It looks like Katy Perry has reunited with Dr. Luke and several other past collaborators for her upcoming new album.
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Todd Gilchrist editor Following in the footsteps of ILM Immersive’s (formerly ILMxLAB) “Vader Immortal” game and the company’s virtual reality experiences “Star Wars: Secret of the Empire” and “Avengers: Damage Control,” “What If…? — An Immersive Story” offers fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe an opportunity not just to enter the world of their favorite superheroes, but participate in an adventure with them. Borrowing from the namesake Disney+ anthology television series (and Marvel Comics series that inspired it) that explores speculative timelines in the superhero multiverse, “An Immersive Story” uses Apple’s Vision Pro headset to create a universe where participants can interact with characters like the Watcher, Sorcerer Supreme Wong, and a handful of alternate-reality heroes (and villains).
Best of all, they can recreate and use the powers of those characters to advance their own story. “What If…?” director and executive producer Dave Bushore says that their approach to the project, which was released for free May 30, was as free from limitations as the show that inspired it.
“The constraints were only how many times could we ask ‘What if?’ of ourselves,” Bushore tells Variety. Led with trademark cantankerousness by Doctor Strange’s sorcerer counterpart Wong, a “What If…?” participant learns how to repeat the movements of the characters to open portals and utilize the power of the Infinity Stones.
Bushore says that even though the story was untethered from the proper Marvel canon, they wanted to integrate characters that MCU fans knew — just in unique ways. “When we were developing this, it was ‘What’s it been in the past? What was it in the movies?’ And we took that [approach] with the teenage Hela character,”
.It looks like Katy Perry has reunited with Dr. Luke and several other past collaborators for her upcoming new album.
EXCLUSIVE: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the filmmaking duo behind BAFTA-nominated Nick Cave pic 20,000 Days on Earth, have just wrapped filming a new performance film dubbed The Extraordinary Miss Flower. The project brings to life the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio.
Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have announced their first-ever virtual reality concert, dubbed ‘Hyperfocus’, which will be screened from next month onwards.The band’s forthcoming VR concert is set to take place across five different cities in the US over the following months. The ‘Hyperfocus’ concert promises to “deliver an unforgettable performance that allows fans to get up close and personal” with the boyband, per Billboard.“We have been thinking about how to get closer to our fans, and this VR concert is an opportunity for us to do so,” TXT said of the forthcoming VR concert in a press statement.
The next Game of Thrones series is now underway!
By Edvige Santangelo started planning her funeral outfit when she was 55 years old. At the beginning of each year, she bought new clothes for the occasion, including accessories like a matching and . In her letter of instruction, which laid out her wishes upon her death, she insisted her mortuary makeup match her ensemble.
Princess Catherine, aka Kate Middleton, took to social media to celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday (June 16).
A father remains separated from his three children after only one of them was successful in securing a passport.
The new Disney and Pixar movie Inside Out 2 has arrived in theaters and it’s expected to debut with the biggest opening weekend of 2024, so far.
Todd Gilchrist editor Thrill-seeking is nothing new for Orlando Bloom, who has cracked his skull three times and brokenbones in his back, ribs and all four limbs. Most of those injuries were sustained between action-packed projects such as “Black Hawk Down,” “Kingdom of Heaven” and three blockbuster film series, “The Lord of the Rings,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Hobbit.” Yet, even after an extended period of inactivity forced upon him by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloom admits to feeling some trepidation about starring in the Peacock reality series “Orlando Bloom: To the Edge,” where, via three intense challenges, he would quite literallydefy death.
Ahead of Sunday’s Season 2 premiere, HBO has confirmed it has renewed House of the Dragon for a third season.
House of the Dragon has been renewed for a third season ahead of the season two premiere!
Miley Cyrus opened up about her celebrity friendships in a new interview.
Prince Louis never fails to bring the laughs!
The Hills of California, the first new play by Jez Butterworth‘s since his acclaimed The Ferryman in 2017, will open on Broadway this fall, reuniting the playwright with director Sam Mendes.
Disputes often arise between neighbours over who has responsibility for fixing damages such as a broken garden fence.
Simone Biles and Suni Lee. Biles, the 2016 Olympic all-around champion, is making her much-anticipated return to competition. After taking a break to focus on her mental health following the 2020 Olympics, her comeback is one of the most talked-about stories in gymnastics.Joining her is Suni Lee, the 2020 Olympic all-around gold medalist.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When Billy Joel’s camp decided to commemorate his 100th show of a mega-residency at Madison Square Garden with a television special, the question arose of whether to go with a major streamer or a major broadcast network. But there was little doubt in the end that they would go with the most populist possible pick, as the producers of “Billy Joel: The 100th Live at Madison Square Garden” explained in a panel discussion for the Variety FYC Streaming Room. “No one has ever sold out a hundred shows at Madison Square Garden, and I don’t think anybody ever will,” said Steve Cohen, a cohort of Joel’s for about 50 years who is one of the show’s executive producers.
‘Hackney Diamonds Tour’ concert experience technically starts the day before Mick, Keith and Ronnie take the stage.On Saturday morning, fans with tickets to the Sunday, May 26 MetLife Stadium show received an email asking which song they’d like built into the following evening’s set list. The four options were:“All Down The Line” from 1972’s “Exile On Main Street”“Heartbreaker” from 1973’s “Goat’s Head Soup”“Out Of Control” from 1997’s “Bridges To Babylon”“Bite My Head Off” from 2023’s “Hackney Diamonds”It’s a brilliant marketing scheme by one of music’s savviest bands. If those tracks don’t sound familiar, you’ll likely go down an unexpected rabbit hole to find out which is your favorite.
Ruth Langsford had previously made some cheeky bedroom comments about Eamonn Holmes before the news of their alleged split hit the headlines. It has been reported that the couple, who have been married for 14 years and share a son, Jack, 22, are heading for divorce, according to a statement from their representative.
Going through the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) assessment process for the main disability benefit, the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be a lengthy and stressful process of finding the right forms and evidence, before waiting weeks to find out if you qualify for help with your disability or health condition - worth up to £108.55 per week. But, if you are one of the 52 per cent of claimants frustrated by a PIP rejection, there are ways to get another chance.