Beyoncé Teases New Music Project ‘Renaissance’, Release Date Set

Naman Ramachandran Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise, faced a shrieking Mandrake plant as he unveiled Professor Sprout’s Greenhouse, a fan-favorite set from the films, where students were taught their Herbology lessons with Professor Pomona Sprout. Built by the original Harry Potter filmmakers, the greenhouse is home to many exotic and magical plants. The new expansion opens at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter on July 1, and is part of a new feature titled “Mandrakes and Magical Creatures,” which will run through Sept.

EXCLUSIVE: Father’s Day weekend was the ideal launchpad for Warner Bros’ Andy Garcia-Gloria Estefan romantic comedy Father of the Bride, which wound up being the biggest HBO Max movie premiere ever in its four days, specifically for a title that was exclusively made for the streaming service.

upcoming album, “Renaissance.”The news was announced via Beyoncé’s Twitter and Instagram bios — where she simply wrote the words “BREAK MY SOUL” and “midnight, ET.”The “Run the World (Girls)” singer’s highly anticipated seventh album is due for release July 29.“Break My Soul” is the former Destiny’s Child member’s first single since 2021’s “Be Alive” from the “King Richard” soundtrack.Beyoncé last dropped music in honor of Juneteenth on June 19, 2020, as part of the soundtrack “The Lion King: The Gift.”The tune, entitled “Black Parade,” scored the musician the Grammy award for Best R&B Performance in 2021.Queen Bey’s new album will contain 16 tracks and was announced in a tweet on June 16 by the music streaming platform Tidal. “Renaissance” also appears to be a double record, as the post described the album as “Act I.”The mother of three last dropped a full-length record in 2016 with her explosive R&B project “Lemonade.”She subtly alluded to her album in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar last year, saying, “I feel a renaissance emerging,” which was deemed to be a clue to the album’s title.“With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love, and laugh again,” she told the publication at the time.“I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible,” Beyoncé explained further.She also discussed how the inspiration for her music comes to her and noted how it often takes a long time for her songs to reach fruition.

despite allegations of grooming, and separately being charged with disorderly conduct and harassment, but they won’t star in DC films beyond that.‘There is no winning in this for Warner Bros,’ a source told Deadline.‘This is an inherited problem for [CEO, David] Zaslav.

Warner Brothers and DC appear to be done with Ezra Miller, but they're not completely parting ways with the troubled actor.On Saturday, Deadline reported that Miller — who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns — had been dropped from further DC projects, though the studio is so far planning to release The Flash with them in the lead role.The news that the studio is only partially cutting ties with the troubled 29-year-old actor comes after they werehit with a restraining order over claims that they rubbed up against a nonbinary 12 year-old and threatened the youngster's mom with a gun after accusing her of cultural appropriation. They're out: Warner Bros.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHBO Max’s animated prequel series “Gremlins: Spirit of the Mogwai,” which world premiered on June 16 at France’s Annecy Animation Festival, begins with a hint of “The Sound of Music.”A young Gizmo stands in his bucolic grassy homeland, hidden down a huge hole in snowbound high Himalayas, chanting from a circular stone dias, replete with mysterious engravings. As his fellow Mogwai chant back, positioned on grassy knolls around him, suddenly the hills are alive with the sound of Mogwai.Then a shadow falls out of the sky – a huge heinous eagle plummeting towards the Mogwai.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction is underway in the lush and remote northern tip of New Zealand on “Far North,” a premium drama series for Sundance Now. The fact-based series stars local acting legend, Temuera Morrison (“Star Wars,” “Once Were Warriors”) and award-winning actress, Robyn Malcolm (“Top of the Lake”) as an everyday couple who foil an international crime ring’s largest ever deal in the Pacific.The series was researched and created and is being directed by David White (“This Town,” “Meat”).

Beyoncé‘s new album ‘RENAISSANCE’ is set to reportedly feature country and dance tracks.The pop icon is due to release the follow-up to her latest album, 2016’s acclaimed ‘Lemonade’, on July 29.According to Variety, the record will feature pop and country tracks with contributions from hit songwriter Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote her 2008 hit ‘Halo’ and Raphael Saadiq, who has crafted hits for Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, and Beyoncé’s sister Solange’s 2016 album ‘A Seat At The Table’.Recently, Beyoncé deleted her profile pictures from her official social media accounts as she prepared to enter her next solo era.Yesterday (June 16) ‘RENAISSANCE’ was announced by the singer and fans can now pre-save/pre-add the release here.The countdown has officially begun.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWarner Bros. Discovery’s brutal year in the stock market hit a new bottom, as shares of the media conglomerate sank 8.1% Thursday — taking a bigger punch than peers.With the stock drop Thursday, to close at $13.65/share, WBD’s market cap stands at about $33.1 billion. That’s well under its current debt load of some $55 billion.

