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Ron Howard Is The New Director of Han Solo Movie

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It’s been somewhat of a tumultuous week for Star Wars fans. Just a few days ago, the shocking news surfaced that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were removed of their directing duties due to “creative differences.” But today is a fresh start. According to Hollywood Reporter, Lucasfilm and Disney has found a director replacement for it’s untitled Han Solo movie: Ron Howard.

“I’m beyond grateful to add my voice to the Star Wars Universe after being a fan since 5/25/77,” Howard tweeted. “I hope to honor the great work already done & help deliver on the promise of a Han Solo film.”

Lucasfilm also posted their announcement on Starwars.com:

“At Lucasfilm, we believe the highest goal of each film is to delight, carrying forward the spirit of the saga that George Lucas began forty years ago,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “With that in mind, we’re thrilled to announce that Ron Howard will step in to direct the untitled Han Solo film. We have a wonderful script, an incredible cast and crew, and the absolute commitment to make a great movie. Filming will resume the 10th of July.”

Those familiar with Howard’s part work should know he’s a good fit. Besides being an Academy Award winning filmmaker (for 2001’s A Beautiful Mind), his work on 1995’s space adventure, Apollo 13, was both a critical and commercial success. He’s also previously directed a George Lucas production and story, the 1988 fantasy film Willow.

The untitled Han Solo film is still scheduled for release in May 2018.

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Lorde’s ‘MELODRAMA’ Was Totally Worth Waiting For

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Waiting for it, that Green Light, we want it!

Lorde at Bonnaroo Festival 2017 by RobertoPulaski.


By Niy Birden

How many amazing things can you list about Lorde? Whether it is her perfectly-curated image, her hilariously opposite, bubbly personality in contrast to her dark music, or her very honest teenage narration of life, you have to admit, that girl is one of the most impressive music-making youth we have in today’s mainstream culture of pop. And speaking of pop, she seems to have embraced the inevitable American influence of it in her album. That was clearly obvious when she released her first single, ‘Green Light’, earlier this year. But take a close listen her long-awaited sophomore album, and it becomes more and more clear: there is no stopping this pop icon. And she may have just gotten much, much better.

The album bursts through your front door with the upbeat and exciting ‘Green Light’, giving an early insight as to what the album could possibly be based on. Detailing her “first major heartbreak’ it’s lyrics are brutally honest and her vocals are intense. Playing on her usual technique of upbeat songs with deeper meanings behind it, you’d immediately feel conflicted as to whether or not she is upset about this breakup or wildly excited. Either way, someone lied to her, which you immediately hear in the context of the ending first verse “She thinks you love the beach, you’re such a damn liar”, with the words ‘liar’ being echoed softly in the background.

The next track, ‘Sober’ is a quite impressive track because not only does it feature even more amazing play on relationship and teenage drama, but it makes quite the musical mark for her with the extensive use of brass horns. This is also another song where she uses the metaphor of dance being used in her lyrics, and goes on to ask an important question that many teens ask themselves but are too afraid to ask aloud “But what will we do when we’re sober?”. The brass horns come on strong, almost as if it is slapping you in the face and running away quicker than you can catch them each time. It gets to a playful and undoubtedly cool-girl moment when the lines “Jack and Jill get fucked up when it’s dark” as she nearly-raps it, without any music, and without any real break for air. And that dance beat-perfectly placed.
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Danny Elfman To Compose ‘Justice League’ Score

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Following Zack Snyder’s departure from his directorial duties in May 2017 and Joss Whedon’s involvement to the project, Justice League is getting another radical reorg: according to a report from Hollywood Reporter, Danny Elfman is set to score this November’s Justice League.

With Elfman previously having worked with Whedon on ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, this news reinforce just how important the relationship and chemistry of a director and composer in creating the final product.

He is certainly not new to the genre, more specifically to DC Comics, having previously scored ‘Batman’ (1989) where he won a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, as well as it’s sequel Batman Returns (1992). Elfman is a long-time collaborator of Tim Burton. In addition to Batman, they also worked together in Beetlejuice (1987), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Planet of the Apes (2001) among others.

Among his other high-profile work include Mission: Impossible (1995), Men in Black (1997), Spider-Man (2002), and most recently this year in Fifty Shades Darker and The Circle.

This makeover means Elfman is replacing Antonius Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL), who himself replaced Hans Zimmer. Holkenborg was co-composer for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” along with Zimmer, who stated last year that he is done composing for superhero films.

“As my mentor Hans Zimmer told me: you haven’t made it in Hollywood as a composer until you get replaced on a project,” said Holkenborg on a recent Twitter post. “So I guess I finally graduated this week. It pains me to leave the project, but a big thanks to Zack for asking me to be part of his vision, and I wish Danny, Joss, and Warner Bros. all the best with Justice League.”

