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Get ready for the new LGBTQ psychosexual thriller Feral starring Fawn Winters (We Are Wolves) and Eunoia Sonders.

This will be Director Rich Mallery’s 10th film. His previous work includes Maid Droid, Borderline, We Are Wolves, among others.

Synopsis

After ripping off the wrong person, femme fatale Ghost (Fawn Winters) has one week to pay off her debts or else. Desperate to find the money, she manipulates Billie (Eunoia Sonders), a lost soul, into helping her steal it. Although Billie appears like easy prey, she isn’t as innocent as she seems and Ghost soon realizes she might’ve made a deadly mistake.

Feral releasing this fall on digital platforms.

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“Borderline,” a detective series from Lionsgate Television, is heading to the Roku Channel for its U.S. premiere on Sept. 1.

Per the official logline, in the series, “straitlaced detective inspector Philip Boyd of North Ireland finds himself working alongside his foul-mouthed Republic of Ireland counterpart, detective inspector Aoife Regan, and although neither are happy about the partnership, the two must put their personal and professional differences aside to solve the brutal cases of victims along the border.”

The cast includes Eoin Macken as Philip and Amy De Bhrun as Aoife. Lochlann O’Mearáin also stars.

“Borderline” was created and written by John Forte. Robert Quinn serves as director, while Steve November and Mary Callery are executive producers. The series is produced by ShinAwiL and Further South Productions in association with Screen Ireland and Lionsgate Television. Lionsgate distributes the series internationally. In the U.K. and in Ireland, “Borderline” will premiere on MGM+ on Sept.

Get ready for the new LGBTQ psychosexual thriller Feral starring Fawn Winters (We Are Wolves) and Eunoia Sonders. This will be Director Rich Mallery’s 10th film. His previous work includes Maid Droid, Borderline, We Are Wolves, among others. Synopsis After ripping off the wrong person, femme fatale Ghost (Fawn Winters) has one week to pay …

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Charles Cyphers, known for his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the “Halloween” franchise, died from a brief illness in Tucson, Ariz., on Sunday, his manager Chris Roe announced. He was 85.

“Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” Roe said in a statement shared with Variety. “He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and client on many years who will be dearly missed.”

Cyphers first played Sheriff Brackett in John Carpenter’s 1978 horror film “Halloween,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie in her film debut. He reprised his role in the 1981 sequel “Halloween II” and 2021’s “Halloween Kills.”

Cyphers initially worked with Carpenter on the 1976 action film “Assault on Precinct 13,” in which he played Starker, a police officer. After the original “Halloween,” he appeared in the filmmaker’s 1980 horror pic “The Fog” and 1981 film “Escape From New York.

In the Anora trailer, Mikey Madison (Better Things) stars as a sex worker who impulsively marries a filthy rich man, who happens to be the son of a Russian oligarch.

“What do you do to get all this?” Madison asks him in the trailer.

In the Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket) film, Madison’s Anora gets her happily ever after when she meets and marries the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eidelstein) in a Las Vegas chapel. Throughout the trailer, Anora flaunts designer furs, admires her flashy diamond ring,...

Award-winning studio Laika is bolstering its live-action slate by acquiring Crumble, an original script by Brian Duffield, who will direct.

Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller, as well as Aditya Sood, will produce through their Lord Miller banner. Duffield will also produce. Lucy Kitada and Nikki Baida from Lord Miller will serve as executive producers.

Crumble tells the tale of a married couple who go on a world-traversing adventure hoping to find a cure for an ancient curse. Matt Levin, Laika’s President of Live-Action Film and series, made the announcement today.

“We’re so excited to partner with Brian and the entire team at Lord Miller on this special film,” said Levin. “Brian has such a singular voice and Crumble perfectly embodies the bold, emotional, and inventive storytelling that we champion at Laika. Lord Miller is in a class of its own, and we could not ask for...

Three years after announcing its intention to expand into live-action, the renowned Oregon animation studio Laika has acquired Crumble, an original script by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You), which he’ll direct for the studio as a live-action feature.

Crumble tells the tale of a married couple who go on a world-traversing adventure in the hope of finding a cure to an ancient curse. Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller as well as Aditya Sood will produce through their Lord Miller banner, with Duffield also set to produce. Lucy Kitada and Nikki Baida from Lord Miller will serve as executive producers.

