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TVWe deserve a well-soundtracked escape, and thanks to the brand new All Your Friends party, hosted by Burwoodland, we’ve got one. The first installment of the indie-fused Dj-helmed night takes place on June 27 at Baby’s All Right, with the same people behind Gimme Gimme […]
MusicLucy Beaumont is attempting to help a charity after a huge loss (Picture: Coombes/ Shutterstock) Lucy Beaumont has made a huge gesture towards a cancer charity after losing £79,000 on The Wheel. The comedian was competing in Michael McIntyre’s BBC game show to win money […]
TVJ Balvin’s “Back to the Rayo” tour is part victory lap, part rebirth. After a quiet stretch and a few loose singles — like last year’s “Gaga” and “Triple S” — the reggaetón star is stepping back into the spotlight on his own terms. At […]
MusicJ Balvin’s “Back to the Rayo” tour is part victory lap, part rebirth. After a quiet stretch and a few loose singles — like last year’s “Gaga” and “Triple S” — the reggaetón star is stepping back into the spotlight on his own terms. At the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, that meant a packed arena, heavy fog, flashing strobes and a surprise Ed Sheeran cameo. But for Valentina Ferrer, the night started much earlier — with glam, her sleepy dog Akira and a suitcase full of silver chains.
The international model and longtime partner to Balvin has been front row for every show, often literally. For their NYC stop, she brought her parents (in town from Argentina), a corset and her camera. A backstage regular by now, Ferrer moves through the pre-show blur with a kind of quiet confidence — equal parts seasoned fashion pro and proud girlfriend. In between outfit checks and Ed sightings, she’s also just soaking it all in. “So special supporting my partner and seeing him do what he loves every night on tour,” she tells PAPER.
Her snapshots show the chaos and calm in equal measure: tiny rituals, backstage chaos, dancing in the crowd and a few run-ins. There’s Akira under the glam chair, J and Ed laughing mid-convo and Valentina swaying in the wings, caught up in the music. It’s a reminder that even on the biggest nights, it’s the little moments that stay with you.
Below, Ferrer takes us behind the scenes of a night full of music, movement and love — from her point of view.
Here’s my look for tonight’s show – all black with silver accessories!
Starting glam – can’t wait for the fun night ahead.
My dog Akira also likes to hang out with us while we do glam.
Arriving at Barclays Center with J.
Here’s a better look at tonight’s fit!
Chatting with Ed Sheeran backstage before he makes a surprise appearance.
J and Ed catching up pre-show.
So special to have my parents come out for the show as they’re visiting from Argentina.
Show time!
Love getting to dance along to all the songs in the crowd.
Ed Sheeran joining J for a shot on-stage.
So special supporting my partner and seeing him do what he loves every night on tour.
And that’s a wrap – such great energy tonight in NYC
Photography: Anthony Tudisco
Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins shared an on-screen romance in The White Lotus (Picture: HBO) The White Lotus fans have claimed that Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins have ‘fallen out’ after sharing an on-screen relationship. The two actors played characters Rick and Chelsea […]
TVThe White Lotus fans have claimed that Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins have ‘fallen out’ after sharing an on-screen relationship.
The two actors played characters Rick and Chelsea in Mike White’s programme, who share a complicated, if not hateful at times, relationship
Following Monday’s season three finale, fans of the hit HBO series were left reeling after a horrifying ‘bloodbath’.
Talks are already in place for the fourth series of the show after the creator teased a new location.
But, as the cast of this year’s series take to social media to share their experience working in Thailand, it appears two cast members might have had a secret feud.
According to fans on Reddit and X, several theories have been shared hinting at a behind-the-scenes falling out between Aimee and Walton.
On Reddit, rubyboobydooo posted about how both actors unfollowed each other on Instagram a couple of weeks ago and ‘no one is talking about the falling out of them’.
The same user added: ‘Walton posts White Lotus stuff and tags everyone in the photos except Aimee Lou Wood, posts a whole tribute to White Lotus and still doesn’t tag her, posts tons of pictures of her on his story in a commemorative tribute to the show. What happened?’’
In addition, one user pointed out how Walton may have blocked Aimee on Instagram as her previous comments seem to have disappeared on his account, but his remain on her page.
An X user,, commented: ‘Walton Goggins not tagging Aimee but tagging everyone else… WHAT HAPPENED.’
If there was some kind of falling out, it’s certainly not the first to be hinted at after Jason Isaacs admitted there was a ‘White Lotus’ within the making of White Lotus.
