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Is Michelle Dead on ‘Brilliant Minds’? Brian Altemus Talks Cliffhanger and Charlie Reveal

by jummy84 December 2, 2025

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The fall finale of Brilliant Minds Season 2 reveals Charlie’s true motivation for joining Wolf’s team: His new boss was his mother’s doctor when she died.
Brian Altemus discusses Charlie’s confrontation of Wolf, including what he meant to do with that address where his dad, Noah, supposedly is.
The episode ends with a dramatic cliffhanger involving Michelle, setting up an all hands on deck situation for the show’s return in 2026.

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Brilliant Minds Season 2 Episode 10 “The Resident.”]

The truth about Charlie (Brian Altemus) and just why he wanted to work for Wolf (Zachary Quinto) is revealed in the Brilliant Minds Season 2 fall finale. What a way to end the 2025 run of episodes!

Charlie lets Wolf in on that fact in the middle of a gala. As he explains, he got into medicine because his mother’s doctor sold his family a fantasy about her getting better when she was dying, and he wanted to make sure to tell his patients the truth. After, Charlie reveals to Wolf that his father drank himself to death after his mom’s death, and so he’s been alone since he was 14. Wolf tries apologizing, but Charlie refuses to forgive him. Instead, he gives him the address where his father is — Noah (Mandy Patinkin) left Wolf at the beginning of the season — and, since not processing trauma can break a person, wants to see who breaks first.

As the fall finale ends, Wolf goes to the address and, when no one answers, breaks in. Plus, Van (Alex MacNicoll) thinks his girlfriend Michelle (Stacey Farber), who had been hesitant to attend the gala, just didn’t show up, but she’s really unconscious in a car after a crash. Uh-oh!

Below, Brian Altemus breaks down the fall finale and teases what’s ahead after that cliffhanger.

This fall finale has major moments for Charlie. How much of his backstory had you known from the beginning? Had you known about his mom and everything from the beginning of the season?

Brian Altemus: Not from the beginning of the season. By the time we were filming Episode 4 or 5, I was starting to piece a little bit more and more together. Michael Grassi does an incredible job of giving information, teasing information, even for us, so we’re kind of jumping in the deep end of what we imagine and just going 110% in that direction, just trusting that the writers have something really good lined up for us, and they continue to do so.

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Why do you think he wanted Wolf to know that now, at this point, who he really is?

Charlie’s conscious of not leading patients to the same painful experience that my mom went through, and the family that goes along with those patients. He’s seeing it live happen in action. Jorge Torres, he’s seeing the pain that can come from a mother watching her son go through treatment that Charlie doesn’t think is necessary. So it’s really about making sure that the patients that he’s seeing aren’t going through the same pain.

So, he feels like, “If not now, when?”

Yeah. And, “Why is someone else going to have to live through this pain that I’ve already lived through?” and “I want to stop.” I mean, I feel like everyone in some little type of way, unless you’re the Joker, you want to alleviate some kind of pain and suffering in the world, and this is Charlie’s way of doing that.

Charlie doesn’t accept Wolf’s apology when he tells him he’s sorry. He says, “Let’s see who breaks first.” That’s chilling. What does he want to see in Wolf? Is it what we’re seeing in the flashforwards? Is it something else? Is he kind of not sure? Did he set out with a specific goal in mind?

It’s a loose goal. It’s definitely a takedown stance. He does not want to see him practicing medicine the way that he has been, and if that means his medical license is revoked, his medical license is revoked. If that means he changes his ways, he changes his ways. I don’t think Charlie has a good idea of what it exactly means. He just knows he’s coming in to change things.

Charlie gives Wolf what he says is his dad’s address, leading to Wolf breaking into that place, wherever it is. What does Charlie want to accomplish there? Just making Wolf think his dad was close and didn’t want to see him? Also, it’s like, what would be more cruel: that it’s actually Noah’s address or for him to make Wolf think it is?

Yeah, right. I mean, the mental game there is tough, I mean — I can’t ask the question back to you. I think it’s incredibly demonic to give an address that’s not actually his address and to say that it is. I mean, going on a wild goose chase for something not there is sadistic, to say the least. So I’d like to say that that is his address because if not, we take a whole different direction with Charlie. We take the direction of a literal psychopath and not in the, “He’s crazy. Oh my God, he’s crazy.” I mean in the literal sense of the word. So I would like to keep him as much as he is going for revenge, and he has a vendetta. He’s not psychopathic. So I like to think that is actually his dad’s address.

