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Interpol have announced further plans to play ‘Turn On The Bright Lights’ and ‘Antics’ anniversary shows in 2024.The New York band recently performed the former in full at San Francisco’s Outside Lands in August while In July, Interpol also played ‘Antics’ in full at a special gig in Paris.Now, they have taken to Instagram to announce a further four shows in South America kicking off in Chile at the Caupolicán Theatre on May 31, 2024 before wrapping up at São Paulo Audio in Brazil on June 7.Tickets go on sale over the next week starting tomorrow (November 2) and can be purchased here.A post shared by Interpol (@interpol)“Next year, we return for an exclusive string of shows to celebrate the anniversaries of Turn on The Bright Lights and Antics. We can’t wait to see you all there! More to follow very soon…” the band wrote.Speaking previously to NME in 2019, frontman Paul Banks said he “like[d] the idea” of the band hitting the road in 2024 for a special 20th-anniversary tour celebrating ‘Antics’.

PnB Rock murder case.Rock – real name Rakim Hasheem Allen – was fatally shot at South Los Angeles’ Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant on September 12 last year while he was at the eatery with his girlfriend, Stephanie Sibounheuang.The new suspects, Tremont Navon Jones and Wynisha Evans were both arrested in May in connection and have since been charged.The former appeared in custody at a Compton courthouse yesterday (October 31) for a hearing alongside Freddie Trone, the alleged getaway driver and father of his 17-year-old son who was previously charged with gunning down PnB Rock inside the restaurant, reports Rolling Stone.Authorities allege the juvenile pulled the trigger, but they also charged his father with murder too, casting him as the mastermind of the deadly robbery. Freddie Trone’s wife Shauntel Trone, was also charged as an accessory after the fact.Jones was charged with two counts of robbery, one count of conspiring to rob the rapper inside the restaurant and one count of illegal possession of a firearm.Evans has also since been charged with being an accessory after the fact.

Taylor Swift is the most translated artist in the world, according to a new study.The results were found as part of a recent study conducted by WordFinderX, which analysed data on 627,000 translations of 277,000 songs from more than 11,700 musical artists.The songs were ranked by the number of times that they had been translated from their original language, and artists were also ranked based on how many times their songs had been translated. Non-English-speaking artists were also ranked separately.Of the results, it was shown that Taylor Swift was the most translated artist globally, with fans translating 365 of Swift’s songs across 57 languages – the equivalent of nearly 5,000 translations in total.K-pop stars BTS came in second place due to their popularity and Korean lyrics, and Lana Del Rey and The Beatles came in third and fourth place respectively.Others on the list included Céline Dion, Julio Inglesias, Shakira and One Direction.

Five Nights At Freddy’s has become the box office smash of the 2023 Halloween season.Based on the video game series, the film follows security guard Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) who takes on a night-time job at an abandoned arcade restaurant, only to find four animatronic mascots who come alive at night.Following its release in late October, the film has grossed over $136million (£112million) worldwide against a production budget of $20million (£16.5million).Other cast members include Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Mary Stuart Masterson and Matthew Lillard.Blumhouse has yet to officially announce a sequel, although judging by its massive success at the box office, a follow-up is practically inevitable.Back in February, Lillard confirmed (via WeeklyMTG) he had signed up for three Five Nights At Freddy’s films, so there’s certainly plans to make it an ongoing film series.This page will be updated when a sequel and a release date are officially announced.Director Emma Tammi said a potential sequel would likely be based on the second game in the series, released back in 2014.“We’re definitely excited to keep making more movies in this world, should we be lucky enough to do that,” Tammi told Variety. “This one was tied into the first game, and we would probably focus on tying the second one into the second game, and so on and so forth.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Disney Dreamlight Valley held its first-ever showcase presentation Wednesday ahead of the Gameloft game’s move out of its year-long “early access” phase into a global launch, unveiling plans for the life-simulation through late 2024 in two roadmaps: one for paid expansion content and one for free upgrades included with the cost of the base game. The streamed event came on the heels of last week’s reveal that Disney had scrapped plans to make the game free-to-play once it left its beta testing and instead set pricing tiers and an additional cost for the game’s first expansion, “A Rift in Time.” A number of updates about the future of Disney Dreamlight Valley were given, including the game’s upcoming launch on Apple’s subscription gaming platform Apple Arcade.

Valerie Wu Intern If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “Dance the Night Away” to the “Barbie” movie soundtrack on vinyl.

