New Hollywood Podcast: Riz Ahmed Talks Making Noise With His Art, Activism And ‘Sound Of Metal’

Despite having been released at the tail-end of 2019, Caroline Polachek's Pang feels like a 2020 essential through-and-through. Who could have predicted the lyrics of "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" would have resonated with the intensity that they did during quarantine? Not like we were counting the days, or anything.

Mindy Kaling is starting a new holiday tradition for her daughter, Katherine, and her son, Spencer — with B.J. Novak’s help.“When you have your own kids, you can kind of make stuff up and then just decide that you’re going to do that every single year,” the actress, 41, told Tory Burch in a Friday, December 18, interview.With that in mind, the Massachusetts native’s former Office costar, also 41, is going to dress up as Santa Claus this year to surprise Katherine, 3.

Chemical Brothers have shared an exclusive new mix for the festive holidays – listen to it below.The electronic duo – comprised of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons – took to social media earlier today (December 18) to reveal they had put together a new mix.“Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Chemical HQ!” the duo’s official Twitter account tweeted.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorWhen Eli Goree was cast as Cassius Clay, the boxer who would become Muhammad Ali, in “One Night in Miami,” he was the most prepared actor you could find. That’s because he had begun almost two years prior, when he auditioned for the role of Ali in a different film, to be directed by Ang Lee.“I started preparing by gaining weight, learning the accent, going through the audition process,” Goree says.

We’ll be honest, the year 2020 was a rough one. If you think otherwise, then we’d really like to know the number for your therapist.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFormer “Morning Becomes Eclectic” host Jason Bentley is back with his first new project since leaving the signature KCRW show last year.Bentley has partnered with 101 Studios and Soho House to launch a new entertainment podcast, “The Backstory,” which pairs different artists, creators and performers in conversation.

Drew Scott has some holiday cheer to spread, and he’s doing it courtesy of his brand new single “Nothing Feels Better Than Christmas”.

Jennifer Hudson has been tapped to star in an upcoming Christmas movie.

Nicole Kidman has an impressive new role to add to her resumé! On Tuesday, the Oscar-winning actress took to social media to announce her partnership with CBD health, beauty and wellness brand SeraLabs with a focus on the company’s topical line Seratopical.star, 53, joins Seratopical by SeraLabs as the line’s Global Brand Ambassador and Strategic Business Partner, meaning Kidman will not only be the flawless face of the brand, but will also be integral in development and messaging.The

JP Saxe and Julia Michaels are back to warm you up for the holidays.

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.Dressing up for the holidays is always so much fun, and we’re going to let you in on a little secret: You don’t actually have to go to a party or big gathering in order to do it. We live in an age of Zoom calls, smart devices and social media.

An unexpected candidate may be making waves in 2020’s volatile Best Actor race. As potential nominees push out of the qualifying period or lose steam as a nominee, one contender is looking more and more worthy, “Sound of Metal’s” Riz Ahmed.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHow do you create sound design for a film that hinges on silence? That was the challenge for composer-sound designer Nicolas Becker on writer-director Darius Marder’s drama “Sound of Metal,” in which Riz Ahmed plays Ruben, a heavy metal drummer who is slowly losing his hearing. The Amazon Prime release is available Dec.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn “Sound of Metal,” Riz Ahmed plays Ruben, a heavy metal musician who gradually loses his hearing.The film, bowing Friday on Amazon Prime, follows Ruben as he copes with his hearing loss. Director Darius Marder relies on sound design to immerse the audience into the film, allowing them to understand what Ruben is going through.

JoJo Siwa has had quite an eventful 2020. While many celebrities have been forced to put their careers on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic, the 17-year-old dancer and singer continues to treat fans to new music and projects.With the holidays in full swing, JoJo dropped a festive new single and music video for “Where Are You Christmas,” featured on her latest EP,.

Sutton Foster masks up in a pretty pink face mask as she unveils a brand new holiday window at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City on Tuesday night (December 1).

 Jennifer Lopez  and her mother, Guadalupe Rodriguez, couldn’t be more stunning in a recent photo the star posted to Instagram. The mother of two shared a sweet selfie on Friday featuring herself and her own mother to the Instagram account for her forthcoming line,   J.Lo Beauty .

Harry Shum Jr. is known for his role as Mike Chang (aka “The Other Asian”) on Glee and his dance moves as a member of LXD as well as a background dance for the iconic Ladies First tour that featured Alicia Keys, Missy Elliott and Beyoncé in one of her first tours as a solo artist.

The Strokes have teased a video for ‘The Adults Are Talking’, the opening track on their latest album, ‘The New Abnormal’.The New York band took to Twitter this evening (November 30), with a message that the clip is coming tomorrow (December 1) along with a 15 second post of the video, which sees guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. playing baseball and a man boxing with a robot.The band recently performed the opening track from the record and ‘Bad Decisions’ during their Saturday Night Live

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas thanks to Brent Butt and “Corner Gas Animated”.