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Time of India
19 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Monotone magic: The sleek style evolution of Timothée Chalamet
The Dune actor is setting the fashion world abuzz with his bold, theme-inspired red carpet looks. From vibrant pink hoodies to daring metallic jumpsuits, he consistently combines creativity with elegance. His fearless style choices showcase a perfect blend of fun and sophistication. — Deveshi Jhunjhunwala Whether it's his butter-yellow suit at the Oscars or his bright red halter jumpsuit, Timothée Chalamet has been hailed for his fashion choices on the red carpet. The actor, who is counted among the best-dressed men in Hollywood, often matches his red-carpet fashion to the theme of the film he is starring in. His style is synonymous with candy-coloured structured silhouettes that showcase an effortless air of fashion. Stylist Kareena Desai says, 'Timothee's tall, lean frame allows for monotone looks. I feel neutrals are overused and overdone, and I would love to see more people wear colour like he does.' Willy Wonka energy Keeping up with the Candyland theme of Wonka, donned a custom Prada shirt and trouser set for its promotional event. He effortlessly blended his personal style with his work demands. His look, a nod to his role as Willy Wonka, was completed with a diamond necklace and white boots. Powerful in pink The actor was clicked at the Berlin Film Festival for the screening of A Complete Unknown wearing this cotton candy pink hoodie designed by Chrome Hearts, along with matching pink sweatpants and shoes. He elevated this nonchalant aesthetic with a diamond tennis necklace. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Mendaftar Undo He then famously stripped off his hoodie in the freezing cold and flaunted a matching tank top underneath, creating a viral moment for his fans. Daring and dashing At the 2022 Cannes, he sported his most daring red carpet look at the screening of his cannibal romance Bones and All - a custom halter jumpsuit by designer Haider Ackermann. Cut in a metallic red fabric, this almost backless piece featured a draped neck. It was styled with Cartier rings, black shoes and sunglasses, giving it a retro vibe. Smooth as butter Timothee Chalamet has played muse to many celebrated designers, and at the Oscars, he was seen in Sarah Burton's first menswear look for Givenchy. A slight shift from his usual dopamine dressing, this time he opted for a more nuanced approach with the butter-yellow cropped blazer, shirt, and trouser combo. Capturing the cowboy vibe At the SAG Awards, Timothee donned a custom Chrome Hearts and vintage Cartier look. His modern cowboy vibe was enhanced with the leather jackets, pants, and bolo tie. The neon green shirt showcases the staple Timothee pop of colour seamlessly. Esha Amin, celebrity stylist, says "I love how bold and fashion forward is Chalamet's style. He always keeps it classic for his red carpet appearance. Even with his streetwear look he goes casual, but elevates it with chunky sneakers, retro graphics, Chelsea boots and leather jackets." One step to a healthier you—join Times Health+ Yoga and feel the change
Hindustan Times
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Oscars Academy pays tribute to Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh's Lagaan song Radha Kaise Na Jale, fans call it 'iconic'
Fans got nostalgic as The Academy shared a clip of the hit Lagaan song, Radha Kaise Na Jale. Taking to its official page on Instagram, The Academy, which gives out the Oscars every year, posted the video, which featured actors Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh in lead roles. Lagaan hit the theatres in 2001. (Also Read | Javed Akhtar told Aamir Khan not to do Lagaan and Rang De Basanti: 'Hero dhoti mein kaise ho sakta hai') Posting the clip, it captioned the post, 'Love, longing and a little bit of fire in her eyes. Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh performing Radha Kaise Na Jale (vocals by Asha Bhosale and Udit Narayan) from Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film (India) at the 74th Oscars.' Reacting to the post, a fan said, "Hindu prayer song performed by a Muslim, written by a Muslim, composed by a Muslim. Welcome to India, folks." A person wrote, "Lagaan is simply ICONIC: the story, the dialogues, the cinematography, the background score, the music and of course the performances from the whole cast. A true classic of Hindi cinema." A comment read, "Legendary movie and musical score." A post shared by The Academy (@theacademy) An Instagram user said, "This song and dance performance is awesome." "Lagaan was groundbreaking! This soundtrack is so good!" said another fan. "This movie deserved Oscars!!!" commented another person. "Can't believe it's been 25 years. Such an iconic movie. Getting nostalgic," read another comment. "Musicals used to be so good, what happened to the game?" asked another fan. A social media user wrote, "Best song ever." Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) is an epic period musical sports drama film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film received widespread appreciation from critics and fans. Lagaan was made on a budget of ₹25 crore. The film also stars Suhasini Mulay, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajendra Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, Rajesh Vivek, Raj Zutshi, Akhilendra Mishra, Daya Shankar Pandey and Yashpal Sharma. It also featured British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne.