News of the project comes following word in June that Laika’s founder, President and CEO Travis Knight will next helm an animated adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s bestseller Piranesi for the studio. Duffield comes to it after working alongside the Lord Miller team as a...

Animation studio Laika is set to produce “Crumble,” an original, live-action film with a script penned by writer and director Brian Duffield

The film tells the story of a married couple who embark on a world-traveling adventure to find a cure for an ancient curse. Duffield is set to direct the feature, Academy Award winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller are tapped to produce.

“I’ll never forget seeing ‘Coraline’ on opening night at the AMC Burbank 16 and wondering who these wonderful new geniuses were,” Duffield said. “I can’t wait to make a movie with them and hopefully live up to their banner, and I couldn’t be more excited to get to go on a new adventure with my friends at Lord Miller.”

“We’re so excited to partner with Brian and the entire team at Lord Miller on this special film,” Matt Levin, president of live-action film and series at Laika,...

Madonna‘s “Like a Virgin” is undoubtedly one of the best dance songs of the 1980s. However, the hit version of the song is not the best version out there. The Material Girl created a better recording of “Like a Virgin” that turns the original song on its head. While the newer “Like a Virgin” is available for purchase, it hasn’t garnered much attention.

Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ is more layered than it might seem on 1st listen

It’s impossible to remember now, but Madonna was not always a risque artist. Her first album, Madonna, included some G-rated hits such as “Holiday,” “Borderline,” and “Lucky Star.” She only became scandalous when she put out “Like a Virgin,” and the lyrics of that song were telling. Virginity loss is traditionally seen as a loss of innocence, and “Like a Virgin” was Madonna’s transition into a sexual provocateur.

Madonna had many famous boyfriends over the years, but only one of her boyfriends tried to run her over in a music video. The video in question is just awful. At least when Madonna opened up about the clip, she explained her taste in men.

1 of Madonna’s boyfriends appeared in her most random music video ever

Madonna had a relationship with John “Jellybean” Benitez, who produced the two most famous tunes from her self-titled debut album: “Holiday” and “Lucky Star.” During a 1985 interview with Spin, Madonna revealed the man she dated before Benitez had some issues with her. “The longest monogamous relationship I’ve had was two-and-three-quarter years, right before Jellybean, with someone who never wants to see me again,” she said.

“He’s the guy trying to run me over in my ‘Burning Up’ video,” she said. “It wasn’t just because I was seeing someone else. Our relationship was deteriorating anyway.

The world should value consent. However, Madonna‘s “Erotica” was banned from MTV for depicting consensual roleplay. The Queen of Pop had a surprising reaction to this development. One of the musicians behind Madonna’s album Erotica also had some perceptive things to say about the controversy.

Madonna’s ‘Erotica’ was pulled from MTV for being ‘repellent’

Madonna’s music video for “Erotica” looks like a rediscovered print of a black-and-white silent film about the Folsom Street Fair. It’s grainy, disorientingly edited, and niche in a way that’s generally anathema to a mass-market pop offering. The video has a lot of images that nobody would want to watch with their grandma. The Material Girl had previously explored Bdsm in her music videos for “Express Yourself” and “Justify My Love,” but she took things to a new level of explicitness with “Erotica.” After all, the music video had to...

Go ‘head now! Nelly Furtado knew a return to dance music was the way to go, and tapped Sg Lewis and Tove Lo to help her pen and produce “Love Bites,” her new single, out Wednesday.

“I felt called back to music from the DJ community,” said Furtado in a press release. “DJs were remixing my songs at concerts, clubs, and on social media, and I realized how much people like to dance and escape to my music.”

“It’s the healthiest vice you can have, and I love the...

“Material Girl” by Madonna isn’t actually about being materialistic. The music video for the song makes that abundantly clear. Madonna wasn’t happy when people took the song the wrong way.

Madonna’s ‘Material Girl’ led to an annoying nickname

Madonna broke into the mainstream with her self-titled album, which includes the hits “Holiday,” “Borderline,” and “Lucky Star.” Of course, this impressive trio of songs didn’t convince everyone that Madonna was here to stay. “In the beginning, I was called everything from a Disco Dolly to a one-hit wonder,” Madonna said in 1999. Everyone agreed that I was sexy, but no one would agree that I had any talent, which really irritated me.”

“Material Girl” was one of the hits from Madonna’s second album, Like a Virgin. It proved Madonna was no one-album wonder, but the Queen of Pop didn’t like when the press started calling her “the Material Girl.

