Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky and Future will headline the Rolling Loud New York festival, taking place at Citi Field in Queens on the weekend of Sept. 23-25.
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The TV sequel to the 1988 cult classic movie “Willow” has released its first trailer, giving fans a glimpse at star Warwick Davis’ return to one of his most beloved roles.
Disney+ released the trailer for the series, created by Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment, at the Lucasfilm studio showcase panel at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim, California on Thursday. The series is slated to debut on Disney+ on November 30.
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The TV iteration of “Willow” takes place 20 years after the events of the movie which followed an aspiring magician (Davis) from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl who joined forces to destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness.
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Now, in a magical world where brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and other mystical creatures flourish, the adventure continues, as an unlikely group of heroes set off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world.
“It’s a dream to return to this character… Making this movie was one of the best experiences of my life,” Davis said on Thursday. “Many [fans] have told me they grew up with Willow and that the film has influenced how they view heroism in our own world,” the actor commented back in 2020 when the series was first announced. “If Willow Ufgood can represent the heroic potential in all of us, then he is a character I am extremely honored to reprise.”
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While the original movie was
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ITV Tenable host Warwick Davis had viewers in stitches this week with his lengthy explanation for a strange but simple question on his quiz show.
BTS have released the music video for ‘Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)’, the title track of their new compilation album ‘Proof’.The visual opens with Jungkook sitting alone in a desert, looking out into the vast open land. It then cuts to the septet sitting together as they perform ‘Yet To Come’, which finds the boyband looking back at their nine-year-long career so far.It later cuts to individual shots of BTS performing their different parts, before they reunite and run towards a yellow school bus in the middle of nowhere.
BTS have announced the launch of pop-up stores in New York City and Los Angeles to coincide with the release of their upcoming compilation album, ‘Proof’.The pop-up stores will be opening in the US cities tomorrow (June 10), in celebration of BTS’ new anthology album ‘Proof’, which is set to be released on the same day. This is according to a statement from HYBE America, as reported by People Magazine.“The Los Angeles and New York City pop-up stores are official company activations designed to honour the fans and to give them another outlet to celebrate the June 10th release of BTS’ anthology album ‘Proof’,” said HYBE America.The pop-ups will be located on 700 N.
Clayton Davis Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official awards predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis; Awards Circuit Column, a weekly analysis dissecting the trends and contenders by television editor Michael Schneider (for Emmys) and Davis (for Oscars); Awards Circuit Podcast, a weekly interview series with talent and an expert roundtable discussion; and Awards Circuit Video analyzes various categories and contenders by Variety's leading awards pundits. Variety's unmatched coverage gives its readership unbeatable exposure in print and online, as well as provide inside reports on all the contenders in this year's awards season races.
Clayton Davis Bill Kramer, director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, has been tapped as the new Academy CEO, replacing the outgoing Dawn Hudson.Kramer will assume his new role on July 18. at the same time, Hudson will remain with the Academy as an advisor during the transition period.
Phoenix have released the music video for their new single ‘Alpha Zulu‘ alongside news of North American and European tour dates.The Pascal Teixeira-directed video, the concept of which came from the band and also saw contributions from Emma Besson and Louis Bes, was shared today (June 7). Watch below.It comes as the French band announce a new tour with some dates supported by Porches.
EXCLUSIVE: Village Roadshow is teaming with the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts to develop a film based on New York Times bestselling-author Don Yaeger’s Turning of the Tide: How One Game Changed the South as a USC Original Film, a new initiative designed to support emerging and diverse filmmakers. This partnership supports Village Roadshow’s aim to consistently source fresh voices, and to support the next generation of innovators.
On the front page of the NY Times Sunday Review, a simple sentence repeats 15 times on a black background: “Authorities said the gunman was able to obtain the weapon legally.” Beneath each sentence is the body count and location of a mass shooting that has taken place in the past decade. America is still reeling from yet another mass shooting with 19 children and two adults dead in an elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas.
Disney+ said Thursday that Willow, its live-action original series based on the 1988 fantasy film directed by Ron Howard, will premiere on November 30.
Disney+ released the first teaser trailer for Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment’s “Willow,” a new live-action fantasy adventure series that serves as a continuation of the classic 1988 feature film, at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim on Thursday. “There is a story of a child, destined to be an empress,” the voiceover on the trailer begins. “And the unlikely hero who would protect her.”The story began in the Ron Howard-directed film with an aspiring magician (Warwick Davis) from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. Now, in a magical world where brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and other mystical creatures flourish, the adventure continues, as an unlikely group of heroes set off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world“There is a balance between all things: light and shadow, good and evil,” Davis, who will reprise his role as Willow Ufgood says.
J. Kim Murphy Lucasfilm has released the first trailer for “Willow,” the Disney+ series that serves as a sequel to the 1988 fantasy film of the same name.The company revealed the first look during its Star Wars Celebration event, with star Warwick Davis, Jonathan Kasdan and the original film’s director Ron Howard, as well as some of the film’s all-star cast, were on hand to make the big announcement, alongside Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. “It’s a dream to return to this character,” Davis said onstage.
Move over, “Star Wars” series: there’s another Lucasfilm property headed to Disney+ this fall. A sequel to Ron Howard‘s 1988 film “Willow” heads to the streamer right after Thanksgiving this year and sees the inimitable Warwick Davis return to the starring role.
Move over, “Star Wars” series: there’s another Lucasfilm property headed to Disney+ this fall. A sequel to Ron Howard‘s 1988 film “Willow” heads to the streamer right after Thanksgiving this year and sees the inimitable Warwick Davis return to the starring role.
Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso decided to take a walk in New York City on Monday, enjoying the warm weather of spring in a romantic stroll, as he takes a break from filming the biopic ‘Oppenheimer’ starring Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh and Robert Downey Jr. The 46-year-old Argentinan interior designer who sometimes goes by the nickname Lucy Damon and is best friends with Chris Hemsworth’s wife Elsa Pataky, looked chic wearing beige linen pants and a white loose t-shirt, accesorized with a mint green brimmed, minimal gold jewelry and dark shades.The Hollywood actor also wore a casual look, sporting a black t-shirt, grat shorts, a baseball cap and black vans.The couple decided to move to New York last summer, leaving the west coast, as they previously lived in California with their four children, 11-year-old Stella, 13-year-old Gia, 15-year-old Isabella and 23-year-old Alexia.Now the big family is enjoying their time in the big city.