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SC Films International has taken on the role of international sales partner for the family film ‘Grow’

Starring Golda Rosheuvel and Nick Frost

The family film Grow, starring Golda Rosheuvel (Bridgerton) and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz), is currently being showcased at the 2024 American Film Market (AFM) in Las Vegas. It is set for a 2025 release and is produced by Double Nickel Entertainment, in association with Sky and Orogen Entertainment. SC Films International handles global sales rights.

Directed by John McPhail (Anna and the Apocalypse), Grow centers on Dinah Little, a grumpy farmer played by Rosheuvel, who reluctantly takes in her niece Charlie (Priya-Rose Brookwell) from an orphanage. The story unfolds in the “Pumpkin Capital of the World,” where the highlight of the year is a high-stakes pumpkin-growing contest with a huge cash prize. With a special affinity for plants, Charlie enters the contest but faces sabotage and a genetically engineered rival. As Charlie nurtures her pumpkin, a bond grows between her and Dinah.

In addition to Rosheuvel and Brookwell, the cast includes Nick Frost, Tim McInnerny, Jane Horrocks, and comedian Alan Carr. The film’s production team includes Adam Richman, Jenette Kahn, and Joe Capotorto of Double Nickel Entertainment. Nick Guthe, Christos N. Gage, and Ruth Fletcher Gage wrote the screenplay.

Supporting cast includes Joe Wilkinson (After Life), Kathryn Drysdale (Bridgerton), Fisayo Akinade (Heartstopper), and Sharon Rooney (Barbie).

Grow is produced with Sky and commissioned by Andrew Orr, Head of Original Film at Sky UK. The film will be released globally in theaters and on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland in 2025. SC Films CEO Simon Crowe expressed excitement about the project, calling it a “funny and uplifting film for all the family.”

Executive producers from Sky, Orogen Entertainment, SC Films International, and Screen Scotland, among others, are supporting the film.

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Healing and Vulnerability: A Deep Dive with Dani Meza of the crushedvelvets

For Dani Meza of the crushedvelvets, having lived through one aneurysm and two strokes only fueled his desire to make the most of his life and all it has to offer, especially with music. Meza’s latest album with the crushedvelvets centers around themes of healing and vulnerability, stemming from a personal journey of learning to ask for help and reflect on past relationships. This exploration of intimacy and honesty led to an outpouring of creative inspiration.

When discussing the challenges of revisiting these relationships further, Meza acknowledges the fear and discomfort of vulnerability, mainly due to his upbringing, which encouraged emotional restraint. He and I share a desire to break away from these old habits and embrace a more open approach to expressing emotions through music. Another aspect of Meza’s creative process is the importance of boundaries while being emotionally open and vulnerable; he shares that these boundaries are necessary for safety and emotional health. Although Meza is naturally shy, he will take the time to feel comfortable with others.

Dani Meza and thecrushedvelvets

While discussing selecting musicians for their album, Meza initially connected with a producer, Chris Schlarb, who suggested musicians that fit the desired sound. Meza mentioned specific musicians like Carey Frank and Danny Frankel, highlighting their impressive backgrounds and willingness to be part of the project. Meza desires to collaborate with other talented musicians, like bassist Anna Butters, noting the challenges of narrowing down potential collaborators.

Read on to discover Dani Meza’s unique music favorites!

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Kasablanca has released Side A of their debut studio album, ‘Higher Resolution’

Kasablanca has released the first half of its debut album, Higher Resolution, featuring 11 tracks, including seven new ones. Since its 2020 debut, the duo has rapidly gained prominence in the dance music scene, particularly with its hit collaboration “Run” with Lane 8, which has over 40 million streams. Known for its captivating live performances, Kasablanca has played at major venues and festivals worldwide.

In 2023, they sold out their first headline tour but faced challenges when frontman Mickey was diagnosed with cancer, leading to a brief hiatus. They returned with the collaboration “Remission” and have since released three additional singles, including the viral anthem “Breathe,” a cover of The Prodigy’s 1996 hit.

Higher Resolution takes fans on a musical journey, featuring standout tracks like “Clarity,” a crowd favorite at recent shows. Kasablanca will embark on their Higher Resolution Album Tour starting October 12 across North America. Tickets for their tour are available here. The album is now available on Anjunabeats. Stream their album here.

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Iconic duo Tears for Fears debuts new track ‘Astronaut’ and liver version of ‘Head over Heels’

'Tears for Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film)' is set to premiere worldwide on October 24 and October 26.