John Leguizamo is quite a well-known name in Hollywood. He has established himself as a true talent, having starred in projects of all genres. From working in John Wick to Ice Age, and even The Menu, he has definitely explored the range that the film industry has to offer. However, every actor must start somewhere.

John Leguizamo in John Wick [Credit: Lionsgate]Although he first gained attention for his work as a standup comedian as well as his work in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, these were not the start of his career in show business. During an interview, the actor revealed that during his first acting gig, he was horribly let down.

John Leguizamo’s Wanted to Romance Madonna

According to IMDb, John Leguizamo’s first acting credit was for the iconic singer, Madonna. The actor was a part of her 1984 music video for Borderline. During an interview with The Av Club,...

Production is underway on horror-thriller film “Borderline,” shot in the U.K. and Malta.

Lucien Laviscount (“Emily in Paris”), Laura Marano (“The Royal Treatment”) and Middle Eastern star Cynthia Khalifeh (“8 Days”) lead a cast that also includes Jason Flemyng (“A Violent Man”).

Khalifeh will play Zena, a young woman who arrives at the Borderline pub for a date with the handsome Jack, whom she met on an app. Quickly realizing she has been stood up, Zena is persuaded to have a drink with the bumbling but charming local Paul, played by Laviscount. However, Paul’s non-threatening manner and easy conversation skills are merely a façade, and he is in fact a serial killer, who lures his victims inside the lawless walls of the Borderline.

The first instalment of the planned horror franchise is directed by Jane Gull (British Independent Film Awards nominated “My Feral Heart”) and written by Elizabeth Morris...

The best festivals point to the future, capture the zeitgeist, or honor the past. At Locarno in 2015, you could have had all three: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Happy Hour (his first time premiering in a major competition), Chantal Akerman’s No Home Movie (the director in attendance just months before she died), and Hong Sangsoo’s Right Now, Wrong Then (a mid-career masterpiece), all played. So did Rick Alverson’s Entertainment, the final film of Andrzej Żuławski, and the directorial debut of Josh Mond, at the time best known for producing Martha Marcy May Marlene for Borderline, a company he established with Sean Durkin and Antonio Campos in 2003. Mond’s debut James White featured Cristopher Abbott’s first lead role and (one year before dazzling in A Quiet Passion for Terrence Davies) a Cynthia Nixon performance that made you sit up and take note. It won a prize in Locarno and another at Sundance.

Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) will next be seen in the upcoming thriller Borderline, and a couple first-look images from the film have made their way online this week.

Eric Dane and Ray Nicholson also star in director Jimmy Warden‘s (writer: Cocaine Bear) movie. Warden wrote the film, and will be making his directorial debut.

In Borderline, described as a violent comedy-thriller, “A bodyguard protects a pop superstar and her athlete boyfriend from a determined stalker in 1990s Los Angeles.”

Here’s the full official synopsis: “The writer of Cocaine Bear is back with another twisted tale. A star-obsessed sociopath, and his fellow inmates, escape from a mental institution and invade the home of his ‘90s pop superstar. He just wants to be loved; she just wants to survive.”

The cast also includes Alba Baptista and Jimmie Fails.

Borderline is produced by LuckyChap Entertainment’s Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara,...

Everyone has their own idea of what constitutes religious music. Madonna’s “Holiday” probably wouldn’t make the cut for most people. Despite this, two musicians have claimed that the song was an act of God. You don’t get much more religious than that.

1 of the writers of Madonna’s ‘Holiday’ said every songwriter receives a song from God

“Holiday” was co-written by Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens. During a 2012 interview with Blogcritics, Hudson had an interesting explanation of the song’s origins. “There are certain songs that God gives you as a writer,” he said. “‘Holiday’ was a gift. From our hard work out of the hundreds of songs we worked on, he looked down and said, ‘I’m gonna bless you with this song.’ I think that happens to all writers at some point.”

Stevens had a similar view of the track. “We always felt like it...

Madonna‘s “Like a Virgin” is one of the most important dance songs of the 1980s. You’d think every artist would have wanted to record it! However, other artists had major issues with the track. Things went differently when the song’s writers played it for Madonna.

Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ has a major connection to Cyndi Lauper

“Like a Virgin” was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. They also co-wrote Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional,” The Bangles’ “Eternal Flame,” and “True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper. During an interview with SongwriterUniverse, Steinberg revealed that many singers were resistant toward “Like a Virgin.”

