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Bastille’s Dan Smith, Paloma Faith, Jimmy Somerville, Metronomy’s Joseph Mount and Damon Albarn are among the musicians featured on a new cover of the song ‘A Million Dreams’ from ‘The Greatest Showman’. The new track is being released in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity and Brainstrust, and was the idea of seven year old Ravi Adelekan – son of Metronomy bassist Olugbenga Adelekan – who was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year.Ravi’s illness was initially diagnosed as a build up of ear wax but, when an ear, nose and throat specialist requested an MRI scan, a tumour was discovered on his brain stem.

the disastrous box office performance of “Snow White,” according to multiple reports published on Thursday. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to break the news.

The Tangled live-action movie is being put on pause.

EXCLUSIVE: The stage adaptation of musical movie The Greatest Showman, which starred Hugh Jackman portraying the early life of entertainer P.T. Barnum, will have its world premiere in the British West Country city of Bristol, around March 2026, ahead of its launch in the West End and on Broadway.

Robbie Williams has admitted that his joke about bedding most of the Spice Girls did not go down well with Posh Spice's husband, David Beckham.

Naman Ramachandran “Better Man,” the Robbie Williams biopic, emerged as the leading winner at the 14th AACTA International Awards, securing both best film and best direction for Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey. The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts’ celebration of global screen excellence saw the film add to its impressive nine-award sweep at the domestic AACTA Awards.

Carolyn Giardina A trio of VFX Oscar nominees lead the feature competition nominations for the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards, which will be handed out Feb. 11 at the Beverly Hilton. Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” leads with seven nominations, followed by Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” with six nominations, and Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man,” with four noms.

Robbie Williams secured his 15th Number One album with the Better Man soundtrack, which has tied him with The Beatles.Williams currently holds the record as the solo artist with the most UK Number One albums. Now, with his 15th Number One record, he is in the same range as The Beatles’ record.The ‘Rock DJ’ has a total of 20 chart-topping UK albums across his solo work as well as his work as part of the 90s pop group Take That.

Robbie Williams has recalled receiving texts from a number of famous faces following Better Man hitting cinemas.The singer shared the news during a recent interview with Nicki Chapman on Magic Radio, recalling the ways that his life has changed since sharing the biopic.The project, directed by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), sees Williams depicted as a CGI monkey and tells his life story – from his early days in childhood to his first taste of success with boyband Take That.During the interview, Williams recalled the huge response he has seen since the film hit cinemas last month, and said that a number of famous faces have reached out to congratulate him about the release.“I wake up every day to a slew of emails and texts, and they’re not short texts,” he began, going on to drop some specific examples.“Because of the length of these things that I’m getting, I know that it’s doing something incredibly special. And I will name drop… texts came from Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block and Jon Bon Jovi,” he added.

Robbie Williams has hinted at a sequel to his film Better Man, suggesting he could be transformed into a chimp once more.The Take That star, 50, revealed there's so much content that didn't make it into the first film, another could be in the works. Robbie shared: "There is so much that didn't make the movie. Only because we couldn't fit it in – not because I was too embarrassed or ashamed to put it in...

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor I’ve known of Robbie Williams ever since Take That, the British boy band, burst onto the music scene in the 1990s. Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Williams took the U.K., Europe and most of the world by storm, but they didn’t crack America. When Williams broke away from the band, he launched a solo career.

“Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” debuted atop the box office with $15.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.Mid-January is often a slow moviegoing period, and that was slightly exacerbated by the closures of about 10 theaters in Los Angeles, the country’s top box-office market.A sequel to the Gerard Butler 2018 heist thriller, “Den of Thieves 2” performed similarly to the original.The first installment, released by STX, opened with $15.2 million seven years ago. O’Shea Jackson Jr.

Robbie Williams’ new biopic Better Man has endured a difficult opening weekend in US cinemas.The semi-autobiographical film, which sees the star represented by a CGI chimpanzee, tells the story of his life and career, from the early days of childhood to his first taste of success with boyband Take That.Better Man was released in the UK on December 26, while in the US it expanded into over 1200 cinemas on January 10. As reported by Variety, that opening day saw the film draw only $580,000 (£475,000), which will be seen as a significant disappointment.The film, which is directed by The Greatest Showman’s Michael Gracey, was made for a reported budget of $110million (£90million), and has made a total of £3.8million from its first two weekends in UK cinemas, according to the Film Distributors’ Association.In a three-star review of the film, NME wrote: “Better Man begins like a John Lewis ad and swerves into an R-rated hodgepodge that somehow does too much while also barely skimming the surface of Robbie Williams’ career.

