While the music world’s attention was focused on South by Southwest’s cancellation due to concerns over coronavirus on Friday, eight dates on Justin Bieber’s 45-date stadium tour in support of his new album “Changes” were scaled down to arena appearances. 18 more words
via Justin Bieber Downsizes Stadium Tour Dates After Soft Ticket Sales — Variety
Demi Lovato premiered a new single today. Titled “I Love Me,” the song is a reckoning of sorts: a coming-to-terms acceptance of herself, warts and all. 34 more words
via All You Need Is Self-Love: The Wave of Wellness Songs Explained — Variety
In today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix released the first trailer for the third season of “Ozark” and the premiere weekend of “Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan” broke ratings records on Nickelodeon. 29 more words
via TV News Roundup: Netflix Releases ‘Ozark’ Season 3 Trailer — Variety
When production designer Chris Crane took on “Run This Town,” he was presented with a unique challenge: getting color out of traditional, often beige, office environments. 31 more words
via How ‘Run This Town’s’ Production Designer Brought Color to Office Settings — Variety
In today’s film news roundup, Pearl Jam teams with Abramorama, “Bloodshot” get an Immersive Cinema Experience release, Philip Kaufman is honored, the Doc10 Festival unveils its slate and “Testament” gets rolling. 28 more words
via Film News Roundup: Pearl Jam, Abramorama Unveil ‘Gigaton Listening Experience’ — Variety
One of three directors who first won attention with 2007’s excellent three-part thriller “The Signal” (not to be confused with another enterprising sci-fi-tinged indie of that title from 2014), Dan Bush has made several interesting genre features on his own since then. 17 more words
Was the official cancellation of the Ultra Music Festival in Miami Thursday a one-off, for now, for a music industry that’s weighing its options on a case-by-case basis… or an inevitable bellwether for the fate of other upcoming festivals like South by Southwest and Coachella? 14 more words
via Why Isn’t SXSW Canceled Yet? It May Be Down to Insurance and the City — Variety
“You are the white Mandela,” says a ham-faced warden, all but spitting in the face of anti-apartheid activist Tim Jenkin upon his arrival at Pretoria Local Prison in 1978. 31 more words
Perhaps it’s fitting that “Westworld” is the recipient of the most extensive, and jarring, reboot in recent TV history. After all, the show’s characters are hyperintelligent androids, forced in the show’s early going to forget who they once were and what they’ve endured in order to begin their “storylines” anew. 7 more words
“Man, you get beat up a lot,” an aspiring boxer tells the eponymous punching bag/pulp-fiction private eye Mark Wahlberg plays in “Spenser Confidential.” “And I’ve noticed every single time you get your face pushed in, you come back with just a little bit more information.” That’s a pretty apt description of Spenser’s modus operandi, and…
via Mark Wahlberg in ‘Spenser Confidential’: Film Review — Variety
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