The former Harry Potter star told how the cast were all ‘on top of each other’, saying: ‘Nobody should be that jealous of me, it wasn’t a holiday.’
He continued: ’40 men and women, crammed into a villa with the air conditioning off. It’s over 100 degrees (45℃).
‘We’re all covered in makeup and there’s lights and you’re there all day. It’s quite gamey is what I’m saying.’
He added that they were ‘in each others’ pockets’ for seven months, jokingly adding: ‘Most people got on with each other, most of the time.
‘But there were alliances formed and broken.
‘There’s an off-screen White Lotus as much as there’s an on-screen White Lotus, just with hopefully fewer body bags.’
Aimee also discussed the difficulties she experienced on set, describing the experience as ‘claustrophobic’ and as like being a ‘Truman Show social experiment’.
She told MailOnline: ‘Normally when you wrap, you go home. With this, you wrap and walk five steps to your room. You’re living where you’re filming. It is the Truman Show. It starts to feel like that – [you start to question if] anything is real? Everything starts to feel like a set.’
Metro has contacted Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins for comment.
The White Lotus is streaming on Now.
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An actor from The White Lotus has been tipped to play cinema’s most famous spy (Picture: Getty/Shutterstock) An iconic star from the White Lotus has emerged in the race to play James Bond, after winning praise for his stand-out performance. Patrick Schwarzenegger raised eyebrows when […]
FilmAn iconic star from the White Lotus has emerged in the race to play James Bond, after winning praise for his stand-out performance.
Patrick Schwarzenegger raised eyebrows when he was first cast in season three of the HBO drama, but turned heads with his incredible portrayal of vapid finance bro Saxon Ratliff.
Following the finale on Sunday, social media has been flooded with compliments for the TV favourite, with many branding him ‘gut-wrenching’, ‘incredible’ and ‘the best actor on the show’.
As viewers beg for the 31-year-old – son of Hollywood legend Arnold Schwarzenegger – to get all of the award nominations, he has been linked to a very surprising stint as 007.
According to bookmakers Coral, his odds have been slashed to 5-1, from 12-1, for the coveted part since the finale aired.
‘Patrick Schwarzenegger was one of the stars of the latest White Lotus series, and on the back of the show, he has jumped into the James Bond mix,’ Coral’s John Hill said.
‘The son of the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger has had his odds slashed to 5/1 from 12/1.’
Could you imagine Arnie getting a cameo?
We have all been not-so-patiently waiting for any 007 updates after Daniel Craig departed the role in 2021, following the release of No Time To Die.
Patrick could face some stiff competition from a fellow White Lotus alum as Theo James’ odds to step into Daniel’s shoes are currently 2/1.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Rege-Jean Page, James Norton, Jack Lowden, Idris Elba and Taron Egerton are some of the other names in the mix.
Adolescence icon Stephen Graham recently found himself tipped for a shot at the super spy, with odds currently at 33/1.
While we’re still waiting for a glimpse at the next Bond, Daniel Mays recently shed some light on the future of the franchise, suggesting we could get a 007 origin story.
During an appearance on the We’re Not Getting Any Younger podcast, he said that he’d heard a rumor that ‘they’re going to cast someone very young and go back to the origins’.
Longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson previously announced their plans to step back, with Amazon MGM taking over creative control and Amy Pascal and David Heyman jumping on board to produce the next flick.
Popping up at CinemaCon in Las Vegas earlier this month, executives said production is finally underway in London.
‘We are committed to honoring the legacy of this iconic character while bringing a fresh, exotic new chapter to audiences around the world alongside Amy and David,’ they announced.
‘They’re both in London getting started and couldn’t be here tonight, but we wanted to thank them for what we know to make an incredible partnership.’
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The new start date and route of the BBC series Race Across The World has been made available (Picture: BBC) The start date and route of the next series of Race Across The World has been revealed. Last year, the show reached a thrilling conclusion […]
TVThe start date and route of the next series of Race Across The World has been revealed.
Last year, the show reached a thrilling conclusion with best friends, Alfie and Owen, becoming the first pair to reach the final checkpoint in Lombok.
After a nail-biting boat race to the finish, the friends, were declared winners of the 15,000km race across Eastern Asia and won £20,000.
Along the way, viewers were left ‘a mess’ after a contestant bravely opened up about her heartbreaking diagnosis that left her ‘without a womb’.
The 25-year-old social media and events manager from Yorkshire broke down into tears revealing her health battle.
