21 Savage: ‘Rolling Loud Will Never Get a Show Out of Me Ever Again’

Specialty film rollouts continues to accelerate with Chinonye Chukwu’s Till, Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave and A24’s Stars At Noon joining releases from previous weeks to populate theaters as awards season gathers steam.  

The FBI is tracking a lead in the Gilgo Beach serial killings case to Alabama.  In a Friday Facebook post, the Mobile Police Department said that the FBI is seeking relatives and friends of a long-deceased man named Elijah "Lige" Howell/Howard, who lived from 1927-1963.  Howard lived in Prichard, Alabama, with his wife Carrie and passed away in Mobile in 1963 "with Ms.  Lillie Mae Wiggins Packer," police wrote.

Manori Ravindran International Editor New York’s South Asian International Film Festival has appointed Chayan Sarkar as its new president. A filmmaker, entrepreneur and festival director, Sarkar is also the founder of the Indian International Film Festival of Queensland in Australia. He takes over from SAIFF founder Shilen Amin, who will step down as president, but will remain a member of the festival’s board of directors. Sarkar joins SAIFF as the festival enters its 19th year as a leading film festival in the U.S. for new cinema from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, and within the Indian diaspora. In recent years, SAIFF has become increasingly influential as a platform for South Asian cinema, both in the U.S. and internationally. Fourteen of India’s submissions for the international feature film Oscar have had their North American premieres at the festival.

Today Focus Features opens Tár, the strikingly original return of Todd Field, in four locations in NY and LA. The film premiered at Venice winning star Cate Blanchett Best Actress as musician and conductor Lydia Tár. Early this week, it seemed to mesmerize a sold-out Allice Tully Hall at the New York Film Festival.

On Wednesday’s “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert had on as a guest Dr. Anthony Fauci. But instead of a traditional interview, the pair taped a fairly fun sketch to promote the latest COVID-19 vaccine booster.

A$AP Rocky’s headlining performance at Rolling Loud New York this past Saturday (September 24) didn’t go as planned. The following day, he tweeted an apology to his fans.

A$AP Rocky was the headliner as Rolling Loud hit New York City on Saturday, September 24. The performance included him running through hits including "Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2" as well as bringing out Memphis rapper GloRilla to perform her hit "FNF," yet Rocky was in an apologetic mood after the set ended and issued a statement addressing what he saw as shortfalls in the performance “I am so hurt right now!," Rocky wrote.

A$AP Rocky has shared a statement apologising to fans for his shortened set at the Rolling Loud festival in New York this weekend.On Saturday night (September 24), Rocky headlined the festival but ended up arriving on stage late and only performing nine songs.“I am so hurt right now!” he told fans in a statement posted to social media on Sunday. “Last night was supposed to be a turning point in my live shows from the old to new! I will take full responsibility for the circumstances of what led to last nights show being everything it was and everything it wasn’t.”Rocky added: “I also want to acknowledge that even tho I prepared the best show for my fans, detail for detail , over the course of MONTHS…“I was unfortunately not able to bring my vision to fruition and Im hurt about that and I want to apologize to all of my fans and continued supporters, and thank y’all for showing up for me regardless!!”See the statement in full below.pic.twitter.com/V5GOERfOCt— LORD FLACKO JODYE II (@asvpxrocky) September 25, 2022Earlier this month, A$AP Rocky released a vibey new song titled ‘OUR DE$TINY’, on which he collaborates with Playboi Carti.‘OUR DE$TINY’ is Rocky’s sixth release for the year, following ‘Arya’ with Nigo, ‘Doja’ with $not, ‘The God Hour’ with A$AP Ant, the solo joint ‘D.M.B.’ and ‘Strangers’ with Danger Mouse and Black Thought.It comes amid a slew of legal drama for the rapper, who, less than a month ago, pleaded not guilty to two recent charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

Kyle Eustice Rolling Loud New York is scheduled to take place at Citi Field in Queens, New York this weekend, but three drill rappers initially expected to perform have been axed from the lineup. At the request of Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Police Department, Bronx native Sha Ek, Brooklyn’s 22Gz and Ron Suno, another Bronx-born rapper, won’t be allowed to participate in what has become one of the biggest rap festivals in the country based on a potential for violence. Speaking to Variety, Sha Ek’s manager, Stanley “Noodles” Davis, was baffled by the NYPD’s decision, especially since his client has no criminal history. As he pointed out, the Warner Music Group signee has changed his life around. He recently landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and was able to buy his first house. Davis said when Ek got the news, it was “pure devastation.”

Oscar-winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has lined up his next project – a documentary on the late groundbreaking hip hop producer J Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey).

CNN announced that Alison Roman’s new project (More Than) A Cooking Show will join the network’s lineup this fall.

Channel 4 hit with Paul Hollywood. And if the dates work well, her one-woman show will go on a bigger tour next year. Dame Prue said: “I’m going to try out one-woman shows in Los Angeles and New York and then I’m going to do the same in England in Bath and Leamington Spa.

EXCLUSIVE: Hazy Mill Productions, the production company behind Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner, is ramping up its podcast slate.

Jared Leto is back on the market! A source confirms to ET that the “Morbius” star and model Valery Kaufman have split.

Jared Leto is back on the market! A source confirms to ET that the star and model Valery Kaufman have split.  «Jared Leto and Valery Kaufman broke up,” the source tells ET. Adding that the 30 Seconds to Mars frontman has been on the dating scene since their split.

It sounds like Kim Kardashian really knows how to keep her distance from her ex…

Phoenix make an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, teaming up with Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig to perform their new single ‘Tonight’.The five-piece French band performed live on Colbert’s New York soundstage, while Koenig’s part comes via synchronised video. It’s appears that his “performance” is the same footage used in the song’s official music video, with Koenig riding in the passenger’s seat of a taxi driving through Tokyo.Have a look at the performance below:‘Tonight’ was released as a single last Wednesday (September 7), marking the first time Phoenix had welcomed in a guest vocalist, and our third preview of the band’s upcoming ‘Alpha Zulu’ album.

Heidi Klum has delivered the unfortunate news of her photographer's death to her fans, just hours before America’s Got Talent’s season 17 results were set to be finalized.On September 14, 2022, AGT judge Heidi Klum announced the death of her friend and photographer Roxanne Lowit.MORE: Heidi Klum wows in show-stopping mini dress for AGT live final“It was an honor to work with @roxannelowit so many times - she was a true professional with an amazing eye.