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Olivia Culpo is keeping things a surprise.

The King and Queen are set to head to Italy in the coming months to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary with a trip to Rome. And while the couple are no doubt looking forward to the trip, there's one thing that the Queen may be apprehensive about.

GOT7 singer JAY B has announced the US leg of his 2025 ‘Tape: Re Load’ US tour, featuring concerts in Houston, San Francisco and more.On March 22, JAY B and tour organiser Konnect’d Entertainment announced the K-pop idol’s 2025 ‘Tape: Re Load’ US tour, which will be his first solo trek of the country. He will hold six concerts over five different states across the month of June.

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Sidhoo’s documentary The Track has lined up its next two festival appearances – and they’re major.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Strand Releasing has acquired North American rights to Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s “Cactus Pears” which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. The Indian gay drama will play at New Directors/New Films this week.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer It’s been a tough few years for the theater business, and it’s been particularly brutal in San Francisco. Since the pandemic began, the city has lost the Embarcadero Center Cinema, the Century Theatres in the Westfield Mall and CinéArts at the Empire. But for sheer financial calamity, it would be hard to top the CGV Cinemas, a 14-screen multiplex in the Tenderloin.

Bruce Glover has sadly died.

Bruce Glover, a prolific actor who appeared in films like Diamonds Are Forever and Chinatown and acted alongside Bette Davis and Anne Bancroft on Broadway, died at the age of 92, his son, Back to the Future actor Crispin Glover announced on Instagram.

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter have announced their 2025 North American tour set to kick off later this autumn.The 13-night run will commence on September 16 at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas. From there, the legendary punk band with Carter as the new frontman will make stops in major cities such as Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Montreal, Toronto, Denver, San Francisco and more.

Netflix will no longer make games for “Netflix Stories,” its catalog of interactive fiction games mainly based on romance and dating-focused series. The streamer confirmed that its new gaming strategy will now stick to mobile titles across party games, narrative games, kids games and mainstream games, as well as more games that can be played on TV.

What does Josh Hartnett have up next for his current career resurgence? From the looks of “Fight Or Flight,” it’s hard-hitting B-movie fun, with the “Trap” actor doing his best “John Wick” impression. “Fight Or Flight” stars Hartnett as an exiled American operative given a last-ditch assignment: tracking down “The Ghost,” a high-value asset on a trans-Pacific flight.

FKA Twigs has announced the cancellation of her North American ‘Eusexua’ tour dates – find out why below.Today (March 26), FKA Twigs took to social media to share the unfortunate news, revealing that a handful of upcoming shows in the United States and Canada are being scrapped due to visa issues.“Today I was informed that production did not fill out the correct paperwork in a timely manner for us to have our visas to come to the USA and perform,” the singer explained. “So that means by no choice of my own I will have to pull out of my New York, Chicago, and Toronto shows.”north america tour update pic.twitter.com/IIvbskEa3V— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) March 26, 2025FKA Twigs went on to explain: “For those of you who are wondering why I have to pull out of Toronto because it’s not part of the United States, it’s because of routing and just the complex beast that touring is.

Outside Lands Music Festival just announced their 2025 lineup and have a little something for fans of all genres on this year’s bill.Household name headliners set to perform at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park from Aug. 8-10 include Hip-Hop innovator Tyler, The Creator, powerful hitmaker Hozier, avant-garde rapper Doja Cat, sensitive singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams and indie rock vets Vampire Weekend.They’ll be joined by EDM mainstay John Summit, funky showman Anderson .Paak, artsy rockers Glass Animals, twitchy party-starter Jamie XX and rapidly rising star Doechii.Ludacris, Bleachers, Julien Baker with Torres, BigXThaPlug and Wallows are just a few of the many other biggies set to perform over the long weekend in the Fog City.And Rebecca Black — yes, that Rebecca Black — will be there, too.In total, 93 acts are set to perform at this year’s multi-day extravaganza.Fans can purchase single and multi-day passes for the 2025 Outside Lands Music Festival on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Wednesday, March 26.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete breakdown of all single and multi-day Outside Lands ticket options can be found below.We weren’t lying when we said Outside Lands went all out when booking this year’s festival.

Jamie Lang From Lille’s Series Mania, All3Media has revealed that the long-running detective drama “Midsomer Murders” is celebrating another landmark as production kicks off for its historic 25th season. The globally beloved show, which has aired for nearly three decades, is returning with four new feature-length mysteries. Produced by Bentley Productions and commissioned by ITV in the U.K., “Midsomer Murders” continues to be a ratings draw across nearly 200 territories.

GOT7 singer JAY B has announced the US leg of his 2025 ‘Tape: Re Load’ US tour, featuring concerts in Houston, San Francisco and more.On March 22, JAY B and tour organiser Konnect’d Entertainment announced the K-pop idol’s 2025 ‘Tape: Re Load’ US tour, which will be his first solo trek of the country.For his 2025 ‘Tape: Re Load’ US tour, JAY B will hold six concerts over five different states across the month of June. They include shows in the cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Francisco, Houston, Chicago and Washington, D.C.Ticketing and venue details for the concerts on JAY B’s 2025 ‘Tape: Re Load’ US tour have yet to be announced.

Carolyn Giardina The first permanent theater auditoriums to feature Barco‘s new premium HDR laser projectors – Cinepolis Pico Rivera in Los Angeles County and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission in San Francisco – have debuted with the release of Paramount’s “Novocaine.” The Pico Rivera site is also the first Cinepolis MACRO XE premium auditorium in the U.S. As Barco rolls out it new projectors, upcoming films mastered for the system will include David Ayer-helmed thriller “A Working Man” for Amazon MGM Studios (March 28); game-to-film adaptation “A Minecraft Movie” from Legendary, Warner Bros.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer A film adaptation of “Split Fiction,” the hot new co-op game from “It Takes Two” developer Hazelight Studios, is in the works, Variety has learned. Sources at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco have confirmed that media company Story Kitchen (led by the team that shepherded “It Takes Two” into a film project now set up at Amazon) is putting together the film’s cast, writers and director into a package as offers for the rights keep coming in from multiple top Hollywood studios.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Balatro” won Game of the Year at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) on Wednesday, just after “Consume Me” received the top prize at the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGFA). From LocalThunk and Playstack, “Balatro” is a indie roguelike deckbuilding game that has a “unique spin on the timeless card game Poker where players build unique decks with a variety of distinct cards to score points and defeat blinds within the roguelike gameplay.” During the 25th edition of annual awards show, which took place at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco amid the Game Developers Conference, “Balatro” also won Best Debut, Innovation Award and Best Design.

LocalThunk’s Balatro, developed by Playstack, was deemed a royal flush as it was crowned Game of the Year at the 25th Game Developers Choice Awards. Handed out on Wednesday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Balatro also snagged wins for Best Design, Best Debut and the Innovation Award. 

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Spry Fox, the Netflix-owned game studio behind “Cozy Grove,” “Triple Town” and “Alphabear,” is launching a new co-op life-simulation game called “Spirit Crossing” later this year. “Prepare to adventure into a joyful world with ‘Spirit Crossing,’ a massively cooperative life sim designed to encourage friendship and make the world feel a little less lonely,” according to the game’s description.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer An industry-wide video game workers union launched Wednesday in partnership with Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). A direct-join union, United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433 was announced during the 2025 Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.