But then you also never know if it’s still the address, if it was once his address, if he’s there…

If he’s there, if he’s not, and who knows.

Talk about filming that scene with Zachary, going head-to-head. It was so good.

I mean, not only that scene, but the scene in the end of [Episode] 8. When I imagined this role doing the auditions and going through the callbacks and whatnot, I mean, this is what you’re preparing for. So just like any good game or any good match, you know what you’re headed for, and you’re kind of preparing all along the way for that. So when the day comes, you’re nervous, you’re excited, you’re just above all prepared so that you can do whatever it is that they’re asking you to do in the moment. And also, I mean, the way that showrunners run the show is fantastic. I mean, I got to actually speak with the writers, with Michael, with DeMane [Davis, director] about the direction we wanted to take the scene and the physicality of it, the movement, all of it. And so by the time we got there, everyone was just kind of buzzing, and then you just throw everything against the wind and into the wind and let it go. So it was one of my more fun days on set, for sure.

That’s not the only mystery at the end of this episode. There’s the matter of Michelle in that car accident on the way to the gala, and that kind of feels like it’s going to be an all-hands-on-deck situation where everyone has to put any conflicts aside when the show returns. What can you preview about that? Is that what we’re going to see?

Exactly that. The show does a great job of handling conflict and showing compassion through conflict, and there’s an incredible amount of compassion saying, “Hey, I know things aren’t good between us right now, but we really have to be there for something bigger than what’s going on between us.” And as much as they have their personal vendettas, they are in the field of care, and they’re going to care for the people, for anyone, but especially people they care about to begin with, they’re going to put aside their differences.

There are all these mysteries about these flashforwards. We’ve seen Charlie in a couple of them. Should we be wondering if there’s any sort of connection between Charlie and Amelia?

I’m going to leave that one up for time. We will see, I don’t even know if they’re on the same wavelength, if they have the same goal. I know that they definitely have some shared interests. We’ll see if they collaborate or corroborate.

When you were filming the flashforwards we’ve seen so far with Charlie, how much did you know about what’s going on there? Was it just what you needed to know for that scene?

Just what I needed to know for the scene and guessing all the ways in which it could go, and then saying, “OK, we did a take in this direction. Let’s go 150% in that direction. Let’s do a take in this direction.” Because that’s the beauty of writing as we’re going, and I don’t know where we’re headed, so you give them options.

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December 2, 2025 0 comments

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The Osbournes reveal Ozzy was secretly hospitalised two weeks before final gig

by jummy84 November 13, 2025

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The Osbournes have revealed that the late Black Sabbath icon Ozzy Osbourne was secretly hospitalised just two weeks before his final concert.

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The Prince of Darkness passed away in July at the age of 76, just 17 days after he played one final show as the frontman of Black Sabbath at a concert at Villa Park in Birmingham.

Now, in the first episode of The Osbournes Unfiltered podcast since Ozzy’s passing, Sharon, Kelly and Jack remembered the metal pioneer, revealing several unknown things about his final year.

While Ozzy had long been battle a number of medical conditions and setbacks – including Parkinson’s Disease – Jack shared that “things started getting worse” in the first week of December last year, when Ozzy “took a little fall”.

Later on in the podcast episode, the family opened up to reveal that Ozzy had been hospitalised just two weeks before his final concert with Black Sabbath, and no one knew. Reflecting on Ozzy’s hospitalisation.

While they didn’t reveal why Ozzy was hospitalised in that instance, Sharon turned to Jack with a funny story: “The story, I don’t think even you know it, we had him in the hospital and we were just terrified that people were going to find out.”

“So we had all the security and the hospital – the hospital was amazing, they really were – the people at the front desk were told ‘nobody, if they ask for Ozzy, he’s not here. Nobody’s allowed up’, all of that. They had pictures of all of us who were allowed up, and names, and this guy comes up and says ‘I want to see John Osbourne (Ozzy’s legal name)’ so of course there’s a red light and they go ‘who are you?’ and he goes ‘I’m his brother.’”

“So they call up to the security, and they say ‘Ozzy’s brother is here,’” Sharon continued. “‘He’s asked to see him. He knows he’s here.’ I’m like, there’s no way, his brother doesn’t even know he’s in here. His sisters, his brother didn’t know. So I sent security down and I said ‘find out who this guy is, he’s definitely from the press.’”

