demi Adejuyigbe has written for The Good Place and James Corden, co-hosted the podcasts Punch Up the Jam and Gilmore Guys, and turned the 21st of September into an internet holiday. Hes written fake credits songs for Space Jam, Black Panther, Get Out, Infinit… [+7914 chars]
Nick Douglas
2019-11-20 14:00:00
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Comcast revives 'E.T.' to hawk cable and internet service
Tech companies often like to mine nostalgia for a few quick bucks, but Comcast is probably pushing that emotional exploitation a little too far. The telecom has posted a short film that reunites E.T. 's namesake alien with human pal Elliott to pitch Xfinity i…
Comcast quotes Henry Thomas, the actor who plays Elliott, as saying that the short gives fans "everything they want out of a sequel" minus the parts that "could destroy the beauty of the original." Thomas, we love you, but that's just not true -- it doesn't r… [+299 chars]
Jon Fingas
2019-12-01 09:35:00
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The Hoodie Enters the Museum
Few items of clothing are as politically and socially loaded as the hoodie. A new exhibition in Rotterdam tries to explain why.
There are few items of clothing as politically, socially and racially charged as the hoodie.
Long a linchpin of streetwear and, more recently, the advertising campaigns and catwalks of high fashion, the hoodie is a contemporary wardrobe staple, a declaratio… [+1323 chars]
Elizabeth Paton
2019-11-26 08:00:06
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Genevieve Nnaji's rise from Nollywood to Netflix
Her film's disqualification from the Oscars may well act as a springboard for future success.
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Nigerian star and film director Genevieve Nnaji has already shown that she is a force to be reckoned with, so the disqualification of her Netflix film from the Oscars is unlikely to frustrate her ambitions.
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2019-11-17 00:27:00
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MAMA 2019 winners list: BTS dominate and win Artist of the Year - Metro.co.uk
MAMA 2019 winners list: BTS dominate and win Artist of the Year Metro.co.uk Winners Of 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards soompi MAMA 2019: BTS make history with sweeping win + full winners' list SBS Six Ways BTS Made History At The 2019 Melon Music Awards Forbes M…
BTS dominated the evening (Picture: Mnet)
BTS totally dominated the Mnet Asian Music Awards, winning all four Daesang (grand awards).
The K-pop group were honoured as Artist of the Year at the awards at the Nayoga Dome in Japan, and after the record-breakin… [+4873 chars]
Emma Kelly
2019-12-04 12:56:00
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Taylor Swift accused Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta of blocking her from performing old songs at the AMAs
In a Thursday evening tweet, Taylor Swift revealed the latest plot twist in her feud with Scooter Braun a music mogul most frequently associated with Justin Bieber. Swif accused Braun and Scott Borchetta, who founded her former label Big Machine Records, of i…
Taylor Swift posted a lengthy statement on Twitter on Thursday adding a new plot twist in her feud with Scooter Braun, best known for managing Justin Bieber.
She accused Braun and Scott Borchetta, who founded her former label Big Machine Records, of impeding… [+3383 chars]
Lauren Frias
2019-11-15 03:01:13
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10 of the best and 10 of the worst Netflix original movies of the year, so far
Netflix In 2019 Netflix released countless original dramas, comedies, and thrillers to varying critical reception. The political documentary "Knock Down the House" and drama "Beats" earned high praise from critics. Other Netflix originals, like the coming-of-…
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2019-11-11 21:18:50
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The best gifts for music lovers, according to employees of Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland
We tapped the creatives at Wondaland for their top recommendations for the 2019 holiday season. Janelle Monáe ‘s Wondaland is a creative playground for all kinds of artists: It houses a record label, brand consultancy, management firm, and TV and film product…
Janelle Monáe‘s Wondaland is a creative playground for all kinds of artists: It houses a record label, brand consultancy, management firm, and TV and film production company (which inked a first-look deal with Universal Pictures in November). Ahead of the hol… [+674 chars]
Yasmin Gagne
2019-11-21 07:00:17
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How Queen and Slim‘s Filmmakers Captured the Past, Present and Future of Black Music
Director Melina Matsoukas talks about Solange's influence on the soundtrack and how she enlisted Lauryn Hill and Devonté Hynes.
This article contains mild spoilers for the movie Queen & Slim.
Melina Matsoukas has directed some of the most influential music videos of the past decade. She placed Beyoncé atop a flooded car in “Formation” and built heaven and dystopia in Rihanna’s “W… [+9793 chars]
Andrew R. Chow
2019-11-22 19:19:04
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An extremely detailed taxonomy of Disney Channel’s truly wild original movies
According to some Hollywood directors, innovative cinema is breathing its last, but a look at the history of Disney Channel’s rich original film roster will tell you differently. From the late ‘90s through at least the early-aughts, Disney Channel was a verit…
According to some Hollywood directors, innovative cinema is breathing its last, but a look at the history of Disney Channels rich original film roster will tell you differently. From the late 90s through at least the early-aughts, Disney Channel was a veritab… [+8615 chars]
Proma Khosla
2019-11-13 13:00:00
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The Great Unknown Movie of the Century So Far? Here’s Mine
Lee Myung-se’s “Nowhere to Hide” from 2000 is a cops-and-gangsters movie unlike anything you’ve seen before.
Then, four minutes in, Lee changes everything. Depicting the killing that sets the plot in motion, he empties the screen, focusing on a Busan landmark, a steep urban staircase down which a lone schoolgirl hops. Rock music gives way to the plaintive Bee Gees b… [+2071 chars]
Mike Hale
2019-11-24 15:00:08
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Africa's top shots: 15-21 November 2019
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.
A selection of photos from across Africa this week:
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Ivorian fishermen return to shore in the main city of Abidjan on Wednesday...
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In the city on Saturday, women take part in a beauty contes… [+3222 chars]
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2019-11-22 01:13:45
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