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Streamers lead the field for the 2024 Imagen Awards nominations. The Imagen Foundation said today Prime Video scored a leading 27 noms, followed by Apple TV+ with 17 and Netflix with 14.

Despite the circulating rumours, Meghan Markle has indeed visited the UK within the last two years.

Contrary to swirling rumours, Meghan Markle has indeed graced British soil within the last two years.The Duchess of Sussex made a hush-hush return to the UK with a surprise meeting with Prince Harry in London this May, insiders have disclosed. It's said Meghan touched down at Heathrow Airport on Thursday, May 9, after jetting in from Los Angeles.

Jack Dunn The American Film Institute and Panavision have unveiled the participants for the 2024 Cinematography Intensive for Women, which takes place from July 27 to July 30 at the AFI Campus in Los Angeles. CIW is a tuition-free educational program designed to equip emerging cinematographers with hands-on training and mentorship to help advance their filmmaking careers.

EXCLUSIVE: Indie film producers Arthur de Larroche and Micaela Wittman on Friday announced the launch of Manic, a new U.S.-based independent production company.

The next Olympics might be the best excuse for an unforgettable trip to America. And the best part - there's still four years to plan for it.

EXCLUSIVE: Vision Entertainment has brought on Chris Bellant as a manager in their talent and literary departments. He’ll work out of the company’s Los Angeles office and will also work with Vision’s production arm to produce both film and TV.

Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized once again.

Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Keegan-Michael Key hit the stage in Hall H at 2024 San Diego Comic-Con held at San Diego Convention Center on Thursday morning (July 25) in San Diego, Calif.

Jeremy Allen White and Rosalia are still going strong, nine months into their relationship!

Tessa Thompson appears to be going strong with boyfriend Brandon Green, months after they were first spotted together!

Billy Joel at the beginning of “New York State of Mind,” his 1976 saloon song that would become a hometown anthem for the ages — and a local crowd favorite during his 10-year monthly residency at Madison Square Garden that ends on Thursday night.Unhappy with his contract with Family Productions — the label that released his 1971 debut album, “Cold Spring Harbor” — the Bronx-born, Long Island-bred crooner hopped a cross-country flight from New York to Los Angeles.And the big move paid off: After making his getaway in 1972, becoming a resident lounge lizard in La La Land, Joel recorded his second and third albums, 1973’s “Piano Man” and 1974’s “Streetlife Serenade” under a new deal with Columbia Records.But you can take the Piano Man out of New York, but you can’t take New York out of the Piano Man.With his fourth album, 1976’s “Turnstiles,” Joel said goodbye to Hollywood — in both song and geography. And his return east inspired his now-legendary love letter to his city.“‘New York State of Mind,’ I wrote actually while I was on a Greyhound bus on my way back from a gig somewhere,” Joel told SiriusXM in 2016.

Gojira have announced they will perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony.Le Parisien and Time Out have both reported that the French metal band will play this upcoming Friday (July 26), where they will apparently collaborate with opera singer Marina Viotti in their performance.It is currently unclear whether frontman Joe Duplantier will be duetting with Viotti or not.So far, other performers confirmed include Lady Gaga and Celine Dion, who will be performing a duet of Edith Piaf classic ‘La Vie En Rose’ together.The performance will mark Dion’s first time taking to the stage in over four years, following her being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome – a rare, chronic neurological disorder that causes muscle stiffness and intense spasms.She last took to the stage in 2020 when she performed in New York, and she was expected to embark on a world tour last year, but was forced to axe all scheduled dates due to the condition.French Afrobeats star Aya Nakamura is also rumoured to appear amidst a far-right row that has erupted over her inclusion.Meanwhile, Gojira will be appearing at KoRn’s 30th anniversary stadium show which will take place at Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium on Saturday, October 5.They will be performing alongside Evanescence, Scars On Broadway, Spiritbox, Vended and Daron Malakian – visit here to purchase tickets.

daughter Kaia Gerber, 22, is dating Austin Butler, was asked about Butler’s “never-ending” Elvis accent. On the July 24 episode of “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen,” Crawford shared, “I just … That’s Austin to me.”Butler, 32, starred in the 2022 biopic about Elvis Presley, co-starring Tom Hanks and directed by Baz Luhrmann.Butler won a Golden Globe for the role, and got nominated for an Oscar. He also got approval from Priscilla Presley, 79, and Lisa Marie Presley, shortly before the latter’s death at age 54 in 2023.

Manchester United will soon take to the pitch in their new away kit for the 2024/25 season.

Kesha has opened up about her “beautiful” upcoming album, and explained how it feels like the start of a new chapter.The singer made the comments in a new interview, where she looked back at her time in the music industry so far and revealed what she has in the pipeline. It also came as she gears up to release new material as an independent artist.Kesha announced her departure from RCA and Kemosabe Records last December, later sharing her first independent single ‘Joyride’ on July 4.She has also been teasing more new music, first with a cardboard sign announcing the news in Los Angeles.

Idina Menzel has officially kicked off her Take Me or Leave Me concert tour ahead of her upcoming return to Broadway!

First-year UCLA head football coach DeShaun Foster was a man of few words today at Big Ten media day. His formal introduction as Chip Kelly’s replacement was, shall we say, short on substance.

Karen O and Danger Mouse have shared their new single ‘Super Breath’, marking their first new music together since 2019.Opening with a pulsing bass line combined with a chilling synth melody, O sings: “quit playin’ cool / push me aside / I die each time / I’m not your fool,” describing the feelings with an unfulfilled love.The new track comes along with the announcement of a reissue of the duo’s 2019 LP ‘Lux Prima’ which will be re-released on September 19. The reissue will include a 7″pressing of ‘Super Breath’ with their previously recorded cover of Lou Reed’s ‘Perfect Day’ as the B-side.It will also include a 16-page booklet highlighting the Encounter With Lux Prima immersive listening event at Los Angeles’s Marciano Arts Foundation.

Aubrey Plaza was seen using crutches at the WNBA 2024 All-Star weekend in Phoenix, Arizona after tearing her ACL.Plaza sat courtside to watch the game on Sunday (July 21) alongside Megan Rapinoe ex-WNBA player Sue Bird, the latter of whom was shown on camera during the game tying Plaza’s shoe. They saw team WNBA defeat Team USA with a score of 117-109.Ironically, Plaza had sustained the injury while playing basketball.

Soulja Boy has filed a lawsuit against YouTuber Tasha K reality TV star William the Baddest, who claimed an “alleged intimate moment” happenied between the Atlanta rapper and a man.In a since-deleted podcast episode of UNWINEWITHTASHAK, filmed in May 2024, Latasha “Tasha K” Kebe interviewed William the Baddest who claimed to have had a brief physical relationship with Soulja Boy.These claims were swiftly denied by the rapper on social media and the lawsuit was filed against both Kebe and William the Baddest on Tuesday, July 16 in Los Angeles. The ‘Crank That’ rapper is seeking $16million in damages from the defendants, according to TMZ.Tasha K responded to Soulja Boy’s lawsuit by inviting process servers to hand-deliver legal documents to her upcoming live shows in New York and Boston.