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Sophia Loren earned her status as a cinema legend through her portrayals of women who were larger than life, yet specific enough, that we felt we might encounter them walking down the street. Her Filumena in Marriage Italian Style conveyed decades of suffering and dedication with a heartbreaking glance; her Giovanna from Sunflower seemed to have created the concept of longing and how to overcome it. And her ferociousness as Cesira — the mother devoted to protecting her daughter at all costs in Two Women — made one believe she could dive into a volcano, and come out unscathed.

The Madame Rosa she plays in The Life Ahead almost belongs in that pantheon of neorealist heroines – Loren favored raw emotion over stylization even in high melodrama. Rosa, a former prostitute turned reluctant caretaker to abandoned children, retains that indomitable essence and feels specific enough because of the way she moves in the world.

If you’re listening for evidence of the many psychedelic mushrooms Harry Styles says he ate during the recording of his outstanding second album, you will have to wait until Fine Line‘s second to last song for a dose. But when “Treat People With Kindness” arrives, it trips balls. Musing about “floating up and dreaming / Dropping into the deep end” over a feverish groove of congas, handclaps and Mellotron, Styles calls upon a gospel chorus to take him even higher: “Maaaaybe, we can find a place to feeeel good,...

Vampire Weekend were the focus of an hour-long episode of Austin City Limits that aired Saturday; watch the entire 10-song performance here.

The band, which released its fourth studio album Father of the Bride in May, taped the career-spanning performance at Austin’s Moody Theatre in August, a gig that featured tracks from the band’s self-titled 2008 debut as well as their latest LP, including a lengthy rendition of Father of the Bride‘s “Sunflower.”

Ahead of the episode’s premiere, Vampire Weekend shared an exclusive video of their performance...

Taylor Swift, Drake, Post Malone, Ariana Grande and Halsey led the way at the 2019 American Music Awards nominations with their bids for Artist of the Year. The contenders in all categories were announced on Thursday morning, October 24, exactly one month ahead of the November 24 telecast when the winners will be revealed. These prizes are awarded to the year’s most popular music as decided by fans across a wide variety of genres. Scroll down to see the complete list of contenders.

Swift holds the record for the most victories for Artist of the Year. She has prevailed four times out of five nominations. The only time she ever lost was in 2015 when the award went to the now-disbanded group One Direction. Can anyone stop her from repeating? Her nominations this year also include Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, Favorite Female Artist (Pop/Rock) and Favorite Album (Pop/Rock) for “Lover.”

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The culture wasn’t demanding a James-Franco-in-Spring-Breakers-esque rapper-crooner in summer 2015, when “White Iverson” quietly started its months-long climb to No. 14 on the Hot 100. But Post Malone was fruitful, and his smashes multiplied. “White Iverson” (30 weeks on the Hot 100) beget “Congratulations” feat. Quavo (50 weeks) beget “Rockstar” feat. 21 Savage (41 weeks, his first No. 1) beget “Psycho” feat. Ty Dolla Sign (39 weeks, his second No. 1) beget “Sunflower” with Swae Lee (45 weeks, his third No. 1). He’s hit the top five twice this year. And he’s done it all with seemingly little reverence for hip-hop itself,...

After watching Post Malone and Jimmy Fallon's trip to Medieval Times, we're definitely better now. Yes, you read that right—the Grammy-nominated rapper and Tonight Show host headed to the famed dinner show that instantly transports you to life in the medieval ages. As part of the experience, visitors dine as they watch knights on horseback compete. As Malone put it, "This is the best day of my life." The star even met the queen, who shared her love for his hit track, "Sunflower." After dining on chicken and potatoes, he and Fallon cheered on their knight before deciding they needed to get into the arena themselves to...

Post Malone already donned a suit of armor this month for his “Circles” video, but he’s back at it again. In celebration of his new album Hollywood’s Bleeding, the rapper joined Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show and traveled to Medieval Times.