“We tried to place ‘Like a Virgin,’ but everyone looked at us like we were nuts,” he said. “Some people even asked us to change the title. I knew that compared to most mainstream pop lyrics, the title and theme might seem a bit jolting and risque.

Madonna‘s first album included several of the most important songs of her career. One of the producers of the album was hurt by the way the Material Girl treated her. He had plenty to say about the character of the Queen of Pop. Notably, Madonna’s brother had a lot to say about that era of his sister’s career.

The producer of Madonna’s 1st album said she belittled his contributions

Reggie Lucas was one of the producers of Madonna’s self-titled debut album. He served as the producer of the two songs from the album that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100: “Borderline” and “Lucky Star.” During a 2013 interview with The Atlantic, Lucas felt that Madonna had not given him sufficient credit for his role in her career.

“Just for the record, one tires in a lifetime of hearing someone taking credit for something that you’ve done,...

You might think Madonna‘s first album is simply overloaded with some of the Material Girls‘ best pop songs. According to the album’s producer, you’d be wrong! He said the album actually contains prophecies. Here’s what one musician had to say about the Queen of Pop.

Madonna’s producer wanted to challenge her on her 1st album

Reggie Lucas was a producer who worked with Roberta Flack and Miles Davis. He also served as the producer on Madonna’s self-titled debut album. During a 2013 interview with The Atlantic, Lucas discussed working with the Queen of Pop. “As a producer, you understood that your first job was to support people to achieve that end,” he said. “You challenged the artist just enough to bring out the best in them and introduce them to audiences that they normally wouldn’t be introduced to.

“When I did [Madonna’s song] ‘Physical Attraction,’ that was just it,...

Madonna‘s “Lucky Star” might not be as famous as “Like Virgin” or “Like a Prayer,” but it has an incredible dance groove. The song’s producer discussed what he thought of the track. He also revealed what he thought of the Queen of Pop before she was the Queen of Pop.

Madonna’s producer said the final version of ‘Lucky Star’ is barely like the original

Reggie Lucas was the producer of Madonna’s self-titled first album. While Lucas is not a household name, he had a huge influence on the style of music known as post-disco, as well as dance music as a whole. During a 2013 interview with The Atlantic, Lucas discussed working with the Material Girl on the album.

“I’d write songs and put them on a little cassette player with me singing, and I can’t sing,” he said. “I’d ask Madonna if she liked them,...

It’s undeniable that Michael Jackson was the King of Pop and Madonna is the Queen of Pop — but only one of them had the higher net worth. While the two stars ruled the 1980s, they had very different careers. Shockingly, one of them was worth over a billion dollars more than the other.

Madonna’s net worth is huge

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Madonna was born on August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan. She debuted with the now-forgotten single “Everybody,” but her self-titled debut album produced three subsequent hits: “Holiday,” “Borderline,” and “Lucky Star.” She became a megastar with her second album, Like a Virgin. Between the album’s title track and the song “Material Girl,” Madonna established herself as a provocative performer who was not afraid to flaunt her sexuality.

With her album Like a Prayer, the Queen of Pop started exploring spiritual topics through pop music. She reinvented herself repeatedly,...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation with multiple studios bidding, 20th Century Studios has reeled in theatrical distribution rights to Imagine Entertainment’s thriller Whalefall, based on the recently published novel by bestseller Daniel Kraus.

Aboard to co-write, direct, and produce the film is Brian Duffield, who has a strong relationship with 20th President Steve Asbell and his team, following their work together on the acclaimed sci-fi thriller No One Will Save You. Imagine snapped the book up for development in a pre-emptive film rights deal last summer, as we were first to report.

Published last summer by MTV Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Whalefall is described as The Martian meets 127 Hours. The book is about a scuba diver in search of his deceased father’s remains who gets swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. After giving up on life,...

Samara Weaving is buckling up for 20th Century Studios forthcoming heist thriller Eenie Meanie. Sitting shotgun for the project is Karl Glusman, with writer-director Shawn Simmons at the helm. Producing the fast-paced thriller is Deadpool franchise alums Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

In Eenie Meanie, Samara Weaving plays Edie, “a former teenage getaway driver who is dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.” (via Deadline)

Glusman hits the pavement as John, Edie’s recurrent boyfriend. Despite their differences, Edie feels compelled to pull John out of the flames of a terrible situation.

