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Thrash legends Exodus have announced that they’ve parted ways with singer Steve “Zetro” Souza, while also revealing that they are welcoming back Rob Dukes as their new vocalist.

A message posted to the band’s social media channels reads as follows:

“Exodus have parted ways with Steve “Zetro” Souza. We thank Steve for his years fronting the band and all the killer music we made during that time. We wish him only the best in the future and much success with anything he does. And please help us welcome Rob Dukes back to Exodus! We are beyond stoked to have Rob back ripping up the stage with us and he’s looking forward to crushing everything like only he can. Next chapter begins, new record rolls along as planned and the beatings will continue. See you soon, Exodus.”

Souza’s latest stint in Exodus was his third go-around with...

Julia Schlaepfer is a young, up-and-coming actress to watch, and she's already been in some great movies and shows. Born in Washington, she pursued her dream of acting with passion, eventually honing her skills at the Atlantic Acting School in New York. Though she started out in smaller roles on shows like Madam Secretary and Instinct, her natural charisma and emotional depth made her stand out even in those early performances, and it wasnt long before she got her big break.

In 2019, Schlaepfer turned heads when she appeared as Payton Hobart's ambitious girlfriend, Alice Charles, in Netfix's The Politician. The actress' career has continued to grow, and in 2022, she joined the cast of the Paramount+ Yellowstone prequel series, 1923, as Alexandra, Spencer Dutton's love interest. With the exciting announcement that 1923 is getting a second season, Schlaepfer's career continues to grow.

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“The Crown” ended its six-season run on Netflix in December after previously winning a whopping 21 trophies at the Emmy Awards (including Best Drama Series in 2021). Last month, Emmy voters sent the classy regal series off in style by recognizing it for 18 final nominations. Gold Derby has done some digging and we have uncovered all of the episode submissions for “The Crown” Season 6, including for series, acting, writing, directing and the below-the-line races. Read on for the complete list.

Season 6 of “The Crown” was split into two volumes, with the first part focusing on the death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) in 1997, and the second part chronicling the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (Imelda Staunton) in 2002 and the wedding of Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla Parker Bowles (Olivia Williams) in 2005. The series finale is titled “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” and focuses on the Queen confronting her own eventual mortality.

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Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the 48 episodes entered as 2024 Emmy Award submission for the eight Best Drama Series nominees. Each program submits six episodes from this past season. Television Academy voters are asked to watch each of the episodes entered for that category before marking their ballots.

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The complete list of submission for this category below:

The Crown (Netflix) –

“Persona Non Grata,” “Dis-Moi Oui,” “Aftermath,” “Willsmania,” “Ritz,” “Sleep, Dearie Sleep”

Fallout (Amazon Prime) –

“The End,” “The Target,” “The Head,” “The Ghouls,” “The Trap,” “The Beginning”

The Gilded Age (HBO Max) –

“You Don’t Even Like Opera,” “Some Sort of Trick,” “Close Enough to Touch,” “Warning Shots,” “Wonders Never Cease,” “In Terms of Winning and Losing”

The Morning Show (Apple TV+) –

“The Karman Line,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “White Noise,” “Love Island,” “The Stanford Student,” “The Overview Effect”

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Amazon Prime) –

“First Date,...

Thrash legends Exodus have announced a Fall 2024 North American tour.

Dubbed “The Battle of ’24 Tour,” the outing is set to launch on November 2nd in Tampa, Florida, and runs through December 7th in Los Angeles. Havok, Candy, and Dead Heat will provide support for the trek, which will hit major cities such as Toronto, Brooklyn, and Seattle.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates begins Wednesday (June 26th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Chord. General ticket sales start Friday (June 28th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

“Exodus are super stoked to announce ‘The Battle of ’24,’ our tour with Havok, Candy, and Dead Heat,” enthused guitarist Gary Holt. “This tour will be raging, and this is...

“I am a mother of young kids but, boy, I hope I’m a very different kind of mother than Eva,” says Danish star Birgitte Hjort Sørensen about her character in the Danish psychological drama “Dark Horse,” showcased this week in Canneseries’ official competition.

The story about a mother-daughter toxic relationship, set against the backdrop of addiction, turns on 17-year-old Anna and her mother Eva who move back to Eva’s small provincial Danish town from Shanghai. Their abrupt arrival at Eva’s brother, who runs a veterinarian surgery, is awkward for everyone, as Eva has been silent for years, busy dragging her daughter around the world, in her restless pursuit of new adventures and relationships.

Soon, the unhealthy co-dependent and toxic relationship between Anna and the pill-popper Eva emerges. In an urge to fit in with her school friends and break free from her dominating mother, Anna takes risks.

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for “The Crown” Season 6, streaming on Netflix now.

