Author: Ada Blood

For the first time since 2011 music streaming service Spotify is increasing the prices on all its premium membership plans. The company will be raising the price of its standard Premium plan by $1, making it $10.99 a month. As far as Spotify’s other plans go, Premium Duo plans will be going up by $2, putting it at $14.99 per month. Family plans will be raised by $1, bringing it to $16.99 a month. Even the company’s Student plans will be going up $1, putting it at $5.99 a month. All of these price changes will be taking effect on…

Actor, comedian, and singer Jamie Foxx has broken his silence about his recent “medical complication.” While Foxx will not say what exactly is going on with him health-wise, it is severe enough to land him in the hospital back in April. In the video, he thanks fans and his family for their unwavering support.  “I want to say thank you to everyone that’s prayed, sent me messages… I cannot even begin to tell you how far it took me and how it brought me back,” Foxx said. “I went through something that I thought I would never ever go through.…

Twitter owner Elon Musk is saying bye, bye birdie to the platform’s famous logo with a complete rebranding. He plans to replace the name and logo with the letter ‘X.’ While the Tesla CEO has a long history of making false statements about changes to the platform, all signs are pointing to this one being legitimate. He even went to far as to say “We’re cutting the Twitter logo from the building with blowtorches… it’s got to come off somehow.” As is his custom, Musk announced the change via a tweet earlier today. “And soon we shall bid adieu to the…

20th Century Studios has released a new trailer for its upcoming crime drama “A Haunting in Venice.” This will be the first feature film adaptation of the 1969 novel “Hallowe’en Party.” It is the third film in Sir Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie series.  “A Haunting in Venice” is written by Michael Green, with Branagh directing as well as starring. The duo has previously teamed up on 2017’s “A Murder on the Orient Express” and 2022’s “Death on the Nile.” Both of these films are also based on Christie’s work and star Branagh as detective Hercule Poirot. Given the newest trailer, it…

National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator for the SAG-AFTRA Duncan Crabtree-Ireland joined a panel at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). It was a joint panel with the National Association of Voice Actors titled “AI in Entertainment: The Performers’ Perspective.” Moderated by Linsay Rousseau (“Transformers: War for Cybertron”), panelists included Ashly Burch (“Mythic Quest”), Crabtree-Ireland, and Cissy Jones (“The Owl House”). Along with Zeke Alton (“The Calisto Protocol”) a SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee member ,and Tim Friedlander (“Record of Ragnarok”) NAVA president and founder. They will discuss the existing legalities about the use of AI and what protections need to be implemented to…

Game show legend Vanna White has signed a new deal with ABC to continue to host “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,” with a rumored significant increase in her salary. Unfortunately, there still seems to be no firm decision for White’s role on the flagship “Wheel of Fortune.” And her contract only runs through 2024, so we hope to hear back on that soon.  In June, “Wheel of Fortune” had a major shake-up when host Pat Sajak announced he would be retiring after 40 years of him hosting the program. It has already been decided that Ryan Seacrest will be taking over…

Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s iconic cold war comedy “Dr. Strangelove” is being adapted for the stage by Armando Iannucci (“Veep”). Oliver winner Sean Foley (“The Play What I Wrote”) will co-write, and direct. But the duo is already facing a huge challenge- finding an actor as versatile as Peter Sellers was in 1964 film. This is a very tall order when you consider that Sellers flawlessly played 3 different roles in the original. He portrayed a German scientist, a British officer, and an American President, which isn’t something most actors would even want to do. Let alone on a medium like…

Universal Studios celebrated Barbenhiemer Day in a big way, by releasing a theater-exclusive trailer for the upcoming “The Exorcist: Believer.” The trailer is currently running before showings of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” [We’ve seen it, it’s pretty great. The audience had no idea what it was til the classic piano music started!] While we are sure it will be posted online soon, a trip to the local cineplex is the only way to see it. This sequel to the iconic horror franchise is directed by David Gordon Green, who co-wrote the script with Peter Sattler (“Broken Diamonds”). The script is also…

The upcoming prequel series “The Continental: From the World of John Wick” is coming this fall. The announcement was made during Peacock’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC).  “The Continental” will serve as an origin story for the iconic hotel-for-assassins within the “John Wick” universe. The story is being told through the eyes of a young Winston Scott (Colin Woodell), who is dragged into the dark underbelly of 1970s New York City. Where he is forced to face a past he thought he was able to put behind him.  Winston eventually becomes the current manager of The Continental in the “John…

AMC has already renewed its two spin-offs of “The Walking Dead” series. During San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), the cabler announced “Dead City” (starring Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan) would get a second season. ‘“Daryl Dixon,” starring Norman Reedus as the fan-favorite character, was also renewed for a second season. “This next chapter in the Walking Dead Universe continues to thrive with a terrific inaugural season for Dead City and highly anticipated new journey for fan-favorite character Daryl Dixon coming in September,” AMC President of Entertainment Dan McDermott said during the panel. “We can’t wait to bring Dead City fans…