Now, this year the the BBC have revealed a new destination for the fifth series of the BAFTA-award winning show, and here is everything we know.
The starting point of this year’s epic race is none other than The Great Wall of China.
Five teams will have to navigate three of Asia’s most diverse nations across the series.
The included countries will range from China to Nepal and finally India.
All in all, the teams will race more than 14,000km to reach the finish line.
The final ending point will be in the stunning Kanniyakumari, the southernmost tip of India.
Following a gripping celebrity series, fans of the show will be keen to find out who will be included this year.
The teams will include sisters Elizabeth and Letitia and former married couple, Yin and Gaz.
Alongside them will be two brothers Brian and Melvyn.
They will be competing against teenage couple, Fin and Sioned.
Finally, rounding off the groups will be mother and son, Caroline and Tom.
Fans of the show will no doubt be aware that teams are going to be pushed to their absolute limits.
Across the four previous seasons, we’ve seen people almost pushed to their breaking point.
And it appears this time around, it’s not going to be any different.
Racing across vast distances, the contestants will not be allowed to have any smartphones or bank cards.
They are armed only with cash equating to the cost of flying the route, however, only one duo can claim victory over the others and win the cash prize of £20,000.
Last year, Scott Mills and his husband Sam Vaughan won the celebrity version after a trip of a lifetime through South America.
The pair were crowned champions after reaching the final checkpoint in Frutillar in Southern Chile after taking a speed boat James Bond-style in the nail-biting episode.
Kola Bokinni and cousin Mary Ellen were runners-up with Jeff Brazier and son Freddy taking third place, and heart radio host Kelly Brook and husband Jeremy Parisi finishing last.
Race Across The World airs on Wednesday April 23 at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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Chris Lilley has announced one of his Summer Heights High characters is coming back (Picture: Princess/ Kobal/ Rex/ Shutterstock) Nearly 20 years after he burst onto our screens in Summer Heights High, Mr G is back! In 2007 the passionate drama teacher was introduced to […]
TVNearly 20 years after he burst onto our screens in Summer Heights High, Mr G is back!
In 2007 the passionate drama teacher was introduced to viewers on the Australian comedy series.
Written by and starring comedian Chris Lilley, the show focused on a high school in the outer suburbs of Sydney and followed three main characters – ‘Director of Performing Arts’ Mr G, private-school exchange student Ja’mie King and disruptive student Jonah Takalua.
Summer Heights High was a massive success for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, winning a Logie Award for most popular light entertainment/ comedy program, being sold internationally and later airing in the UK, US and Canada.
Following the response, Lilley went on to develop spin-off shows – Jai’mie: Private School Girl in 2013 and Jonah from Tonga the following year.
Despite only airing for eight episodes, many viewers can still quote countless lines from the show, with Mr G offering many memorable moments.
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One of the most notable was him creating a musical in honour of a student called Annabel who died of a drug overdose, creating a song with the lyrics: ‘Ecstasy. Ecstasy. E. E. E. E. Ecstasy. She’s a party girl with a bad habit. A bad habit for drugs.’
Fans of the series have called it ‘satirical genius’, ‘undeniably hilarious’ and even ‘the funniest show on TV’.
After years of speculation, Lilley has now confirmed the beloved (and at times controversial) character will be returning.
This week he’s shared a series of clips on social media that have sent fans into a frenzy.
The first showed a pink exercise ball (a prop regularly used in his classroom) rolling across a room, the second presented the legs of a man dancing, while the third saw a man doing up his tie, sitting on a chair and bouncing on the ball while a piano played in the background.
It then ended with the update: ‘Mr G is back’.
While he turned comments on the confirmation post, many had expressed their excitement on the previous ones.
‘OMG PLEASE TELL ME YOURE WELCOMING US TO MR G’S ROOM,’ Madeleine commented.
‘Do not play with us Mr Lilley. We’ve been waiting for Mr G’s star moment for YEARS,’ Marcus shared.
‘THE MOMENT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!! THIS HAS TO BE MR G,’ Mark added.
He’s yet to reveal whether Mr G will be getting his own show, or if it will be for another project.
Despite Summer Heights High having a legion of fans, it did come under fire when it aired, as well as in the years since.
It was slammed by some for its portrayal of such issues as mental disabilities, homophobia, sexual abuse, and racism.
The family of a teenage girl called Annabel, who died after taking drugs at a music festival, also complained the series had used her death as a storyline.
