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Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff are reportedly teaming up to pen new music for A24’s upcoming film Mother Mary.As revealed via a Deadline report, the pair will write and produce original songs to appear in the film, though the film’s official score is being composed by Daniel Hart, who has notably worked on The Green Knight.Mother Mary – described as an epic pop melodrama – is set to star Anne Hathaway as a fictional musician and her relationship with an iconic fashion designer played by Michaela Coel. The Green Knight‘s David Lowery is set to direct and has penned a script for the film.Mother Mary is set to be filmed in Germany later this year and has yet to receive a release date.

I talked about this in my write-up for “Peter Pan & Wendy,” the upcoming live-action remake from Disney, but David Lowery is the King of the “one for them, one for me” creative model. Almost like clockwork, the filmmaker will follow up an indie film with a big-budget film before coming back to another indie drama.

Charli XCX is entering her (fictional) big pop girl era.

A24 is putting together a star-studded pop star movie!

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has renewed International Emmy-winning hit Indian series “Delhi Crime” for a third season. The streamer’s India operation has also renewed “Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives,” “Kota Factory,” “Mismatched” and “She” for third seasons. Netflix India has also commissioned a documentary on the life of hip hop artist and rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh who will deep-dive into the reasons behind his sudden disappearance at the peak of his career. The documentary will be directed by Mozez Singh (Disney+ Hotstar series “Human”) and produced by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain‘s Sikhya Entertainment, 2023 Oscar winners for “The Elephant Whisperers.”

Kim Kardashian and the rest of her family have reportedly been omitted from the exclusive guest list for the upcoming Met Gala.The iconic first Monday in May is always reserved for the world’s fashion elite to strut their stuff on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.The Kardashians have been a staple at the annual event since a pregnant Kim, 42, first stepped into the event way back in 2013 alongside her now ex-husband Kanye West. But, according to Page Six, times have certainly changed, and the entire family have been snubbed by the Gala boss and Editor-in-Chief of US Vogue, Anna Wintour.

Penélope Cruz showed off her new hair transformation during her latest appearance at one of the most highly anticipated shows of the season at Paris Fashion Week. The Hollywood star arrived at the Chanel Fall 2023 show looking stunning, wearing a signature Chanel tweed blazer and miniskirt.The actress looked stunning in blue, pairing the ensemble with a black quilted Chanel purse, a black belt with a silver crystal buckle, and black heels.Penélope decided she was ready for a change, with a subtle transformation of her signature brunette hair.

Charna Flam Outfest has announced the lineup for its 2023 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Film Festival, which will run from March 24 through April 2. Outfest Fusion will be celebrating its 20th anniversary by showcasing LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and their various films depicting queer and transgender stories. There will be nine features, including two 2023 Sundance documentaries, “Little Richard: I Am Everything” from Lisa Cortés and “The Stroll” from Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker. Cortés documentary explores how Richard “Little Richard” Penniman worked through his struggles with his sexuality, all while he made his mark on rock n’ roll. While Lovell and Drucker follow transgender women of color as they detail the community’s history of sex work in New York City.

EXCLUSIVE: Black British culture is reaching a “sweet spot” and creatives no longer have to move to the U.S. to achieve stardom, according to the creators of BBC comedy-thriller Black Ops.

Naman Ramachandran Oscar-nominated actor Paul Mescal has revealed he was groped by a fan outside London’s Almeida Theatre, where he is starring in a sold-out season of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Mescal, who is nominated for best actor for “Aftersun,” told U.K. outlet ES Magazine that he agreed to pose for a picture outside the Almeida. “As we posed for it, she put her hand on my ass,” Mescal said. The actor said he thought it was an accident and moved away, “but the hand followed. I remember tensing up and feeling just, like, fury. I turned to her and said, ‘What’re you doing? Take your hand off my ass.'” “The last thing I want to do is call somebody out in front of the theater — it’s uncomfortable for everyone involved — but it was really not okay. It was so gross, creepy.” On the price of fame Mescal told the magazine: “97% it is really nice — then 3% is somebody, like, grabbing your ass.”

Penélope Cruz, Dua Lipa, Roger Federer, and Michaela Coel are the cochairs of the 2023 Met Gala, an annual exclusive fashion exhibition for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They will be joined by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who has led the event since 1995.

Lupita Nyong'o gifted her fans a new Instagram photo series earlier Sunday containing an assortment of behind-the-scenes snaps from her time on set of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.The actress, 39, showed off her fit physique in her character's costume as she captured memories with other cast members while filming the anticipated sequel.The Little Monsters star reprised her role as Nakia in the second film, which has garnered a whopping total of $675 million in the global box office since its release earlier this month on November 11. Behind-the-scenes: Lupita Nyong'o, 39, shared a new Instagram photo series on Sunday of her time on set of the Black Panther sequelThe Us actress typed out a short caption to her 10.2 million fans and followers, 'More from forever in Wakanda,' with a black heart emoji added at the end.  In the first snap she shared, Lupita could be seen fully dressed in her figure-hugging costume next to actress Michaela Coel, who portrays Aneka in the film. The duo could be seen standing outside under the sun before stepping onto set to shoot a scene. The second photo showed Lupita happily taking a selfie closely next to Winston Duke, who tackled the role of M'Baku.

Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever spent a second consecutive week at No. 1 by earning $67.3M from 4,396 US theaters.In total, Ryan Coogler's $250M-budget PG-13 sequel has amassed a total of $546.3M at the global box office despite the bladder-busting 161-minute running time - according to Deadline.Wakanda Forever stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Angela Bassett.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has reportedly cut a 10-second scene of LGBTQ+ affection for its release in Kuwait. The brief moment in the Marvel blockbuster shows Michaela Coel’s character Aneka giving Florence Kasumba’s Ayo a simple kiss on the forehead.One of a handful of cuts amounting to slightly more than one minute, the footage has been placed on the chopping block to appease Kuwaiti censors, who are considered to be the strictest cinematic gatekeepers in the entire Middle East. On the chopping block: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has reportedly cut a 10-second scene of LGBTQ+ affection for its release in Kuwait Kissed goodbye: The brief moment in the Marvel blockbuster shows Michaela Coel’s character Aneka giving Florence Kasumba’s Ayo a simple kiss on the foreheadThe Black Panther sequels' brief kiss on the forehead is the latest LGBTQ+ scene to be flagged by censors in the region.

Drake and 21 Savage are being sued by publishers Condé Nast for $4M in damages over creating fake Vogue magazines, which they promoted as authentic to their captive combined 281M social media followers.'Me and my brother on newsstands tomorrow!' the Canadian 35-year-old announced on October 30, sharing Photoshopped images of the pair appearing to be on the cover. Making the prank seem real, Drake added: 'Thanks @voguemagazine and Anna Wintour for the love and support on this historic moment.'However, it was all a publicity stunt to promote the joint studio album Her Loss, which Drake and 21 Savage dropped last Friday. Fake news: Condé Nast is suing four-time Grammy winner Drake (R, pictured October 19) and Grammy winner 21 Savage (L) for $4M in damages over creating fake Vogue magazines, which they blatantly promoted as authentic to their captive combined 281M social media followersVogue and its editor-in-chief Anna Wintour 'have not endorsed Her Loss in any way' asked the Privileged Rappers 'multiple times' to take down the covers, which never happened - according to TMZ Hip Hop.Drake (born Aubrey Graham) and 21 Savage (born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) also reportedly did an email blast, and they enlisted street teams to hand out physical copies of their faux Vogue and plastered cities with the cover.In actuality, Emmy-winning writer Michaela Coel was featured on the November cover of Vogue and Grammy-nominated pop diva Jennifer Lopez is currently featured on the December cover of the 130-year-old fashion mag.

In anticipation of its release this coming week, Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continued its promotional tour with a historic premiere in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday evening. This was a major event — and the first time a Marvel movie has held a premiere locally — with a large group of talent, filmmakers and press on hand for the black carpet rollout. The sequel to the $1.348B grossing original pic played across multiple screens at Filmhouse Cinemas IMAX Lekki.

stalked onto the scene and you’ll see what we mean. Her commitment to the “rich bitch” character was something else.Another day, another major Saint Laurent moment for Moss, who attended the WSJ’s Innovator Awards in a whisper of a green gown with an that was bang on trend.

with the lead single in the world’s most prolific multi-hyphenate made a red-carpet comeback that showed fashion is still very much a top priority.Joining her Black Panther colleagues, including , Michaela Coel, and Danai Gurira, Rihanna chose a Rick Owens gown that semaphored strength. Plucked from the designer’s poetic, elegiac , which showed a softer side to his anarchic vision, the hopeful mood vibed with the film franchise’s themes.Hours after the star teased “Lift Me Up”—a tribute to Chadwick Boseman—Rihanna and A$AP doubled down on couple’s style on the red carpet.“I have always found great comfort that in the history of the world, good has somehow always managed to triumph over evil,” Owens wrote in his show notes.

Stars, filmmakers and special guests hit the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday night in Hollywood for the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Disney begins overseas rollout of the highly anticipated sequel on November 9 and releases domestically November 11.

Marta Balaga “We need to be cheerleaders, not gatekeepers,” said UKTV’s commissioning editor Sarah Asante, during a discussion at Mipcom on diversity and inclusion in the TV industry. “I have always heard that phrase: ‘gatekeepers.’ Barriers to access is a massive issue in this industry. Everyone trying to get in has a story about ‘having to know someone, having to be the son of a CEO or the daughter of a manager.’ That’s true, but there is a good number of commissioners of my cohort, who have my focus on how to tell the best stories from the biggest range of people.” “This industry is always saying we need more content, but then they ask: ‘Oh, where are your credits?’ You don’t live up to what you say.”