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It sounds like Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again director Ol Parker might be ready to take a chance on pursuing another film in the musical franchise.
Parker, who helmed Universal Pictures’ 2018 follow-up to director Phyllida Lloyd’s 2008 hit Mamma Mia!, told Screen Rant in an interview published online Saturday (Dec. 17) that producer Judy Craymer has always intended to make a film trilogy. Craymer has credits on both films and also the ABBA-centric jukebox musical of the same name, which was the basis for the first movie and has had runs on the West End and Broadway.
“Judy Craymer, the genius producer behind the musical and the first two films, always plans for it to be a trilogy,” Parker teased. “That’s all I can say. The first one made an enormous amount of money, and I think we made a fair amount too.”
The Ticket to Paradise filmmaker continued, “I know that there is a hunger for a third, and I know that she has a plan. Wouldn’t it be lovely?”
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again brought back such castmembers from the first film as Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper and Christine Baranski, along with adding new players including Lily James and Cher.
In her review for The Hollywood Reporter, film critic Leslie Felperin noted that the sequel’s selection of ABBA tunes was less notable than that of the first: “Indeed, the movie’s biggest failing is that so much of its soundtrack, the very engine that propels it, is made up of far too many actual B-sides, or at least lesser-known tunes from the back catalogue of Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the two Swedish singer-songwriters who made up half of the 1970s pop quartet ABBA.”
Here We Go Again collected $395 million worldwide, which was well below the 2008 film’s $609 million global take.
This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
Austin Butler tried to make a quick visit with Jimmy Fallon to get some advice before his SNL hosting gig this weekend. Instead of finding Fallon, he found an Elvis on the Shelvis in a skit for The Tonight Show.
“Who is this?” Butler — who starred in a biopic about rock ‘n’ roll icon Elvis Presley — asks in the skit, picking up the doll off the mantle.
Elvis on the Shelvis, played by Fallon, then comes to life for a musical performance.
“Well, I move around the house when I’m a-home alone/ You did what you did/ You done what you done/ Elvis on the Shelvis never tell no one,” Fallon’s Elvis sings.
“You’re going on the top of my tree,” Butler says after the Elvis on the Shelvis show.
Butler’s SNL episode with musical guest Lizzo airs Saturday (Dec. 17) on NBC.
Watch his clip with Fallon below.
Donald Glover is finally getting a Spider-Man movie. It’s just not quite what you think.
Glover is attached to star and produce a feature set in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man universe of Marvel Comics characters, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Myles Murphy, the son of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, is on board to write the project, which has no title but is said to revolve on the Hypno-Hustler, one of the more obscure Spider-Man villains.
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Created by Bill Mantlo, the writer who also created Rocket Racoon, and artist Frank Springer, Hypno-Hustler was very much a product of the disco music scene when he first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man No. 24 in 1978. His real name was Antoine Delsoin, the leader of a band called the Mercy Killers and used hypnosis technology in his instruments on his audience in order to rob them.
Hypno-Hustler is not considered one of Spider-Man’s top villains — in fact, he regularly shows up on worst supervillains lists — but sources say Glover sparked to the musical aspect of the character and the fact that he has less Marvel canon baggage, freeing him to greater interpretations. The project could be anything from a disco period piece to a re-imagined modern hip-hop version or even a cyberpunk future play. Adding to the spark was Murphy’s take, whose details are being kept below the bass clef.
Glover’s name has circled Spider-Man for years, with fans clamoring for him to portray Spidey, particularly in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man. That didn’t happen — Andrew Garfield landed the role as Peter Parker — but Glover did voice Spider-Man/Miles Morales in the Disney XD series Ultimate Spider-Man in 2015. He also appeared in a very brief role in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. (A deleted scene from the movie pointed to him playing Miles Morales’ uncle.)
Sony, which owns the film rights to the Spider-Man and related characters, has a whole slate of film based on not just villains but also heroes that make up the Spider-Man family. With movies such as Venom and Morbius under its belt, the studio has Kraven the Hunter set for an Oct. 6, 2023 release. Hero projects in development include Madame Web and Spider-Woman.
Glover is repped by WME and Johnson Shapiro. Murphy is also repped by WME.
This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.
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A new generation of Duttons emerges in 1923, the latest addition to the Yellowstone franchise, premiering Sunday (Dec. 18) on Paramount+.
Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford star as Jacob and Cara Dutton in the prequel series exploring the Dutton family’s life during the early 20th century, amid pandemics, historic drought, the Great Depression and Prohibition.
The cast of 1923 includes Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, James Badge Dale, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, and Jerome Flynn. 1923 is the latest Yellowstone prequel to land on Paramount+ after 1883, starring Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, debuted last year. All three shows are created by Taylor Sheridan.
