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Steve Martin’s novel has been banned in a Florida school district

Steve Martin has shared a typically witty reaction to the news that a county in Florida is banning his book from its school libraries. The comedian published the novella Shopgirl in 2000, which he adapted into the 2005 film of the same name starring himself and Claire Danes. Around 300 other books have also been banned by Collier County Public Schools Libraries. In response to the news, Martin wrote on Instagram on Monday (November 6): “So proud to have my book Shopgirl banned in Collier County, Florida! Now people who want to read it will have to buy a copy!” Advertisement...
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Megan Thee Stallion teams up with Spiritbox for ‘Cobra’ rock remix

Megan Thee Stallion has dropped an unexpected rock remix of her latest single ‘Cobra’, now featuring metal band Spiritbox. READ MORE: Megan Thee Stallion: “I’m really working on my dynasty right now” Today (November 9), the rapper took to social media to announce the release of the remix, which comes with a new visualiser. The track comes just days after Megan Thee Stallion released ‘Cobra’ on Friday (November 3). Advertisement The remix sees Megan rap along to chunky, heavy guitar riffs from Spiritbox before vocalist Courtney LaPlante chimes in to slow things down with clean vocals for a new chorus:...
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Frank Ocean shares snippet of new song

Frank Ocean is once again teasing new music – listen to his latest preview below. Today (November 9), Frank Ocean took to his Instagram Stories to post a minute-long snippet of a new, unreleased song. The Instagram Story is set to expire by tomorrow (November 10), but has been recorded and shared by Pop Base on X/Twitter – listen to it below. No other information has been shared by singer, who is known for being reclusive and very rarely puts out new music. Frank Ocean previews new music. pic.twitter.com/zahxgRgEWP — Pop Base (@PopBase) November 9, 2023 Advertisement The snippet...
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‘The Marvels’ review: a quirky cosmic caper that lacks punch

“I’m feeling so many feelings right now,” burbles Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), aka Ms Marvel, in Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels, her likeable-if-limited entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This giddy gush of over-excitement, hero worship and teenage swooning comes when the Jersey City native gets entangled with her idol Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), and Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), the daughter of Danvers’ former co-pilot and best friend Maria. This trio of superwomen have literally got their wires crossed, as their abilities to manipulate light mean that suddenly they are teleporting to where another of the three is...
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Selena Gomez’s makeup brand to donate funds to the Gaza relief efforts

Selena Gomez’s makeup company, Rare Beauty, has announced that it will be donating funds to the relief efforts in Gaza. The brand announced its plans in an Instagram post on Monday (November 6), stating that it stands against all forms of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, and will be donating funds to charities that will help the victims of the Israel/Gaza conflict. Sharing a photo of a burgundy screen with “Humanitarian crisis in Gaza” written in the middle, the caption read: “We are devastated by the images & reports coming from the Middle East. Advertisement “Thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians have...
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Live-action ‘The Legend Of Zelda’ film announced at Nintendo

Nearly four decades since its debut, Nintendo‘s The Legend Of Zelda franchise is finally getting a live-action feature film. Last night (November 7), Nintendo officially announced the development of a Legend Of Zelda film, which has yet to receive a release date. In its announcement, Nintendo confirmed that franchise co-creator Shigeru Miyamoto (who also helped create the Super Mario franchise) will serve as an executive producer alongside Avi Arad, a former chief operating officer of Marvel Entertainment. The film will be directed by Wes Ball, who directed the Maze Runner trilogy and helmed the upcoming Kingdom Of The Planet...
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Watch Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz and DragonForce cover Taylor Swift’s ‘Wildest Dreams’

Power metal outfit DragonForce and melodic death metal band Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White-Gluz have become the latest acts to cover a Taylor Swift song – watch their performance below. This past weekend (November 5), while performing in Montreal, Canada, DragonForce brought out Alissa White-Gluz as a special guest to perform a special cover of Taylor Swift’s hit song, ‘Wildest Dreams’. While this isn’t the first time DragonForce have covered ‘Wildest Dreams’ on their ongoing tour, it is the first time that a guest vocalist has joined them for the performance. For the joint cover, Alissa White-Gluz provides guttural...
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Doc Antle from ‘Tiger King’ pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking and money laundering

Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, who appeared in Netflix series Tiger King, has pleaded guilty to wildlife trafficking and money laundering. Antle is the owner of The Institute for Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS), also known as Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina. According to the US Justice Department, Antle conspired to violate the Lacey Act – which prohibits the trafficking of illegally taken wildlife protected by the Endangered Species Act – by directing the sale or purchase of two lion cubs, two tigers, two cheetah cubs and one juvenile chimpanzee between September 2018 and May 2020. Advertisement It’s said...
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Israel asks Taylor Swift to help find missing teenage soldier

Israel has asked Taylor Swift for help in order to find a teenage soldier who has been missing since the Hamas attacks. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ review: still her best album  Israel’s Foreign Ministry took to their official X/Twitter page and tweeted Swift to urge her to help locate Roni Eshel, who was described as a huge Swiftie. “Putting this message out into the universe with the hope that it reaches @taylorswift13,” began the tweet. Advertisement “Roni (19) Eshel who is a huge Swiftie has been missing since the October 7th Massacre. It would mean the...
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Watch Coldplay’s acoustic cover of ‘The Astronaut’ by BTS’ Jin

Coldplay recently performed a cover of ‘The Astronaut’ by Jin of K-pop boyband BTS during their Tokyo concert on November 6. The new acoustic cover is the first time Coldplay have performed the song without Jin on their ongoing ‘Music of the Spheres’ world tour, which kicked off in March. “We’re going to play a song that we gave to Jin. We’ve never played this before on our own, maybe we’ll never play this again,” teased Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. Advertisement “This is Jin’s song. This is called ‘The Astronaut’. And we send this with love to everybody in...