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In 2021, Blake Shelton surprised Gwen Stefani after she released the song “Let Me Reintroduce Myself.” Stefani said she was excited to put out new music, but she didn’t have particularly high expectations on how it would perform. When he showed her how it charted, she burst into tears.

Gwen Stefani burst into tears when Blake Shelton showed her how her song performed

Stefani’s career as a singer has spanned decades. While she is glad for her sustained success, she admitted that she, like many artists who have been around as long as her, has trouble putting out new music. She likes to work on new albums as it keeps her career feeling exciting, but fans often want to hear songs she wrote years ago.

“You make a new record because that’s what is exciting for you,” she told Paper Magazine. “But people really just want to hear...

Cyndi Lauper has never been the type who does things the quiet way. Forty years after she blew up into an Eighties pop icon, she’s still making a great big noise. Lauper just began her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, rocking arenas around North America up to December, going out in style with opening acts including Aly and Aj, Amanda Shires, Elle King, Tones and I, Gayle, and Trixie Mattel. It’s a celebration of her eccentric musical journey, going back to her revolutionary feminist new wave manifesto She’s So Unusual,...

Over the years, Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks has never shied away from speaking her mind. Throughout her career, she has been known for her candidness. From addressing her struggles with addiction to her experiences as a woman in the music industry, or even her views on social and political issues, she has always shared her opinions and has been loved for it.

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However, she recently found herself at the center of a political firestorm. The 76-year-old wound up enraging Donald Trump supporters after she answered a question about what the former President would do if he lost the upcoming election.

Stevie Nicks sets off a firestorm among Donald Trump fans with fiery comment

With the presidential elections right around the corner, things seem to be heating up in the political scene. For the last month, Stevie Nicks...

Stevie Nicks is feeling optimistic about the 2024 election. In a wide-ranging new interview with Rolling Stone, the legendary singer discussed her thoughts on Vice President Kamala Harris and why she’d be a great leader for the country.

Nicks’ new single “The Lighthouse” — which she just performed on SNL during her first appearance on the sketch series in more than 40 years — is an anthem for women’s rights, written immediately after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Nicks told Rs that she sees herself as a lighthouse: “We are that light that goes out,...

Edd Griles, who directed Cyndi Lauper in the bouncy music video for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” the singer’s breakthrough hit and a wildly popular tune in the early days of MTV, has died. He was 78.

Griles died Tuesday at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, his daughter, Allyson Monson, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The New York native also directed music videos for Huey Lewis and the News (“The Heart of Rock & Roll,” “If This Is It,” “Stuck with You”); Eddie Murphy (“Party All the Time”); Lee Greenwood (“God Bless the USA”); Peter Wolf (“Come as You Are”); Sheena Easton (“Jimmy Mack”); Deep Purple and Rainbow; and others.

He also produced the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards in 1984; the first Espy Awards in 1993; and from 1996-99, the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants.

Griles began directing...

For a few years in the '90s, it seemed like Helen Hunt was destined to be a mainstay on the big and small screen alike forever. The actor landed her earliest movie role in 1977, playing a teenager in the disaster movie "Rollercoaster," which featured a singularly weird plot about a man trying to bomb an amusement park ride. Hunt continued to act over the next decade, taking roles in films like "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and "Peggy Sue Got Married," plus the popular doctor drama "St. Elsewhere." But it wasn't until the '90s, when Hunt earned a trifecta of great, memorable roles, that she truly became a household name.

Hunt's big break came from "Mad About You," a 1992 sitcom in which she played one half of a New York City newlywed couple opposite Paul Reiser. Plotlines for the show mined married life for humor, but they...

Cyndi Lauper is talking about Madonna.

The “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” superstar spoke out in a new interview with People about the supposed feud between the two pop icons.

“In the ’80s, they started to pit women against each other,” she explained.

“Well, actually, it started in the ’60s, the pitting of women against each other and wanting them to go back to what they’d been doing before women’s lib or whatever,” she continued.

As for Madonna, there was no beef.

“As soon as I saw her do ‘Like a Prayer,’ I was like, ‘Oh my God. Ah, I love her!’ And I’ve loved her ever since,” she said.

