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Nitesh Tiwari The world of Indian music has been graced by countless talented individuals who have left an indelible mark on its evolution. Among the most revered figures is Padma Shri Udit Narayan Ji, whose voice has been the soundtrack to generations of Bollywood lovers. However, his recent actions have sparked a conversation about responsibility, legacy, and the impact public figures have on their followers. Meanwhile, Nitesh Tiwari, a contemporary visionary, continues to redefine the music industry in a way that balances tradition with innovation.

Udit Narayan Ji: A Respected Legend, But This Was Not Right

Udit Narayan Ji’s contribution to the music industry is monumental. His voice has been a constant presence in iconic Bollywood soundtracks, and his popularity has soared across decades. With numerous accolades, including the prestigious Padma Shri award, he is rightly regarded as one of India’s most legendary playback singers.

However, in recent times,...

Robert Eggers reminds me of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power to finally, at long last, bring a sequel to Jim Henson‘s Labyrinth into the world! A day after announcing his Werwulf film project for Focus Features and Nosferatu coming to digital platforms, Robert Eggers confirms he’s writing and directing a Labyrinth sequel for TriStar Pictures. I am freaking the f**k out, friends. Labyrinth is one of my favorite films of all time, and the thought of Eggers taking the reins for a sequel to Jim Henson’s 1986 classic fantasy film is giving me life!

Plot details for Eggers’s Labyrinth sequel remain more mysterious than Jareth’s magnificent package, though sources say the film is a sequel, not a remake, to Henson’s timeless, puppet-populated masterpiece. Eggers will write the script with Sjón, his writing partner for 2022’s The Northman. The duo is...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was a wild innovative entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This 2021 movie centered on Shaun (Simu Liu), a nice guy working as a valet attendant in San Francisco with his best friend Katy (Awkwafina). The pair are attacked by a pack of warriors led by the aptly named Razorfist, which wrecks a bus.

Shaun is forced to confess to Katy his past: His real name is Shang, the son of Xu Wenwu (Tony Leung), a thousand-year-old warlord also known as The Mandarin. He was known for controlling a set of ten mystical bangles that he used to form a criminal organization called the Ten Rings. When his wife was murdered, Wenwu went on a darker path that forced Shang to kill someone. Shang broke away from his dad to find a normal life.

The pair meet up with Shang’s estranged sister,...

The must-watch made-for-tv movies, the cult ’70s series, and the endearing performances by Darren McGavin as he investigated all manner of paranormal predicaments: anything and everything that had to do with Kolchak: The Night Stalker all started with Jeff Rice's unpublished novel, which is being resurrected on February 11th by James Aquilone's Monstrous Books, who have teamed up with Blackstone Audio to release an audiobook version that will be narrated by legendary actor William Katt!

Read on for additional details on the Kolchak: The Night Stalker audiobook (including Katt's excitement to step into the world of Kolchak), and to learn more this new release of Rice's novel, read our previous Q&a with James Aquilone and visit Monstrous Books' official website!

In 1972 Kolchak: The Night Stalker transfixed audiences. The movie became the highest-rated TV movie in U.S. history and spawned the cult TV series starring Darren McGavin.

Robert Picardo is an accomplished singer and actor whose career has lasted 45 years and shows no sign of slowing. He has been performing professionally since he was in college in the mid-1970s, appearing on stage in high-end productions like Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" and singing in his college a cappella choir. After college, he was recognized for his performance in a 1976 production of David Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago."

His movement to television was natural for a hard-working actor, starting with small roles in notable hit shows. He appeared on two episodes of "Kojak" in 1977 and has never had a "down" period since. He thereafter popped up in "Taxi," "Silver Spoons," "Alice," "Benson," "21 Jump Street," and 15 episodes of "The Wonder Years" as the hard-nosed Coach Cutlip, in addition to dozens of other TV shows that are too plentiful to list here. On the big screen, Picardo became...

From Mickey 17 to The Alto Knights, 2025 has an unusually high number of upcoming movies starring lead actors playing multiple different roles. 2025 is shaping up to be a very interesting year for movies. Paul Thomas Anderson has a new film starring Leonardo DiCaprio that’s rumored to be a modernized adaptation of Vineland, James Gunn’s rebooted DC Universe will begin proper with the release of Superman, and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible hero Ethan Hunt is coming back to the big screen one last time for The Final Reckoning.

The movies of 2025 will continue a few ongoing trends in the film industry. The new versions of Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon will continue the trend of live-action remakes of animated classics. Screamboat and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare will continue the trend of horror movies based on iconic characters in the public domain. It looks like 2025 will start a new trend,...