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Sony Music Vision Producing Documentary On Lisa, Blackpink Singer, Solo Artist & ‘White Lotus' Star
From Blackpink to White Lotus, the career of Thai singer, rapper, dancer, and actress Lisa is exploding. Now a documentary is in the works about Lisa's past year when she took a break from the K-Pop group to go solo for the first time, while dazzling with her acting debut in the hit HBO drama (she also found time to perform at the Oscars and appear solo at Coachella). Award-winning filmmaker Sue Kim (The Speed Cubers, The Last of the Sea Women) is directing the film titled simply LISA. She tells Deadline she just completed the documentary's final shoot with Lisa in South Korea, where the singer was reunited with Blackpink. Fresh from Seoul, Kim took part in Sony Music Vision's first ever content showcase in Hollywood Thursday night, explaining her vision for the project. More from Deadline 'White Lotus' Season 3 Mystery Solved By Mike White's Pal Sarah Silverman Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Soundtrack: All The Songs You'll Hear How Alex Gibney And Billionaire Wendy Schmidt Forged A Plan To Keep "Impact Storytelling" Alive 'We've all seen Blackpink, we've all seen Lisa on stage. But I really wanted to get to know Lisa in her resting state and who Lisa is with her family and with her parents who she's super close to,' Kim said in conversation with moderator Taylor Rooks. She added that Lisa proved open to allowing access to her inner circle. 'She was actually texting her friend group from Bangkok, her childhood friends, and immediately just told them, 'Hey, we're coming to Bangkok. We're making a film about my life. I want you to be part of it, and we just have to be how we are with each other,'' Kim recalled. 'As soon as I found out that that's the message she was sending them, I had a great feeling. I knew immediately that Lisa was a very willing participant in this story, which isn't always the case with celebrity docs. And I knew that she would give us the access and the intimacy that not just I was hoping to get, but that I know that the world wants to see.' Lisa, 28, was born Lalisa Manobal in Buriram, Thailand. She made her first appearance with Blackpink in August 2016; in the years since, BP has become the most successful female K-Pop group of all time. 'When Sony Music Vision first approached me about telling this story, I was immediately interested, not just because I have such an admiration for her, but I also knew the very specific place she was in life which was she was taking a hiatus from Blackpink for a year,' the filmmaker commented. 'So many people in her position I think could have just taken a break, caught up on sleep, caught up with friends, or simply just stayed in their swim lane… I knew she was going to be premiering in her acting debut in The White Lotus, which she'd never acted before, and that's an insanely visible, beloved TV series, and that takes a lot of guts, a lot of courage to make that your acting debut. I also knew she was going to be recording a solo album, and I knew that musically she was going to be stepping away from K-Pop and exploring her musical identity.' Sony Music Vision is producing LISA in partnership with LLOUD CO./RCA Records and Tremolo Productions (the latter Oscar winner Morgan Neville's company). At the showcase at Neue House, SMV also unveiled footage from Frank Marshall's upcoming Barbra Streisand documentary, Baz Luhrmann's film EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, as well as details on a documentary in production that's following Oasis musicians Liam and Noel Gallagher as they embark on a world tour. The Marshall Plan Marshall, a five-time Oscar nominee and Irving G. Thalberg Award winner known for Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic World, The Color Purple and much more, first encountered Streisand on a film set more than 50 years ago. 'I was Peter Bogdanovich's assistant and location manager on What's Up, Doc? in 1972, and that's where I first met Barbara,' he said at the content showcase. 'It was sort of a film school for me.' Alex Gibney is producing the Streisand project, with Marshall directing. The two previously collaborated on Sinatra: All or Nothing at All, with Gibney directing that and Marshall producing. 'Barbra had watched a documentary about Frank Sinatra that Alex and I did, and she was considering directors and producers for a documentary that she was doing. She was in the middle of writing her book [My Name Is Barbra],' Marshall recounted. '[Streisand's manager] said, 'Would you be interested, Alex?' And Alex called me and said, 'Hey, let's go out and meet.' And we did and we went out to Malibu, and we met Barbra and it went great. And so we decided to jump on the project and it's been fabulous ever since.' They've been immersed in Streisandiana maintained in a climate-controlled facility in Hollywood. 'We've got to dive into this incredible archive that's over here in Iron Mountain,' Marshall said. 'Unbelievable. So, we're very excited about putting this all together.' Breaking Baz News Baz Luhrmann could barely contain his excitement as he talked about EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. The project continues his exploration of the King, which began with his 2022 narrative Elvis featuring starring Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker and Austin Butler as Presley. 