As one of my favorite actors in the business today, Samara Weaving is a force of nature. For some of her best performances, check out Joe Lynch’s Mayhem. The 2017 action-comedy is like Office Space meets The Raid and is a must-watch.

How does one repay a team of producers for launching its highest grossing film of all time? Give them the key to the studio — literally.

On Monday, “Barbie” producers, LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara inked a first-look deal at Warner Bros., which distributed the $1.4 billion-grossing movie. So, to celebrate, Warner Bros. Pictures Group Co-Chairs and CEO Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca decided to resurrect an old tradition, started by WB co-founder Jack Warner.

“Every once in a while, when a significant piece of talent signed a deal with the studio, he presented that company, that talent, with a key to the studio,” De Luca said as he and Abdy raised a toast to the trio. “We are so delighted to have our first key to our studio be given to LuckyChap.”

This historical artifact, De Luca noted, was particularly special, as the LuckyChap team received...

Madonna and Cyndi Lauper are two 1980s divas who will always be associated with one another. Around the same time, they made some of the most famous dance songs ever, revolutionized the music video as an art form, and became major LGBTQ icons. Notably, one of Madonna’s biggest songs was initially meant for Lauper. Here’s a look at how the Queen of Pop came to record one of her hits.

A pair of songwriters wrote Madonna’s ‘Open Your Heart’ for Cyndi Lauper

Madonna’s “Open Your Heart” is one of her most famous dance-pop tunes. According to Stereogum, Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson penned the original version of “Open Your Heart” for Lauper. Originally, “Open Your Heart” was going to be a synth-rock song. Considering Lauper has a background in that style of music, having been a member of the band Blue Angel, the song might have worked for her.

For those who watched Dan Trachtenberg‘s amazing Predator prequel Prey on Hulu last summer, you are in for another terrific sci-fi film.

Hulu is streaming No One Will Save You on Sept. 22, 2023, in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.

An Invasion Is Imminent, according to Brian Duffield, who wrote and directed 20th Century Studios’ “No One Will Save You,” a sci-fi psychological thriller told through the eyes of a lonely young woman with a painful backstory. “I wanted the movie to take the lead of a small intimate character study and drop an alien invasion on top of them,” says Duffield. “The end of the world won’t only be for those that are ready for it, and the idea of an alien movie rudely bursting the bubble our character has spent years building and cultivating felt like a unique way to tell a favorite story.

Natalia Tena (Harry Potter, Game Of Thrones) and Mads Reuther (Into the Darkness, In the Blood) star in Borderline, a dark and menacing thriller out now on UK Digital Platforms courtesy of Yet Another Distribution Company.

Successful Danish marketing executive Mads (Reuther) has a chance encounter with the enigmatic Joan (Tena) on a trip to London. The two enjoy a whirlwind romance but when Mads returns to his life in Denmark, for Joan, it doesn’t end there…

In this enthralling feature, a thrilling affair turns sinister and as two worlds collide, things quickly unravel into chaos and suspense.

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Fest also announces Connections, Microsessions, and Spotlight sessions.

TIFF has announced the Industry Selects acquisition titles available to buyers during the festival, a 12-strong roster featuring new work from James Marsh, Rebecca Snow, and Neil Burger.

Gabriel Byrne plays literary giant Samuel Beckett in Marsh’s Dance First alongside Sandrine Bonnaire, Maxine Peake, Aidan Gillen, and Fionn O’Shea. Film Constellation represents worldwide rights and the film will close San Sebastian.

Phoebe Dynevor stars with Rhys Ifans for Burger in Inheritance, a thriller about a woman who uncovers her father’s espionage past. CAA Media Finance handles sales.

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Madonna’s recovery appears to be going well.

On Thursday, the pop star shared a new health update on her Instagram account, with a new video showing off some dance moves.

Read More: Madonna Thanks ‘Garden’ Of Fans For Support While Continuing Recovery

“To be able to move my body and dance just a little bit makes me feel like the Luckiest Star in the world!” she wrote, along with the video of her moving her hips to her 1983 song “Lucky Star”.

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“Thank you to all of my fans and friends! You must be my lucky stars too!” Madonna added. And Happy 40th Birthday to my very First Album.”

The song “Lucky Star” was featured on that self-titled debut album, which also featured the singles “Everybody”, “Burning Up”, “Holiday” and “Borderline”.

Fans celebrated Madonna in the comments of her post,...

