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Biopics don’t get more authorised or anaesthetised than this ploddingly solemn account of reggae legend Bob Marley. A great, or good, movie could have been made about Marley’s sensational career, his musical genius, inspirational asceticism (if not quite humility) and poignant sacrificial destiny as someone who drove himself unsparingly through illness to create a free concert for peace and unity in Jamaica in 1978.But this is a reverent Hallmark Channel-type film made with the family’s cooperation – there’s hardly a…

Disney has been giving its hit movies TV show spinoffs since the dawn of time… Well, the 1990s, but same difference. Pretty much all the Mouse House’s Renaissance era films spawned series of their own — The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules… Not Mulan, though (missed opportunity much?). Curiously, however, this isn’t something that’s particularly popular in the streaming era, outside of short-form content like Frozen off-shoot Olaf Presents. Still, that’s not for lack of trying as projects such as Tiana (a follow-up to…

The godfather of the MCU himself, Robert Downey Jr., might not be in any hurry to return to the Marvel multiverse, given that he’s currently enjoying an awards season career high, but that won’t necessarily stop the studio from continuing the Iron Man brand without him. While there’s no such movie as Iron Man 4 currently on the docket, Disney CEO Bob Iger’s latest revelations about the future of the franchise suggest it’s surely only a matter of time. Speaking at the House of Mouse’s Q1 earnings call, Iger made many…

Disney CEO Bob Iger wants to launch a virtual Disney world, that would be similar to Meta's Metaverse. Disney is also planning to invest $1.5 bn in Fortnite, and have that as a crucial element of Disney's metaverse In a…

Filming a scene as the title mystic in Bob Marley: One Love, Kingsley Ben-Adir was striding across a room in Jamaica when he heard, “Cut!” Marley’s son Ziggy, who was on set, had some input: He told the actor that his father wouldn’t have walked that particular way. “He was going up the stairs,” Marley says, “and I tell him, ‘Listen! When Bob walks, he takes two steps at a time.’ ” Months later, in New York, Ben-Adir re-creates the revised move, his knees almost coming up to his chin. “Everyone was doing an…

Aston “Family Man” Barrett, bassist for Bob Marley and the Wailers, has died aged 77.The news was confirmed on Saturday by Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister for culture, who wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “I share with you my deep regret at the passing of Aston Francis Barrett, popularly known as ‘Family Man’ or ‘Fams’ … He died at the University of Miami Hospital in Florida in the United States early this morning.”Barrett was born in 1946 and grew up in Kingston, where he would help to lay the foundations for reggae and…

Aston Barrett, the Jamaican bassist known as “Family Man” who served as the rhythmic architect for reggae legends like Bob Marley and the Wailers, Burning Spear, and Augustus Pablo, has died at the age of 77. Barrett’s death was announced on social media by his son Aston Barrett Jr. “With the heaviest of hearts, we share the news of the passing of our beloved Aston ‘Familyman’ Barrett after a long medical battle,” Barrett Jr. wrote. “This morning, the world lost not just an iconic musician and the backbone of The…

List of most anticipated movies releasing in February 2024. January is almost over, and for all the cinegoers, we have created a list of February 2024’s Most Anticipated Hollywood Films. The first month started with just a handful of releases, and hardly any succeeded in leaving the audience in awe. But the new month brings hope that the audience will experience engaging stories on the big screen. Check Out the List of February 2024’s Most Anticipated Hollywood Films Argylle Matthew Vaughn’s twisted…

Bob Marley: One Love took a huge step forward by having King Richard’s Reinaldo Marcus Green be the biopic’s director. But another great addition to the musical drama is having One Night in Miami’s Kingsley Ben-Adir play the lead role of Bob Marley. If you want to know just how talented the British actor is, he shares that while he was prepping to play one of Jamaica’s greatest musicians, he was also filming as Ken for Barbie.Kingsley Ben-Adir played one of the Kens in Barbieland alongside Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Scott…

Bob Baffert and his owners have elected not to transfer any of their promising 3-year-olds to other trainers in order to make them eligible for this year’s Kentucky Derby. So, it’s not just Baffert who will be missing from the most well-known horse race in the world, there also won’t be any Baffert horses.“Nobody is going to transfer their horses,” Baffert told The Times. “I just remain focused on training my horses and competing in the big races.”Baffert is in the midst of a two-year ban, that was inexplicably extended…