Pixar announces new movie ‘Elemental’, set to hit cinemas in 2023

Louis C.K. is returning to the director’s chair.

Maybe it was only a matter of time now that cancel culture seems to be turning out to be what everyone said it would be (aka, nothing more than a temporary cultural scolding, at most)? In a bid to return to mainstream industry acceptance, Louis C.K. has a new movie on the way and wants the film to get as wide a release as possible.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorOn Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, right next to a Chik-fil-A, is Spyscape — a two-floor, futuristic-looking museum/interactive experience space that gives spycraft lovers a close-up look at the world of espionage.Now DC’s famed Caped Crusader is about to swoop down on Spyscape.Batman x Spyscape is a hybrid experience that uses a live-updating smartphone app to guide visitors through the physical headquarters of Leviathan, the criminal organization from the DC Universe. The attraction is set to open to the public on Wednesday, June 8.Spyscape founder John Hunt gave Variety a sneak peek at the installation this week (although he requested that we not share photos from inside).

deliberates on the verdict of their blockbuster defamation trial, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are preparing for more blockbusters.Namely, Heard is slated to appear in two films: “Run Away With Me” and “In the Fire.”According to IMDb, “Run Away With Me” follows an American in Paris who falls helplessly in love with a model before they discover the “criminal underworld” of the modeling industry in Europe. Meanwhile, Heard plays a New York psychiatrist in “In the Fire,” set in the 1890s, who visits a Colombian plantation to “care for a disturbed boy.” While treating the child, she sparks tension with a priest who believes the boy is possessed.These listings on Heard’s IMDb page follow her appearance in next year’s “Aquaman and the Last Kingdom,” in which her role was significantly cut.While people, including Heard, speculated that her part in the movie was reduced due to the circus surrounding the trial between her and ex-husband Depp, Walter Hamada, the president of DC Films, shut the rumor down.“The size of the role in the film that she had was determined in the early development of the script, which would be in 2018,” he testified during the trial.

Elvis Costello and Allan Mayes have reunited for their old musical project Rusty, and are releasing a new collection of music called ‘The Resurrection Of Rust.’Costello joined Mayes’ band Rusty on New Year’s Day in 1972 and while the band toured extensively for the next year, they didn’t make it into the recording studio.Now, Costello and Mayes have reunited and have made newly recorded renditions of six songs drawn from the band’s set lists from 1972.There are recordings of two Nick Lowe songs, ‘Surrender To The Rhythm’ and ‘Don’t Lose Your Grip On Love,’ as well as a version of Kentucky songwriter Jim Ford’s ‘I’m Ahead If I Can Quit While I’m Behind’.There are also two originals, ‘Warm House’  and ‘Maureen And Sam’ together with an arrangement incorporating the Neil Young songs ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’ and ‘Dance, Dance, Dance’, the latter of which sees Costello making his debut on the electric violin.‘The Resurrection Of Rust’ will be on sale on CD at Costello’s in-person events and concerts.

As “Star Wars” fans, there isn’t much to complain about these days, toxic fandom aside. Sure, you can complain about the inconsistent quality in the recent trilogy, and the Disney+ shows have been hit and miss (see “The Book Of Boba Fett”).

Demi Lovato has finally announced that new music is on the way – Just Jared Jr Jennifer Aniston made a joke about Brad Pitt during her Ellen appearance – DListed Ashley Graham is the new face of a brand – Egotastic A fan-fave Disney actress is making her Broadway debut – Just Jared Jr

Girl In Red has announced a new one-off show in London next spring.The Norwegian singer-songwriter will bring her ‘Make It Go Quiet Tour’ to the capital’s O2 Brixton Academy on April 3, 2023. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday (May 27) and can be purchased here.It comes after she recently postponed her European headline tour due to damage to her vocal cords.“After my US tour ended on the 25th of April, I went to a throat specialist in Norway who said I had nodular damage to my vocal cords,” Girl In Red explained in a statement.

Taylor Swift‘s boyfriend Joe Alwyn has explained the story of his pseudonym William Bowery, the name he’s credited under for his contributions to Swift’s recent albums.Alwyn is partially responsible for co-writing some songs on the singer-songwriter’s two 2020 albums ‘Folklore‘ and ‘Evermore‘, including ‘Exile’, ‘Betty’ and ‘Champagne Problems’. He also co-produced six songs on ‘Folklore’.Appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, he explained why he decided to use a pseudonym, and how they settled on the name.“We chose to do it so the people first and foremost would listen to the music first before dissecting the fact that we did it together,” he said on the show.

