Sia reflects on responding to criticism of her film ‘Music’: “I should have just shut up”

Sia is opening up more about the decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in her upcoming movie, Music.

Sia has addressed her casting of Maddie Ziegler in her film Music again, describing the decision as “nepotism”.The singer was on the receiving end of a backlash last year for casting her frequent collaborator over an autistic actor.Music centres around an autistic teenager, played by Ziegler.

Jon Burlingame The pandemic may have cancelled live performances and moviegoing for most of 2020, but for film-music buffs, that just meant more time at home listening to their favorite music, including many releases of music never before heard outside their original cinematic contexts.“There is still an unquenchable thirst for classic scores, both previously unreleased and reissues of scores that are expanded, re-mastered, or both,” says Matt Verboys, co-owner of L.A.

direct to your inboxA cyclist is in a critical condition after a collision involving a bus in south Manchester. The 20-year-old woman was rushed to hospital following the crash on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme on Monday evening.

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are currently spending the holiday season quietly in California with their son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. However, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to make a very special donation to a New Zealand charity to help those in need over Christmas.According to the New Zealand Herald, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reached out to Make Give Live, a "Kiwi knitwear social enterprise," to purchase 100 hats in their son's name.

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Ben Higgins and his fiancée, Jessica Clarke, are officially homeowners. However, it looks like it’ll be a while before the reality star leaves his bachelor pad.Clarke, 24, shared the exciting news about buying a house in Colorado with Higgins via Instagram on Tuesday, December 22.

Elle piece,” she said on Monday's episode of the podcast. While Kaitlynn and Miley's relationship shocked the press at the time, she explained that “no one was more surprised that I was all of a sudden dating one of my girlfriends than I was,” which is partially why she wanted to write that piece in the first place.“When I look back, I know that I had feelings for her that were maybe different from feelings I had for other friends,” Kaitlynn added.

The sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county said in a video last week that he will not enforce any stay-at-home orders that subvert individuals’ constitutional rights, adding that his office will focus on helping families and businesses safe from crime.

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterThink what you will about “Music to Be Murdered By – Side B,” but you can’t say Eminem’s not having fun.This has hardly been a given on many of Marshall Mathers’ recent releases.

Sia is adding more controversy to her upcoming movie ‘Music,’ admitting how she changed her mind and made the casting decision to replace Shia LaBeouf with Kate Hudson.The 45-year-old singer is making her directorial debut, recently releasing the trailer for the film and revealing that her usual leading lady Maddie Ziegler will be portraying an autistic girl.Fans of the hitmaker were quick to categorize her casting choices as insensitive, accusing her of ableism and lack of research during the

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Sia has replaced Shia LaBeouf with Kate Hudson in her upcoming film Music, the singer has revealed.The news comes just days after Sia accused LaBeouf of being a “pathological liar” who “conned” her into an adulterous relationship as she spoke out against the actor following FKA Twigs’ legal action last week over allegations of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress against LaBeouf.“I was going to do a narrative film, and in fact, Shia LaBeouf was cast to play Kate’s

Gallery: 10 things you didn't know about Hailee Steinfeld (BANG Showbiz)The movie has faced controversy because of the casting of Maddie Ziegler as an autistic girl who moves in with her newly-sober half-sibling Zu, despite the fact the 18-year-old star isn't autistic herself. Sia recently defended the casting of her frequent collaborator, insisting it was more "compassionate" than hiring someone with autism.

Eminem has offered an apology to Rihanna on the newly released deluxe version of his album ‘Music To Be Murdered By’ for saying that he “sided” with Chris Brown on an old track that leaked online in 2019.The rapper released the ‘Side B’ to ‘Music To Be Murdered By’ overnight, featuring 16 new songs with guest contributions from the likes of Dr.

Sia reworked her directorial debut to cast Kate Hudson in the lead role, after ditching Shia LaBeouf from the project. The Chandelier hitmaker revealed she initially tapped the Transformers star to lead the cast of Music but ended up making the film with Hudson, instead.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEminem has “surprise-dropped” so many albums in the past couple of years that the arrival of a rumor has basically become the official announcement. And sure enough, days after very detailed rumors broke about the impending release of a follow-up to his most recent surprise-dropped album, “Music to Get Murdered by,” it arrived.