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Stylish New ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Posters Revealed

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Blade Runner 2049 (Picture: Warner Bros)

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It goes without saying that anticipation is very high on ‘Blade Runner 2049’: the original Ridley Scott 1982 classic neo-noir ‘Blade Runner’ has developed a cult following over the decades. Though that movie initially received mixed reactions when it was released, time has been kind to the movie and has since evolved into a landmark film, frequently appearing in all-time best sci-fi ever lists. Today, we finally get our first teaser posters courtesy of the film’s Twitter site.

The two posters very clear shows the contrast between the two characters: Officer K (Ryan Gosling) and Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), one is set in hot color tone with Deckard looking rugged, the other stylishly avant garde and cold. However, both are fittingly mysterious and gloomy. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ is a sequel, and is supposed to take place 30 years after Scott’s original film.

Details about the film is closely-guarded for now, but it looks like the studio is ramping up the promo. It was announced on the movie’s Twitter site that there will be a live Q&A with Gosling, Ford and director Denis Villeneuve this coming Monday, 5/8 at 9AM PT!

Also starring Dave Bautista, Jared Leto, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, and Lennie James. Blade Runner 2049 is set for release October 6, 2017.

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‘Dark Tower” Gets Two New Posters Ahead of Trailer Release

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The trailer for one of our most anticipated movies this summer, the adaptation of Stephen King’s sci-fi Western horror film ‘The Dark Tower’, is just around the corner. But before that, Columbia Pictures released two new posters (below). Following that creatively provocative one-sheet teaser we saw more than a month ago, these posters show more of what our main characters will look like, but equally intriguing nonetheless.

The posters feature Matthew McConaughey’s sorcerer villain Walter/Man in Black, and Idris Elba’s gunslinger Roland Deschain. We will see more of how these characters interact with the release of the trailer tomorrow. Anticipation is running high for this adaptation especially after that other Stephen King movie ‘It’ smashed online views records.

Here’s the film’s synopsis to those unfamiliar:

Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), the last Gunslinger, is locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim (Matthew McConaughey), also known as the Man in Black. The Gunslinger must prevent the Man in Black from toppling the Dark Tower, the key that holds the universe together. With the fate of worlds at stake, two men collide in the ultimate battle between good and evil.

The Dark Tower will be in theaters everywhere August 4th, 2017.

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Ridley Scott Says Alien 5 Will Never Happen

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By Ridley Scott speaking at Wondercon, Anaheim, by Gage Skidmore

Just weeks before Alien: Covenant opens nationwide, Ridley Scott puts to rest any hopes and speculations about the possibility of ‘Alien 5’ becoming a reality.

This speculation has been around for a couple of years since ‘District 9’ director Neill Blomkamp posted a concept art on Instagram, and was later followed by Sigourney Weaver (who worked with Blomkamp in ‘Chappi’) expressing interest in doing the movie.

But with production of ‘Covenant’ sequel already underway, currently titled ‘Awakening’, it looks like Scott will be getting busy piloting the Alien franchise. Scott of course directed the original 1979 Alien film and was followed by three sequels by James Cameron, David Fincher and Jean-Pierre Jeunet successively.

Here’s portion of Scott’s statement regarding ‘Alien 5’ (translated by AVP Galaxy):

“Ridley Scott, who was in Paris for the promotion of the new opus of the saga, was even more definitive in our microphone: “I think he will never see the light,” he replied after explaining That the project was far less advanced than previously thought. “There was never a scenario, just an idea that evolved into a pitch of ten pages, I had to participate as a producer but it did not go any further because the Fox decided that She did not want to do it. I had already done Prometheus and worked on Covenant.”

But there will be plenty of ‘Alien’ movies in the pipeline for fans, starting with this summers’ Alien: Covenant. Starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender, the movie opens in theaters on May 19.

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2017 Daytime Emmy Award Winners

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‘Good Morning America,’ ‘Jeopardy!,’ ‘Ellen DeGeneres’, and ‘Steve Harvey’ were the big winners of the 44th annual Daytime Emmy Awards which were held Sunday night, April 30th, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, hosted by Mario LOPEZ and Sheryl Underwood.

Considered the highest accolade given to television shows, the Emmys “recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production”. To be eligible, a show must to at least 50% of the US between 2AM and 6PM.

Friday night also saw Animation/Netflix series ‘Trollhunters’ win big at the Daytime Emmy Creative Arts.

Here’s the list of Sunday night’s Emmys:

OUTSTANDING MORNING PROGRAM – Good Morning America (ABC)
OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT TALK SHOW HOSTS – The Talk (CBS)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES – Steve Burton, The Young and the Restless (CBS)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES – Kate Mansi, Days of Our Lives (CBS)
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES – Bryan Craig, General Hospital (ABC)
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES – Lexi Ainsworth, General Hospital (ABC)
OUTSTANDING GAME SHOW – Jeopardy

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Snoop Dogg’s “Neva Left” Official Cover Art Released

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By: Melgie Claire

Subsequent to declaring another album was underway earlier this month, Snoop Dogg is back with the official cover art for his fifteenth studio album, “Neva Left”, which fills in as the follow-up to 2016’s “Coolaid”. The matchless Doggfather took to Instagram to share the cover art and furthermore the album is to be released on May 19. With the expectation just building all the more every week, the veteran rapper proceeded and debuted the official album cover for his new venture on his Facebook page.

