U2 have long been extremists and innovators in the concert space, so they were a natural pick to give the first performances at Las Vegas’ innovative new venue, Sphere. They brought the U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere residency there in 2023 and 2024, and for those who missed out, it’s now a concert film… but you’ll still have to head to Vegas to see it.
V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas was announced today (August 21), and as of now, the film will only screen at Sphere. The film is set to open on September 5. The general on-sale will begin on August 23 at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster. U2.com subscribers will have access to a pre-sale starting August 22 at 10 a.m. PT, and Sphere will have a pre-sale for its Inner Circle subscribers starting Autust 22 at noon PT. Tickets start at the all-in price of $100.
A press release explains what went into making an experience like this:
“V-U2 is a Sphere Experience, Sphere’s signature original content category. To create this larger-than-life concert film, a number of Big Sky cameras captured the band at extraordinary scale, sharpness, and clarity. V-U2 employs Sphere’s immersive technologies including the 160,000 sq. ft. display plane, which at 16k x 16k resolution is the world’s highest-resolution LED screen; Sphere Immersive Sound, powered by HOLOPLOT, which provides crystal-clear sound to every seat in Sphere; and haptic seats, which use vibrations so guests can ‘feel’ the experience. All of these technologies, which were used to great effect in ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere,’ will be leveraged in this Sphere Experience in new and different ways to reinforce the feeling of ‘being there.’”
U2’s The Edge, who co-directed the film alongside Morleigh Steinberg, says in a statement, “The goal was to give the immersive movie goers as close to the live U2:UV concert experience as possible — and then some. I’ve never seen a U2 show. I’m so relieved I caught a great one.
Steinberg also says, “We knew all the tremendous capabilities of the technology, but we didn’t know what to expect from the process of making this film. The work became a true collaboration between band, artists, producers, and technology teams. The end result is a cinematic experience that transports viewers into the energy and beauty of the live show.”
Check out the V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film At Sphere Las Vegas trailer above.
Bill Skarsgard and FKA Twigs are two very peculiar entertainers with a knack for a particular niche: being a just little unsettling. FKA Twigs is known for creating her own mystical and dark world through her music, while Skarsgard is…a Skarsgard! So he’s already got that creepy persona down. So it does make sense that the two were tapped for the remake of The Crow, a notoriously dark movie with an even darker past. But you would not think that based on the amount of charming moments between Twigs and Skarsgard.
The Crow was first was released in 1994, just after the death of lead actor Brandon Lee, who died from injuries sustained during filming. The story follows Eric Draven as The Crow, who is resurrected to avenge the murder of his love. The remake hits theaters this Friday, and the two leads have been preparing moviegoers by appearing to be actually infatuated with each other while promoting the movie. Yes, it’s about death and haunting imagery and crows, but it’s really a movie about love! In addition to death.
While discussing the movie with IMDB, Twigs mentioned her fear of water which was only made worse by the underwater scenes. But you would never know it, because they break out giggles while talking about the film. And then he made this face, for some reason:
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Maybe the topic of immortality is off-putting to some, so this is how they deal! It seemed to work for the two of them.
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Aside from the laughing fits, the two then discussed their emotional connection, but when Twigs tells Skarsgard,”As a person, I think you are very beautifully deep” he responded, “this is getting so serious.” Which he should have expected since the movie is about, you know, death and dying. In return, Skarsgard called Twigs a “true artist” for moving from her music projects into acting. But he did mention that she was not a great swimmer, so there is some work to be done there, when they are finished laughing.
It’s Kehlani time, as the artist just released their latest album, Crash, back in June. In case that project was somehow starting to feel a little stale already, though, Kehlani has your back: They just announced While We Wait 2, a new project that’s apparently a sequel to the 2019 mixtape While We Wait.
Kehlani shared the cover art on Instagram today (here), along with the quickly approaching release date: August 28.
As fans know, the original While We Wait mixtape is a highlight of Kehlani’s discography. It was their second project to hit the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart, and it spawned the Ty Dolla sign collaboration “Nights Like This,” which is currently Kehlani’s most-streamed song on Spotify with a hair under 600 million plays as of this post.
Meanwhile, last month, Kehlani announced the Crash World Tour, which kicks off in September, days after the release of While We Wait 2, and it will feature support from FLO and Anycia.