Earlier this year, she talked more about the fictional feud.

“As if you could only have one woman who is successful. What the hell is that about?” she said to The Guardian.

“That woman’s [Madonna, 66] been entertaining us for years.

Newsa.I. Artificial Intelligence.Voting is underway to ratify IATSE’s tentative agreement with AMPTP, as union leaders try to assuage the fears of members about new allowances for AI. Results will be announced tomorrow, July 18.Agnieszka Holland, James Gray, Andrew Haigh, and Kleber Mendonça Filho, are among the members of the main competition jury of next month’s Venice Film Festival, led by Isabelle Huppert. An AI company called Flawless is developing technology to dub films and television programs into different languages with “perfectly lip-synced visuals,” playing to the aspirations of non-English-language productions, especially, to reach a subtitle-averse market in the US.In PRODUCTIONTimothée Chalamet will star in and produce Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, apparently inspired by the professional ping pong player Marty Reisman. This is Safdie’s first solo outing as a director since The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008), having shared the credit for his last five films with his brother,...

Rest in peace, Shannen Doherty — the quintessential Hollywood bad girl of the Nineties, the Heather-est of the Heathers. Doherty made her legend on Beverly Hills, 90210, the best TV teen drama ever by a mile, playing teenage chaos agent and drama factory Brenda Walsh. The world is mourning the news of Doherty’s death, at only 53, after an agonizing, nine-year, public battle with cancer. Yet she faced her health struggles with the same fighting spirit she brought to everything she did. Doherty was always defiantly herself, America’s nightmare of a Difficult Girl,...

Shannen Doherty, who starred on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed before exiting both Aaron Spelling-produced shows amid conflicts with co-workers, has lost her long battle with cancer. She was 53.

Doherty died Saturday. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2015; after treatment and several surgeries, she announced in April 2017 that she was in remission. In February 2020, she tearfully revealed on Good Morning America, “I’m stage 4 — my cancer came back,” then said in June 2023 that cancer had spread to her brain.

“I definitely have days where I say, ‘Why me?’ And then I go, ‘Well, why not me? Who else? Who else besides me deserves this?’ None of us do,” she said.

“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease,” publicist Leslie Sloane said in a statement to People.

Shannen Doherty, the actress behind culture-defining projects like Beverly Hills, 90210, Heathers, and Charmed, died on Saturday after a years-long struggle with cancer. She was 53.

“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease,” Doherty’s longtime publicist Leslie Sloane said in a statement to People on Sunday. “The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved ones as well as her dog, Bowie. The...

Shannen Doherty, known for her roles on the wildly popular series “Beverly Hills, 90210” and on the witchcraft fantasy “Charmed,” has died after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. She was 53.

“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress, Shannen Doherty,” Doherty’s publicist Leslie Sloane said in a statement. “On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease. The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved ones as well as her dog, Bowie. The family asks for their privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace.”

Doherty rose to fame in 1990 as the fresh-faced brunette Brenda Walsh on Fox’s “Beverly Hills, 90210.” Along with her twin brother Brandon, played by Jason Priestley, the Walshes were the classic fish-out-of-water family that had recently moved from Minnesota to Beverly Hills and were...

She’s the subject of a new documentary, has just announced her farewell tour, and is about to play Glastonbury. The singer and songwriter discusses Trump, resilience and why she hated being pitted against Madonna

Once you’ve had a feature-length documentary made about you, it’s surely time to accept you’ve reached legendary status? Cyndi Lauper laughs. “My dogs don’t think so,” she says, to the sound of barking. Then, to her dogs: “You gotta stop, guys!”

Lauper is the subject of Let the Canary Sing, a new film by Alison Ellwood. It follows Lauper from her difficult childhood with an abusive stepfather, through the New York music scene and early bands, to the release of feminist anthem Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and beyond. There are clashes with music execs who don’t understand Lauper’s art school sensibility and want her to compete with Madonna,...

“If you’re lost, you can look and you will find me / Time after time / If you fall, I will catch you, I’ll be waiting / Time after time.”

