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For the bulk of his career, Leslie Nielsen was best known for his stern, dramatic roles. His tall stature and low voice had casting directors offering him parts as commanders, leaders, and even heavies. Many might recall Nielsen's stone-faced turn in 1956's "Forbidden Planet" as the captain in "The Poseidon Adventure," or playing a cop in the 1972 cop drama "The Bold Ones: The Protectors." In 1977's "Day of the Animals" he plays a manly outdoorsman who loses his mind and, quite darkly, declares insane dominion over animals and women. Some might recall that he can hold his breath a long time, as he declared in "Creepshow." Many will be shocked to witness Nielsen beat and assault Barbra Streisand in the 1987 drama "Nuts." 

However, Nielsen did appear in a handful of comedies, most notably, playing Dr. Rumack in the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker farce "Airplane!" The parody proved that he had a talent for deadpan comedy,...

Either because of their catchy rhythm, the popularity of the artist, or a viral dance on social platforms, some anime opening songs have achieved such international popularity that even those who aren't fans of these series can easily recognize its music. The most recent proof of this is found in Google Trends, which revealed its data for 2024 and where anime music wasn't left behind. Because of this, even though fans often debate about the best song of the year’s anime releases, the most popular opening of 2024 already has a clear winner.

Google has compiled a list of the most-searched terms for 2024. In the category of trending songs in search and hum to search, both worldwide and in Japan, an anime song has placed in the top three, beating fan-favorite series like Dandadan and Oshi no Ko, and it is from none other than the hilarious revelation from the Shōnen Jump,...

Creepy Nuts has demonstrated its remarkable ability to elevate anime through its exceptional music, especially its exciting opening tunes. Its contribution to Mashle: Magic and Muscles pushed the anime to the top of Google’s Year in Search 2024. Creepy Nuts consists of a hip-hop duo that has made music for various anime and live series.

Mash in Mashle: Magic and Muscles

Being on the top of the search list is a matter of pride for both Mashle and Creepy Nuts. Not just that, the anime itself secured its spot as the most-searched anime in Japan, and its opening theme, “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” played a significant role in this achievement.

The track’s dynamic rhythm and infectious energy have been extremely popular and feel like a perfectly complemented opening for Mashle’s comedic and action-driven story. The song resonated deeply with audiences both in Japan and across the world.

Creepy Nuts’ Mashle...

Spotify today released various rankings looking back at 2024 based on this year's listening data, including music and podcasts. For the rankings in Japan this year , Creepy Nuts ' “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” featured as the opening theme for the TV anime Mashle: Magic And Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Arc, was the most played song in the country. It previously became the fastest song ever by Japanese artists to reach 100 million, 200 million and 300 million streams on the platform, as well as being #1 on Spotify Japan's daily charts for 125 consecutive days from January 18 to May 21, 2024. “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” was also the most-played song by a Japanese artist overseas this year, making it the first song in Spotify history to become the winner in both categories in Japan. As noted in the press release, the song became a viral hit after its debut — particularly in the United States, Central and South America and Spainish-speaking Europe — and reached...

What is Dandadan’s Opening Lyrics About? Creepy Nuts’ Otonoke Explained - Main Image

Dan Da Dan’s opening theme, "Otonoke," is a song that's easy to get stuck in your head, and many would agree. This catchy track by Creepy Nuts perfectly captures the anime's chaotic energy with its lively hip-hop beat, upbeat melody, and smooth transitions.

But it’s not just the sound that has people calling it this season’s best opening, its clever lyrics are also a major reason fans can’t stop talking about it.

Creepy Nuts packed the song with references that occult enthusiasts will especially appreciate! In this breakdown, we’ll discuss the true meaning of the opening theme and the cultural and supernatural elements hidden in its lyrics.

What is the Meaning Behind the Lyrics of Dandadan's Opening Theme "Otonoke"?

Before creating their more popular hits like Mashle’s Season 2 opening, "Bling Bang Bang,...

From Nuts in May to Vera Drake and the forthcoming Hard Truths, Leigh’s unique creative process gives us perfectly crafted dramas and characters who feel real

A few years ago I went on a pilgrimage to West Lulworth in Dorset. My wife, Linda, came with me. I stood on the shore beside the geographically fascinating Stair Hole and shouted: “Candice Marie, you are standing on sedimentary limestone!” To which Linda, who had walked up to the top of the cliff, duly replied: “I can’t hear you, Keith.” After which we went to Corfe Castle and had a theatrical row about who got to hold the guidebook before going in search of the dungeons.