As for what else Kehlani has been up to in recent days, they just performed a terrific Tiny Desk Concert a few weeks ago. They also spoke up about their sexuality, saying, “I don’t know why there’s this inability to fathom that I’m a raging lesbian.”
Do you have plans for Labor Day weekend yet? Netflix is gearing up for a month of new releases, so the time couldn’t be better to “couch rot” for three days and clear out your queue in preparation for more. Surely, there are a few AMC shows, several of which hit the streamer last month, that you have been meaning to watch, so seize that opportunity.
Once you’re clear of other viewing obligations, prepare for the next horror story in Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology series. Emily In Paris will be ready to bring on the bubbly positivity next to clear those nightmares away, and a pair of book adaptations round out the feature selections below.
Here’s everything coming to Netflix in September:
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix series streaming 9/19)
After Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer became one of the most-watched Netflix series in the streamer’s history, of course there turned out to be more on the way. The next anthology chapter takes on the real-life siblings who rose to mid-1990s tabloid-show notoriety after being convicted for murdering their parents. Unfortunately, this series does not present Evan Peters in a different serial-killer role each season (missed opportunity), but it does star Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez and the brothers with Javier Bardem Chloë Sevigny as José and Kitty Menendez.
Uglies (Netflix film streaming 9/13)
The Scott Westerfeld dystopian novel will come to life in this film starring Netflix movie Queen Joey King. She portrays a teen who grows up in a terribly warped society that sees beauty standards as mandatory, and nobody is immune to seeking a “Pretties” transformation at a certain age. However, she needs to go find a missing friend before going under the knife. Yes, it’s strange but also intriguing.
Emily in Paris: Season 4 Part 2 (Netflix series streaming 9/12)
Well, Emily got together with Gabriel in Part 1 of this season, but since this is a Darren Star series, no couple can stay happy for too long. Fortunately, Emily will leave Paris for other European destinations, so we will have a nice distraction from the romantic melodrama because you know that Camille is going to start circling again even though — let’s face it — she doesn’t even truly want Gabriel. Bring on the gorgeous scenery and ridiculous fashion already.
The Perfect Couple (Netflix series streaming 9/5)
Nicole Kidman has not-so-quietly been amassing TV series on HBO, Hulu, and Amazon, so it only makes sense that she would follow up her A Family Affair Netflix movie with a TV series on the same streaming service. This (presumably limited) series looks like a cross between The White Lotus and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery with Kidman portraying the matriarch of a wealthy Nantucket family. In this adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s book, the fam is about to welcome a daughter-in-law, yet unfortunately, the wedding weekend turns into a murder scene, and the whodunit begins.
Avail TBA An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case
Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell
Divorce
The Great Indian Kapil Show: Season 2
Avail. 9/1 300
5 Centimeters Per Second
Along Came Polly
BLUE GIANT
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Dragnet
The Expendables
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 3
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Field of Dreams
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Legends of the Fall
Magic Mike
Midnight Run
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Shark Tale
Sonic the Hedgehog
Stand by Me
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wipeout: Batch 3
Avail. 9/2 Call the Midwife: Series 13 Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef
The Hughleys: Seasons 1-4
Avail. 9/3 Last One Standing: Season 3 Phil Wang: Wang in There, Baby!