This would be an interesting and significant shift of DCEU’s score in general, the tone of which began with Man of Steel and continued with Batman V Superman. Re-shoots and additional photography of Justice League is currently underway.

Justice League is scheduled to be released on November 17, 2017.

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Sean Combs – Diddy Ranked Highest Earning Entertainer

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Sean Combs by Reckless Dream Photography

It has never been less demanding to end up insta-popular, however, for a few famous people, notoriety and fortune are lasting. Take Diddy: Nearly twenty years in the wake of showing up on the front of the first historically speaking Celebrity 100 issue, it might come as an astonishment to a few, however rapper turned businessman P Diddy was the world’s top worker on Forbes’ rundown of the 100 most paid celebrity in the previous year, beating Beyonce.

Diddy tops FORBES’ yearly positioning of the most noteworthy earning entertainers on the planet. Diddy earned $130 million in the previous 12 months.

Diddy – whose genuine name is Sean Combs and prior in his vocation was known as Puff Daddy – is assessed to be valued a sum of $820 million despite the fact that he has made a little music in the past 10 years.

Be that as it may, he has sought after a range of business interests and a year ago featured a North American field tour with different singers on his Bad Boy Records label.
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Danai Gurira Joins “Avengers: Infinity War”

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Danai Gurira must have made a really good impression on Marvel Studios. Gurira, who plays Okoye in Black Panther, will be joining the The Avengers team in the sequel “Avengers: Infinity War”, Deadline reports.

We don’t know the extent Gurira’s Okoye part will be in Infinity War yet, but judging from what we have seen of her in “Black Panther” trailer, plus the fact that Gurira has been slaying a ton of zombies on the small screen as Michonne on AMC television horror drama series The Walking Dead, we already know Gurira’s fighting skills are going to be pretty busy.

A follow-up to 2015’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, Infinity War is supposed to be the culmination of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. Black Panther hits cinemas on February 16, 2018, while the nineteenth film installment in MCU is scheduled for release a few months later on May 4, 2018.

The Tony-nominated playwright of Eclipse will next be on the big screen on June 16 in the Tupac Shakur biopic “All Eyez On Me” where she plays Tupac’s political activist mother Afeni Shakur.

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Actors and Industry Pay Tribute To Richard Donner

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Richard Donner is greatly responsible for inspiring modern superhero movies with the success of Superman in 1978, and nearly a decade later for the buddy cop formula with Lethal Weapon. Both went on to become hugely successful film franchises, and together with classics The Goonies, The Omen, Maverick, Scrooged and a few others, Donner helped the development of Hollywood blockbuster industry.

Last Wednesday, it was film industry’s turn to honor the director as The Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences held the special ceremony in Los Angeles to honor Donner for all of his work.

But even with success, it was his kindness and generosity that people most remember. “There’s a true humility about the man; he refers to himself as a traffic cop, but he’s a f**ng genius,” says Mel Gibson, who played Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon series. “He has a voice that gets the attention of people getting on the bus two blocks away,” said John Savage (Inside Moves).

Also present during the tribute were DC Films president Geoff Johns and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, sharing the stage and retelling how they got their start in Hollywood working for Donner. “Dick and his wife Lauren gave me my first unpaid job in Hollywood, my first part-time in Hollywood, my first full time job in Hollywood, and my first producing credit, of which is the only reason I’m standing here,” Feige said, also calling Superman: The movie “the archetype of the perfect superhero film origin story.”

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Pixar’s ‘Coco’: New Trailer And Poster

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Disney/Pixar’s Coco

Disney and Pixar just released a new trailer for ‘Coco’, the studio’s latest eye-candy and the second Pixar film of 2017 following the upcoming Cars 3. This follows the teaser attached to ‘Beauty and the Beast’ a few months ago, which focused on the music and introduced the look of the film. And now we have a full trailer.

Some might recall a similar film, that of 2014’s Jorge R. Gutierrez directed “The Book of Life” from 20th Century Fox, another 3D animated musical fantasy featuring a characterwho embarks on the afterlife on the Day of the Dead. That was a modest hit, grossing nearly $100 from $50 production cost.

With both Disney and Pixar’s brand behind the film, and one of the highest profile release dates of the year, ‘Coco’ would have no trouble at the boxoffice.

‘Coco’ follows Miguel (voiced by newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) as he search for his dream of becoming a successful musician but ends up in the Land of the Dead. Along the way, he meets a trickster named Hector (Gael García Bernal), and together they set off on an epic adventure. Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Edward James Olmos, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Jaime Camil, and Sofía Espinosa are also providing their voices to the film.