Joan Plowright, the acclaimed UK star of stage and screen who was married to Laurence Olivier for 28 years, died Thursday, January 16, her family has said. She was 95.

A statement from Plowright’s family to press read: “It is with great sadness that the family of Dame Joan Plowright, the Lady Olivier, inform you that she passed away peacefully on 16 January 2025 surrounded by her family at Denville Hall at the glorious age of 95.

“Her brilliant career will be remembered by many, her wonderful being always cherished by her children Richard, Tamsin and Julie-Kate, their families and Joan’s many friends. We are deeply grateful for all those who helped care for her in her last years.”

Plowright was an icon of stage and screen, appearing in the likes of Enchanted April, The Scarlett Letter and the Broadway version of A Taste of Honey, for which she won a Tony Award.

Born in 1929 in Lincolnshire,...

Evil isn’t raised, it’s born in The Baby in the Basket.

The UK Gothic chiller will be released on Digital in the US and UK on February 17 via Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth.

Amber Doig-Thorne (Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey), Michaela Longden, Elle O’Hara, and Lisa Riesner star with veteran British talent Maryam d’Abo (The Living Daylights), Paul Barber (The Full Monty), and Annabelle Lanyon (Legend).

Set in 1942 as World War II rages on, a baby is left on the steps of a monastery on a remote Scottish island. The nuns take it in, planning to care for it until a storm passes, but strange events start to happen at the convent, leading one sister to suspect that the child is the spawn of the Devil.

Cinderella’s Revenge writer Tom Jolliffe penned the script, co-directed by Nathan Shepka and Andy Crane.

The post Gothic Chiller ‘The Baby in the Basket...

Warner Bros. is finally ready for the world to see The Alto Knights. The first trailer has just dropped for the long-delayed biographical crime movie about Italian-American mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, both of whom will be played by Robert De Niro.

Unlike the 2015 biopic Legend, which saw Tom Hardy in the dual role of English gangster twins Reggie and Ron Kray, Genovese and Costello are not twins, nor are they related, making De Niro's casting as both somewhat of a stunt casting. Announced under the title Wise Guys, Warner Bros. had originally set a February 2024 release for the movie. However, in November 2023, the studio retitled Wise Guys to Alto Knights — the name of a popular mob club in New York City's Little Italy district and one of the haunts that Genovese often frequented with his lieutenants — and delayed the movie to November 2024. This release date stuck...

Warning: Contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Daima Episode #11Dragon Ball Daima has returned the franchise to its roots, reincorporating many of the elements that made the series so endearing as it followed Goku in his childhood years. The Demon Realm has been ripe for adventure, and the main cast's quest for the Dragon Balls is a faithfully nostalgic nod to the awe-inspiring wonder that defined the franchise before large-scale battles stole the focus. Most recently, in Dragon Ball Daima's Episode #11, titled, "Legend", the anime directly calls back to two of Akira Toriyama's earliest definitive works.

The first reference may have passed unnoticed by fans who are only familiar with Toriyama's work on Dragon Ball, referencing the series that preceded Goku's arrival in the pages of Shōnen Jump. The second, however, should have been recognizable for long-time Dragon Ball fans the moment Neva, the legendary Namekian elder, began singing...

The two back-door pilot episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles teased the first meeting between Gibbs and Macy, which may finally be shown onscreen for the first time. Special Agent Jethro Gibbs and Operations Manager Lara Macy worked together in the two-part pilot episode as Gibbs' team joined forces with the Los Angeles unit, Office of Special Projects (Osp), to investigate the murder of a marine that's connected to a terrorist cell. During this case, Gibbs and Macy unpack their complex and uneasy relationship in connection to an emotional part of Gibbs' past.

While the intro of the spin-off series NCIS: Los Angeles began to establish the history between the two NCIS cast members, the actress who portrayed Macy, Louise Lombard, never portrayed the character again, leading Macy to be killed offscreen in one of the best episodes of NCIS, season 7's "Patriot Down." However, the relationship between Gibbs and...

For a long time, my interest in comic books lay purely in the characters themselves – until I read one Batman comic in particular, which taught me to understand how comics work as an art form, and how to recognize the near-invisible ways comic book creators move the reader’s eyes across the page.

My education came when I read the first volume of Batman: Black & White, specifically writer/artist Walter Simonson’s story “Legend,” which originally appeared in issue #2. The story features a mother telling her son a bedtime story of the Batman, a hero from the past who protected the city.

The story’s alt-future scenario makes for a fun romp, but what really floored me was the final page of Simonson’s piece. When the woman goes to her window and opines how she hopes Batman will return someday, she goes to her window, and Simonson shows...