Snoop fused a return photograph of him taken by amazing photography Chi Modu, who has taken shots of notable hip-hop stars since the 1990s. In the cover art for Neva Left, Modu’s exemplary photograph indicates Snoop remaining under an expressway 187 sign in California in 1993, where the words “Neva Left” are written on the post in white paint.

While disclosing the photograph to XXL, Modu expressed, “That is my photograph taken of Snoop in 1993 when we were taking a shot at pictures for his album Doggystyle. We needed to take it at the highway 187 sign as a result of his verse in “Deep Cover”. The photo shows a youthful Snoop Dogg, brandishing his previous jheri curl hairdo that ended up noticeably well-known amid his introductory album years.
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44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners

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‘Trollhunters’ was the big winner on Friday night’s Daytime Emmy Creative Arts. The DreamWorks Animation/Netflix series created by Guillermo del Toro won 6 trophies, while ‘Days of Our Lives’ led the drama-series categories with five.

The computer-animated fantasy series won for Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special, Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program, as well as Kelsey Grammer for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program. Overall, ‘Trollhunters’ helped Netflix win 11 statuettes, second best of the night after Amazon which took home 13, which was bolstered by 5 big wins from its soap opera ‘The Bay the Series’.

Some of the other notable winners included “Lost in Oz Extended Adventure,” “SuperSoul Shorts – Maggie the Cow,” “The Young and the Restless,” and “The Bold and the Beautiful”.

Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honors “excellence in all fields of daytime broadcast production“. This year’s ceremony was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. More winners of the Daytime Emmy will be announced this coming Sunday night.

Click here to see the full list of winners.

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Rest In Peace Jonathan Demme

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The great auteur who gave us ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and ‘Philadelphia’ died this morning in New York. He was 73. The Oscar-winning director died of cancer complications.

Demme rose to prominence with a wide range of genres such as the comedies Melvin and Howard (1980) and Married to the Mob (1988), the concert film featuring Talking Heads’ live performance Stop Making Sense (1984) which is hailed as one of the greatest rock movies ever, and the drama Philadelphia (1993) which won star Tom Hanks his first Best Actor Oscar.

But Demme is probably best known for directing “Silence of the Lambs,” the 1991 horror-thriller which swept the Academy Awards, winning the 5 major awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins, Best Actress for Jodie Foster and Best Adapted Screenplay for Ted Tally.

As such, this makes ‘Lambs’ only the third film in history to accomplish such a feat, and the first and only horror film to win Best Picture.

Demme is survived by his wife Joanne Howard, and their three children.

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2017 Coachella Weekend 2 Review

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By: Melgie Claire

We’re back at the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Expressions Celebration for a moment few days of music, daylight and the majority of the Coachella vibes. Things commenced Friday, April 21, with a ton of warmth.

That is correct, the Empire Polo Club in Indio was hot, and for the most part on account of the huge shining circle in the sky. Saturday and Sunday will be considerably more sultry, with temperatures anticipated that would hit triple digits.

Be that as it may, the groups kept it way cool. Tennis had a marvelous set ahead of schedule in the Mojave Tent and Tacocat even conveyed a bubble machine out to the Sonora organize!
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Scorsese, DiCaprio, De Niro May Team For ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have collaborated on many feature films since Gangs of New York, while De Niro have been starring in Scorsese’s films since 1970’s Mean Streets. Though De Niro and DiCaprio have previously worked together in 1996’s Marvin’s Room, it is surprising that the trio have not done a film together.

Well, it looks like this dream team might actually happen soon. Deadline reports that the trio are eyeing an adaptation of the book “Killers Of The Flower Moon: The Osage Murders And The Birth Of The FBI” by David Grann. Though it seems none of them are currently officially attached, according to the article, all three are “seriously considering” joining the project.

For those who might not be aware, Grann is also the author of The Lost City of Z, which was adapted into a feature film by director James Gray, starring Charlie Hunnam. That movie recently came out to critical acclaim. ‘Flower Moon’ itself has been receiving excellent reviews: Entertainment Weekly recently called it” The Best Book Of The Year So Far”. So its understandable that Grann’s latest work is a magnet for a high profile Hollywood adaptation.

Though very early into negotiations, at least we are assured of De Niro’s devotion into making this happen. In an interview with Hollywood Reporter a few month ago, De Niro said that he’d love to reunite with Scorsese and make a movie with DiCaprio: “Leo loves Marty the way I do, so it’s great. I’d love for the three of us to do something.”

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Nelly Furtado-“The Ride” Album Review

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By: Melgie Claire

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With 2006’s gleaming, Timbaland-created Loose, Nelly Furtado went from hippie-ish vocalist of “I’m Like a Bird” to a startling pop star with numerous Main 10 hits. The vocalist, in any case, has been experiencing a melodic identity crisis from that point onward, she overlooked subsequent meet-ups wavering between her people history and her pop achievement. The sixth album, “The Ride”, accomplishes balance.

Taking signals from recent partner Dev Hynes, an artist who makes enthusiastic synth-pop, Furtado’s first album on her label finds a home in crunchy outside the box driven tunes that superbly fit her innovative verses. Opening track “Cold Hard Truth” is one of her finest in years, an infectious single with one of the collection’s heaviest beats. The appealing “Paris Sun” conveys a menacingly sexy synth reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” however with a milder touch.

The Ride’s essential blemish is obvious in its insignificant titles. A lot of the record, especially the ballads, falls into the lyricist’s trap of taking an arrogance and composing each and every piece of subtext out of it.

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