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| 'House of the Dragon' cast tease 'bigger and badder' Season 3 | HBO Max is teasing House of the Dragon Season 3. The streaming service shared a featurette, titled "Gearing Up for War," for the season Friday featuring Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Ewan Mitchell, series co-creator and showrunner Ryan Condal and other cast members and crew. House of the Dragon is a fantasy drama inspired by the George R.R. Martin book Fire & Blood. The show takes place about 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the HBO drama based on Martin's Song of Ice and Fire book series. Season 3 will continue the story of the Dance of the Dragons, a war of succession that tore apart House Targaryen. |
| Maria Bakalova, Adam Pally not fooled by 'O Horizon' AI | Maria Bakalova and Adam Pally said the type of AI presented in their film O Horizon, in New York theaters Friday, would not convince them it is sentient. Bakalova, 29, plays Abby, a woman grieving her father (David Strathairn) who buys Sam's (Pally) simulation of him. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Bakalova said even if AI could accurately simulate a loved one, she could tell the difference. In fact, the film backs her up as Abby corrects the AI father, thus training it after her purchase. "I myself correct him, 'That's not the way it should be saying [things],' basically educating him how to be the better version of my pretended person," Bakalova said. "I don't think it's going to be able to get to an unrecognizable point. |
| Backstreet Boys release 'Bottle Up,' song for new 'Paw Patrol' movie | Backstreet's back -- with a song for the new Paw Patrol movie. The Backstreet Boys released "Bottle Up" and a music video for the song on Friday. The "Bottle Up" video shows the Backstreet Boys interacting with scenes from the upcoming film Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, which opens in theaters Aug. 14. In the lyrics, the group sings about wanting to "bottle up" a good feeling or moment. "Bottle Up" was written by Ed Sheeran and Savan Kotecha. In a video on Instagram, the Backstreet Boys shared how excited their kids were to learn the group was making a song for the film. Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie is the third film in the Paw Patrol franchise that originated with the Canadian animated series Paw Patrol. |
| Olivia Rodrigo releases new album, 'Stupid Song' music video | Olivia Rodrigo is back with new music. The singer-songwriter, 23, released her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, and a music video for the song "Stupid Song" on Friday. The "Stupid Song" video shows Rodrigo walk the streets of New York with a group of ballerinas as she sings about how a love interest has her feeling overwhelmed and "totally insane" with longing. Rodrigo performed "Stupid Song" Thursday on Jimmy Kimmel Live! following the album's release. You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love also features the tracks "Drop Dead," "Honeybee," "Maggots for Brains," "U + Me = <3," "My Way," "Purple," "The Cure," "Begged," "What's Wrong with Me" with Robert Smith, "Less," "Expectations" and "Cigarette Smoke. |
| Taylor Swift, Alanis Morissette inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame | Taylor Swift and Alanis Morissette were among the honorees Thursday at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The pair attended the event at the New York Marriott Marquis, along with fellow inductees Kenny Loggins, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS, Walter Afanasieff, Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg introduced Swift, 36, who made history by becoming the youngest woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In her 21-minute speech, Swift thanked her family and called songwriting "instinctual" and "the easiest thing I ever did" in all of the ups and downs of her career. |