In honour of the 25th anniversary of Angela Bassett’s 1998 flick “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”, the actress, and director, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, compare the difference between filming sex scenes at the time to nowadays.
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EXCLUSIVE: Doug Herbert and George Poteet are two land speed racers who are competing to see who can next break the existing record and they’re now set to be the subjects of a new docuseries.
Ample Entertainment, the company behind HBO’s The Invisible Pilot, and ProSiebenSat.1-owned Studio71 have teamed up for The Drive for Five.
The four-part series, which doesn’t yet have any broadcasters or platforms attached, will follow Herbert and Poteet as they compete to surpass the elusive 500 mph milestone, in hot rod cars powered by automotive racing engines.
The Beast team will be led by Charlotte, NC-based Herbert, a four-time Top Fuel Drag Racing World Champion whose family has been part of racing history for more than a half century. The team for The Beast, a racing machine whose carbon fiber body work was built by Haas Formula One team principal Guenther Steiner through his company, Fibreworks, also includes NASCAR Hall Of Fame Crew Chief Ray Evernham.
The Speed Demon team will be led by Memphis-based Poteet, who, behind the wheel of his race car, has set more than a dozen records, including the current World LSR of over 470 mph and a top speed of 481.5 mph.
The series will be executive produced by Ari Mark and Phil Lott from Ample Entertainment, Arielle Worona, Michael Schreiber and Adam Boorstin from Studio71 and Larry Aidem from Reverb Advisors.
Ample is also behind Discovery+’s Queen of Versailles Reigns Again and Murder in the Heartland and Netflix’s Kangaroos: The Story of Mala.
Studio 71 is also responsible for Hulu’s Plus One, starring Maya Erskine and Jack Quaid, the Mr. Mom series for Vudu, and Obi, based on Obi Arisukwu’s popular Instagram comic strip, produced alongside Michael B Jordan’s Outlier Society.
In honour of the 25th anniversary of Angela Bassett’s 1998 flick “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”, the actress, and director, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, compare the difference between filming sex scenes at the time to nowadays.
Even though the Cleveland Cavaliers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New York Knicks, they still improved a ton this season! With that being said there are still some things Cleveland has to do to make them a contender. Cleveland’s young core is very solid with Mitchell, Mobley, and Garland. The Cavs still need a few pieces though.
Harrison Ford had the support of some Hollywood legends at the premiere of his new movie Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Season 48 of “Saturday Night Live” may have been cut short due to the writers’ strike, depriving us of the final three hosts, Pete Davidson, Kieran Culkin and Jennifer Coolidge (crossing our fingers for the first three slots of Season 49?), but there will lots for members of the Television Academy to choose from. Pedro Pascal, Quinta Brunson, Austin Butler and Jenna Ortega are among the hosts submitted for Emmy consideration in the guest acting categories. Not every person lucky enough to take the stage of Studio 8H in New York City submits for Primetime recognition. For example, Season 47 hosts Oscar Isaac, Kim Kardashian and Billie Eilish were not among the proposed names.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has sold its 3D family animation “A Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express,” directed by Will Ashurst, to Viva Kids for North America. The third part in the “Cattle Hill” series is a detective story about the little cow Clara and her friend Gavin who join forces with the world famous detective Agatha Chichester to unveil the thief of a revolutionary Nano-seed stolen from a high-tech laboratory train. New Europe has also sold the film to South Korea (First Run) and South Africa (Red Dot Digitals) and, as previously announced, France (Alba Films), Poland (New Horizons), JUST4KIDS in Benelux, Neo Films in Greece, Birfilm in Turkey, FILMS4YOU in Portugal and Arthousetraffic in Ukraine.
A.D. Amorosi When listeners look back at what was their favorite late-spring/early-summer 2023 anthem, for many, it will surely be New York rapper and vocalist Toosii’s warmly embraceable “Favorite Song.” A spare, banging ballad with a gorgeous, sinewy melody, a subtly contagious chorus and a positive, romantic message (“You look good without no make-up, no lashes, even better when you wake up”), it has spent 15 weeks on the Billboard chart to date, most of that in the Top 10. Along with reaching No. 5 on the Hot 100, “Favorite” hit No. 1 on the Rap Streaming Songs Chart, the Hot Rap Songs Chart and the R&B/Hip-Hop Chart, all with 400-million-plus combined global streams. To go with its platinum-certified victory, “Favorite Song” has also accumulated over 61 million YouTube video views, and is currently the centerpiece of “Naujour” Toosii’s just-released debut album.
