A makeover for the ages. Once again, Dwayne Johnson is letting his adorable, artistically inclined daughters use him as their canvas.
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NBC has handed a series order to car makeover competition series Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge from Endemol Shine North America, Workerbee and Mattel Television.
The competition, which is based on the popular toy cars, will be hosted by Rutledge Wood, who will also serve as one of the judges. The 10-episode series gives Hot Wheels fans the opportunity to rebuild a nostalgic car from their past into a life-sized Hot Wheels creation.
In each episode, two contestants will face off. Their goal is to use personal stories and pop culture touchstones to transform their car into a Hot Wheels. They’ll receive help from a team of technicians known as “The Car Pool.” To raise the stakes of the competition, the show has thrown in a larger-than-life vending machine known as the the Inspirationator 5000 that will rev up in each episode to present the contestants with a twist in the road.
The winner of each episode will take home $25,000 and the chance to get into the finale, where three lucky finalists will transform another car in hopes of winning a legendary prize – an additional $50,000 and the honor of having their design made into an official Hot Wheels die-cast car.
In addition to Wood, there will be two more permanent judges: Hertrech (“Hert”) Eugene Jr., an influencer in car culture and the drift scene, and Dalal Elsheikh, designer for the Ford Motor Company and Hot Wheels Brand Ambassador. The rest of the panel will be made up of a rotating list of celebrity guests.
“Everyone remembers their first car, the life experiences they had and the friends who came along for the ride. Hot Wheels is a legendary brand that has created a space for imaginations to run free,” said Corie Henson, EVP, Unscripted Programming, NBCUniversal
A makeover for the ages. Once again, Dwayne Johnson is letting his adorable, artistically inclined daughters use him as their canvas.
Dwayne Johnson is letting his adorable, artistically inclined daughters use him as their canvas.The action star took to Instagram on Saturday to share a video of his girls — Jasmine, 7, and Tiana, 4 — as they gave him a pink lipstick makeover. They painted his entire face with pink lipstick and then drew on an old-timey mustache.«Daddy can we give you a makeover? No baby, daddy has a zoom meeting in 10min. PLEASE it’ll be quick!» Johnson captioned the video.
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Village Aye resort in Thailand, catered to each of these demanding divas’ needs, from killing bugs in their room to fulfilling outrageous orders. Before each of the women arrived in Phuket, Pepsi FaceTimed with them individually to prepare them for the trip.“I was worried for him,” Alexia Nepola told TheWrap. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, he’s not gonna be able to handle all of us! But guess what, thank God we had him and he was totally able and capable.
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left you wanting more, it's time to get packing. Coming back with a new all-star cast, season 3 is moving out of Dorinda Medley's Blue Stone Manor and taking the drama to lush and beautiful Thailand. Eight past and present members of franchise will collide when the reality TV juggernaut series premieres Thursday, March 23 on Peacock.It's the drama you'd expect from Real Housewives and more during.Season 3 of will feature eight beloved — or be-loathed —Housewives, including Gizelle Bryant and Candiace Dillard Bassett of Heather Gay and Whitney RoseofLeah McSweeney of Alexia Nepola and Marysol Patton of and Porsha Williams from We can rely on these housewives to bring the theatrics we know and love from their respective series. There is fighting and yelling over the dinner table, paranoia, a scary visit to the emergency room and so much more.
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Amazon is moving forward with its series adaptation of E. Lockhart’s novel We Were Liars.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Have A Good One (HAGO) has boarded “Split,” a series created and directed by well-respected French feminist author Iris Brey ahead of its world premiere in competition at Series Mania Festival. “Split” was produced by Fabienne Servan-Schreiber et Charlotte Ortiz at Paris-based Cinétévé for the French broadcaster France Televisions’ digital platform Slash. The show revolves around Anna, a 30 year-old stuntwoman who falls in love with a famous actress during a film shoot. The attractive cast includes Alma Jodorowsky (“The Serpent”), Jehnny Beth (“Paris, 13th District”), Ralph Amoussou, and Pauline Chalamet.
New Order have backed the #LetTheMusicMove campaign against proposed changes to US visa rules that would impact touring artists.Last month saw the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announce that it was planning to raise touring visa fees for foreign acts by more than 250 per cent.The DHS said in its proposal that applications for a P visa, which is for acts arriving in the states to perform temporarily, would increase from the current rate of $460 (£375.23) to $1,615 (£1,317). Meanwhile, the longer-term O work visa would jump from $460 (£375.23) to $1,655 (£1,349).Numerous musicians have since spoken out against the plans, saying that it would be “a huge hardship to pay such high visa fees”.
Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert of New Order spoke today (March 15) at this year’s SXSW and discussed becoming musicians, the evolution of their sound and growing up in Manchester.The trio were keynote speakers at the annual tech and marketing festival, in conversation with Will Hodgkinson, rock and pop critic of The Times. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester, introduced the keynote, calling New Order “the ultimate Manchester band” before adding that it was “a big statement”.The band kicked off their chat by discussing how they weren’t necessarily “anti-musicians” but they were “anti-success”, with Sumner pointing to growing up working class before “punk came along” giving him the chance to express himself, without being a virtuoso. “I didn’t want to be famous, I didn’t care about that at all.
judges decided to right a wrong while listening to an audition from 20-year-old Yonkers, New York native Amara Valerio.Before belting out her audition, Amara told judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie about an opportunity she had to sing the National Anthem at her school.«When I started to sing, this girl came up and pulled the mic and was like, 'This is my senior graduating class and I think I deserve to sing the National Anthem,'» she shared.Amara even came with the video footage to prove it. After the judges watched the shocking moment, Perry declares, «She just pulled a Kanye West,» referencing the rapper's infamous 2009 MTV VMAs moment when he took the mic from winner Taylor Swift to declare that Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!"«I got Kanye'd,» Amara agreed.
Mella Dee has released his newest single ‘Riptide’, featuring New Order and Joy Division’s Bernard Sumner.Released on Friday (March 10) via Pete Tong‘s Three Six Zero Recordings, The track harkens back to the ’70s styles of Italo-disco to invoke nostalgia.Mella Dee said ‘Riptide’ “was originally written in a time when we weren’t able to celebrate life together”, referring to the recent worldwide lockdown in 2020.He continued: “It was a release from the pressure of everything around us. Bernard wrote and recorded the vocals and managed to bring a new life to the record.”The Doncaster producer said that Sumner had added “a deeper meaning” to the track that resonated with “the feeling of being caught up in a riptide with the world still moving around you”.The track is Dee’s second solo release of 2023 after sharing ‘Find Love Yourself’ in January.Last year, Mella Dee released his ‘Whistle Posse Spangled Corner’ EP, which featured NME 100 alum Infinite Coles on the titular track ‘Whistle Posse’.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car was awarded with best feature at the Asian Film Awards (March 12), along with prizes for best editing and best original music. The multiple award winning Japanese drama premiered at Cannes film festival in 2021 and also won the Oscar for Best International Feature last year.
Marilyn Monroe, while wearing a glamorous white dress with a chunky diamond necklace. “Mr. Big boy / Pulling up in your big toy/Sayin’ all that blah, blah, blah/ Makin’ all that big noise,” Jenner lip-syncs and dances along to the song on top of a large pink pedestal, surrounded by dancers.
Ellie Kemper is set to executive producer and star in Lionsgate’s “Drop-Off” (working title), which has been given a pilot order by ABC. The project, which is based on Sharon Horgan’s BAFTA nominated British format comedy “Motherland,” will see Kemper play Julia, a working mom for whom nothing is working so she goes looking for her village.
New Order are celebrating 40 years of ‘Blue Monday’ with a range of special merchandise.The Manchester band took to Instagram earlier today (March 7) to post footage of the range inspired by their classic hit which includes two t-shirts, a hoodie, a long sleeved t-shirt, plus a pin badge and numbered lithograph.You can also purchase a 12-inch vinyl of the single for £14.99.You can view the footage of the merchandise below and find more information on their official website here.A post shared by New Order (@neworderofficial)It comes just weeks after the band released a new ‘Blue Monday’-themed t-shirt in support of mental health charity CALM.New Order said of the shirt at the time: “We are proud to be ambassadors for CALM and honoured to be using ‘Blue Monday’ to help raise awareness for the brilliant work they do to support millions of people struggling with their mental health.”Speaking to NME about the recording classic track, which went on to become the best-selling 12-inch single of all time, former bassist Peter Hook said: “It was actually quite shocking to realise what these new machines could do – you were always in awe of them.”Drummer Stephen Morris added: “We got all this new musical equipment and just learned how it worked. Writing ‘Blue Monday’ was an exercise in learning what we could do with it all.”Meanwhile, Primavera Sound Festival announced New Order as its final headliner for its 2023 line-up earlier today.The 2023 instalment of the festival, which will take place in both Barcelona and Madrid, will see the Manchester legends perform at the former’s Parc del Fòrum on June 1 and at the and at the latter’s Ciudad del Rock in Arganda del Rey on June 8.
Primavera Sound Festival has announced its final headliner for its 2023 line-up – New Order.The 2023 instalment of the festival, which will take place in both Barcelona and Madrid, will see the Manchester legends perform at the former’s Parc del Fòrum on June 1 and at the and at the latter’s Ciudad del Rock in Arganda del Rey on June 8.They join previously announced headliners Depeche Mode, Blur, Kendrick Lamar, Rosalía along with the likes of Halsey, FKA twigs, Skrillex, St.
The new comedy series reuniting The Good Place creator Mike Schur and star Ted Danson has landed at Netflix with an eight-episode straight-to-series order. As Deadline reported exclusively last month, the project, based on the 2020 Chilean feature documentary The Mole Agent, sparked heated bidding when it hit the premium/streaming marketplace, with Netflix one of the four lead contenders. The untitled comedy, written/executive produced by Schur and starring/executive produced by Denson, hails from Schur’s longtime studio home, Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
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