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1923 is expected to drop on Sunday at midnight PT (3:00 a.m. ET) for Paramount+ subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. The show will debut on Monday, Dec. 19, for subscribers in the U.K. and Australia.
Additionally, the premiere episode of 1923 will air on the Paramount Network directly after Yellowstone on Sunday. If you don’t have cable or satellite, you can access the Paramount Network on Philo, SlingTV, DirectTV Stream, FuboTV, Vidgo and other streaming platforms that offer live TV.
Paramount+ starts at just $4.99 a month, plus you’ll get the first week free. Subscribers have the option of streaming Paramount+ from Prime Video and ExpressVPN allows you to stream from outside of the U.S.
Looking for a streaming deal? There’s still time left to save 50% on the Paramount+ annual plan dropping the price down to $24.99 for the year (offer ends Jan. 2, 2023). Paramount+ is also free for Walmart+ members and T-Mobile offers a year of free Paramount+ with select mobile and internet plans.
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Stream original shows, movies, sports and more on Paramount+, including The Game, Mayor of Kingstown, At Midnight, 1883, The Challenge: All Stars, Behind the Music, Ink Master, Fantasy Football, Monster High, and Star Trek: Prodigy.
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Barbie was a giant part of the childhoods of millions of boys and girls. But in the bonkers first trailer for the big screen adaptation of the eternally popular Mattel doll directed and co-written by Greta Gerwig that dropped on Thursday (Dec. 15), the iconic pink panthress of womanhood literally looms very large in a 75-second tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1968 outer space psychological drama 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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From the brief photographic glimpses that have leaked out so far of the film starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as her super-smooth forever boyfriend Ken, Gerwig (and co-writer filmmaker Noah Baumbach) appear to be leaning heavily into kitsch and visual overload. And the trailer is proof that they are going for it in a major way.
“Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been… dolls,” says a narrator over sunrise scenes in the desert. Then, as Kubrick’s haunting 2001 theme, Strauss’ “Also sprach Zarathustra” bubbles up in the background, we see a group of girls playing with their baby dolls in the dusty expanse. Our narrator intones darkly, “But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls… until,” at which point Strauss’ horn stabs crescendo and we see the first glimpse of the towering, monolith-like Barbie posing in white sunglasses and a striped one-piece bathing suit, tilting her shades down to give the girls a cheeky wink.
Cue the smashing on the boring babies (shades of Kubrick’s apes bashing apart human bones) as one of the toys is tossed into space and a disco soundtrack explodes into Barbie’s technicolor. We then get the first moving look at Gosling’s Ken in his ab-baring, fringed green jacket, chilling with his equally buff pals in Barbie’s all-pink-everything dream universe.
The film slated to open on July 21 also features America Ferrara, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman and Will Ferrrell as Mattel’s CEO.
Check out the Barbie trailer below.
The stories about Casablanca Records are legendarily insane. Some center around the tall tales of the wildly successful independent label founded by producer Neil Bogart in 1973 that briefly shot to global dominance during the disco era thanks releasing landmark albums by everyone from Kiss to Donna Summer, the Village People, George Clinton’s Parliament and Cher. They also, invariably, lead to equally bonkers accounts of shady accounting, mountains of debt (and cocaine) and wild accounts of the lengths Bogart would go to promote his acts.
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Sounds like a movie, right? Well, on March 31 that biopic, Spinning Gold, will hit theaters with an all-star cast of characters re-telling the improbable tale of Bogart’s rocket ride to the heights, and depths, of the music business. The film’s official trailer dropped on Thursday (Dec. 15) and it gives just a little taste of the whirlwind ride Bogart took the industry on while providing sneak peeks at Wiz Khalifa as Clinton, Jeremy Jordan as the label boss, Ledisi as Gladys Knight, Jason DeRulo as Ronald Isley, Pink Sweat$ as Bill Withers and Tayla Parx as Summer.
The trailer for the film directed and written by Bogart’s’ son, Timothy Scott Bogart, opens with Casablanca’s jaw-dropping sales figures (200 million records), while showing a frizzy-haired Jordan strutting through the label’s chaotic offices while ticking off a list of the famous roster, including Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines), who blanches at her new bosses’ decision to change her name because “everything is hotter in the summer.”
With Kiss’ 1975 hit “Rock and Roll All Nite” blasting in the background, the fairy tale story quickly begins to unravel, though, as Bogart is seen facing more than $7 million of red ink, which, of course, inspires him to punch out the bearer of bad news, as one’s boss does. There are briefcases full of cash, threats of a hit put out by rival Motown Records, phone calls to the mafia to ask for a little help with that whole situation and Bogart placing a giant bet on a couple of kids from Queens (Kiss’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons) who had dreams of being the biggest rock stars in the world.