Those are some of the lyrics from Cyndi Lauper’s iconic song “Time After Time.” Co-written by Lauper and Rob Hyman, it was the second single from the singer’s debut album, “She’s So Unusual.” And 40 years ago this month, “Time After Time” became her first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Lauper had actually come very close to topping the chart earlier that year. Her debut single, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” made it to number-two in March 1984.

The soulful “Time After Time” knocked “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” by Deniece Williams from the Billboard top spot. “Time After Time” would remain there for a second week, but its “Time” was up when Duran Duran...

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Time After Time” hitmaker Cyndi Lauper has revealed plans for her farewell concert tour, set to take place across North America this fall.

The Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter will embark on a 23-city trek from October 18 to December 5, her first major tour in over a decade. The two-time Grammy winner’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour” will kick off at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

The tour announcement coincides with the premiere of a new documentary that chronicles Lauper’s rise to fame. Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Alison Ellwood, Let the Canary Sing debuted on Paramount+ this week in the U.S. and Canada. The film explores Lauper’s meteoric ascent, pioneering punk-inspired style and tireless advocacy work.

Lauper, known for classic songs like “True Colors” and “All Through the Night,” will also appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday to discuss...

Exclusive: Paramount+ has acquired the Cyndi Lauper documentary Let the Canary Sing and has set the premiere date for June 4 in the U.S. and Canada; the UK, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria can watch a day later.

Deadline has your first look at the trailer above.

Additionally, a companion album of the same name will be released by Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks include many of her songs from her days in Blue Angel to her breakout single “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” to “True Colors” and “I Drove All Night,” to name a few.

Directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian Alison Ellwood, Let the Canary Sing “chronicles Lauper’s meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy. The documentary takes the audience on an engaging...

Cyndi Lauper was a special guest at Nicki Minaj’s homecoming show in Brooklyn last night.

The two New Yorkers performed Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 track “Pink Friday Girls,” which samples Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” Minaj is a sworn superfan of Lauper, and after the rendition of “Pink Friday Girls,” Minaj was emotional. She bowed down to the singer while on center stage and told the audience, “I have been speaking about this woman in my interviews since I first began rapping.” She continued, saying “I never in a million years thought I’d be back rapping in New York with Cyndi Lauper.”

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She then told the audience that she remembers “crying” to Lauper’s “True Colors,” which Lauper then sang a snippet of with Minaj. They hugged, and Minaj told the crowd with reverence, “God bless her. Don’t wait...

Undeniably, OutDaughtered stars, Dale Mills and Hazel Busby have a close relationship. Over the years, the two have bonded. During the seasons of watching the quints grow, Uncle Dale and Hazel have also gotten closer too. In like fashion, Uncle Dale gives Hazel special treatment with a sweet gesture.

Hazel Busby And Uncle Dale Are Tight

Since the OutDaughtered quints were born, Uncle Dale and Aunt Kiki have been right there alongside Adam and Danielle Busby. Although they aren’t parents to the six wonderful Busby girls, they are a big part of their lives. Now, those little quints are on the edge of turning nine! On April 8, they will be ready to party. Undeniably, nine years ago was a scary time for the Busbys. In like fashion, five tinnie tiny quints were preparing to rock the world of not only mom, dad, and sister, but the rest of the family too.

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Crew movie starring Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon was released in theatres on March 29, 2024. The heist comedy mostly received positive reviews from the critics and the audience. Directed by Rajesh A Krishnan, the film also features Kapil Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh in a special appearance. If you are yet to watch the movie, you should skip the story as it contains spoilers.

In the 2024 movie Crew, Geeta (Tabu), Jasmine (Kareena) and Divya (Kriti) get into the gold smuggling business to earn money. They work in the cabin crew department of Kohinoor Airlines in Mumbai, which hasn’t paid their salaries for six months. Due to this, the ladies smuggle gold as chocolate balls from Mumbai to Al Burj on their flights. However, the customs officers find out about the same. So, what really happens to the trio? Keep reading more.

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Hollywood stunt people are a breed apart. They look at a skyscraper, and wonder what floor from which they could plummet onto an airbag. They encounter a ravine, and instantly want to hop astride a motorcycle and jump it. They see a fellow stunt performer get blasted with fire extinguishers after being set ablaze, and think to themselves, "I could've stayed on fire longer than that." They're wild folk, and they can make the kind of movie magic you'll savor for a lifetime.

