Big Thief cancel shows in Tel Aviv following criticism

Watching her grandmother’s story told onscreen wasn’t easy for Dakota Johnson.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe trailer has debuted for “America,” a drama directed by Ofir Raul Graizer (“The Cakemaker”), which will world premiere at Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival in the Crystal Globe Competition. Beta Cinema is handling world sales.The film centers on Eli, an Israeli swimming coach living in the U.S.

little too much sway over the King of Rock ‘n Roll. Sure, he helped elevate Presley in the public consciousness but also trapped him in a gilded cage.True to form Luhrmann gives the story an extreme stylistic overlay; songs bleed and warm into each other, remixed frenetically with modern artists and current sensibilities.

If you thought you knew how to pronounce Tove Lo‘s name, you were probably wrong.

Ru Paul's Drag Race All Stars last week, fans lost it when she was introduced using the correct pronunciation of her name. “You could give me 100 tries to pronounce Tove Lo and I would not get this,” wrote one user. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.On Sunday, June 19, the Swedish musician addressed the confusion on TikTok, explaining both the correct pronunciation and why she let us carry on incorrectly for so many years. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“All right, it's time that I address this,” she said. “My name, how to pronounce it.”Tove Lo explained that there is a Swedish way to pronounce her name, which rhymes with the French phrase “Voulez-vous.” She still responds to the more widely used pronunciation “Tōv Low” for the sake of ease, and even sometimes introduces herself with the incorrect name so people know who she is.

Liraz has announced her third album ‘Roya’ and released new single ‘Azizam’. The record again sees her working with Iranian musicians, who remain anonymous for safety reasons, although on this occasion they managed to work face to face, rather than remotely.Raised in Israel, Liraz used her debut album ‘Naz’ as a way to connect with her Persian roots – mixing tradition and more modern music and singing entirely in Farsi. After the album was released, she found that Iranian musicians, working under the radar of Tehran’s secret police, began getting in touch.Eventually, she and some of those musicians began working together online on what would become her second album, ‘Zan’, which was released in 2020.

The Damned have been forced to cancel their Glastonbury 2022 set this weekend after a number of positive COVID-19 tests were recorded in the band’s camp.The band had been due to headline the festival’s Avalon Stage on Friday (June 24) following sets from Sugababes and Nick Mulvey.The Damned previously told their fans on Saturday (June 18) that a member of the band had tested positive, forcing the cancellation of their planned gigs on Saturday and yesterday (June 20).The latest update from the band has been issued this afternoon (June 21). “Further to our previous updates, there have been more positive COVID tests in the Damned camp and consequently we’re having to withdraw from all remaining June appearances, including Bath, Glastonbury and the Die Artze show in Germany,” they wrote on Twitter.Apologies to all the fans who were looking forward to seeing The Damned, we were looking forward to seeing you all too ! Until the next time..— The Damned (@thedamned) June 21, 2022“Apologies to all the fans who were looking forward to seeing The Damned, we were looking forward to seeing you all too! Until the next time..”The Field of Avalon team have subsequently confirmed that Reef will now headline the Avalon Stage in place of The Damned.“With massive regret, The Damned have been forced to withdraw from Glastonbury due to COVID,” organisers said in a statement.

Tove Lo has released a new single ‘True Romance’ and announced her fifth album ‘Dirt Femme’. Listen to the song below, and watch our video interview with the Swedish star above.The Swedish singer-songwriter recently performed two tracks from her yet-to-be-released record – ‘No One Dies From Love’ and ‘True Romance’ – live at both New York City’s Governors Ball and during her sold-out show at Irving Plaza.Speaking to NME backstage after her festival performance, Tove described ‘True Romance’ as “the one ballad I threw in there”, adding: “I’m very excited to see how my fans feel about that one.”When asked about fan reactions to hearing her new tracks live, she replied: “It was magical, I was holding back tears a little bit.

Tove Lo has announced a new single, ‘True Romance’ – check out the preview snippet below.Set for release later today (June 21), the track will serve as the second preview of the LA-based artist’s forthcoming fifth album, following on from last month’s ‘No One Dies From Love’.“I’ve loved playing this one for you guys at the shows so far, so ready to share it with everyone so soon,” Lo wrote on Twitter yesterday (June 20) alongside a 15-second clip of the song and its official cover art.The singer went on to tell fans to “stay tuned” for some “big news” coming soon. In the meantime, you can pre-save/pre-add ‘True Romance’ here.See that tweet below.#TrueRomance is out tomorrow.

Lizzo has confirmed that she has changed a line in her latest single "Grrrls" after fans pointed out it contained ableist language. The original version of the song, which dropped on June 10, included the lyric: "Hold my bag, bitch, hold my bag / Do you see this shit? I’ma spaz." Lizzo has now changed that last section to "Hold me back." The updated version of the song can be heard below.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMusic Box Films has acquired North American rights to “Rodeo,” the bold feature debut of Lola Quivoron which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes where it won the Coup de Cœur du Jury special prize. Produced by Charles Gillibert (“Annette”) at CG Cinema and represented by Les Films du Losange, “Rodeo” stars newcomer Julie Ledrue a Julia, a hot tempered and fiercely independent young woman who infiltrates an underground dirt bike community in France.After a chance meeting at an urban ‘Rodeo,’ Julia finds herself drawn into a clandestine and volatile clique and striving to prove herself to the ultra-masculine group, but is she is faced with a series of escalating demands that will make or break her place in the community.

EXCLUSIVE: Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood) has signed on to star alongside actor-director Danny A. Abeckaser in his latest feature, The Engineer. The project is the pair’s second together, on the heels of the crime drama The Gemini Lounge—also starring Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene, Robert Davi and Vincent Laresca—which is set for release this fall.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicThe indie band Big Thief has announced the cancelation of two concerts in Tel Aviv following a preemptive Instagram post meant to explain their decision to play in Israel. The shows were scheduled for July 6 and 7 at the Barby club.

Big Thief have pulled out of two upcoming live shows in Israel and issued an apology for the “recklessness and naivete” of a statement they had previously shared defending the booking. Backlash to Big Thief's decision to play two shows in Tel Aviv in July began over the weekend with multiple social media users calling the band out for seemingly ignoring the BDS cultural boycott of Israel.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Taipei Film Festival has named prolific writer-director-producer Kevin Chu (aka Chu Yen-ping) as the recipient of its Outstanding Contribution Award. During the 1980s and the 1990s, Chu made many popular memorable commercial films and discovered several promising new actors — Chu wrote the script of “Never Too Late to Repent” and won the best screenplay award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival. After that, Chu made this directorial debut, “The Clown and the Swan,” which was a critically-acclaimed box office success in which comedy actor Hsu Pu-liao established his name.