To be clear, this was no marital tiff – rather, it was a reenactment of one of our favourite movies, Mike Leigh’s Nuts in May (Internet Archive). The story of a would-be idyllic camping holiday...

It's no surprise that fans adore Dan Da Dan's anime as it has dominated otaku discourse in social media circles due to Science Saru's breathtaking adaptation, but it's also climbing the charts in terms of viewership. On top of the series featuring numerous new additions to Crunchyroll's Fall 2024 anime season, Dan Da Dan is also simulcasting to Netflix weekly, meaning access for viewers across the world's largest paid streaming service. FlixPatrol shows that Dan Da Dan has broken into the #7 spot among Netflix's top 10 most popular TV shows as of October 14, 2024.

This is a major coup for Netflix as it expands its anime presence. With another delightful Fall 2024 Weekly Shonen Jump adaptation, Blue Box, Dan Da Dan shows how seriously impressive and globally popular anime can become. While Crunchyroll remains uncontested as the most popular dedicated anime subscription service, Netflix is paying attention to what the viewers want and reaping the benefits.

After the massive hit of Bling-Bang-Bang-Born, Creepy Nuts became a household name among otakus. The catchiness of the song took the industry, as well as anime fans, by storm. Among the latest fall anime releases, the musical duo created the opening theme of Dan Da Dan.

Creepy Nuts is currently creating a legacy by serving one hit song after another, and their production for Dan Da Dan is no less. So here are some of the top anime bangers produced by Creepy Nuts that you should immediately add to your playlist.

‘Loss Time‘ from Call of the Night

Unlike their usual style, Loss Time from Call of the Nights, created by Creepy Nuts, is extremely relaxing. This anime came out of nowhere with the best soundtracks, all thanks to the duo. The music will make you want to step out at night and just chill (provided your area is crime-free...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.

Today is Barbra Streisand day! And what a day it is. Just one day after Babs herself announced the start to production of her approved documentary film, in which she plans to unveil the creative contents of her quite famous vault, we here at The B-Side tackle some of the legend’s lesser-seen films. They include The Owl and the Pussycat, Up the Sandbox, For Pete’s Sake, Nuts, and The Guilt Trip. Our guest on this long-in-the-making journey is Chris Feil, co-host of the incredible This Had Oscar Buzz podcast.

We talk about the autobiography in all of its glory. We talk about Barbra’s early years, Barbra’s late years, her passion for design,...

We often talk about how the internet has revealed our infinite capacity for cruelty; less discussed is how it’s shown us the limits of our goodness along the way. The human brain evolved in a way that compels us to care about the other people in our villages and tribes for our own survival, but modern technology has transformed the entire planet into an interconnected world town faster than our physiology could ever hope to keep up.

While our hearts might be able to bleed for billions of strangers at a time, our heads are often preoccupied with more local problems, and the 21st century has exacerbated that dissonance to the point that we’re all locked in a near-constant negotiation between empathy and self-concern. You can hardly look at your phone without being confronted by a vast constellation of joy and suffering, as historical atrocities and everyday hardships alike are sandwiched between shitposts,...

Adam West's campy humor remains iconic with "Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!" Michael Keaton's unhinged delivery with, "You Wanna Get Nuts? C'mon! Let's Get Nuts!" Robert Pattinson's aggressive debut sets the tone with "I'm Vengeance!"

Throughout the entirety of the Batman franchise, the Caped Crusader and his villains have provided some of the best quotes in cinema. There have been multiple versions of Batman on the big-screen, and all of them have had at least one memorable line (if not more). To that end, it's fun to look back and pick out one of the best lines from every theatrical Batman release.

While actors and universes may change, Batman and Gotham City have long been a quintessential part of the superhero film genre. After all, The Dark Knight is easily one of the most popular superheroes of all time whether he's on the page,...

New episodes of My Big Fat Fabulous Life are just around the corner and fans can’t wait to see Glenn Thore on their screens again. Although Whitney Way Thore is the star of the show, fans have fallen in love with her father.

Season 12 storylines will likely feature Whitney’s ongoing quest for love. But fans really want to see more of Glenn.