Although the ABC said it was purely coincidental – and that filming had been finished weeks before her death – it then added a message at the start of each episode stating there was no link between the characters and people in real life.
‘Welcome to Mr. G’s room, G’s room, G’s room. Welcome to Mr. G’s room, come inside…and take your shoes off, find a spot on the floor.’
‘That’s one of our staff who has cancer. She’s been dead for ages.’
‘I’m director of performing arts. Spread it.’
‘The staff is really excited too. Everybody’s giving me a little eyebrow raise when I’m walking up the corridor, when usually they look away.’
‘I can’t think of a better way to commemorate a student’s life than to write a musical about them!’
‘I think for some kids it’s better that they know now than find out later in life that they’ve got no talent. I always say that they’ll thank me one day.’
‘Just a little bit of poo on the floor and they’d shut us down.’
It was also later one of several series created by Lilley that was removed by Netflix due to the use of blackface and brownface, a move done in response to the George Floyd protests in 2020.
Speaking to UniLad in 2023, Lilley said Mr G was ‘definitely a character who I’d love to bring back’.
‘It’s just circumstances at the moment. I think people think I have some sort of strategy or plan but it all just happens pretty randomly. Also, you move around different networks and they always want something unique to them so you’re a bit bound by that.
‘But I could find a way – he could come back. There are literally scripts sitting on shelves for him.’
He went on to address the controversy surrounding his show, saying he ‘wouldn’t change a thing’.
‘I’m so proud of all my work, and I almost wish I could push the boundaries further,’ he said.
Referencing Mr G, he added: ‘I just think if your intention is to be funny and point out a really crazy, narcissistic character that’s being inappropriate in front of kids, it’s like, that’s the joke. I wish I took it further. And if he does come back, I will.’
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Comet and her band are standouts in New York City’s most recent resuscitation of rock n’ roll. (She is also my wife and twin flame, probably.) Nearly two years after her underground hit EP Two-Winged, she has unearthed her latest single, “Opium.” Truly gritty with […]
MusicComet and her band are standouts in New York City’s most recent resuscitation of rock n’ roll. (She is also my wife and twin flame, probably.) Nearly two years after her underground hit EP Two-Winged, she has unearthed her latest single, “Opium.” Truly gritty with a polished patina, this hymn of dejection tears through the listener like a fresh needle, delivering a euphoric hit of satisfying highs along with frigid groans of indifference.
It is accompanied by a crimson-and-gold soaked music video directed by Fiona Kane, which gives me chills every time I watch it. “Opium” is the lead single off Comet’s Quitter EP, the four-track project produced alongside Richard Orofino that’s slated for release this May. She pushes the boundaries of “laptop rock” into a new, raw landscape — sonically, visually and conceptually all its own. Nu-grunge is born and Comet is the indisputable princess.
We sat down for PAPER in our favorite basement bar over a graveyard of empty martini glasses to talk about quitting, pioneering and the fate of our generation.
What does “Opium” mean to you, conceptually, contextually, spiritually?
The song is about the cycle of wanting something — a grass is greener mentality about when that thing you crave so badly is obtained. It could be taken into any context, be it addiction or love, or really any desire that has a double-edged blade. “Opium” conceptually embodies just that. It brings bliss and joy, but has negative connotations depending on who you ask.
This is the lead single off your upcoming EP Quitter, which you also have tattooed on your hand. Why Quitter?
Quitter was my childhood nickname. Many see it as giving up or dropping out, but when I was a kid it was my way of releasing something that wasn’t for me and not wasting any more time living for other people or doing things just because I felt like I was expected to. I quit a lot of things. People should quit more.
“Opium” and the whole EP, although consistent with the sound you’ve been shaping for yourself, also feels very expansive and indicative of a distinct shift. What was the process of bringing Quitter to life?
I’m writing a debut album currently, and these were songs that didn’t fit. They were brighter, warmer and dare I say more pop. I still wanted to release them, so I decided to put them in their own world. The idea for “Opium” specifically started with my bassist Grant Lepping, it wouldn’t exist without him. We were at my apartment ADHD noodling around in Logic and he came up with that insane intro guitar riff. It was just so huge, I knew it had to be something. The band and I fleshed it out with Richard at his house and recorded it at an East Village studio, then we brought it back to the bedroom and re-recorded almost everything again. Working with Richard really brought these songs to life. His sound has this sort of enthralling magic to it that I love. In production, he gave all these songs an unexpected new veneer.
