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Disney and Pixar have set Thursday, September 8 for the premiere of their new Cars spinoff series Cars on the Road on Disney+, and released a first-look trailer for the animated series.

Beyoncé has been criticized for using an ableist slur on her Renaissance track “Heated”.

Vernon Kay shares loved up holiday snap with Tess Daly[LATEST]Kimberley Walsh on why she avoids eye contact with Gethin Jones[EXCLUSIVE]Britney Spears goes topless as she puts on sultry display[PICTURES]She also played one of the wicked stepsisters in the 1965 television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren.The performer went on to win a Grammy award in 1980 for the recording of her one woman show Gertrude Stein.Her most memorable role to date thanks to Disney's The Little Mermaid, which came out in 1989.She was not the first choice of directors Ron Clements and John Musker or the musical team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who reportedly wanted Joan Collins or Bea Arthur to voice the sea witch.Ms Carroll often said playing Ursula was one of her favourite roles to date.She said she saw her as an "Ex-Shakespearean actress who now sold cars"."She's a mean old thing! I think people are fascinated by mean characters," the voiceover star said in an interview."There's a fatal kind of distraction about the horrible mean characters of the world because we don't meet too many of them in real life.So when we have a chance, theatrically, to see one and this one, she's a biggie, it's kind of fascinating for us."She got the chance to reprise the role in several Little Mermaid sequels, spinoffs and even theme park rides.

Star Trek series, as well as movies and voicing an animated version of her character, has died at 89. Her son, Kyle Johnson, announced on Nichols Facebook page that she had died July 30 (no cause of death was given). Nichols was groundbreaking both as a Black woman co-starring on a TV series in the 1960s, and for one of the early interracial kisses -- with William Shatner's Captain Kirk.

Pat Carroll, an Emmy-Award-winning screen, stage star and voice actress, has died. She was 95.

The animated film DC League Of Super-Pets took the top spot at the box office over the weekend with $23 million in domestic earnings.The motion picture, which is about Superman’s dog Krypto the Super-Dog, played at 4,314 locations, the APreported, citing studio estimates.Industry experts predicted that the film, which features the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski and Keanu Reeves, would open to around $25 million. The latest:The animated film DC League Of Super-Pets, featuring the voices of Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, took the top spot at the box office over the weekend with $23 million in domestic earningsOther high-profile animated films released this summer included June's Lightyear, which opened to $50.6 million; and Minions: The Rise of Gru, which opened to $107 million.'This opening is a huge win for DC fans, the box office, WB and our filmmakers,' Warner Bros.

Pat Carroll, the actress known for voicing the underwater villain Ursula in Disney's animated tale, "The Little Mermaid," died on July 30. She was 95.

Lisa Rinna teamed up with her own hit squad Sunday.The actress, 59, posted a picture with two of her Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills cast mates, Erika Jayne, 51, and Diana Jenkins, 49, as they sat on an outdoor patio.The Days Of Our Lives star wore a copper colored slip dress, with large hoop earrings and her highlighted summer shag was perfectly quaffed. Watch out: Lisa Rinna teamed up with RHOBH cast mates Erika Jayne and Diana Jenkins for a knives-out photo captioned, 'By order of The Peaky F***ing Blinders'Diana donned a burnt orange halter dress with a panama hat and large rose-colored sunglasses, while Erika posed in a multi-toned top with her hair twisted into a top knot.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“DC League of Super-Pets” struggled to sell tickets overseas against “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” another family-friendly offering that’s competing for attention at the international box office.The Warner Bros. animated adventure about the animal compatriots of Superman and other Justice League members has collected a lackluster $18.4 million from 63 foreign markets.

