Riddick - Universal Pictures Home EntertainmentVin Diesel s next adventure as the night vision-enabled intergalactic anti-hero Riddick will get underway on August 26, according to Variety.Riddick: Furya, the fourth film in the sci-fi franchise that started with 2000 s Pitch Black, is named after the character s home planet to which he finally returns, "a place he barely remembers and one he fears might be left in ruins," says the trade, quoting from the movie s logline.It is there, the trade continues, "he finds other Furyans fighting for their existence against a new monster and some of these Furyans are more like Riddick than he could have ever imagined."Aside from comics and video games, the original film also spawned 2004 s The Chronicles of Riddick and 2013 s Riddick, all of which were written and directed by The Fugitive veteran David Twohy, who s back with Vin as star and producer for the fourquel. Diesel has been mum about the project on social medi
Doja Cat prepared for the "Sleeping Beauties" Met Gala theme a bit early. On Sunday, May 5, Doja was spotted wearing what appeared to be a dress designed to look like bed linens. Wrapped in the white sheet, Doja made a trip to a Cartier store with fashion designer Guram Gvasalia. She posted about the outing on Instagram.Amazon Music is giving Dua Lipa fans a brand-new way to listen to her newest album, Radical Optimism. A track-by-track playlist experience infused with commentary from Dua is now available to stream on the platform. With the new playlist, which includes excerpts from Dua s interview with Zach Sang, fans can go behind the scenes of Dua s songwriting process and learn the meaning behind the track "Maria."Two major pop queens met up over the weekend. Janet Jackson stopped by Kylie Minogue s Las Vegas residency show on Saturday, May 4. Janet posted pictures with Kylie to her Instagram. "So glad I got the chance to see my friend @kylieminogue perform
Beth GarrabrantAfter a massive debut, Taylor Swift s The Tortured Poets Department spends a second week at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.As previously reported, the album debuted with 2.61 million units a week ago. In its second week, it sold 439,000 units. Billboard says that s the biggest second week sales for any album since Adele s 25 sold 1.162 million units after its record-setting 3.482 million-selling first week.Meanwhile, Charlie Puth has announced that he s releasing a new song, seemingly inspired by Taylor mentioning him on the title track of her album. On TikTok, he posted a video of himself singing a new song and wrote, “These last couple weeks have been really crazy for obvious reasons, but I wanted to share something with you."“This is a song I wrote about my friend called ‘Hero.’ Sometimes I get a little nervous being overly honest in my music which is why this was sitting on my hard drive for awhile,” he explained. "But I think someone out the
Universal PicturesThe Fall Guy topped the North American box office with an estimated $28.5 million in its opening weekend. The action comedy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, was expected to grab between $30 and $40 million, according to Variety.The movie added an estimated $25.4 million at the international box office, for a worldwide total of $65.4 million.Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, rereleased to honor May the Fourth, took second place, earning an estimated $8.1 million. The film, originally released in 1999, earned an estimated $6.4 million overseas, for a global tally of $14.5 million.Third place went to the Zendaya-led romantic sports drama Challengers, which collected an estimated $7.65 million at the domestic box office. Its two-week global tally currently stands at over $52 million.The second of this week s two major releases, the horror film Tarot, debuted in fourth place with an estimated $6.5 million. It added an estimated $3.7 million overseas, for a worldwide to
Rosalind O Connor/NBC via Getty ImagesDua Lipa pulled double duty on Saturday Night Live on May 4, and she announced that she was determined to make us forget that "Go girl, give us nothing" meme that s dogged her career for years. "Tonight, I promise, I m gonna give you everything!" she declared and proceeded to pretty much do it.In addition to performing two songs from her new album Radical Optimism "Illusion" and "Happy for You" Dua also appeared in every single sketch and prerecorded piece, skipping only the cold open and Weekend Update. She also showed off a variety of accents, including Southern and New York. Here are a few of them:A return of the character from the Ana de Armas episode: Young Spicy, a producer who wants voiceover artists to record sexy intros for his tracks. Dua and Ego Nwodim play the women, who sing increasingly insulting things about him.A Challengers-inspired sketch where Dua plays a woman who collects