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Charlie Hunnam to play serial killer Ed Gein in Season 3 of Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monster’

Charlie Hunnam is the latest star of the next installment of Ryan Murphy’s Monster series. The ‘Sons of Anarchy’ actor, 44, is set to play the role of serial killer Ed Gein – often referred to as “the Butcher of Plainfield” – in the third season of the Netflix anthology series.  Netflix announced Hunnam’s casting on social media, as well as plans to start production next month. No other casting or premiere date have been announced yet.

Each season of the Monster franchise tackles a different true-crime story, with the first season debuting in 2022 regarding serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Season 2 just premiered last month, and focused on the infamous Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, with the case becoming a media sensation in the 1990s when it went to trial.

According to Variety, Gein — who was from Wisconsin — became popular in the 1950s after he was found to have killed multiple people and dug up graves near his home. He then used the corpses to make household items and clothing. Convicted of murdering two women and suspected of killing seven others, Gein died in a psychiatric facility in 1984 at age 77.  He is also said to have inspired numerous horror movie villains including Norman Bates, Buffalo Bill and Leatherface.

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See Cate Blanchett in the trailer for ‘Disclaimer’ on Apple TV+

Apple TV+ will premiere the new limited series Disclaimer, featuring Cate Blanchett. The psychological thriller is based on the Renée Knight novel, with the seven-part television adaptation written and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu mamá también, Gravity).

Blanchett stars as Catherine Ravenscroft, an acclaimed journalist “who built her reputation revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others. When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her deepest secrets and threatens to destroy her family.  As Catherine races to uncover the writer’s true identity, she is forced to confront her past before it destroys her life and her relationships with her husband Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen) and son Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee).”

The streaming service dropped a trailer for Disclaimer, which shows Catherine (Blanchett) try to keep her “deadly secret” as flashbacks show glimpses of a romantic tryst from her past. Meanwhile, the author of the book appears to be a grieving father (Kevin Kline).  Louis Partridge, Lesley Manville, Leila George and Hoyeon also star.

Disclaimer will have a two-episode premiere Oct. 11, followed by new episodes every Friday. See the trailer: HERE.

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Green Day release classic ‘Dookie’ tracks on random household objects for ‘Dookie Demastered’

Green Day’s iconic 1994 album Dookie is being celebrated in a very unusual way. Three decades since Green Day dropped their third studio album, the band is dropping Dookie Demastered,  in collaboration with BRAIN, in which each of the project’s 15 tracks have been incorporated into a series of random household objects.

A press release announcing the news reads: “Instead of smoothing out its edges and tweaking its dynamic ranges, this version of Dookie has been met­icu­lously mangled to fit on formats with uncom­promis­ing­ly low fidelity. The listening experience is unparalleled, sacrificing not only sonic quality, but also convenience, and occasionally entire verses. It’s Dookie, the way it was never meant to be heard.”

Items used on the Dookie Demastered tracks include a Teddy Ruxpin doll, a doorbell, a toothbrush and even an answering machine. The first-of-its-kind “demastered” version of the 1994 album is available in 15 different formats, each more unconventional and purposefully low-quality than the last.

Fans can “play” all 15 formats at a dedicated website, and even enter a drawing for a chance to buy the one-of-a-kind recordings in a drawing that ends on Friday (Oct. 11) at 11 a.m. ET. Per the website, “those deeply familiar with the originals may experience existential disquietude. Extended listening has been known to provoke rage-nausea in audiophiles.

Green Day have been celebrating the Dookie anniversary, as well as the 20th anniversary of American Idiot, on their Saviors stadium tour, which will hit Corona Capital stadium in Mexico City on Nov. 15.

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Weezer to debut live movie ‘Weezer’s Voyage to the Blue Planet: The Concert Film’

Weezer have announced a concert film shot during their ongoing 2024 tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their self-titled debut, aka The Blue Album.

Titled Weezer’s Voyage to the Blue Planet: The Concert Film, it was captured at Boston’s TD Garden on September 10th and will livestream at Moment.co on October 13th and 14th.

