US Army mocked for using apparent Lana Del Rey quote in recruitment advert

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHere, Variety talks with Fernando León de Aranoa, director of the Javier Bardem-starring “The Good Boss” (“El Buen Patron”), Spain’s Oscar entry, which is a big box office hit on home turf and has scored more Spanish Academy Goya nominations than any other film in history.What does it mean to you to be shortlisted for the best international feature Oscar?I feel a mix of joy and responsibility. It means following the steps of some of the greatest Spanish filmmakers who have done it before, being among a group of brilliant directors from all over the world and having the opportunity of showing “The Good Boss” to a wider audience.What’s been the most challenging aspect of your campaign thus far?To make our film visible amidst the strong contenders.

Has any Broadway production in recent (or even not so recent) memory arrived with as much emotional baggage – or carried it as lightly – as the visually and sonically ravishing MJ? The Michael Jackson musical, as unlikely as such a prospect might have seemed a year ago, now appears poised to take Manhattan with the same hurricane force that the real Jackson funneled when he moonwalked into television history on Motown 25.

Cat Power, has revealed that Lana Del Rey was one of the few people to reach out to her after she was dropped by her label, Matador.In an interview with NME, Marshall shared that Del Rey invited her out on the road during a difficult time in her career.“When I was told that my last record ‘Wanderer’ was no good, there was a year where I didn’t have a label,” she told NME. “There’s about 200 people that were affiliated with what I thought was my family who never checked in with me… [I thought], ‘I guess I can sell my apartment and I’ll just raise my son, I’ll move somewhere and try to get into writing… I’m a really good waitress and cook and stuff, and I can just get a good stable job and start a different career’.”At the time Marshall said that she felt “totally not part of any musical community” and “dumped by my family”.

Frank Rizzo Passions were never in short supply in Lynn Nottage’s 2003 play “Intimate Apparel,” where loneliness, longing and hope hover in every scene. In the latest, long-in-the-making collaboration between Lincoln Center Theater and the Metropolitan Opera, those passions fly free, revealing the operatic heart of “Intimate Apparel” in a new opera adaptation of this story of a 35-year-old Black seamstress aching for love in 1905 New York.The tight construction of the play, with its spare two-hander scenes and focus on the lives of ordinary and overlooked people, makes it a natural as a stripped-down chamber opera.

Holy cow, this may be the most direct repudiation Britney Spears has launched at her sister!

Rock In Rio 2022 has launched a new “Global Experience” package that will give fans access to the festival on both sides of the Atlantic.The legendary festival makes its return this year after being cancelled in both 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.2022 will mark the first time that Rock In Rio will hold its Brazilian and Portuguese festivals in the same year. The Lisbon edition takes place from June 18-19 and 25-26, with the Rio De Janeiro edition following a little later in the year, September 2-4 and 8-11.Foo Fighters, Duran Duran, Black Eyed Peas and Anitta are among the names announced for the Portuguese edition; Coldplay, Post Malone, Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa, Iron Maiden, Demi Lovato and Måneskin will play the Brazilian edition.To celebrate the festival’s return, Rock In Rio has launched for the first time a combined pass that allows fans to experience the best of music and entertainment on both sides of the Atlantic – the Rock In Rio Global Experience.Festival-goers will now be able to purchase a ticket for both editions with special conditions, combining the possibility of getting to know two of the most desired tourist destinations with music and entertainment.“2022 represents the much-desired return of Rock In Rio – in Portugal and Brazil – and it is the first time that the festival takes place on both sides of the ocean, in the same year,” Roberta Medina, executive vp of Rock In Rio, said in a statement.“We wanted to mark the moment with a product that combines what we believe to be fundamental for the recovery: tourism and entertainment.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorBillie Eilish, Lana Del Rey and Olivia Rodrigo are just a few of the artists who stepped out Wednesday night for the opening of LACMA’s “Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined” exhibit.The show features more than 50 artworks inspired by Interscope recording artists by 46 visual artists. Most are newly commissioned and are being presented for the first time.Highlights include Damien Hirst pieces inspired by Eminem, Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of Dr. Dre and Ed Ruscha’s work for 2Pac’s “All Eyez on Me.”Other visual artists included in the exhibit include Jennifer Guidi, Shepard Fairey, Richard Prince, Cecily Brown, Chloe Wise, Burnt Toast, Rashid Johnson, Matthew Wong, Will Boone, Ferrari Sheppard, Takashi Murakami and Lucy Bull.

