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“We Are the World,” the historic 1985 charity single — where even Bob Dylan was intimidated by the star-studded session.Surrounded by everyone from Ray Charles, Diana Ross and Paul Simon to Tina Turner, Willie Nelson and Billy Joel, the Bard was clearly out of sorts — and out of his element.But it took one particular legend to help another one find his solo mojo.“The secret agent to help him get comfortable was Stevie Wonder,” says David Breskin — one of two journalists invited by producer Quincy Jones to cover the momentous occasion — in the documentary. “Stevie is an insanely great mimic,” continues Breskin, explaining how the R&B master used his special talents to help the folk god: “Stevie sang it ventriloquially in Dylan’s voice.”It’s a dead-on impression that impresses even Dylan, who — in the only time the room is cleared to give one artist his space — finally nails his part.Such is the spirit of unity that — against all odds and egos — pulled together the recording of “We Are the World” on Jan.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sony Pictures‘ “Madame Web,” a standalone origin story in the studio’s array of “Spider-Man”-based Marvel characters, has been granted a theatrical release in mainland China. The film will open in the country on March 1 — two weeks after the title’s Valentine’s Day bow in North America and multiple international territories, including the Chinese-language markets of Taiwan and Hong Kong. The release marks a welcome opportunity for Sony, which, along with the other traditional studios faced difficulty in securing theatrical runs in China over recent years.

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“We Are the World” was a once-in-a-generation meeting of musical giants when it was recorded Jan. 28, 1985 — and released two months later on March 7 — to benefit African famine relief.Anyone who was anyone in music at that moment — a who’s who of legends, including everyone from Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Bob Dylan to Billy Joel, Tina Turner and Bruce Springsteen — showed up to support the cause.Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and ’80s hitmaker Michael Omartian, the single sold a whopping 20 million copies.

Angelique Jackson Lionel Richie has been very emotional lately, but he wants to reassure everyone that he’s okay. According to Richie, it’s just been a heady experience to look back nearly 40 years and relive all the wondrous and chaotic memories of writing and recording “We Are the World” for the new Netflix documentary “The Greatest Night in Pop.” “Every segment of this journey, I cry,” Richie said at the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance Film Festival, where the film made its world premiere.

So, here we are in mid-January, and though we’re staring down the barrel of a tough year ahead, it’s not all wintry doom and gloom on an international box office (and combined global) level. 

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“The Greatest Night In Pop” is so entertaining and eminently watchable, and it’s as simple as that. Directed by Bao Nguyen, the acclaimed filmmaker of the Bruce Lee doc “Be Water,” the already-engaging subject matter doesn’t hurt: nearly 50 of the top American music artists in the world all in one room, recording a soon-to-be global hit single.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief First-time mainland Chinese director Lin Jianjie (aka JJ Lin) makes a splash this weekend with the premiere of his “Brief History of a Family.” Asking questions about family in the era since the end of China’s ‘One Child Policy,’ while also borrowing genre tropes such as the idea of the intruder and blood, it is a polished and ultra-modern fable that sees a teenage schoolboy ingratiate himself into another boy’s family.Variety spoke to biologist-turned-filmmaker Lin on the eve of his Sundance debut.How did you get from zero to making your first feature?[After graduating in biology] I did two short films at film school. I went to Tisch Asia, which had a campus in Singapore. We also had an exchange program with Tisch in New York.

Camila Alves McConaughey is proud of her husband. In a new video shared on social media, Alves talked about some of Matthew McConaughey’s literary accomplishments, which he’s too shy to discuss publicly or call attention to. Matthew McConaughey celebrates his son’s 11th birthday by sharing a rare photoMatthew McConaughey wishes Vida a happy birthday after losing his phone on a rollercoasterA post shared by Camila Alves McConaughey (@camilamcconaughey)Alves addresses the camera directly and reveals that McConaughey’s picture book “Just Because” has been on the New York Times Bestseller list for the past 18 weeks.

“I didn’t really know much about the making of the song,” admits The Greatest Night in Pop director Bao Nguyen of 1985’s star-studded Ethiopian famine relief hit “We Are the World.” “You just make these assumptions about how things are made because it just happens. But when you think now of 46 great artists getting together to make that, it would be really impossible for that to happen now.”

Netflix’s new k-drama series The Bequeathed has been released to streaming today (January 19).The six-episode show was first announced back in October, and it is based on a popular webtoon by Kang Tae-kyung. It is co-written by Hellbound and Train to Busan creator Yeon Sang-ho, alongside Hwang Eun-young and series director Min Hong-nam.The trailer for the series was released earlier this month, featuring the lead character Yoon Seo-ha being informed of the death of an uncle that was previously unknown to her.“That crazy bastard is killing people around me one by one to inherit that burial ground all by himself,” Seo-ha tells the police in the trailer, but still things in her life slowly spin out of control.“Give me the family burial ground.

The cast of Vanderpump Rules, including feuding exes Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval, took over the red carpet at the Hollywood Palladium on Wednesday night (January 17) to celebrate the premiere of the Bravo show’s 11th season!

view when it comes to Gen Z. “The View’s” Joy Behar is slamming Gen Z after a report revealed that many of those born between 1997 and 2012 felt “left behind” by the current economy. The comment from Behar, 81, came after co-host Whoopi Goldberg cited a social media thread that seemed to indicate that Gen Z was worried about losing “value as they age” and that they will have “nothing to look forward to other than wrinkles, aging and death.”“Every single thing you see is anti-aging, don’t actually look the way that you are,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed.

The 'greatest show on ice' makes its big return to ITV tonight (January 14) with a whole new host of famous faces. Twelve celebrities will take to the rink to compete to be crowned champion with the help of some of the world’s greatest professionals.

After a month of party dresses, sequins and tailored suits, January is all about comfort over everything when it comes to what we’re wearing. Although we’d love nothing more than a month of staying home after so many parties and events, there’s no avoiding the fact that at some point of another, we’re going to have to leave the house, which is why we’re on the hunt for the perfect pieces to add to our wardrobes that manage to combine comfort and style.

The iconic 90s game show Gladiators has returned to screens finding a brand new home on the BBC.

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Globally, including most everywhere overseas, 2023 box office was led by a mix of Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Oppenheimer, curious bedfellows who nevertheless proved that cultural phenomena can come in different forms and set turnstiles spinning.