EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has set an all-star cast for its adaptation of Chuck Klosterman’s Downtown Owl with Lily Rabe, Academy Award nominee Ed Harris , Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wittrock, Jack Dylan Grazer and August Blanco Rosenstein. Rabe will also be directing the pic with long-time collaborator Hamish Linklater, joining her as co-director. Linklater, who most recently starred in Midnight Mass, also adapted the screenplay. T Bone Burnett is doing the music.
K-Pop Group Stray Kids Debuts With No. 1 Album, as Charli XCX Also Bows in Top 10
29.03.2022 - 03:37 / variety.com
Chris Willman Music WriterThe South Korean group Stray Kids never impacted the Billboard 200 album chart in any position before, but the K-pop crew passed go and came in with a bang, landing at No. 1 with “Oddinary.”The vast majority of interest in the band came in the form of full albums sold, not streaming, which allowed “Oddinary” to stake a claim for the biggest week of 2022 so far in the sales department. The overall total in album-equivalent units was 110,000, which is not a record for the year… but the fact that 103,000 of those units came via pure album sales did set a benchmark that hasn’t been reached by anyone else in ’22.Interestingly, Billboard reports that more than 100,000 of those 103,000 album sales were in CD form, with no vinyl edition available and not that much action on the digital download front — the seven different collectible packages proving an irresistible physical lure for fans, as is often the case with other K-pop groups like BTS.
Stray Kids have been around for a few years, but just not with any effort to impact the U.S. market till now. The group, a product of a 2017 reality show in South Korea, did have two previous releases that did well on the world music chart.
Billboard notes that “Oddinary” is just the 13th album sung primarily not in English to go No. 1 in the U.S.The only other debuting album in the top 10 is Charli XCX’s “Crash” — and surprisingly, given her outsized public profile, it’s her first top 10 album ever. It debuted at No.
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13.04.2022 / 12:35
K-pop boyband EPEX under fire for allegedly referencing Nazi pogrom in new song
“I see them burning raw, Crystal Night is coming” from the song’s chorus as what they allege to be a reference to the historical event. On the other hand, others have compared EPEX’s styling in the music video to those worn by Nazi Party officials.epex’s latest tt references a horrible event in german history where jewish people were terrorised and murdered. please don’t support this song.
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13.04.2022 / 08:52
BBC EastEnders star Melanie Clark Pullen made heartbreaking final post before death aged 46
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12.04.2022 / 00:43
Former Manchester United academy star reveals Eddie Howe wanted to sign him
Former Manchester United academy defender Reece Brown has admitted that current Newcastle United and former Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe wanted to sign him.
officialcharts.com
11.04.2022 / 10:19
The Official Charts Company, OfficialCharts.com & Americana Music Association UK announce headline partnership with Sweet Home Alabama
The and the are delighted to announce a new headline partnership with for both the Official Americana Chart, and the association’s annual festival UK Americana Music Week and awards ceremony, taking place in January in Hackney.
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11.04.2022 / 03:45
ITV All Star Musicals fans make same demand after 'disappointing' change
ITV to make a whole series of the programme, which sees celebrities perform a musical number to impress judges. Fans had been expecting to see a new episode after six new performers took to the stage last week.
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11.04.2022 / 01:31
Michaela Strachan defends ITV All Star Musicals over 'criticism' and fix claims
ITV's All Star Musicals as some viewers claimed the show was fixed. The 55-year-old TV presenter stunned viewers on the show last week performing a routine from 42nd Street. The Springwatch and Autumnwatch host looked incredible as she took to the stage in a gold flapper dress.
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08.04.2022 / 14:19
ELLE UK's May Cover Star Sienna Miller Explains Why She’s Finally Accepted The Term ‘Boho’
Sienna Miller is, undoubtedly, one of the most famous fashion icons of the Noughties, alongside fellow Brits Kate Moss and Alexa Chung. The ‘Sienna effect’ has seen a legion of disciples experimenting with everything from coin-studded belts and prairie skirts, to denim waistcoats, Ugg boots and wide-brimmed floppy hats. But while the world might have long dubbed Miller a ‘boho’ style queen, ELLE UK’s May cover star tells us that only now does she approve of the term.
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06.04.2022 / 13:05
Joy Division, Sex Pistols and more to feature in new British Pop Archive in Manchester
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04.04.2022 / 00:55
Alex Beresford wins All Star Musicals after impressing fans with Hamilton song
Alex Beresford was crowned the champion of ITV's All Star Musicals on Sunday night after impressing fans with his "incredible" performance skills. The Good Morning Britain star, 41, delivered a sensational performance from Hamilton, which received a standing ovation from judge Trevor Dion Nicholas. Speaking prior to the performance, Alex admitted: "The rapping side of it actually scares the life out of me, because I am completely out of my comfort zone." And the weather presenter did not disappoint as he took to the ITV stage, where he was then voted by the audience as All Star Musicals champion 2022.
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25.03.2022 / 21:09
Charli XCX scores her first ever UK Number One album with ‘Crash’
Charli XCX has scored her first ever Number One album in the UK with ‘Crash’.The singer’s fifth studio album shot straight to the top of the summit and the Vinyl albums chart with physical formats accounting for over 70 per cent of the LP’s total chart sales this week, according to the Official Charts Company.Her previous highest charting album was 2019’s ‘Charli’ which reached Number 14, followed by 2015’s ‘Sucker’ at 14. Charli also shared a deluxe version of her new record with four extra tracks.She beat off ArrDee – real name Riley Davies – who went in at Number Two with his first mixtape ‘Pier Pressure’.
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25.03.2022 / 19:45
Charli XCX's CRASH slams straight into the Official Albums Chart at Number 1
Charli XCX claims her first ever UK Number 1 Album with CRASH.
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25.03.2022 / 18:03
Charli XCX races straight in at Number 1 on Irish Albums Chart with CRASH
Charli XCX claims her first Number 1 album in Ireland with CRASH.
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24.03.2022 / 19:37
Charli XCX announces surprise deluxe edition of Crash, dropping tonight
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ok.co.uk
23.03.2022 / 22:35
Jacqueline Jossa transforms into Frozen's Elsa in first look at All Star Musicals
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