PR giant Alan Edwards on working with David Bowie: “He was an extraordinary genius, but also a pure, disarming gentleman”

EXCLUSIVE: With MaXXXine bowing next week, A24 is already jumping back in the horror genre as sources tell deadline it has landed the package Mice with V/H/S architect David Bruckner directing. Todd Spence and Zak White penned the script and the spec marks their first sale to a major studio, quite the sale for first time scribes.

David Bowie‘s ‘Absolute Beginners’ for BBC Radio 2.The former Yazoo member appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 2’s piano room on June 20 where she sang a bright rendition of Bowie’s 1986 track from the film of the same name. She also performed her latest single ‘Such Small Ale’ from her forthcoming album ‘Key’ and her 1984 hit ‘All Cried Out’.

Kinds of Kindness” debuted at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, star Jesse Plemons hadn’t seen it yet. “I’ve been working, and I also … if I have the option not to watch something I’m in, I usually, slowly sneak out,” the actor told Variety, sitting down at the swanky Carlton Hotel just hours before the Searchlight Pictures film’s world premiere a few hundred yards down the Croisette.

Biopics about popular musicians are major moments for the actors who land the roles, and that was certainly the case for Austin Butler!

There is still so much that we are learning about the Twilight movies, even though it’s been years since the last one premiered in theaters.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events King Henry VIII is most associated with ordering the killings of two of his wives while he had his marriages to another three annulled. Usually forgotten or rarely mentioned is sixth and final spouse Catherine Parr. But Alicia Vikander is hoping her portrayal of Parr in the new drama “Firebrand” will bring more attention to the royal widow.

Kesha has given her verdict on the news that Katy Perry worked with Dr Luke – who she accused of emotional abuse and sexual assault in a decade-long lawsuit – on her new music.Earlier this week, Perry announced her return to music with news that the single ‘Woman’s World’ will drop on July 11. Fans noticed that Dr Luke was listed as a co-producer and Rolling Stone confirmed that he was indeed involved in creating the song, citing a source at Capitol Records, .Perry has frequently collaborated with the producer on some of her biggest hits, including ‘I Kissed A Girl’, ‘California Gurls’ and ‘Dark Horse’, but the news proved controversial following his and Kesha’s long-running legal battle.After Kesha sued him, the producer denied the allegations and countersued the artist, claiming she had breached the recording contract they had with one another and made up rape allegations in an attempt to get out of the deal.Perry did get brought into proceedings when Kesha alleged that Perry was also a victim of abuse at the hands of Dr Luke.

Lily Allen has given a candid insight into her sex life with Stranger Things actor David Harbour.The 39-year-old previously opened up about her decision to go teetotal in 2019, after years of wild partying. She once claimed to have been booted out of the Glamour awards "in a k-hole" after taking ketamine she believed was cocaine. She's also described that period of her life as being "literally just off my face the whole time," during a chat with the New York Times.

Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry has said she would like to collaborate with Johnny Depp in the future.During a new interview with Metro, the iconic singer-songwriter was asked whether there’s anyone she dreams of working with. “Gee, that’s a big question and I must say that it’s probably a very long list,” she replied.“I was just talking with one of our crew about Johnny Depp, somebody I’ve always admired.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “It feels to me like there’s more there.” J. Smith-Cameron is manifesting a return to “Hacks,” hoping the showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky find a way to bring Kathy Vance back to the show.

Jack Dunn While in development for the Amazon Prime drama “Expats,” creator, writer and director Lulu Wang knew she had to pay tribute to the lives lost during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Having been in China at that time as a child, she remembers how scared she was when her father nearly left to join the protest which ultimately led to the death of hundreds.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s probably safe to assume that anyone who clicked on this article already knows the context of David Bowie’s culture-shifting 1972 album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars,” which is indisputably one of the greatest and most influential albums of the rock era. If not, play the album immediately, click here and here — and save “Rock and Roll Star,” the sprawling new 5-CD, superfan’s-dream-come-true boxed set, for when you inevitably become a superfan yourself, because this definitely is not the place to start your relationship with the album.

Bring Me The Horizon have spoken about their surprise collaboration with AURORA on ‘Limousine’, revealing it was very nearly another popstar.Frontman Oli Sykes sat down with NME to talk through the Sheffield band’s new record ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘. There, he explained the choices behind some of his collaborators on the rexord, including AURORA’s surprise appearance on ‘Limousine’.“I know what I wanted on that song and that was someone to bring something that could level it up – someone like a really ethereal, haunting, beautiful, voice,” he told NME.

EXCLUSIVE: The second season of We Are Lady Parts has dropped to acclaim on both sides of the pond and now Nida Manzoor, its creator, writer and director is back at her laptop working up projects including an ‘alt Bond’ spy movie.

“American Psycho.”Sevigny, 49, and co-star Josh Lucas did an interview with Vanity Fair and looked back on how Bale, 50, used method acting when playing serial killer Patrick Bateman in the 2000 psychological horror film.“I was trying to respect his process, which I found challenging because I’m very gregarious and silly and goofy, unbeknownst to the general public,” Sevigny said in the interview published June 7.“When people take themselves so seriously, I kind of shut down, even though I take my work very seriously and I love acting and whatnot,” she added.The “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” star admitted she was “really intimidated” by Bale’s method acting approach.“And I wanted a little more generosity to make myself feel more at ease, which is my own ego,” Sevigny shared.

NME how David Bowie used to disguise himself in public during the height of his commercial success.Edwards, who founded the celebrated PR film The Outside Organisation, worked alongside Bowie, as well as the likes of The Rolling Stones, Prince and Britney Spears.He has now published his memoir, I Was There: Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll, and in a conversation with NME about it, he has disclosed how Bowie dealt with his fame in the early ‘80s.“I met with him just after he had done [Nagisa Ōshima’s 1983 war epic with Ryuichi Sakamoto] Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, so he was being treated like a movie star — but also he had just been dropped by his label because ‘Low’ and ‘Heroes’ weren’t being deemed as good commercially as stuff like Bay City Rollers!” Edwards explained.“It was when I went on tour with him that it started to sink in how down-to-earth and charming he was. He’d turn up at our office in Tottenham Court Road and make coffee for everyone.”“He told me his secret to not being recognised was to wear a cloth cap and have a Greek newspaper under his arm.

David Duchovny recalled his brief tenure on Sex and the City and working with franchise star Sarah Jessica Parker.

When will “I Am Legend 2” hit theaters?  Michael B. Jordan has no clue, but he’s “excited” to work with one of his childhood heroes on the upcoming sequel.

The Hollywood Reporter, she considered it, thinking: “‘Well this is something I can tell my grandchildren about.'”“Obviously she told them anyway.”Per the review, the documentary then cuts to von Furstenberg’s “grown granddaughter saying that turning those two down at the height of their fame was a ‘really epic’ move.”Von Furstenberg’s documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 5. It debuts on Hulu June 25.In it, the Belgian fashion designer talks about splitting from husband Prince Egon von Furstenberg of Germany in 1983 after 14 years of marriage.“Divorce for me was freedom,” she says in the doc, per THR.Von Furstenberg also looks back on partying at the iconic New York City nightclub Studio 54 when she became single.“I was with Warren Beatty and Ryan O’Neal on the same weekend,” she recalls.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Michael B. Jordan recently told People that the script for “I Am Legend 2″ is still being written and he’s currently not privy to any filming start date at this time. A sequel to Will Smith‘s 2007 blockbuster was first announced in March 2022, with Smith set to return opposite new cast member Jordan.