Robbie Williams — the British pop star gets in touch with his inner primate.Indeed, the 50-year-old singer — who rose from the boy band Take That to become one of the biggest UK music icons of the 1990s and early ’00s — is transformed into a singing, dancing chimpanzee thanks to the wonders of CGI in the film that opens wide on Friday.“I’ve been a cheeky monkey all my life,” Williams, who narrates the movie, told the Associated Press. “There’s no more cheekier monkey than the coke-snorting, sex-addict monkey that we find in the movie.”And Williams believes that this ape take on his story — which traces his life from childhood to his struggles with addiction and depression at the height of his fame — benefits from seeing it through a furry-faced chimp.“We care for animals more than we care for humans, most of us,” he told AP.

Robbie Williams has reflected on his time making new biopic Better Man and said that he compared himself to Eminem in 8 Mile.The semi-autobiographical film arrived in cinemas over Christmas. Directed and co-written by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), it sees the singer depicted as a CGI monkey and tells the story of his life and career, from the early days of childhood to his first taste of success with boyband Take That.In a new interview following the release, Williams has reflecting on the process of creating the film – particularly his struggle to get the soundtrack right.According to the singer, he felt like Eminem while working on the project, referring to the rapper’s famous battle to get ‘Lose Yourself’ on the soundtrack for the 2002 film 8 Mile.“I was sending these songs over that I’m like, ‘That’s a banger.

Jen Yamato Spotlighting Oscar hopefuls and international heavy hitters, the Palm Springs Intl. Film Festival kicks off its 36th edition with “Better Man,” an audacious crowd-pleaser in which the character of Brit pop star Robbie Williams appears in the movie as a CG chimp, narrating his life story. “It’s touching and has a unique and personal perspective on fame and resilience,” PSIFF artistic director Liliana Rodri-guez says of the unconventional biopic, directed by Michael Gracey (“The Greatest Showman”).

Robbie Williams has teased news of a new album, which will include collaborations with Glenn Hughes and Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi.Williams shared his plans for new material during a recent interview with NME, in which he promoted his new biopic, Better Man.The semi-autobiographical film, which is directed and co-written by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), arrived in cinemas over Christmas and tells the story of Williams’ life and career. In the film, the singer is depicted as a CGI monkey, and the plot takes viewers from the early days in childhood to his first taste of success with boyband Take That and beyond.In a recent interview with NME, both Williams and Gracey shared insight into how the idea of a movie came to life, and why they decided to have the singer depicted as a CGI monkey.

Music legend Robbie Williams took a cheeky dig at revelers just before Sydney’s iconic fireworks display on New Year’s Eve.The British pop star was the headline act for the night and performed right up until the final countdown.The star admitted that his performance was a chance to promote his biopic “Better Man,” a brainchild of Australian director Michael Gracey.The film has scored six nominations at the 2025 AACTA awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Lead Actor for Jonno Davies, who plays Williams as a chimp in the film.The film has already scored a Golden Globes nomination for Best Original Song and is short-listed for a nomination on the same category for the Oscars.After performing “Let Me Entertain You” and “Land of 1000 Dances,” Williams began “Me and My Monkey,” but fell silent after the encouraging audience began to sing along.“You made me come in, in the wrong place!” he appears to tell an audience member.“Can you stop doing the lyrics to the song, then I don’t get it wrong?”Williams then resumed the song as if nothing happened.

Robbie Williams has delighted us over the years with a plethora of hit songs, both from his time with Take That and his incredible solo career.

Better Man, the new semi-biographical film depicted on the life of Robbie Williams is all set to release on Boxing Day (December 26).

Naman Ramachandran Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” roared to the top of the U.K.-Ireland box office in its debut weekend with £4.4 million ($5.5 million), according to numbers from Comscore through Dec. 23. As the holiday season reaches its peak, Universal’s “Wicked” continues to enchant in its fifth frame, conjuring £2.5 million for a robust £48.2 million running total.

Robbie Williams has shared how he thinks Liam and Noel Gallagher will react to their depiction in his upcoming biopic Better Man. Williams and the film’s director Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) have spoken to NME about the biopic, which will be released on Boxing Day.