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TMZSports.com LeBron James and Kyrie Irving were one of the greatest 1-2 punches in NBA history -- so says NBA vet Tristan Thompson ... who tells TMZ Sports he has nothing but praise for his old teammates. TT's comments come after Irving recently admitted on the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast that he and LeBron would have won more championships together if he had been more mature. Of course, that admission has to sting a little bit for Thompson (hey, at least he got one off the Warriors!!) ... but he explained to us Bron and Kyrie will always hold a special place in his heart after what they accomplished in 2016. "I win a 'ship with somebody, they're always my favorite," Thompson said. Tristan knows firsthand what the two guys are capable of -- he was a part of the Cavaliers team led by James and Irving that erased a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals to beat the Golden State Warriors ... and was a key role player in the series. Before the breakup, LBJ and … [Read more...] about Tristan Thompson Says LeBron And Kyrie Are One Of Greatest Duos Ever

Getty Kendrick Lamar ’s new Apple and Spotify-crashing album ”Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” isn’t even 24 hours old and it’s already creating major shockwaves in rap and live music! The 18-track effort features Ghostface Killah , Summer Walker and Baby Keem , with beats from Pharrell , Alchemist , Boi-1da and, as the " TMZ Hip Hop " crew will tell you ... it’s a lot to unpack. TMZ Hip Hop As we reported, he opened up a conversation about transgender tolerance , an extremely rare topic in hip hop, addressed the COVID-19 controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving -- and, on the song "Worldwide Steppers," revealed his new baby boy's name is Enoch. He's the little guy K Dot's wife, Whitney , is cradling on guy on the cover. 'Mr. Morale' marks the first Kendrick album in over 5 years, and he's apparently ready to be outside -- partnering with Amazon Music and CashApp to announce The Big Steppers Tour , which will co-star … [Read more...] about Kendrick Lamar Announces Massive 65-Date ‘Big Steppers’ Tour

Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans square off in a battle of wits, guns, and questionable facial hair choices in the new trailer for The Gray Man , set to arrive July 22 on Netflix . In the film, Gosling stars as Court Gentry — otherwise known as the titular “Gray Man” — a CIA operative plucked from a prison to carry out the agency’s various under-the-radar wetwork assignments. Evans, meanwhile, plays Lloyd Hansen, a former CIA cohort who’s been enlisted to take out Gentry for reasons that are unspecified in the trailer. The only clue offered about the motive behind this cat-and-mouse chase is when Gentry says he “has something they really want” while looking at a locket. But who needs more context in a trailer when a goatee’d Gosling and Evans, sporting a “trash stache” (Gentry’s words in the clip), are destroying buildings and raising havoc on city streets in the name of American intelligence? Along with Gosling and Evans, The Gray Man boasts a stacked cast that also … [Read more...] about Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans Duke It Out With Guns, Facial Hair in ‘The Gray Man’ Trailer

Roadside Attractions’ faith-based family comedy Family Camp opened to $1.42 million and is no. 9 of the top 10 ten this weekend on 854 screens. One of the strongest specialty openings this year, the film saw a release campaign led by WTA Media lean heavily into the faith-based audience with strong grassroots marketing to churches and ministry organizations, an active digital and social presence and partnerships with the K-LOVE and Air1 faith-based radio networks. Star Tommy Woodard and Eddie James (The Skit Guys) have promoted the film at their live events for the past six months. Top performing markets were centered in the Midwest and South and include LA/Orange County, Dallas-Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Phoenix, Oklahoma City, Nashville, and Sacramento for the story of two polar-opposite families that find themselves reluctantly sharing a cabin for a week away at church camp. With a highly coveted camp trophy at stake, dads Tommy and Eddie end up lost in the woods. … [Read more...] about Faith-Based ‘Family Camp’ Pitches Tent In Top 10 Carried By Midwest, South – Specialty Box Office

Shakira stopped by The Tonight Show to discuss her new gig as a judge on NBC series Dancing with Myself and took the opportunity to show off her TikTok dance skills. In a segment titled “Watch It Once TikTok Challenge,” Shakira proved she is the queen of rhythm. In the clip, Shakira joined host Jimmy Fallon to replicate two popular TikTok dances: one choreographed to “Jiggle Jiggle” by Duke and Jones with Louis Theroux and one by Shakira herself. The singer also discussed her recent single, “Te Felicito,” which dropped in April. She explained to Fallon that she doesn’t put out new music very often because her priority is to her kids, but added, “when I do it, I focus. I had to dedicate like three months to just prepare the video.” “Te Felicito” sees Shakira teaming up with Latin music’s reigning showman Rauw Alejandro for a collaboration that blends electro-pop, funk guitars, and a thumping reggaeton beat. The video for the single, directed by Jaume de la Iguana and … [Read more...] about Shakira Proves Her TikTok Dance Skills on ‘Fallon’