After its recent release in the streaming world, one of Denzel Washington's less heralded films finds more eyeballs 20 years following its theatrical premiere. The Academy Award winner's Man on Fire reignites interest thanks to its debut on the free streamer, Tubi.

Via Collider, Man on Fire, which sees Washington star alongside Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke and a teenage Dakota Fanning, is 4th on Tubi's top 10 movie chart this week. The epic action thriller found a home on Tubi after being largely absent from major streaming services, with Disney+ being the only one to show the film.

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Based on A.F. Quinell's eponymous novel and directed by the late Tony Scott, Man on Fire chronicles a despondent and alcoholic CIA officer-turned-bodyguard...

To beat the Local Legend Rilai in Genshin Impact’s Natlan region, you will need to find its specific location and then choose a proper team comp to face them since the opponent can be a difficult one to topple. Local Legends were first introduced with Fontaine; they are characterized by stronger enemies found in predetermined areas of the map. Not only do they have larger Hp bars when compared to regular overworld opponents, but they also have improved skill sets. There are several Local Legends in Natlan in Genshin Impact, and more are occasionally added with map extensions.

Local Legends tend to be variations of regular enemies found in each region. In Fontaine, for instance, Ninianne of the Lake is a variation of a Tainted Water-Splitting Phantasm. The Local Legend Rilai, on the other hand, is a variation of an Iktomisaurus Warrior: Cryocrystal Cannon, a form of Sauroform Tribal Warriors,...

Once upon a time, Dune was directed by acclaimed Twin Peaks filmmaker David Lynch in 1984, and the result was one of the most infamous adaptations ever made. However, a much different timeline saw Ridley Scott, fresh off of the classic horror film Alien, adapt the iconic Frank Herbert novel. Of course, Scott instead went on to direct the greatest noir thriller of all time, Blade Runner, but fans of the Dune franchise have since wondered what a film from him would be like. The wait is finally over, as the script for the scrapped 1980 Dune adaptation has finally surfaced, and it sounds absolutely wild.

Written in 1980 by Rudy Wurlitzer, the 133-page draft of Dune has been uncovered by T.D. Nguyen (via IGN) after it was found in Coleman Luck archives at Wheaton College. Scott has only briefly touched upon the short-lived project over the years, and although he thought it was a good script,...

Taron Egerton has appeared in many movies of varied quality during his impressive young career, and while he clearly has a long road ahead of him, he has already built an impressive filmography. The Welsh actor burst onto the big screen in 2014 with his breakout role in The Kingsman franchise and has remained a consistent Hollywood performer ever since. Already proven to be a versatile actor capable of starring in a variety of genres, this success has made him one of the most exciting actors of his generation.

Along with shows like Black Bird, the list of Egerton's movies to date showcases the exciting roles that have helped to put him on Hollywood's radar. He has tackled some iconic action hero roles, played famous real-life figures, appeared in animated projects, and much more. Egerton has starred with Oscar winners like Jamie Foxx and Colin Firth, but always found a way to stand out,...

Tim Curry's new horror movie, titled Stream, marks his big screen return after 14 years. The English actor rose to relevancy with his role as Dr. Frank-n-Furter in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reprising a role he originated in the musical stage production. Curry has appeared in many movies over the years, the last of which was Burke & Hare in 2010, before suffering a major stroke in 2012 and being confined to a wheelchair, and has since shifted mostly to voice acting.

Now, 14 years after his last feature film role, the seasoned actor is returning to the big screen. Per Variety, Curry is set to make a comeback portraying a character in the upcoming horror movie Stream, which releases in select theaters on August 21. In a statement, Stream director Michael Leavy said having the icon in his film was a dream come true, and a new poster was shared celebrating...

Nearly every culture tells similar folk tales about creepy old hags that practice witchcraft and prey on unsuspecting children, with this irrational fear being at the heart of several real-life tragedies that ended with innocent women being put to death. That’s why I find the idea of redemptive witchcraft stories like The Good Witch and even the ultra-successful Wicked adaptation so fascinating, as despite having been commodified as one of the cutesy mascots of the Halloween season, witches are still at the heart of many of our most frightening stories.

Naturally, this also extends to horror movies, with filmmakers depicting terrifying acts of witchcraft on screen since the very dawn of the medium. And with so many creepy broom-riders out there, we’ve decided to come up with a list celebrating six of the scariest witches in film. After all, there’s a lot more to these sinister spellcasters than black cats and candy-houses.

