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| 'Wicker': Colman, Skarsgard get close in romantasy-inspired poster | Black Bear has released a final poster for the upcoming film Wicker. The studio shared a romantasy novel-inspired poster for the movie Friday featuring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard. The image, styled to look like the cover of a romance novel, shows Skarsgard embracing Colman from behind against a backdrop of clouds and green hills. The film's title and the actors' names appear in stylized gold font. Wicker is a romantic comedy-drama based on the Ursula Wills-Jones short story "The Wicker Husband," and is written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. |
| Lana Del Rey joins Zach Bryan for 'Lies,' song on his new EP | Zach Bryan recruited fellow singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey for the new song "Lies." Bryan, 30, released the song Friday as part of his latest EP, Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs. In "Lies," Bryan and Del Rey, 41, sing about being willing to hear "sweet little lies" from a love interest despite knowing it's not the truth. Young Manhood and other Donatable Organs also features the songs "Lodi When," "Robot Killed the Working Man," "Dog Days," "Backwards," "Plainsmen" featuring Turnpike Troubadours, "Is the Blue Tangled in You?" and "You'll Get By." The EP follows Bryan's sixth studio album, With Heaven on Top, released in January. Del Rey is working on her 10th album, Stove. |
| Tyler Perry's 'Gospel of Christmas' trailer celebrates music, faith | Tyler Perry has a new film in the works. Netflix released a trailer Friday for Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas, a new holiday film starring singer and actor Tank and American Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino. The Gospel of Christmas follows Isaac (Tank), a struggling pastor, and his wife Rebecca (Barrino), as they attempt to rebuild Isaac's family church in a rough New York neighborhood. As Isaac "battles doubt, temptation, and a sinister adversary, he must rediscover his faith and the power of prayer to save his church, his family, and his community," an official synopsis reads. |
| Smashing Pumpkins release 'Black Stars,' song for 'Hunger Games' film | '90s rock band Smashing Pumpkins has released a song for the upcoming Hunger Games prequel. The group released "Black Stars" and a music video for the song Friday. The "Black Stars" video shows Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and the band perform in a warehouse. The song appears on the soundtrack for the new film The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a Hunger Games prequel based on the Suzanne Collins novel. "Grateful to be casting our spell on 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (The Album)' with our new track, 'Black Stars,'" the Smashing Pumpkins wrote on Instagram. Sunrise on the Reaping follows a young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) as he competes as a tribute for District 12 in the 50th annual Hunger Games. |
| Tate McRae releases 'Housewife' single, music video ahead of new album | Tate McRae is back with new music. The Canadian singer, 23, released a single and music video for the song "Housewife" on Friday. In the "Housewife" video, McRae is seen lounging poolside and on a yacht while spending time with a love interest. "I just wanna make a lot of money, be my own housewife / You, you, you, you could be the one I'm calling honey," she sings. "Housewife" is the first single to debut from McRae's forthcoming fourth studio album. The singer released her most recent album, So Close to What, in February 2025. That album features the singles "It's OK I'm OK," "2 Hands," "Sports Car" and "Revolving Door." A deluxe version followed in November. |