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| Sauron forges the One Ring in 'Rings of Power' Season 3 teaser trailer | Prime Video is giving a glimpse of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3. The streaming service shared a teaser trailer for the season Friday at San Diego Comic-Con. The Rings of Power is a fantasy drama inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The show takes place thousands of years before the events of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Season 3 sees Sauron become the Dark Lord of Mordor as he forges the One Ring of power. "Now, all the free peoples of Middle-earth -- Dwarves, Elves, Men, and Wizards alike -- must find a way to come together, in a race against time to prevent Sauron from achieving his goal of utter domination of all life," an official synopsis reads. |
| 'Blade Runner 2099' gets teaser trailer, November premiere date | Blade Runner 2099 is coming to Prime Video in November. The streaming service shared a teaser trailer and Nov. 25 premiere date for the show Friday at San Diego Comic-Con. Blade Runner 2099 is a new entry in the sci-fi franchise based on the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The book previously inspired a 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, and a 2017 movie directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Ford and Ryan Gosling. |
| Tyla performs, discusses 'A*Pop' album on 'Today' | South African singer Tyla took to the stage on Today. The music artist, 24, performed and discussed her new album A*Pop on Friday's episode of the NBC morning show. Tyla performed "Is It Love," the third single to debut from A*Pop, and discussed the significance of the album's title in an interview. "I honestly wanted to honor my inner child," the star said. "My inner child dream of being a pop star and how it always felt unobtainable being from the bottom of Africa, literally South Africa." "Now that I have been given this opportunity, I really wanted to extend the idea of what a pop star looks like from Africa," she added. "So yeah, I thought A*Pop -- I bring the 'A' to pop. |
| Katseye releases 'Animal' music video ahead of new EP | Grammy-nominated girl group Katseye is back with new music. The six-member group shared a single and music video for the song "Animal" on Friday. The "Animal" video shows the members of Katseye play dual roles as they perform on one side of a two-way mirror and portray business execs on the other. Demi Moore makes a cameo. In the lyrics, Katseye sings about seeing a wild side of a love interest behind closed doors. "Animal" is the second single to debut from Katseye's forthcoming third EP, Wild, following "Pinky Up," released in April. Katseye also recently teamed up with K-pop girl groups Le Sserafim and Illit on the song "Iconic by Mistake," released in June. Wild releases Aug. 14. |
| Anitta shares 'Equilibrium II' film after album's release | Anitta has released a film to accompany her latest album. The Brazilian singer-songwriter, 33, shared a 35-minute visual Friday following the release of her album Equilibrium II. The film, directed by Nidia Aranha, Felipe Sassi and Boy Princess, explores themes of "spirituality, love, ancestry, and female empowerment," as Anitta discussed with Galore. "To me, dance, sensuality, and the body in motion have the power to heal and elevate. That's why it was so important for the production to be unapologetically dance-driven: to celebrate that ritualistic energy and the spiritual strength behind it," the performer said. Equilibrium II, stylized as Equilibrivm, is a follow-up to Anitta's album Equilibrium, released in April. |