The world-renowned supermodel Gisele Bündchen is in a new relationship after finalizing her divorce from NFL quarterback Tom Brady. She is now dating professional Jiu-Jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente. After much speculation on the matter, Bündchen confirmed her relationship with Valente in March earlier this year.

Gisele Bündchen | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube

The couple, who has been romantically involved for almost a year, is expecting their first child together. This was quite shocking for fans who weren’t aware that Bündchen, 44, was dating after her marriage of fifteen years ended. Fans are happy to see her move on. But are also stricken with curiosity over the details of how the seemingly unlikely couple of a supermodel and a martial art trainer came to be. Here’s a look into how Bündchen first met Valente. And how they ended up getting into a relationship.

Gisele Bündchen and Joaquim Valente...

The Married at First Sight process didn’t work out for Johnny Lam, but he’s doing just fine years later, recently marrying his longtime girlfriend, Kayla Fischer.

Johnny hasn’t publicly shared the news but some of his wedding guests have been posting snaps and videos of the nuptials.

We knew a wedding between Johnny and Kayla was in the works because the couple got engaged in January.

The romantic proposal took place during a tropical getaway. The Season 13 alum got down on one knee and asked Kayla to marry him.

Fast forward eleven months and now Kayla and Johnny are man and wife, finishing off 2024 on a high.

We first took note of the couple when they went Instagram official with their relationship in 2022 and they’ve been going strong ever since.

Johnny and Kayla celebrated one year of dating in June 2023, which means they crossed the two-year mark this year.

Ridley Scott's earliest films are now cult classics, but only Alien was a breakout hit when it was released in theaters. Scott reflected on Blade Runner's fumble at the box office.

Ridley Scott said Blade Runner and Alien would have been equally successful if not for one film critic's scathing feedback. "She destroyed me," he told Entertainment Weekly, referring to Pauline Kael, The New Yorker's legendary film critic who "destroyed Blade Runner in four pages."

"I didn't even meet her," he added. "To me, it almost walked in the column of industrial espionage, because you're destroying a product before it's out." Scott confirmed he had those four pages framed and mounted in his office, as his constant reminder not to read and believe his own press.

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I have written extensively about The Far Side, and one thing I can say for sure is that all roads seemingly lead back to "Cow Tools," one way or another; while I would argue it isn't the "most confusing" Far Side comic, though it is often cited as such, what I cannot dispute is that "Cow Tools" played an essential role in the success of Gary Larson's iconoclastic comic.

In a 2019 interview with The New York Times, Larson touched on the impact of "Cow Tools," on his career, specifically how the "controversy" surrounding the cartoon led to increased awareness of The Far Side among readers.

At the time "Cow Tools" first appeared in print, The Far Side was still only carried in a handful of newspapers. In the few years after, that number would grow exponentially – and I believe "Cow Tools" was a pivot point for the comic's popularity.

Forty years later and Ridley Scott is still determined to make films about abnormal topics — or at least rebuff whatever studio advice is being doled out.

Scott said during the Director’s Guild of America’s “Director’s Cut” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that his first four films — “The Duellists,” “Alien,” “Blade Runner,” and “Legend” — were plagued by bad marketing tactics and were misunderstood by studios and audiences upon release.

“There’s only one film worked out of all of that lot,” Scott said, seemingly referring to the franchise-spurring “Alien,” “but they’re a pretty good first four movies. So I knew I’m on the right track.”

Scott even said that Pauline Kael’s review of his now-classic 1982 feature “Blade Runner” was indicative of how “wrong” audiences and critics were of his early films.

“To me, it almost walked in the column of industrial espionage,” Scott said of the infamous review,...

Ridley Scott reveals the advice he got as a young filmmaker following several high-profile disappointments. Now 87 years old, Scott has been making movies for nearly 50 years. After working in TV and commercials, Scott released his first movie in 1997 called The Duellists. The filmmaker followed up this film's lackluster theatrical run with his iconic sci-fi horror, Alien, in 1979, followed by the beloved Blade Runner in 1982, and Legend in 1985. Only Alien was a commercial success at the time.

During a recent discussion with Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez on the Director's Guild of America's The Director's Cut podcast (via EW), Scott reflects on these early-career disappointments. The filmmaker recalls getting some unwelcome advice from a studio executive at the time, who recommended that he make movies "about normal people" instead. Check out Scott's recollection of the encounter below:

"There's only one film worked out of all of that lot. But they're a pretty good first four movies.

Ridley Scott revealed on the Director’s Guild of America’s “Director’s Cut” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that he was criticized by a studio executive early in his career for not making movies about “normal people.” Scott’s directing career kicked off with his Cannes-winning historical drama “The Duellists,” followed by “Alien,” “Blade Runner” and the fantasy adventure “Legend.”