In a recent Instagram post, the Thore family patriarch dazzled his Instagram followers with a very slick jacket. Keep reading to see what they had to say.

Glenn Thore Receives A Special Father’s Day Message

Over the Father’s Day weekend, many TLC stars gave their father figures a special shout-out on social media. Whitney Way Thore made sure to praise her father and let everyone know just how much he meant to her.

Since Babs Thore passed away, Whitney, Glenn, and Hunter have really...

Rumors suggest a new Banjo-Kazooie game may be in the works, potentially announced soon at an Xbox showcase. Leaks from reputable sources hint at a possible return for the iconic duo, sparking excitement among fans. With Microsoft's recent partnership with Toys for Bob, a Banjo-Kazooie reboot or remake could be on the horizon.

Banjo-Kazooie, an iconic video game of yesteryear, may finally be primed to make a grand return as rumors allege a new game in the long-dormant franchise may be in development. The previous installment in the franchise, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, is 16 years old in 2024 and while Rare's beloved collectathon series has inspired numerous spiritual successors since then, there's been no effort to continue the adventures of Banjo and his sidekick. Fortunately, with Microsoft looking to draw players back to Xbox after a tumultuous few months, now might be the perfect time to resurrect the duo.

Over on...

This past weekend, The Cabot theater in Beverly, Massachusetts hosted an event that was billed as An Evening With Richard Dreyfuss + Jaws Screening – but attendees did not expect what they got from legendary actor Richard Dreyfuss when he took the stage. Most of them probably expected the moderator to lead Dreyfuss on an overview of his amazing career, allowing him to discuss not only Jaws (and set the record straight about whether or not he was a jerk on set) but also films like American Graffiti, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand by Me, Stakeout, What About Bob?, or the two that earned him recognition from the Academy: Mr. Holland’s Opus (he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in the film) and The Goodbye Girl (he won the Best Actor Oscar for that one). Instead, Dreyfuss used the event as an opportunity to go on...

In a time when any comment can be taken as being offensive, every public figure has to be careful. Whether you agree with that or not, the situation is like that, and one has to be careful what comes out of their mouth. In light of that, there is a profound confusion when public figures come out and openly do something stupid. And we’re not referring to situations that can be misinterpreted, that can go either way, but about situations when a public figure openly says stupid things and offensive things. How can this happen? Having an opinion is one thing, but being blatantly offensive towards others and slandering them based on their race, gender, religion… why? How?

Well, we’ve recently reported about Michael Richards’ old outburst, and we are now “honored” to report on another, more recent incident that happened in Massachusetts. The incident involves famous actor Richard Dreyfuss,...

Barbra Streisand is looking to make the final scene in The Tattooist of Auschwitz memorable and poignant as the credits roll after recording a new song, “Love Will Survive,” for the Peacock and Sky original drama.

Marking her first ever recording for a TV series, Streisand has performed the end title anthem for the series about two young Jewish prisoners in the Nazi concentration camp who fall in love and commit themselves to survive the Holocaust together.

Hans Zimmer and Kara Talve composed the original song for the limited series that stars Harvey Keitel, Melanie Lynskey, Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak and Jonas Nay, and which Streisand recorded to in part recall the memory of the Holocaust and the specter of antisemitism resurfacing again.

“Because of the rise in antisemitism around the world today, I wanted to sing ‘Love Will Survive’ in the context of this series, as a way of...

The Harry Potter and Bridget Jones star is a dazzlingly versatile performer, with a string of Michael Winterbottom films under her belt, as well as Star Wars, TV’s Happy Valley and an Olivier award. She explains how she keeps on top of it all

It is easy to feel protective of Shirley Henderson on this gloomy winter afternoon. Is she warm enough? Does she want to put the heating on? “Aye, I’m Ok,” she says from her home in Fife, a few strands of chestnut hair falling over her glasses as she huddles close to the laptop. “It’s a wee bit blowy out. But I’m at the age where you can get too warm, so I’m all right.” Her giggle is helium-high: the sort of sound you want to trap, like in one of those toy moo boxes, so that you can play it when...

