Dua: Tyrone Lebon/Warner Records; Sabrina: Island/UMGTwo pop divas, two new bops. That s what Dua Lipa and Sabrina Carpenter have delivered and Dua threw in a video, as well.Dua s released "Illusion," the third track from her album Radical Optimism, due out May 3. According to Dua, "Illusion" was the first song she and her main collaborators worked on together. "It really broke the ice for the record,” she says.“It’s about knowing what you’re getting yourself into, but staying for the hell of it. The joke’s on them, it’s the fun of playing someone at their own game because ultimately you won’t fall for an illusion.” Dua wrote on Instagram, "This song started everything for this album sonically . it has just made me even more excited for Radical Optimism in 3 WEEKS ~ aaaaahhh it’s all bloody kicking off!!!"The music video really leans in to the aquatic theme of the album cover and the making-of video that Dua s shared. It
A24One of the most hotly anticipated films of the year is out Friday.Ex Machina and The Beach veteran Alex Garland s Civil War depicts a modern-day United States at war with itself, through the lens of several reporters trying to cover the carnage. Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley Henderson play the reporters caught in the middle of the conflict.London-born writer and director Garland tells ABC Audio there were two specific things he wanted to explore: "One was just to do with this ambient situation that exists in America, but also exists in my country, in lots of European countries and actually globally in the Middle East, Asia, South America, which is just [this] very polarized, populist, divisive space that we found ourselves in."He adds, "And the other side of it was to do with journalism. And trying to put journalists as heroes front and center, because journalism has been under attack for a long time."He expre
Todd Owyoung/NBCMaroon 5 frontman Adam Levine dropped by The Tonight Show on Wednesday, April 10, to talk about the band s upcoming Las Vegas residency dates and their new album. He also joined host Jimmy Fallon for one of his recurring bits, "Wheel of Musical Impressions."Recalling Maroon 5 s Las Vegas debut last year, Adam noted that it was a challenge at first, since the audiences had a more casual interest in the band, as opposed to the rabid fans that attend their regular concerts. However, he says the experience was also "something different for the band, and it kind of injected new life into the way we perform."Besides, added Adam, the luxury of playing the same venue every night does make it "kinda just feel like home."Adam also offered a preview of what fans can expect from Maroon 5 s upcoming album their first since 2021 s Jordi, due out this year which he says will be a throwback to their old sound."I think for the first time in ki
Warner Bros. PicturesThe trailer for Lady Gaga s new movie, Joker: Folie à Deux, has arrived, and it combines violence, explosions and . ballroom dancing?The trailer is set to a rendition of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "What the World Needs Now Is Love." First we see Joaquin Phoenix s Joker aka Arthur Fleck in prison, where he meets Lady Gaga s Harleen Quinzel, soon to become his partner in crime, Harley Quinn."I m nobody," a bedraggled-looking Harleen tells him. "I haven t done anything with my life like you have."We then see Joker in full makeup onstage, clutching a microphone, while Harleen and Fleck seem to watch from the audience. "Let s get outta here," she whispers to him. Suddenly, she s in full glam, waltzing with Joker, intercut with footage of her wearing her normal clothes, waltzing with Fleck in traffic.Next is a montage of Gaga and Phoenix as Harleen and Fleck, and also as Joker and Harley. Someone asks Fleck, "Tell us,
Warner Bros. PicturesThe night of April 9, Warner Bros. released the teaser trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux. Starring Joaquin Phoenix who won an Oscar for playing the title character, aka Arthur Fleck, in the blockbuster 2019 original the sequel also stars Lady Gaga as the Clown Prince of Crime s eventual queen, Harley Quinn.The trailer is set to a rendition of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "What the World Needs Now Is Love." First we see Phoenix s Fleck in prison, where he meets Gaga s Harleen Quinzel, who is clearly an admirer."I m nobody," a bedraggled-looking Harleen tells him. "I haven t done anything with my life like you have."We then see Joker in full makeup onstage, clutching a microphone, while Harleen and Fleck seem to watch from the audience. "Let s get outta here," she whispers to him. Suddenly, she s in full glam, waltzing with Joker, intercut with footage of her wearing her normal clothes, waltzing