“There’s only one film worked out of all of that lot, but they’re a pretty good first four movies. So I knew I’m on the right track,” Scott said. “But somebody at one of the studios said to me, ‘Why don’t you do a film about normal people?’ I went, ‘What the fuck does that mean?’ Because no one’s normal unless you’re totally boring, right?”

While “Alien” and “Blade Runner” are considered science-fiction classics, they did not necessarily start out their runs that way.

Happy Thanksgiving from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.

Today, for our 150th (!) episode, we are thankful for Ridley Scott! As Gladiator II reigns supreme at the box office, our B-Sides today include Legend, Matchstick Men, Exodus: Gods and Kings, and The Last Duel. Our esteemed guest Maria Lewis––“best-selling author, screenwriter, film curator and pop culture etymologist currently based in Australia––is back!

Much is discussed over two-and-a-half glorious hours. Ridler’s pioneering Apple Ad; his recent breakneck pace as filmmaker; his movies being on Australian television constantly; and his production empire. Maria laments her experience watching Legend for the first time while Dan and Conor celebrate the film’s importance in their childhood. Ridley’s fascination with death comes up, as do the competing Christopher Columbus film...

This weekend sees the release of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, with many hailing it as one of the director’s best movies in recent years. So far, the box office take has been impressive, and yesterday we did an article about Ridley Scott’s best-ever director’s cuts. The reaction to that got us thinking about which Ridley Scott movie is the favorite of our readers. While many of us would say it’s a no-brainer to pick either Alien or Blade Runner, younger visitors to the site may feel different, with Gladiator perhaps a classic of the same stature to a younger generation of readers. Then again, some folks might prefer the deeper cuts, like Black Rain, Legend, or even Kingdom of Heaven, whose reputation was enhanced after its amazing director’s cut was released. So, with that in mind, take our poll below and let us know what your favorite is!

When Walt Disney Pictures' Wish arrived on movie screens in 2023, marketing materials heralded it as a celebration of the Disney Animation legacy, a movie loaded with Easter eggs for Disney fans to spot over the runtime. Fans who sat through the closing credits would also enjoy a montage of character portraits from every Disney animated movie to date, though keen eyes would spot one glaring omission. 1985's The Black Cauldron did not get a shout-out from Wish.

In the almost 40 years since hitting cinemas, The Black Cauldron has earned something of a reputation as Disney's blackest sheep a movie so embarrassing the company would rather pretend it doesn't exist at all. Indeed, the Disney theme parks only feature a handful of off-hand references to The Black Cauldron. Tourists will not spot the characters signing autographs in Fantasyland. Disney television networks that helped other flop movies of the same period Tron,...

September 13, 1996, was a dark day in the history of humanity. People around the world all echoed the same sentiment: They did it. They really killed Tupac. And this time, he didn’t get to walk it off.

Tupac Shakur [Credit: Death Row Records]

For the longest time, a conspiracy involving the 1995 Times Square shooting made the rapper paranoid about his life being on a short leash. Even the prison interview 2Pac gave after his sexual assault conviction began and ended on the same note – that if he was going to get killed, he wanted the world to know the truth first. Because in his heart, 2Pac believed there was a reason why people were after him:

Because if they can stop me, they can stop 30 more rappers before they even born. But there’s something else I understand now: If we really are saying rap is an art form, then we...

Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time, and a widely hailed masterpiece that perfectly merged the themes and mood of film noir into a dystopian cyberpunk future. The movie achieved its status the hard way, with a rocky production and anemic early reception, only to bloom on home video and subsequent critical revision. Its cynical view of a corporate-dominated 21st century has outlasted the hypothetical 2019 timeline, and it feels as fresh and relevant today as it always has. A sequel, Blade Runner: 2049 updates the story, and has similarly engendered a good deal of debate among fans.

Multiple versions of the film have been released in an effort to address studio interference in the initial cut. All of them address heady issues concerning the nature of humanity, mixed with Frankenstein-like fears of artificial intelligence out of control. Many of its themes...

New month, new horror recommendations from Deep Cuts Rising. This installment features five selections reflecting the month of October 2024.

Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.

This month’s offerings include a Frankenstein anime adaptation, a K-Pop ghost story, and a pioneer of screenlife horror.

Pigs (1973)

Pictured: Pigs (1973)

Directed by Marc Lawrence.

It would be wrong to say Pigs‘ complicated release history is more interesting than the movie itself. Just don’t go into the movie expecting a simple story of sinister swine getting their fill of human flesh. Adjust your expectations as you watch Pigs for Hog Out Month.