The pair rooted for the Yellow Knight against the Red Knight as they chowed down on baked potatoes and chicken drumsticks, and Post even got some appreciation from their server, a fan of his song “Sunflower.” (When Fallon asked if she was a fan of The Tonight Show,...

One way to size up pop stardom is to measure how much noise an artist can create with a deluge of new music. Think of Ariana Grande releasing two Number One albums in less than six months, just because she can, jamming up radio programmers with five different singles in rotation simultaneously and burying everyone under a barrage of hits.

Another way to evaluate stars is by clocking their achievements during periods of relative silence. Everyone has to rest now and then, but a true star can still assert him- or herself even in off-months.

Swae Lee teams with Drake for his new song “Won’t Be Late.” The younger of the two brothers comprising Rae Sremmurd began teasing the new single via social media on Wednesday, writing, “Vibes drop starting tomorrow.”

The teaser description aptly fits the mood of the Tekno-produced “Won’t Be Late,” with its island and house-flavored grooves serving as an undercurrent to the pair’s rhymes, which discuss the merits of taking it slow in a relationship. “Baby, don’t fight it, you’re giving me life,” Swae Lee sings.

Lady Gaga, Post Malone and Kris Bowers are among the contenders for the 2019 World Soundtrack Awards.

Other composers nominated for awards include Nicholas Britell (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Alan Silvestri (“Avengers: Endgame”) and John Powell (“How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World”) as well as Daniel Pemberton (“Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse”) and Benjamin Wallfisch (“Hellboy”). Bowers is in the running for TV Composer of the Year for his latest work on Ava Duvernay’s “When They See Us” which earned the composer his first Emmy nomination. Other works of Bowers recognized include “Black Monday,” “For The People,” and “Warriors of Liberty City.”

Along with Grammy award-winning song “Shallow,” Post Malone’s “Sunflower,”which appears on the soundtrack for “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse,” is nominated for best original song written for a film.

“We are pleased to see such a variety of young talents across all three categories, including multiple...

Post Malone received a number of nods for this weekend's 2019 Teen Choice Awards. On Sunday, Aug. 11, actress Lucy Hale and YouTube star David Dobrik are set to take the stage in Hermosa Beach, Calif., to host the ceremony. During the show, Post Malone is up for awards in numerous categories. The 24-year-old artist is nominated for Choice Male Artist, Choice R&b/Hip-Hop Artist, Choice Song: Male Artist for "Wow," Choice R&b/Hip-Hop Song for "Wow" and "Sunflower" with Swae Lee. The duo's track for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is also up for Choice Song From a Movie. If we do see Post Malone on the stage this weekend, it's almost guaranteed that...

Travis Scott wanders through the eerie aftermath of a ritzy party in the new video for his Astroworld track “Wake Up,” directed by Jonah Hill.

The black-and-white clip finds Scott wandering through a massive mansion littered with lifeless bodies dressed in suits and gowns. The already-confounding scene gets a healthy dose of the supernatural when various items – and Scott himself – begin to float through the air, the walls catch on fire and the bodies themselves begin disappearing into dust. The clip ends with the haunting images of a completely slack...

Ed Sheeran claimed the top spot on Rolling Stone’s Artists 500, bumping Drake to Number Two for the first time since the chart launched earlier this month. Sheeran ended the week of July 12th through July 18th with 107.8 million song streams, while Drake notched 103 million.

After landing at Number 13 on the Rs Artists 500 last week, Sheeran jumped to Number One on the strength of his new album, No. 6 Collaborations Project, which was also the Number One album on Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Albums chart. Additionally, 11 songs from No. 6 Collaborations Project...

Game of Thrones scooped up the Best Show prize during Monday's telecast of the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

The HBO fantasy epic faced stiff competition from the likes of Riverdale and The Haunting of Hill House, but even with a final season that divided fans down the middle, it still had one final victory.

However, Emilia Clarke faced even stiffer competition in the Best Performance in a Show race, ultimately losing out to The Handmaid's Tale's Elisabeth Moss.

