Unplug Your Identity: Wundes Rocks the Adelaide Fringe with “Unplugged”

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Oscar nominee America Ferrera has been cast in her next role outside of Barbie World. Ferrera has signed on to star in Oscar nominee Paul Greengrass’ upcoming drama “The Lost Bus” alongside Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey, Variety has learned exclusively.

Jon Stewart’s return to The Daily Show is paying off for Comedy Central.

Sasha Attwood, the longterm partner of football star Jack Grealish, enjoyed a birthday dinner to remember complete with a beautiful Barbie-esque pink theme.The newly turned 28 year old, who has dated Jack since they were both 16 years old while attending St Peter's Roman Catholic Secondary School in Solihull, wowed fans with displays of pink goodies galore, from candy-striped pyjamas to delicate bowed table decorations and delicately glazed bubblegum pink doughnuts.The fashion model and influencer posted plenty of sweet pictures to her Instagram stories to share with her 265k followers, showcasing the ultimate girl's night in for 10. Treating her closest friends and family to matching sleepwear, each table setting had a freshly folded set, tied up with a bow.The bow theme continued with lots of soft pink ones tied across her card, candles and even sweet mini ones on top of the ring doughnuts.The sweet treats weren't the only treats on offer, with Sasha also opting for a thick buttercream piped traditional birthday cake, again complete with dainty pink bows and a single candle.

Damon Albarn covered The Smiths‘ ‘Panic’ with his Africa Express collective on stage in Mexico City this weekend.The Blur frontman joined the group for the performance in Morelos, Mexico at Bahidorá Festival on Saturday (February 17).The musical collective was formed in 2006 with the aim of bringing together artists from different cultures and musical genres for collaborative events.Albarn sang and played piano for the high-energy performance, and was joined by Camilo Lara for a lively ska interpretation of The Smiths’ 1986 track.Check out footage of the showcase below.Announcing the show last month, the Gorillaz artist shared that the performance would mark Africa Express’ first visit to Mexico, bringing together musicians, singers and DJs from around the world “to collaborate on a very special, completely original show”.NME watched Africa Express live back in 2019, describing the show in a five-star review as a “symbolic display of diversity, collaboration and unity”. It added: “Africa Express rarely gets together, but when it does, it specialises in generating one-off moments through unique combinations.”The collective’s last release, ‘Egoli‘ also came out in 2019.

Mubi has snapped up rights across multiple territories on Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger, the Martin Scorsese-narrated doc set to debut this week at the Berlin Film Festival. 

Alex Ritman ‘Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger,’ the documentary produced and narrated by Matin Scorsese, has been acquired by Mubi ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The arthouse streamer, distributor and production company has bought all rights for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Latin America, Turkey and India.

Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos will reteam with Element Pictures on a remake of South Korean fantasy comedy “Save the Green Planet,” Variety has learned. Lanthimos — whose latest film, “Poor Things,” is nominated for 11 Oscars and just won five BAFTAs (including best actress for Emma Stone) — is expected to start shooting the movie in the U.K. and New York this summer.

A youthful crowd of industry professionals filed into a bustling room at the Gropius Bau Saturday afternoon for the inaugural AfroBerlin symposium here at the Berlin Film Festival. 

