Universal Fires Up CineEurope With New Michael Jackson Biopic Footage, Gives ‘Wicked’ Major Push

Prince Jackson is ensuring that Michael Jackson‘s legacy lives on.

Gen Z might not be that familiar with composer Henry Mancini, but he’s one of the most celebrated musicians of all time and the Hollywood Bowl paid tribute to him while opening the 2024 season!

compiled a report on the world’s most badly behaved celebrities. To come up with the naughty list, the UK gaming company used stats from Google searches.

We love seeing Busy Philipps happy and in love again!

Taylor Swift is like winning the lottery in music right about now.We all saw what happened to Sabrina Carpenter’s career after she opened for Swift on her epic Eras Tour last year. I mean, she blew all the way up — and now she’s got the song of the summer with “Espresso.”Now it’s Gracie Abrams’ turn to have a hot girl summer after also opening for Swift last year.

Ariana Grande has released a new remix of her new song ‘The Boy Is Mine’, featuring ‘90s R&B royalty Brandy and Monica – listen to the track below.Grande released the song in its original form earlier this month as the third single from her seventh studio album ‘Eternal Sunshine’, alongside a video starring You‘s Penn Badgley. Both Brandy and Monica also have cameo roles in the video, as news reporters.Now, Grande has shared a new version of the song, featuring sultry additional vocals from the two singers.

Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender met while working together on the set of The Light Between Oceans and they’ve been a couple for the past 10 years!

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.

In the wake of Inside Out 2’s massive $295M worldwide debut last weekend, Disney Head of Global Theatrical Distribution Tony Chambers kicked off the studio’s CineEurope presentation this evening thanking exhibitors in attendance for their part in the historic start — and was met in kind by enthusiastic and clearly appreciative applause. He noted too that midweek numbers have been “nothing short of phenomenal” with the global total now $380M through Tuesday. 

Alex Ritman While the seemingly never-ending saga over Paramount‘s future ownership may be still rumbling on, the studio didn’t hold back when it came to putting on a grand spectacle at the 2024 CineEurope trade show. “Gladiator 2” was — unsurprisingly — the main event of Paramount’s slate presentation in Barcelona.

Warner Bros brought twin tornadoes to CineEurope today, showing off an extended new look at the Daisy Edgar-Jones/Glen Powell starrer Twisters which the studio is releasing internationally. From Lee Isaac Chung, the action thriller starts overseas rollout on July 17 and storms into domestic cinemas via Universal on July 19.

After lighting up CineEurope with a feast of tulips last year and then again the Caesars Colosseum at CinemaCon in April, Universal returned to Barcelona today with a presentation heavy on its upcoming two-part musical Wicked. The jam-packed show also highlighted its 30-strong film slate and concluded with a surprise first-look at a scene from Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, centering on the making of the iconic “Thriller” video. It positively wowed the audience.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Angelina Jolie may get the award for most enthusiastic audience member. The A-list star was seated in the front row at the Tony Awards on Sunday and jumped to her feet at every win for “The Outsiders,” a gritty adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age novel that she produced and got to see crowned as the season’s best musical.

Broadway’s biggest stars got all dressed up to celebrate the 2023-24 season at the Tony Awards and we’re ranking the best dressed celebs on the red carpet!

It was a Wicked union between Idina Menzel and Cynthia Erivo as the actresses and singers came together to close out the 2024 Tony Awards.

Audra McDonald, Cynthia Erivo and Renée Elise Goldsberry hit the carpet as they arrive at the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 16) at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.

cleared to descend on the infamous property north of Santa Ynez, Calif., for the shoot in April, according to film permit activity reviewed by SF Gate. “Dialogue, petting zoom, stunt” and the use of helicopters were given the green light.Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson plays the late King of Pop in Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” slated for release in April 2025.The property has been associated with lurid claims against Jackson, who died at age 50 in 2009 from an acute drug overdose.Jackson faced 14 charges including seven counts of child molestation and two counts of giving alcohol to a minor in a child sex abuse probe, but was acquitted of all charges in June 2005.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The Songwriters Hall of Fame, which staged its annual awards ceremony on Thursday night, is an institution and an event unlike any other in the music industry, even though many of its elements are hardly unique and many things about it have barely changed over decades, and possibly since it launched in 1969. Indeed, we say many of the same things about the ceremony in an article very similar to this one every year — it’s a combination of an awards show, a family reunion and a trade event that is invite-only yet features a mind-blowing array of Grammy-level, once-in-a-lifetime performances and tributes, always held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York’s Times Square.

The soundtrack for the second half of Bridgerton‘s third season is filled to bursting with reimagined versions of iconic pop hits.

Katcy Stephan Sherri Crichton was on a mission. She was poring over filing cabinets, old computers and scattered notes when she finally found it: a manuscript from her late husband, “Jurassic Park” and “Congo” writer Michael Crichton. Each thread led her to the next: a draft called “Vulcan,” and other pieces called “The Black Zone” and “Black Agent.” She knew about a long-gestating volcano project he’d been working on before his death – they’d been to Pompeii on their honeymoon, after all.