'I would've thought that Elvis had left my building by now,' he cracked. The Australian filmmaker said EPiC defies easy categorization. It's 'not specifically a documentary, nor a concert film: Elvis takes the audience through the journey of his life, weaving never-before-seen footage with iconic performances that have never been presented in this way, from the 1970 Vegas show, on tour in 1972 and even precious moments of the 1957 'gold jacket' performance in Hawaii,' he said. 'Most importantly, Elvis will sing and tell you about his life in first person, through both classic and contemporary musical prisms.' The footage he shared Thursday night shows the extraordinary power of Elvis's charisma, his musicianship, and – how would one put it? – his interesting taste in performance attire. Some of his rhinestone-studded mini-capes, when flared, make him look like a flying squirrel. The EPiC project grew out of his research on the Elvis narrative feature. 'When I was making the film, I had heard of this probably apocryphal footage that existed of Elvis in the Vegas [International Hotel] show, maybe on tour. And I thought that maybe we could find it and reconstitute, actually use it in the movie,' he said. 'I had the funds to get them to go and look for it in the salt mines and rather astonishingly… it not only existed, but we [also] found 59 hours of footage, including anamorphic 35, never before seen; 8mm [film], never before seen, from the '50s.' Only problem? 'There was no sound,' on it, Luhrmann said. 'But what we were able to do, I've been with the wonderful Peter Jackson down in New Zealand, and he's been so kind on this because he's so brilliant at it, is we found [a way] to claw back the sound of some footage that you've seen. And we now know what he was saying in a lot of this footage.' Sony Music Vision is coming off a highly successful run of documentaries leveraging its artist roster and music library. Luther: Never Too Much, directed by Dawn Porter, explored the late Luther Vandross; Usher: Rendezvous in Paris, directed Anthony Mandler, took viewers to the City of Lights with the R&B superstar; Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing, directed by Alison Ellwood, documented the She's So Unusual singer; and I Am: Celine Dion, from director Irene Taylor, revealed the triumphs and struggles of the chanteuse from Québec who has battled Stiff Person Syndrome and yet continues to perform at the highest level (you know what we mean if you saw her sing at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics last summer). The Celine film turned into a huge success. Tom Mackay, president of premium content for Sony Music Entertainment, told the showcase audience, I Am: Celine Dion 'went on to become Prime Video's most popular documentary ever.' Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More Everything We Know About Netflix's 'The Thursday Murder Club' So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery
Black America Web
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
Eddie Murphy & Martin Lawrence Are Officially In-Laws
Source: Chris Haston / Warner Bros. Eddie Murphy made his debut on The Jennifer Hudson Show, and the comedy icon didn't disappoint. In a heartfelt and hilarious conversation, Murphy reunited with host Jennifer Hudson nearly two decades after their iconic Oscars moment. The entertainer also revealed that he and Martin Lawrence are officially in-laws. Read more and watch a clip from the show inside. Murphy revealed that he and Lawrence's families are now bonded through marriage, as their children recently tied the knot in a private ceremony. 'We're officially family now,' Eddie said with a proud smile, referring to the wedding that made headlines. The long-time friends have shared the spotlight for years, starring together in classic films like Life, but this real-life family connection took everyone by surprise—including Hudson, who laughed in disbelief during the reveal. The episode was packed with gems as Eddie opened up about his career, family, and even his unreleased musical collaborations with legends Michael Jackson and B.B. King. He also gave a behind-the-scenes look at his upcoming return to Saturday Night Live for the show's 50th anniversary special and confirmed a Donkey spinoff film is in the works, thrilling fans of the Shrek franchise. Later in the episode, Eddie was joined by his The Pickup co-star Keke Palmer, who brought even more energy to the stage. Palmer shared stories about her son's Blippi-themed birthday bash, her NAACP Entertainer of the Year honor, and working alongside Eddie and Pete Davidson in the upcoming Prime Video action-comedy. She recalled being caught off guard by Eddie's hilarious timing during a serious scene and fangirled over his legendary role in The Nutty Professor. Director Tim Story also joined the conversation, giving fans a deeper look at The Pickup, which blends comedy and action in classic Eddie Murphy fashion. From surprise family news to career milestones, Eddie's Jennifer Hudson Show appearance was a celebratory reunion filled with laughs, nostalgia, and heartfelt moments. As Jennifer put it best, 'You're a legend—and now, a father-in-law to another legend!' Catch The Jennifer Hudson Show weekdays by checking local listings or visit the website for more. Check out a clip from the show below: Play Eddie Murphy & Martin Lawrence Are Officially In-Laws was originally published on
Associated Press
15 hours ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Xcel Talent Launches Dance Convention at DansMusik Fest in Albania, Auditioning European Dancers for U.S. Representation