Instead of pure hog horror, Pigs is far more concerned with the troubled interiority of its protagonist Lynn (Toni Lawrence). Something from her haunted past is making her uneasy. And the longer she...

Throughout his career, Tom Hardy has been known as an actor with great versatility, jumping from role to role and genre to genre with ease and effectiveness. He's known for big roles like Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, Eddie Brock in Venom or Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road. Most will remember these hits or even his early roles in films like Bronson and Inception, but it's all the ones in between his commercial titles that are actually his greatest films.

Proving to be one of the most unique performers of the last decade, Tom Hardy is an actor whose talents have been both highly regarded and yet at times overlooked by the scale and popularity of some of his films. The Academy is not going to give Tom Hardy an Oscar for playing roles like Bane or Venom, even if his performances make those films better. However,...

Ridley Scotts 1985 fantasy epic Legend is heading to Tubi. Fans of the dark fantasy adventure will be able to watch a youthful Tom Cruise take on the mighty Tim Curry for free, and relive a movie that was a box office bomb on its release, but has since become a cult classic thanks to some iconic imagery and special effects.

In 1985, Ridley Scott had already tasted success with Alien, and he attempted to repeat that with Legend, a movie that continues to be as visually stunning now as it was almost 40 years ago. While it is almost unthinkable to imagine Cruise and Curry starring in a movie directed by Scott and the film not becoming a success, all three were in the early years of their careers, and the initial release in theaters barely made back the movies $25 million budget.

Legend PG-13AdventureFantasyRomance Release Date April 18, 1986Director Ridley ScottCast Tom Cruise,...

How would you define “locked in”? Sure, we know it’s a matter of staying focused on the task and letting nothing get in your way. But how would we describe that in movies and TV? What examples would you give? Well, in a recent social media trend, fans are putting their money on some of the biggest names in the history of entertainment.

Last week, X user jayjjalen asked followers to “define ‘locked in’”, resulting in millions of views and thousands of replies. The real catch here is that the “locked in” phase must have been consecutive and uninterrupted. In other words, if there was one slip-up via a box office bomb or creative flop, it doesn’t count – that is, they weren’t truly “locked in.”

define “locked in”

— Jalen (@jayjjalen) September 9, 2024

There have been a lot of awesome answers in the thread, with some saying Jim Carrey...

Black Podcasting Awards (BPAwards) has unveiled their 2024 nominees, with 57 standout podcasts making the list. Topping the nominations are Second Sunday and What’s Ray Saying?, each snagging four nominations. Hot on their heels are five triple nominees – Ice Cold Case, Oprah’s Super Soul, TwentyOne 21: A Black Af Scripted Audio Comedy, Vaguely Nerdy, and Stitch Please.

As the largest awards program exclusively celebrating Black podcasters worldwide, BPAwards draws talent from across the globe. This year’s panel of judges includes Narratives of Purpose host Claire Murigande from Switzerland, Answers for Gen Z's Osakpolor Aiguobasinmwin from Nigeria, and the voice behind Drea's Point of View from California.

“People love our awards because we’re inclusive. We embrace a whole range—from the hobbyist recording in a small neighborhood studio to our 2021 winner recording in her clothes closet, all the way up to global icons like Oprah,” says Co-Founder and Executive Director Demetrius Bagley.

Tim Curry has cemented an indelible legacy with his iconic roles that extend beyond the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world. From working in TV to pursuing his art on stage, the English actor has done it all. Like any actor, he has turned down some interesting roles, but one in particular garnered immense attention despite being completely false.

Tim Curry in Home Alone 2 | 20th Century Fox

The role in the subject is attached to James Gunn’s live-action Scooby-Doo film. At some point, rumors spread out that the former was offered to play the main antagonist in the movie but he allegedly turned it down.

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Disney’s splashy Legends ceremony brought a cavalcade of A-listers to Anaheim’s Honda Center on Sunday evening during the conclusion of the Mouse House’s D23 Expo.

Disney’s Legends awards program is a hall of fame for individuals who have had a significant impact on the Disney legacy. Past honorees include Christina Aguilera, Stan Lee, Betty White and Oprah Winfrey.

Angela Bassett was recognized for three decades of work with Disney, including her role in Touchstone’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” narration of National Geographic’s The Flood and the Disney+ docuseries “The Imagineering Story,” and, most recently, her Oscar-nominated performance as Queen Ramonda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

“Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler remembered being inspired by Bassett’s work as a child as he introduced her. “To see her and what she does is truly a gift,” he said, telling the crowd the...

John Legend, the acclaimed American singer-songwriter and pianist, has enthralled North American audiences with his tour, An Evening With John Legend.

