‘The Idol’ Is a Bomb for the Ages: The Winners and Losers of HBO’s Summer Disaster (Commentary)

Two criminals have been handed jail terms of more than 40 years today - some of the longest sentences ever handed out in the UK.

In the early days of her career, Heather Locklear was the platonic ideal of a blonde bombshell, idolized by fans real and fictional.

Marta Balaga Cyril Aris and his frustrated protagonists in “Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano” are done mincing words. “I hope this film can be screened the way it is, although it’s not painting the brightest picture of the Lebanese political class. And if they censor it, thank you for the publicity. I will take it,” he says following its premiere at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. “In Lebanon, we have leaders who are experts in divide-and-conquer. That’s how they fire up their base and that’s what happened in the port of Beirut, too. There is this theory that everyone knew what was happening, but they were paid for their silence.”

Lana Del Rey has performed her song ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ live for the first time at a show in Italy. Check out footage of the moment below, as well as the full setlist.The gig took place at the La Prima Estate Festival in Lido di Camaiore, Italy yesterday (July 2), and saw the ‘Video Games’ singer break out some of her most famous tracks in front of a nearly-20,000 strong crowd.Performing a total of 21 tracks throughout the set, Del Rey kicked off the show with renditions of ‘A&W’, ‘Young And Beautiful’ and ‘Bartender’, before treating fans to the first-ever live performance of ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’. The song is the title track from her seventh studio album, which arrived in 2021.Other songs featured on the set included ‘Blue Jeans’, ‘Ultraviolence’, ‘White Mustang’ and ‘Born To Die’, before the singer closed off the set with ‘Summertime Sadness’, ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ and ‘Video Games’.Find footage of the show below, as well as the full setlist.Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over the Country Club (live) pic.twitter.com/Xi8TAnHWfB— b (@lostinyosemite) July 2, 2023#LanaDelRey avec « Salvatore », sur la scène du festival La Prima Estate cette nuit, à Lucques, Italie.#ldr #france pic.twitter.com/uLRONGCyOg— Lana Del Rey France (@LDRFRoff) July 3, 20231. ‘A&W’2. ‘Young and Beautiful’3. ‘Bartender’4. ‘Chemtrails Over the Country Club’ (Live debut)5. ‘The Grants’6. ‘Cherry’7. ‘Pretty When You Cry’8. ‘Ride’9. ‘Born to Die’10. ‘Blue Jeans’11. ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell’12. ‘Arcadia’13. ‘Ultraviolence’14. ‘White Mustang’15. ‘Candy Necklace’16. ‘Salvatore’17. ‘Venice Bitch’18. ‘Diet Mountain Dew’19. ‘Summertime Sadness’20. ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’21.

HBO’s controversial “The Idol” said goodbye to the weird, controversial world inhabited by wannabe pop star Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) and her creepy mentor, the rat-tail sporting Tedros (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye), after the show’s fifth and final episode, “Jocelyn Forever.” After struggling under ex-pimp/cult leader/star maker Tedros — Tesfaye is a co-creator of the show, along with Sam Levinson (“Euphoria”) and Reza Fahim — last night was all about Jocelyn demonstrating her power. Dwindling audiences of the show, said to have contributed “the worst sex scene in history” in an earlier episode, we are finally given access to the badass, pop diva lurking underneath, ready to strike with the same venom being poured into her by Tedros and company.Jocelyn, it turns out, is ruthless.The shift in power balance is clear from the start — while everyone gathers at Jocelyn’s house for a tour meeting, a disheveled Tedros is kicked out of Jocelyn’s life, seemingly forever.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the finale of HBO’s The Idol.

Given the stories that Russell Crowe was still celebrating his open-air concert at Karlovy Vary’s Thermal Hotel until the small hours of the morning, there was little surprise that the actor was late for his meeting with a group of international journalists. However, the 59-year-old showed no signs of wear and tear, and even graciously insisted the press conference go on past its strict 30-minute cut-off time.

