Performers

Apple Fitness+ is adding new content for the new year. The workout service’s Artist Spotlight series celebrates the Super Bowl halftime show with playlists devoted to recent performers (including this year’s artist, Usher). In addition, new meditations, programs and Time to Walk episodes will arrive soon.The Apple Fitness+ Artist Spotlight series dedicates entire workout playlists (across various exercises) to a single artist. In this case, it will devote them to several: Rihanna (available January 8), Britney Spears…

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels One barely has to wade into a Reddit thread in which workers whine about their employer before encountering something related to shifts. This often focuses on with whom a worker is scheduled and how that makes things better or worse. "Shift work is prevalent in most businesses, and yet it doesn't really fit into…

Jason Statham has made a name for himself in the film industry due to his high-adrenaline movies. As you’ve probably noticed through Statham's best action-packed films, he’s no stranger to playing characters who perform dangerous feats and throw fast-paced jabs at their enemies. Considering all of that, it should come as no surprise that the actor is a major advocate for stunt performers getting their due at the Oscars. -- and the star says he has James Bond to thank for that perspective.Stunts still sadly overlooked at…

Ellie Goulding, Reneé Rapp, Bebe Rexha, Aqua, and Doechii will also make appearances 2024 is a lot closer than you think. On Thursday, Dick Clark Productions announced the lineup for their annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve celebration on ABC. Green Day, Ludacris, Janelle Monáe, Ellie Goulding, and Thirty Seconds to Mars are among those set to perform during the broadcast set for Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET. Other performers include Nile Rodgers and CHIC, Paul Russell, Loud Luxury and Bebe Rexha performing…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe debate around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has refused to abate amid the landmark deal reached between Sag-Aftra and the Hollywood studios. On Tuesday (5 December), Sag-Aftra, the US’s biggest union of actors and screen performers, announced its members had voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying its tentative deal with Hollywood studios – which last month ended the…

If there’s one thing that KISS is going to do, it’s sell out.Sell out concerts on back-to-back nights at Madison Square Garden 50 years after debuting. Sell out out merch at every show for the last few decades. Sell out by trying to jump on the disco bandwagon in the late 1970s. Or sell out by emblazoning its members’ faces on the most benign everyday items, including lunchboxes, action figures and makeup brands. And now, in its latest pursuit of eternal marketability, the “Rock and Roll All Nite” musicians have found a…

The filmmakers breached the U.K.’s Health and Safety at Work Act The producers of F9, the ninth installment of Universal’s Fast & Furious movie franchise, have been fined $1 million after a stunt performer on the film suffered “life-changing” injuries. FF9 Pictures Limited, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, pleaded guilty to breaching the U.K.’s Health and Safety at Work Act last week at Luton Magistrates Court. District Judge Talwinder Buttar fined the company £800,000 ($1 million) and…

In the recent actors’ strike settlement, negotiators faced the unenviable task of finding ways to lock down smart answers to endless tech-transformed Hollywood questions. Nowhere was that task more difficult than to find smart and sensible solutions to very real issues and threats posed by artificial intelligence and its inevitable transformation of media and entertainment. For the most part, the contract’s AI protections are meaningful, setting critical guardrails on issues like replicating actor images,…

SAG-AFTRA members have voted to authorise a new strike against the video game industry, with an overwhelming 98.32 percent in favour. The union claims that 34,687 members cast ballots, representing 24.49 percent of eligible voters. Bear in mind that this authorisation does not guarantee the strike will happen, but that the union members are serious about stopping work if the unions fail to reach a fair agreement with the companies. The voting period began on September 5 and ended on Monday, September 25, ahead of new…

It has become a trend that when singers are performing live, people throw things at them without thinking how harmful it will be for the person in front. Charlie Puth recently addressed the trend of throwing objects at singers during their concerts. Bebe Rexha, Ava Max, and recently, Kelsea Ballerini, were injured by fans at their concerts over the past few weeks.  Charlie took to his Twitter handle on Friday and called out these shameless incidents. He tweeted, “This trend of throwing things at performers while they…