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This Romantic Lee Brice Hit From 2014 Initially Made His Wife Angry

  • Lee Brice wrote "I Don't Dance" as a wedding song for wife Sara
  • She got angry after he performed it live before their wedding
  • The 2014 track became his No. 1 hit and album title

Country singer Lee Brice's 2014 hit "I Don't Dance" was originally written as a personal song for his own wedding to his wife, Sara, but the couple's relationship to the track began with an unexpected moment of tension rather than romance. Brice revealed that Sara became angry not…

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Black Box Management Signs ‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’s Rob Lathan

  • Rob Lathan of Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat signs with Black Box Management.
  • He plays "Other Anthony" in the Emmy-nominated Prime Video comedy's second season.
  • Black Box also reps Sue Kim, John Patton Ford and Harper Dill.

Talent management and production company Black Box Management has signed actor and comedian Rob Lathan, whose profile has risen following his role in Prime Video's Emmy-nominated comedy Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat. The signing reflects Black Box's continued expansion of its client roster as the reality-hoax mockumentary format,…

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Christopher Nolan’s Oscar ‘Odyssey’: Can Matt Damon, Monsters and Mythology Deliver Another Best Picture Statue?

  • Nolan's "The Odyssey" is being tipped as a Best Picture contender
  • Film has 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, 89 on Metacritic
  • Follows Nolan's "Oppenheimer" Best Picture and Director wins

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey," his big-budget adaptation of Homer's epic, has opened to strong critical acclaim and is being positioned as a serious Oscar contender, reviving hopes for the long-dormant sword-and-sandal genre at the Academy Awards. The film matters because Hollywood epics of this kind have rarely competed…

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Latin Grammys 2027: The 5 Most Likely Album of the Year Contenders

  • Billboard predicts five album of the year contenders for the 2027 Latin Grammys
  • Nominees announced 16 September; ceremony held 12 November in Las Vegas
  • Contenders include CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Fonseca, Carín León and Rosalía

Billboard has published its predictions for the album of the year category at the 2027 Latin Grammy Awards, highlighting five projects it considers most likely to be nominated. The ceremony's 27th edition takes place on 12 November at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, with eligibility…

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INTERVIEW: Boundaries On Processing Loss, Striving For More & Their New Album

  • Boundaries discuss new album 'Yearning: The Unbeautiful After' with Rock Sound
  • Record is dedicated to three people who died last year
  • Band aimed for a message of resilience despite the grief-driven themes

US metalcore band Boundaries have spoken to Rock Sound about their fourth studio album, 'Yearning: The Unbeautiful After', which is dedicated to the memory of Dave Shapiro, Kendall Fortner and Emma Huke, all of whom died last year. Vocalist Matthew McDougal explained that despite its heavy, grief-laden themes,…

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Overwatch stopping work on Stadium may be an even bigger fumble than PvE

  • Overwatch will stop adding Stadium heroes and maps.
  • Stadium launched strongly but retained only a small player share.
  • The decision reduces a venue for Overwatch experimentation.

Blizzard’s Overwatch team is ending development of new heroes and maps for Stadium, its third-person, round-based mode. The article argues that this may be more damaging than the cancelled PvE project because Stadium had already become a playable outlet for experimentation, offering a distinct alternative to Overwatch’s established…

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Final Fantasy Resonance calls back to the JRPG series’ most sweat-inducing challenge with the jump rope minigame from Final Fantasy 9

  • Final Fantasy Resonance includes a jump rope minigame
  • It echoes the notoriously tough Final Fantasy 9 challenge
  • Move seen as a nostalgic callback for longtime series fans

Final Fantasy Resonance, an upcoming entry in the long-running JRPG series, has revived one of the franchise's most notorious challenges by including a jump rope minigame reminiscent of Final Fantasy 9's Jump Rope challenge. The nod to a fan-favourite but famously difficult diversion suggests the new title is…

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Bill Callahan Is Entering the Audiobook Space

  • Bill Callahan narrates the audiobook of Matthew Schnipper's memoir Rise Above.
  • The memoir details Schnipper's grief after his son Renzo's death in 2021.
  • Rise Above was released 21 July via Random House.

Musician Bill Callahan is stepping into audiobook narration, lending his voice to Rise Above, the forthcoming memoir by former Pitchfork executive editor Matthew Schnipper. The book recounts Schnipper's experience of grief after the death of his son Renzo, who died aged nearly two in 2021. Callahan, the Austin-based…

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Will Ferrell’s First Major TV Role in 5 Years Earns Career-Low Rotten Tomatoes Score

  • Will Ferrell's Netflix show *The Hawk* scores a career-low 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.
  • It's his first big TV role in five years, playing a comeback golfer.
  • Critics are divided, with scores ranging from 4/10 to 7/10.

Will Ferrell's new Netflix series *The Hawk*, his first major television role in five years, has debuted to poor reviews, marking the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of his career. The show, a golf-themed comedy-drama in the vein of *Ted Lasso*, was seen as a highly anticipated return to…

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Roby Attal & Francesca Reale Join Netflix’s ‘This Summer Will Be Different’ As Felix And Bridget

  • Netflix casts Francesca Reale and Roby Attal in new romance series
  • They join Sophie Nélisse in adaptation of Carley Fortune's novel
  • Book sold over four million copies, translated into thirty languages

Netflix has cast Francesca Reale and Roby Attal in key roles for its upcoming series adaptation of Carley Fortune's bestselling novel "This Summer Will Be Different", joining previously announced lead Sophie Nélisse. The casting rounds out the show's central trio, with production moving forward on the romance drama…

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