There was even some love for Schitt's Creek co-creator and star, Dan Levy, who secured the win for Best Comedic Performance.

The pre-recorded 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards were pre-taped and hosted by Shazam! star Zachary Levi.

Here are the full winners in the world of TV and Movies.

Best Movie

Avengers: Endgame – Winner

BlacKkKlansman

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Us

Best Show

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Game of Thrones walked away with Best Show honors at the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards — albeit during a commercial break, in which Jacob Anderson (aka Grey Worm) accepted the trophy on the red carpet. (Risking the wrath of Drogon? Ballsy, MTV.)

Meanwhile, The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss picked up the Best Performance In a Show accolade during Monday’s pre-taped ceremony, which was hosted by Zachary Levi. Other small-screen honorees included Schitt’s Creek‘s Dan Levy (for Best Comedic Performance) and Surviving R. Kelly (for Best Documentary).

Read on for a full list of movie and TV winners.

Vampire Weekend hitch a ride with a desert dweller named Wade in the video for “This Life,” which appears on the band’s latest album, Father of the Bride. Directed my Emmett Malloy, the clip stars Kyle Field of the band Little Wings as Wade, an Uber-driver of sorts who picks up an array of passengers throughout the clip including Danielle Haim, Ariel Rechtshaid, Simi and Haze and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig.

After all that wandering through the desert, the clip culminates with Wade’s various passengers turning...

2017’s smash hit “The Outlaws” propelled its lead Ma Dong-seok into superstardom and established its debutant director Kang Yoon-sung as a talent to watch out for. While he is already signed on to direct a sequel to his debut feature, his sophomore film “Long Live the King” is set to release soon.

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Jang Se-chool is a gangster boss. He has been in love with Kang So-hyun for the past 3 years, even though she tries to push him away. One day, in order to make him give up on her, Kang So-hyun tells him that she wants to be a first lady. Jang Se-chool is confused by her comment. Meanwhile, his friend Jung Choon-taek is a death row convict. His friends tells him that his execution date has been set. Nobody can save him except, possibly, the South Korean president. To marry Kang So-hyun and to save his friend, Jang...

Vampire Weekend delivered a delightfully shaggy take on their new song “Sunflower” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday.

The performance opened with frontman Ezra Koenig and guitarist Brian Jones breezing through the song’s up-and-down guitar licks. But instead of jumping straight to the verse, Vampire Weekend jammed out the intro a bit, deftly using a small horn section to punctuate the song’s loose grooves and kind vibes.

“Sunflower” appears on Vampire Weekend’s latest album, Father of the Bride, and is one of several songs to feature the Internet’s Steve Lacy on guitar.

Taylor Swift made history after the April 26 release of her new song “Me,” but despite huge first-week numbers she wasn’t quite able to claim the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart dated May 11. Instead, Lil Nas X held that position for the fifth week in a row with “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.

“Me,” which features Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie, is the lead single from Swift’s forthcoming seventh album. The music video got more YouTube and Vevo views in its first 24 hours than any other video fronted by a female artist, and it was the fastest video ever to reach 100 million views (79 hours). The song is also the week’s biggest seller with 193,000 downloads, which is the best sales total since Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” the lead single from her last album, “Reputation.”

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Glen Campbell’s phenomenal recording career, which began in 1961 with his first single “Turn Around, Look at Me,” will be revisited in the upcoming release of The Legacy 1961-2017, an updated and expanded edition of the long-out-of-print box set originally released in 2003. The four-disc collection will be available June 21st.

The 78-track set, which is bookended by Campbell’s first single and tracks from his final album Adiós, is buoyed by the legendary performer’s classic hits, including “Gentle on My Mind,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Galveston” and “Wichita Lineman,...

Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride (which is out this Friday) is so zealously detailed and meticulously contoured that you easily sink into its inventions: the whirl of country picking, surf-guitar twang and classical interlude in “Harmony Hall”; the loopy hip-hop of “Sunflower” with its creeping-vocal riff; the Soweto-like bounce and AutoTuned-Beach Boys-style chorale in “Flower Moon.” But this is ear candy loaded with trouble. Frustration, helplessness and romantic crisis come just like the songs, in grenade-like bursts, as Koenig delivers bad news like the “wicked...

At 18 songs in under an hour, Vampire Weekend’s first album in six years sounds at first like a manic effort to make up lost time. Singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig, the band’s composer-lyricist and a co-producer on virtually every track, has stuffed his hooks and bridges with so many change-ups in rhythm, guitar tone and dramatic instrumental flourish that, by the finish, you feel like you’ve been whipped through a modern-pop homage to the Beatles’ Abbey Road medley – twice over.

Father of the Bride is so zealously detailed and...

Vampire Weekend unveiled two new songs, “This Life” and “Unbearably White,” the final pair of tracks they’ll share before the release of their new album, Father of the Bride, May 3rd via Columbia Records.

“This Life” is a sunny and spirited tune that finds frontman Ezra Koenig trading guitar licks with Jake Longstreth – brother of Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth and co-host with Koenig on his Beats 1 radio show “Time Crisis” — and sharing vocal duties with Danielle Haim. The song opens with a characteristically cheeky Vampire Weekend lyric, with Koenig singing,...

As the profile of music supervision has risen over the past decade, so has the growth of the Guild of Music Supervisors, which hands out its annual awards in 18 categories on Feb. 13 at the Ace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. In addition to recognizing those who soundtrack our favorite movies, shows and games, the Gms will honor composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman with the Icon Award and Joel Sill with the Legacy Award.

Performers at the event include Lukas Nelson, son of Willie and musical contributor to “A Star Is Born”; Aimee Mann, whose “Drive” is nominated in the song for TV category for “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” and King Princess in the Spotlight Artist slot.

Presenters for the ninth edition of the Gms Awards include women’s rights advocate and attorney Gloria Allred, Academy Award-winning director Taylor Hackford and producer-songwriter Linda Perry, co-writer of “Girl in the Movies...

Next stop: Oscar. The world of animation bowed before Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse tonight at the 46th annual Annie Awards from UCLA’s Royce Hall. The teen-superhero pic from Sony Pictures Animation pummeled the competition, going 7-for-7 in its nominated categories including Best Animated Feature.

“Go break new ground, everybody,” producer Chris Miller said in accepting the night marquee prize. Added Peter Ramsey, one of the trio who also won the directing prize for Spider-Verse tonight: “We wanted to make a movie that made people feel special and powerful, that was kind of our mission.”

Phil Lord said the diversity of the night’s winners — including student winners — was a resounding message in his ears throughout the program. “The diversity of the projects and the diversity of characters, too,” the Spider-Verse producer/co-writer and co-writer said as the film’s soundtrack hit Sunflower serenaded Royce Hall one again on a...

Ariana Grande has made frequent appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, but a number-one hit eluded her for most of her career. Now she has gone two-for-two. Her last single “Thank U, Next,” which she dropped last fall without any advance promotion, debuted in the top spot and stayed there for seven nonconsecutive weeks. Now her followup, “7 Rings,” has achieved the same feat, entering the Hot 100 in the top position. Watch the video for her latest chart-topper above.

“7 Rings” achieved the second most online streams in a single week for any female artist. It had 85.3 million listens in the Us, which places it behind only “Thank U, Next,” which was streamed 93.8 million times after its video was released. Grande is one of only five artists ever to debut at number one multiple times, following Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Justin Bieber and Drake.

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Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:   Music Video of the Day: Post Malone and Swae Lee have a new music video for the song "Sunflower" from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and it features footage from the upcoming animated feature (via Heroic Hollywood):   Reworked Movie of the Day: If you never could accept Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, here are scenes from Solo: A Star Wars Story with Harrison Ford instead (via Geekologie):   Movie Comparison of the Day: Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons why Freddy vs. Jason is the same movie as Sadako vs. Kayako:   Movie Commentary of the Day: Speaking of Freddy vs. Jason, Auralnauts offers fight commentary over the battle of the major horror...