It’s bringing grunge to a new level. It’s nu-grunge.
Everyone calls us the redo generation, but people need to sit back and let us defy that expectation. Everything has been done before until it hasn’t. Art is lineage.
We’re coming out of a very electronic-heavy cultural moment right now. Do you think the world is ready for rock again?
Rock is not coming back to relive the reason it left. Guys playing guitars at shows and sounding like the fucking Strokes, that’s not why people are coming back to rock. People don’t want to hear that all over again and they also don’t want to hear another ripoff Nirvana. You will never be Kurt Cobain, so you have to be yourself. We have to be Comet and Taraneh. We can’t be Kurt, we can’t be Courtney, we can’t be Kim Gordon. Those people have already done their thing and taken their seat at the table of rock greatness. We have to add something new. Electronic music has really come leaps and bounds yet rock has not evolved, honestly, since the 2000s maybe the ’90s. Everyone’s been trying to decide how to bring it back, but we need to push it forward.
Making something new, musically, goes beyond pushing boundaries sonically, but also it requires world-building. Building a culture about the work, which is something you do really well. Tell me about the visuals, the “Opium” music video and how it helps outline the world of the Quitter.
The music video is me writhing around my friend Annette’s room. Last year I had a very downer year — I was recovering from a major surgery, alone in my room, and this video is how I felt, wallowing around in bed and caught in the spiral. The video embodies that stuck-ness. On the cover and toward the end of the video there’s an apple — it’s kind of a physical manifestation of that thing we’re all hung up on. In the outro I’m rolling around, there’s a bunch of apples around me and I’m taking a single bite of all of them. The last shot is me looking on, in that black space where all those feelings live. That’s opium, the solution — the chase, the escape, the fix-all.
Even though neither of us are Christian I feel like the apple always invokes something biblical at least to Western audiences. Is that something you had in mind?
The apple has always been a feminine fruit to me. Apples are really evocative and inherently sexy. The bright red also just looks good on camera, obviously, but it evokes thought and that’s why I chose it. The word “Opium” summons varied imagery, as well. I just wanted a visual symbol that’s subjective.
What do you want to see shift culturally, right now?
I want to see interesting faces and voices come back to the forefront that don’t all sound the same. I want people who have something to say, even if it’s unpopular. A lot of art, especially rock — even though there is some better rock coming up right now — so much of it is just introspective and many musicians are in an echo chamber. I want to hear an important message, not in a super teeny bopper way, although talking about things that truly matter will always be inherently corny. I want new music to go beyond self-absorbed breakup songs. Of course, all of us can relate to that, but let’s dig a little deeper.
We all love breakup music or solely introspective music. We’re all guilty of making it too, but at a certain point it becomes a cop-out.
I’ve done it, we’ve all done it. Two-Winged, my last EP, is almost exclusively selfish wallowing. But with this project and the album I’m writing, I’ve made it a point to try and look outward.
Culturally we’ve been looking inward so much, but music has been void of commentary. Artful commentary. We’re kind of culturally stupid right now, I’m excited for people who are ready to actually say something.
Everyone should think about what they want to say. I want to see my generation’s mark made on art and history. Of course, there’s good and bad in every era. Everyone glorifies the past because it is a prophecy already fulfilled. Someone needs to suck it up and say something substantial. Like, when you and I saw Patti Smith last year, to every baby boomer in that room she is a hero. To me, there aren’t many artists our age right now doing it like that. When we are 70 years old, who are the grandkids going to ask you about? Maybe it’ll be us.
Everyone calls us the redo generation, but people need to sit back and let us defy that expectation.
Story: Taraneh
Photography: Jo Barajas
Styling: Meg Yates
Hair: Scott Fabian
Yes, it’s time for your yearly Titanfall 3 rumour (EA) A sequel to Respawn’s beloved Titanfall 2 might actually be happening, as a prominent leaker claims it will be announced next year. Titanfall 2 is one of the most celebrated first person shooters of the […]
GamingA sequel to Respawn’s beloved Titanfall 2 might actually be happening, as a prominent leaker claims it will be announced next year.
Titanfall 2 is one of the most celebrated first person shooters of the past decade, but the chances of a sequel have always felt slim after it failed to meet EA’s sales expectations.
This sentiment was amplified by the success of Respawn’s follow-up shooter, Apex Legends, which is set within the Titanfall universe but shares little DNA in terms of mechanics, with the former being a free-to-play battle royale shooter with no giant robots.
