Missy Elliott tells artists working on their second album to “go with your gut” and be “fearless”

of Tesla boss Elon Musk — the square-o-dynamic image is currently gaining traction amid the internet’s current optical illusion craze. [Warning: Spoilers Below]The visual jigsaw shows two cubes sitting in place; however, when the viewer clicks on the shapes, the screen flashes black and they appear to rotate like disco cubes.

READ MORE: Five scientific reasons beer is actually good for you Camra chair Nik Antona, right, said: “The news half of people think the average price of a pint is unaffordable is a cause for concern for the future of the great British pub.” The tab for a pint is up 70% since 2008 and will rise further as the cost of energy and wages is added to the effects of the war in Ukraine, which produces much of the malting barley used in our favourite beers.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterShea Couleé is in a superhero show, baby.The star of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,” and finalist on “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars All Winners,” has joined the Marvel Studios TV series “Ironheart” in an undisclosed role.“Ironheart,” set to debut on Disney+ in the fall of 2023, stars Dominique Thorne (“If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Judas and the Black Messiah”) as engineering genius Riri Williams, who, in the comics, develops a supersuit similar to Tony Stark’s Iron Man.

Thania Garcia Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” is expected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (knocking out Bad Bunny’s seven-week stint with “Un Verano Sin Ti”), marking one of the biggest opening weeks of the year. Should it enter atop the chart, “Renaissance” will be the first album recorded by a woman in 2022 to land at No.

Naman Ramachandran The world premiere of hotly anticipated Netflix series “The Sandman” at London’s BFI Southbank on Wednesday evening was a star-studded triumph, with Neil Gaiman and cast greeted with cheers and adulation.Apart from Gaiman, on whose iconic comics the series is based, the cast and crew, Netflix and Warner Bros. Television executives, the audience was largely composed of comic book aficionados who evidently were familiar with the nuances of every single one of the 75 comics in the series.The first two episodes of the series were screened to a rapt audience, and Gaiman kicked off the post-screening Q&A by describing how he had spent well over 30 years “fighting terrible film adaptations” of his comics. And, after Netflix boarded the project, “Suddenly, in 2019, it was the opposite,” Gaiman said.

Zack Sharf James Gunn is assuring DC fans that “Peacemaker” Season 2 is in fine shape at HBO Max despite the recent news that Warner Bros.’ has killed “Batgirl” from being released either on the streamer or in theaters. “Peacemaker,” a spin-off of Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” starring John Cena in the title role, was a big hit for HBO Max when it debuted at the start of 2022. A second season was officially announced in February.“Is ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 safe?” asked one fan on Twitter following the news of “Batgirl’s” demise.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentSunny Hostin is staying put at the most dramatic table on television.Hostin has inked a multiyear, multimillion-dollar deal to continue as co-host on “The View,” Variety has exclusively learned. The renewal deal will take Hostin through Season 28 of the ABC daytime show, which she currently co-hosts with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sara Haines — all of whom will be returning next season.ABC declined to comment on Hostin’s deal.As Variety previously reported, “The View” is expected to cast former Trump staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin as a co-host next season, which begins in September, filling the conservative seat on the panel that has been vacant ever since Meghan McCain left the show in 2021.

dog guarded her owner for 36 hours after they fell down a 200ft ravine. She then got walkers to raise the alarm, as exclusively reported by The Sun.

READ MORE: Bodybuilders look unrecognisable in pictures taken before they got ripped And speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, the 28-year-old Brummie said: “At first I didn’t want to share the before and after photos because I was embarrassed about the first one.“But I thought you know what, I look good in the second one and it is so much better so I shared it.“I feel so much more confident now and I am so much happier. Honestly, mental health wise it’s amazing, it doesn’t just improve your physique you feel a lot happier mentally.”Joe, who works for Jaguar Land Rover, was feeling his lowest during the Covid-19 pandemic.He began piling on the pounds and as he did so he grew more and more despondent.Remembering those dark days, he said: “I just lost motivation.“My diet was non-existent and I was eating a load of rubbish and was constantly comfort eating.“It would be takeaways and cooked breakfasts every morning.

Zack Sharf Will Tom Cruise be leaving the “Mission: Impossible” franchise following the release of the upcoming “Dead Reckoning” entries? Sources have said that the seventh and eighth “Mission: Impossible” movies (being released as “Dead Reckoning – Part 1” and “Dead Reckoning – Part  2”) are designed as “a sendoff for Cruise’s Ethan Hunt character,” but director Christopher McQuarrie said on the “Light the Fuse” podcast that you can’t believe everything you read. However, the director wouldn’t confirm or deny the speculation.Asked if the “Dead Reckoning” movies will be the end of Cruise’s tenure with the action franchise, McQuarrie responded, “Let me tell you, I’ve been working with Tom Cruise for 15 years and I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve been standing next to the man, witnessed an event and then read about it in the trades the next day and none of what they describe is actually true.” McQuarrie launched into an example: “We were in Birmingham shooting a scene between Tom and Haley [Atwell].