Legend has captivated people with his soulful and R&b-infused sound, which has earned him widespread recognition and numerous accolades. This includes his achievement as the first African American man to win all four major American entertainment awards as of 2018.

Legend’s success, however, extends far beyond his musical prowess. He has become a prominent figure in the realm of social activism and is known to use his platform to advocate for meaningful change. Alongside his partner, model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen, Legend has been unafraid to voice his opinions on political and social issues.

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In 2007, Legend launched the Show Me Campaign, an organization that invests in solutions proven to improve...

While we wait for the final season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” we’ve learned this week that the live stage play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is coming to Broadway.

The critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning, “mega five-star hit” (Sunday Times) play will begin performances Friday, March 28, 2025 and officially open Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre (210 West 46th Street).

Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, and rooted in the mythology and world of the Netflix global phenomenon, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is a new play written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry and co-directed by Justin Martin.

“Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is described as “a new story live on stage,” and it’s set in Hawkins, 1959. “The First Shadow” takes place “before the world turned upside down.”

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Brian Helgeland's 2015 film Legend is a gritty crime thriller about the infamous British gangsters, Reggie and Ronald Kray. Based on a written biography, the film explores the brothers, both excellently played by Tom Hardy, their gruesome career, and crimes that ultimately landed them life imprisonment in 1969.

Tom Hardy was in for a challenging role, playing twin brothers with different personalities, often sharing scenes. However, it paid off, and he ultimately won three awards for his performance. Audiences can easily forget that the film is based on their lives as gangsters in London's criminal underworld. Their crimes, whilst dramatized for entertainment value, actually happened, and impacted countless lives in the process.

As gangsters, the twins were involved in robbery, gambling, protection rackets, and murder. Soon enough, they were socializing with...

Donald Glover has released his fifth and final album as Childish Gambino, titled Bando Stone & the New World. The album arrives ahead of Glover’s upcoming world tour (get tickets here).

Released as the soundtrack to his upcoming movie by the same name, Bando Stone & the New World spans 17 new songs, and includes collaborations with Amaarae, Jorja Smith, Khruangbin, Chlöe, his own son Legend, and more, with Max Martin, Tierra Whack, Steve Lacy, and others getting writing credits.

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Glover himself described the soundtrack as a “big goodbye album” with a focus on anthemic songs. Indeed, the lead single — and Song of the Week —“Lithonia” was almost like a classic rock ballad, with a driving mid-tempo, guitar-led arrangement and an impassioned vocal part from Glover. Now, the Bando Stone soundtrack is available in full. Stream it below.

In explaining why he is retiring the Childish Gambino moniker,...

While the 1980s certainly saw the science fiction genre boom in popularity thanks to the blockbuster success of Star Wars, the fantasy genre experienced a similar renaissance. This was an era where studios were willing to invest in the extensive world building and practical effects needed to produce a memorable fantasy epic. The decade saw the release of numerous classics, including Conan the Barbarian, Dragonslayer, Legend, Clash of the Titans, and Willow, many of which remain cult hits to this day. Among the most memorable films of this era was 1986s Labyrinth, a more serious take on the genre from The Muppet Show creator Jim Henson. Although the film is best remembered for the memorable performance by David Bowie as the villainous Jareth, the Goblin King was originally a much more sinister character played by a different actor.

The legendary John Woo is back with The Killer, a radical reimagining of his own 1989 Hong Kong classic.

John Woo’s The Killer remake comes to Peacock August 23. Watch the trailer below.

Action auteur John Woo returns to reimagine and re-direct his own classic with the brand new movie, written by Matthew Stuecken and Josh Campbell (10 Cloverfield Lane), as well as Eran Creevy (Welcome to the Punch, Collide) and Brian Helgeland (42, Legend).

From the Oscar® winning producer of Oppenheimer, the kinetic action thriller stars Emmy nominee Nathalie Emmanuel as Zee, a mysterious and infamous assassin known, and feared, in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead.

But when, during an assignment from her shadowy mentor and handler (Avatar’s Sam Worthington), Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman in a Paris nightclub, the decision will disintegrate Zee’s alliances, attract the attention of a savvy police investigator,...

When Steven Soderbergh remade ratpack favourite Ocean’s 11 in the early 2000s, he not only assembled one of the all-time-great ensemble casts – he reinvigorated the heist movie in the process. First, in 2001, came Ocean’s Eleven, with all its swaggering Vegas charm. Then came Ocean’s Twelve in 2004, bringing greater ambition with multiple European heists. And then, capping it all off in 2007, was the all-glam Ocean’s Thirteen, dialling up the star power even further to deliver one last great score.