Riggs and Murtagh. Tango and Cash. Starsky and Hutch. John McClane. Frank Bullitt. Dirty Harry Callahan. While those are all tough movie cops, none of them are as hard as nails was perhaps the toughest, most dangerous movie cop of all time… Frank Drebin as played by Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Jump back to 1980. Leslie Nielsen was a character actor known for playing deadpan, ultra-serious roles. He was typically the bad guy of the week on TV shows and TV movies, and his biggest claim to fame was playing the captain in 1956s Forbidden Planet. His career was middling; David Zucker, Jim Abrams and Jerry Zucker, aka Zaz – Zucker-Abrams-Zucker – wanted to cast him in their movie Airplane. He would play the third lead, a deadpan doctor who would perfectly ape similar roles he played in movies like The Poseidon Adventure. While the studio initially balked,...

Emmy winning “Band of Brothers” director David Leland, who was also a prolific writer with over five decades in the industry, died Sunday at age 82.

The news came from his longtime agency Cassaroto Ramsay & Associates on Wednesday.

“Our beloved client writer/director, David Leland has passed away. We will miss his incredible talent and warm spirit so very much,” the agency said. “Our thoughts are with his family at this time.”

Leland, born in England at the height of World War II, trained as an actor and stage manager before establishing himself as a screenwriter and director. Among his most popular films are the 1983 cult classic “Made in Britain,” 1986’s Golden-Globe and Oscar-nominated “Mona Lisa” with Bob Hoskins and 1987’s “Wish You Were Here.”

Leland was renowned for writing two films about British suburban madam Cynthia Payne, 1987’s “Personal Services” and Cannes Film Festival hit “Wish You Were Here,” the...

Veteran character actress Elizabeth Hoffman, perhaps best known for her role as Beatrice Reed Ventnor, mother of the titular sisters played by Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember and Julianne Phillips, on NBC’s ’90s drama series Sisters, has died. Hoffman passed away of natural causes on Aug. 21 at her home in Malibu, CA, her son Chris confirmed to Deadline’s sister pub THR. She was 97.

Born in Corvallis, Or, Hoffman made her television debut recurring as Miss Mason on Little House on the Prairie in 1980. The following year she made her feature film debut as the lead in Frank Laloggia’s supernatural horror film Fear No Evil.

Hoffman also is known for her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in The Winds of War, the television miniseries directed and produced by Dan Curtis, which spanned the earliest years of World War II, from the Nazi blitzkrieg of Poland in 1939 to the...

Elizabeth Hoffman, who portrayed Beatrice Reed Ventnor, the mother of the daughters played by Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember and Julianne Phillips during the entire six-season run of the NBC drama Sisters, has died. She was 97.

Hoffman died Aug. 21 of natural causes at her home in Malibu, her son Chris told The Hollywood Reporter.

Hoffman stood out as Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1983 and 1988-89 Herman Wouk miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, directed by Dan Curtis and starring Robert Mitchum.

She also portrayed Meryl Streep’s mom in Curtis Hanson’s The River Wild (1994) and the elderly Ruth, the mother-in-law of Linda Hamilton’s character who lives in a cabin at the base of the volcano, in Roger Donaldson’s Dante’s Peak (1997).

Hoffman’s depressed Bea sets Sisters in motion when her four daughters reunite to care for her after she turns to alcohol to deal...

“Lotería Loca” keeps on bringing the heat with a new “loca” challenge on the CBS game show.

In an exclusive clip of this Monday’s episode shared with TheWrap, host Jaime Camil walks contestant April through selecting a number on the lotería board that will help her chances to score a lotería, while avoiding helping her opponent get the chance to win the $1 million prize.

“Alright April, your turn to give me a number — think about a good number that will give you that car — el coche — because that will give you, April, your first Lotería,” Camil said in the clip. “However, you need to stay away from el arcoiris — the rainbow — because that will give Sairy her second lotería and she will move on to play for $1 million.”

As the participant selects her lucky number 13, the set erupts in music and celebration as April and Camil are excited to...

Plot: Dolores Roach is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a now-gentrified Washington Heights neighborhood. She reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is threatened, she must go to extremes to survive.

Review: It is tough to say whether the golden age of television is thriving or ending. With the streaming wars imploding, the depth and breadth of content on the small screen has never been bigger. But, with dozens upon dozens of series, many’s quality seems questionable. The latest series to debut is The Horror of Dolores Roach. A co-production between Amazon Studios and Blumhouse, The Horror of Dolores Roach is an adaptation of the hit podcast of the same name, which, in turn, was an adaptation of a stage play.