Wilson Chapman editorThe world’s most famous fat cat is coming to theaters soon. “Garfield,” an animated film starring Chris Pratt as the famous Jim Davis comic strip character, will premiere in theaters Feb. 16, 2024.In addition to Pratt, the film will also star Samuel L.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorTaron Egerton knows about fame — especially after the attention he received for his award-winning work as Elton John in 2019’s “Rocketman.” But Egerton never felt as popular as he did on July 23 when Britney Spears posted videos on her Instagram of them together in London.“I felt very, very, very famous for a second,” Egerton tells me on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast, crediting her “passionate fans” for all the love and attention.The video — which Spears captioned, “Coolest guy ever!!! Such a freaking fan!” — was taken at a mutual friend’s dinner party. “She was very, very, very lovely,” the actor reports, explaining he’s been a fan of the pop star since her early days.

Rebekah Vardy has said her ex-agent Caroline Watt became "so unwell" because of the Wagatha Christie trial that went on between Rebekah and Coleen Rooney, after Rebekah sued her former WAG friend for libel. Rebekah, 40, made the claims in an explosive interview with TalkTV, named 'Coleen & Me', which aired on Wednesday, August 3 - the first interview that she has done since she lost the libel trial that she brought against Coleen, 36. The trial came after Coleen accused Rebekah of leaking stories about her to the press in 2019, in a now-infamous social media post that said: "It's........

Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock has left her fiancé Andre Gray in stitches in a video where she attempts to dive into the sea, but instead pulls off more of a belly flop - which she calls an "epic fail". The 30 year old singer posted a number of snaps of her sun-soaked holiday with Andre Gray, including one of the pair of them in their swimwear with the sun beaming down on them.The second slide shows a bikini-clad Leigh-Anne stood on the edge of a boat as she attempts to psyche herself up to do a dive by lifting her arms up to the dive position repeatedly before chickening out.

Chrissy Teigen has announced that she is pregnant with her third child with husband John Legend. The model, 36, took to Instagram to share a sweet image cradling her bump and she penned: "The last few years have been a blur of emotions to say the least, but joy has filled our home and hearts again. 1 billion shots later (in the leg lately, as u can see!) we have another on the way." She went on: "Every appointment I’ve said to myself, “ok if it’s healthy today I’ll announce” but then I breathe a sigh of relief to hear a heartbeat and decide I’m just too nervous still".

Joshua Bassett‘s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series character may be exploring in his romantic life next season.

Kirby Howell-Baptiste adds some drama with an accentuated Elizabethan-esque collar for the premiere of her new Netflix series, The Sandman, held at BFI Southbank on Wednesday (August 3) in London.

Spoiler Alert Warning: This podcast talks about the ending of Focus Features’ Vengeance. 

The U.S. Postal Service today released a series of Forever stamps featuring Buzz Lightyear, the beloved character that originated in Disney-Pixar’s animated Toy Story films.

Pulled Apart By Horses have unveiled details of a new album, ‘Reality Cheques’.The band’s fifth album is set for release on September 30 via Alcopop! Records.As well as this, the band have unveiled details of an extensive run of shows in October in support of the new record. Tickets go on general sale this Friday August 5 with a fan pre-sale taking place on Wednesday August 3.Check out the full list of dates below and buy tickets here.SEPTEMBER9 – Hull – AdelphiOCTOBER 1 – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club2 – Liverpool – EBGB’s4 – Manchester – Factory5 – Huddersfield – Parish6 – Glasgow – Broadcast7 – Sunderland – Pop Recs12 – Cambridge – Portland Arms13 – St Albans – The Horn14 – Bridgwater – Cobblestones15 – Norwich – Waterfront Studio20 – Stoke – Underground21 – Birmingham – Asylum23 – Bristol – Rough Trade24 – Swansea – Bunkhouse27 – Milton Keynes – The Craufurd Arms28 – London – The Garage29 – Ashford – The Glass House30 – Brighton – The Hope & RuinSpeaking about the band’s new album, vocalist Tom Hudson said: “Our musical tastes change monthly, never mind over the course of the years, so we are never going to be the kind of band who’d do the same album every time.“We’ve always been that band that are ‘too heavy for the indie kids, and too indie for the heavy kids’ in industry terms, but it’s quite cool that people don’t really know where to put us, because it means no-one can easily slap a genre name upon us.

Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, will have its European premiere at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.Director Rian Johnson’s highly anticipated sequel, which sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as detective Benoit Blanc, will close the festival on October 16 with a screening at London’s Southbank Centre.There will also be simultaneous preview screenings of the film at additional cinemas across the UK. Details of the screenings have yet to be announced.Along with Johnson and Craig, cast members Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr, Kate Hudson and Madelyn Cline will attend the premiere.