For movie lovers, stunt people like Dar Robinson, Vic Armstrong, and Evelyn Finley are as legendary as the stars they doubled. Among casual moviegoers, however, they aren't nearly as appreciated as they should be. So when films like Richard Rush's "The Stunt Man," Hal Needham's "Hooper," or David Leitch's forthcoming "The Fall Guy" (based on the classic 1980s TV series starring Lee Majors) crash into theaters,...

Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing Image: Hulton Archive Dancing never goes out of style, but apparently dance movies do. The 40th anniversary of Footloose has us thinking about all the dance movies we’ve loved through the years, and the scarcity of those kinds of films these days.

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Dancing never goes out of style, but apparently dance movies do. The 40th anniversary of Footloose has us thinking about all the dance movies we’ve loved through the years, and the scarcity of those kinds of films these days. If you look at social media,...

On Wednesday, a shooting incident in New York’s Harlem area led to the arrest of renowned musician Cyndi Lauper‘s son, Declyn “Dex” Lauper. Police responded to a report of a shooting on West 112th Street at approximately 7:15 p.m. The victim, a 24-year-old male, sustained a gunshot wound to the leg.

Through the evidence collection process, law enforcement officers discovered Dex in possession of a loaded firearm close to the crime scene. As a result, Lauper was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

He has not been charged in connection with the shooting, and the investigation remains ongoing, however.

The victim of the shooting is currently in stable condition and receiving medical care at Mount Sinai Morningside. He also faces charges of criminal possession of a weapon.

Dex has previously faced legal issues. In 2022, he admitted to disorderly conduct...

Cyndi Lauper recalled hearing the Lady Gaga album that changed everything. She also saw some parallels between herself and the “Poker Face” singer. In addition, Lauper was asked what she thought about inspiring Gaga and some of her contemporaries.

Cyndi Lauper said Lady Gaga brought an entire genre back into the fold

During a 2022 interview with Pitchfork, Lauper cited Gaga’s debut album, The Fame, as one of her inspirations. “I really liked the energy of this album,” she explained. “It was young. It was dance. It was different.”

The Fame includes many of Gaga’s biggest hits, including “Just Dance,” “Poker Face, “Paparazzi,” and “LoveGame.” Through The Fame, Gaga established herself as the new Madonna, a pop music giant with a knack for great hooks, scandalous outfits, and over-the-top music videos. Perhaps the greatest legacy of The Fame is that it made dance-pop the preeminent for of popular music for the next few years.

A lot of the best music comes from dark places. Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors album includes a tribute to a friend who died tragically. Sadly, the song did not perform well. Then, Lauper managed to accomplish what she wanted to do with a different song.

Cyndi Lauper wrote a song for ‘True Colors’ inspired by Burt Bacharach

During a 2019 Interview article, Lauper discussed the origin of her song “Boy Blue.” “At that time, there was a popular song called ‘That’s What Friends Are For,’ and one of my closest friends, Gregory, was dying of AIDS,” she said. “He said to me, “Cyn, you gotta write a song like ‘That’s What Friends Are For’ for me.” I’m thinking, ‘Oh, great. Burt Bacharach, one of the greatest American songwriters, wrote that.'” Lauper felt the pressure to match Bacharach’s talent.

Lauper discussed her feelings on “Boy Blue.

Sequels can be big business, but they can also be tricky. While they build off already-existing reputations, they can also set up grand expectations, comparisons between then and now are inevitable, and the patina of nostalgia can sometimes make the “then” seem superior to the “now” by default. Pink Friday 2, the fifth album from firebrand Mc Nicki Minaj, attempts to balance the expectations attached to naming itself after its groundbreaking 2010 predecessor with Minaj’s spirit of constant reinvention and confrontational persona.

Almost immediately after her debut came out 13 years ago,...