Lew Palter, the veteran character actor and admired CalArts School of Theater faculty member who portrayed the department store magnate Isidor Straus in James Cameron’s Titanic, has died. He was 94.

Palter died May 21 of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Catherine Palter, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The New York native played one of the Supreme Court justices in First Monday in October (1981), starring Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh and Barnard Hughes, and he donned a robe for stints on The Flying Nun, Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law as well.

Plus, he portrayed an LAPD detective on the 1976-77 CBS series Delvecchio, starring Judd Hirsch.

Palter joined CalArts in 1971 and served as an acting teacher and director at the Santa Clarita school until his retirement in 2013, but he also conducted private workshops and taught around the country and around the world, including in Edinburgh and at Carnegie Mellon and UCLA.

Ana Bárbara is celebrating her three decade-long career with her “Bandidos” tour. On Tuesday, the singer announced that she’ll be heading on a tour across the United States, and adding stops in Mexico City and the Dominican Republic.

“This is such a miracle and the exact right time we needed to start the tour,” Bárbara said about heading on the road. “To see young people listening to music, it’s a privilege because it’s the new generations are what are going to support the career of an artist.

Investigating the nature of altruism, director Penny Lane turns the camera on herself in Confessions of a Good Samaritan, showing her process as an organ donor navigating the uncomfortable space of “gifting” a part of your body to a stranger. Single, in her early 40s, and financially secure after a decade of building her career, she decides its time to give back to the universe as a way of saying thank you for life ultimately working out.

For Lane, this is a rare work to proceed in a fairly straightforward manner. Extensive self-interviews frame her donation, which was made before Covid disrupted every industry, and Confessions unpacks the history of donations, including a 1984 decree that outlawed the exchange of money or anything of value for a body part. Though most donations are made to family members in need, online exchanges––similar to a dating website––are an option for those...

Ask the British national treasure – star of Mike Leigh films aplenty, as well as countless TV and stage roles – about any of her brilliant performances by 6pm Sunday

How long can you be a national treasure for? Alison Steadman arguably holds some sort of record: ever since her breakthrough performance in the TV version of Abigail’s Party, back in 1977, she’s been a brilliant, comforting, spiky staple of British screen and stage.

Her collaborations with ex-husband Mike Leigh (she was pregnant with their first son shooting Abigail’s Party) are what defined her early career in the public consciousness. Life is Sweet, Hard Labour, Nuts in May; later the likes of Topsy-Turvy.

From The Video Archives Podcast, writer/director Roger Avary and writer/producer Gala Avary discuss a few of their favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Taxi Driver (1976)

Star Wars (1977)

Matinee (1993)

Dune (1984)

Terror On A Train a.k.a. Time Bomb (1953)

Licorice Pizza (2021)

Batman (1989)

Yentl (1983)

Nuts (1987)

Spaceballs (1987)

Die Hard (1988)

Top Gun (1986)

Cocksucker Blues (1972)

Mijn nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975)

Straw Dogs (1971)

The Godfather (1972)

A History Of Violence (2005)

Day Of The Dolphin (1973)

Babylon (2022)

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)

Carrie (1976)

Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)

Blow Out (1981)

The Matrix (1999)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Killing Zoe (1993)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

The Tenant (1976)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Bugsy Malone (1976)

Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)

The Muppet Movie (1979)

The Rules Of Attraction (2002)

The Sound Of Music (1965)

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)

Giant (1956)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Babe (1995)

Time Bandits...

Danny Dyer has discussed his controversial column in Zoo magazine, in which he gave such abhorrent dating advice that he was fired from his role as agony uncle.

In 2010, the former EastEnders star was sacked from the publication – which closed in 2015 – for advising a man who couldn’t get over his ex-girlfriend to “cut his ex’s face, then no one will want her”.

There was uproar over the piece at the time, which was ghost-written by a journalist who Dyer was dictating to over the phone, and it has tarnished Dyer’s reputation.

Speaking in a new interview with The Times Magazine, Dyer said: “People still hate me for that.”

He continued: “The line is a quote from a film I’d done, but the idea I would advise someone to do it repulsed me. It was a joke. I don’t know why the editor or sub-editor thought it Ok to print that.