VLORE, GA, ALBANIA, May 30, 2025 / / -- Xcel Talent Agency, a leading boutique agency renowned for representing top-tier dancers, choreographers, and actors, is set to elevate the global dance scene with the launch of a new dance convention at the highly anticipated DansMusik Fest 2025 in Vlorë, Albania. This exciting initiative, announced by agency founder Aris Golemi, aims to bridge European talent with opportunities in the U.S. entertainment industry through auditions, master classes, and performances, solidifying Vlorë's emerging status as 'The City of Dance ' from August 18-23, 2025. A New Chapter for DansMusik Fest Following the resounding success of the inaugural DansMusik Fest in 2024, which drew over 25,000 attendees to witness a headline performance by world-renowned DJ Steve Aoki, Xcel Talent Agency is expanding the festival's scope to include a comprehensive dance convention. The 2024 event, co-organized with Kuadr Events, transformed Vlorë's Lungomare into a vibrant celebration of music and dance, boosting local tourism and establishing the city as an emerging cultural hub. Building on this momentum, the 2025 edition will feature a week-long program of pop-up performances, spontaneous dance battles, live music, and now, a dedicated dance convention designed to spotlight and nurture talent. The convention, a first for DansMusik Fest, will offer European dancers a unique platform to showcase their skills through workshops led by top choreographers, master classes, and exclusive auditions for representation by Xcel Talent Agency in the U.S. market. 'DansMusik Fest is more than a festival—it's a movement to empower artists and foster cultural exchange,' said Aris Golemi, whose vision for Xcel International continues to redefine the entertainment landscape. Auditioning European Dancers for U.S. Representation A cornerstone of the new dance convention is Xcel Talent Agency's auditions, specifically targeting European dancers seeking representation in the U.S. Xcel, known for its rigorous standards and mentorship approach, represents talent for high-profile projects, including music videos, films, television, commercials, and live performances for artists like Beyoncé, Usher, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Pitbull, and events such as the Oscars and Grammy Awards. The auditions will focus on a variety of dance styles, including contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, and more, welcoming dancers aged 13 and up from all ethnicities. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to join Xcel's roster, gaining access to the agency's extensive industry connections and personalized career guidance. 'We're looking for dancers who embody passion, professionalism, and a strong work ethic,' Golemi emphasized. 'Our goal is to connect Europe's brightest talents with opportunities to thrive on the global stage.' This initiative aligns with Xcel's mission to discover and nurture the next generation of stars, offering European dancers a rare chance to break into the competitive U.S. market. The agency's strategic partnership with other agencies further amplifies its ability to open doors for its clients across major markets like Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville. A Week of Dance and Cultural Exchange The dance convention at DansMusik Fest 2025 will be a dynamic addition to the festival's lineup, featuring master classes led by internationally acclaimed choreographers, workshops to refine technique, and opportunities for dancers to network with industry professionals. The event will also include pop-up performances and dance battles along Vlorë's scenic Lungomare, creating an immersive experience that celebrates the fusion of dance, music, and Albanian culture. 'Vlorë's rich cultural heritage and vibrant energy make it the perfect backdrop for this convention,' Golemi noted. 'We want dancers to leave inspired, empowered, and connected to a global community of creators.' The convention will also foster cultural exchange, with international artists and attendees collaborating to create memorable performances that highlight Vlorë's growing reputation as a cultural destination. Economic and Cultural Impact The addition of the dance convention is expected to further amplify the economic benefits seen during the 2024 festival, which saw sold-out accommodations and increased patronage for local businesses. By attracting dancers, choreographers, and industry professionals from across Europe and beyond, DansMusik Fest 2025 aims to position Vlorë as a must-visit destination for dance enthusiasts and tourists alike. A Vision for the Future Under Aris Golemi's leadership, Xcel Talent Agency continues to push boundaries in the entertainment industry. A former dancer and choreographer with a Bachelor's Degree in Choreography from the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, Golemi's achievements have earned him recognition as one of the top dance agents in US. His agency's boutique approach, emphasizing quality and mentorship, has made it a trusted name for artists worldwide. The launch of the dance convention at DansMusik Fest marks a bold step in Xcel's mission to empower artists and redefine global entertainment. As Vlorë prepares to become 'The City of Dance' in August 2025, dancers across Europe have a unique opportunity to take their careers to new heights with Xcel Talent Agency. 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