Formula 1 stands out as one of the most exciting and glamorous sports globally, where the jet-setting lifestyle takes drivers to various destinations across the globe, with stays in five-star hotels, private jet rides, and dinners at some of the best restaurants.The spouses and partners of the drivers on the grid attract a number of fans of their own, and when the F1 stars are not manoeuvring through circuits at lightning speeds, they frequently share glimpses of their lavish lives alongside their current partners on social media. Here’s a look at some of the drivers' other halves. Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet Max Verstappen, the 25-year-old Belgian-Dutch racer, has been in a relationship with Kelly Piquet, a Brazilian-Dutch model, since 2021.
A leading human rights lawyer has challenged Humza Yousaf to remove the prison service’s “licence to kill” by ending its immunity from prosecution over custody deaths.
A frantic search is underway to trace a man missing from a Highland town.
Ice Cube has announced details of a 2023 UK and Ireland tour in the winter with support from Cypress Hill and The Game. Check out dates and ticket details below.The rap icon previously performed around the world last year with fellow West Coast rap legends Snoop Dogg, E-40 and Too $hort for the supergroup’s Mount Westmore tour.Now, the Californian shared has new solo dates for the ‘High Rollers Volume 1’ tour with Cypress Hill and The Game, telling UK fans: “We coming across that water.
Drake scored a leading seven nominations for the music-heavy 2023 BET Awards today, and GloRilla was next with six. Both also are up for Album of the Year. Lizzo and 21 Savage follow with five nominations apiece.
Alison Hammond, Josie Gibson and Dermot O'Leary have all been named as potential replacements for Phillip Schofiled but has Craig Doyle overtaken all of them?Holly Willoughby will host This Morning alongside Craig Doyle today after spending two days with Josie Gibson by her side. The ITV presenter returned to the show this week and publicly addressed the Phillip Schofiled scandal in a statement whilst holding back tears. Josie Gibson has shared a gushing Instagram post over her co-presenter Holly she said “Thank you to this legend and her infectious energy!!! @hollywilloughby you are such a fabulous broadcaster.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director The summer movie season is heating up in theaters this June with the releases of Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Warner Bros.’ “The Flash” and Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” but streamers are also set to make some noise with the arrival of big tentpoles. From Netflix unveiling the sequel to one of its biggest original movies in history (the Chris Hemsworth-starring “Extraction 2”) to Michael B.
Tenacious D have released a recorded version of their viral cover of Chris Isaak‘s ‘Wicked Game’ – check out the video below.The fan-favourite cover, which was originally performed in December for SiriusXM, comes weeks after the duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass released their first new track in five years titled ‘Video Games’.Directed by longtime collaborator Taylor Stephens, the video for the track features both Black and Gass frolicking by the sea while wearing their undergarments. It’s a homage to the original video of the 1989 hit which featured Isaak and model Helena Christensen.Their previous single, ‘Video Games’, was released last month.
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elephant in the room. The musician appeared to poke fun at his recently heightened public profile, amid rumors of a relationship with global pop icon Taylor Swift, during a set with his band on Saturday. As Healy kicked off his performance with his band The 1975 at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend festival in Dundee, Scotland, the 34-year-old wryly referenced the numerous burning questions fans may currently have for him. «Is it all a bit? Is it sincere? Will he ever address it?» he said to the crowd, adding: «All of these questions and more will be ignored in the next hour.
Matty Healy appeared to have an interesting way of addressing those Taylor Swift romance rumours over the weekend.
Matty Healy has fans talking!
Cher is opening up about her longtime friendship with Tina Turner and some of their final conversations together.
DWP benefits claimants and motorists are among those affected by key changes being rolled out next month. The moves could impact you financially, so they're well worth being aware of.