The Hunger Games franchise is a perfectly bingeable series that we’re still talking about today. However, no matter how often you’ve watched the movies, there’s still a lot that you probably don’t know about them.
21.05.2024 - 19:17 / thefader.com
Twenty-five years ago, Ghostly International was born inside a University of Michigan dorm room. Sam Valenti IV was a 19-year-old art history major studying Jackson Pollock by day and DJing warehouses by night; in between, he pressed records and drove around the city to different record stores, selling them copies from the back of his car.
The first release was a 12” featuring Matthew Dear’s seminal techno anthem, “Hands Up For Detroit,” which went on to be sampled in Fedde Le Grand’s 2006 worldwide dance hit, a culture-shifting moment that Valenti can’t help but feel “tangentially proud” of. Since then, Valenti’s influence has only grown thanks to a curiosity that has never waned.
Unlike other label heads, he’s never been a fan of creative restrictions, streaming data, or business mandates. Instead, Valenti allows his roster of leftfield artists the creative freedom to experiment and get weird, “surfing on the edges” on the cultural zeitgeist, often to long-standing success.
.The Hunger Games franchise is a perfectly bingeable series that we’re still talking about today. However, no matter how often you’ve watched the movies, there’s still a lot that you probably don’t know about them.
his final episode that airs Friday. While some viewers are excited for Ryan Seacrest to step in as host, the show will not be the same without Sajak.
Alex Ritman In June 2022, Jason Herbison was on set shooting what was to be the 8,903rd — and final — episode of “Neighbours,” an experience he admits was “very, very emotional.” The cult Australian soap opera — a show he first starting writing for after leaving high school in 1990 and came to oversee as its top exec producer — was coming to a tearful end. Two years on, almost to the day, and Herbison is now on a short trip to L.A.
The Black Keys have reportedly parted ways from their management team following the recent cancellation of their entire North American arena tour.The band announced the ‘International Players Tour’ tour back in April, which included 31 dates across the US and Canada set for later this year. The shows were announced in support of their 12th album ‘Ohio Players’, which arrived on April 5.The duo – comprising Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney – were expected to kick off in Tulsa on September 17, with Seattle band The Head And The Heart set to support them at select shows.
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Princess Andre is teasing her brother, Junior. “I think you’ve been reincarnated,” she says as they discuss what an ‘old soul’ he is. And she’s not wrong.
Eminem has a cameo-filled video to accompany the first single from his upcoming 12th studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce).
EXCLUSIVE: James Graham sets a mental timer of strictly 45 minutes for a conversation that will encompass tonight’s gala opening at London’s National Theatre — en route to a run at the Garrick Theatre — of his sublime stage adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s landmark 1982 television drama Boys from the Blackstuff; followed by updates about the BBC TV version of his Olivier Award-winning soccer play Dear England, which will see him doing on-the-ground research at next month’s Euros in Germany; plus revelations about an epic new show he’s developing with House Productions that will explore the “mood sweeping across Europe.”
Paul McCartney delivered an amusing roasting of Bruce Springsteen at the Ivor Novello Awards last night (May 23).The Boss became the first international songwriter to receive the Fellow of the Ivors Academy at Grosvenor House in London, following in the footsteps of Elton John, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Paul McCartney.Becoming an Academy Fellow is the highest honour the organisation bestows, and with it, the iconic singer, songwriter and guitarist becomes the first American songwriter that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship in its 80-year history.Presenting the prize, McCartney who brought Springsteen onstage along with Dave Grohl during his headline slot at Glastonbury in 2022, jokingly said: “Like Bruce’s concerts, I’m going to keep this brief,” referencing the Boss’ three hour plus concerts, before adding that he “couldn’t think of a more fitting” recipient “except maybe Bob Dylan, or Paul Simon, or Billy Joel, or Beyoncé, or Taylor Swift. The list goes on.”He also spoke about his performance at Glastonbury and said he never expected the Boss to show up.“Springsteen is a Dutch name. Did you know that? In Dutch it means man in charge.
Lord of the Rings IP owner Embracer Group has seen net sales at its Entertainment & Services division fall by 15%, but is betting big on Middle-earth in coming years.
The Witcher is coming back, and we’ve got a first look at Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia!
Courteney Cox is reflecting on Matthew Perry‘s tragic passing.
William Earl administrator SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “Old Friends,” the fourth episode of Season 3 of Netflix’s “Bridgerton.” “For God’s sake, Penelope Featherington. Are you going to marry me or not?” The first half of Season 3 of “Bridgerton” ends with these breathtaking words, as Colin (Luke Newton) proposes to Penelope (Nicola Coughlan). What a cliffhanger! Will Penelope say yes? Will she reveal that she’s Lady Whistledown? Could Colin be any more romantic? Yet this moment is just one development in a half-season full of drama, deceit and Debling.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis,” which premiered at Cannes Film Festival May 16. The wait is over: “Megalopolis,” Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi drama has finally premiered at Cannes Film Festival, shocking and dividing critics. The film, a $120 million epic starring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito and Shia LaBeouf, was financed by Coppola himself — and has yet to secure a distributor in the United States. Regardless, the movie earned a 7-minute standing ovation from Cannes, as Coppola hugged Driver and Esposito and delivered an emotional speech dedicating the film to hope and family.
Based on Julia Quinn’s Romancing Mister Bridgerton Season 3 of Netflix and Shondaland’s Bridgerton watches the friends-to-lovers romance between Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) bloom. While their book comes fourth in the series after Benedict’s love story, the show has moved their installment up in the order of Bridgerton sibling romances. Francesca’s (Hannah Dodd) love story also intertwines more significantly in the expanded two-part season, with Part 1 releasing May 16 on Netflix and Part 2 June 13.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Chinese video streamer iQiyi reported increased profits in the first quarter of the year, derived from lower revenue. The company, which is NASDAQ-listed but majority owned by Chinese tech giant Baidu, said that net income attributable to iQiyi grew to RMB655 million ($90.8 million), compared to RMB618 million in the same period in 2023. Revenues were RMB7.9 billion ($1.1 billion), a decrease of 5% year-on-year. “We have been generating positive operating cash flow for eight consecutive quarters, and our balance sheet continued to improve,” said Wang Jun, the company’s chief financial officer. Performance transparency, however, has recently been reduced.
Of all the shows to debut last year, you could argue that HBO’s “The Last of Us” was the biggest breakout. Not only was it a faithful adaptation of the Playstation video game series, but it also won over casual viewers as a must-see event.
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Principal photography has begun on “The Captive,” a historical epic from “The Others’” Alejandro Amenábar, starring Julio Peña (“Berlin”) as “Don Quixote” author Miguel de Cervantes, a prisoner of Ottoman corsairs, seen in a very first still from the film, alongside Alessandro Borghi (“Suburra”), playing his captor, which has been shared in exclusivity with Variety. Paris and London-based production, finance and sales house Film Constellation handles worldwide sales.
Yellowjackets Season 3 has officially started filming in the wilderness. Showtime teased that the new season of the drama has started production.