Eminem died and was replaced by an Andriod clone.This wild claim accuses the rapper of passing away back in 2006 and being switched with a clone.Some of his fans believe they have noticed a change in his voice over the years.READ MORE: Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade parades legs as she poses in cowboy inspired snapA change in voice could be down to ageing and strain, though - so we don't think being replaced by a clone is a likely factor.Spanish website La Guía Del Varón also addressed the clone theory and explained how they think he died in a car accident back.The publication reported in their portals."In 2006, Eminem died in a car accident."Other fans believe they've noticed a change in his appearance and pointed out a huge change in his jaw shape and overall facial structure.They wrote: "Yeah I believe he is a clone it doesn't even look like him anymore and his eyes are dead."Another wrote: "I believe that Eminem's is a clone he doesn't look the same after the so-called accident where he just disappeared for about a year he came back looking different."While a third penned: "Em died in a car accident 2006... he's been 6th dated like the movie.

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J. Kim Murphy Even superheroes’ dogs open at the top of the box office.The animated comedy “DC League of Super-Pets” looks to top domestic charts in its opening, projecting a debut of $22.4 million.

Måneskin have released a video for their cover of Elvis Presley’s ‘If I Can Dream’ – check it out belowThe track was originally recorded as part of the soundtrack for the Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic Elvis.The band first teased the track during their performance at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, before releasing it on streaming services last month. Now the Italian rockers have shared an official video for the track, featuring clips from the film it was recorded for. Check it out below:Speaking to NME for their recent Big Read cover story, Måneskin frontman Damiano David said of their cover: “We were talking about it with Baz Luhrmann, who had this really cool, super-smart idea, because it would have been so easy to give us an up-tempo song and go super rock-ish.

Rick and Morty will be returning for a sixth season. We’ve got instructions for how to watch the latest episodes when the season airs. The Adult Swim cartoon has been on the air now for almost nine years, first airing back in December 2013.

JUST IN: Elvis Presley's 'theft' of Big Mama Thornton's song laid bareShe noted that they had been together for "six years", but that the ceremony itself lasted barely eight minutes. Pricilla told Ladies Home Journal in 1972 that the proposal came about quite randomly, as "one day he showed the ring and simply asked me to marry him". The star continued: "Even though we were perfectly content the way we were, at that time it wasn't nice for people to live together.

Christopher Vourlias Heretic, the Athens-based boutique production company and sales agent, has acquired world sales rights for “Tengo sueños eléctricos” (“I Have Electric Dreams”), by director Valentina Maurel, which will have its premiere in the Locarno Film Festival’s international competition.Set in Costa Rica, the film follows Eva (Daniela Marin Navarro), a strong-willed 16-year-old girl who lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but desperately wants to move in with her estranged father (Reinaldo Amien Guttierez). Clinging onto him as he goes through a second adolescence, she balances between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life and the ruthlessness of the adult world.

READ MORE: Brit tourist, 22, accused of ‘beating his dad to death' in furious row at Turkish resort It was after his sentencing that he had the damning conversation with police which revealed the motivation behind his horror crimes - and which will be revealed in a Discovery+ documentary on July 30.Sams from Keighley, West Yorkshire said: "When I went out to kidnap Julie Dart, there was only one intention, and that was to kill her. "There was no intention whatsoever to keep her alive."Despite this, he still demanded £140,000 from Julie’s mum, and was able to dodge police when they agreed to hand over the momentous sum, hanging up the phone before the drop-off point was determined.Sams first kidnapped Julie when he drove to Chapeltown to find a random victim, in practice for another kidnap.Julie was unlucky enough to be his guinea pig, and told Sams it was her 'first night' working the streets.While Julie was leaning to take her shoes off, Sams slipped a rope around her neck.He told Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Taylor in a secretly recorded conversation: "She were bending down and obviously she couldn't move and I was saying, 'You can't scream.' "I mean, she did do little screams.

Tough love! Elvis star Austin Butler opened up about the methods director Baz Luhrmann used to get him into character — some ending up too intense for the actor to handle.

Austin Butler practiced some method acting for his role as Elvis.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAfter a slower July at the movies, it’s “DC League of Super-Pets” to the rescue.The Warner Bros. animated superhero comedy may not be closing out the month with a bang, but it will at least manage to lead domestic box office charts. Over the weekend, “DC League of Super-Pets” is aiming for $25 million to $30 million when it opens in 4,300 North American theaters, which should be enough to dethrone Jordan Peele’s “Nope” as the No.

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