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| V of BTS shares 'silent carol version' of 'Winter Ahead' | South Korean singer V has released a new version of his song "Winter Ahead." On Tuesday, the K-pop star and member of BTS shared a "silent carol version" of the holiday duet with singer Park Hyo-shin. "Winter Ahead (Silent Carol Ver.)" was accompanied by a black and white visualizer depicting V and Park sharing a meal and conversation on a snowy winter night. V released the original version of "Winter Ahead" and the song's music video last week. On Friday, V will also release a new version of the holiday classic "White Christmas" featuring the voice of late singer Bing Crosby. V released his debut solo album, Layover, in September 2023, and the single "Fri(end)s" in March. BTS also consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin and Jungkook. |
| 'Snow White' trailer: Rachel Zegler stars in Disney's live-action remake | Disney is giving a glimpse of its live-action remake of Snow White. The studio shared a trailer for the musical fantasy film Tuesday featuring Rachel Zegler (West Side Story, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes). Snow White reimagines the 1937 animated Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which is based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale. Zegler plays Snow White, a princess who flees deep into the woods after her beauty rouses the jealousy of her stepmother, the Evil Queen (Gal Gadot). Snow White is written by Greta Gerwig (Barbie) and Erin Cressida Wilson, and directed by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man). |
| 'Surface' Season 2 gets photo, Feb. premiere date | Surface will return for a second season in February. Apple TV+ shared a first-look photo and Feb. 21 premiere date for the season in a press release Tuesday. Surface is a psychological thriller created, written and executive produced by Veronica West, who also serves as showrunner. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as Sophie, a woman who must "unravel the secrets of her past" when she loses her memory after an apparent suicide attempt. In Season 2, Sophie "follows the few clues she has, using her vast stolen resources to embed herself in elite British society and discovering a possible connection to a beautiful heiress. |
| Ella Purnell's 'Sweetpea' returning for Season 2 | Ella Purnell's Sweetpea is returning to Sky and Starz for a second season. The adaptation of C.J. Skuse's novel follows Rhiannon, an oft-overlooked woman with a hair-pulling disorder who works as an administrative assistant at a newspaper. "Being part of Rhiannon's coming-of-rage journey has been a career highlight for me, and to see fans engage with and relate to our oddball Rhiannon, in all her complexity, feels truly special," Purnell, who is also an executive producer on the project, said in a press release Tuesday. "I cannot wait for audiences to see what she does next. Stay tuned." The cast for the dark comedy/thriller also includes Nicole Lecky, Jon Pointing, Calam Lynch, Leah Harvey and Jeremy Swift. |
| Shailene Woodley confirms 'Big Little Lies' Season 3 is 'happening' | Big Little Lies star Shailene Woodley says Season 3 of the hit HBO series is "happening." The 33-year-old actress gave an update on the show during Monday's episode of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Woodley shared how she recently ran into co-star Nicole Kidman, who confirmed Season 3 is in the works. "I ran into Nicole Kidman a few months ago and I was like, 'So, what's the...' And she's like, 'It's happening,'" the star said. "I was like, 'It is? It's happening?' She's like, 'Yeah.' I was like, 'But when? How? When? Why? How?'" "I think it's a lot of people with a lot of schedules. And our beautiful director from Season 1 passed away," she added, referencing late director Jean-Marc Valle. "And that was really hard for everyone. |