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Kodak Black Announces “The Dying To Live Tour”

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Kodak Black Announces “The Dying To Live Tour”

Atlantic recording artist Kodak Black has announced plans for a North American headline tour. The Dying To Live Tour, produced by Live Nation, kicks off March 14th at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans, LA and will travel through 32 cities across North America including Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York and more, before wrapping May 5th at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium. Tickets go sale to the general public beginning Friday, February 15th at 12pm local time at www.officialkodakblack.com.

In addition, Kodak Black will be performing at this year’s fifth anniversary Rolling Loud at Miami, FL’s Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday, May 11th. Tickets and information are available HERE. The Dying To Live Tour will also offer limited VIP packages – one including a meet and greet experience. For more information on VIP packages visit www.officialkodakblack.com.

The Dying To Live Tour follows the December 2018 release of Kodak Black’s long awaited new album, DYING TO LIVE, available now HERE. The follow-up to 2018’s R&B project, HEARTBREAK KODAK, the new LP includes the platinum certified hit single, “ZEZE (Feat. Travis Scott & Offset),” available for individual streaming and download HERE. The track – which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s “Top R&B/Hip Hop Songs” chart – is joined by a companion visual, directed by Travis Scott and boasting over 40 million views HERE.

DYING TO LIVE also includes such tracks as “Calling My Spirit,” the Ben Billions-produced “Take One,” and “If I’m Lyin, I’m Flyin,” the latter of which is joined by an official video with over 38 million views HERE. The album is further highlighted by “Moshpit (Feat. Juice WRLD),” “Testimony” and “Gnarly (Feat. Lil Pump),” the latter joined by an official video streaming HERE. Kodak Black of course recently teamed up with Gucci Mane and Bruno Mars for the gold certified single, “Wake Up In The Sky.” The track’s official companion video, directed by Mars, has proven a true phenomenon, now with over 184 million individual views HERE. Source.

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Winners And Highlights At The 2019 Grammy Awards

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Music’s biggest night was held on Sunday, with country artist Kacey Musgraves winning album of the year. Musgraves took home the top trophy for her fourth studio album “Golden Hour.”

“I never dreamed that this record would be met with such love, such warmth, such positivity,” Musgraves said while accepting the honor. “It seriously means the world to me. I love country music with everything that I am, and I’m very proud to be able to get to share my version of that with the world.”

It was also a big night for Childish Gambino, who’s song “This is America” won four awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year, a first for a rap song to achieve such feat.

During the show, the country legend Dolly Parton was also honored with a tribute, which featured Parton performing with Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves, Miley Cyrus, Maren Morris and Little Big Town.

The show was hosted by Grammy winner Alicia Keys, who took over the gig from James Corden. 61st annual Grammy Awards was held on Feb. 10, 2019 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

See the full list of winners below, or go to grammy.com

Album Of The Year: “Golden Hour,” Kacey Musgraves

Record Of The Year: “This Is America,” Childish Gambino

Song Of The Year: “This Is America,” Childish Gambino

Best New Artist: Dua Lipa

Best Pop Solo Performance: “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?),” Lady Gaga

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

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BAFTA Winners 2019: Full List Of Winners

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Roma (Netflix), The Favorite (Fox Searchlight)

Although Alfonso Cuarón’s black and white family drama “Roma” won best film and best director (for Cuarón), it was “The Favourite” that went home with the most Baftas trophies, among them Outstanding British film and Best Actress to its lead Olivia Colman.

The acclaimed early 18th century period drama from director Yorgos Lanthimos received seven awards in total.

Also solidifying his march to Oscars is Rami Malek, who won Best Actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Malek recently won the same at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Here is the complete list of winners at the 2019 British Academy of Film and Television Awards, which was held on Sunday:

Best Film:
Roma

Outstanding British Film:
The Favourite

Leading Actress:
Olivia Colman, The Favourite

Leading Actor:
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Supporting Actress:
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Director:
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
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Trailer For Coming Of Age Film “Broken Ghost” Released

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Directed by the prolific Richard Gray (The Lookalike, Sugar Mountain, Robert The Bruce), Broken Ghost focuses on a family desperate to leave behind their past secrets for a fresh start in a small town in Montana.