Despite this, there have been Titanfall 3 rumours for years, although none have amounted to anything tangible. A prominent Apex Legends leaker, however, claims that not only is Titanfall 3 real, it is ‘almost complete’.
Last week, insiders Osvaldatore and Yorotsuki, who are both known for leaks for Apex Legends, claimed Titanfall 3 is in development and will be announced at The Game Awards 2025 ‘at the earliest’, before it is released in 2026.
Following these claims, Osvaldatore shared more alleged details about the sequel on X. In the post, he claims Titanfall 3 is being developed in Unreal Engine 5 and will feature a single-player campaign, along with being a live service title with battle passes – which suggests the multiplayer portion might be available separately.
The most interesting claim is that the sequel’s ‘main’ multiplayer mode will be Extraction based, presumably akin to Escape From Tarkov. Past modes from Titanfall 2 will apparently be included though, like Team Deathmatch and Control.
According to the leaker, Titanfall 3 will also feature characters from Apex Legends and a weather system, although there are no specifics on either.
As with all rumours, it’s best to take this with a grain of salt, but it is the most substantial claim yet of a potential Titanfall 3.
Update: Fellow leaker Jeff Grubb has refuted the information, stating bluntly that, ‘This isn’t real, sorry. It’s not real.’
‘Does [Titanfall 1 director Steve Fukuda] have something like a prototype that has Titans in it? I’m guessing so. I don’t know for sure, but I would certainly assume it’s a safe bet.’
‘Now, is that going to be announced in 2025 and released in 2026? No way.’
Grubb has certainly been wrong in the past but he’s rarely been this adamant about debunking a story, so that’s not a good sign.
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The big question is whether Titanfall 3 could succeed, both in the current gaming landscape and amongst EA’s future slate. A sequel might eat into Apex Legends’ audience and EA is already putting a lot of resources into fellow online shooter Battlefield 6, so Titanfall 3 could threaten to jeopardise both.
If it is true, Respawn have a lot of projects in the works, between its ongoing support of Apex Legends and developing the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. It is also co-developing an upcoming Star Wars strategy game, which is set to be revealed on April 19.
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Showcase season is nearly here (Microsoft) Microsoft has confirmed the date and time of its annual Xbox showcase in June, but it sounds like it might be a disappointingly low-key one. Nintendo’s announcement of the Switch 2 launch date on June 5 may have swallowed […]
GamingMicrosoft has confirmed the date and time of its annual Xbox showcase in June, but it sounds like it might be a disappointingly low-key one.
Nintendo’s announcement of the Switch 2 launch date on June 5 may have swallowed up all the attention over the past few weeks, but it’s only the opening salvo in a months long parade of similar showcases, from various different companies.
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, aka not quite E3, is set to air a day after the console’s launch on June 6, and now Microsoft has announced its annual summer showcase will take place within the same week.
As announced by Microsoft, the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 will be livestreamed on Sunday June 8 at 6pm UK time, or 10am PT/1pm ET in the US, across YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook.
There are no details on how long the showcase will be, but it will be followed by a Direct dedicated to The Outer Worlds 2. Microsoft has done a similar double feature over the past couple of years, with Starfield and Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6, respectively, but The Outer Worlds 2 doesn’t feel quite as anticipated as those.
Its billing implies The Outer Worlds 2 will be Microsoft’s big game for the second half of 2025. Ninja Gaiden 4 is also slated to launch later this year, but as developer Obsidian Entertainment are owned by Microsoft, The Outer Worlds 2 perhaps makes more sense as the central focus.
This suggests many already announced Xbox games will not be released until next year at the earliest. Fable has already been delayed to 2026, but State Of Decay 3, Everwild, Perfect Dark, and Gears Of War: E-Day are all currently without a release date.
Many of these games may well be featured in the showcase but by not getting the 30-minute spotlight at the end, it implies none of them are out this year.
As is to be expected from a showcase, there’s a strong chance of some surprise announcements. A remastered Gears Of War collection has been rumoured for years, while we could also see an official reveal for the in-development Xbox handheld.
Rumourmonger eXtas1s also suggests that Hollow Knight: Silksong will befeatured, but it was already at the Nintendo Direct – for about five seconds – so that’s not necessarily anything to get excited about.
In what might be another hint towards a quieter release slate, this year’s showcase will be a digital-only presentation. ‘We will not have a theatre experience for fans and media this year,’ Microsoft said (via The Verge’s Tom Warren).
