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Skepta has confirmed that he will be ending his sponsorship deal with Puma over the company’s ties to Israel.The rapper first became a brand ambassador for Puma in 2022 for a clothing and footwear line. He later partnered with them again for the ‘Skope Forever’ collection earlier this year.However, Skepta has now confirmed in a post on X/Twitter that his deal with the sports brand will terminate by August.“They know how I feel, I speak my mind.

Queen‘s Brian May recently joined The Offspring live for a performance of ‘Gone Away’ and a cover of ‘Stone Cold Crazy’.The legendary guitarist teamed up with the punk icons during their set at the Starmus VII festival in Bratislava, Slovakia last week (May 13). The festival was billed as the “world’s largest science, music and other arts festival” and is the brainchild of astrophysicist Garik Israelian and the Queen guitarist himself (who also happens to be an astrophysicist).This year’s festival features performances by The Offspring as well as former Spandau Ballet lead singer Tony Hadley and more.May joined Dexter Holland and co.

Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig recently joined Phoenix on stage during their set at this year’s edition of Just Like Heaven festival.While performing at the indie festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, Thomas Mars and co. brought out Koenig towards the end of their set as a surprise guest.

Al Pacino is set to play a Mafia boss once again in a new kidnapping thriller.Pacino, who has famously played mob bosses and gangsters in films like The Godfather, The Irishman, and Scarface, will play a real-life mob boss in the film Captivated, which has gone on sale this week at Cannes.As per Deadline, the film will focus on Calabrian mafia boss Saro (played first by Tony Kebbell, and then next, in the present day, by Pacino) who kidnaps the grandson of one of the world’s richest men, Jean Paul Getty. The boss puts his organisation at risk when he falls in love with his victim’s mother (played by Katie Holmes) during ransom negotiations that follow.Michael Mammoliti, one of the producers on the project, is the nephew of Saro Mammoliti, one of the main kidnappers.

Glastonbury’s Palais Cinema has unveiled its line-up for this year’s edition of the festival and it features a star-studded list of guests including Paul Mescal, Florence Pugh and Andrew Scott.In a video unveiling the line-up with Radio 1’s Ali Plumb, EMPIRE’s Helen O’Hara and Bastille’s Dan Smith who is a patron and supporter of the area, it was revealed that film showings at the event include a mixture of pre-released screenings, recent cinema hits, music documentaries and classic film showings.Some of those on show include Despicable Me 4, Furiosa, Dune Part Two, All Of Us Strangers, Barbie, The Fall Guy, The Greatest Showman, Baby Driver and Shaun Of The Dead in its 20th anniversary year.Guests at the event include Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright who will be taking part in a Q&A about Shaun Of The Dead; Wright will also introduce his film Baby Driver.Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott will reunite with director Andrew Haigh for a Q&A about their emotive film All Of Us Strangers, which was released earlier this year, while Florence Pugh will speak about Dune Part 2 ahead of the screening.Other guests there include Tilda Swinton, who will take part in a Q&A for Only Lovers Left Alive and will introduce her new film Problemista while Cate Blanchett will talk about I’m Not There, the film she starred in about Bob Dylan.Both Swinton and Blanchett also appeared at last year’s Glastonbury, with Swinton joining Max Richter on stage while Blanchett danced on stage with Sparks. There will be a screening of the first two episodes of new Star Wars series The Acolyte, while Kneecap will talk about their new documentary film.

Lil Nas X has said that he wishes he could have had the success making country music like Beyoncé has had with her recent country album ‘Cowboy Carter’.The artist’s breakthrough hit arrived in 2019 in the form of ‘Old Town Road’, which fused elements of country and trap. However, it was removed from Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, because it did “not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current form”, sparking questions about whether this occurred because of his race.However, Beyoncé was widely heralded earlier this year for her contributions to country on ‘Cowboy Carter’ while Shaboozey also enjoyed success this year with ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’.In a new interview with the BBC, Hill said he was “happy” for these artists but added: “But I wish this would have happened for me.