Tears For Fears is releasing a new song, “Astronaut,” alongside a live version of their hit “Head Over Heels” on their first official live album, Songs For A Nervous Planet, out October 25. The album includes four new studio tracks and highlights their recent performances from the Tipping Point Tour. The song “Astronaut” reflects themes of alienation and escapism, with Curt Smith describing it as a moment of emotional release. The album includes 4 new studio tracks, including “Astronaut” and the previously released song “The Girl That I Call Home.” Listen to/share “Astronaut” and “Head Over Heels (Live)” HERE, while you can watch the official music video for “Astronaut” below:

“‘Astronaut’ started out during the sessions for The Tipping Point,” recalls Curt Smith. “Once we realized that we were going to end up doing more than just one new track for this album, Roland sent me the original recording of ‘Astronaut’ and I had forgotten how good of a song it was as it gives you a sense of release. It’s a horrible comparison but it’s the sorbet in between courses where you just can have a little breath and just float away. Forgive the pun but that’s the feeling the song has.”

Smith firthers, “Emotionally it’s about this guy who doesn’t feel he belongs here and wants to be an astronaut floating out into space…a lot of people identify with the emotion of that song, that sense of alienation.”

A concert film titled Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) will premiere in over 1,100 cinemas worldwide on October 24 and 26. The film showcases the band’s classic hits and new favorites, emphasizing their evolution as a live act. They will host a three-night live event at Fontainebleau, Las Vegas, from October 30 to November 2, 2024, to celebrate the album and film. Tickets are available now at tearsforfears.com.

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On creating the album and film, Smith shares, “We decided to film the live show last year. I think a lot of people don’t know that we are a good live band, actually! They see a duo, and they think it’s going to be two people with a couple of keyboards and a bunch of backing tapes, and that’ll be it. Over the years, we’ve vastly improved since our heyday back in the Eighties.” Roland Orzabal adds, “We’ve never released an official live album, so you could say this is an album forty years in the making.”

Songs For A Nervous Planet

Tracklist

  1. Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad
  2. The Girl That I Call Home
  3. Emily Said
  4. Astronaut
  5. No Small Thing (Live)
  6. The Tipping Point (Live)
  7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Live)
  8. Secret World (Live)
  9. Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Live)
  10. Long, Long, Long Time (Live)
  11. Break The Man (Live)
  12. My Demons (Live)
  13. Rivers of Mercy (Live)
  14. Mad World (Live)
  15. Suffer The Children (Live)
  16. Woman In Chains (Live)
  17. Bad Man’s Song (Live)
  18. Pale Shelter (Live)
  19. Break It Down Again (Live)
  20. Head Over Heels (Live)
  21. Change (Live)
  22. Shout (Live)

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Book excerpt: ‘The Midnight Club’ by Margot Harrison

About the Book:

Four friends. A campus reunion. A dark new way to relive the past.

It’s been twenty-five years since The Midnight Club last convened. A tight-knit group of college friends bonded by late nights at the campus literary magazine, they’re also bonded by something darker: the death of their brilliant friend Jennet junior year. But now, decades later, a mysterious invitation has pulled them back to the pine-shrouded Vermont town where it all began.

As the estranged friends gather for a weeklong campus reunion, they soon learn that their host has an ulterior motive: she wants them to uncover the truth about the night Jennet died, and she’s provided them with an extraordinary method—a secret substance that helps them not only remember but relive the past.

But each one of the friends has something to hide. And the more they question each other, the deeper they dive into their own memories, the more they understand that nothing they thought they knew about their college years, and that fateful night, is true.

Twisty, nostalgic, and emotionally thrilling, The Midnight Club explores that innate desire to revisit our first loves, our biggest mistakes, and the gulf between who we are and who we hoped we’d be.

About the Author:

MARGOT HARRISON is the author of four young adult novels, including an Indies Introduce Pick, Junior Library Guild Selections, and Vermont Book Award Finalists. She grew up in New York and now lives in Vermont. The Midnight Club is her debut adult novel.

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Purchase ‘The Midnight Club’ at HarperCollins, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and BookShop.org

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Kylie Minogue has announced her new album Tension II, a collection of 13 songs set to be released on October 18 via BMG.

The lead single "Lights Camera Action" will be released on September 27, and the highly anticipated Tension Tour is scheduled for 2025

Kylie Minogue has announced her new album Tension II, set for release on October 18 via BMG. The collection features 13 tracks, including nine brand-new songs and collaborations with artists like The Blessed Madonna, Orville Peck, Bebe Rexha, Tove Lo, and Sia. Check out “Edge of Saturday Night” with The Blessed Madonna here.

The lead single, “Lights Camera Action,” will be released on September 27. Kylie expressed her excitement for the Tension era, stating she wasn’t ready to end it yet.

Kylie said: “The Tension era has been so special to me … I can’t possibly let it be over just yet! Welcome to ‘Tension II’.”