The trailer is colorful and whimsical, as one might expect from both Pixar and Disney. Even with Miguel being surrounded by a cast of animated skeletons and restless spirits from the afterlife, the trailer still manage to highlight the comedy and fun aspects of the film.

Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) with co-director by Adrian Molina who also wrote the script, Coco is scheduled to open on thanksgiving weekend November 22, 2017.

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‘Edge of Tomorrow” Sequel Will Focus on Characters, Says Direct Liman

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‘Edge of Tomorrow” was a modest hit in 2014. From its $178 million production budget, the film ended its theatrical run with $100 million domestically, though faring slightly better internationally with $270 million. So its only fitting that the sequel will focus on what made the movie great: the characters and the story. This is precisely what director Doug Liman envision on the follow-up, which will bring back original cast Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt into the time-loop sci-fi.

In an interview with MTV HSC Podcast, the director revealed that the ‘Tomorrow’ sequel will go against expectations and will be smaller production.

“I think what people tend to do with sequels is they just make them bigger. And I’m like, ‘No, a sequel should be smaller.’ You did the first film as sort of the ad campaign for the sequel, so now you don’t need as much action, and in the case of Edge of Tomorrow, people obviously loved the comedy and they loved the situation. So we can do way more focus on Tom’s character and Emily Blunt’s character, and there’s a third character in the sequel that’s gonna for sure steal the movie. We can focus on that. I don’t need an action sequence every two minutes.”

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Cast Of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” On Cover Of Vanity Fair

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi for Vanity Fair


Vanity Fair just released four gorgeous covers for it’s June issue and it features the cast of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”. The photos were shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, who has been shooting Star Wars covers for the magazine since 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. The mag will be on newstands in the US on June 6 in timefor the 40th Anniversary of the franchise.

The magazine features Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in one cover, while, while the rest of Poe (Oscar Isaac), Finn (John Boyega), newcomer Rose (Kelly Marie Tran) and BB-8 is on another. Brooding on another cover are characters of the First Order Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson), and Capt. Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) without her helmet.

By herself on the last cover is a beautiful picture of the late Gen. Leia (Carrie Fisher).

Here’s the behind the scenes video which includes Carrie Fisher in one of her final Star Wars photo shoots.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens Dec. 15.

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Drake wins 13 awards at 2017 Billboard Music Awards

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By Armando    

In case you haven’t noticed, Drake is on a hot streak lately and breaking records in the process. Sunday night was no different for the artist at the T-Mobile Arena in Last Vegas, where Drake had a big night.

Drake won 13 awards, and breaking the record for most wins in a single show in the process, surpassing Adele’s 12 wins in 2012. Before the night, Drake was the top nominee, along with The Chainsmokers, with 22 nods. The Canadian rapper was named Top Artist, beating Beyonce, Rihanna, Adele, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, the Weeknd, twenty one pilots, Shawn Mendes and the Chainsmokers.

“I got my whole family up here,” Drake announced as he accepts his Top Artist win on stage with his large entourage, among them Nicky Minaj, Lil Wayne as well as his father.

Other big winners of the night include Beyoncé who won five trophies of her own including Top Female Artist, Twenty One Pilots also winning five including Top Duo/Group, followed by The Chainsmokers won in four categories including Top Hot 100 Song. English singer-songwriter Zayn was Top New Artist, while Korean boy band BTS won the Top Social Artist award.

Some of the night’s standout performances include Nicki Minaj who opened the show and Miley Cyrus who performed her new single “Malibu.” The Chainsmokers also performed their new single “Young”, Celine Dion with her iconic “My Heart Will Go On,” and Lorde with her latest “Greenlight.” Florida Georgia Line also performed with John Legend for an amazing “Surefire” and “H.O.L.Y.” mashup, while country music star Sam Hunt performed his hit “Body Like a Back Road.”

Cher was also on-stage to perform her 1999’s global hit “Believe,” and “If I Could Turn Back Time.” After her performance, Cher received the Icon Award which was presented by Gwen Stefani,

Pre-recorded via satellite was Ed Sheeran, who is currently on tour in Santiago, Chile, as well as Bruno Mars who performed from Amsterdam.

Imagine Dragon performed their new song, “Believer,” then frontmant Dan Reynolds took the stage once again to deliver a touching tribute in memory of Chris Cornell who died at age of 52 last week.

Ludacris hosted the night for a second year in a row, together with co-host Vanessa Hudgens.

For a full list of winners, go to Billboard.com

Outside the T-Mobile Arena was just as fun as the world’s biggest stars in music stunned the magenta carpet with both whimsical and classic ensembles. Among them were Nicole Scherzinger, Kate Bekinsale, Olivia Munn, Ty Dolla Sign, Laura Marano, and John Legend.

Red Carpet Photo Arrivals (AIPhotoImaging.com)

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