“They’re not the most polite in the world, they’re the most threatening. This guy kept saying ‘He’s my brother, he knows I’m coming.’ After harassing this poor man, there was [another] John Osbourne in the hospital, and it was his brother. We felt so terrible.”

Osbourne had experienced a number of health issues in recent years, including a 2019 fall that aggravated an earlier spinal injury, requiring numerous surgeries. In addition to suffering pneumonia and a longstanding infection, he had also been diagnosed with a form of Parkinson’s.

Ozzy Osbourne at Black Sabbath’s ‘Back To The Beginning’ in Birmingham. Credit: Ross Halfin

Recently, Jack Osbourne said the final Black Sabbath show became a “living wake” for his late father Ozzy Osbourne. Speaking to Good Morning America he shared his memories of being present for the final show. “Before he went on stage, I ran back into the dressing room and I just gave him a big hug and I just kissed him and I just said, ‘Crush it, you’re going to do so good’,” he explained.

“I was in the crowd and I was with my brother and we both were just crying – it wasn’t because of feeling sorry for him, it wasn’t because we were sad for him, I think it was because we knew it was the last time…In hindsight, it kind of was a living wake, if you think about it. He got to say goodbye to everyone.”

The final stage of Osbourne’s life has been captured in the new BBC documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, which is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer for UK viewers here.

In poignant scenes at the end of the doc, Ozzy reflects on the experience of playing in front of 44,000 people for one final time. “The only thing I really got… what was terribly frustrating for me, I had to sit there instead of running across the stage,” he said. “That was fucking torture, because I wanted to get off that [chair] so much.”

He continued: “It was very humbling, to sit in that chair for nine songs. What a great way to go out, that gig was.”

Another new documentary, Ozzy: No Escape From Now, details the Prince Of Darkness’ final six years is available to stream on Paramount+ now. Osbourne’s memoir Last Rites was also published in October and included Ozzy speaking about a heart problem days before his passing and how the late Friends actor Matthew Perry once attended AA meetings at the Osbourne’s house.

November 13, 2025 0 comments

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The Big Reveal! Salman Khan’s Battle Of Galwan Release Date Leaked, Fans Are Going Crazy | Glamsham.com

by jummy84 November 6, 2025

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Salman Khan’s upcoming film, Battle of Galwan, is steadily progressing toward completion and is likely to release in June 2026. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the Bollywood superstar’s return to the big screen, and new updates suggest the film is shaping up to be one of his most powerful performances yet.

According to a report by Bollywood Hungama, filming began in September 2025 in Ladakh, where a major portion of the movie has already been shot. The team has reportedly completed several demanding and high-intensity action sequences against the rugged mountain backdrop. A source close to the project revealed, “The shoot will wrap up in December, after which director Apoorva Lakhia will fully focus on post-production. A June 2026 release is being seriously considered, though July or August could also be possible depending on the release calendar.”

Directed by Apoorva Lakhia, Battle of Galwan draws inspiration from the 2020 Galwan Valley clash between Indian and Chinese troops — a confrontation that became one of the most defining and emotional moments in recent Indian military history. The film highlights the bravery and sacrifice of soldiers who fought without firearms, using only hand-to-hand combat, sticks, and stones. With its gripping storyline and stellar performances, Battle of Galwan is expected to stand as a heartfelt cinematic tribute to the Indian Armed Forces.

Recently, speculation about Amitabh Bachchan’s involvement in the film spread online after Lakhia shared photos of himself with the veteran actor on set. However, the director clarified that Bachchan was not part of the movie, explaining, “He was shooting for a commercial in a nearby studio, and I simply went to meet him.”
While the release date is yet to be officially confirmed, Battle of Galwan is already one of 2026’s most anticipated Bollywood films.

November 6, 2025 0 comments

TV & Streaming

Albania Propaganda Archives Reveal a Passion for the Cinematic

by jummy84 November 2, 2025

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Roland Sejko’s doc “A State Film,” culled from a vast archive of official footage made under the regime of Albanian strongman Enver Hoxha, is a fascinating study in the power of image and myth.

Screened in the main competition at the Czech Republic’s primary annual nonfiction film event, the Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival, the compilation of carefully constructed images for the masses contains much to unpack, says Sejko.

“I’ve been working for several years with propaganda film archives — first with Istituto Luce Cinecitta, and also with the archives of the Albanian communist regime,” Sejko says. “Both contain thousands of films created to construct a political narrative, often with striking cinematic ambition.”

