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Nour El Nabawy, Lin Yin and Kayode Akinyemi have been unveiled as key cast of Emirati director Ali F. Mostafa’s long-awaited feature City of Life Continuum as principal photography gets underway at Dubai Studios.

A rare Banksy artwork, hand-painted by the elusive street artist and owned by musician Mark Hoppus, heads to auction on Tuesday with a price estimate of up to $6.35 million.“Crude Oil (Vettriano)” is Banksy’s re-imagining of the 1992 painting “The Singing Butler” by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, whose death was announced on Monday.It depicts Vettriano’s butler serenading a dancing couple on a beach, with Banksy’s addition of a sinking oil liner and two figures in hazmat suits moving a barrel of toxic waste in the background.The painting, bought by the co-founder of pop-punk band blink-182 Hoppus and his wife Skye in 2011, is being offered at Sotheby’s London “Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction”, with an estimate of $3.81 million – $6.35 million.“It was first exhibited in (Banksy’s) landmark exhibition in Notting Hill in 2005, which really propelled him into the public sphere,” Mackie Hayden-Cook, specialist, contemporary art at Sotheby’s, told Reuters.“It’s rare for a work of this quality to come to market, and this one really has all the best ingredients. A fabulous owner, it’s hand-painted, impeccable exhibition history, and its subject is more urgent now than ever before.”Speaking before news of Vettriano’s death, she linked Banksy’s decision to re-imagine his work to the parallels between the two artists at the time.“Like Banksy, you have a really, really popular artist that is loved by the masses and appreciated by many.

Colman Domingo and his husband Raul have an incredible meet-cute story and it’s going viral again after their appearance at the Oscars this weekend.

Donald Trump has ordered a pause on aid to Ukraine, as his administration seeks to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky to work toward a peace deal with Russia, the AP and other outlets reported tonight.

Beck has announced a string of orchestral shows set to take place across North America later this summer.The musician will be accompanied by native orchestras for nine shows in eight cities in the U.S. and Canada.

Meghan Markle faced several hiccups when attempting to be an entrepreneur in California. In March 2024, the Duchess of Sussex debuted her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, on Instagram. And while celebrity pals like Chrissy Teigen and Mindy Kaling gave sneak peeks of her jams with the brand’s logo online, everything then came to a halt.

her lifestyle blog, the Tig, back in 2017 when she got engaged to her now-husband Prince Harry — a decision that she doesn’t regret today.“Well, I loved The Tig, but I certainly love my husband more,” she said in a new interview with People magazine.“So that was a choice I made at the time, and I wouldn’t change that for a second,” she added.Markle, 43, launched the Tig in 2014 when she was starring on “Suits” in Toronto. She blogged about food, wellness and travel until her romance with Harry, 40, forced her to give up that passion project.But now Markle is preparing to launch her new lifestyle brand, which had its name changed from American Riviera Orchard to As Ever following a slew of trademark snafus.

per Variety.The “Avatar” star added: “I don’t share your opinion. For me, the heart of this movie was not Mexico. We were making a film about friendship.

Lucy Halliday (Blue Jean) has been tapped as a lead opposite Chase Infiniti and Ann Dowd in The Handmaid’s Tale sequel The Testaments for Hulu.

Bring Me The Horizon have announced their 2025 North America ‘Ascension’ arena tour set to kick off this autumn.The Sheffield metal pioneers will be embarking on their newly announced North American arena tour with a gig on September 23 at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, NC. From there, the band will make stops in cities such as Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, and more.

Tate McRae and The Kid LAROI are having one insane weekend!

That 3.9 earthquake that hit Southern California just as the celebrations were in full swing proved Anora‘s sweeping five victories at the 97th Annual Academy Awards could literally shake things up in Hollywood. And, by the way, nobody seemed to feel a thing, at least not on the Oscar parties circuit, where a little rocking and rolling seemed entirely appropriate.

Mikey Madison how will you celebrate your Best Actress win tonight?

Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner “A Real Pain’s” Kieran Culkin was censored during his speech when he shouted out his former “Succession” co-star and fellow category nominee Jeremy Strong.“Jeremy, you’re amazing in ‘The Apprentice.’ I love your work, it’s f–king great,” he said as he was bleeped.Culkin also used his acceptance speech to hold his wife to a promise over having more children.The actor, 42, kissed his wife Jazz Charton, 36, before taking the stage and delivering a classically Culkin — that is to say, wacky — acceptance speech after his name was called at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.“I wanna really, I love you, Jazz. This is, I have to thank my wife, Jazz, for absolutely everything, for giving me my favorite people in the world,” he said.“This is — please don’t play the music because I want to tell a really quick story about Jazz.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande brought their characters — and their tunes — from the hit movie musical to life at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.Erivo and Grande — nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively — performed a medley of tunes from across the “Wizard of Oz” universe to open Hollywood’s biggest night.First Grande, decked out in a ruby red gown, sang “Over the Rainbow” from the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.” Then, Erivo, dressed in a white gown with adornments, belted out “Home” from “The Wiz” stage and screen adaptations. And the two divas brought it home with a showstopping rendition of “Defying Gravity” from “Wicked.”Follow The Post’s live updates from the Oscars 2025 for winners, red carpet pics and moreIt was a theater kid fantasy that brought a little bit of the Tonys to the Oscars.Second only to the 13 nods for “Emilia Pérez,” “Wicked” landed 10 Oscar nominations, tying with “The Brutalist.” In addition to Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, the movie is up for Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design and Best Original Score.However, none of the film’s tunes were eligible for Best Original Song since they were written by Stephen Schwartz for the stage production that opened on Broadway in 2003.And in a change from years past, none of this year’s Best Original Song nominees will be performed during the awards ceremony.But “Wicked” gave the show a broom-flying boost to start the night.

the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday night to give a special homage to his late friend in an extension of the show’s “In Memoriam” segment in front of Hollywood’s elite at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.Freeman starred alongside Hackman — a two-time Oscar winner — in 1992’s “Unforgiven” and 2000’s “Under Suspicion.”“This week, our community lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman,” Freeman shared. “I had the pleasure of working alongside Gene in two films: ‘Unforgiven’ and ‘Under Suspicion,’ and like anyone who’s ever shared a scene with him, I learned he was a generous performer.”Follow The Post’s live updates from the Oscars 2025 for winners, red carpet pics and moreHe later said that Gene always said, “‘I don’t think about legacy.

won Best Supporting Actor at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday for his role in Jesse Eisenberg’s movie “A Real Pain” — and used his acceptance speech to hold his wife to a promise over having more children.The “Succession” star, 42, kissed his wife Jazz Charton, 36, before taking the stage and delivering a classically Culkin — that is to say, wacky — acceptance speech after his name was called at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.“I wanna really, I love you, Jazz. This is, I have to thank my wife, Jazz, for absolutely everything, for giving me my favorite people in the world,” Culkin said.“This is — please don’t play the music because I want to tell a really quick story about Jazz,” he continued before wrapping his speech.“About a year ago, I was on a stage like this and I very stupidly, publicly said that I want a third kid from her because she said if I won the award, I would, she would give me the kid.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com As Whoopi Goldberg hit the Oscars red carpet 34 years after she won best supporting actress for “Ghost,” she confirmed that she has seen a finished script for “Sister Act 3.” “We’re hoping it’ll happen sometime this year,” Goldberg told Variety‘s Marc Malkin at the Oscars red carpet in Hollywood earlier Sunday. But when asked what she thought about the script, Goldberg responded by saying: “It doesn’t matter what I think. It only matters if Disney wants to do it.” Goldberg starred in the first “Sister Act” back in 1992, which grossed $231 million on a $31 million budget.

James McAvoy touched down in his hometown at the Glasgow Film Festival this weekend where the actor lifted the lid on his experience of directing his first feature film California Schemin’ , which he admitted was “the most stressful thing I’ve ever done in my life.” 

Playbill cover of Broadway’s newest musical, Redwood.Over the course of two intermission-less hours, Menzel — who is also the show’s co-conceiver and collaborator — plays Jesse, a stereotypical high-strung New Yorker who belts songs, drives from Manhattan to California, talks excessively about grief, experiences flashbacks and memories of her deceased son, Spencer (Zachary Noah Piser) fights with her wife, Mel (De’Adre Aziza), and befriends two tree scientists, charming them in song with the following request:I can hold a tree pose/I can do a downward dog/’Cause I did yoga once at my old synagogue/and I don’t have a fear of heights/I work out all the time/So what I’m really trying to say is: Would you ever let me climb?Obviously, the scientists, Finn (Michael Park) and Becca (Khaila Wilcoxon), enjoy botany more than clever lyrics. Reluctantly, Jesse’s wish is granted.

Meghan Markle and her good friend Serena Williams have always been big supporters of one another. On Saturday, Markle took to social media to give followers a rare glimpse of life at home with her three-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet, and "Auntie" Williams playing Candy Land just days ahead of the launch of the Duchess of Sussex's new show, "With Love, Meghan," which premieres March 4. "When the aunties comes to celebrate … and to play! Love you @serenawilliams," Markle captioned the video, paired with the song "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers playing in the background.