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Martin Scorsese wants young filmmakers to make cinema over “content”: “It’s like candy”

Martin Scorsese has encouraged young filmmakers to “reinvent” cinema with technology, emphasising the difference between film experiences and “content”. The director discussed the future of cinema during a Screen Talk with host Edgar Wright on Saturday (October 7) at the BFI’s London Film Festival. The talk encompassed Scorsese’s entire career, from his 1974 breakthrough film Mean Streets to his latest collaboration with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers Of The Flower Moon. When asked about his views on the film industry today, after having frequently denounced franchise films like Marvel in the past, Scorsese said its up to...
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Lovejoy on new single ‘Normal People Things’, long-awaited debut album and connecting with fans

“We’ve been working on some stuff, just normal people things,” teased Lovejoy when NME sat down with the band backstage at Reading Festival earlier this year. Rather than downplaying their rockstar credentials, it turns out Lovejoy were giving fans a clue about their brilliant new single ‘Normal People Things’, which came out yesterday (October 6). “That song is about finding someone who ironically isn’t normal and that rare connection you get where you go ‘oh damn, You’re different but in a good way’,” vocalist Will Gold tells NME for the latest in our In Conversation series. Written on the...
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David Beckham docuseries creator explains why he didn’t include Qatar controversy

The director of the new Netflix docuseries about David Beckham’s life and career has explained why he didn’t include the controversy around his involvement in last year’s Qatar World Cup. Beckham, which was released on Wednesday (October 4), was directed by Succession’s Fisher Stevens and charts the former England midfielder’s rise to fame through interviews with himself, his wife Victoria and other famous faces. It doesn’t shy away from exploring some of the controversies Beckham has faced, including the infamous red card he received during the 1998 World Cup against Argentina, as well as his marriage difficulties with Victoria. However,...
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Watch Blink-182 give ‘Dance With Me’ its live debut in Italy

Blink-182 played their new song ‘Dance With Me’ for the first time in Bologna, Italy last night (October 6) – check it out below. The track was released earlier this week as the fourth single to be taken from their upcoming LP ‘One More Time…‘ which is set to land on October 20. It follows ‘Edging‘, ‘One More Time’ and ‘More Than You Know’. The pop-punk trio are currently on tour in Europe and have now added the song to the setlist, which was met with loud singalongs despite the song coming out less than 48 hours beforehand. Advertisement After they...
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Charli XCX shares snippet of as-yet-unreleased music

Charli XCX has teased new music, sharing a snippet of a song she’s been working on in the studio. The artist recently confirmed she had begun working on the follow-up to last year’s ‘Crash’. Last month, she shared several photos and a video on her Instagram in a gallery captioned “album 6 i guess”. The post included a photo of her holding a notebook evidently full of lyrics for a song called ‘The Apple’, another of her producer and creative director A.G. Cook and one of her with The 1975‘s George Daniel. Now, Charli has shared with fans a more...
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Janelle Monae drops uplifting remix of ‘Champagne Shit’ with Latto and Quavo

Janelle Monae has dropped the uplifting remix of her song ‘Champagne Shit’ featuring Latto and Quavo. Taken off her recent album ‘The Age Of Pleasure’, which NME gave four stars, ‘Champagne Shit’ now has two brand new verses from the rappers. Monae has previously described the album as “our oasis made with love, rooted in self-acceptance, throbbing in self-discovery, and signed with cherry red kisses from me to you.” NME said of the record: “listening to Monae’s liberating latest album, you start to believe that pleasure is, too.” The album can also count former US president Barack Obama as a fan. Obama...
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Listen to English Teacher’s dynamic new single ‘Nearly Daffodils’

English Teacher have shared their spirited new single ‘Nearly Daffodils’ – listen to it below. The new track from the Leeds four-piece sees vocalist Lily Fontaine pair propulsive pop-rock instrumentals with challenging self-realisations. “‘Nearly Daffodils’ is about heartbreak and acceptance of unfulfilled potential,” she said in a press statement. “How, no matter how much you may want something, no matter how much effort you may put into something’s growth or development, no matter how beautiful you can envision its fruition; life is a bitch and about as unstoppable as a freight train”. Advertisement Listen to the new track below....
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Here’s when ‘Band Of Brothers’ sequel ‘Masters Of The Air’ is coming out

Masters Of The Air, the follow-up series to Band Of Brothers and The Pacific, has received a release date and first look images – check them out below. The first two episodes of the upcoming war drama will debut worldwide on Friday, January 26 next year on Apple TV+, with the following seven episodes released weekly through to March 15, 2024. The series reunites Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, who together produced Band Of Brothers and 2010’s The Pacific. The show is written by John Orloff, while directors attached include Cary Joji Fukunaga (No Time To Die),...
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Travis Scott resale tickets plummet in price due to “low demand”

Re-sale tickets for Travis Scott shows are currently available for unusually low prices after scalpers reportedly overestimated demand. READ MORE: Travis Scott – ‘Utopia’ review: lofty concept, shaky execution Back in August, the rapper announced the ‘Circus Maximus’ tour – his first headline run of the United States since the 2021 Astroworld tragedy. However, according to independent tech publication 404 Media, overbuying of face value tickets due to inaccurate forecasts of resale demand has led to prices tanking on the ticket marketplace StubHub. Advertisement At the time of publishing, a listing for Scott’s Raleigh, North Carolina show on October 13...
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Elon Musk now looking to hide reply, like and retweet numbers on Twitter/X

Elon Musk has announced that he plans to hide the number of replies, retweets and likes on posts shown on X/Twitter. The announcement of his new plans to modify the social media platform comes days after the site stopped displaying news story headlines for some users. Prior to this latest update, users were able to see the full headline – or a headline that had been adapted for social media – above a short description that provided further information about the piece in question. These were known as ‘Cards‘. PREVIEW: X will remove the interaction counts (likes, reposts) from...