Karl

Songs were Karl Wallinger’s compass, melody his north star. When I interviewed him in 2012, over shepherd’s pie at the Groucho Club, he described himself as being a “song creature all my life”. The best tracks by World Party, whom he fronted, sound like a man trying to cram all the love and joy of his own fandom into four minutes, to distil the essence of Bob Dylan, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, Van Morrison, the Beach Boys, perhaps above all the Beatles, into one bubbling, funky, heartfelt and slightly…

Karl Wallinger, the Welsh-born musician, composer and frontman of World Party, has died at the age of 66.His death was confirmed in a statement from his publicist, who said Wallinger was “presciently ahead of his time”. According to the statement, Wallinger died on Sunday; no cause of death was given.A gifted songwriter, he penned songs such as World Party’s Ship of Fools, Put the Message in the Box, Is it Like Today? and She’s the One, which was covered by Robbie Williams in 1999.Born Karl Edmond de Vere Wallinger in…

Karl Wallinger, the mastermind behind the neo-psychedelic pop classicists World Party who also played in the Waterboys during their early years, died Sunday at age 66. His family confirmed his death through his publicist.Unabashedly steeped in vintage sounds, World Party crackled with Wallinger’s sonic invention and melodic craft, gifts evident on the modern rock hits “Ship of Fools,” “Way Down Now,” “Put the Message in the Box” and “She’s the One,” a song Robbie Williams took to No. 1 in the United Kingdom. Pop…

Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas is set to come on board for ‘The Bluff’ directed by Frank E. Flowers. The project might also star Karl Urban, who is known for the streaming series ‘The Boys’, as he is in talks for the project. Flowers, who also co-wrote ‘The Bluff’, has also written ‘Bob Marley: One Love’, which has been on top spot for the past two weeks. The movie shot past $120 million worldwide, reports Deadline. Set in the 19th century Caribbean, ‘The…

Mortal Kombat's 2021 reboot made enough noise to warrant a sequel, and with filming recently concluded on Mortal Kombat 2, viewers are no doubt eager to see the next chapter in the violent franchise. Fortunately, the first film kept enough characters alive for there to be a sequel, and it's even brought on newcomers to play Kombatants who didn't make the first movie, like Karl Urban as the popular Johnny Cage. Below, we'll break down every actor confirmed so far for Mortal Kombat 2, as well as a little bit about who…

Like so many Hollywood productions this year, Mortal Kombat 2, which kicked off principal photography in June, was forced to stop filming due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. However, with this labor dispute now over, the sequel to the 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot has finally resumed rolling cameras. Karl Urban, who’s playing Johnny Cage, celebrated returning to set by sharing a cute Instagram post.Fresh off his reprisal of Billy Butcher in the season finale of The Boys spinoff Gen V, Urban is back to working on Mortal Kombat 2…

One might feel particularly put off – in view of Vladmir Putin’s (and thus Russia’s) abominable war on Ukraine raging since February 2022 – having to read a book on the erstwhile Soviet Union, that scours the ghostly traces of a lost civilisation, the “Soviet lifeworld” even though the Soviet Union is gone. But as we don’t stop reading about America even though it bombed Japan and Afghanistan, or about Japan despite the Nanking Massacre of 1937-38, cultural historian Karl Schlögel informs us that he was triggered to…

A teen falls in love with another girl—to her surprise!—while she’s exploring the world of fantasy roleplaying games in Christen Randall’s upcoming debut YA novel The No-Girlfriend Rule. The book’s not out until March of next year, but io9 has a first look at the cover as well as an excerpt to share today.Finding Uhura’s Confidence in Strange New Worlds | io9 InterviewHere’s a summary of the book:Hollis Beckwith isn’t trying to get a girl—she’s just trying to get by. For a fat, broke girl with anxiety, the start of senior…

The 2021 Mortal Kombat movie (which was much better than it had any right to be) ended with a tease and a promise: the film’s main character Cole (Lewis Tan) says he’s going off to Hollywood. “What’s in Hollywood?” he’s asked. “Not what... who,” he says, before the camera pans to a poster for a movie starring Johnny Cage.Thanks, Last of Us. Thanks a Lot. | The Last of Us Episode 7 ReviewThe implication, of course, is that Cole is heading to Hollywood to find the brash actor turned Mortal Kombat combatant who has been in…

The Boys star tipped to play MK’s arrogant megastar Whispers out of Tinseltown are suggesting that Karl Urban is in final talks with New Line to portray arrogant Hollywood star Johnny Cage in the studio’s upcoming sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat. According to TheWrap, Urban, perhaps best known for playing the titular role in the excellent Dredd (2012), as well as portraying Billy Butcher in the smash hit Amazon show The Boys, is rumored to be on the cusp of accepting the role, which will see him don the wraparound shades…