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β€˜Backrooms’ Crossing $100 Million Today, A Domestic Box Office First For A24

Who saw this coming? Kane Parson’s Backrooms is crossing $100 million today at the domestic box office, becoming A24’s first movie ever to do so, and their highest grossing movie stateside, surpassing the TimothΓ©e Chalamet period dramedy Marty Supreme ($96M domestic). And Backrooms pulled this off in six days. On a global basis, with north […]

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Celebrating a century of the magician of jazz, Miles Davis

One hundred years after the late Miles Davis was born, the revolutionary trumpet player remains one of the 20thΒ century's most influential artists. We look back at the life and legacy of a complex, visionary figure with one of his collaborators, musician Jason Miles, who recorded the albums "Tutu", "Music for Siesta" and "Amandla" with Davis during his later years. Jason's latest record "100 Miles for Miles Davis" is a reflection on those recording sessions.

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Titus Welliver Joins Voice Cast Of β€˜Get Jiro’ As Anthony Bourdain Graphic Novel Adaptation Promises β€œFood, Mayhem And Violence”

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Bourdain’s renegade sushi chef hits screens later this year when Get Jiro bows on Adult Swim. Series creator Alessandro Tanaka dropped by Deadline’s SXSW London Live Studio to tell us what to expect, including Titus Welliver (Bosch), Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim) and Justin Kirk (Weeds) joining the voice cast alongside the previously-announced Brian […]

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Film show: French WWII epic 'De Gaulle: Resistance' hits screens

Ben Croll takes us through four films from the Cannes Film Festival which are being released in cinemas this week. One of France's biggest film events of the year is Antonin Baudry's "De Gaulle: Resistance", the first of a two-part WWII epic centred on French general Charles de Gaulle, from the fall of France in 1940 to the liberation in 1945. Ben tells us why this film is part of a new trend of French blockbusters focused on uniquely French stories.

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β€˜Backrooms’ Charts Best Monday Ever For R-Rated Horror Pic In June With $7.6M+ – Box Office

Moviegoers continued to submerge themselves into the Backrooms on Monday, shelling out $7.669M. That’s the best Monday ever for a R-rated horror movie in June, outstripping the $4.3M made by New Line’s The Conjuring 2 on June 13, 2016. As we told you, Backrooms for the 3 Arts-repped Kane Parsons charted the best opening ever […]

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MΓ©lissa Laveaux on music, mortality and identity

With a sensual voice that contrasts with the strength of her lyrics, MΓ©lissa Laveaux creates music that blends her Haitian and Canadian heritage with themes of history, sexuality, and the dark humour she brings to questions of life and death. She joins us in the studio to discuss her latest album, β€œAt My Softest, I Am Most Dangerous”, and her exploration of Voodoo traditions and beliefs surrounding mortality. We also look at her personal geography – the places and influences that have shaped her artistic journey. We also discuss Paris's first Pride Ball, a star-studded gala celebrating LGBTQ+ communities.

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