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI, and sign up for our weekly email newsletter by clicking here.NEWSKristen Stewart in Olivier Assayas's Personal Shopper (2016).The next film directed by Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson and Dick Johnson is Dead) will star Kristen Stewart as…Susan Sontag. Based on Ben Moser’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Sontag: Her Life, the project will have some hybrid-doc elements, as we might expect from Johnson: according to Screen Daily, Johnson will film an interview with the actress about her preparation for the role at the Berlinale, where Stewart is jury president.Richard Ayoade will direct and star in an adaptation of George Saunders’s The Semplica Girl Diaries, with casting currently underway.New Spanish Cinema luminary Carlos Saura died last week aged 91. His best-known films depicted and critiqued life under the Franco dictatorship, like La Caza...

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are officially a family of six! On Feb. 12, Lively confirmed, without directly confirming, that the couple's fourth child has been born. Sharing a Super Bowl Sunday Instagram slideshow, Lively posed alongside her husband and his mother in one picture, and the "Gossip Girl" alum was noticeably sans bump. In her caption, Lively wrote, "Puppy Bowl Sunday 2023...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… Kevin Hart as Super Arnold?

ABC announced late Thursday night that Live in Front of a Studio Audience will return for a third installment on Tuesday, Dec. 7 (at 8/7c), recreating episodes of Diff’rent Strokes and its spinoff, The Facts of Life.

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The cast of Diff’rent Strokes will feature Hart as Arnold, succeeding Gary Coleman...

Exclusive: Gersh has signed Ted Lasso‘s Keeley Hazell for representation in all areas.

Hazell is coming off her second season of the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series in the recurring role of Bex, the new girlfriend of Rupert (Anthony Head).

Hazell began her career as a model, working with magazines such as FHM, Loaded, Nuts and Zoo Weekly, before transitioning to writing and acting. Her other TV and film credits include E!’s The Royals and New Line’s Horrible Bosses 2.

Hazell continues to be repped by Van Johnson Company and Kopeikin Law.

By now, Julia Michaels is a familiar face on the pop landscape. An in-demand songwriter for artists like Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, and Britney Spears, she scored her first Top 20 hit under her own name with her 2017 debut single, “Issues.” But even those who have been following Michaels’ career might not know a key fact about the artist: She’s Latina. Her government name is Julia Cavazos, and she’s of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent on her father’s side. And on her new single, “Only One” — a breezy...

The Independent Gamer is a curated roundup of news from indie gaming, landing here every other Friday.

It’s not every day that a colorful squirrel surveillance mystery game enters the conversation, but that is the description of Nuts, a mobile title where players become field researchers tasked with recording and reporting on the behavior of squirrels for less than desirable pay.

The game hails from development team Joon, Pol, Muuutsch, Char & Torfi, who are Belgian game developer and designer Jonatan (Joon) Van Hove, French artist Pol Clarissou, German foley artist Almut Schwacke, Irish narrative writer Charlene Putney, and Icelandic based artist ...

The Independent Gamer is a curated roundup of news from indie gaming, landing here every other Friday.

It’s not every day that a colorful squirrel surveillance mystery game enters the conversation, but that is the description of Nuts, a mobile title where players become field researchers tasked with recording and reporting on the behavior of squirrels for less than desirable pay.

The game hails from development team Joon, Pol, Muuutsch, Char & Torfi, who are Belgian game developer and designer Jonatan (Joon) Van Hove, French artist Pol Clarissou, German foley artist Almut Schwacke, Irish narrative writer Charlene Putney, and Icelandic based artist ...

RespectAbility will have a heavy presence at Sundance this year, with a lineup of virtual panels and discussions, all on digital Main Street.

The disability advocacy group is presenting five conversations under the umbrella title the Accessibility & Inclusion Lab; two of the events are in collaboration with Film Independent.

A goal is to encourage authentic representation of disabled people on screen, and to help change how audiences view people with disabilities. Another goal is to give filmmakers the tools to make films more accessible, both for disabled crew members and for audiences.

According to Nielsen, the disability market influences more than a trillion dollars in disposable income. However, with one-in-five people in the U.S. having a disability, there is a startling lack of representation – just 2.3% of characters in the 100 top-grossing films of 2019 and 8% in family films.

“What we see and hear on screen influences how we act in real life,...

New Delhi, Jan 24 (Ians) Apple Arcade has added new games "Nuts" from developer Noodlecake and "Spire Blast" from Orbital Knight to its growing catalog of more than 145 games.