Starring Scottie Thompson (12 Monkeys, The Black List, Star Trek), Nick Farnell, Devon Bagby and Autry Haydon-Wilson, Broken Ghost screens in Berlin this week. Written by Abe Pogos and Catherine Hill (Sugar Mountain) this captivating and haunting film tells the story of one girl’s struggle with bullies and her rise to confront her demons.

Broken Ghost will be distributed by Film Mode Entertainment and available across major digital platforms and VOD in North America starting on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

Desperate for a new life, Imogen (Haydon-Wilson) and her family move to Montana in an attempt to escape a secretive past from the big city. Eager to make a new life for herself, Imogen must overcome new tormentors, old secrets, and a strange presence in the attic. In one girl’s fight to rise up, this family eventually discovers that the ghosts of their pasts are not the only ones they have to deal with.

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Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem in “Everybody Knows”

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Focus Features

The new suspense thriller film features Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz from two-time Academy Award® winner Ashgar Farhadi, writer and director of The Salesman and A Separation.

Laura (Penélope Cruz) and her children travel from Buenos Aires to the village where she was born, on a Spanish vineyard, to attend her sister’s wedding, but unexpected events lead this gathering toward a crisis that exposes the family’s hidden past.

Distributed by Focus Features, Everybody Knows opened 2018 Cannes Film Festival and is now playing in select theaters in Los Angeles and New York City.

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Anya Taylor-Joy Will Lead Edgar Wright’s “Last Night In Soho”

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Blinding Edge Pictures – Universal Pictures

Director Edgar Wright is set to direct the psychological horror-thriller “Last Night In Soho” and he’s taking Anya Taylor-Joy with him, Variety is reporting.

Though not a lot of plot details have been revealed, the story is said to take place in Central London’s Soho district. Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Penny Dreadful) wrote the fiml’s screenplay.

Taylor-Joy’s has been on the rise to stardom since breaking out in 2015’s acclaimed period supernatural horror “The Witch”. She followed that up with M. Night Shyamalan’s blockbuster hits “Split” and last month’s “Glass”.

Wright himself is recently attached on a string of hits lately, having written the screenplay for 2015’s Marvel superhero film “Ant-Man” as well as writing and directing 2017’s box-office and critical hit “Baby Driver”.

Focus and Working Title have not yet announced a release date for the film.

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FX’s ‘Legion’ Will End With Season 3

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FX’s sci-fi drama “Legion” is set to conclude with the upcoming third season, the network’s CEO John Landgraf announced on Monday during the Television Critics Association press tour.

“Noah Hawley had always considered Legion to be a three-season show,” FX CEO John Landgraf told reporters, “and he has confirmed that he’s going to stick with his plan. This will be the final season.”

Season 3 of Legion is currently set to debut this June.

The TV series is connected to the X-Men movie series, and is centered around the character of the same name David Haller / Legion.

English actor Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast) plays the title character, a conflicted mutant diagnosed with schizophrenia who later discovers his illness could be superpowers that could change his life. He is also the son of X-Men leader and founder Professor Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller.

Legion also stars Rachel Keller, Bill Irwin, Aubrey Plaza, Jeremie Harris, Jean Smart, Amber Midthunder, Jemaine Clement, Navid Negahban, Katie Aselton and Hamish Linklater.

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“Toy Story 4” Super Bowl Teaser Trailer

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Disney drops a brand new teaser trailer for its upcoming Toy Story 4 animated comedy at the Super Bowl LIII and its delightful.

The 30-second clip sees Buzz Lightyear trapped on display in a carnival stall. But the other toys aren’t happy: “if you think you can take our top prized spot, you’re wrong!”

