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“This Must Be how the white gays felt when Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor came out,” I direct-messaged my best friend in the wee hours of July 29, 2022. “Finally, an album for us.”

It was the third consecutive time I had listened to Beyoncé’s seventh studio album, Renaissance, after it debuted at midnight. As a Black queer millennial who grew up anticipating the global superstar’s stylishly curated releases, this felt remarkably personal. Beyoncé has never been a stranger to giving a nod to LGBTQ themes and artists...

Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople, led by Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett), employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns – Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Faraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

The Magnificent Seven is in theaters September 23rd.

Wamg invites you to enter for the chance to win Two (2) seats to the advance screening of The Magnificent Seven on Tuesday, September 20th at 7Pm in the St. Louis area.

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Mall, the feature directorial debut from Joe Hahn of Linkin Park, examines a group of disgruntled suburbanites – a man on a personal war campaign, a teenager whose favorite pastime is smoking pot, a housewife whose best days have been left behind, a greedy businessman whose only desire is to increase his wealth, and a depressed pervert – who find themselves at a shopping mall in the midst of a seemingly random shooting. From a script co-written and produced by Vincent D’Onofrio (who acts in it, as well), the film also stars Cameron Monaghan, Gina Gershon, Peter Stormare, James Frecheville, Gbenga Akinnagbe and India Menuez. During this exclusive interview with Collider, Joe Hahn talked about why he wanted to take on Mall as his first feature, staying artistically creative when you’re also handling the business side of things, how he found the casting process, his background directing music videos for the band,...

A month ago at Cannes, Restless Talent Management (Rtm) announced its launch, with the executives behind the venture calling it "the first global management company to focus on African talent."Details via press release below:At a time where actors and directors of African descent are resolutely grabbing the headlines in Hollywood, Rtm will be focused on identifying the next Lupita Nyong’o, Chiwetel Ejiofor, or Andrew Dosunmu.Behind Rtm are veteran film producer Tendeka Matatu of Ten10 Films (Gangster’S Paradise: Jerusalema, Material, Crazy Monkey, Cold Harbor) and producer and media entrepreneur Marie Lora-Mungai of Buni Media (The Xyz Show, Ogas At The Top) and leading African VOD...

One recent Friday afternoon HeyUGuys had the privilege to round off our week in conversation with Vincent Ebrahim, star of South African comedy Material.

Vincent discussed with us the inspirational moments that led him on the path to acting, the role and influence of poetry, stepping out of his comfort zone, returning to work in South Africa and looking ahead to taking up the pen.

Why a career in acting? Was there that one inspirational moment?

There was not necessarily one inspirational moment, but rather a series of moments. When I was at school and considering a career I was originally planning to be a marine engineer. Then in high school I lost track of that ambition, and being good at English I became more interested in the drama society. So I began my performing life reading poetry in a poetry group. Then with marine engineering having gone out of the window,...

First image revealed from the home invasion thriller, starring Kaya Scodelario (Skins) and handled by Altitude.

Shooting has begun on home invasion thriller Tiger House, starring Kaya Scodelario, best known for her role in TV drama Skins.

Directed by theatre director Thomas Daley, it is produced by Glass Man Films and Tiger House Film Sa.

Altitude Film Sales in handling international sales and will debut footage in Cannes.

It is set in the UK but is being shot in Cape Town, South Africa.

Scodelario plays Kelly, a teenager who fights back after an armed gang break into her boyfriend’s home and take him and his family hostage.

The cast also includes Ed Skrein, star of iLL Manors and the upcoming Transporter 4, and Dougray Scott.

Daley is a former assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, associate director at the Royal National Theatre and has also directed opera for the English Touring Opera.

Tiger House is the...