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:   Music Video of the Day: Post Malone and Swae Lee have a new music video for the song "Sunflower" from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and it features footage from the upcoming animated feature (via Heroic Hollywood):   Reworked Movie of the Day: If you never could accept Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, here are scenes from Solo: A Star Wars Story with Harrison Ford instead (via Geekologie):   Movie Comparison of the Day: Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons why Freddy vs. Jason is the same movie as Sadako vs. Kayako:   Movie Commentary of the Day: Speaking of Freddy vs. Jason, Auralnauts offers fight commentary over the battle of the major horror...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is still a few months away, but if you’re eager for another chance to savor the electrifying animation of the upcoming superhero pic, then this latest trailer may be just what you need.

If you’re unfamiliar with the movie, it revolves around 13-year-old rookie Spider-Man Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) as he’s mentored in the finer arts of Spider-manning by the slightly disheveled looking Peter Parker. For those who’ve laid eyes on some of the trailers that’ve been released so far, you’ll know that Into the Spider-Verse is witty, fast-paced and the animated style is simply gorgeous, and that’s all on display once again in the latest promo for the film, which can be seen up above and teases the new song that Post Malone wrote for it, titled “Sunflower.”

As you can see for yourself, this is another dazzling...

Hey web heads! Sony Pictures has released a new music video for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It features a song called “Sunflower” from Post Malone who collaborated on it with Swae Lee.

Not only is the song itself pretty good and kinda chill, but the music video is packed to the brim with super rad new footage from the movie! The video also features the lyrics of the song and they are smoothly integrated into the visuals of the film in comic book-style text panels, and other various surfaces in the video.

The video also reveals a few new story details about the film like how Gwen Stacy will be going to school with Miles Morales. We get to see more footage of the various Spider-heroes in action as well as Miles fighting a villain in the streets of New York.

Enter a universe where more than one wears the mask.

It’s hard to find an artist who had a bigger year than Post Malone. His album beerbongs & bentleys hit Number One and broke streaming and chart records – including scoring nine simultaneous Top 20 songs. Currently, “Better Now” is the Number Two song in the country.

Expect that run to continue: Post and Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee just released a hyper-catchy new song, “Sunflower,” for the animated Marvel movie Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is out December 14th. The track is a diary of a rocky relationship, which walks...

Post Malone and Swae Lee dropped a new song on Thursday called “Sunflower,” which apparently includes in its title the name of the forthcoming film soundtrack from which it comes (the song’s full title is “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”). The single re-teams Post and Swae after the two joined forces for “Spoil My Night” from Post’s album “beerbongs & Bentleys.”

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Republic Records have teamed up for the first time to create a “contemporary musical companion” for the upcoming feature film, according to the announcement. “The two camps worked closely to create a soundtrack in support of the multicultural protagonist of the film, Miles Morales,” it continues. “The music from the soundtrack will span multiple genres including Hip Hop, Latin and Pop and look to portray what a teen like Miles is listening to across the country.”

“Post and Swae have delivered a song that’s both heroic and emotional,...

With the anticipated horror Death House being released in cinemas on February 23rd 2018, I got a chance to speak with actress Cortney Palm about what we can expect from the film, her character Agent Toria Boon and filming inside the haunted Holmesburg Prison.

What can we expect from Death House?

Death House is one hell of a ride. From start to finish the audience will be wondering what is going on and how the protagonists are going to survive. It’s more than just a bloody horror/thriller, there is depth to the Death House and characters beyond what you think you’re getting from just viewing the trailer. Think about what the CIA did in our history in regard to LSD experiments, and the meaning of Dante’s Inferno, that’s what you’re getting with Death House.

How did you become involved in the film Death House?

I...