Lana Del Rey entered into the public consciousness a mystery. The woman formally known as Elizabeth Woolridge Grant had, in pursuit of her art, surrendered herself entirely to aesthetic.

Lana Del Rey has performed a new song with country singers Nikki Lane and Sierra Ferrell, titled ‘Prettiest Girl In Country Music’.Del Rey made a guest appearance during Lane’s show in Austin, Texas, over the weekend, where the trio sang the track for the first time. Speaking to the audience about the song, Del Rey said that she was inspired by a story Lane had told her about being hit on by an older man.“Nikki told me a little story about him about he had a little meeting with her and he crept a little too close to her, and he said, ‘How does it feel to be the prettiest girl in country music?’ and I was like, ‘Bleh!’,” she explained, adding, “So immediately I wrote a little chorus and then we expanded.”Watch the footage – captured by a fan – below:It’s the second new Del Rey song fans have been treated to recently, with the singer sharing ‘Watercolor Eyes’ last week.

Lourdes Leon shared a comfortable and casual, makeup-less selfie to her Instagram Story on Thursday January 20. The 25-year-old model, fresh off of modeling for the Savage X Fenty Valentine’s Day campaign, posted a mirror photo, where she rocked an oversized purple sweatshirt, and comfy-looking pair of sweatpants. Lourdes — who often goes by Lola — looked super relaxed, as she took the photo of herself with her hair tied back in a ponytail.

Lana Del Rey has shared a new song, ‘Watercolor Eyes’, which is set to feature on the next episode of HBO‘s Euphoria and appear on the soundtrack for its second season.The slow-burning ballad sees Del Rey sing above a bed of gently-plucked, reverb-heavy guitars and understated percussion. “I think that you taste like rock candy / Sweet like beaches leave me all sandy,” the singer croons on the song’s refrain.‘Rock Candy Sweet’, it’s worth noting, was the title of an album Del Rey announced back in March of last year.

Miles Kane has revealed that he and Lana Del Rey have recorded an album’s worth of material that has yet to see the light of day.

Britney Spears' fiery public feud with sister Jamie Lynn Spears continues. Spears 40, took to Instagram Wednesday to repost a statement she deleted quickly after posting Tuesday.

Britney Spears has hit out at her sister Jamie Lynn in a scathing rant on Instagram.The Toxic Singer, 40, said she should have "slapped" her sister and mum Lynne "across their faces". Singer Britney has been locked in a bitter feud with her 30 year old sister since the end of her conservatorship, as Britney unfollowed her sister on social media. Britney's latest post saw her claim her younger sister had an easier childhood.

Father John Misty has shared a snippet of a forthcoming cover by Lana Del Rey of his as-yet-unreleased song ‘Buddy’s Rendezvous’.The original version of the song will feature on Josh Tillman’s fifth studio album as Father John Misty, ‘Chloë and the Next 20th Century’, which is slated to arrive on April 8 via Sub Pop and Bella Union.Lana Del Rey’s rendition of ‘Buddy’s Rendezvous’, meanwhile, will appear on an exclusive 7-inch single included with the deluxe vinyl edition of the album. The box set will also include another 7-inch that features Jack Cruz covering album track ‘Kiss Me (I Loved You)’.Listen to a snippet of Del Rey’s cover below – pre-orders are up on Tillman’s online store.A post shared by Father John Misty (@fatherjohnmisty)This is not the first time Tillman and Del Rey have worked together – he appeared in her music video for ‘Freak’ in 2016, and told NME at the Brit Awards that year that the video was “a dream”.“I’d do anything she told me to,” he said, joking: “That’s what I enjoyed about the video, just being her puppet.

NEW YORK -- André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73.Talley’s literary agent David Vigliano confirmed Talley’s death to USA Today late Tuesday, but no additional details were immediately available.Talley was an influential fashion journalist who worked at Women's Wear Daily and Vogue and was a regular in the front row of fashion shows in New York and Europe.

Britney Spears, 40, is taking a legal step when it comes to her public feud with her younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears. The singer asked her attorney Mathew S. Rosengart to issue her 30-year-old sibling a cease and desist letter, which was obtained by Page Six, that demands her to leave her out of her book tour for her just released memior, Things I Should Have Said, and says that she “will no longer be bullied” for the point of book sales.