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A prominent Planned Parenthood activist said Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” was “destructive.” He said Madonna had as much influence on teens as The Beatles once did. “Papa Don’t Preach” became a massive hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Madonna‘s “Papa Don’t Preach” sparked a lot of controversies. For example, Planned Parenthood condemned the track for setting teenagers on “a path to permanent poverty.” Subsequently, “Weird Al” Yankovic put his comedic spin on the song.

Planned Parenthood said Madonna’s ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ negatively influenced teens

“Papa Don’t Preach” is a song about teen pregnancy. Alfred Moran was the executive director of Planned Parenthood of New York City. During a 1986 interview with The New York Times, Moran condemned the song.

“The message is that getting pregnant is cool and having the baby is the right thing and a good thing and don’t listen to your parents,...

The notion that, 40 years ago, Madonna was a shooting star predestined for the stratosphere is the stuff of pop music myth. The then-twentysomething singer’s demo tape, which included early versions of classics like “Everybody” and “Burning Up,” was rebuffed multiple times before she finally landed a deal with Sire Records, best known for punk and new wave acts like Talking Heads and the Ramones. Madonna became the label’s flagship act, thanks to the slow-burning success of her self-titled album, which finally hit the Top 10 more than a year after its debut and would go on to spend a staggering 165 consecutive weeks on the Billboard chart.

Madonna was so eager to move on from her debut and release her second album, Like a Virgin, that, during an on-air interview with MTV, she publicly hexed her latest single, “Borderline,” hoping it would “fizzle out.” No such luck. The song became...

Kong Son-hee's “Borderline,” a curious animated allegorical short with an ending that may take one by surprise, makes its world premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival. Without any spoken dialogue, the work shines in the director's usage of shifts between black-and-white and vibrant color as well as his ability to keep the audience guessing until the very end.

Borderline is screening at New York Asian Film Festival

In Kong's film, a young girl wakes up in a dark, menacing space with her limbs twisted before being quickly cut by a sharp object. A fairy appears and helps her escape the environment, although the girl trails behind her a red thread hanging from her wrist. The protagonist carefully begins to open up, although she is still fearful of the world around her. While she is bound for a seemingly joyous future as she moves farther away from her bleak start,...

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USA for Africa’s “We Are the World” was No. 1 a hit for several weeks. A Madonna song by veteran songwriters overshadowed it. Madonna’s song had to be completely rerecorded.

USA for Africa’s “We Are the World” became one of the most famous charity songs in the history of music. Subsequently, a Madonna song knocked it from the top spot. The co-writer of Madonna’s song wasn’t a big fan of her take on it at first.

USA for Africa’s ‘We Are the World’ became overshadowed by a slow Madonna song

USA for Africa’s “We Are the World” was huge in the United States. The tune topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, staying on the chart for 18 weeks in total. It became the supergroup’s only hit.

According to The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, Madonna’s “Crazy for You” knocked USA...

A couple years ago, it was announced that Shawn Simmons – creator and executive producer of the Prime Video series Wayne – would be writing an “irreverent high-speed thriller” for 20th Century Studios, with fellow Wayne executive producers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (who are best known for writing Zombieland and the Deadpool movies) on board to produce the film. Now Deadline has confirmed that the project is moving forward under the title Eenie Meanie, with Simmons directing and Samara Weaving taking on the lead role.

Eenie Meanie is expected to be released through the Hulu streaming service. The story centers on a former teenage getaway driver who is dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend. With Weaving signing on to star in the film, it sounds like we know who’s going to be playing that getaway driver.

Exclusive: Samara Weaving is set to star in the 20th Century heist thriller Eenie Meanie, which Shawn Simmons is directing. Simmons also penned the script with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick producing. Sources tell Deadline the project will likely premiere on Hulu.

In the vein of Baby Driver, the film follows a former teenage getaway driver who is dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.

Best known for her breakout role in the Searchlight cult hit Ready Or Not and the Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers, Weaving just wrapped production on Little Sky, Netflix’s first comedy pilot, on which she plays the lead. She also recently appeared in Paramount’s Scream VI, the latest installment of the horror franchise, and co-starred opposite Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Searchlight’s Chevalier.

Weaving will be seen...

Exclusive: Ashley Greene (Twilight Saga) and Shawn Ashmore (X-Men series) are set to lead horror movie It Feeds, the first in a proposed ten-picture genre slate from LA-based companies Productivity Media Inc (Pmi) and Black Fawn Films.