The final episodes of “The Crown” have dropped and, as Netflix boss Ted Sarandos pointed out at the premiere of Season 5, that means Google searches will be going up, since many fans like to fact-check scenes from Peter Morgan’s royal drama while they watch.

“This is the story of Queen Elizabeth. This is the story of the royal family. Peter has told and dramatised these stories, some very memorable, some forgotten, judging by the Google activity that happens every time we drop a new season,” said Sarandos at the premiere last November.

Annie Sulzberger, who is head of research on the show, said that if fans spot discrepancies between real events and those on “The Crown,” those are intentional. “This is a drama, and dramatists have to look at history differently,” she told Variety. “These are not inaccuracies.

In The Crown Season 6, the show takes creative liberties with Princess Diana's story to indirectly insult Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The show's timeline will end in 2004, meaning it won't cover Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's romance. The self-referential jabs in season 6, such as the insult to Prince Harry, could be problematic if the show continued into modern-day history.

The Crown might not reach the present day to include Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but it seems like Netflix has its own way of insulting them in season 6 with the help of Princess Diana's story. The popular drama, which is based on historical events, is heavily fictionalized and has reached one of the most expected moments in the series: Princess Diana's final moments and her death. However, that includes taking a lot of creative freedom and some hints at current events.

Although The Crown is not a documentary, Peter Morgan...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Crown, Season 6, Part 1, Episodes 1-4.] The Crown‘s biggest question was finally answered in Part 1 of its sixth and final season as Princess Diana‘s (Elizabeth Debicki) death was addressed across four intriguing episodes. Since Peter Morgan‘s Netflix darling debuted, the question of how it would handle the beloved Princess’ fatal car accident has hung over the royal drama, and the big moment has finally come to pass by the time Part 1 of Season 6 wraps up. For that reason, if you haven’t tuned into the four-episode section, it might be best to turn back now as we dive into spoiler territory, below. Beginning in the first installment, “Persona Non Grata,” the scene opens with a man walking his dog when suddenly the camera pans out to reveal the Eiffel Tower, indicating the Parisian setting. When a car races by him with resulting crash sounds upon entering a tunnel,...

Winners included ’Mannequins’, ’Most People Die On Sundays’ and ’These Were All Fields’.

The key industry awards at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Ssiff) went to Michael Fetter Nathansky’s Mannequins, Iar Said’s Most People Die On Sundays and Daniela Abad Lombana’ These Were All Fields. The awards were announced at a ceremony on Wednesday 27.

Mannequins (working title) took both the Wip Europa Industry Award and the Wip Europa Award. Germany’s Contando Films and Studio Central/Network Movie are producing Nathansky’s second feature, which is a romantic social drama set in Europe’s largest coal mining area.

More than 500 international projects were submitted to the Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (Mia).

Rome’s Mia film and TV market has selected 62 projects for its co-production market, which runs from October 9-13.

More than 500 projects were submitted this year from 80 countries worldwide.

Of these, 62 were selected - 15 films, 15 animation, 18 documentaries and 14 drama - from 36 countries.

The film projects include I Will Find You by György Kristóf, whose previous film Out played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2017.

UK writer and director Aaron Brookner of Pinball London also heads to Mia with mystery thriller A Gift To My Mother along with producers Paula Vaccaro and Pauliina Ståhlberg.

Oliver Stone said Friday he was shocked to hear that the stars of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer had walked out of its London premiere the day before as SAG-AFTRA officially declared strike action.

“I know several producers are opening movies, like Oppenheimer. Chuck Roven, he was in London. I heard it was going to be cancelled,” said Stone, when asked for his view on the strike.

“I don’t know if it went ahead but all the actors left. That was shocking that they really meant business and cut off right away all the promotion, which is big.”

Commenting on the ongoing 11-week WGA strike, Stone suggested the roots of the current industrial action lie in the deal brokered to end the five-month writers strike in 1988.

“There was a basic miscarriage of justice way back when, when Brian Walton was the head of the WGA, when we gave in. I...

Cairo-based film marketing and distribution outfit Mad Solutions has acquired rights for Arab territories to Venice competition entry “Les Miens” (“Our Ties”), directed by French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent Roschdy Zem.

“Our Ties” is co-written by Zem with actor/director Maïwenn, who co-stars.

Zem is a French cinema fixture, having starred in pics including “Other People’s Children” and directed several films including 2019’s “Persona Non Grata.”

“Ties” is a drama about family dynamics centered around a man played by Sami Bouajila whose personality changes radically after he suffers a head injury. Zem plays his TV presenter brother.

Mad Solutions acquired Zem’s latest film from Wild Bunch.

“Ties” is one of four films in different sections at Venice that Mad Solutions will be releasing across the Arab world. The others are: Syrian director Soudade Kaadan’s “Nezouh,” the follow up to her splashy debut, “The Day I Lost My Shadow,...