Photos: Kenji Fitzgerald/Brigette LacombeFamily Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has teamed up with a seemingly unlikely collaborator Oscar-winning movie legend Martin Scorsese to save some cartoons. The Seth MacFarlane Foundation and Scorsese s The Film Foundation are funding The Film Foundation s first-ever restoration of a "curated selection of historically significant animated shorts" from the 1920s through the 1940s.Included will be nine films from animation legend George Fleischer, the creator of icon Betty Boop, among many other characters.A program of the restorations, titled Back from the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts, will premiere during Turner Classic Movies 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival at its Hollywood Boulevard location on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. PT, with an in-person introduction by MacFarlane.Seven shorts directed by Dave Fleischer will be screened, including Koko s Tattoo from 1928; 1935 s Little Nobody; The Little Stranger and Greedy
Courtesy of EMI Records NashvilleReleasing new music is more than an obligation for Tyler Hubbard. To him, it s an artistic avenue to offer glimpses of his life to fans."I think that s part of the goal. Sharing my art with the world is just letting them into who I am even more and getting to know one another and [hopefully] that connection through music," Tyler shares in a press interview. "That s really powerful and special."After a year of playing songs from his 2023 self-titled debut album, Tyler says he s learned what resonates with fans and what doesn t, and has used that knowledge to create his newly released sophomore record, Strong."I feel like this year, for the first time after putting out my debut album, I was really able to meet and connect with my fans for the first time and see what they want and see what they were resonating with, connecting with, seeing what was missing [in the set] or what was r
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
Disney/Scott KirklandAfter kicking off the first three shows of his Killed the Cowboy Tour, Dustin Lynch is officially in the groove of things and ready for an exciting trek."We ve got the plan down and we ve got some reps under our belts now. So now it s just about getting comfortable," Dustin told ABC Audio at Sunday s CMT Music Awards.Comfort, however, was recently shaken up when one of Dustin s band members had a family emergency to attend to, almost leaving them drummer-less."We had a big wrench thrown into the mix. My drummer just had a baby two nights ago. So [on Saturday night], believe it or not, it was like, Okay, will the show go on? And it did," Dustin recounts. "His drum tech jumped up on and absolutely crushed it for us.""You know, the show must go on, and I m just so blessed to be surrounded by such professional, awesome people," the country star adds.Dustin s saddling up for
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