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This month’s BAFTA film awards are set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the James Bond franchise, having hired its most famous singer to open the ceremony.
Dame Shirley Bassey — forever connected with 007 after soundtracking multiple films throughout her career, most notably Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever — will sing an exclusive performance of a Bond theme, raising the curtain of the 75th BAFTAs at the Royal Albert Hall on March 13. The song itself will be revealed on the night.
The British Academy noted that in the 60 years since Dr. No premiered in 1962, the James Bond franchise had earned 32 BAFTA nominations and four wins to date.
Also performing on the night will be Emilia Jones, star of awards darling CODA. Jones — who has a BAFTA nomination for best actress in a leading role — will perform a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s ballad “Both Sides Now,” taken from the film.
The 2022 BAFTAs — a return to an in-person ceremony after last year’s pandemic-impacted virtual event — will be hosted by Rebel Wilson. Denis Villeneuve’ grand sci-fi spectacle Dune leads the 48 films vying for awards with 11 nominations, followed by The Power of the Dog and Belfast. Meanwhile, the latest Bond film, No Time to Die, has five, while CODA has three.
This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
Dua Lipa seemed delighted that Oscar Isaac gave a live reading of Dua Lipa fan fiction Saturday night.
“adds to list of things I never thought would happen in my life,” the pop star commented along with laughing emojis on Instagram, where she shared a clip of one of the SNL host’s sketches from this weekend.
On the March 5 episode, one of the actor’s characters was Michael, a school janitor with an unexpected hobby.
In the sketch, the janitor interrupts an evening writing workshop by sharing his own love of books and a story he’s been working on, “The Apogee of Midnight.”
He reads aloud a tale of a janitor who’s alone in a school at night and approached by a woman who says she’s been looking for him.
“My name is Dua Lipa,” says the woman in the story. “I’m a big pop star, and I’m looking for a janitor here named Mike.”
Continuing with his story, he reads: “The janitor paused. That was his name. Dua Lipa sighed. ‘You haven’t heard of me, have you?’ ‘Sorry, ma’am. More of a classic rock guy, myself — but sure, maybe I’ve seen a bikini pic or two.’”
SNL cast member Aidy Bryant attempts to interrupt at this point, but he goes on with his fanfic about the singer. In the story, she’s somehow just arrived at the school following a concert in Europe and is “still in her sparkly show getup.”
The fantasy moves along quickly as Dua Lipa becomes “fast friends” with Mike the janitor and asks him to teach her how to make out. “I’ve never done it before,” she says in his story.
Watch the reading below to see how the writers’ group reacts to his Dua Lipa fanfic.
Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia on Sunday (March 6) as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
TikTok said Russian users of the popular social media app would no longer be able to post new videos or livestreams and they also wouldn’t be able to see videos shared from elsewhere in the world.
Netflix said it was suspending its service in Russia but didn’t provide additional details.
The actions are likely to further isolate the country and its people after a growing number of multinational businesses have cut off Russia from vital financial services and technology products in response to Western economic sanctions and global outrage over the invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on the war, blocking Facebook and Twitter and signing into law a bill that criminalizes the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be “fake” reports.
“In light of Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend livestreaming and new content to our video service while we review the safety implications of this law,” TikTok said Sunday in a statement on Twitter. “Our in-app messaging service will not be affected.”
TikTok spokesperson Hilary McQuaide said the TikTok app in Russia now appears in “view-only” mode and won’t let people post or see new videos or livestreams. They can still see older videos, but not if they came from outside the country, she said.
“The safety of employees is our top priority,” she said, adding that the company — part of China-based tech company ByteDance — didn’t want to put either its Russian employees or users at risk of severe criminal penalties.
The new legislation, quickly rubber-stamped by both houses of the Kremlin-controlled parliament and signed by Putin, imposes prison sentences of up to 15 years for those spreading information that goes against the Russian government’s narrative on the war.
Multiple news outlets have also said they would pause their work inside Russia to evaluate the situation. Russian authorities have repeatedly and falsely decried reports of Russian military setbacks or civilian deaths in Ukraine as “fake” news. State media outlets refer to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “special military operation” rather than a war or an invasion.
The law envisages sentences of up to three years or fines for spreading what authorities deem to be false news about the military, but the maximum punishment rises to 15 years for cases deemed to have led to “severe consequences.”
After three “incredible” dates, everything goes strangely wrong in the most offbeat sketch from SNL Saturday night (March 5).
A woman (Sarah Sherman) is getting closer to her new romantic interest (Chris Redd) when their chemistry is derailed by a bunch of singing meatballs that are secretly all over the woman’s body — singing meatballs with the faces of the episode’s host, Oscar Isaac, as well as cast members Aidy Bryant, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang and more.
“We are little meatball men, singing our little meatball song/ Join us please and sing along,” they sing in an unexpected little ditty during the pre-taped sketch.
Mid-breakup, Redd’s character — overwhelmed by the bizarre body meatballs — asks, “I’m sorry. Is there a piano in your armpit?”
There is indeed a piano in Sherman’s armpit, played by none other than SNL musical guest Charli XCX, who croons a power ballad with Oscar Isaac about not giving up on love over meatballs. (Elsewhere on the episode, Charli performed “Beg for You” and “Baby,” both tracks from her upcoming album Crash.)
Watch the odd, but hilarious, sketch below. See the full episode on Hulu here. The streaming service is currently offering a 30-day free trial, which you can sign up for here.
Camila Cabello‘s new single “Bam Bam,” featuring Ed Sheeran, tops this week’s new music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 4) on Billboard, choosing the pair’s latest collaboration as their favorite new music release of the past week.
Cabello’s “Bam Bam,” just released ahead of her upcoming album Familia, brought in more than 76% of the vote. The pop earworm has the singer on her feet, musing about how life goes on after a breakup — “Así es la vida si/ Yeah, that’s just life, baby,” she sings — alongside Sheeran, with whom she last collaborated on 2019’s “South of the Border.” Familia is set to arrive on April 8.
Dominic Fike and Zendaya‘s “Elliot’s Song,” which premiered on the season finale of Euphoria, came in second on the poll, with just over 14% of the vote. In third place was Kane Brown‘s new track “Leave You Alone,” with 5% of th vote.
See the final results of this week’s poll below.
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