Ellise Shafer For Moses Sumney, being cast in Sam Levinson’s controversial HBO series “The Idol” was, as he tells Variety, “strangely cosmic.” The singer-songwriter — whose two studio albums, “Aromanticism” and “Græ,” were released to critical acclaim — first came into contact with Levinson when he synced Sumney’s song, “Me in 20 Years,” for Rue’s special episode of “Euphoria” in late 2020. Sumney, who had been taking virtual acting classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, then found himself auditioning for the role of Elliot (Dominic Fike) in Season 2 of the series. “I auditioned kind of on a whim, and it weirdly went really well and went pretty far until I think the powers that be were like, ‘So, I don’t know if he looks 16 years old,'” Sumney says with a laugh. “Then Sam called me and was like, ‘I love you so much as an actor, I’m gonna keep you in mind.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, whatever, sure.'”

Celebrated Hollywood costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis has said the time is ripe for an overhaul of the contracts covering pay and conditions as well as Intellectual Property rights for her profession.

Timotheé Chalamet and Zendaya are back to saving the universe in the latest “Dune: Part Two” trailer, while Austin Butler embarks on a mission to devour their mission.

From Studio Ghibli leading the charge for the expansion of anime to BTS and BLACKPINK topping the music charts to TV series and films such as “Squid Games,” Parasite,” “Minari,” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” dominating the awards circuit, the popularity of Asian culture and media has surged recently in the United States in recent years.

Madonna's worried family say they "prepared for the worst" after the star was rushed to ICU with a "serious bacterial infection". It's claimed the popstar was found unconscious in New York on Saturday and was rushed to hospital.

Lucasfilm isn’t hiding the fact that “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is the final film in the franchise for Harrison Ford, and thus, Indiana Jones. But in an industry obsessed with franchises, it wouldn’t be shocking to see Lucasfilm try its best to keep the ‘Indy’ film series going strong with a new lead.

2023 has been another thrilling year for cricket at Emirates Old Trafford - and it’s not over just yet.

On the day before the cameras are set to start rolling, Raquel Leviss’ future on Vanderpump Rules still remains uncertain in the wake of her affair with costar Tom Sandoval.

The Idol will end its first season this Sunday, July 2. The news has come as a surprise to some, with The Weeknd and Sam Levinson's HBO series first described as featuring six episodes when it was ordered to series in November 2021.

Scotland is facing a crisis in its National Health Service due to Covid and Tory austerity - but Brexit has caused further deadly delays in our hospitals.

While Mark Wright rose to TV fame after appearing in The Only Way is Essex, his brother, Joshua Wright took a different route and became a professional footballer.Their sister, Jess also starred in the hit ITV show while the youngest sibling, Natalya works as a model and influencer.The star-studded family are often spotted spending time together with Mark, Josh and their dad, Big Mark having recently filmed a show called A Wright Family Holiday which aired earlier this month. While he's rarely seen Josh, 33, is certainly starting to follow in his sibling's footsteps and has appeared more frequently in the spotlight.

There was widespread support for the writers at today’s WGA Strong March and Rally for a Fair Contract including from directors.

franchise, Cynthia Nixon isn't afraid to strip down on season 2 of the show's Max spinoff, .The 57-year-old actress plays lawyer-turned-live-in-girlfriend Miranda Hobbes, who left behind her marriage to Steve Brady (David Eigenberg) and her busy professional life to travel to California with non-binary comedian Ché Diaz (Sara Ramirez) at the end of season 1.Ahead of the June 22 premiere of season 2, both Nixon and Ramirez opened up to ET about Miranda and Ché's journey, including Nixon's willingness to strip down for some of their steamy scenes.«I feel like I was always fairly game for it,» Nixon tells ET's Nischelle Turner of showing skin. «It's just one of the main subjects of the show is sex — people having sex and people having great sex and people having terrible sex and people having hilarious sex.»As for where her formerly high-strung character's mindset is at the start of season 2, Nixon says Miranda is trying to embrace a freer lifestyle.«Miranda is a total control freak, so she's tried to maybe kind of — for the first time really — let go,» Nixon says.