"Spire Blast" is a colourful, family-friendly puzzle game that challenges players to topple towers using a system of matching and powerups, reports MacRumors.

The game only gets more addictive and challenging while playing.

"Nuts" is a single-player surveillance mystery game set in a remote forest where a player's job is to place cameras in a wild forest during the day and review footage at night, with the goal of reviewing footage of squirrels to analyse their behaviour and movements for scientific purposes.

Arcade recently added two new games "Reigns: Beyond" from Devolver Digital and "All of You" from Alike Studio.

The subscription gaming service costs Rs 99 a month and lets people play more than 120 games across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV.

Exclusive: Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Sanaa Lathan, Rebecca Hall, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola, Emily Mortimer, Rosie Perez and Debra Winger are among the all-star cast of innovative feature With/In, a made-at-home anthology film revolving around themes of confinement and isolation.

Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s newly rebranded Maven Screen Media (American Honey) is in production on the two-hour feature, which is a collection of short films made during lockdown by a slew of top actors and directors. Scroll down for the full list of participants.

The project was initiated when Maven and Emmy-winning writer-producer Margaret Nagle (Boardwalk Empire) asked actor-director families and friends to come up with stories about life stuck inside. Storylines include a couple stuck together after a one night stand, kids scheming to run away from their paranoid dad, a divorced couple isolating together for the sake of their dog, and a widow dealing with her grief.

Cis Corman, distinguished casting director and president of Barbra Streisand’s production companies, died in New York on Monday. She was 93.

Born in Brookline, Mass., Corman began her career as a casting director in 1974, selecting roles for films such as Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull,” Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America,” Michael Cimino’s “The Deer Hunter” and Streisand’s “Yentl.”

She later became the president of Streisand’s Barwood Films and Barwood Television production companies, executive producing on countless projects including “Nuts,” “The Price of Tides,” “Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story,” “The Mirror Has Two Faces,” “Rescuers: Stories of Courage” and more.

Streisand considered Corman not only her best friend, but a surrogate mother, as Corman was 32 and Streisand only 16 when the two first met in an acting class.

“I treasured our lifelong friendship, her intelligence, her taste and her integrity. I loved Cis...

A distorted, goateed David Bowie appears in the rare video for “Repetition,” a 1997 version of the Lodger track. The song appears on his upcoming LP ChangesNowBowie, a Record Store Day 2020 release.

Titled “Repetition ’97,” the video was filmed at the Earthling tour rehearsals in Hartford, Connecticut, by Tim Pope. “Johnny is a man/And he’s bigger than you,” Bowie sings over an acoustic guitar. “And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse/He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse.”

ChangesNowBowie was originally recorded by...

Yo Yo Honey Singh recently posted a video on social media where he is requesting everyone to stay at home.

He shared the video with the caption, "Am here again to request you all to stay at home and help stop the spread of covid-19. While staying home find out ways to keep yourself occupied and this will help you in keeping your positivity. #stayhome #gharbaithoindia #yoyohoneysingh"

However, this is not the first time Yo Yo Honey Singh has requested us to follow the stay at home movement.

He posted a video a few days ago wherein he pleaded everyone to follow the Janta Curfew.

Yo Yo Honey Singh also expressed his gratitude to all the police, hospitals, doctors, nurses, bus drivers and people who were actively helping in battling the coronavirus away.

Yo Yo Honey Singh, understanding the seriousness and gravity of the current situation, implores us to stay...

The recent release of Yo Yo Honey Singh titled Loca made waves all across and the audiences couldn't help but shake a leg on the song for the party anthem that it is! The song even crossed over 100Million views and is keeps multiplying in numbers, everyday.

In a recent interview, the Bollywood's Rap Icon revealed that there are many songs lined up for a release this year. This has truly made the fans excited as the rapper is all set to treat his fans with various tracks.

The things that have kept the audiences wondering is what league of genre would Yo Yo Honey Singh bring with his tracks, this time? Would they be some party hits, some pure Punjabi rap songs or some romantic songs. Everyone has already started placing their bets on their most awaited genre.

Yo Yo Honey Singh is truly having a Loca year as...

We all know the Bollywood's rap icon, our very own Yo Yo Honey Singh has made waves in the industry by delivering some of the best rap songs where we can't help but shake a leg on, any time! The current pandemic that has bought the world to a standstill and to give us the right fitness inspiration while we stay at home, the rapper shares an at home workout routine we can easily do.

