MGMT announce new album and share “Mother Nature” video

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Thomas “Eromose” Ikimi, director of the Tribeca Film Festival player “88,” has been tapped to write a new drama about a fierce wildlife preservationist and activist. Eromose will write the screenplay for “Manaka,” a story inspired by the organization Saving the Wild and its founder Jamie Joseph. The Zimbabwean-born South African founded the charitable foundation to help protect rhinos from poaching, as well as to tell authentic stories about frontline workers protecting the species from going extinct.

The producer of popular TV shows Euphoria and The Idol tragically died on Sunday after suffering a 'medical emergency' while driving. Forty four year old Kevin Turen was in his Tesla with his 10 year old son when he became unwell. His brave son reportedly took control of the car, which was on autopilot, steering it to safety on the side of the highway before dialling 999.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the 33rd annual Gotham Awards Ceremony, taking place live and in person on Monday, November 27, 2023 in New York City, The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced the winners of its fifth annual Focus Features & JetBlue Student Short Film Showcase.

UPDATED, 7:50 a.m.: Columbia Pictures has unveiled a new trailer for its rom-com Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) and Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), which hits theaters December 22nd.

Ahead of Columbia Pictures‘ 100th anniversary on January 10, 2024, Sony Pictures Entertainment has unveiled a new logo for the company to celebrate the occasion.

Kevin Turen, a prolific film and television producer known for his work on groundbreaking projects like “Euphoria” and “The Idol.” Turen, who was only 44 years old, passed away over the weekend, leaving behind a legacy that has significantly shaped the world of cinema and television.As news of Turen’s untimely death emerged, details surrounding the cause remained unknown, adding to the shock and sorrow felt by the industry and his family. Turen is survived by his wife, Evelina, and their two sons, Jack and James.In a heartfelt statement, Turen’s father, Edward Turen, expressed his son’s profound impact on those around him, stating, “Kevin was so incredibly special; this world is going to be less without him.”Maribel Guardia dedicates her ‘Dia de Muertos’ tribute to her late son: ‘Forever in my heart’Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, and more attend Matthew Perry’s funeralJennifer Aniston is ‘struggling’ with Matthew Perry’s passingBorn on August 16, 1979, in New York City, Kevin cultivated a deep passion for cinema from a young age.

Euphoria and The Idol producer Kevin Turen has passed away aged 44.His death was confirmed by father Edward Turen as well as company Penske Media Corporation, though no cause of death has been revealed.“Kevin was so incredibly special, this world is going to be less without him,” Edward said in a statement (via Deadline).Jay Penske, head of PMC, added: “Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends. He was so proud of his children.

HBO’s “Euphoria” and “The Idol,” has died at 44.A spokesperson for Penske Media Corporation confirmed the news in a statement late Sunday. No other details on Turen’s death have been released.“Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Jay Penske, CEO of PMC and a close friend of Turen, said in a statement.

Caroline Brew editor Chris Pratt embodies the world’s most sarcastic yet endearing orange feline in the trailer for “The Garfield Movie,” premiering in theaters on Feb. 16, 2024. The new animated feature introduces new characters to comic creator Jim Davis’ universe, including Samuel L.

Janet Landgard, who played Paul Petersen’s love interest for three seasons on The Donna Reed Show and later costarred with Burt Lancaster in film drama The Swimmer, died Nov. 6 at age 75 of brain cancer, according to several friends on social media.

Michaela Zee Janet Landgard, who starred in 1968’s “The Swimmer” alongside Burt Lancaster and played Paul Petersen’s love interest for three seasons on “The Donna Reed Show,” has died. She was 75.

Deadline’s Sound & Screen, our awards-season composer showcase of original music for some of this year’s most acclaimed films, gets underway tonight at UCLA’s Royce Hall, with a 60-piece orchestra tuning up to make it all sing.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Sony Pictures will conduct a live orchestra at the Academy Museum featuring the bombastic music from its animated feature (and best picture) contender “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” At a special invitation-only event at the David Geffen Theater, the studio will feature an exhilarating arrangement of electronics, turntables and a live orchestra performing the original score from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s box office smash by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning composer Daniel Pemberton. The concert will feature appearances by Oscar-winning producers and screenwriters Phil Lord and Chris Miller; the film’s directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K.

Vancouver Swifties will have an extra something to celebrate next holiday season: Taylor Swift has added three dates in the city to the 2024 leg of her Eras Tour.

Jonathan Cohen By the time he launched Mom + Pop Music in 2008, Michael Goldstone knew a thing or two about artists. Operating more behind the scenes than some of his more flashy contemporary A&R types, the Long Island-born music obsessive signed Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine to Epic Records, and then went on to build DreamWorks’ A&R and marketing departments.

Salma Hayek is remembering Matthew Perry.

MGMT have announced their fifth studio album ‘Loss Of Life’ and shared its first single – listen to ‘Mother Nature’ below.The duo – comprising Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser – are set to release the 10-track follow-up to ‘Little Dark Age’ (2018) on February 23, 2024 via Mom + Pop. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Today (October 31) MGMT have previewed the forthcoming record with a nostalgic guitar-based song titled ‘Mother Nature’, which arrived with an animated video directed by Jordan Fish.In a joint statement, the band explained that the single “outlines the archetypical MGMT mythology of one hero attempting to get the other hero to come on the journey that they ‘must’ go on”.They went on to explain that “one part” of ‘Mother Nature’ “sounds like Oasis“.The accompanying video sees two animal friends, Dog and Turtle, join forces to take down an evil pet collector.“I hope the story makes people happy and feel connected to family, friends and the animal kingdom as well,” said Fish, who has worked with MGMT since their debut album ‘Oracular Spectacular’.

Blink-182 have surprised fans with two bonus songs, ‘See You’ and ‘Cut Me Off’, which appear on the digital-only version of their new album ‘One More Time…’.The band shared the news earlier this week, explaining that the digital-only album version is available exclusively at their webstore. ‘See You’ and ‘Cut Me Off’ bring the total ‘One More Time…’ tracklist to 19 songs.Blink released their ninth studio album last Friday (October 20) via Columbia.

A hiker who was challenged to spend a night alone in a "haunted" Scottish bothy says he heard "unexplained sounds" such as scratching and footsteps.

Rock Brynner, who escaped the shadow of his iconic actor father Yul Brynner to launch a multifaceted career, died Oct. 13 in Salisbury, Connecticut. He was 76 and was in hospice battling complications of multiple myeloma, according to family friend Maria Cuomo Cole.