GoneTrending

Despite some various changes in Marvel’s schedule, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will make its highly-anticipated debut in theaters next month. Though the cast lost its lead, Chadwick Boseman, in 2020, the movie is still finding ways to honor Boseman’s legacy.

Today, Marvel released a new featurette of Wakanda Forever that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming sequel, alongside stories of Boseman from his peers. “Chadwick knew exactly what this story and these images meant to the world,” Angela Bassett says in the clip, which features various cast and crew sharing stories and praising Boseman’s portrayal of the Black Panther in the original 2018 film. “In the telling of this story, we were all able to honor him together.”

Earlier this year, Lupita Nyong’o described what it was like for the crew to return for the second film after Boseman’s death. “For us as a cast, having lost our king, Chadwick Boseman, that was a lot to process, and in many ways, we’re still processing it. When you lose someone, I don’t know when you stop missing them. And of course, we felt it so much, making this film without him.”

Marvel also released a dazzling new set of posters featuring the cast of the upcoming installment. Plus: Martin Freeman!

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hits theaters on November 11th and stars Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, and Angela Bassett.

(Via Deadline)

The Sandman author Neil Gaiman is never afraid to push back at trolls who grow confused about the various fantasy shows on streaming. Recently, he answered to angry J.R.R. Tolkien fans who complained that Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is too darn “woke.” Those trolls also mistakenly believed that Neil wrote the Middle-earth saga, which caused much amusement from the Good Omens scribe. The ordeal also involved Neil coming for Elon Musk and his “fail” lane regarding gripes about Rings of Power, but Neil also has plenty of experience in being called “too woke.” What those complainers — including people who raised a fuss about diverse casting in Netflix’s The Sandman adaptation — don’t realize is that this Gaiman comic would have been considered “woke” in its time, if there was such a thing back then.

Much like a ragey person came at Gaiman over the “‘woke diversity’ sh*t” in Rings of Power, that same gripe is surfacing with someone urging him to “[s]tay unwoke and Sandman will do just fine.” That happened in response to the Audible production, but the point remains the same. And in response, Neil tweeted, “Too late. Sandman was already woke in 1988. But good news! We did fine anyway!”

People who read The Sandman comics (and those who even went back to Neil’s Black Orchid run) know that the comic was ahead of its time in terms of inclusion. The care that Gaiman took with female narratives put women in comic book stores back in the late 1980s. He welcomed a legion of female comic book fans and helped to pioneer their prominence in the community, and as far as The Sandman goes, Dream, Death, and the rest of their Endless siblings do not have a specific race as written.

However, people are gonna complain no matter what, and that’s why Gaiman found himself (even before The Sandman began filming) fending off complaints that the series cast diverse actors, including Kirby Howell-Baptiste (definitely not a pale goth girl) as Death and Mason Alexander Park (a non-binary actor who prefers they/them pronouns) as Desire. At the time, Neil insisted, “I give zero f*cks about people who don’t understand/haven’t read Sandman whining… Watch the show, make up your minds.” The show was a success with fans at large, and Gaiman has been very upfront about this being an expensive production with no second season guaranteed (woke or not).

Fingers crossed, though.

The Sandman is currently streaming on Netflix.

Sometimes, committing to the gag really pays off.

This was certainly the case for reality star Charli D’Amelio and her pro partner Mark Ballas, who showed up on the “DWTS” stage completely looking the part for their “Simpsons” inspired jazz routine—yellow skin and all.

“Disney+” was the theme of the night, which meant that performances reflected not only the usual Disney fanfare, but pretty much everything that can currently be viewed on the streaming platform. To name a few fun examples—Wayne Brady and Witney Carson performed a routine from “Hamilton,” Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy chose a number based on “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and Selma Blair and Sasha Farber danced to “The Muppet Show Theme.”

While everyone brought their A-game, once D’Amelio and Ballas showed up at the end of the night, all bets were off.

Set to the iconic “Simpsons” theme song, the duo traveled their way through Springfield to land back at home on their famous brown sofa, completely bringing the cartoon to life. How D’Amelio kept her giant blue wig on is beyond me … though the “300 bobby pins” she mentioned might have helped.

Watch below:

It was bizarre. It was kooky. It was the very essence of “The Simpsons.”

Granted, this idea isn’t completely new. A similar (um … very similar) dance was performed in 2020 on the BBC’s “Strictly Come Dancing.” But still, the performance was quite impressive, and undeniably fun.

“Mark my words, that is about to go viral,” praised judge Derek Hough. Len Goodman added, “I didn’t like it, I loved it. It was so tight, it was together. It was full of wit and characterization. Marge, you’re magical.”

D’Amelio and Ballas scored 36/40, but it wasn’t just the judges who were floored by the routine. YouTube has been flooded with positive comments.

“I thought this was going to be the cringiest and worst dance of the night , boy was I freaking wrong,” wrote one person.

“They deserved at least one 10. This was creative, entertaining, and perfect,” wrote another.

D’Amelio survived another week with her amazing transformation … and has possibly made us all consider Marge Simpson for a Halloween costume this year.

