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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThere is, it’s fair to say, nothing more important to the movies than actors.The right performance can tip a film into the realm of greatness; a bad one can doom an otherwise promising project to mediocrity or ridicule.What would There Will Be Blood be without Daniel Day-Lewis at its centre? Would The Godfather still sparkle without Al Pacino and Marlon Brando? These are not questions…

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who is known for chartbusters like ‘Shape of You’, ‘Perfect’, ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and others, is in Mumbai. The singer visited a school in Mumbai and spent time with his young fans, as he played songs for them and sang along with them. The singer-songwriter is set to perform in Mumbai on March 16. On Tuesday, Ed Sheeran took to his Instagram and shared a video of his school visit. The singer wrote in the caption: “Visited a school in Mumbai this…

Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, won the prize for original song at Sunday night’s 96th Academy Awards with “What Was I Made For?,” their existential sigh of a piano ballad from Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster “Barbie.”The siblings’ victory, which followed a win in the same category in 2022 for their Bond theme from “No Time to Die,” made Eilish, 22, and O’Connell, 26, the youngest people ever to win a second Oscar — and the first songwriters since James Horner and Will Jennings to take the song Oscar with a…

The 96th Academy Awards are just around the corner, promising a night of glitz, glam, and undoubtedly, some show-stopping musical performances. But before the trophies are handed out and the next generation of iconic moments are born, let`s take a walk down memory lane and revisit some of the most electrifying live performances that ever graced the Oscars stage. Eminem - “Lose Yourself” (2020):In a surprise appearance seventeen years after winning the award, Eminem took the stage to deliver a powerful…

Dua LipaIt would be inaccurate to say that Dua Lipa is entering her flop era – the first singles from her upcoming album, Houdini and Training Season, are currently in or around the top 20 most streamed songs globally on Spotify. But there’s something a little gimlet-eyed in how they’re written – catchy in a grimly determined rather than breezily natural way – that makes them hard to love, and some mean media types (not me, yet!) are wondering if she could be on the way down the other side of fame’s hill.Well, this…

Peso Pluma has canceled three scheduled performances in Latin America. The musician planned to make stops in Perú, Paraguay, and Chile over the next week but has backed out of those appearances, citing “personal reasons.” Two headlining performances — at Parque Olímpico in Asunción, Paraguay, on Feb. 24 and Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, on March 2 — have been scrapped in addition to Peso Pluma’s appearance at Viña del Mar. The event, scheduled for March 1, would have marked his first appearance at the…

Samuel L. Jackson has been a household staple through his film and TV work for decades. His box office prowess solidified his ubiquity and earned him the title of Hollywood’s highest-grossing actor ever. Whether it is film, television, or stage, Jackson has been feeding the viewers with stellar performances and iconic lines, from prestige films like Django Unchained to the blockbuster Marvel and Star Wars franchises to smaller fare like School Daze.Given his filmography and acclaim, you would think Samuel L. Jackson has…

Tom Hiddleston turns a year older today. The English actor who appeared in film, television series and on stage became famous when he played Loki in Marvel’s Thor movies, even earning himself a series. But on his birthday, here’s looking back at five other performances that deserve to be watched. (Also Read: Tom Hiddleston says Shah Rukh Khan can play a variant of Loki: ‘He would be great’) English actor Tom Hiddleston turns a year older today(Michael Tran/AFP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNyNr2Kp4w War…

When thinking about the ‘80s, there are three actors who immediately come to my mind-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Carl Weathers. And while Schwarzenegger and Stallone are thankfully still alive and active, we recently lost the magnificent Carl Weathers.   As a movie fan, Carl Weathers’ death depresses me, but as a Black movie fan, it's especially upsetting. With Andre Braugher's death still fresh on my mind, Weathers’ death makes for yet another devastating loss.    But, the beauty of film and…

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will not feature late actor Kevin Conroy’s final performance as Batman, according to a new report. IGN has reported that while Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is specifically the voice actors final performance as the character in a video game and as the Arkham version of the hero, Conroy previously recorded two other DC projects that are due for release in the future. According to IGN, one of these projects is the upcoming Amazon Prime Video animated series Batman: Caped…