The tracklist includes dance floor anthems, continuing her exploration of electronic music. Pre-order Tension II here.

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Tension II Tracklisting:

1. Lights Camera Action

2. Taboo

3. Someone For Me

4. Good As Gone

5. Kiss Bang Bang

6. Diamonds

7. Hello

8. Dance To The Music

9. Shoulda Left Ya

10. Edge Of Saturday Night (with The Blessed Madonna)

11. My Oh My (with Bebe Rexha & Tove Lo)

12. Midnight Ride (with Orville Peck & Diplo)

13. Dance Alone (with Sia)

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Book excerpt: ‘The Banned Books Club’ by Brenda Novak

Book Summary: 

For fans of Elin Hilderbrand, a riveting exploration of family, sisterhood, and the transformative power of literature. When two sisters, one a free spirit at the helm of a rebellious book club, the other a conventional woman locked in the clutches of an unhappy marriage are forced into a reluctant reunion by their mother’s illness, they must confront past ghosts that rock the entire community.

Gia Rossi was considered a bit of a rebel in her small hometown of Wakefield, Iowa ever since she challenged the gaggle of well-meaning but misguided women from the PTA who’d insisted the high school English department, drop a number of “controversial” titles from the reading list. Gia had expected her favorite teacher to stand up for the books she loved by explaining why they were so important. Instead, just to avoid a fight, he’d caved in immediately, which was what had incited her to start The Banned Books Club.

That was the first time Mr. Hart had let her down, but it wouldn’t be the last. Because of him she left her hometown when she turned eighteen and graduated. But now, with her sister begging her to return home due to their mother’s failing health, Gia will come face to face with the beloved teacher who was fired after she reported him for sexual misconduct. Gia’s return has the town divided between those who believe her and those who believe she ruined Mr. Hart’s life. Even members of her beloved book club–who’ve continued to meet virtually over the years–aren’t sure who to believe.

Gia’s homecoming dredges up a lot of pain from her past. Her relationship with her sister has always been strained but there’s no denying that Margot has taken on the burden of caring for their mother and now it’s Gia’s turn to help. She’s grateful to have the time with her mother and to come to terms with what happened to her in high school. What she doesn’t expect is for her sister to use Gia’s arrival as the opportunity to pack up her kids and leave town to escape her emotionally abusive husband. With the support of an unlikely ally, Gia is able to prove that Mr. Hart really was to blame for his own downfall, supports her mother and her sister when they need her most and finds love and a future in the town she thought rejected her.

Author Bio:

New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Brenda Novak has penned over sixty novels. She is a five-time nominee for the RITA Award and has won the National Reader’s Choice, the Bookseller’s Best, the Bookbuyer’s Best, and many other awards. She also runs Brenda Novak for the Cure, a charity to raise money for diabetes research (her youngest son has this disease). To date, she’s raised $2.5 million. For more about Brenda, please visit www.brendanovak.com.

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Purchase ‘The Banned Books Club’ at HarperCollins, BookShop.org, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon
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Kevin Smith has hired Bear McCreary to compose the soundtrack for his new film, The 4:30 Movie

Kevin Smith’s new film, The 4:30 Movie, debuts this week with an original soundtrack by award-winning composer Bear McCreary. Set in the 1980s, the film follows three 16-year-old friends who sneak into movies and learn life lessons when one invites his crush along. The soundtrack, available on all digital platforms via Sparks & Shadows Records, features McCreary’s synth-heavy, nostalgic score. This collaboration marks McCreary’s third with Smith, following their work on Masters of the Universe: Revelation and Masters of the Universe: Revolution. McCreary’s score includes original songs like “Astroblaster and the Beaver Men” and the end-credits track “24 Karat Case of Love,” which McCreary describes as a tribute to the 1980s.

The film and original soundtrack are out now here.

“Bear McCreary made magic with The 4:30 Movie, composing a sonic salute to the ’80s era that’s as much a time tunnel to 1986 as it is a joyful movie score,” says Smith. “The closing banger he and his brother, Brendan, wrote and recorded for the end credits, “24 Karat Case of Love,” is the greatest ’80s radio hit that never happened!”

Adds McCreary, “I was thrilled to join Kevin Smith to score The 4:30 Movie, his nostalgic odyssey back to the 1980s. Inspired by his sweet-natured story, I had a blast writing a synth-soaked score oozing with arpeggios, drum machines, and hair-metal riffs, backed with classic symphonic orchestration. A highlight was collaborating with my brother, Brendan McCreary, on the film’s two original songs, “Astroblaster and the Beaver Men,” which evokes that ’80s futuristic-rock aesthetic, and the film’s end title song, “24 Karat Case of Love,” which feels like a lost synth-pop gem from the neon-tinged, balmy summer of 1986.”