Pitbull song has gone viral thanks to its inclusion in the latest season of Bridgerton.Warning: spoilers ahead for Bridgerton Season Three.In the latest season, which has just arrived Netflix, an orchestral version of Pitbull’s 2011 song ‘Give Me Everything’ is used to soundtrack a climatic and romantic scene between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton).The orchestral version of the track soon went viral on social media. Scored by Archer Marsh, Bridgerton’s music director, Justin Kamps, used the version to soundtrack the scene.Check out the original and the orchestral version here:“I think everyone was a little bit shocked that they were so in love with this Pitbull song cover for this sequence, of all things,” music director Justin Kamps said in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum about the inclusion of the song.He continued: “But the song is amazing, and it has this great build to it, and that’s what the scene really needed.

Sabrina Carpenter has reacted to Adele hailing her mega-hit song ‘Espresso’ as “my jam” at one of her recent gigs.The ‘Hello’ singer praised Carpenter’s track while performing at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas as part of her ‘Weekends with Adele’ residency this past weekend (May 19).Adele shared a story of her almost having a wetting accident due to her body trying to get used to the time difference in Las Vegas and being onstage until late after she took a break due to vocal rest. “I nearly [wet] myself because my whole body clock was out of sync,” she told the audience.Adele praises “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter:“As I got into bed last night… I found myself singing, ‘I’m working late, cause I’m a singer.’ […] That song is my jam!”pic.twitter.com/QGA0wRI2fY— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) May 19, 2024 She continued: “So being on stage at 11:30, I was desperate for a pee.

Horror, Inc., the original owners of the Friday the 13th film franchise, are expanding the Jason universe across new entertainment comprised of games, immersive experiences, merchandise and more.

The critics have crawled all over Focus Features/StudioCanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black like red ants, however, the CinemaScore of B+ (which isn’t far from the Elton John biopic Rocketman at A-) is telling that the fans who showed up weren’t entirely wrought with the film.

Genesis Rodriguez (The Umbrella Academy) has joined the Season 2 cast of Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness. She will portray Captain Josephina Carrillo, a dedicated soldier and skilled helicopter pilot with a fierce personality.

Tracker ended on a high note for CBS.

Ivan F. Boesky, the disgraced 1980s financier who inspired the cutthroat corporate raider Gordon Gekko character of Oliver Stone’s 1987 film Wall Street, died in his sleep today at his home in San Diego. He was 87.

UPDATE: Prosecutors have rested their case in the Trump hush money trial in New York after its star witness, Michael Cohen, ended his testimony.

EXCLUSIVE: In its first expansion into the kids & family space, Paris Hilton‘s next-gen media company 11:11 Media has partnered with HappyNest Entertainment, the kids & family-focused joint venture from Stampede Ventures and UTA, as well as 9 Story Media Group on Paris & Pups, a new kids’ animated series inspired by Hilton’s real-life pets.

UPDATED, 12:33 PM: A federal judge in Manhattan has thrown out a sexual assault lawsuit filed last year against Former Recording Academy President Neil Portnow after the accuser cited safety concerns over her name being revealed in court.

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Cara Santana (Daughter of the Bride) will make her directorial debut with The Shuffle, a documentary on the corruption of the addiction treatment industry, which she’s producing alongside Andrew Renzi’s North of Now.

The American Society of Cinematographers has re-elected Shelly Johnson for a second term as its president and voted in three VPs and other officers.

Yellowstone star Kevin Costner will return to the Western genre with his film series Horizon: An American Saga, the first part of which is set to arrive in theaters June 28. The first film in a planned four-arc installment premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival to an 11-minute 40-second standing ovation, which brought the actor to tears.

Jacob Moran is set to reteam with Madeleine McGraw, his co-star on the hit Blumhouse/Universal horror pic The Black Phone, on a new horror pic titled The Necklace that enters production in Atlanta in late May. Details as to Moran’s role are under wraps. Madeleine’s sister, Violet McGraw of M3GAN fame, will also star.

There have been hot and cold reports about the future of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise over the past few years. Some had a reboot happening with an entirely new cast, others a female-centric film with Margot Robbie. Now, Jerry Bruckheimer is setting the record straight.