Archewell has named public relations vet Ashley Momtaheni as EVP of Global Communications. She starts May 30. Momtaheni will oversee all communications efforts for the various divisions of the organization which was founded by Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2020. Momtaheni joins Archewell from Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, where she currently serves as VP of Global Communications and Media Relations. Prior to Universal, Momtaheni held positions at United Talent Agency and Annapurna Pictures. As Director of Corporate Communications at UTA, Momtaheni heightened the profile of the company and its agents and led internal and external communications strategies for the firm. At Annapurna, she served as Head of Communications and handled press for their film, interactive, television and theatre divisions. Momtaheni began her career at Warner Bros. and was also previously a producer for ABC’s Good Morning America . The company … [Read more...] about Ashley Momtaheni To Lead Global Communications At Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s Archewell

When she was 23, Sonia Friedman was—to use her expression—thrown into a rehearsal room with Harold Pinter at London’s National Theatre. She was his deputy stage manager during production for the premiere of his one-act play Mountain Language starring theatrical royalty Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins. “I was the person sitting right next to [Pinter],” she recalls. “He would whisper into my ear all the way through,” about how he wanted it to look, where’d there’d be a cue. She says the playwright would make almost no changes to his script. “Though he did at one point add a pause and asked me to write that into the script,” she says, smiling at the memory. It was a life-changing moment for her, working with playwrights who directed their own work. “I fell in love at that point, particularly with new work, watching actors mine something that no one else in the world has ever seen before.” She wanted more of that experience. Until then, she hadn’t really known what … [Read more...] about London West End’s Queen of Drama Sonia Friedman Is Conquering All The World’s Stages — Deadline Disruptors

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Get Ready For It’ ! Man-band Take That have shot a cameo scene for the Greatest Days film that features hits from the group’s song book. Take That members Gary Barlow , Mark Owen and Howard Donald revealed exclusively to Deadline that they joined Greatest Days filmmaker Coky Giedroyc ( Save Me ) in Athens, Greece on Tuesday to shoot a short scene for producer Danny Perkin’s Elysian Film Group production. It was a truly glamorous moment “We play buskers,” Barlow joked. Owen explained that the trio are seen busking at a train station in Athens. They perform the number “Shine”, a song from their 2006 comeback album Beautiful World. ”Yeah, we did the scene once Coky negotiated our ten-minute cameo down to about three seconds,” commented Barlow, to much hilarity from his bandmates who’d gathered in a suite at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes . Owen’s tresses were being coiffed, Donald was dressing and undressing as he tried on different … [Read more...] about Take That Reveal Details Of Their Cameo Roles In Musical Film ‘Greatest Days’ — Cannes

B ackstage at the Rolling Thunder Revue , Allen Ginsberg (who has just dedicated his book of First Blues to “Minstrel Guruji Bob Dylan “) asks the convener of these revels, these winds of the old days, “Are you getting any pleasure out of this, Bob?” The convener, who can use words as if they were fun-house mirrors when he’s pressed, fingers his gray cowboy hat and looks at the poet. The first he had ever heard of Allen Ginsberg and the kind of people he hung out with was in Time around 1958 while he was still a kid in Minnesota. (“I’m Allen Ginsberg and I’m crazy.” “My name is Peter Orlovsky and I’m crazy as a daisy.” “My name is Gregory Corso and I’m not crazy at all.” That had broken up the kid in Minnesota.) Now, here on the road with this hooting, rocking carnival of time present and time past, both perhaps present in time future, is Allen, who has survived serene and curious, in a business suit. “Pleasure?” Dylan finds the word without taste, without … [Read more...] about On the Road With Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and the Rolling Thunder Revue

Writer-director James Gray has been to the Cannes Film Festival in competition on four previous occasions with We Own the Night, The Yards, The Immigrant and Two Lovers but has yet to walk away with a prize. Maybe the fifth time will be the charm? It certainly would be deserving as Gray comes back to his beloved New York City roots with the highly autobiographical and intriguingly titled Armageddon Time . Lest you think that with that title this is more akin to his previous film, the Brad Pitt-starring sci-fi Ad Astra, think again. It couldn’t be farther apart and reps a return to his more frequent thoughtful character-driven family drama explorations rather than space, though that figures in at least one way. With Ad Astra and the exceptional and haunting jungle epic The Lost City of Z ( my favorite of all his films and one of the best of any kind this century), Gray had drifted from the films that brought him to Cannes. But he is back in familiar territory, … [Read more...] about Cannes Review: Director James Gray’s ‘Armageddon Time’