“As an Iranian-American actor, we don’t get a lot of scripts centering on the Iranian-American experience,” explains Niousha Noor about what immediately appealed to her about the screenplay of “The Persian Version.” The performer says the film – written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz — shines “a good light on Iranians, just as we know our families, our mothers, and all the sacrifices they made… I just loved the fact that it was a family drama, or dramedy, and didn’t have to do with the the typical things we’re used to when we hear ‘Iran’.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

Noor plays Shireen in the film, the mother of the protagonist Leila (Layla Mohammadi), whose life story of challenges and triumphs plays out as Leila learns about a “scandal” from her mother’s past. The actress spoke with Keshavarz’s “inspiring” mother, on whom Shireen is based, and...

Layla Mohammadi as Leila, Niousha Noor as Shirin in The Persian Version. Photo credit: Yiget Eken. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

Growing up with a foot in two cultures can be a tricky experience, so why not turn it into a comedy? The Persian Version is writer/director Maryam Keshavars’ semi-autobiographical comedy/family drama with a heart, that sets out to do just that. The Persian Version is more irreverently, laugh-out-loud funny than you might expect, but it also contains a moving story about the director’s mother, which almost could have made an epic drama on its own.

The main character in The Persian Version, Leila (Layla Mohammadi), describes herself as too American for Iran and too Iranian for America. American-born but growing up in a very Iranian immigrant family of all boys, with her as the sole daughter, Leila was the disrupter of expectations from the start. Leila...

Editors note: This review was originally published after its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It hits theaters Friday via Sony Pictures Classics.

The Persian Version, directed and written by Maryam Keshavarz, stars Layla Mohammadi and Niousha Noor as a mother and daughter at odds with one another.

The Persian Version starts with Lelia (Mohammadi) at a costume party in a self-made Burkini. This is where she meets Maximillian (Tom Byrne), a Broadway actor-singer dressed as Hedwig, and they have sex. When she wakes up the next morning, she starts with voice-over about her Persian upbringing, and Iran’s relationship with the United States. She details how she grew up in Brooklyn, but her parents are from Iran, and the country forbid everything with American influence, thought on her childhood trips back to the country, she smuggled Cyndi Lauper cassettes (cut to a young Lelia dancing with her mother...

Name That Tune fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new episode!

Find out everything you need to know about the episode of Name That Tune, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

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Get ready to tune in for a musical extravaganza like no other as “Name That Tune” returns with a brand-new episode airing on October 3, 2023, at 8:00 Pm, exclusively on Fox. This iconic music game show is back with a twist, and it’s bringing together a lineup of talented celebrities for a musical showdown.

Hosted by Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski and led by Grammy Award-winning producer Randy Jackson as the band leader, “Name That Tune” promises an evening of catchy tunes, high-stakes competition, and charitable causes.

In this special episode, titled “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” celebrity contestants will take the stage,...

The MTV Video Music Awards have been celebrated for 40 years, acting as a time capsule for pop culture in the modern era. From Michael Jackson and Madonna to Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, music’s biggest stars have been celebrated for the year’s most visually captivating achievements since 1984. Gold Derby senior editor Denton Davidson and contributing editor Charles Bright recently sat down for a retrospective on the award show’s most memorable performances, biggest winners, egregious snubs and shocking moments. Watch as we dive into four decades of VMA history above and add your own favorite moments in the comments.

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Did you know that The Cars won the very first Video of the Year prize for “You Might Think,” taking down Mj’s “Thriller” (!!), “Rockit” by Herbie Hancock, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper and “Every Breath You Take...

ABC’s The Bachelorette 2023 continues on to the third rose ceremony. Charity Lawson spends episode 3 on two more one-on-one dates and one group date to get to know her contestants better, and she sends four men home. Here’s who goes home in episode 3, according to The Bachelorette 2023 spoilers.

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The Bachelorette 2023 spoilers note four men head home in episode 3.

The episode begins with Charity Lawson meeting the 14 remaining men in San Diego, California. There are two one-on-one dates that happen in this episode — one with Brayden Bowers and one with Warwick Reider. Charity and Brayden spend the day at PetCo Park, where they hang out with golden retrievers and have a picnic together. Warwick and Charity spend...

Prime Video’s cannibal dramedy series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, is available to stream now. To celebrate, they’ve released Cyndi Lauper‘s new single “Oh Dolores” for the series, for your listening pleasure.

