Full ‘Metal’ Racket: Sound Innovations in Oscar Contender

Will Smith isn't exactly thrilled with his dad bod.

Sheridan Smith has shared a glimpse of her adorable celebrations for her son Billy’s first birthday.The actress, 39, who welcomed Billy with fiancé Jamie Horn in May last year, gave a sneak peek inside the beautiful jungle-themed celebrations with close family on Sunday. Sharing the heart-warming snaps with her 653,000 Instagram followers, Sheridan penned: “My precious Billy’s 1st Birthday...

Willow Smith has returned with a new single titled ‘Transparent Soul’ – a pop-punk outing featuring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.The actress and singer, known mononymously as Willow, explores a confrontational pop-punk sound on the new track with Barker. The song came accompanied by a performance visual, featuring Smith in a vacant white studio.

No thanks to the pandemic, it was a longer Oscar season than originally planned. Even though the Oscar ceremony was late this year, Searchlight fired off its campaign for Nomadland at the traditional starting gun point of early September with the multi-festival debut of Nomadland at Venice, TIFF and Telluride-sponsored drive-in at the Pasadena Rose Bowl.

bracing themselves for all-time low TV ratings, we are told, due to limited audience awareness of this year’s low-key crop of nominees. Yet for those interested, it’s never been easier to do Oscar catchup viewing: all but four of the 40-odd features nominated for a golden statuette this year are available to watch online.

Gary Numan has opened up on how the late Mark E. Smith once “scared the shit” out of him, after he joined forces with the Fall frontman for a joint interview.Numan was speaking to NME for the latest in our ‘Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells Series‘ when he opened up on how he had been referenced by Smith in ‘We Want You’, an unreleased 1997 duet with Elastica’s Justine Frischmann.Opening up on meeting Smith, Numan said: “I did a joint interview with Mark E.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentA column of random thoughts:Whatever you think about the year’s movies, you have to admit the titles were confusing. For example, we had “Pieces of a Woman,”  “Promising Young Woman,” “I’m Your Woman,” “I Am Woman” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”That last title could also confuse future film historians.

In 2015, Vice Media mogul Shane Smith and his wife Tamyka paid $23 million to purchase Santa Monica’s Villa Ruchello estate from filmmaker Henry Jaglom and his ex-wife, actress-director Victoria Foyt. Now the Smiths have officially sold the stunning 3.35-acre spread — featured in the film “Beverly Hills Cop” and comedy series “Entourage” — for $48.67 million.

Wigan Warriors scrum-half Harry Smith reckons Jackson Hastings’ departure could “open a big door” for him to replace the Australian next season.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentIn the COVID era, we have been forced to rethink everything. And with home viewing becoming even more dominant as cinemas closed, the question has arisen: What exactly is a movie?Pundits and industryites focused this debate on streaming vs.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President“Sound of Metal” director Darius Marder made a series of “crazy” decisions with his first film, including casting Paul Raci in a key role — and shooting chronologically.The craziness paid off, with the film nominated for six Oscars, including best picture, screenplay, sound, editing, lead actor Riz Ahmed and supporting actor Raci.Marder insisted on shooting the film in sequence. “It’s especially difficult with your first feature.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThis year, there were 366 films in Oscar contention, with 50-plus nominated — including three centering on disabled people.

M.I.A. has started a crowdfunding campaign in support of people affected by the recent volcanic eruptions on the island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Last Friday (April 9), the La Soufrière volcano erupted, covering the island in ash and forcing more than 16,000 people to evacuate their homes.

new voter law.The film — a thriller about a runaway slave that’s titled “Emancipation” — is the first big-budget movie project to pull out of the state on the basis of the new law, Variety reported.