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The Cure has been found again. Robert Smith and his band of not-so-merry men are back in their inimitable mope mode with “Alone,” their first new song in 16 years, which was released on Thursday.And even after such a long wait, the single takes its sweet — or make that, sullen — time to unfold over nearly seven minutes.In fact, as the group’s absorbing atmospherics — shades of their 1989 classic LP “Disintegration” — set the melancholy mood, it takes three minutes and 22 seconds before Smith even sings a single word.But finally, he comes in with his tortured croon: “This is the end of every song that we sing/The fire burned out to ash and the stars grown dim with tears/Cold and afraid, the ghosts of all that we’ve been/We toast with bitter dregs, to our emptiness.”Inspired by Ernest Dowson’s poem “Dregs,” “Alone” is an ode “to all the love falling out of our lives,” tailor-made for your doldrums after your next breakup.I mean, did you think that Smith — even though he’s been married to the same woman, Mary Poole, since 1988 — would all of a sudden get happy at 65?It’s comforting to know that some things — and some alt-rock icons — don’t change.Accurately described in the song as a “broken-voiced lament,” “Alone” is the first single and opening track of “Songs of a Lost World” — the Cure’s first studio album since 2008’s “4:13 Dream” — which will be released on Nov.

Lyle and Erik Menéndez‘s family are questioning who’s the real “monster” following Ryan Murphy‘s recent Netflix portrayal.

Nobody ask John Carpenter to list his Letterboxd top four.

EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Alexander Chavez has signed with CAA for representation. 

As a Nevada probate court deliberates the future of the Murdoch media empire, a new SEC filing shows that Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch took home about $2 million more in overall pay for his services in the most recent fiscal year.

EXCLUSIVE: Circle Management + Production (fka Circle of Confusion) has signed Daphne Ferraro, the Head Writer of one of the biggest streaming breakouts of the year, Prime Video’s German YA series Maxton Hall.

EXCLUSIVE: James Gunn‘s Superman may be wrapped, but we’re hearing that Alan Tudyk is also part of the mass ensemble pic in an undisclosed role.

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview as crackling with ideas as their new film Megalopolis, director Francis Coppola and Adam Driver discuss the power of films whose meaning changes in the minds of moviegoers in multiple viewings over time. The closest comp to Megalopolis is probably Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Now a classic, that Heart of Darkness adaptation wrapped in the chaotic backdrop of Vietnam, was in its earliest showings considered as much a hot mess of radical ideas and imagery as Megalopolis. Coppola had Megalopolis close to a production start but called it off after 9/11. He continued to shoot second unit footage, including some shots of the smoldering World Trade Center wreckage. He reveals here that some of that imagery made it into Megalopolis for posterity sake, but Coppola said there was nothing that would bring pain to survivors of the worst attack on American soil. Watch them address that and much more — like “the death of journalism and the death of the Hollywood studio system,” as Coppola puts it — in an interview we did at TIFF. Lionsgate releases the film tomorrow.

Agatha Harkness has bewitched a promising Disney+ audience in its premiere week.

News junkies relished the break in pre-election noise this week in celebrating the 25th anniversary of The West Wing, a show that portrayed politicians as “competent and committed.”

French actor and director Nicolas Bedos was given a one-year suspended prison sentence by a Paris criminal court on Thursday on charges of sexual assault and sexual harassment while under the influence of alcohol.

The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has announced a landmark partnership between exhibitor Odeon and streamer Prime Video, in association with multiple UK film distributors, aimed at bringing spectators to both the big and small screen.

The Foo Fighters have pulled out of a gig following Dave Grohl's recent revelation that he fathered a child outside his marriage.The band took to Instagram to announce they won't be performing at the Soundside Music Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In their statement, they said: "FOO FIGHTERS WILL NO LONGER BE APPEARING AT THIS WEEKEND'S SOUNDSIDE MUSIC FESTIVAL. PLEASE CHECK THE FESTIVAL WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION (sic)".

Following a recent high-profile court battle between Kyle Walker and Lauryn Goodman over parental arrangements, a source has claimed that all six of his children could finally get the chance to mingle with each other after all. Just last week, 33-year-old Lauryn made headlines by posting detailed messages to Annie from December on Instagram, where she confirmed that footballer Kyle is indeed the dad of her 13-month-old daughter Kinara.

Emmerdale's Belle Dingle, played by Eden Taylor-Draper, has been at the centre of a domestic abuse storyline. Belle has suffered coercive control and abuse at the hands of her manipulative ex husband, Tom King (James Chase), on the ITV soap for months as part of the storyline.

The world of queer cinema has been significantly shaped by LGBTQ+ filmmakers from various regions. Ontario and Atlanta stand out as two cities where filmmakers have pushed the boundaries of queer storytelling, creating narratives that resonate globally.

Catherine Zeta-Jones stripped down to her birthday suit for — of all things — a birthday!

We’re finally hearing from someone else involved in the soft swinging scandal!!! Someone who didn’t make it to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives…

Jeremy Allen White and Rosalía’s relationship is over — and he already has a new lady in his life!

Maisy Stella and Bella Ramsey have seemingly gone Instagram official with their relationship.

Dakota Johnson opened up about her experience filming The Social Network with Justin Timberlake.