The pop queen behind “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” didn’t just create a brand new track inspired by the Sweeney Todd-like series, Lauper also appears in the series as a private investigator named Ruthie.

Lauper’s new song for the series “Oh, Dolores” is now available on all digital platforms. Co-written by Cyndi Lauper and Ben Hopkins, and produced and performed by Lauper, the song release coincides with the series premiere

The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.

In the series, “Dolores Roach is released from prison after...

Thirty years ago, Cyndi Lauper made her television acting debut in the hit comedy show Mad About You. Now, the pop queen behind hit tunes like “Time After Time” and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is returning to acting in the new series The Horror of Dolores Roach, premiering July 7 on Prime Video.

Lauper plays Ruthie, a streetwise P.I. on the hunt for missing people — moonlighting as a Broadway usher — who crosses paths with Dolores Roach (Justina Machado), a Washington Heights woman so desperate, and so wronged by an unjust world,...

The full line-up includes 21 world premieres, six European premieres and 60 Irish premieres.

Ireland’s Galway Film Fleadh (July 11-16) returns for its 35th edition with a line-up including opening night film Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s The Miracle Club, following its world premiere at Tribeca, that stars Laura Linney, Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Agnes O’Casey.

The full line-up includes 21 world premieres, six European premieres and 60 Irish premieres from 43 countries, boasting 95 feature films in total.

Closing the festival will be the Irish premiere of Alison Ellwood-directed Cyndi Lauper documentary Let The Canary Sing, with the US ’Girls Just Want To Have Fun...

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is one of Cyndi Lauper’s signature songs, but the iconic singer admits when she first recorded the track written by Robert Hazard, she thought: “It was like yawn and boring.”

“It wasn’t right for me. I sang his version. I sucked,” Lauper tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It was written by a guy and he was writing, ‘Hey, we’re lucky. They want to have fun. Here I am.’ And it wasn’t that way for me because I’m a woman. I’m not a man. And that would be a problem.”

But the budding singer did what she does best — takes matters in her own hands and got creative — flipping the song so it fit for her persona. And it became an international hit — one that is still recognizable 40 years after its release.

The story of “Girls” is one of many the Grammy,...

It is directed by Alison Ellwood and financed by Sony Music Entertainment and Concord Originals.

London-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has picked up international sales, excluding North America, for Alison Ellwood’s Let The Canary Sing – a documentary feature chronicling US musician Cyndi Lauper’s career that has spanned over four decades.

It will world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in June, and be introduced to buyers next week at Cannes.

Let The Canary Sing is a Fine Point Films production, produced by Trevor Birney, Eimhear O’Neill and Andrew Tully. It is executive produced by Lisa Barbaris and Gregory P. Cimino II,...

Monday night on “The Voice,” four aspiring artists were eliminated during Knockouts (Week 2): Ej Michels and Jerome Godwin III of Team Niall Horan, and Magnus and Tiana Goss of Team Chance the Rapper. Gold Derby conducted a poll asking which of these ousted contestants was most robbed this week, and the results are virtually tied between Magnus at 34% and Ej at 32%. Jerome comes in third place at 18%, with Tiana rounding out the list at 16%. Do you agree or disagree with these poll results? Give us your take down in the comments section.

Their eliminations left exactly 20 singers still in Season 23, five from each team. They are: Holly Brand, D.Smooth, Cait Martin, Ali and Neil Salsich from Team Kelly Clarkson; Grace West, Kylee Dayne, Mary Kate Connor, Noivas and Rachel Christine from Team Blake Shelton; Sorelle, Jamar Langley, Manasseh Samone, Ray Uriel and Kala Banham from Team Chance the Rapper; and Ross Clayton,...

“The Voice” Knockouts (Week 2) aired Monday, April 24 on NBC, with 12 artists competing to earn a spot in the Season 23 playoffs. The six singers who won their match-ups were Michael B., Jamar Langley, Grace West, Ross Clayton, Sorelle and Holly Brand, and two more — Neil Salsich and Rachel Christine — were stolen by rival coaches. That meant four contestants were ousted from the reality TV competition: Ej Michels and Jerome Godwin III of Team Niall Horan, and Magnus and Tiana Goss of Team Chance the Rapper.