Listen to Bear McCreary’s The 4:30 Movie soundtrack. The trailer and information about the movie are available at The 4:30 Movie.

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Out Now: ‘From the Vaults (Vol. 3)’ by Peggy Lee

Includes rare tracks, Jimmy Webb's 'Didn't We' and other previously unreleased gems

Capitol Records, Universal Music Enterprises, and Peggy Lee Associates have released Peggy Lee: From the Vaults (Vol. 3), the latest in a digital series of rare tracks by Peggy Lee. This volume features 13 previously unreleased or rare songs recorded between 1951 and 1972, including works by Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, and Steve Allen and alternate versions of known tracks. Highlights include “Didn’t We” by Jimmy Webb, which was recorded in 1969 but never included in Lee’s albums, and “I Love You But I Don’t Like You,” a 1951 track co-written by Lee. The collection also includes unreleased jazz standards and non-album singles, with future volumes planned to feature duets and collaborations. Peggy Lee’s catalog will be available for digital streaming through this series.

Of Lee’s recording, Jimmy Webb offers: “The Peggy Lee cover of my song ‘Didn’t We’ is an exquisite reading and a typically well-crafted vocal performance that Ms. Lee was known for. Each word is given special significance, which is a vocal skill rarely heard today. To hear her voice on this lost recording of one of my songs is a warmly welcomed surprise.”

“From the Vaults (Vol. 3)” includes four alternate versions of Peggy Lee’s songs: a rearranged take on “Uninvited Dream” from 1957, a different version of “A Taste of Honey” from her 1963 Grammy-nominated album, an alternate of “Me and My Shadow” from the B-side of her 1969 Grammy-winning single, and a revised version of “I’ll Be Seeing You” from her final Capitol album in 1972.

From the Vaults (Vol. 3) Track Listing
Dates in parentheses denote recording date

1. I Love You, But I Don’t Like You (Heinie Beau, Peggy Lee) (5/16/51)
2. Tonight You Belong to Me (Lee David, Billy Rose) (5/16/51)
3. Would You Dance with a Stranger (Giovanni D’Anzi, Ray Miller) (12/17/51)
4. Ev’rytime (Tony Iavello, Mel Leven) (2/18/52)
5. Uninvited Dream (Burt Bacharach, Sammy Gallop) (4/22/57)*
6. A Taste of Honey (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) (1/3/63)*
7. This Could Be the Start of Something Big (Steve Allen) (5/31/63)
8. Maybe This Summer (Arthur Altman, Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino, Al Stillman) (6/18/65)
9. Stop Living in the Past (Howlett Smith) (6/18/65)
10. Me and My Shadow (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) (1/29/69)*^
11. No More (Toots Camarata, Bob Russell) (2/12/69)
12. Didn’t We (Jimmy Webb) (10/14/69)
13. I’ll Be Seeing You (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) (4/28/72)*

*alternate version
^previously unreleased

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Book excerpt: ‘Zetas Till We Die’ by Amber and Danielle Brown

Author Bio:

Amber and Danielle Brown both graduated from Rider University where they studied Communications/Journalism and sat on the editorial staff for the On Fire!! literary journal. They then pursued a career in fashion and spent five years in NYC working their way up, eventually managing their own popular fashion and lifestyle blog. Amber is also a screenwriter, so they live in LA, which works out perfectly so Danielle can spoil her plant babies with copious amounts of sunshine.

Book Summary:

“The Browns deliver their trademark mix of steamy sex and social commentary in an easy-to-binge package. This is bound to please fans of Shonda Rhimes.” —Publishers Weekly on Perfect Little Lives

SISTERS…FOR LIFE.

It’s been ten years since Priscilla and her Zeta Phi Zeta sorority sisters graduated college. Ten years since they were all in the same room together. Ten years since one of them died. And now Lupe’s killer has been released from prison on a technicality, days before their ten-year reunion.

Priscilla decides that the party must go on; Lupe would have wanted it to. And besides, an epic reunion bash might be the perfect distraction. Back together, the Zetas party like it’s 2012, and it’s wild, just the way it used to be. Maybe too wild. At least everyone makes it out alive this time…or so they think.

When one of them doesn’t return home after the party, Priscilla begins to realize that there might be more to Lupe’s murder and that someone is out for blood. With the murderer in their midst circling closer and closer, the Zetas are forced to confront what really happened the night Lupe died—and the secrets each of them swore to keep.

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Purchase ‘Zetas Till We Die’ at BookShop.org, Harlequin, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Books-A-Million, and Apple Books

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