“Their mix of creative insanity, a total belief in each other and the music they were creating, shaped our culture and ultimately defined a generation,” reads a description of the film. “In a story so unbelievable that it can only be true, comes the motion picture event of the musical journey of Neil Bogart and how his Casablanca Records created the greatest soundtrack of our lives.”
Watch the Spinning Gold trailer below.
It’s a long way from Nantucket to the Northern Territory. Just ask Meghan Trainor. She knows all about it.
The “All About That Bass” singer made the long haul for the forthcoming season of Australia Idol, in which she steps into judging duties for the first time.
There’s now town like Alice in the Australian outback, a place so remote, you would need to drive for more than a day to reach Perth, 1,550 miles to the west, or to Sydney, 1,722 miles east.
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It’s in woop woop, as the locals would say. The middle of nowhere.
And that’s where we find Trainor in a new promo from the free-to-air Channel 7.
In the sneak peek which can be seen below, the U.S. pop singer hits the trail to meet Naomi Gipey, a promising Indigenous singer and jewelry designer. “I’m here to find the next Australian Idol, so I came all this way to find you,” she tells the 22-year-old hopeful, who’s having a mild freak-out.
“My dream is to be a singer,” Naomi explains to the cameras. Australian Idol album Jessica Mauboy “is my biggest inspiration. Seeing her start on a similar journey and, like, the thought that could be me,” she says, holding back tears.
Gipey gets her audition underway at the sublime Simpsons Gap with a performance of Duffy’s “Mercy”.
Trainor joins artists Amy Shark, Harry Connick Jr. and shock-jock Kyle Sandilands on the series’ judging panel.
Australian Idol 2023 kicks off in January and will be hosted by ARIA Award-nominated singer-songwriter Ricki-Lee, who was discovered on the reality-TV show back in 2004, alongside former E! host Scott Tweedle.
Trainor’s pop career is resurgent with “Made You Look,” which marks her return to doo-wop. The single is gold-certified in Australia, where it currently sits at No. 4 on the ARIA Chart.
Watch the Australian Idol clip below.
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Travis Scott’s heavily anticipated Air Jordan Retro 1 Low “Black Phantom” sneaker and a six-piece collection dropped on Nike’s SNKRS app and on Scott’s website on Thursday (Dec. 15).
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For his latest Jordan sneaker collab, the 31-year-old rapper maintains the classic Air Jordan 1 Low design “while staying true to his love of vintage style.” The black suede shoe features a backwards swoosh with crisp white stitching and a Cactus Jack logo on the tongue.
Another unique touch: A small beetle stitched on the left heel of the shoe symbolizing “progress, stability, love and nature,” according to the Nike description.
Scott’s Air Jordan 1 Low “Black Phantom” retail price for $150 on the SNKRS app. If you missed out but don’t mind paying more out of pocket, the sold-out sneaker is available on resell sites like StockX, Fight Club and Goat.
In addition to the new sneaker, Scott collaborated with Nike on a sold-out apparel collection. The limited collection, priced from $45-$150, includes black and green hoodies, matching cargo pants and shorts — all featuring premium embroidered graphics.
The Jordan Brand x Travis Scott collection also includes a T-shirt designed with a stylized graphic of Cactus Jack superimposed over a photo of Michael Jordan, stretch-knit shorts that feel like suede, along with two pairs of cargo pants (in black and green) made from a light, durable cotton ripstop and loaded up with lots of pockets.
You can find pieces from the collection on StockX for approximately $139 and up, although prices are subject to change depending on size and availability.
Shop the Jordan Brand x Travis Scott Air Jordan 1 Low “Black Phantom” and apparel collection below.
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Air Jordan 1 Low x Travis Scott Black Phantom (Stockx) $747
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Travis Scott x Jordan Brand Suede Washed Hoodie (Olive) $from $235
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Jordan Brand x Travis Scott Washed Suede Hoody (Black) $304
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Jordan Brand x Travis Scott Washed Sued Short $139
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Jordan Brand x Travis Scott Cargo Pant (Olive) $280
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Jordan Brand x Travis Scott Cargo Pant (Black) $395
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The season of giving continues! Hanukkah starts on Sunday (Dec. 17), Christmas arrives next week and last-minute shoppers are probably feeling some anxiety
No need to panic! If you haven’t decided on a gift for that special someone on your list, Sephora is having a flash sale on best-selling fragrances that are perfect for the season.
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For a limited time only, beauty insiders can save 20% off full-size fragrances (one ounce or larger). To redeem the promo, use the discount code: FRAGRANCE20 at checkout and save on perfumes and colognes from Tom Ford, Valentino, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent and Rihanna’s Fenty Eau de Parfum, which launched at Sephora last week.
Sephora’s special offer ends on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) and excludes fragrance sets and Chanel fragrances (use code: FREESAMEDAY to get free, same-day delivery).
