Madonna’s daughter shares first single as Lolahol, ‘Lock&Key’

Marta Balaga LevelK has boarded Icelandic thriller “Natatorium,” directed by Helena Stefánsdóttir Magneudóttir. The film started shooting on Sept. 14, and is expected to bow locally next year. Produced by Sunna Gudnadóttir for Bjarstýn Films, marking the company’s first feature film, it’s financed with the support from the Icelandic Film Center and the Finnish Film Foundation. Scanbox, Sena and RUV YLE are behind the project as well. “I am mostly interested in working on films with female directors and/or scriptwriters, [projects] with high artistic integrity and universal appeal,” says Gudnadóttir, who previously worked on “A White, White Day,” and Iceland’s Oscar submission “Beautiful Beings.” She adds that “Natatorium” has three complex female leads, and 60% of the crew is female as well.

Mike McCahill Guest Contributor The source of this week’s other televised literary adaptation can’t claim the same global reach as “The Lord of the Rings,” but Sally Andrew’s Tannie Maria novels have proven reliable bestsellers in the author’s native South Africa since their 2015 debut. They now provide the basis of “Recipes for Love and Murder,” a South African-Scottish co-production that represents the daffiest addition yet to Acorn TV’s burgeoning portfolio of genial timepassers. To some degree, this is formula fare with a capital F: mild comic, romantic and criminal misadventures in a picturesque setting. Watch enough of it, and you realize even individual scenes have their own formula. Find a cosy location, add light seasonings of plot and piano, and – lest anybody still feel too challenged – serve with a cutesy punchline, typically someone offering to put a kettle on somewhere. From its foundations up, it’s tea-break television.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Compton-based house-music producer-singer Channel Tres has inked a deal that sees him joining RCA Records in partnership with L.A. indie Godmode. The partnership kicks off tonight with the release of the new single “No Limit,” with his debut full-length album “Real Cultural Shit” arriving later this fall. The album will also feature his singles from earlier this year, “Acid in my Blood,” “Ganzfeld Experiment” and “Just Can’t Get Enough.” Channel Tres, who has toured with Robyn, Vince Staples, Disclosure and Toro y Moi and performed at Coachella and New York’s Gov Ball, calls his style of dance music “Compton house”; it meshes the rhythms of Chicago house and Detroit techno with the bite of West Coast rap.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent The 17th annual Rome Film Festival will fete James Ivory with a career honor, a mini retrospective and the Italian launch of the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s personal new documentary “A Cooler Climate.” Ivory is expected in Rome to receive the award and present the doc about his life as a traveler that takes its cue from boxes of film the director shot during a life-changing trip to Afghanistan in 1960. The film premieres beforehand at the New York Film Festival. Rome’s Ivory mini-retrospective will comprise his films “Maurice”; “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge,” starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward; “The Remains of the Day”; and “A Room With a View.”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Columbia Pictures and local developer Amazon Falls have confirmed that their Aquaverse theme park will open in Pattaya, Thailand on Oct 12, 2022. The development is the Sony Group’s first theme and water park and was delayed for roughly a year by the COVID-19 pandemic. With Thai authorities having already dismantled most of their pandemic-era measures and poised to soon drop COVID from its list of notifiable diseases (expected to happen on Oct. 1) multiple large entertainment projects are now rushing to open. Carnival Magic opened in Phuket earlier this week, while another, Bangkok World, is expected to open adjacent to the Siam Amazing Park on the outskirts of the Thai capital on Nov. 25, 2022.

Wilson Chapman editorAlejandro González Iñárritu has released the first trailer for his Netflix Oscar contender “Bardo” — and the entire movie is now 22 minutes shorter.The Mexican filmmaker and two-time best director winner’s eighth film, “Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths),” premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival. After screening at Venice and Telluride, Iñárritu went back into the edit room and cut down 22 minutes from the film, bringing its runtime to two hours and 32 minutes, without credits.“The first time I saw my film was with 2,000 people in Venice,” Iñárritu told IndieWire. “That was a nice opportunity to see it and learn about things that could benefit from being tied up a bit, add one scene that never arrived on time, and move the order of one or two things. Little by little, I tightened it, and I am very excited about it.”

It may be nothing more than a simple chocolate biscuit, but there is something special about chocolate Bourbons that make them loved by Brits everywhere.

Gayle King is speaking out about the rift in the royal family.

Married at First Sight UK fans have said they are feeling sorry for Adrian Sanderson and "he deserves a medal" with how supportive he has been with his husband Thomas Hartley - and it seems he agrees as he was spotted liking the comments.Thomas, 31, has been involved in much of the drama of this series already, and fans have been backing his husband Adrian, 37, all the way for supporting Thomas in every heated situation. Following on from another explosive dinner party, one viewer tweeted: "I feel so sorry for Adrian. So much drama.

What is life beyond our memories? Celebrated filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu journeys through recollections and the truths they conceal in “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.” The film, which focuses on an award-winning  journalist/documentarian, seems to be a thematic successor to Iñárritu’s “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).” Part illusion, part reality — the principal aspects of ‘Bardo’ push the audience to question everything.  Continue reading ‘Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful of Truths’ Trailer: Alejandro G.

