Disney Taps Top African Toon Talents for Animated Anthology ‘Kizazi Moto’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Chris Willman Music WriterMiranda Lambert had a secret she was keeping when she won the entertainer of the year prize at Monday’s Academy of Country Music Awards, but she didn’t take long to let it out of the bag. Thursday the country superstar revealed she’s completed a new album, “Palomino,” her first solo effort since 2019’s “Wildcard,” for an April 29 release.Lambert wrote much of the album with songwriters Luke Dick and Jon Randall — 12 of the 15 tracks include one or both of those names in the credits — and those two writers also co-produced “Palomino” with her for the first time.

Elon Musk is a family man! The SpaceX CEO has welcomed many children over the years while in relationships with Justine Wilson and Grimes.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Top Chef,” “Chopped” and “Cutthroat Kitchen” alum chef Antonia Lofaso is the head judge of Food Network and Discovery Plus’ upcoming primetime cooking competition “The Julia Child Challenge.” It’s important to make that title clear up front as, though Lofaso is the vibrant live chef in the room with the contestants, the vibrant Julia Child herself serves as host via a giant screen playing classic black-and-white footage of the food icon hosting “The French Chef” in the center of a kitchen modeled to look just like her own.And if the show didn’t have that literal larger-than-life component at its core, president of Food Network and streaming food content at Discovery Courtney White tells Variety she wouldn’t have picked up “The Julia Child Challenge.” “We had been pitched Julia-centric ideas over the years,” White said. “They always felt like they were very technical focused.

Lewis Hamilton has explained why he didn't join his fellow Formula 1 competitors after they shared a group picture to show their support for Ukraine.

#WheelOfFortune #patsajak pic.twitter.com/0wkEL2aRanTwitter immediately scolded Pat and demanded he apologize (he was also called many words not fit for print.)"Poor Scott just wanted to tell his story. Pat just throwing the shade," one fan tweeted.

SXSW festival less than a week before it was scheduled to kick off.For years, as the festival grew from a cool place to see up-and-coming bands into a multinational, multidisciplinary megalodon, it seemed like an unstoppable force. A source of both pride and annoyance for Austinites, it was also a major driver of the local economy, and its once fledgling film festival had turned into a major launching pad for everything from the most avant-garde of American indies to blockbuster studio comedies.

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Vivienne Chow The showcase of four immersive titles from Taiwan at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival symbolizes a strong boost to the island’s confidence in developing XR (extended reality) content among a new generation of curators, according to the industry insiders behind some of the featured works.“[The selection] shows that the new generation of Taiwan’s creatives and storytellers are willing to try and use new ways to create their art,” says Estela Valdivieso Chen, CEO of Serendipity Films, one of the producers of the 17-minute featured short “Madame Pirate: Becoming a Legend,” which will be making its international premiere at SXSW EX Experience Spotlight.“They are both utilizing the local resources the island has, like its tech, and working with international partners all over the globe to break the boundary of classic storytelling and bring to life, their creative visions,” Chen says. Based on the story of pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao, who was active in the South China Sea in the early 19th century, the 17-minute “Madame Pirate: Becoming a Legend,” written and directed by Morgan Ommer and Dan-Chi Huang, will be joining “LIPs,” stop-motion VR animation “The Sick Rose” and concert film “Beatday — the Beginning — Mini VR Concert” in Taiwan’s line-up at SXSW’s XR Experience Spotlight on March 13-15. In addition, “Tank Fairy,” a U.S.-Taiwan short directed by Erich Rettstadt, has been shortlisted for the Midnight Shorts Competition.Two are produced by HTC Vive Originals: “The Sick Rose” is already a hit in the festival circuit since its Venice Film Festival premiere last year.

Hailey Baldwin supported her husband for his March 7 concert in Los Angeles and looked sexy-stylish in the process! Prior to the concert, the 25-year-old posted a series of photos and video to her Instagram showing off her outfit for the event, which included a cropped red t-shirt that showed off her slim figure, low-rise purple pants, and a ’90s-style blue-and-red tie dye bucket hat. Hailey accessorized her look with a few silver necklaces and rings, and wrote “last night” in the caption, looking back fondly on the memorable night.

Prince William is being quoted as having said two very different things with regard to the war in Ukraine right now, and it has caused a massive controversy.

Helena Bonham Carter and Rye Dag Holmboe seem like they’re absolutely head over heels for each other. That being said, don’t expect to hear wedding bells for the couple anytime soon. The 55-year-old actress revealed that she and the 33-year-old writer don’t have any wedding plans on the horizon during a very brief interview with DailyMail, published on Thursday March 10.

Grimes is opening up about her new Vanity Fair cover story.

The trailer for Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor‘s brand new film Moonshot just debuted online!

Anne Hathaway has once again proven she is a style icon for the ages. The Oscar winner, 39, looked like she just stepped off the runway when she was spotted in Manhattan on Wednesday (March 9). Donning a super chic, all-black ensemble, Anne was all smiles as she continued her promotional tour for her upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries WeCrashed.

Katy Perry is glad that everyone loves “Firework,” but there’s something she needs to address!

Sunny Hostin didn’t hold back while discussing Kim Kardashian‘s business advice to “Get your f**king a** up and work” in an interview with Variety. Sunny shaded the reality star for sounding “privileged,” since Kim came from a well-off family and was already in a position to have a successful career during an episode of The View on Thursday March 10. Sunny likened Kim’s success to having a leg up in a baseball game. “I feel like people who are born on third base shouldn’t be talking about how easy it is to hit a home run,” she said.

. After a contentious appearance on «Women Tell All,» the villain of Clayton Echard's season stopped by the podcast to weigh in on all the drama that played out.«I do regret isolating myself from the women. I wish I got a chance to know them a little bit more.

Line Of Duty co-stars for a charity event later this month. The actor spoke about his excitement at seeing co-stars Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar and show creator Jed Mercurio at the An Audience with AC-12 event in Inverclyde during an appearance on Lorraine on Thursday. The TV appearance also saw the star discuss his other major new role - current ITV drama Our House, with the actor admitting he was delighted to use his real Scottish accent this time around.

Elon Musk and Grimes have had a second baby through surrogacy, the singer has revealed in an interview. The pair had their first child, a boy called X AE A-12, or X for short, in May 2020 and their new baby girl was born in December. Speaking in an interview with Vanity Fair, Grimes didn't share many details about her second child but did say "Her full name is Exa Dark Siderael Musk".

Jamie Lang Disney EMEA hosted its annual Studio Focus at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, lamentably pre-recorded for the second edition in a row, where the company announced a pair of new African series, the sci-fi anthology series “Kizazi Moto: Generation of Fire” led by “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” co-director Peter Ramsey, and a musical kids show titled “Kiff” from South Africa.“This year’s fest is about celebrating African animation,” said Orion Ross, VP of original programming and animation for Disney EMEA.

Disney EMEA Animation Studio this morning unveiled a group of new and returning animated kids projects out of Europe and Africa. Among the new titles is Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, a 10-part sci-fi anthology executive produced by Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse co-director Peter Ramsey.