Just when you thought Kanye West’s bizarre downward spiral into gross antisemitism couldn’t get any worse, Vice has unearthed clips cut from the rapper’s Tucker Carlson interview that paint him in an even worse light than before. It’s pretty wild to think that Carlson’s production team thought the quotes too extreme for even his usual amount of questionable content, but in those quotes, West espoused longstanding (and thoroughly debunked) conspiracy theories about Jewish people, expressed a paranoid belief that “fake children” were manipulating his family, and even admitted to being vaccinated against COVID-19 — which is probably most surprising, considering all that other stuff.

Among the odd statements Kanye made in the unaired clips are assertions that Planned Parenthood was created to “control the Jew population” — which he says is actually Black people, according to the beliefs of the Black Hebrew Israelites, some of whom have been deemed “outspoken anti-Semites and racists” by the Anti-Defamation League. “When I say Jew, I mean the 12 lost tribes of Judah, the blood of Christ, who the people known as the race Black really are,” he explained. “This is who our people are. The blood of Christ. This, as a Christian, is my belief.” This, of course, contradicts the beliefs of the Christian church and is unsupported by historical evidence.

Elsewhere in the cut footage, Kanye claimed that his home had been infiltrated by actors for the purpose of influencing his children. “I mean, like actors, professional actors, placed into my house to sexualize my kids,” he said. “Everyone saw in broad daylight these public figures kidnap my Black child on her birthday. I did not know the location of the birthday party and Travis Scott had to give me the address. When I showed up, they were so frazzled. If that’s not the most Karen-level thing, to feel like you can take a Black child and not give the father the address. This is the way people are treated when they get out of prison when they go to prison. And 100 percent, I am in a glass prison, or else I’d be the one with the say-so over where my children go to school.”

Welcome to co-parenting, I guess?

Vice has more clips, in which West accuses Louis Vuitton of killing Virgil Abloh (“The level of racism, elitism and pressure that he was under, I’m sure, affected his health.”) and admits to being vaccinated (likely cut because of Carlson’s longstanding, paranoid opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine, mostly out of political contrarianism). You can check those out below.

To the MeU who’ve been waiting to see Amber in Europe, you may have have to wait a wee bit longer.

The f(x) main rapper and former SM artist made the announcement on her respective social handles today (October 11) stating the postponement of her self-titled tour:

“For my fans attending my shows in LA, London, & Paris:

Hey guys, sorry for the bad news, but I will be pushing back my tour dates for LA, London, & Paris. My upcoming album release has been delayed, and I really wanted to show all of you guys the new music and perform the new show we’ve been preparing. However, due to many unforeseen factors, my team and I believe it would be best to postpone the tour until it was ready. I always want to give you guys my best and be 1000% and I want to work as hard as I can to get to that point and share it all with you. Anybody who bought tickets will be refunded at point of purchase. Thank you for your understanding.

I will still be performing in NY at the Metamoon Festival 11/26 and I’m looking forward to seeing all of you guys again on stage.”

Amber was originally set to hold concerts in Los Angeles on November 20 and 21, November 30 in London and December 1 in Paris. Just as mentioned in her Instagram post, the “Easier” singer will still make an appearance at Brooklyn’s Metamoon Festival at the Barclays Center next month. She’ll be joined by the other notable Asian acts like Lay Zhang, ØZI, Tia Ray and more.

Barely two weeks ago, Ryan Reynolds set the internet on fire with the bombshell news that Hugh Jackman will return as (a) Wolverine in Deadpool 3. Reynolds also revealed the film’s release date, but it appears he may have spoken too soon. In a move that seems unusual on this side of the pandemic, Marvel has delayed the release of several films and reportedly pulled one unknown movie completely off its schedule.

The delays follow reports that Blade director Bassam Tariq abruptly quit the film just a few weeks before it was set to start production in November. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news that Blade was now on hold, and that decision has apparently created a ripple effect across Marvel’s release schedule.

Along with Blade moving its date back almost an entire year, high-profile films like Deadpool 3, Fantastic Four, and Avengers: Secret Wars have now been pushed back. Via Variety:

As part of the shuffle, “Blade” has moved from Nov. 3, 2023 to Sept. 6, 2024, which created a ripple on the rest of the MCU. “Deadpool 3” has relocated from Sept. 6, 2024 to Nov. 8, 2024; “Fantastic Four” has been shifted from Nov. 8, 2024 to Feb. 14, 2025; an untitled Marvel film has been pushed from Feb. 14, 2025 to Nov. 7, 2025; “Avengers: Secret Wars” has been delayed from Nov. 7, 2025 to May 1, 2026; and another untitled Marvel film set for May 1, 2026 has been removed from Disney’s calendar.

The good news, for Deadpool fans at least, is that the third film had the smallest delay of the bunch. A move from September to November isn’t that bad, provided no other Marvel directors suddenly quit between now and then. Fingers crossed.

(Via Variety)

After years of basically being a Republican anyway, former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard announced this morning that she would be leaving the Democratic Party due to “cowardly wokeness” and “anti-White racism.” The move was not at all surprising to anyone who follows Gabbard’s antics, as she has openly been trying to bring down the Democratic party for years while spewing nonsense.