We also see here that Woody and Bo Peep are back with each other once again. Tim Allen returns as the spaceman Buzz Lightyear and Tom Hanks as Woody the cowboy.

The film, which continues the events from Toy Story 3, also features the return of voices of Joan Cusack as Jessie, and Estelle Harris as the Potato Heads. Josh Cooley directs the film from Stephany Folsom’s script.

“Toy Story 4” is set for release on June 21.

Here is the film’s synopsis:

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called “Forky” to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

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Alfonso Cuaron Take Top Honor At DGA Awards

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Alfonso Cuarón’s march towards Oscars 2019 glory continues after winning top feature film for “Roma” at Saturday’s Directors Guild Awards, held at the Hollywood and Highland Center’s Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles.

The director won Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, beating out other nominees such as Bradley Cooper for “A Star Is Born,” Adam McKay for “Vice,” Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” and Peter Farrelly for “Green Book.”

The same award was won last year by Guillermo del Toro, who later won Best Director at the 2018 Oscars for “The Shape of Water” which also won Best Picture.

Cuaron is on his way to potentially repeating a feat he achieved with 2013 sci-fi thriller “Gravity” which also won him best director at both the DGAs and the Academy Awards. He also wrote, co-edited, co-photographed, co-produced the film, which stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira.

The black and white semi-autobiographical drama chronicles a tumultuous year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.

Other big winners on Saturday were McKay, taking the the drama series award for HBO’s “Succession,” and Ben Stiller for movies for television and limited series category for Showtime’s “Escape at Dannemora.” See the full list of winners at www.dga.org.

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Review: Hitchcock’s “Notorious”; Romance Amidst Espionage

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Released in 1946, “Notorious” stands as one of the quintessential masterpieces in Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography.

A melding of suspense, romance, and espionage, the film is frequently cited for its narrative depth and cinematic techniques. Over the decades, “Notorious” has cemented its place as classic cinema and its influence in countless other films.

Set in the aftermath of World War II, the story centers around Alicia Huberman, the German-American daughter of a recently convicted Nazi spy. Approached by the American intelligence agent T.R. Devlin, Alicia agrees to use her connections to infiltrate a group of Nazis residing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As Alicia and Devlin venture into their mission, a complicated romance blossoms between them, adding tension to their covert operation.

This dynamic is shown early in the film in a well-known intimate kissing scene between Alicia and Devlin, cleverly directed by Hitchcock that it circumvents the conservative norms of its time. This subtly reflects the film’s defiance of film-making conventions at the time, while also deepening the romantic subplot.

Alicia’s former acquaintance with a Nazi sympathizer, Alex Sebastian, becomes a crucial part in their assignment, and she is tasked to rekindle their past relationship, something that strains her developing romance with Devlin.

While navigating their mission, Alicia discovers a sinister plot: the Nazis are concealing uranium ore in wine bottles with intentions to construct atomic weapons. Sebastian later uncovers Alicia’s true allegiance and together with his mother, he orchestrates a plan to slowly poison Alicia.

Devlin, sensing something wrong, unravels the plot and rescues Alicia. The film reaches a climax with Devlin exposing Sebastian in front of his Nazi compatriots, leaving him to face the repercussions of inadvertently harboring an American spy.

The film is a cinematic reflection of its immediate post-World War II setting, delving into the aftermath of Nazi influences and the global tension of its time, and highlights the era’s political anxieties and the growing Cold War climate.

But at its core, “Notorious” isn’t just about espionage or World War II politics; it’s a love story interwoven with themes of trust, betrayal, and redemption. The relationship between Alicia and Devlin is complicated; he loves her but is torn by the compromising position he’s placed her in, while she constantly seeks his trust and validation.

Previously available only on DVD, The Criterion Collection has now released Notorious on blu-ray in 4K digital restoration. The released comes with audio commentaries featuring film historian Rudy Behlmer and Alfred Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane.

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