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst Jewish streaming service ChaiFlicks has greenlit its first original series, a half-hour unscripted showcase for kosher-food cuisine around the U.S. Premiering Nov. 16, “Schmoozing and Cruising” touches down everywhere from Brooklyn to Los Angeles for a mouthful of BBQ, pizza and donuts across six tasty episodes.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Spotify has announced its 2023 Capsule Collection, featuring exclusive merchandise from Peso Pluma, Daft Punk, Rosalía, Tyler, the Creator and Tems. Each week, a different artist will release a new merch package.

Warren Littlefield Matthew Perry will most often be remembered for his wit and charm, but there was so much more to him. The pilot script of “Friends” had a lot of heat at the agencies and young actors both familiar and fresh were vying for the roles. There was interest and momentum for Craig Bierko to play the role of Chandler Bing, and until Craig said he wasn’t interested, Matthew stayed in the background because he didn’t want to compete with his friend.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Paris-based company 2425 Films, recently acquired by Mediawan, is working with a pool of rising filmmakers on timely movies, including Charly Delwart’s “1,5 degré,” Ilan Duran Cohen’s “Le coup d’apres” and Thomas Kruithof’s “Les Braises.” 2425 Films, founded by Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber, has been thriving with smart, high-concept commercial movies, such as Yann Gozlan’s “La boite noire” and “An Ideal Man,” as well as the thriller “Burn Out.” The company also presented Gozlan’s latest film, “Visions,” a thriller starring Diane Kruger (co-produced by Eagle Team Entetainment) at this year’s Angouleme Film Festival. Duran Cohen’s “Le coup d’apres” is a film set in the world of French politics, with a duo of French stars, Marina Fois and Laurent Laffite, who previously co-starred in “Papa ou Maman,” a French hit comedy franchise.

Breast cancer accounts for 12.5% of all new annual cancer cases worldwide, making it the most common cancer in the world.

Earlier this month marked the 25th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard. On October 6, 1998, Shepard was beaten, tortured and left to die, bound to a fence in a remote Wyoming field, not far from the small town of Laramie. He was found and taken to a hospital where he died from his wounds six days later.

ad-supported tier had reached 15 million active users per month, a year after the streaming giant launched the cheaper plan to revive subscriber growth and revenue following a slowdown.The company had five million monthly ad-tier users in May and has been hiking prices on its ad-free options in an effort to nudge more subscribers to the other tier, where commercials help bring in more revenue per user.Netflix increased subscription prices for some streaming plans in the United States, Britain, and France last month, after its third-quarter subscriber additions of 9 million shattered Wall Street expectations of 6 million.After resisting commercials for years, Netflix had a change of heart in April 2022 after it lost subscribers in the first quarter of the year.A month after Netflix’s ad-plan launch last year, rival Disney+ also rolled out its ad version in an attempt to push its streaming business into profitability.Streaming services such as HBO Max, Paramount+ and Peacock also offer ad-supported versions of their services, emulating the business model that has long supported the television business.Amazon’s Prime Video will next year join its streaming rivals in rolling out ads and introducing a higher-priced ad-free tier.Netflix said during its third-quarter results that the adoption of its ads plan, which costs $6.99 per month in the US, continued to grow with membership up almost 70% sequentially.

Tyler Christopher is dead. The actor who is best known for his roles on soap operas such as “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives” was found dead inside his home, per TMZ. The soap world is devastated by the tragic passing.

a new Instagram post they both shared on Wednesday, the two former “GMA3: What You Need to Know” anchors smiled together, with their arms around each other. “How’s this for instagram official? #silentnomore,” they wrote in the caption. Robach, 50, and Holmes, 46, then announced that they are teaming up for the podcast, “Amy & T.J.,” launching with iHeartRadio on Dec.

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Tyler Christopher’s death continues to be mourned by his loved ones — including ex-fianceé, Vanessa Marcil. The actress paid tribute to the fellow soap actor after he died Tuesday at 50.Marcil — who also appeared on “GH” over the years — shared multiple throwback photos of Christopher on her Instagram Stories. “Ugh, another loss! Waaaay too young,” she captioned one snapshot.“Rest in peace bubs,” she wrote on one photo of the two hugging.

The September Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate will be announced on October 18 and forms part of the Triple Lock policy which is used to determine the annual State Pension uprating. Under the Triple Lock, the State Pension increases each year in line with whichever of these three measures are the highest - average annual earnings growth from May to July (currently 8.5%), CPI inflation in the year to September (currently 6.7%) or 2.5 per cent.

The Government has said 'no tax cuts are possible in a substantial' way as the Conservative Party conference continues in Manchester today.

Manchester Airport has called for the HS2 rail line to be built in full as promised - from London to Manchester.

Business leaders have laid bare the staggering impact axing the northern leg of the HS2 rail line to Manchester would have on the city-region's economy.