Of this unfortunate group of eliminated artists, who do You think was most robbed? Vote in our “The Voice” Knockouts (Week 2) poll below and then defend your choice in the comments section.

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Ej Michels (age 31) from Draper, Utah sang “Easy on Me” during the blind auditions and earned two chair-turns from Blake and Chance, joining Team Blake.

Britney Spears took to social media to share a video of herself modeling an off-the-shoulder pink dress.

The “Oops!…I Did It Again” singer posted a video onto her Instagram on Sunday, in which the 41-year-old is seen modeling a low-cut pink dress and white boots outdoors as she shows off her killer curves. Spears paired the outfit with smoky eye makeup and a gold beaded coin necklace and wore her hair half up half down.

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The pop singer wrote a lengthy caption for the video, which has received over 100,000 likes, saying “In a world where women are so incredibly sensitive it’s extremely important to pace ourselves with balance, otherwise our emotions can take over and we listen to our emotional side … balance and Boundaries is such a wonderful word for being clean clean and healthy healthy .”

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The title "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" has been attached to several pieces of media over the decades. The best-known version is the Cyndi Lauper song, which came close to topping the pop charts when it came out in 1983. Lauper's tune, however, was a feminist remake of a 1979 song by Robert Hazard.

Lauper's single was so popular in the 1980s that it spawned dozens of other professional artists to record or sing their own versions. And in 1985, it also inspired New World Pictures to put out a romantic comedy of the same name that starred Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt. The film did a modest $6.3 million at the box office relative to its cost. It arguably could have done better if Lauper allowed her song to be used in the film — she refused, however, and Hazard's original version was used instead. Despite that, the feature has left enough...

A remake of 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' is in the works.Village Roadshow are to produce a modern-day take on the cult 1985 romantic comedy dance film that starred Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery and Helen Hunt.Marja Lewis-Ryan is co-writing the script for the movie together with Allie Romano while Elizabeth Banks is producing with Max Handelman for the duo's Brownstone Productions company.The original flick centred on army brat Janey Glenn (Parker) who attends a strict Catholic high school in Chicago and has to contend with an even stricter father at home.Janey decides to follow her passion for dance and with the encouragement of her new best friend (Hunt), auditions for the local TV dance show. Hiding from dad, dealing with competition from a spoiled country club and first kiss all feature in her growing up.The movie was inspired by Cyndi Lauper's...

Girls just wanna have fun, no matter what decade it is.

Village Roadshow is producing a modern-day remake of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the cult 1985 romantic comedy dance movie that starred Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt.

Marja-Lewis Ryan, who acted as showrunner of The L Word: Generation Q, is co-writing the script with Allie Romano, who was a staff writer and executive story editor on Generation Q.

Elizabeth Banks is producing with Max Handelman via the duo’s Brownstone Productions.

Girls, made by now-defunct New World Pictures, centered on an army brat (Parker) who settles in Chicago, attends a strict Catholic high school and contends with an even stricter father at home. The girl decides to follow her passion of dance and, with the encouragement of her new best friend (Hunt), auditions for the local TV dance show. Hiding from dad, dealing with competition from a spoiled country...

“The Voice” Knockouts (Week 1) aired Monday, April 17 on NBC, with 12 artists competing to earn a spot in the live playoffs. The six singers who won their match-ups were Noivas, Ali, Gina Miles, Ray Uriel, Kylee Dayne and Cait Martin, and two more — Tasha Jessen and Kala Banham — were stolen by rival coaches. That meant four contestants were eliminated from the reality TV competition: Marcos Covos of Team Kelly Clarkson, Kate Cosentino of Team Niall Horan, NariYella of Team Chance the Rapper, and Walker Wilson of Team Blake Shelton.

Of this unfortunate group of ousted artists, who do You think was most robbed? Vote in our “The Voice” Knockouts (Week 1) poll below and then defend your choice in the comments section.

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Marcos Covos (age 30) from Odessa, Texas sang “Tú, sólo tú” during the blind auditions and earned two chair-turns from Kelly and Blake,...