Find additional holiday sales on fragrances and other beauty items at Ulta Beauty, Macy’s, Amazon and Nordstrom. And for more gift ideas, see our list of budget-friendly perfume gift set and cologne gifts sets.
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Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille Eau de Parfum
$175
Warm, spicy and confident. Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille unisex cologne combines notes of tobacco leaf, vanilla, cocoa, creamy tonka beans and ginger.
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Daisy by Marc Jacobs
$120
Created by Spanish perfumer, Alberto Morillas, Marc Jacobs’ Daisy is timeless scent of fruity florals with key notes of strawberry, violet leaves, and jasmine.
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Prada Luna Rossa Eau de Toilette
$100
Prada’s Luna Rossa Eau de Toilette is an earthy, layerable scent fusing bursts of bergamot with iris absolute and vetiver.
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Valentino Donna Born in Roma Eau de Parfum
$115
Valentino’s Donna Born in Roma has its own digital fan club! You’ll find video reviews about this show-stopping scent all over TikTok. The warm fragrance features top notes of black currant, jasmine grandiflorum, and bourbon vanilla housed in a beautiful bottle.
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Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb
$168
Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf is an intoxicating fragrance featuring cattleya, jasmine and rose blended with warm scents of patchouli and vanilla grounds.
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Fenty Eau de Parfum
$140
Fenty Beauty’s genderless fragrance will envelop you in hints of coconut and geranium with notes of magnolia, musk, tangerine, Bulgarian rose, vanilla and blueberry.
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Gucci Flora Gorgeous Jasmine
$149
Gucci’s Flora Gorgeous Jasmine features mandarin, grandiflorum jasmine and sandalwood.
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Mason Margiela Replica by the Fire
$144
The name says it all. Mason Margiela’s “Replica by the Fire” is a warm, cozy scent featuring clove oil, chestnut and vanilla.
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YSL Beauty Y Eau de Toilette
$105
Lenny Kravitz is the face of YSL Beauty’s Y Eau de Toilette. The aromatic cologne features a long-lasting scent of sage and lavender and a “crisp bite” of geranium.
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According to a new report, Sony’s PS5 is one of the hottest Christmas gifts for 2022, and finding one for the $499 retail price can be a little stressful, despite the growing number of retailers that sell the hard-to-get game console.
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Thankfully, there are a few different retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart that have PS5 consoles available right now, while others — including GameStop — are out of stock but could be restocking before the new year.
To make your search easier, we put together a list of a few places where you can purchase a PS5 online. PS5 consoles can run you anywhere from the current $500 list price up to $1,200. Keep reading for more details, links and pricing information.
Amazon
PS5 consoles restocks tend to sell out extremely fast at Amazon (and everywhere else, to be honest). For gamers who have been waiting to snag a console for $500 (or $549.99 for the Horizon Forbidden bundle), Amazon is offering customers an option to sign up for a chance to buy a PS5 at the regular retail price. The newest wave of invites were sent to qualifying customers starting on Monday (Dec. 12). Click here to request an invitation.
PS5 Console (Amazon) $from $610
Unfortunately, the invite-only option doesn’t guarantee that you will secure the console, as not all requests will be granted. However, exclusive offers allow Amazon to ensure that as many “genuine customers as possible” can buy an item that is in high-demand. If you are selected to purchase, you will receive an email when the PS5 is available. For those who don’t want to go that route, there are other PS5 consoles available on Amazon, but they’re usually marked up above the list price.
Playstation – 5 Console – God of War Ragnarök Bundle (Best Buy) $559.99
Best Buy sold out of the PS5 consoles but the God of War Ragnarok PS5 bundle ($559.99) is available for in-store pickup. The bundle is expected to sell out soon, so you’ll have to act fast to get your hands on one. The digital bundle is $459.99 and also in high demand.
Walmart launched a members-only PS5 restock back in February, and it sold out within hours, which means the price went right back up. On the plus side, you can currently find a PS5 console at Walmart for less than $700.
PS5 Console (Walmart) $668.30
When restocks sell out, PS5 consoles can cost hundreds more than you would usually pay. Because there are no regular-priced PS5s at Best Buy and other retailers, we searched for some of the cheaper options. Stock X, for example, has consoles for around $577 and up, which is a bit less than on some of the other websites. Ebay is another resource for PS5 consoles for $550 and up.
PS5 Console (StockX) $577
If you’re comfortable with high price points, Daily Steals has a PS5 with an extra controller for $1,043.99 and QVC has a PS5 available for $829.
Bundles are another way to ensure that you get a console — and maybe even save a little on the back end. Walmart has several bundles, such as this PS5 Disc Version Console with gaming headset bundle ($859), or this Sony PlayStation 5 Disc Version Console with Pro Gamer Starter Pack Bundle ($719).