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Maccabees frontman Orlando Weeks has shared the first taster of new material from his upcoming second solo album.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRising Chinese-Singapore entertainment group GHY Culture & Media is to acquire majority control of independent Singapore film distributor Clover Films. The move was described as a “strategic investment” and leaves current management in charge of operations at Clover.Stock market-listed GHY is to buy 51% of the shares of privately-owned Clover, but it did not reveal a valuation.

Lise Pedersen TeamTO is unveiling a trio of cosy winter story animation projects at Annecy after nabbing TV, film and licensing rights to three popular children’s books.TeamTO aims to produce three individual specials for the 2022-2023 winter season suitable for both at-home TV or platform viewing, as well as cinema screenings.The leading French studio has enlisted the skills of three young directors for the adaptations of best-sellers “Snowman” by Jacques Duquennoy (which becomes “Snowy and

Emilio Mayorga Mexico’s Fotosintesis Media, producer of the Quirino Awards best feature winner “A Costume for Nicolas,” is readying Alejandra Pérez’s first movie “My Friend the Sun,” an animated family tale deeply rooted in lesser-known Mexican myths and legends.A social cause-driven entertainment label jointly launched by Jaime Romandia and Carlos Reygadas’ Mantarraya Group and writer-director Mike Uriegas, Fotosintesis Media first hit the scene in 2015 with “The Incredible Story of the Stone

Coparenting their cuties! Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett welcomed two children ahead of their 2018 split and have shared many sweet moments over the years.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure,” will feature over 200 rarely and never-been-seen artworks by the late black artist, who focused on race and inequality.The exhibition — which takes its name from Basquiat’s 1987 painting “King Pleasure,” inspired by the jazz vocalist who gained fame for the hit “Moody’s Mood for Love” — will feature many of his paintings, drawings, multimedia projects and artifacts that have been kept from the public eye for decades.

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Golden Girl” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)2. “Malibu Rising” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine)3.

1. “Freed” by E.L. James (Bloom Books)2.

Slipknot, Rob Zombie and Limp Bizkit have all been announced to play Rocklahoma 2021.The festival takes place from September 3-5, and will see all three acts topping the bill on a line-up that also includes the likes of Halestorm, Anthrax, Falling In Reverse, Motionless In White, Andrew W.K., Knocked Loose and many more.“Cannot wait until we play Labor Day Weekend in Pryor, Oklahoma,” said Slipknot’s Clown. ​“Our first time at a festival is always very special.

EXCLUSIVE: UK creative industry union Bectu has opened an investigation into an alleged racially insensitive incident involving Ken Ashley-Johnson, the chairman of its grip branch, on the set of a recent shoot. As part of the process, Ashley-Johnson has been suspended pending the outcome of the inquiry.

Istanbul’s Cosmedica Clinic is providing hair transplants with the new technology Micro Sapphire DHI.

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Legacy” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s)2.

1. “Legacy” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Press)2.

Sadie Robertson has paid a wonderful tribute to her husband, and new father, Christian Huff.The pair recently became parents to baby girl Honey, and on Friday the Duck Dynasty star took to Instagram to share a series of fun videos of Christian attempting to distract his wife during labor.The 23-year-old captioned the post: "GOOD NEWS HONEY… YOUR DAD IS MY BEST FRIEND & HE IS GOING TO KEEP US LAUGHING FOREVER!!!"MORE: Sadie Robertson makes brave admission one week after birth of baby

1. “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Seuss (Random House)2.

«There's not a single person on Earth I'd rather kill people with.»It's not exactly the line one expects during an impactful mother-daughter reunion, but  isn't your typical mother-daughter adventure film.

Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett to produce a limited scripted series about the 1921 tragedy. The untitled drama will be written by playwright Nathan Alan Davis and depict events surrounding the two days when white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, attacked and destroyed the prosperous Greenwood District, which was known as Black Wall Street at the time, and left hundreds of Black Americans dead and thousands homeless or displaced.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAngela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s Bassett Vance Productions is teaming with MTV Entertainment Studios and writer Nathan Alan Davis on a limited series about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Variety has learned exclusively.News of the series comes just before the 100 year anniversary of the massacre, which left hundreds of Black people dead and entire homes and businesses destroyed.