The genre is one Sejko explored in his previous film, “The Image Machine of Alfredo C.,” screened in 2021 at the Venice film fest. That film tells the true story of an Istituto Luce cameraman who filmed Mussolini and fascist propaganda, and, eventually, the head of communist Albania.

“It was a hybrid film, but during its making I realized that the vast Albanian film archive — and the central figure of Enver Hoxha — had never been narrated exclusively through their own images.”

So Sejko, as a professional archivist and head of the editorial department for Italy’s Cinecitta Luce, set about analyzing and curating from the decades of state propaganda films.

“The Albanian propaganda newsreels and documentaries clearly bear the mark of Eastern Bloc cinematography,” Sejko says. “The first Albanian camera operators were trained by Soviet masters — starting with Roman Karmen, the legendary chronicler of revolutions and wars.”

“There was never a manual for the propaganda cameraman, no written rulebook for how to film a regime. Yet something invisible governed their images. A First of May parade filmed in communist Albania looks strikingly similar to one filmed in Moscow or Bucharest or Sofia in the same years.”

Indeed, the images of cheering worker heroes and dancing girls in traditional folk garb seen in “A State Film” are hauntingly familiar.

Spanning the post-WWII years, with Albanians urged to “obey and execute the laws of the government” while honoring heroes’ bloody sacrifices, the footage makes clear Hoxha’s devotion to Stalin and Yugoslavian dictator Josip Broz Tito.

Outsize portraits of all three are hauled down endless streets as crowds of obligatory fans parade their wheelbarrows, shovels and carbines. Praises are sung for industry while defensive bunkers, of which Hoxha build hundreds of thousands, withstand test blasts, proving their readiness to stand up to decadent imperialist forces from the West.

Dogs and guinea pigs are sacrificed, presumably to test exposure to potential gas attacks.

And all the while, there’s always another rousing patriotic song for the peasants to sing.

“It is not just the cameraman’s technique that creates this resemblance,” Sejko says. “It is the vision of the world being shown: always the same choreography of collective joy.”

That said, as audiences take in “A State Film,” they begin to perceive that the images have been somehow distilled. Then they may notice the soundtrack, with the original heavy-handed narration replace by the sounds of the breeze in trees, birds chirping and feet tramping unpaved roads.

“In official propaganda films — newsreels, documentaries, parades — the narrator’s voice was not descriptive but prescriptive: it told viewers what to think. Replacing it with another commentary, even a critical one, would have meant repeating the same mechanism.”

“So I removed not only the voice but the whole original soundtrack, keeping only what was real — applause, songs, speeches. I built a new, realistic soundscape with footsteps, murmurs, creaks, silences, as if the scenes had been recorded live. This new texture restores the images’ physicality and opens a space where sound itself becomes a narrative tool.”

Add to this the intercutting of footage from Hoxha’s personal archive, showing moments away from the cheering masses, invariably featuring drives in the dictator’s favorite black Mercedes, and a striking contrast emerges.

These motifs take on a symbolic value, according to Sejko, and suggest the loneliness and isolation of power. “A State Film” raises the question of how forms of propaganda have changed, while also forcing uncomfortable realizations as to how many of the classic tropes are still being rolled out today.

“A State Film” has been described as demonstrating “how the archive is not just a repository of images, but a tool for interpreting and rewriting history.”

Indeed, the chilling parade of carefully staged scenes does seem to transcend the framework of national history, and, as the director says, explore the function of the image in the political sphere, and its ability to create collective memory.

November 2, 2025 0 comments

Bollywood

Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh Reveal Daughter Dua’s Face For FIRST Time In Diwali Post

by jummy84 October 22, 2025

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Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh made Diwali extra special for their fans. After months of keeping their daughter away from public eye and requesting fans and media to refrain from clicking and sharing her pictures, the ‘Bajirao Mastani’ couple have finally introduced their daughter, Dua, to the world. That’s right! In their celebratory Diwali post, Ranveer and Deepika shared the first pictures of their baby girl. Scroll below to check out all the pictures they shared and fans reactions to it.

Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh Introduce Dua To The World On Diwali

Taking to their Instagram handles last night, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh shared a joint post wishing fans and online friends on the occasion of Diwali. Sharing cute family pictures – featuring baby Dua for the first time, they wrote in Devnagiri script, “Deepawali ki hardik shubhkaamnaayein.”

Taking about the picture-perfect images shared, it featured, Deepika and her little on one twinning in red ethnic outfits, while Ranveer complemented them perfectly in a cream kurta and jacket. Dua looked super adorable in her ethnic ensemble complete with two ponytails and a bright smile.