Currently in production, It Feeds will tell the story of a young girl who insists that a malevolent entity is feeding on her. Greene portrays a clairvoyant therapist who must confront her own personal demons to save the girl before she is taken completely. Ashmore takes on the role of the anguished father, desperately struggling to protect his daughter.

The slate will be curated, developed and produced by Chad Archibald and Cody Calahan’s Black Fawn alongside Productivity Media. Navid McIlhargey will oversee for the latter.

Pmi recently completed principal photography on Jack Huston’s directorial debut Day Of The Fight, starring Michael Pitt, Ron Perlman, and Joe Pesci. In post are Borderline,...

Trent Reznor recently revealed that he “teared up” when listening to a Dua Lipa song. Now, the Nine Inch Nails frontman has identified the song in question: her 2020 hit, “Levitating.”

The original comment was made on Rick Rubin’s podcast, Tetragrammaton, when Reznor shared that he had reassessed his opinion that pop music “sucks generally” after he heard his daughter singing along to one of Lipa’s songs. “She is so into it and it is so cool,” he explained. “It really reminded me of the art of writing a well-crafted song — I teared up listening to a Dua Lipa track, because it was just a really well-done piece of music, you know?”

When an Instagram user commented on a Sterogum post that they needed to know “which Dua Lipa song made Trent fucking Reznor tear up,” Reznor himself replied to the comment, explaining that it was “Levitating,” off Lipa’s 2020 album,...

Dua Lipa has shared “Dance the Night,” her new song off the soundtrack to Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie. Give it a listen below.

As you might expect, “Dance the Night” is a shimmering disco number. “I stay on the beat, you can count on me/ I ain’t missing no steps,” the artist sings, as classic strings and funky bass soar. The track immediately clocks as the instrumental from the film’s newly released trailer, so you know it’s going to play a big part in the movie of the summer. Even its music video fits into the Barbie Land, with Lipa dancing on top of a feathery high heel and Gerwig herself making a cameo at the end.

Dua Lipa joins the likes of Lizzo, Haim, Charli Xcx, and Tame Impala in performing on the Barbie soundtrack, which drops on July 21st, the same day as the movie.

Ed Sheeran’s –, pronounced “subtract,” is, as its title suggests, an album defined by absence, primarily as it relates to the scant amount of backing percussion or electric amplification throughout, but also in regard to its total lack of commercial sheen. Save for some radio fodder like the Max Martin and Shellback-helmed “Eyes Closed,” the English singer-songwriter’s sixth studio album hardly feels like it’s taking a major stab at pop virality.

The majority of the album’s 14 songs were co-written and produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner, who assisted Taylor Swift make a pivot toward a more intimate, stripped down sound on her cottage-core diptych Folklore and Evermore. Sheeran’s album might have reached that platonic ideal if the songwriting at the center of these carefully arranged tracks was up to snuff, or if its austere artistic gambit was executed with more vigor or dynamism than...

Tove Lo washed away the pop production on four songs that originally appeared on her latest album Dirt Femme to create an intimate collection titled Dirt Femme (Stripped). The EP features new renditions of “No One Dies From Love,” “Suburbia, “Grapefruit,” and “Pineapple Slice.”

“You’ve asked me for an acoustic album so I thought… why shouldn’t I give you what you want?” Tove Lo wrote in a press release. To sweeten the deal, the singer added an acoustic version of her latest release “Borderline,” which arrived a few months after Dirt Femme.

−, or Subtract, is the fifth and, according to the British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, final installment in his series of albums using mathematical symbols as their titles, which stretches all the way back to 2011’s +. His latest release is appropriately named in the context of his career: When Sheeran initially broke through in the early 2010s, he was hailed for his storytelling-centric songwriting, which was given dramatic heft by his lilting voice and interpretative skill. As his star rose, his music began to take on more baggage—radio-ready touches that helped...

With roles in horror films like "The Babysitter," "Ready or Not," and "Scream 6," Australian actor Samara Weaving has earned her status as a scream queen. Up next, she's set to star in the comedic thriller "Borderline," which her husband, Jimmy Warden, is writing and directing. But it's not the first time the couple have worked on a project together. Warden actually helped produce both "Babysitter" films, which is how the couple first crossed paths, according to Daily Mail.

Weaving and Warden met on the set of "The Babysitter" in 2015 and began dating shortly afterward. They were reportedly together for three years before the "Cocaine Bear" writer asked Weaving to marry him in 2019. While she didn't confirm they'd tied the knot until 2022, Warden hinted on Instagram that the couple had secretly said "I do" the same year they got engaged.