TikTok has been forced to remove some videos on its platform that appeared to be promoting the use of "diet pills".

Leon King's top-level exposure has been a key success for Rangers in their Champions League adventure so far this season.

Planning for your retirement can never start too early and if it’s closer than you realise, you may need to set aside some time now to make sure everything is in order.

Vanessa Bryant being awarded $16 million to Shakira’s ex Gerard Pique locking lips with his new girlfriend- but it’s been just as exciting on TikTok. With the weekend around the corner, we have a round-up of the 10 best celebrity TikToks of the week.Madonna, who just celebrated her birthday, may officially be the winner of the “Teenage Dirtbag” trend.

Madonna is the ultimate proud mum as she celebrates her daughter Lourdes Leon following in her footsteps into a music career.The Material Girl musician, 64, has six children: Lourdes, Rocco, David, Stella, Mercy and Estere.Her eldest, 25-year-old Lourdes, has carved out a fairly impressive public presence in her own right, having modelled for Calvin Klein with the likes of Dame Joan Collins and Willem Dafoe.She can also boast Burberry on her modelling resume, having recently starred in a campaign for the British luxury brand along with Bella Hadid, Jourdan Dunn and Ella Richards.Now the young celebrity has launched her own music career, with her first single, Lock&Key, released on 25 August.Rather than use her famous name to get an even bigger listener boost, Lourdes is creating music under the name Lolahol, and her first single is proving fairly popular.Madonna has always been a major cheerleader for her daughter, and was among the first to publicly support her upon the release of Lock&Key.Taking to her Instagram Stories, Madge shared the link to the song and tagged Lourdes.Adding a caption, Madonna wrote: ‘I am so proud of you Lola!’She added a series of hearts,sparkles, rainbow and music emoji to the supportive post.The fast-paced, slightly intense pop song is steeped in nostalgia, and could definitely be a hit with fans of early 2000s dance tracks.In the music video, posted to YouTube this week, Lourdes – aka Lolahol – showcases her unique creative spirit and personality.The young star hangs out in the graveyard, walks a German Shepherd on a chain, goes on adventures under the ocean and is the passenger in a car for the ultimate joyride.Piers Morgan, of course, slams ‘vile’ Meghan Markle after podcast releaseGordon

Lourdes Leon, the 25-year-old daughter of pop icon Madonna, is making her own music.The songstress — under the stage moniker Lolahol — dropped her debut single, «Lock&Key,» on Wednesday.Leon released the quasi-ethereal club track along with a neo-goth music video featuring the songstress taking viewers on a dark, surreal odyssey across New York.The video presents a rich visual tapestry evoking complex philosophies over the nature of mortality and Leon sings among the mausoleums and tombs in an old cemetery, while also introducing elements of urban fantasy as she seemingly transforms into a water nymph frolicking in the breaking waves of Atlantic.With images of a scantily clad Leon driving around in an luxury car while physically covered with sparkling gems juxtaposed and intercut with images of her in graveyards and being driven around my a man in a skull mask, the video raises questions about the age-old debate over materialism and the intangibility of material things. After all, you can't take it with you, as they say.Also, Leon dances through pink-and-purple organza curtains while singing to a thumping beat, so it works on multiple levels.Leon, as Lolahol, released the new track under her own Chemical X label, and was produced by Eartheater, who also directed the video.Leon recently talked about her life as Madonna's daughter while speaking with Debi Mazar for  last October. The topic came up when Mazer, a longtime friend of the 63-year-old singer, mentioned that Leon opted to pay for college and her apartment on her own.«We don’t get any handouts in my family.

Lourdes Leon, released her debut musical single Wednesday — following in the footsteps of her pop queen mom with a synth-heavy dance party anthem.The 25-year-old songstress dropped the dreamy, trip-hop tune “Lock&Key” under the stage name Lolahol, along with a steamy music video set in spots around New York City.In the video, the singer is seen writhing on the hood of an SUV,  striking a pose in sparkly silver nipple pasties and rubbing the chest of a clean-cut beefcake in a cemetery.Near the end, she’s shown doing splits on a beach while wearing only a tangle of ropes and a fishing net around her waist.Leon, who is also a model, has previously said she has no interest in the music industry because it’s too much like her “Vogue” superstar mother’s career path.“As for music, I can sing. I just don’t care about it.

Lourdes Leon has released her new single, following in Madonna’s footsteps and making her official debut in music, with her new song ‘Lock&Key’ using the stage name Lolahol.The 25-year-old model and businesswoman is showing her talent in the new music video, with a futuristic look and a slow and seductive melody, filmed in New York City and outer boroughs. Another scene shows the singer driving around the city and later arriving at a cemetery.Lourdes can be seen dancing and singing at the beach, seemingly arriving from a spaceship, in the video directed by Eartheater and created by Moshpxt via her label Chemical X.It’s still unclear if Lourdes will be pursuing her passion for music in the years to come, however she is now breaking into the music industry with her own unique sound.“Honestly, actors really annoy me and I can’t be around them.

Lola Leon is making music!