Rita Ora steps out in a fitted suit dress for a few events in Tirana, Albania over the weekend.
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Björk has revealed the title of her new album ‘Fossora’, and discussed how it concerns the death of her mother in 2018.In a new interview with The Guardian, the Icelandic singer officially announced the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Utopia’, which is touted to arrive this autumn.Two songs from the record, ‘Sorrowful Soil’ and ‘Ancestress’, are said to be directed tributes to the singer’s mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, who died in 2018.On the latter track, she sings: “The machine of her breathed all night while she rested / Revealed her resilience / And then it didn’t.”Discussing her mother’s death at the age of 72, the singer added: “That’s quite early. I think me and my brother were not ready to … we thought she had 10 years left.
Rita Ora steps out in a fitted suit dress for a few events in Tirana, Albania over the weekend.
Björk has shared a brand new single called ‘Atopos’ – you can listen to it below.The song serves as the first preview of the Icelandic artist’s 10th studio album ‘Fossora’, which is due to arrive on September 30 via One Little Independent Records (pre-order here).“Could you please play it loudly?” Björk asked fans on Twitter today (September 6) upon releasing her abrasive, bass-heavy latest offering.“The lyrics are inspired by what Roland Barthes described as the unclassifiable OTHER ‘our differences are irrelevant our union is stronger than us’.”In a separate tweet, Björk explained: “[‘Atopos’ is] sonically a heavy bottom-ended bass world. We have six bass clarinets, punchy sub-drilling, nesting and digging us into the ground.”The surreal official video for the single – directed by Viðar Logi – follows Björk as she parties in an otherworldly fungal environment.
Manori Ravindran International Editor More than a year since SkyShowtime was first announced, the SVOD is ready to join the streaming fray in Europe, Variety can reveal. The new platform — a joint venture between Comcast and Paramount Global that was first unveiled in August 2021 — will officially launch on Sept. 20 in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, before expanding into the Netherlands later this year in Q4. (The service received regulatory approval in Europe back in February.) Meanwhile, the SVOD will continue its roll out across Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over the coming months and through Q1 of 2023. CEE markets include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
American actress Glenn Close has been announced as the jury president for the Official Section of the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival, running from September 16-24.
Venice Film Festival officially kicked off the fall Oscar race on Thursday afternoon with Todd Field’s “Tár,” a drama starring Cate Blanchett as a famous composer embroiled in a public scandal. The film was showered with an ecstatic six-minute standing ovation as the crowds at the Sala Grande Theatre kept chanting “Bravo!“ even surprising Blanchett at times.As Venice chief Alberto Barbera took her hand, Blanchett bowed — but the clapping went on. When the applause finally ended, a misty-eyed Blanchett turned to someone on her team and said: “Let’s get a drink.”Surely, Blanchett’s work in “Tár” will be one of the most toasted performances of Oscar season. The rave reviews for the film all but guarantee the actor, who has two Academy Awards acting wins, will land her eight Oscar acting nomination this winter.
Mary Harron, the director of Ezra Miller‘s upcoming film Dalíland, is speaking out about the actor’s recent controversies and if they’re going to be cut from the film or not.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Summer I Turned Pretty” Season 2 at Amazon has cast Kyra Sedgwick and Elsie Fisher in recurring roles. Variety exclusively reported that the show based on Jenny Han’s book series of the same name was renewed for a second season before Season 1 had premiered. Season 2 is currently in production but no premiere date has yet been set. “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is described as a multigenerational drama that hinges on a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children, and the enduring power of strong female friendships. It is a coming-of-age story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.
Taylor Swift dropped a bombshell at the 2022 MTV VMAs on Sunday - she would be releasing a "brand new album" on 21 October 2022.MORE: Joe Alwyn opens up about relationship with Taylor Swift in very rare interviewThe news came out of the blue for fans as she shared the details at the end of her acceptance speech for the Video of the Year Award.WATCH: Taylor Swift reveals details of new album"I made up my mind that if you were this generous and give us this, I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand new album comes out October 21st," she said to screams in the stadium.Taylor then took to social media at midnight east coast time to reveal more information, including confirming that this would be an album of brand new material ,and not a rerecording of her previous work.MORE: Inside Taylor Swift's incredible $81m property portfolio: from New York to Nashville"Midnights, the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life, will be out October 21. Meet me at midnight," she shared on her website.The album will come almost a year after her last release, the rerecording of Grammy nominated album Red.
Björk has launched a new podcast series in which she’ll reflect on the creation of each of her studio albums.The first three episodes of Björk: Sonic Symbolism will be released next Thursday (September 1), delving into the worlds of ‘Debut’ (1993), ‘Post’ (1995) and ‘Homogenic’ (1997) respectively.Additional instalments will follow album-by-album on a weekly basis until October 13.In a statement, Björk described her forthcoming podcast venture as “an experiment to capture which moods, timbres, and tempos were vibrating during each of these phases” of her career.“Most of us go through phases in our lives that take roughly three years, and it is not a coincidence this is also how long it takes to make an album or a film,” the Icelandic artist continued.“When I get asked about the differences of the music of my albums, I find it quickest to use visual short cuts. That’s kind of why my album covers are almost like homemade tarot cards.”Listen to a teaser below.The musician went on: “The image on the front might seem like just a visual moment, but for me it is simply describing the sound of it.
From being stuck in a house together to racing around the world! Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss, who met on Big Brother and started dating after the show, are set to compete on the upcoming season of The Amazing Race.
has revealed the competitors for season 34, and it will feature several familiar faces!Big Brother couple Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss, who began dating after appearing on season 23 last summer, are among the dozen teams vying for the $1 million grand prize in the upcoming installment of the CBS reality competition, it was announced Tuesday. Other notable competitors include former NFL head coach/current ESPN analyst Rex Ryan, who is paired up with his golf buddy, Tim Mann, and Michelle Burgos, a backup dancer for Pitbull, who will compete with her firefighter husband, Luis Colon.The new season will also be a special one as the franchise celebrates its 400th episode milestone. The latest edition will kick off the globe-trotting race outside of U.S.
Björk has announced a new single called ‘Atopos’ and posted the official artwork for her upcoming 10th album, ‘Fossora’.The Icelandic artist shared the news of the record – the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Utopia’ – during a recent interview with The Guardian. It’s due for release this autumn via One Little Independent Records, though an exact date is not yet known.In the aforementioned article, the ‘Fossora’ cover was described as an image of the singer portraying “a glowing forest sprite, her fingertips fusing with the fantastic fungi under her hooves”.Today (August 24), Björk has revealed the art on her social media channels – check it out below.