Xbox FanFest, an in-person event which typically coincides with the showcase in Los Angeles, has also been pushed back to a later date.
Regardless, coupled with the Switch 2’s launch, June looks set to be a big month for game announcements, given Nintendo and Sony are also likely to have equivalent events.
Nintendo’s normal late June slot seems a given, since the Switch 2 will only just have launched at that point, while current rumours suggest that Sony is trying to decide the scale of their preview show.
Insider Jeff Grubb has previously said that PlayStation is ‘debating’ whether to make their usual summer event a proper showcase or a smaller State Of Play presentation. He suggested this week that they’ve likely now decided, but there’s no indication of which way they went.
Despite being published by Xbox, The Outer Worlds 2 is set to launch on PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S in 2025.
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Brad Pitt’s production company are in talks to develop a second season of Adolescence (Pictures: Netflix/ Getty) Brad Pitt’s production company is in talks to create a second season of Adolescence following its massive success. Last month the British drama, which starred Stephen Graham as […]
TVBrad Pitt’s production company is in talks to create a second season of Adolescence following its massive success.
Last month the British drama, which starred Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller and Owen Cooper as his son Jamie Miller who is accused of the shocking murder of a female schoolmate, hit screens.
It quickly became one of the most watched programmes on Netflix around the world, smashing viewing records.
Although the series was created with the intention to be a limited series, there’s been speculation it could be extended due to the massive response.
The production company behind Adolescence was Plan B, which was founded in 2001 by Brad, Brad Grey, Kristin Hahn and Jennifer Aniston. The actor is now the sole owner of the company, which has been behind acclaimed movies and shows including 12 Years a Slave, Moonlight, The Underground Railroad and 3 Body Problem.
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It’s now been reported that Plan B Entertainment is looking to develop the show further.
Plan B co-presidents Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner told Deadline they were speaking to director Philip Barantini about the ‘next iteration’ of the show.
Gardner said they were thinking about how they can ‘widen the aperture, stay true to its DNA, [and] not be repetitive’, but did not want to reveal much more about their plans.
Meanwhile Kleiner added that they hoped Graham and Jack Thorne, the writer behind Adolescence, could team up again on the project.
The pair also explained how Plan B helped get the ball rolling on developing Adolescence after watching Barantini’s one-shot film Boiling Point, which followed a chef (played by Graham) as he faced a personal and professional meltdown.
The company were keen to try a similar format in a series, with Pitt also being a ‘massive fan’ of Graham’s.
Their comments come after Graham was asked about the potential for a second season to be made, with the actor telling Variety: ‘Possibly, let’s see how the figures are. But yeah, there’s the possibility of developing another story.’
Last month Barantini revealed how Pitt was ‘remarkably hands on’ with the project.
‘He gave feedback, shared ideas, and was so engaged throughout the process,’ he said on The Rest is Entertainment podcast.
‘He couldn’t visit the shoot because of his F1 project, but having someone like Brad Pitt involved — and so invested — was incredible. And he’s, yeah, I mean, I’d love to work with him again.’
Shot in one take, the show also features Ashley Walters as DI Luke Bascombe, Christine Tremarco as Manda Miller and Erin Doherty as Briony Ariston.
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Metro recently spoke to a teacher who told us Adolescence just scratches the surface when it comes to the reality of what’s happening among young boys and their concerning behaviour toward girls.
‘I think it misses the scale of misogynistic abuse and violence that happens in our schools every day,’ *Emma said.
‘Young women are reporting it and not enough is being done to prevent girls at school being harassed and abused by their classmates.
‘Also it misses the scale of violence in our society, not even just against women, but young men committing acts of violence because of their these belief systems and because they are feeling so angry at the world.’
Adolescence is streaming on Netflix.
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SPELLING’s music isn’t for the faint of heart. The Oakland-based artist found wider notoriety through her epic, cross-genre breakout, 2021’s The Turning Wheel. Whimsical yet heart-heavy — symphonic yet meticulously detailed, the album created the rare kind of lightning-in-a-bottle moment that allows a member of […]
MusicSPELLING’s music isn’t for the faint of heart.
The Oakland-based artist found wider notoriety through her epic, cross-genre breakout, 2021’s The Turning Wheel. Whimsical yet heart-heavy — symphonic yet meticulously detailed, the album created the rare kind of lightning-in-a-bottle moment that allows a member of music’s experimental outskirts to reach a wider audience. After being hailed by Pitchfork and given an exceptional 10/10 review by The Needle Drop’s Anthony Fantano, SPELLLING (Chrystia Cabral) found herself in a surprising sort of rocket ship, but there was a cost to her new elevation.