The couple frequently document their milestones on social media, from...

Samara Weaving has been a scream queen, an action star, and now, the embodiment of multiple real-life feminist icons.

First up, the “Ready or Not” breakout star portrays French aristocrat Marie-Joséphine de Montalembert in this week’s new release “Chevalier” opposite Kelvin Harrison Jr. After that, Weaving will transform into former Playboy bunny Holly Madison for limited series “Down the Rabbit Hole,” and will then travel back in time once more to play Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte in “Liz.”

“Maybe I’m a masochist. You read a really good script or a really good pitch and you can’t say no to it,” Weaving told IndieWire of her period piece nods to real people. “Elizabeth Bonaparte, I’m a huge fan of [director] Adam Leon’s work. ‘Italian Studies’ is one of my favorite movies, so just working with him is going to be awesome. And Elizabeth Bonaparte is so dope. She’s the first American socialite,...

Exclusive: Canadian post-production outfit Elemental Post has opened a new post-production studio in Vancouver.

The studio is located in Vancouver’s Railtown district and features a 4K theatre with laser projection, three color suites, two sound stages, and extra suites for finishing, titling, and dailies.

The boutique label is headed by Post Supervisor and Sound Designer Matt Drake and Senior Colourist Dave Tomiak. Some of the company’s recent credits include Canadian filmmaker Anthony Shim’s Toronto Film Critic Award-winning feature Riceboy Sleeps and the ESPN 30 for 30 doc I’m Just Here for the Riot from filmmakers Asia Youngman and Kat Jayme, which centers on the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot.

Upcoming projects in post at Elemental include Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden’s directorial debut Borderline, which is being produced by Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap Entertainment, and Cold Copy starring Tracee Ellis Ross, Bel Powely, and Jacob Tremblay.

Despite recently fracturing his hip and undergoing surgery, Kevin Parker took the stage with Tame Impala in Mexico City on Friday night.

Ahead of Friday’s show, Parker revealed that he fractured his hip while running a half marathon. However, he announced that the band’s shows in Mexico and Latin America would go ahead as planned: “I’m not quitting on you guys,” he vowed.

The Tame Impala frontman performed both seated and standing with the assistance of crutches. The band ran through a full 18-song set, playing songs like “Borderline,” “Elephant,” “Let It Happen,” and “The Less I Know the Better.” Watch fan-captured footage below.

Tame Impala are back on the stage Saturday night, playing the second of two shows in Mexico City. They’ll then head to South America for festival appearances in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, and Brasil. Tickets to the band’s upcoming shows are available via Viagogo.

Ed Sheeran is getting very honest with his next album.

On Wednesday, the singer announced his new album – (pronounced Subtract), out May 5, and opened up about recent difficulties, including revealing that his wife, Cherry Seaborn, developed a tumour during her pregnancy

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“I had been working on Subtract for a decade, trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album, writing and recording hundreds of songs with a clear vision of what I thought it should be. Then at the start of 2022, a series of events changed my life, my mental health, and ultimately the way I viewed music and art,” he said.

“Writing songs is my therapy. It helps me make sense of my feelings. I wrote without thought of what the songs would be, I just wrote whatever tumbled out. And in just over a week,...

Ed Sheeran is ending his era of mathematic-titled albums with the release of upcoming LP, Subtract (stylized as –), he announced in the early hours of Wednesday. And he’s ready to “open the trapdoor into my soul” with the new music on the way.

The British singer revealed in a note to fans that he’ll be releasing Subtract, an Aaron Dessner-produced acoustic album that will dive into his personal grief, hope, and how he’s dealt with “fear, depression, and anxiety” through the last year. The album arrives May 5 via Atlantic.

Welcome To Our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, a top-shelf Taylor Swift remix, a special collab between Sza and Lizzo, a highlight off the new Paramore album, and great new songs from Gracie Abrams, Jesse Ware, and Ayra Starr.

Lizzo feat. Sza, “Special” (YouTube)

Taylor Swift, “Lavender Haze” (Felix Jaehn Remix) (YouTube)

Jessie Ware, “Pearls” (YouTube)

Gracie Abrams, “Amelie” (YouTube)

Paramore, “The News” (YouTube)

Iyla feat. Symba, “Impala” (YouTube)

Babyface Ray feat. 42 Dugg,...