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
Avail. 9/4 Outlast: Season 2
Avail. 9/5 Apollo 13: Survival
Caught in the Web: The Murders Behind Zona Divas
The Perfect Couple
Avail. 9/10 Ahir Shah: Ends
Jack Whitehall: Fatherhood with My Father
Avail. 9/11 Boxer
The Circle: Season 7 Technoboys
Avail. 9/12 Ángel Di María: Breaking Down the Wall
Billionaire Island
Black Mass
Emily in Paris: Season 4 Part 2 Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter
Midnight at the Pera Palace: Season 2
Avail. 9/13 Officer Black Belt
Sector 36
Uglies
Avail. 9/15 Ancient Aliens: Season 8 Heels: Seasons 1-2 Intervention: Season 23
Avail. 9/16 30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts
30 for 30: Pony Excess
30 for 30: Rand University
30 for 30: The U
30 for 30: The U Part 2
American Gangster
CoComelon: Season 11 Entourage
Avail. 9/17 Culinary Class Wars
Avail. 9/18 Envious
Lopez vs. Lopez: Season 2 What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Avail. 9/19 Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Queen of Villains
Twilight of the Gods
Avail. 9/20 His Three Daughters
KLASS 95: The Power of Beauty
Avail. 9/24 Penelope: Season 1
Avail. 9/26 A True Gentleman
Everything Calls for Salvation: Season 2 Nobody Wants This
Avail. 9/27 Lisabi: The Uprising
Rez Ball
We Were Kings
Will & Harper
And it’s your last chance to stream these titles:
Leaving 9/3 Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Leaving 9/5 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Seasons 1-4 iZombie: Seasons 1-5 Jane The Virgin: Seasons 1-5
Leaving 9/8 Cuties
Leaving 9/19 Bodies Bodies Bodies
Leaving 9/24 A Walk to Remember
Leaving 9/27 Force of Nature
Great News: Seasons 1-2 Inheritance
Leaving 9/29 Good Witch: Seasons 1-7
Leaving 9/30 A Million Ways to Die in the West
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Big Fat Liar
The Breakfast Club
Clerks
Conan the Barbarian
The Conjuring
The Conjuring 2
Divergent
The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1
The Divergent Series: Insurgent
Dumb and Dumber
Dune
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades of Grey
Hacksaw Ridge
Home
Hot Tub Time Machine
How to Get Away With Murder: Seasons 1-6 The Lego Movie
Léon: The Professional
Major League II
Mr Bean’s Holiday
Muriel’s Wedding
My Girl 2
Natural Born Killers
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Reality Bites
S.W.A.T.
Uncle Buck
Wild Things
The Wiz
Last week, rumors started circulating, claiming that Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan had broken up. Another report described the pair’s relationship as “on-and-off.” There’s been no proof of the relationship coming to an end, though, and neither Keoghan nor Carpenter have publicly addressed the situation.
Well, actually, some believe that Carpenter has, albeit very subtly.
Over the past few days, some observant fans have noticed that the YouTube thumbnail for Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” video (above), which co-stars Keoghan, was changed. There’s a helpful before-and-after image here, and it shows that the newer thumbnail is taken from a similar point in the video as the previous thumbnail. The primary difference is that Keoghan is more clearly visible in the background of the new thumbnail. It could be a coincidence, or it could be Carpenter and her team finding a small way to shut down the break-up rumors.
Carpenter spoke about her romantic life in a June interview, saying, “The [dating] pool is the pool, and when you meet people that feel authentic and are so brilliant and amazing in every way, that’s what you do. Obviously, I write songs about exactly how I feel, so I guess I can’t be so surprised that people are interested in who and what those songs are about. That’s something that comes with the territory.”
Sorry, The Butcher, but you’re only the second most popular “trap” this month.
Sydney Sweeney broke the internet, as they said (or at least they did 10 years ago), when she shared swimsuit-clad photos of herself chilling on a boat. “i think they call this a thirst trap,” the Immaculate and Barbarella star wrote. You were too distracted by, uh, other things to notice, but the pictures were meant to draw attention to her shoes: according to GQ, Sweeney is now the global spokesperson for footwear brand HeyDude.
Sweeney is wearing the same outfit in her intro video as “director of Dude,” which you can watch here, as she was in the thirst trap post.
“HeyDude values comfort, both in the footwear space and in all aspects of life, which is a message that we can all get behind,” the actress (and mom of Tank) said. “The brand never sacrifices style for comfort, which is why HeyDude’s iconic styles are my favorite shoe option whether I’m traveling or commuting to set. I’m thrilled to represent the brand in 2024 and beyond.”
If you want to see Sweeney’s HeyDude collection, you might have to wait: the website is currently loading very slowly, presumably from too much traffic. So, in a way, she did break the internet.
Eminem‘s most emotive Death Of Slim Shady track, “Somebody Save Me” with Jelly Roll, gets a gut-wrenching video. The rap concept album finds the battle-scarred Detroit vet in a contemplative mood, fighting with his vindictive alter ego and the impacts it’s had on his life, so naturally, the “Somebody Save Me” video makes that struggle literal but in a much less jokey way than his prior videos for “Tobey” and “Houdini.”
In the lyrics to “Somebody Save Me,” Em imagines a horrifying alternate timeline in which he succumbs to the effects of depression and drug dependency and how it would have affected his family. In the video, Em is trapped watching such scenes play out in a glass box, seeing himself lose — or throw away — all the good that has resulted from his decision to get sober. The video ends with a call to action, telling viewers there’s help and offering a link to free therapy services. You can check that out here. Jelly Roll, who appears in the video to sing the chorus, makes for a strong choice on the song, as he’s had similar struggles, and that lived experience shines through his performance.