James Bay has announced plans for a UK and Ireland tour and shared a video for his recent single ‘One Life’.The Hitchin singer-songwriter will hit the road in the autumn kicking off at Bournemouth O2 Academy on November 20.The jaunt will also call at Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin and Birmingham before wrapping up at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on December 2 and Bristol O2 Academy the following night (3).Pre-sale tickets will go on sale next Wednesday (May 25) from 9am until 8am on Friday (May 27). Tickets will then go on general sale at 9am on the same day. You can purchase tickets for the shows here.Bay has also posted the video for ‘One Life’ which charts “a relationship between a couple, while milestone memories are captured in a way that resemble a very personal and intimate home movie,” according to a press release.

Migos‘ Quavo and Takeoff have released a new single as a duo, prompting their bandmate Offset to unfollow them on social media.Quavo and Takeoff have announced a new project under the name Unc and Phew, releasing debut single ‘Hotel Lobby’. You can hear the new single, along with Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas themed visuals below.Since they released the song, Offset is no longer following either of his bandmates on social media, fuelling rumours of the trio’s breakup.

Sky Ferreira has announced that a new song titled ‘Don’t Forget’ will arrive next week.The release date was confirmed by the singer-songwriter’s label, Capitol, who tweeted that the single will be available next Wednesday (May 25). ‘Don’t Forget’ will mark Ferreira’s first single in over three years, following on from ‘Downhill Lullaby’ back in March of 2019.While not confirmed, both tracks will likely appear on Ferreira’s long-awaited second album, ‘Masochism’.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam has appointed its new team line up and structure as the festival revamps.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe TV upfronts are usually a dog-and-pony show where networks unveil their new content slates.At YouTube’s Brandcast presentation for brands and agencies, held for the first time during upfronts week, the focus was on the gigantic video platform’s popular creators, its scale across internet TVs — and a new solution for marketers to set limits on ad frequency, addressing one of the most irritating aspects of ad-supported streaming services.“The audiences you most care about are coming to YouTube to watch content,” CEO Susan Wojcicki told attendees at the event, held Tuesday evening at the Imperial Theatre in New York’s Times Square. She cited Nielsen’s estimate that YouTube overall reached 230 million people 18 and older in the U.S.

Deborah James has revealed that she has written a new book but heartbreakingly shared she felt "gutted" she won't be around to see it be released.  The inspiring 40 year old has been battling stage four bowel cancer after being diagnosed with stage three in December 2016 and gave the tragic update last week that she is receiving end-of-life hospice care at home. Deborah has brought much awareness to the disease as she has accounted her battle on social media and told her followers on Tuesday she’ll continue to share her perspective on dealing with life’s struggles in upcoming book Live When You Could Be Dead.

P1Harmony and American singer-songwriter Pink Sweat$ are set to collaborate on the upcoming single, ‘Gotta Get Back’.Yesterday (May 16), the boyband announced the upcoming digital single on Twitter, and also released the song’s pastel-coloured cover art. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, Pink Sweat$ composed the forthcoming collaboration, while P1Harmony members Intak and Jongseob helped pen lyrics for the track.

Rina Sawayama has announced plans to release a new album and teased the record with a short trailer – you can view it below.Entitled ‘Hold The Girl’ the follow up to her debut, 2020’s ‘SAWAYAMA’, is set to drop on September 2.It comes after she shared a series of banners and leaflets to fans featuring the words “Rina Is Going To Hell” before wiping and updating her Instagram page last week.She also closed her final ‘Dynasty Tour’ show last Friday (13 May) at New York’s Terminal 5 by teasing a new song.Now, she has shared a dramatic trailer which features snippets from her forthcoming record.Hold The GirlThe new albumSeptember 2 2022https://t.co/1r1X9PKSmk pic.twitter.com/nw59Im5ra4— RINA SAWAYAMA (@rinasawayama) May 16, 2022Reviewing her debut, NME awarded the record five stars and said it was a “deeply personal self-portrait that lays waste to genre constraints.”Sawayama, meanwhile, performed as part of the BandLab NME Awards 2022 earlier in March, where she was also awarded the iconic middle finger for Best Live Act Supported By Grolsch.In her acceptance speech, Sawayama spoke of how she posted an ad in the back of NME trying to get some bandmates when she was 15 years old.

“Lightyear” in theaters this summer, Pixar Animation Studios is pulling back the curtain on another new film coming from the studio in 2023: “Elementals.”This new original film hails from “The Good Dinosaur” filmmaker Peter Sohn, who directs the story of an unlikely pair – Ember and Wade – living in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. A mismatched buddy story, the film follows a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy who “are about to discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common.”The film was inspired by Sohn’s own childhood in New York.

“Lightyear” in theaters this summer, Pixar Animation Studios is pulling back the curtain on another new film coming from the studio in 2023: “Elemental.”This new original film hails from “The Good Dinosaur” filmmaker Peter Sohn, who directs the story of an unlikely pair – Ember and Wade – living in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. A mismatched buddy story, the film follows a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy who “are about to discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common.”The film was inspired by Sohn’s own childhood in New York.