With the entire legendary Ocean’s trilogy now available on 4K, it’s the ideal time to revisit the legendary filmsat home – here’s every crew member you need to pull off the ultimate heist.

The Mastermind

Danny Ocean (George Clooney)

The brains of the operation. Danny Ocean always has a scheme and a dream on the go, steps ahead of everyone else – and, crucially, always multiple moves ahead of even the most high-tech casinos.

Metallica’s 1991 self-titled fifth LP, aka “The Black Album,” just spent its 750th week on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming only the fourth album in history to achieve that milestone.

Billboard reports that “The Black Album” only trails Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon (990 weeks), Bob Marley’s best-of compilation Legend (843 weeks), and Journey’s Greatest Hits (813 weeks) as far as the most non-consecutive weeks spent on the all-genre album chart.

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“The Black Album” also remains the best-selling album of the SoundScan era (which began in 1991) with more than 17 million copies sold in the United States alone. The LP features the Metallica classics “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Sad but True,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and “Nothing Else Matters,” among other songs.

On the latest Billboard 200, “The Black Album” sits at No. 168. For reference, that’s way higher than pop star Justin Timberlake’s new LP,...

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are a power couple with a growing family. Recently, Chrissy Teigen shared adorable pics of Legend and their young son, and the resemblance is uncanny.

John Legend And Chrissy Teigen Are Relationship Goals

When most people think of famous couples in the entertainment industry, the vast majority of them burn bright and then burn out. What is even more rare is when two successful people in the public eye can make their relationship work for the long haul, something that both John Legend and Chrissy Teigen have managed.

For a lot of their fans, this power couple are relationship goals, especially in terms of the type of relationship that a lot of people want. Somehow, they manage their busy schedules, in addition to their home and love life, and many love to see the love they have for one another, even years into their relationship.

Prime Video has formally ordered The Greatest limited series, from executive producer Michael B. Jordan (The Creed franchise) and executive producer/showrunner Ben Watkins (Cross). Considered the first authorized scripted series about the life of Muhammad Ali done with access to his estate, The Greatest will star Jaalen Best (All American: Homecoming) as the boxing legend.

The series will feature the defining moments in Ali’s life and career — both in and out of the ring — that have been well documented as well as moments that took place outside the spotlight. The world remembers an icon, but The Greatest is about a man, a husband, a father, a brother, and a son.

It is produced by Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, which has an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Watkins’ Blue Monday Productions, Authentic Studios, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, a Universal Music Group partner, and Grace: A Storytelling Company,...

We don’t get a ton of Gothic or romanticized horror anymore, at least not in the sense of the old days. The old days had a bit of a stretch too as I’m talking about the Universal classics and Val Lewton all the way through at least the early run of Hammer Films. To that end, what creature is more romantic or at least romanticized than Dracula and any of his vampire off shoots? While many of the vampiric screen adaptations have that feel to them from Frank Langella to Gary Oldman and David Bowie sandwiched in between, there are few vampires who embody that ideology more than those found in the writings of Anne Rice. While her novel Interview with the Vampire came out all the way back in 1976, it would take nearly 20 years for the adaptation to hit theaters with the movie of the same name...

Tom Hardy is known for his transformative roles and incredible performances in films. He has performed to perfection in films such as Inception, Dunkirk, Legend, and Bronson, and has also starred in blockbusters such as Venom. He was last seen in The Bikeriders.

Despite phenomenal performances, Hardy has only received an Oscar nomination once for The Revenant as a supporting actor. The actor was reportedly convinced by co-star Leonardo DiCaprio to give the script a read after which Hardy agreed to join the film.

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Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant is known for being the film that finally got actor Leonardo DiCaprio his much-awaited Oscar for Best Actor. After being snubbed four times, DiCaprio finally won the Academy...

Star Wars stands as one of the most iconic franchises in history. Whether you’re a fan or not, its influence is undeniable, propelling some actors to stardom while turning veterans, who sometimes hesitated at first, into beloved icons synonymous with their Star Wars roles today.

However, there are celebrities whose brief appearances in the franchise may have gone unnoticed. Some were recognizable from the start, while others remained hidden until their roles were revealed later on.

This article highlights the 10 significant celebrity cameos in the Star Wars franchise, many of which you likely missed during your viewings of the movies or TV series. Fiction Horizon is here to uncover these hidden gems for you! (Note: This list is not in any particular order.)

1. Tom Hardy as a Stormtrooper

This is just one of numerous Stormtrooper cameos throughout the series, and there have been many. Identifying Tom Hardy under that mask was impossible,...