In one of the five pictures, Dua is seen playfully biting her fingers and pointing into the air as her parents lovingly watch her. The last picture in the carousel captures Deepika and Dua participating in Diwali puja, radiating with warmth and love.
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In the 13 hours since being uploaded, the couple’s joint post had garnered around 6.5 million likes and over 87 thousand comments. The actor’s Bajirao Mastani co-star, Priyanka Chopra commented on the post by simply writing “God Bless” and a kissing heart emoji. Actress Preity Zinta too took to the comments section and wrote, “So cute” along with a fire and two heart emojis. Ayushmann Khurrana and Rajikummar Rao also commented on the post by writing “Such a perfect mix” and “So Cute. God Bless you guys” respectively.
Shilpa Shetty dropped in some hearts and nazar emojis while Bhumi Pednekar and Neha Dhupia showered love with red hearts. Dia Mirza also joined in the happiness by writing, “Happy Diwali Dua All our love and blessings “ Thousands of fans also took to the comments section and showered love and blessing on the trio through their words and emojis.
Baby Dua was born on September 8, 2024. In November, nearly two months post her birth, the couple announced her name to world – Dua. Deepika and Ranveer shared that the name was inspired by the their mutual love for poetry and music, symbolising gratitude and hope
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October 22, 2025 0 comments

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Photos: Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh Reveal Their Daughter Dua’s Face on Diwali

by jummy84 October 21, 2025

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Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have finally shared photos of their daughter Dua on the auspicious occasion of Diwali. The little one was born to the couple on September 8, 2024. They have always been private about their daughter and even requested the paparazzi not to click and circulate photos of their little one. However, today, the Jawan actress took to social media to share a couple of family photos featuring her, Ranveer and Dua.

The mother-daughter duo twinned in red outfits while the Gully Boy actor looked handsome in a white ensemble. He paired a kurta with trousers and a Nehru jacket and completed his look with a golden neckpiece. Deepika was dressed in a red suit with golden patterns, and her daughter wore a similar outfit. In the pictures, the actress can be seen carrying her baby girl in her arms while Ranveer holds them from the other side. Dua smiled adorably for the pictures. In one of the photos, she can be seen sitting on her mother’s lap while she performs a puja. Captioning the post, Deepika wrote in Hindi, “‪Heartiest wishes of Diwali”

Take a look at the pictures:

October 21, 2025 0 comments

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Knock 3 Times to Reveal These Secrets About Now and Then

by jummy84 October 20, 2025

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6. All four lead girls had a “wild crush” on Devon Sawa, Birch admitted. But, like, didn’t everyone have a thing for the Casper star in the ’90s?

“There was some kind of contest, I remember they said, ‘Get with Devon,'” Todd revealed. “We were like, ‘What does ‘get with’ mean?!'”

7. While Sawa politely said “no comment,” Birch wasn’t so tight-lipped, revealing his Casper co-star Ricci won the contest. “She got out front,” Todd spilled, “and the other girls weren’t happy about it.”

Said Sawa, “I was the only 15-year-old boy with the cast of the hottest young girls in town, so it was a lot of fun.”

8. But in an interview with E! News, Sawa credited Ricci with getting him cast as Scott. “We got along quite well in the small amount of time I did work on Casper,” he explained. “She just remembered and recommended me and I put myself on tape and I got it. We hung out a lot during the shoot.”

October 20, 2025 0 comments

Music

Super Furry Animals reveal why they turned down Oasis and U2 support slots in first interview in almost a decade

by jummy84 October 13, 2025

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Super Furry Animals have explained why they turned down the chance to support Oasis and U2, as well as a slot on Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage, in their first interview since 2016.

Speaking to Uncut, the Welsh five-piece also touched on an argument with Bruce Springsteen’s drummer, as well as their ‘Love Kraft’ 20th anniversary reissue later this month.

Frontman Gruff Rhys explained that they turned down Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage for ‘Rings Around The World‘, their 2001 album, because “our sound guy couldn’t do it, he was on holiday in France,” and a support slot on Oasis’ 1996 Loch Lomond shows, because “we were below The Bootleg Beatles on the bill.”

Of a potential tour with U2, he said it didn’t happen “because the flat fee they offered couldn’t cover our expenses.”

Rhys looked back on an appearance on Late Night With David Letterman, in which the band “got into a row” with Bruce Springsteen’s drummer, Max Weinberg, who also worked as Letterman’s bandleader.

