#Rihanna to play Smurfette, write music for new Smurfs film

#Rihanna to play Smurfette, write music for new Smurfs film

In a career-defining moment, the Grammy-winning billionaire has been tapped to voice feminist icon Smurfette in Paramount Animation’s The Smurfs Movie. Left: Smurfette. Image by Michelle O’Connel via Flickr/Creative Commons. Right: Rihanna. Photo by Valerie Macon via AFP/Getty Images.   Last year, on the Debut episode of her Sonic Symbolism podcast, Björk revealed she’s always…

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#Charli XCX cast in new Faces of Death movie

#Charli XCX cast in new Faces of Death movie

Daniel Goldhaber, director of Cam and How To Blow Up A Pipeline, will helm the adaptation of the gore and horror anthology. Charli XCX. Photo via publicist.   Before LiveLeak, there was Faces of Death, a VHS series beloved by gorehounds worldwide for its collection of clips depicting real-life brutality and staged violence. A feature…

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#Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window Autobiography Gets Theatrical Anime in 2023

#Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window Autobiography Gets Theatrical Anime in 2023

“Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window Autobiography Gets Theatrical Anime in 2023”   A new theatrical anime adaptation of Japanese media personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s autobiography Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window will hit the big screen in Japan after decades of attempts to produce either an animated or live-action adaptation.   The autobiography was first published in…

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#Lance Reddick, star of The Wire, dead at 60

#Lance Reddick, star of The Wire, dead at 60

“Lance Reddick, star of The Wire, dead at 60” No cause of death was revealed. Lance Reddick. Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Activision   Lance Reddick, an actor who was one of the central performers in HBO’s The Wire, has passed away at age 60. TMZ first reported the story, citing law enforcement sources…

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