Watch a clip of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s final performance in ‘Opus’ trailer

Russell Brand offered to take one of his assistants naked to disgraced presenter Jimmy Savile, in a clip that has resurfaced this weekend.An audio of Brand speaking to Savile was played in a new Channel 4 Dispatches documentary last night (September 16) which has seen Brand accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. The documentary is part of a joint investigation with The Times and The Sunday Times which was published yesterday (September 16).

A new clip for Prime Video’s upcoming movie Cassandro has been released!

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock can be seen crying, fighting, and being put through his paces in a brutal new trailer for the latest series of C4's Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.The 44 year old former MP has made the transition from disgraced politician to reality star over the past year, having also controversially appeared on ITV's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2022. Despite some of the nation relishing him take part in the Bushtucker Trials last year, it looks like Matt's experience on Celebrity SAS will be even more gruelling.

Cardi B and Offset are coordinating on the pink carpet at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Kore-eda Hirokazu returns to Japan for his latest film “Monster,” which poses this question to audiences: “Who really is the monster?” While location scouting, the filmmaker was looking down at a lake, dark and almost black, and “I thought of Sakamoto Ryuichi music. He was the only person who could do the music for this film.” It would mark the first time in years that the legendary composer behind “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant” had worked on a Japanese title The film opens with Minato, played by Kurokawa Soya, an 11-year-old fifth grader who watches a burning building from afar. Kore-eda returns to this sequence three times, each from a different perspective.

The backlash against Ashton Kutcher appears to be growing.

K-pop girl group H1-KEY and Young K have collaborated for a special performance of ‘Rose Blossom’.During the September 8 episode of late-night South Korean music talk show The Seasons: Long Day, Long Night with AKMU, rookie girl group H1-KEY made a guest appearance to perform their January single ‘Rose Blossom’ with Day6 member singer Young K, who penned the track.Their performance remained largely true to the original ‘Rose Blossom’, with its instrumental being performed by a live band. However, Young K took over several lines in the song and harmonised with the H1-KEY members during the special performance.“I’m a rose among the concrete / Until this bleak city is fills up with colour / I’ll keep my head up until the very end / Until they get drunk off my scent and smile,” they sing in the chorus.Both Young K and H1-KEY have recently released new music, with the former dropping his first solo studio album ‘Letters With Notes’ and its lead single ‘nothing but’ last week.Meanwhile, the girl group released their second mini-album ‘Seoul Dreaming’ in late-August.

NME can share an exclusive clip from the documentary AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex.

“Thanksgiving.“ You’ll come home from the holidays… in a body bag!” So goes to the fake tagline to Eli Roth‘s fake trailer for the no-longer-fake slasher movie “Thanksgiving.” After making up the movie for laughs as one of the four fake movie trailers that accompanied “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof” In Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez‘s “Grindhouse,” Roth returns to the director’s chair to make his joke a real thing.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Variety is debuting an exclusive clip from Farah Nabulsi’s thriller “The Teacher,” starring Imogen Poots (“The Father”) and Saleh Bakri (“The Band’s Visit,” “Wajib”). The film will have its world premiere on Saturday at the Toronto Film Festival in the Discovery section.

Todd Gilchrist editor To capture the breadth and depth of the musical career of Japanese composer and recording artist Ryuichi Sakamoto seems impossible, but somehow “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus” almost accomplishes this herculean challenge. A document of Sakamoto’s final performance before his death from cancer last march, the film provides no commentary or context for the enormity of his body of work, yet somehow encompasses it all as he performs a curated set list in a Japanese recording studio for an audience of one — himself.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Adriano Valerio’s documentary “Casablanca,” which will world premiere on Thursday at Venice Days, has been acquired by Salaud Morisset for world sales. Variety has been given an exclusive clip from the film.

Naman Ramachandran “The Red Suitcase,” which world premieres in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons strand, is a rare Nepal-Sri Lanka co-production. The producers have released a first clip from the film. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Fidel Devkota, who previously directed the short “The Last Yak Herder of Dhe” (2014) and documentary short “Wind of Change in Lo Mustang” (2016).

Late Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto was celebrated at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with the Out Of Competition premiere of concert film Opus.

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Marta Balaga Mika Gustafson’s “Paradise Is Burning” – sold by Italy’s Intramovies and previously known as “Sisters” – has debuted a trailer and exclusive first clip ahead of its premiere in Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section. Set in Sweden, it sees young sisters Laura, Mira and Steffi trying to get by on their own after their mother leaves. When social services call, Laura comes up with a plan: in order to avoid foster care, she needs to find someone to impersonate their mom.

Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz have debuted their new movie at the Venice Film Festival. “Ferrari” stars Driver as Enzo Ferrari, with the film trailing his life over the years, including his marriage to Laura Ferrari (played by Cruz) and his relationship with his mistress, Lina Lardi (played by Shailene Woodley).Salma Hayek reminisces about the moment her look became a representation of 90s fashionJavier Bardem had the best reaction to Penélope Cruz’s Met Gala look: ‘He lost it’The film is set in 1957, and was shot in Brescia, Italy. The story takes place right before a Ferrari race went awry and resulted in the death of nine people.

Legendary musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto died in March 2023 of cancer at the age of 71 and much of the world mourned. While perhaps not the most famous musician/composer on earth, the Japanese musician was a musical icon nonetheless.

In what might be three of the most random people to get up and sing a song, Taylor Swift, Prince William and Jon Bon Jovi were once filmed singing Livin’ on a Prayer together. Posted by a royal family fan account on TikTok, the video shows Jon Bon Jovi playing guitar and singing one of his most famous songs, with Taylor standing at one side and Prince William at the other.The video ends with Taylor giving William a casual high-five as they all grinned from ear to ear. Fans couldn't believe how "random" the trio was.

Zendaya is setting the record straight about that viral Law Roach clip.