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After Kendrick Lamar aimed at Drake and J. Cole on Metro Boomin and Future’s “Like That,” Drake has apparently fired back — although there’s been no official confirmation — with a diss track that surfaced on social media on Saturday (April 13). Early in the day, a four-minute “leaked” song attributed to Drake hit social media, with some doubting its authenticity and speculating that it was an A.I.-created record.

Stephen Rodrick The key to understanding Conan O’Brien’s comedy is knowing that it comes from a point of kindness. Yes, I know in this age of comics punching down, this kind of compliment may leave you with a neon “Must Avoid!” sign flashing in your bleary eyes — but stay with me. Here is an example.

K.J. Yossman J.K. Rowling’s bestselling children’s book “The Christmas Pig” is set to get a film adaptation.

Columbia Pictures and Wayfarer Studios It Ends With Us, directed and starring Justin Baldoni, and also headlining Blake Lively has moved from June 21 to Aug. 9. The pic is based on the Colleen Hoover novel.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After 31 years, UFC 300 is shaping up to be a big milestone since “UFC 1: The Beginning” in 1993. For the main event, Brazilian Alex Pereira (9-2) is looking to defend his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship belt against American Jamahal Hill (12-1) at the top of the main card on Saturday, April 13.

Notorious former sports star OJ Simpson has passed away aged 76 from cancer. It was reported in early 2024 that the American former football running back had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and on Wednesday, 10 April, he succumbed to the illness. His family announced his death on Twitter on 11 April with a statement that read: "On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent New York-based group FilmRise has dropped a gripping first trailer for “Missing From Fire Trail Road,” Sabrina Van Tassel (“The State of Texas vs. Melissa“)’s documentary film about the crimes against indigenous women.

Fans across the globe are familiar with Caitriona Balfe thanks to her role as Claire Fraser in the much-loved time-travelling drama Outlander.

Marvel Animation’s “X-Men ’97” is just days away from premiering on Disney+. In the run-up to the series, Marvel exec Brad Winderbaum, a production & development executive at Marvel Studios, is making the press rounds and revealing some fascinating tidbits about how things are changing at Marvel.

A fire largely destroyed a two-story hillside mansion in Studio City owned by Suicide Squad actress and supermodel Cara Delevingne today, leaving a firefighter and an occupant of the home (not Delevingne) injured.

The fourth and final season of “Snowpiercer” has finally found a savior. Deadline reports that the series has a new home after Warner Bros.

Nacon’s open-world Terminator game now has a title and an Early Access launch date.Originally announced back in 2022, Terminator: Survivors is the first survival game set in the Terminator universe and was promised to feature “an original story that builds on the events of the official films”.“We can’t say much more for now, but this is definitely something to keep your eyes on,” said Nacon at the time. Now, after months of silence, the studio has confirmed Terminator: Survivors will launch later this year in Early Access.Due for release October 24 on Steam, Nacon have also promised Terminator: Survivors will be released on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S “at a later date” during their Nacon Connect 2024 showcase.“Play as a survivor in an open world set after Judgment Day where you, alone or in co-op, scavenge resources to build a base of operations for mankind. But you’re not alone,” reads the official Steam listing, with the game set after the events of the first two films.“It’s been four years since the day humanity nearly perished.

Run DMC‘s Jam Master Jay have been convicted of his murder over two decades after it took place.The artist, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was shot in the head at the age of 37 in Queens in 2002.Karl Jordan Jr and Ronald Washington targeted the artist at his recording studio in New York after they were cut out of a drug deal allegedly said to be worth $200,000, the court heard. They were first charged with murder back in 2020 and had initially plead not guilty.Jordan and Washington now face at least 20 years in prison.The murder trial began on January 30, with the court hearing that the Run-DMC legend’s killing was motivated by greed and revenge related to a drug deal row.An eyewitness who was at the scene of the shooting also appeared in court during the trial, identifying a suspect and recalling the Run-DMC star’s last moments.Jordan and Washington’s defence lawyer had notably invoked Harry Potter in the closing statements of the trial last week.As reported by Courthouse News, Jordan and Washington’s defence attorneys have pointed to evidence that they claim implies a third person as a suspect in Mizell’s murder, Jay Bryant.According to the prosecutors’ argument, Bryant was present simply to let Jordan and Washington into the building on the day of the murder before leaving.

Travel blog by Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) – Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) - Travel & Lifestyle Hipster Blog Cleveland. If, like me, you grew up in the 90s, you’re probably familiar with the phrase “Cleveland rocks!”—an old rock song that was used in the intro for The Drew Carey Show. I suppose I always knew Cleveland had some sort of history with rock & roll and music, but until I lost myself inside Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Museum, I didn’t realize how extensive of an history it is.

season of ?That's the question that appears to be boggling the minds of since Sydney Gordon's vendetta against Maria Georgas erupted earlier this season. Now, with Sydney out of the picture, it feels like Lea Cayanan is actively petitioning for this season's VillainTM by picking up where Sydney left off. That is, if Jess Edwards doesn't beat her to it…So, what is going on in the House of Joey? Well, here's a full explainer of what's gone down on the show so far, as well as each of these women's social media accounts.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “Central,” the fifth episode of “Expats,” now streaming on Prime Video. Lulu Wang’s “Expats” steps into feature-length territory for this week’s episode, which focuses on the working class women by diving into the lives of the help, Essie (Ruby Ruiz) and Puri (Amelyn Pardenilla).

Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love had offshore audiences getting together and feeling more than alright in Wednesday international box office play. Beginning overseas release yesterday, the Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed biopic grossed $4.9M across 10 markets, several of them giving the story of the reggae icon No. 1 status and the biggest or second-biggest launch day ever for a music biopic — in Jamaica, it scored the biggest opening day of all time. 

A former co-star of Married At First Sight UK's JJ Slater has issued a warning to Katie Price over their new romance, as they say she will "end up heartbroken". Katie, 45, and JJ, 30, went public with their romance last week, after ongoing speculation that they were dating. But Georges Berthhonneau, JJ's former co-star from the 2023 series of MAFS, doesn't think the relationship will last, as he suggested that JJ is more interested in fame, and "won't be in it for the long run".

Pocketpair Inc has shared a demo for upcoming metroidvania roguelite game Never Grave: The Witch And The Curse.READ MORE: Pocketpair Inc’s CEO: “We don’t want ‘Palworld’ to be beautiful and perfect. We want to inject elements of darker themes, including exploitation and violence”Never Grave: The Witch And The Curse is the first game from Pocketpair since the publisher released Palworld into Early Access earlier this year.According to the studio, Palworld sold over 8million copies in less than a week and became one of the most popular games on Steam.

Gears Of War designer Cliff ‘CliffyB’ Bleszinski has revealed he once pitched a game similar to Palworld to Epic Games, but was turned down.Released earlier this month in Early Access, Palworld has quickly become one of the most popular games on Steam. Creators PocketPair have reported upwards of 8million copies of the game have been sold in a week while earlier today (January 26), it became only the second ever game to pass 2million concurrent players on Steam, with PUBG being the first.Now Bleszinski has taken to social media to talk about how validating Palworld’s success has been for him.“Palworld‘s success kinda validates my pitch that was turned down at Epic many years ago,” he wrote with his idea revolving around “medieval Pokémon with baby dragons instead.”Responding to a fan, Bleszinski revealed that his pitch for the mobile game “just never went anywhere”.It just…never went anywhere.

Madame Web is headed East. Sony said today that its stand-alone origin tale from Marvel will hit China on March 1, two weeks after its North American bow.

Lewis Pullman is the top choice to replace Steven Yeun in Marvel Studios Thunderbolts sources confirmed to Deadline. If a deal closes, he would star opposite o star opposite Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan and Wyatt Russell, who had been announced as the main ensemble at D23 in 2022.

Murtada Elfadl Building on the promise of her short film “My Trip to Spain,” which played Sundance in 2022, filmmaker Theda Hammel returns to the festival with her feature debut, “Stress Positions.” Joined by favorite collaborator and lead actor John Early, she brings along the same wry sharp humor and the same incisive parody of her generation, only this time, Hammel is playing on a bigger canvas, directing a larger cast and tackling more topics and themes. Among other things, the film might be the first genuinely enjoyable film made about the pandemic. Set entirely within a few days in the summer of 2020, “Stress Positions” follows Terry Goon (Early) as he navigates a rather stressful few weeks.

Romeo Beckham and Mia Regan have taken the next step in their relationship, with the footballer moving out of the Beckham family home into his own luxury residence with girlfriend Mia. Since the move, which took place before Christmas last year, both Romeo and Mia have been sharing snaps and videos of their new home on social media.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. UFC is back with two title fights in Jan. 2024! American Sean Strickland is looking to defend his UFC Middleweight Championship belt against Dricus du Plessis, while American Raquel Pennington and Brazilian Mayra Bueno Silva battle for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship during the main card of UFC 297, which is tonight, Saturday, Jan.

Early in Yance Ford’s visual essay “Power,” he tells the audience that the film to come either requires “curiosity” or  “at least suspicion” from the viewer. It’s the type of bold claim that might pack a punch as a rhetorical hook, especially for a documentary that dives into the cultural, social, economic, and political history of policing in the United States.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Not much is funny about those terrifying early days of COVID, when the world was cloaked in an apocalyptic doom and the president was telling us to drink bleach. But in “Stress Positions,” Theda Hammel miraculously finds the funny side of lockdown, mining the masks, Purell and social distancing that defined that unhappy era for physical comedy. “Those gestures are like balloons, and they’re filled with the sense of danger and a sense of peril,” Hammel says of the Sundance-bound film that she directed and co-wrote.

Love Island's Jake Cornish is believed to have dramatically left the show after being paired with Liberty Poole.The reality TV star re-entered the iconic villa just three days ago, with the first episode airing last night which saw the public vote to pair Jake with his ex Liberty. However, it seems that this may have proved a bit much for Jake, who has reportedly walked from the villa after just three days.

The Office is still one of the most popular syndicated TV shows on the air today, and fans have been wondering if there will ever be a reboot.

Stand-up comic Jo Koy did his best to bring laughs back to the Golden Globes – or at least back to the opening monologue – with jokes about Meryl Streep, Succession, Oppenheimer, Ryan Gosling and even Hall & Oates.