Month: June 2022

Amazon Prime Video has shared a teaser trailer for the romantic drama My Policeman, featuring singer and actor Harry Styles.

My Policeman is based on the Bethan Roberts novel of the same name. The story follows Tom Burgess (Styles), a closeted gay policeman living in Brighton, England, in 1957 when homosexuality was illegal. Tom starts publicly dating a schoolteacher, Marion (Emma Corrin), but embarks on a secret love affair with a museum curator, Patrick Hazelwood (David Dawson).

An official film description reads: “Based on the book by Bethan Roberts, director Michael Grandage carves a visually transporting, heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty, and forgiveness.”

My Policeman opens in theaters Oct. 21 and will begin streaming Nov. 4 on Prime Video.

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Beyoncé has officially revealed on Tidal the release date for her new project titled “Renaissance”, set to drop on a July 29th. Fans had been speculating that a new album was on the way when the profile pictures, bios and cover photos from Beyoncé’s social media channels were removed.  On Thursday, her Twitter and Instagram account bios were updated to include “act i RENAISSANCE 7.29.”

Renaissance will be Beyoncé’s first new solo music since 2016’s “Lemonade,”and will mark her seventh album. You can head here to pre-save/ pre-add Renaissance.  In addition, Beyoncé’s website is also offering preorders on Renaissance box sets, featuring four different surprise t-shirt designs. The product listings state the box sets will begin shipping July 29 “upon album release.”

Also on Thursday, Beyoncé revealed that she will be appearing on the July 2022 edition of British Vogue, sharing several photos from the magazine.

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Rina Sawayama has released the music video for her single ‘This Hell,’  taken off her upcoming album, Hold The Girl which is dropping on Sept. 2.

In the video directed by Ali Kurr, Sawayama dons her cowgirl boots while taking aim at bigots across a variety of settings. Sawayama shared her excitement about working with Kurr in a press release:  “It was amazing to get back together with director Ali Kurr for the video for ‘This Hell’. We always like to tell engaging stories through film together, so this one was about love and community in the face of hatred and dissent.”

Check out the video for “This Hell” – here.

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Givēon has announced the dates for his 2022 North American Tour in support of his debut album, Give Or Take.  Fana Hues, Saleka, Jenevieve and Rimon will serve as support Givēon on his headlining tour.

Givēon’s headlining ‘Give or Take Tour’ kicks off Aug. 16 at The Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with dates in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Houston and Los Angeles. The tour concludes Oct. 19 at HISTORY in Toronto, Canada.

Givēon’s first studio album, Give Or Take, is set to drop June 24. Said Givēon: “This album is so personal to me and I can’t wait to share it with all of you. Thank you for all of your love and support. It means everything.”  You can pre-order/pre-save the album:  here.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 17, at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.  For more information, head to Givēon’s website.

Giveon announces 2022 North American headlining tour

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Megan Thee Stallion has joined the cast of Starz’s P-Valley.  The 27-year-old rapper will appear in Season 2 of the drama series. Starz tweeted: “We knew nothing was gettin’ past da #PynkPosse! Ya’ll heard right, thee Houston Hottie herself @theestallion is joining us for season 2!“

P-Valley is based on the play by Katori Hall, who also created the series. It stars Brandee Evans, Nicco Annan, Shannon Thornton, Elarica Johnson, Skyler Joy and J. Alphonse Nicholson. Megan’s voice was heard in Sunday’s episode; the rapper will play the character Tina Snow, named after one of her alter-egos. In addition, Megan has written and recorded an original song for P-Valley that will be featured on the show.

Season 2 follows The Pynk strip club, as it ‘struggles to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, a battle for the throne, and the possibility of some new blood shaking up the locker room.’  P-Valley set a record with its Season 2 debut, drawing 4.5 million multiplatform viewers in the United States alone, up 1,018% from its Season 1 debut.

P-Valley Season 2 airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Starz.

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BTS’s band members—who include RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook—announced they are taking a hiatus in a video posted to social media on June 14.  The K-pop stars didn’t note how long the hiatus will last, but expressed their desire to explore solo projects.

The band said: “.. BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature. You have to keep producing music and keep doing something.  We can’t help but think of our fans no matter what, we want to be the kind of artists that are remembered by our fans. I think now we’re starting to think about what kind of artists we each want to be remembered by our fansI think that’s why we’re going through a rough patch right now, we’re trying to find our identity and that’s an exhausting and long process.” 

As other members teared up as they discussed the break, RM said: “I want BTS to go on for a long time. We have to go through this to do that. I want it to last long and for BTS to last long, I think I have to retain who I am.” 

Jungkook said: “We’re each going to take some time to have fun and experience lots of things. We promise we will return someday, even more mature than we are now.  There’s so much more to come.”

BTS started forming in 2010 after Big Hit Entertainment founder Bang Si-hyuk recruited RM followed by Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, with the band officially debuting in 2013. BTS experienced a surge of popularity in 2015 and had become a global phenomenon by 2017, earning two Grammy nominations, six no. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and an ARMY of fans.

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