The Libertines have announced a 2024 UK and Ireland tour kicking off in September – find all the details below.The band will be embarking on a 16-date tour in support of new album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade‘ (out March 15), opening at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on September 23, before continuing onto UK shows in Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool and more.Pete Doherty, Carl Barat and co. will then play two nights at London’s Roundhouse on October 30 and 31, before performing their remaining shows in early November, concluding at the Albert Hall Manchester on November 7.Fans can pre-order the new album here to get ticket pre-sale access from 9am GMT on Wednesday (February 21), while general sale tickets can be purchased from 9am GMT Friday (February 23) here.A post shared by The Libertines (@thelibertines)SEPTEMBER23 – Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre24 – Belfast, The Telegraph BuildingOCTOBER3 – Birmingham, O2 Academy4 – Norwich, UEA5 – Cambridge, The Corn Exchange7 – Cardiff, Great Hall8 – Bristol, O2 Academy18 – Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom19 – Liverpool, Mountford Hall21 – Nottingham, Rock City22 – Leeds, O2 Academy30 – London, Roundhouse31 – London, RoundhouseNOVEMBER4 – Sheffield, The Octagon5 – Newcastle, NX7 – Manchester, Albert HallThe Libertines spoke to NME in October last year about ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’, with Barat explaining that they were all “facing in the same direction” for this record.Doherty elaborated: “All we want to do is write beautiful songs.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music These days it can be all too easy for rock fans to fall into despair. What was the last truly culture-shifting new rock band? The Strokes? The White Stripes? Alternative forms of rock have been thriving, but it’s been a grim two decades for traditional guitar-based rock, as even the powers-that-be behind Grammy nominations seemed to have trouble finding worthy nominees beyond the usual Queens-of-the-Foo-Kings suspects (although they have branched out in recent years).

The press tour for Dune: Part Two is continuing!

William Earl administrator Post Malone unleashed his own brand of patriotism at Sunday’s Super Bowl with a stirring rendition of “America the Beautiful.” Wearing a brown blazer, white shirt, a bolo tie and jeans, the rapper and singer fingerpicked an acoustic guitar for a sincere rendition of the standard. His voice had lots of reverb and there was instrumentation backing his vocals, including plenty of pedal steel. Malone showed a singing strength many casual fans may not have witnessed before.

On Saturday night, when Martin Scorsese collected a gold medallion—the honor given by the DGA to all five of its Feature Film nominees—he thanked his cast and crew and Apple for their support in making Killers of the Flower Moon, but he emphasized his thanks to the Osage Nation for their intrinsic role in the making of the film and its success.

Heavy rain could see flooding across huge parts of the country this weekend, the Met Office was warned. Yellow weather warnings for rain covering two areas on both sides of England come into force this evening.

EXCLUSIVE: The Israeli producers and writers guilds have been in talks with Series Mania bosses after the festival’s chief said it was “impossible” for a show from the country to be included in its official selection this year.

For anyone who grew up with SCTV, it’s been incredibly heartening to see Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara hit stardom in their winter years thanks to “Schitt’s Creek.” Everyone who grew up with them knew they were superstars; it’s only that the world discovered them much, much later. Regardless, the success of that show has launched them both, and for Levy, it’s spawned his own travelogue show, “The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy,” centered on his lifelong disinclination to travel and leave the comfort of his home.

High School Musical viewer knows, when the Big Performing Arts Event and the Big Sports Event are scheduled for the same time, you have to choose. Travis Kelce is choosing sports…not that it was that much of a choice.As they were last year, Travis Kelce's team, the , are headed to the Super Bowl, which means the tight end will be doing running drills and push-ups and listen, I don't know how you train for football, but it seems hard and time-consuming.Kelce that he wishes he could attend the 2024 Grammys and “watch [] win every single award that she's nominated for,” but he'll already be in Vegas, where Super Bowl LVIII will be held, by the night of the awards.

(with prosecco in it)? Well, Taylor Swift’s favorite cocktail was just revealed, and it’s bound to drive bartenders everywhere During a at a Kansas eatery, reportedly ordered a French Blonde, and the restaurant’s owner then , “From our understanding, [that is] her favorite cocktail.” Why would a Midwest restaurant owner know Taylor Swift’s favorite drink? We have to assume her team calls ahead to make sure anyplace she dines can make it. Okay, we don’t have to assume that, but it’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.How you make a French Blonde, probably.So, what is a French Blonde, other than the name the TikTok girlies will definitely give to the next hair color trend? for the cocktail that comes from Patricia Heaton, star of Everybody Loves Raymond, so obviously, she’s trustworthy.

Austin Butler opened up about his Masters of the Air experience.

Fans of The Masked Singer are convinced an American popstar is behind Eiffel Tower. The fun and funky ITV singing competition returned to screens on Saturday night (January 27) for the latest installment of famous faces singing in the disguise of elaborate costumes and guessing from the celebrity judges.