The rapper sharing it on his social media says, "My friend home workout session while in lockdown. Fitness is a must for me. It contributes to good health and helps maintain a sturdy immune system, we all know this but now is the time to be more careful and making sure that we utilise our home quarantine time to keep ourselves healthy and fit !ove you all Be home be safe be healthy!! ??????????

#yoyohoneysingh #gharbaithoindia...

The music sensation Yo Yo Honey ?Singh is making waves with his latest release Loca. The song is being loved by one and all for it?s groovy beats mixed with a hint of international music.?

Talking about the success of the song and how people are loving it, when Honey Singh was asked about how many views he is expecting from Loca, given that some of his most popular hits have crossed over 200 million views, the rapper shared,?

?According to me, the more important thing is that the song should reach to maximum people and my try is that the song should get more love from everywhere rather than views. If you are talking about 300 million, then that 300 million people should like your product and that's were you win, it's not like 500 is your victory.?

Soon after its release, the song crossed fifty million views and it was a...

Rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh has unveiled a new party number. Titled "Loca", the track aims at setting the dancefloor afire.

"Loca", which means crazy in Spanish, is sung by Honey Singh with Simar Kaur. Honey Singh has also written the song along with Lil Golu besides having composed it as well.

"'Loca' is an amazing track that will have everyone dancing to it. I had the rough scratch ready within minutes and the entire music piece was made in a matter of two minutes," Honey Singh said.

"We used the Reggaeton beats which is completely new and fresh for the Indian audience. We shot at the Gugu boat in Dubai which is considered to be the biggest party yacht in the world. This has been shot on a huge scale and I'm sure all my fans will love it," he added.

This is the artiste and the...

Following five weeks of unreleased and rare David Bowie tracks from the Earthling era, the singer’s “The Man Who Sold the World (Live Eno Mix)” completes the six-track Is It Any Wonder? Ep.

“The Man Who Sold the World (Live Eno Mix)” predates the Ep’s other offerings by two years, as the track — a darker trip-hop take on the famed 1970 song — was recorded in October 1995 and released as a single alongside Outside’s “Strangers When We Meet.”

“I added some backing vocals and a sonar blip and sculpted...

David Bowie’s unreleased Earthling-era semi-instrumental “Nuts” is the latest installment in the Is It Any Wonder? series, a six-week unearthing of rare tracks that the late icon recorded in 1996 and 1997.

“Nuts” was recorded at the same November 1996 studio sessions that yielded Earthling’s “The Last Thing You Should Do,” with the intention that both would be bonus tracks for the album; however, the latter was swapped onto the album at the last minute in place of “I Can’t Read ’97,” which similarly is part of the Is It Any Wonder?...

Actress/model Cara Delevingne aka 'Vignette Stonemoss' in the Amazon Prime TV series "Carnival Row", poses for the latest "Puma" sneaker campaign:

Delevingne played her first film role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" as 'Princess Sorokina'. August 2013, she voiced a 'DJ' of a pop radio station in the video game "Grand Theft Auto V".

June 2014, she made her TV debut in the final episode of "Playhouse Presents" from Brit broadcaster Sky Arts, playing the character of 'Chloe'.

Delevingne went on to play the part of 'Melanie' in the Brit feature "The Face of an Angel". October 2014, she starred in a sketch for an annual 90-minute comedy TV event called "The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night".

A month later, she featured in South African group Die Antwoord's music video for their song "Ugly Boy". December 2014, she starred in "Reincarnation", a short film by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.

February 2015, she appeared...

Gahan Wilson, a truly warped individual who channeled his perverse sense of whimsy and the macabre into an award-winning artistic career, died yesterday at the age of 89. His family posts:

The world has lost a legend. One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him.

Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative.

He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson. He leaves behind stepsons, Randy Winters, and Paul Winters, and daughter in law Patrice Winters. Grandchildren, Tiffany Smith, Jessica Winters, Chris Winters, Ashtin Winters, Carlie Winters, Rachel Winters, Kyle Winters, and Jessie Winters, and two great grandchildren, Noah Smith, Jaylie Winters, and Elizabeth Winters.

Born dead in Evanston, Illinois, on February 18, 1930, Wilson’s dark,...