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Camila Cabello and Hans Zimmer have announced ‘Take Me Back Home’, a new collaborative song that will soundtrack a trailer for the BBC’s Sir David Attenborough-narrated series Frozen Planet II.Frozen Planet II has been described by the BBC as “a spellbinding six-episode journey through earth’s magical icy lands including the north and south poles”.A new extended trailer for the series will premiere at 12pm on Friday (August 26), with ‘Take Me Back Home’ set to receive its first play on BBC Radio 1 “with a little help from Cabello and Zimmer themselves”.The track also features contributions from two of Zimmer’s long-term collaborators, arranger Anže Rozman and producer Russell Emanuel for Bleeding Fingers Music.“To be able to combine my passion for the planet we live on and my music is a dream come true – never mind also getting to work with the legend that is Hans Zimmer,” Cabello said in a statement.my life is a dream. https://t.co/76iUYW3hNv— camila (@Camila_Cabello) August 21, 2022“Frozen Planet II is stunning and Sir David’s narration is deeply powerful as we try to protect these incredible ecosystems from global warming.

Låpsley has announced details of her third album, ‘Cautionary Tales Of Youth’, and shared a new single called ‘Dial Two Seven’ – listen to that below.The new album follows the singer’s 2020 LP ‘Through Water’ and is set to be released on January 20, 2023.According to a statement, the new single looks back on the singer’s time locked down in South Africa after being invited there in early 2020.She says that the aim of the track is “to celebrate those experiences I had in South Africa over lockdown. It came together so quickly with one of my favourite producers in the city, Greg Abrahams, collaborating with Omri Dahan and Mikaela Faye.

BAFTA Launch Filmmaking Campaign With Digital Cinema Media BAFTA and Digital Cinema Media have launched a new campaign titled ‘Behind every BAFTA’ based around a national cinema ad that highlights the diverse range of skills that contribute to the production of award-winning films, games, and television with the aim to inspire the next generation of creative talent. DCM’s creative arm DCM Studio produced the ad, which is narrated by double BAFTA-winner Big Zuu and features rare behind-the-scenes content and clips from films including Skyfall, Get Out and 1917. The ad premieres on Friday, August 19, across the UK and will run for seven weeks, appearing alongside films such as Jordan Peele’s latest NOPE, Olivia Wilde’s Venice-bound Don’t Worry Darling, and the Brad Pitt-starrer Bullet Train.

Warner Bros. Discovery has exited its £60M ($72M) shareholding in fledgling UK news channel GB News, having been bought out by existing backers Legatum Ventures Limited and Sir Paul Marshall.

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Billy Idol has announced a new EP called ‘The Cage’ and released its title track – listen below.The singer-songwriter will release the four-song collection on September 23 via Dark Horse (pre-order/pre-save here). It’ll follow on from his previous EP ‘The Roadside’, which came out last year.“The last EP, we were kind of warming up to this,” Idol explained of his forthcoming project in a statement.

ITV has taken over UK coverage of the NFL for three years from the BBC, another sports rights coup for the commercial broadcaster following last Friday’s La Liga football deal.

Post-production House Warner Bros. De Lane Lea Announce Move To New Soho Site Post-production house Warner Bros. De Lane Lea today announced it will be moving across Soho from its current home on Dean Street to Ilona Rose House, a new site developed by Soho Estates’ on Greek Street. Located over three floors of the building and spanning over 32,000 sq. ft, Ilona Rose House will house the UK’s largest mixing stage. The site will also feature a 4K DCI laser projection with Dolby Atmos and IMAX monitoring, 45 networked and acoustically treated cutting rooms with a programmable advanced lighting system, and three further mixing stages with 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos and laser projection. In a statement, Kim Waugh, EVP Worldwide Post Production Creative Services, Warner Bros. said the new facility will help “bring another level of service to the post-production world in London.” Warner Bros. De Lane Lea, which has post-production credits on films such as Gravity (2013), and the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), will officially open the doors to Ilona Rose House in September.

K.J. Yossman Sir David Attenborough is set to host a new nature series for the BBC tentatively titled “Wild Isles.”The five-part series will introduce viewers to fauna and flora across Britain and Ireland, focusing on four main areas: woodlands, grasslands, freshwater and marine.   Produced by Silverback Films and co-produced by The Open University, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the World Wildlife Fund, the series has been filmed over a period of three years in 4k with cutting edge technology including motion controlled time-lapse photography, low-light cameras and macro photography.Among the highlights viewers will see are Britain’s ancient oak trees, sea eagles, killer whales, wild horses and even a broomstick-riding bee.

First Aid Kit have announced details of their fifth album, titled ‘Palomino’, and a new UK tour – find all the details below.The Swedish sisters – Klara and Johanna Söderberg – returned last month with the single ‘Angel’, their first new music in three years.It’s now been revealed that ‘Angel’ is the first taster of ‘Palomino’, which is set to be released on November 4 via Columbia, and is now being previewed by another new track, ‘Out Of My Head’.Speaking of the new song, First Aid Kit said: “We wrote this song last year together with songwriter and producer Björn Yttling. It was the first time we wrote for First Aid Kit with someone else and it was very inspiring.

Courtney Barnett has announced details of a new ‘Here And There’ festival compilation, which will aid reproductive rights groups.The Australian singer-songwriter’s Here And There touring festival kicked off in Kansas City, MO on Monday (August 8) and will visit 13 further stops before it wraps up Denver, CO on September 3. Each night features a unique line-up, featuring the likes of Japanese Breakfast, Wet Leg, Lucy Dacus and more.Some of the artists set to appear at Here And There have contributed to the new compilation, which will be released on a very rare and limited edition run of 600 cassette tapes.

The Rose are set to embark on a world tour later this year – find ticket info below.Earlier this week, the band announced plans to embark on the ‘Heal Together World Tour’, which will take the group to North America, South America, the UK and Europe from October 2022 to February 2023. The band will kick off their world tour in Chicago, and will visit major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Munich, London and Paris.The band are also set to hold shows in Asia, but details on these have yet to be released.An artist ticket presale began on August 9 ahead of general ticket sales on August 12.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s European operation continues to take shape, with Hannes Heyelmann today unveiling his German management team. The shake-up sees the departure of Discovery Communications Deutschland Deputy Managing Director Alberto Horta.

She was shown the door by Lord Alan Sugar in week six of the BBC business contest. But a year on after the show was filmed Amy Anzel is celebrating her success without the billionaire tycoon.

It's a timeless collection that last year broke records to become the first record to reach 1000 weeks on the Official Albums Chart, and now ABBA's ABBA GOLD is set to be reissued to commemorate its 30th anniversary.

Enter Shikari have announced a new collaborative single with Wargasm called ‘The Void Stares Back’.The St Albans band released their sixth and most recent studio album, ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’, in April 2020. Wargasm, meanwhile, are primed to drop their first project ‘Explicit: The Mixxxtape’ this summer.Today (August 3), it’s been revealed that the two groups have teamed up on a forthcoming track. ‘The Void Stares Back’ is due to arrive next Friday (August 12) – you can pre-add/pre-save it here.Both acts have shared the joint single’s official artwork, which depicts a pair of open eyes surrounded by darkness.

Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland has unveiled its senior leadership team, which will work under new General Manager Antonio Ruiz.

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Sky Studios has poached Academy Award-nominated producer Tobias Rosen from Warner Bros. International Television Production to the newly-created role of Vice President in Germany.