“I had an identity crisis when I became a full-time artist/musician,” Cabral tells PAPER. “It made me confront all kinds of weird things about myself as a woman, as someone who is in their 30s …” She briefly wanders off, and then: “I thought I had gotten over all that stuff. I know who I am. I’m confident, but having this big life path-turn made me confront everything.”
The urgency of that confrontation led to a greater directness in her musical approach. Whereas The Turning Wheel features songs like the lush, brass and string-laden opener “Little Deer” or the rollicking, seven-minute synth opera “Boys at School,” her new project, Portrait of My Heart is comparatively straightforward. “I was in mad scientist mode and so absorbed,” she says of making The Turning Wheel. “It was fun, but it was very different from Portrait of My Heart, where I tried to simplify and streamline.”
Given her tendency to “throw genres out the window,” Cabral almost surprised herself when she began to work on Portrait of My Heart and zeroed in on a “rock palette.” “That helped me to simplify a little bit,” she shares. “I’m not going to go looking for a bassoon or a whole symphonic background for this stuff. I just gotta get the guitars right. I gotta make the tones right and that’s kind of it, but it was still complicated in its own way,” she adds. “I think of this album and I’m like, Oh, it’s, it’s the closest I’ve flirted with something that feels more accessible or mainstream. But even then, I’ll listen back and be like, Oh, it’s still weird. It’s still through the SPELLLING lens.”
The title track, which doubles as the album opener and lead single, is centered around a chorus that is almost mantra-like. “I don’t belong here,” Cabral sings, her voice soaring over a dense world of guitar, strings and drums. The simplicity of the line, speaks to the emotional immediacy she’s moving towards throughout the album. “With previous work, I deal with romance, but it’s on this cosmic scale. I’m talking about it in a universal sense. This is more about my own heart and my own situations with heartbreak,” says Cabral. “I just let myself go, and it feels really vulnerable, but also fun at the same time.”
Similarly, standout tracks like “Alibi,” move around a central line that speaks to this openess. “And I don’t take it back/ Yeah I won’t take it back,” she sings in a loop as she runs towards a crescendo: “Yeah I won’t take you back this time/ Caught up in your alibi.” Other songs, such as the mythically titled “Destiny Arrives,” have nods to her previous work’s “cosmic scale,” but still engage in emotional minutia of heartbreak, while album closer, “Sometimes,” closes this loop, turning the smallness of pain into something huge: “Turn my head, into sound/ I don’t know, when I lay down on the ground,” she belts, floating atop a sea of guitars and a cresting tide of synths.
A different creative process led to this different outcome. She wrote demos for Portrait of My Heart on her piano, which she would then bring to her band to “jam on it and see what happens.” Her band — composed of Wyatt Overson (guitar), Patrick Shelley (drums), and Giulio Xavier Cetto (bass) — added new layers and possibilities. Their bond was already strong from touring and recording SPELLLING & The Mystery School, an album of new interpretations of old SPELLLING songs, but it was made all the stronger through this album’s boundless exploration. She even brought in outside friends to play like Braxton Marcellous from the band Zulu, Pat Mccrory from Turnstile and the bay area’s own Chaz Bear (Toro y Moi). Cabral, through trust and instinct, could let go of the overwhelming burden of her lone wolf wizardry and lean into kinetic collaboration to craft this record.
Processing her life’s whirlwind transformation through Portrait of My Heart has helped Cabral confront feelings that feel as vast as her music, but that doesn’t mean her life as a touring artist doesn’t still weigh on her life and relationships. “What I’m doing now requires a lot of sacrifice,” she shares. “I’m having to be away from my partnerships or my friendships and my family. It drains a lot of my creative energy and attention. I was questioning things I thought were obvious, like what it means to be in love with someone. How does that endure or change when your circumstances change a lot?”
It’s a profound question — one that is relevant to all of us, no matter if you’re a touring musician or not. But SPELLLING, like any artist, doesn’t come up with a clear answer. Rather her work provokes more questions. This album, after all, isn’t a study, but a portrait — an interpretation of a person at a time and place. It’s an exploration of a heart — one that is breaking, beating, breathing life into the entire body. It feels good to be alive, and to feel feelings that are grand as a soaring hook.
Photography: Sarah Eiseman, Stephanie Pia