Get your popcorn and settle in as “The Masked Singer” celebrates the cinema! The costumed celebrities perform iconic songs from hit Warner Bros. films from their 100 years of movie magic. Follow along with our live blog below

The Season 9 contestants boast a combined 28 Emmy nominations, 6 Grammy wins, 10 gold albums, 4 Golden Globe nominations, 5 medals, 26 books, 2 Tony Award mominations, 5 lifetime achievement awards, 4 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a combined 95,231,000 records sold.

Play along with host Nick Cannon and celebrity panelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke. Two new characters enter the competition to take on the reigning champ, Doll. Two will be unmasked (unless the judges implement the Ding Dong Keep It On bell) in the all-new “WB Movies Night” episode of “The Masked Singer” airing Wednesday, April 5 (8:00-9:01 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.

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NBC’s The Voice Season 23 is here, and the battle rounds are nearly over. Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Niall Horan, and Chance the Rapper judge who moves on and who stays behind, and they continue to hand out the highly-coveted Playoff Passes. So, who moves on after the battle rounds? Here are The Voice Season 23 spoilers.

[Spoiler alert: The Voice Season 23 spoilers ahead regarding the teams after the battle rounds air.]

Niall Horan and Blake Shelton in ‘The Voice’ Season 23 | Trae Patton/NBC ‘The Voice’ Season 23 Episode 10 features part 4 of the battle rounds

The Voice Season 23 Episode 10 continues with one last set of battles before the knockouts begin. So far, viewers have seen the four judges steal players and give away their Playoff Passes. Episode 10 will bring the remaining contestants to the stage to battle it out before the next round.

In episode 9, Ali, who’s already made history as the first deaf artist on The Voice,...

As The Voice’s Season 23 Battles continued Monday, another trio of contestants said goodbye to their chance to follow in the bootsteps of Season 22 winner Bryce Leatherwood, and another twosome said hello to the Playoff Pass (which allows them to skip the Knockouts). Who got good news, who got bad? Read on, and we’ll discuss.

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Three all new celebrities in disguise took took the stage for “80s Night” on Wednesday’s “The Masked Singer.” After a performance of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper, Scorpio advanced to the Battle Royale where she got her stinger snipped by Doll. The venemous performer pulled off her mask to reveal “Selling Sunset” star Christine Quinn. Panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger were all stumped by the reality TV star.

“I was like, if I’m gonna do it I’m goin’ out with a bang!” Christine told host Nick Cannon during her unmasked interview. “I’ve always loved the show and girls just want to have fun! I call myself a closet singer. So the fact that I’m here singing in front of people just goes to show that anything is possible if you put your mind to it and practice.

“The Masked Singer” goes retro with a trip back to the 80s! A brand-new group of singers belt out hit favorites from the neon decade, but only one will move forward in the competition as the other two unmask. Follow along with our live blog below.

The Season 9 contestants boast a combined 28 Emmy nominations, 6 Grammy wins, 10 gold albums, 4 Golden Globe nominations, 5 medals, 26 books, 2 Tony Award mominations, 5 lifetime achievement awards, 4 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a combined 95,231,000 records sold.

Play along with host Nick Cannon and celebrity panelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke. Three new characters enter the competition and two will be unmasked in the all-new “80s Night” episode of “The Masked Singer” airing Wednesday, March 29 (8:00-9:01 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.

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Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 9, episode 7 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired March 29 on Fox.

Everyone knows George Wendt’s name — well, at least Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg does. “Cheers” star Wendt was one of the two more celebrities who were revealed on Wednesday’s edition of “The Masked Singer.” Also unmasked: “Selling Sunset” star Christine Quinn.

For Moose, panelist Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg got it right with George Wendt. Robin Thicke went with Jon Lovitz, Nicole Scherzinger named Ed O’Neill and Ken Jeong guessed John Goodman.

As for Scorpio, no one got it right. McCarthy Wahlberg named Denise Richards, Thicke guessed Lisa Rinna. Ken Jeong thought it was Heidi Klum. Nicole Scherzinger picked Willa Ford.

Like last season, “The Masked Singer” has once again adopted a “Champion of Masked Singer” format. Each episode, three costumed celebrities will perform, but only one will win...