You can watch Eminem’s “Somebody Save Me” video above.
The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) is out now via Shady Records/Aftermath/Interscope. You can find more info here.
Keanu Reeves has been out rocking on tour with his band Dogstar for the last few months, in addition to writing a brand-new book and prepping for his Broadway debut. And he does this all while making Americans cry out of pure nostalgia! But next up on the agenda might be something completely different: a video game TV show.
Secret Level is Amazon Prime’s new adult-animated anthology series, which features 15 original stories set within the worlds of some of the most beloved video games, including Armored Core, Crossfire, Dungeons & Dragons, Mega Man, PAC-MAN, and more. But in a “blink and you might miss it” moment in the teaser trailer for the game, we see a familiar scruffy face and stern facial expression. Could this be Keanu Reeves appearing in the TV adaptation of Armored Core? Possibly.
A new ARMORED CORE saga awaits. Just one of fifteen epic stories from Secret Level, the new revolutionary gaming anthology series coming December 10 on Prime Video. pic.twitter.com/SHm80ZWqwC
It has not been confirmed to be Reeves, though it’s not far-fetched. The actor previously appeared in a video game iteration in Cyberpunk 2077 as Johnny Silverhand, a John Wick-esque military vet with a bionic arm. Ahead of its release, Reeves mentioned that he was never really a video game person, but was fascinated by the medium as a form of storytelling. “The technology of storytelling has changed so much, right? It’s developed, and the evolution of it, what does that mean?” Reeves told Entertainment Weekly in 2019. “And so, as a storyteller, I think that’s cool.” Reeves has also given his voice to various Matrix games.
While Reeves has yet to comment on Secret Level, many fans are flooding socials with the same revelation. Books, bands, video games, movies…what else could Reeves think of next? Maybe he’ll join Chappell Roan on tour as the next Main Pop Girl. That is one area he has yet to explore.
Angel Reese has quickly become one of the biggest names in the WNBA, as the former LSU standout has made a smooth transition to the pro game with the Chicago Sky. Reese has had a dominant rookie season, setting a new WNBA record for consecutive double-doubles and averaging 13.6 points and 12.7 rebounds per game so far.
Her popularity has exploded off the court, and she’s been able to capitalize on her rise to stardom with some big brand partnerships. Recently, Reese revealed a new line of sneakers and clothing she designed for Reebok, as she dips a toe into the world of fashion, but that’s not the only Reese clothing line fans can get this summer. The Sky star announced on Wednesday a new collaboration with Reese’s, as the candy company recognized an opportunity after fans on social media kept asking for the two to join forces — with Angel’s fans calling themselves “Reese’s Pieces.”
Reese’s took notice and partnered with Angel for a merch line that features the Reese’s logo, with a little Reese’s cup as a halo, and Angel in place of the “Pieces”. The collection features a hoodie, t-shirt, crop shirt, and hat, all in beige or white and can be purchased on AngelReese.com.
Sometimes brand partnerships are just a layup, as is the case with Angel Reese and Reese’s, but they did a terrific job with the logo (the Reese’s cup as a halo really is a great touch) and I have a feeling you’ll see an awful lot of these shirts, hats, and hoodies at Sky games the rest of this season.
Earlier this month, it was reported that Janet Jackson was finalizing a deal with Resorts World, for her own Las Vegas residency. Shortly after, her manager was quoted as saying, “We are thrilled to announce Janet’s upcoming residency at Resorts World Las Vegas. This partnership offers a unique opportunity to celebrate her legacy and deliver unforgettable performances. The energy and excitement of Las Vegas, especially around the holiday season, make it the perfect setting for this new chapter. Janet is excited to connect with her fans and bring her iconic music to life in a fresh and dynamic way.”
Well, it turns out it was all true, as the residency, dubbed simply Janet Jackson: Las Vegas, has now been officially announced. Currently, there are two shows set for December, two for January, and six for February.
Tickets are set to go on sale on August 28 at 10 a.m. PT, via AXS.
Find the list of Janet Jackson: Las Vegas dates so far below.
12/30/2024 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
12/31/2024 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
01/03/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
01/04/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
02/05/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
02/07/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
02/08/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
02/12/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
02/14/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
02/15/2025 — Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
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