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| Fantastic Fest review: 'Enter the Clones' doc honors Bruce Lee successors | Bruce Lee died in 1973, just as his movie career was taking off. Enter the Clones of Bruce, which screened at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, explores the martial artists caught up in the exploitative wake of Lee's death. Opportunistic producers sought out martial artists who could imitate Lee's style. Those actors would take stage names like Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Liang and Dragon Lee. Those three and others appear in Enter the Clones, in which martial arts filmmakers, studio executives and international film scholars discuss the "Brucesploitation" phenomenon. These performers had an impossible task. |
| Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon to launch DJ tour in North America | South Korean singer Hyoyeon is going on tour in the fall. The K-pop star, a member of the girl group Girls' Generation, announced a North American tour on Friday. Hyoyeon will perform on the tour as DJ Hyo. The tour kicks off Oct. 14 in Chicago and will run into November, with more dates to be announced in the future. Hyoyeon made her debut as a DJ in 2018 and released her debut solo EP, Deep, in May 2022. The singer came to fame with Girls' Generation, which also consists of Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. Hyoyeon is also a member of the Girls' Generation subunit Oh!GG. Girls' Generation most recently released the album Forever 1 in August 2022. |
| Dolly Parton recruits Linda Perry for 'What's Up?' cover | Dolly Parton recruited singer-songwriter and former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman Linda Perry for a cover of the band's song "What's Up?" Parton, 77, released the cover featuring Perry, 58, on Friday. "What's Up?" is written by Perry and originally appeared on the 4 Non Blondes' 1992 debut album, Bigger, Better, Faster, More!. "How is one supposed to react when the greatest and most prolific songwriter in the world wants to cover a song YOU wrote?" Perry said in a statement. "[Dolly's] version of 'What's Up?' is so good. Her spin on it made me feel like it was her song. No surprise there." Parton will release a music video for the cover Saturday that was filmed at Eakin Elementary School in Nashville. Parton's version of "What's Up? |
| 'Bumper in Berlin' canceled at Peacock amid strikes | Bumper in Berlin has been canceled at Peacock. Variety reported Friday that the musical comedy will no longer have a Season 2. Bumper in Berlin is a spinoff of the Pitch Perfect film series starring Adam DeVine in his role as Bumper Allen. The show premiered on Peacock in November 2022 and was renewed for a second season in January. Deadline confirmed the cancellation, citing the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA strikes. The writers and actors strikes have delayed production on several series, creating large gaps between seasons and causing shows to miss their scheduled release dates. Bumper in Berlin had not started pre-production on Season 2 when the WGA strike began in May, according to Deadline. |
| Kelly Clarkson features daughter on song 'You Don't Make Me Cry' | Kelly Clarkson is back with new music. The 41-year-old singer and television personality released a deluxe version of her album Chemistry on Friday. The Chemistry deluxe version features five new songs, including "You Don't Make Me Cry" featuring Clarkson's daughter, River Rose. "She was 5yrs old when she was layin down tracks for 'you don't make me cry,'" Clarkson previously told fans. Clarkson has two children, River, now 9, and son Remy, 7, with her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock. The new Chemistry tracks also include "I Won't Give Up," "Did You Know," "Goodbye" and "Roses." Clarkson originally released Chemistry in June. The album is her first non-holiday album since Meaning of Life in 2017. |