Jennifer Hudson is coming to a TV screen near you! On Thursday, the newly minted EGOT revealed the premiere date for her upcoming daytime talk show, . Having been cleared in more than 95% of the country, the show is officially heading into national syndication this fall. The series will debut on Sept.

The Jennifer Hudson Show– which premieres on September 12 – and will air on Fox Television Stations, Hearst Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, TEGNA, Nexstar Media Group, Scripps Media, and several other networks. Hosted by the multi-talented Jennifer Hudson, the new talk series has been fully cleared in over 95% of the U.S. Hudson, a two-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer, an Oscar-winning actress, and an Emmy Award-winning producer, Jennifer Hudson recently became the youngest female EGOT winner in history with her win as a producer for A Strange Loop, at this year’s Tony Awards.Alongside Hudson, the highly-acclaimed team of Mary Connelly, Andy Lassner and Corey Palent will serve as executive producers as well as showrunners.

Karen Idelson It all started with shows such as “Blaze & the Monster Machines” and “Doc McStuffins.” Over the past decade, many preschool children’s animated shows have shifted toward showing a more diverse cast and including storytelling that features STEM themes — problem-solving that’s focused on subjects including basic understanding of math, engineering and the sciences.“I do think that there are far more STEM animated shows, especially for preschoolers,” says Amy Friedman, head of kids and family programming for Warner Bros. “If you’re doing preschool programming, you’ve got to have an educational foundation because you’re always teaching.

The Jennifer Hudson Show has an official debut date, plus additional details about the show were also just released.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentAs if Jennifer Hudson’s week can’t get any better, the newly-minted EGOT is about to add another title to her resumé: talk show host.Hudson’s upcoming show, titled “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” has been cleared in more than 95% of the country, now officially heading into national syndication this fall. The series will debut on Sept. 12 on the Fox TV stations as its core station group.Hudson’s show hails from Warner Bros., the same studio that was behind “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which just closed its curtain after 19 years on the air.

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” will premiere July 28, HBO Max has announced.The release date was announced via a first look teaser for the series, which shows a mysterious figure cutting up and burning pictures of the five main characters: Imogen (Bailee Madison), Minnie (Malia Pyles), Noa (Maia Reficco), Tabby (Chandler Kinney) and Faran (Zaria).The new series is a sequel to the original series that focuses on a completely new set of teenagers in the blue-collar town of Millwood, Pa. The five main characters are tormented by someone operating under the identity of “A,” an alias assumed by villains from the original show, who knows the secrets of both the teenagers, and their parents.

Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling has been pictured for the first time as the beloved Mattel Ken doll, as he gears up to star alongside Margot Robbie in the live-action Barbie movie.On Wednesday, the 41-year-old actor was seen showing off an orange-hued tan and shiny chiseled chest in a revealing double denim ensemble, while also debuting his bleached-white hair for the fictional role.The first look at Ryan was released by Warner Bros. via a tweet simply with the film title and a release date of July 21, 2023, that was previously revealed when they shared the first image of Margot, 31, as Barbie in April.

When the first stills from Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” dropped earlier this spring, no one was surprised by its pastel pink polish and Margot Robbie’s dollish look. No criticisms here: Robbie looks great in the image, and the aesthetic is pretty much what everyone expected from one of next year’s most anticipated films.

He’s plastic and fantastic! The first photo of Ryan Gosling as Ken in the new Barbie movie has the actor rocking a very different look.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBugs, Daffy, and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang will be back in a Broadway-set “Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical,” the first-ever Looney Tunes Original animated movie musical, which is produced by Warner Bros. Animation.Envisaged as a family event, “Bye Bye Bunny” will screen on HBO Max and Cartoon Network.The announcement brought to a climax a mega studio focus on Warner Bros.

Bugs, Daffy, and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang are about to tread the boards: Warner Bros. Animation will create Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical for HBO Max and Cartoon Network.

Will Smith immediately following the latter’s on-stage altercation with Chris Rock at the Academy Awards ceremony in March.Actor and producer Perry was seen with Smith during the first break in the broadcast after the King Richard star reacted to a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s alopecia by slapping Rock.Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy. He was later banned from all Academy events for 10 years.Speaking in a conversation with Gayle King as part of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Directors Series on Monday (June 13), Perry explained that the articles saying he was “comforting” Smith didn’t tell the whole story.“There’s a difference between comforting and de-escalating,” People reports Perry as saying at the New York event.