Most recently, she has been rumored to be running with Trump for his next presidential run, which should be an interesting disaster. But nobody is going to let her live this down, including The Daily Show.

The official Daily Show Twitter account congratulated Gabbard for her bravery in coming out, today, on National Coming Out Day, of all days! The lowercase “queen” was a nice touch of subtle shade, as the capital Queen is exclusively reserved for referring to royalty or talking to Beyonce.

Gabbard has been vocally supportive of Putin, anti-vax, anti-abortion, anti-trans… the list goes on. She was also on the Joe Rogan podcast earlier today just before her announcement. So, The Daily Show probably could and should have dunked on her harder. But still, most people were surprised that she was still technically a Democrat, anyway.

As for The Daily Show, Trevor Noah announced last month that he would be leaving the series after seven years as host. While there is no new host lined up, we hear Samantha Bee is free! She loves sending off some sassy Tweets to dunk on politicians!

Angela Lansbury, the legend of stage (six Tonys, including a lifetime achievement award in 2022) and screen (18 Emmy nominations and three Oscar nominations, as well as an honorary award), died on Tuesday. She was 96 years old.

“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 AM today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday,” her family said in a statement. “In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre, and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine, and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury. She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw. A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined.”

Born in 1925 in London, England, Lansbury was one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, having gotten her start in the 1940s. She was nominated for her first Oscar for 1944’s Gaslight, followed a year by 1945’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Her third nomination — and arguably finest on-screen performance — was for her chilling performance as Mrs. Iselin in 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate.

Around the same time, Lansbury also started a run that led to the New York Times calling her the “First Lady of Musical Theatre,” including starring roles in Mame, Gypsy, and later, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. To a younger generation, however, Lansbury will forever be associated with Murder, She Wrote, where she played murder-mystery novelist and sleuth Jessica Fletcher, and Beauty and the Beast, the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture. That would not have happened without her stunning rendition of the title song, which she famously nailed in one take.

Try to not cry. You can’t.

(Via Broadway World)

The seamless combination of Carly Rae Jepsen and Rufus Wainwright is rivaled only by the balance Jepsen strikes between disco and pop in her latest single “The Loneliest Time,” the title track of her forthcoming sixth studio album due October 21. The cinematic music video only adds fuel to the duo-we-never-knew-we-needed fire.

The video looks like it’s taken directly from old Hollywood, bringing to life what Jepsen and Wainwright harmonized in the first verse, “Just like Shakespeare wrote a tragedy / But our story, never finished it / ‘Cause our love, we never finished it.” Jepsen flies (literally) from her apartment window to Wainwright’s rooftop, where they delightfully dance and commit to giving elusive love another try “’cause we’ve had the loneliest time.”

Jepsen commemorated her full-circle moment with Wainwright on Instagram, detailing “the story of our meet cute” and admitting she’s so proud of “The Loneliest Time” that she “could cry.”

“I’ve know [sic] Rufus ‘intimately’ for years,” Jepsen wrote. “Since first hearing Poses something shifted in the way I look at life even — ‘life is a game and true love is a trophy’… but I was just a girl on a train hearing a perfect song and feeling that wild connection to an artist I’d never met before.”

“Fast forward 10 years and change and I’m an LA regular, who’s fallen (a few times) in and out of love — enough to write about it — enough to even call it a disco and smile through the tears a bit,” she continued, going on to note she “ever so politely stalked” Wainwright to get him on the track.

Jepsen announced The Loneliest Time in August and has released four singles. Preceding “The Loneliest Time” were “Western Wind,” “Beach House,” and “Talking To Yourself.”

The Loneliest Time is out 10/21 via Interscope and School Boy. Pre-save it here.

After setting social media ablaze with his new song for “Poland” and the clever one-liner “I took the wock to Poland” last week, it seems fans finally have an answer to what Lil Yatchy‘s “wock” means.

According to Urban Dictionary, “wock” is slang for a cough syrup containing Promethazine and Codeine produced by the company Wockhardt. Typically, the drug is used recreationally, mixed with a soft drink, and is known for having sedative effects.

Yachty also released an accompanying visual with the song on October 7. As for why he specifically took the wock to Poland, of all countries, that remains unclear.

The song caused all types of chatter across Twitter, and among those reacting was the social media account for Ryanair, an airline based in Ireland, not Poland, that decided to jump in with the fun online.

“Why do people flying to Poland keep asking about wock,” the account tweeted.

This past summer, the rapper announced that he was launching a line of frozen pizzas at Walmart, along with starring in Paramount +’s new rap battle movie, On The Come Up. In a recent interview with People, the rapper talked about his frozen food brand, saying, “I’ve been pushing to make it a part of my brand since the beginning of my career. I recently got some new management that was able to really push and make it happen. It couldn’t have happened at a better time. The thing behind my love for pizza was, quite frankly, my mom worked two jobs. She was a very busy woman. She’d be pretty tired when she came home, and she just always brought home a pizza. We went and picked up a pizza or baked a pizza. It became pretty standard in our life, and I loved it.