“We asked his brass section to do our gig in New York, and he caught wind,” Rhys explained. “We weren’t trying to poach his brass section, but he flew into our dressing room … it was unpleasant.”

The band, meanwhile, are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2005 album ‘Love Kraft’ with a reissue on October 24. It’ll be available on double vinyl, 2CDs, including the 22-track bonus CD ‘Kiss Me With Apocalypse’, and digital formats. You can pre-order and pre-save it here.

The album saw all of the band’s members contribute songs and lead vocals for the first time, with Rhys telling Uncut that “it was just the band evolving” and “didn’t feel forced”.

They’re also heading out on their ‘Supacabra’ UK and Ireland tour next year in their first run of live shows since 2016. The run of nine shows will begin at Dublin’s 3Olympia on May 6 and finish with two shows at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on May 22 and 23. Take a look at the dates below and find any remaining tickets here.

Super Furry Animals’ 2026 dates are:

MAY
06 – Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre*
08 – Glasgow, The Barrowlands*
09 – Glasgow, The Barrowlands*
14 – Llandudno, Venue Cymru*
15 – Llandudno, Venue Cymru*
16 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena**
21 – Manchester, O2 Apollo*
22 – London, O2 Brixton Academy***
23 – London, O2 Brixton Academy****

*supported by Getdown Services
**supported by Getdown Services and Melin Melyn
***supported by Honeyglaze
****supported by The Bug Club

The band also recently shared one of the four previously-unheard tracks set to feature on the ‘Love Kraft’ reissue. Listen to ‘Rock N’ Roll Flu’, which features lead vocals from drummer Dafydd Ieuan, here.

October 13, 2025 0 comments

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Wicked: For Good director teases “extraordinary” reveal

by jummy84 October 12, 2025

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It’s only a matter of weeks until the release of Wicked: For Good, the anticipated follow-up to the box-office-smashing Wicked: Part One.

The film will see Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande reprise their leading roles as Elphaba and Glinda, with this second instalment set to be more emotional than the first. The recently released trailer surprised many fans with just how much was included, including the appearances of the Tin Man and the Scarecrow.

And it’s those character reveals that are really set to take viewers’ breath away, according to director Jon M. Chu.

Speaking during a panel talk at the London Film Festival 2025, Chu shared: “Wait until you see the Tin Man and the Scarecrow. These are not digital effects. These are real, physical makeup and hair. And it is extraordinary.

“I couldn’t show anybody here, but when you see it, when you look at it, know that there was no room for error on it. And the team that did it is just incredible.”

The glimpses we get of both characters in the trailer are definitely ones for the books, and the fact that they’re not digital effects makes them that bit more impressive. We’ll just continue patiently counting down the days until the release of Wicked: For Good for now!

After the dramatic ending of Wicked: Part One, things took quite the turn for Elphaba and Glinda as the true intentions of both the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) and Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) became all too clear.

With the whole of Oz being indoctrinated to think of Elphaba as wicked, this upcoming second film will dig even further into the consequences for both women, who were once best friends.

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Cynthia Erivo told Variety of the second part: “We’re diving deeper into the consequences of the characters’ choices. The story is richer, and the stakes are higher. It’s not just a continuation; it’s a transformation.”

Speaking about what it was like to shoot the second film, Ariana Grande also told Variety: “Shooting For Good was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.

“It was such a long and emotional process. I kind of left my body. We filmed it over the course of a week, and it stayed with me. I haven’t even seen the final cut yet because I’m not sure I’m ready to feel all of it again.”

Wicked: For Good is scheduled for release on 21st November 2025.

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October 12, 2025 0 comments

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RUSH Reveal How They Chose Anika Nilles as Their New Drummer

by jummy84 October 6, 2025

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RUSH surprised fans on Monday morning with the announcement of a 2026 North American tour, marking their first shows in 11 years. Even more surprising may have been their choice of drummer to fill the shoes of the late Neil Peart: the relatively unknown Anika Nilles.

Interestingly, RUSH frontman Geddy Lee first mentioned Nilles’ name in a 2023 interview with The Guardian, saying, “I heard this drummer the other day, I think her name is Anika. She played on the last Jeff Beck tour and I thought was she was terrific.”

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On Sunday night, October 5th, at a press event at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland (as transcribed by Ultimate Classic Rock), Lee revealed how Nilles became RUSH’s new drummer.