The band posted on social media:  “One small step for man, one giant leap for Weezerkind 🚀 On October 13th + 14th, we’re bringing you a very special concert film of The Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour (shot at the Boston show). For all of you that couldn’t make it out to the tour, now’s your chance to come celebrate 30 years of the Blue Album with us! Grab your popcorn 🍿 and your early bird tickets on @momentworld ’til 12pm PT tomorrow, and see you on October 13th + 14th http://moment.co/weezer”

Weezer are also celebrating the Blue Album’s 30th anniversary with an expansive reissue featuring 36 unreleased tracks. Pre-orders are ongoing ahead of its release on November 1st.

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‘Dexter’ prequel series ‘Original Sin’ to premiere in December

Paramount+ with Showtime is detailing the new series Dexter: Original Sin. The prequel series will premiere on Sunday, Dec. 15, and follows Dexter during his teenage years. Original Sin is a prequel to Dexter, the 2006-2013 Showtime series starring Michael C. Hall as a vigilante serial killer. Hall returns in Original Sin to narrate the inner monologue of Dexter.

Original Sin is set in 1991 Miami and is centered on the younger version of the serial-killer character as he transitions “from student to avenging serial killer.” Per an official description: “when his bloodthirsty urges can’t be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness. With the guidance of his father, Harry (Christian Slater), he adopts a Code designed to help him find and kill people who deserved to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcement’s radar. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.”

Paramount had previously  dropped the first teaser for the series, featuring Patrick Gibson as a young Dexter Morgan and “Dexter” star Michael C. Hall narrating as he says, “I’m a killer, but I wasn’t born this way. I was made.” The cast of Original Sin also includes Molly Brown, James Martinez, Christina Milian, Alex Shimizu, Reno Wilson and guest star Sarah Michelle Gellar.

The full trailer for ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ can be seen – HERE.

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The Darkness drop “The Longest Kiss” off upcoming album

The Darkness have announced their eighth studio album, Dreams on Toast, arriving in March 2025. The album’s lead single “The Longest Kiss” is out now.

Frontman Justin Hawkins shares in a press release: “Misty Orchards! That’s not my porn name, that’s the kind of scenery that I love. I awakened to such a vista in the delightful Scottish highland town of Nairn on the morning that inspiration for ‘The Longest Kiss’ lyric struck. I was bleary eyed and locked in an unending embrace with my (mid)life partner. Weird that I can still sing, but that’s a testament to the resilience of humans, especially lead singers … The music itself is a piano-led composition, the chorus of which my brother and I came up with after he’d taken a long time to empty his bladder during some impressive pub endurance. The verses were transposed from a song I’ve been working on for decades as part of a musical about the collapse of the Lowestoft fishing industry, called ‘The Collapse of the Lowestoft Fishing Industry.’ The musical isn’t finished yet. But ‘The Longest Kiss’ is.”

Hawkins said that the band tapped into “the elite songs, the life-changing music of the ages” to create ‘Dreams on Toast’: “Then we popped out a dozen bangers before lunch. And these bangers we present to you here, wallowing in an aromatic aural ragu, served atop the charred remains of our envious contemporaries… ladies and gentlemen, I give you Dreams on Toast!”

The Darkness will also be on the road in support of the new album with a March 2025 UK tour, highlighted by a finale at OVO Arena Wembley on March 29th in London.

You can pre-order Dreams on Toast on vinyl, CD, and cassette via the band’s online store.

Listen to ‘The Longest Kiss’ –here.

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311 announce new album ‘Full Bloom’

311 have announced their highly anticipated 14th studio album, Full Bloom, out October 25th. Full Bloom is the groups first full length project in five years following their album Voyager in 2019.  The band wrote on social media : “Excited to announce our upcoming album ‘Full Bloom’ is out October 25th! This record is a huge step forward for our band. It’s 311 on steroids. Listen to the world premiere of “Need Somebody” and pre-order the album now at 311.com”

The band has released the video for the track “Need Somebody,” which you can check out here.   311 shares in a statement: “We hope fans can take from this album 311’s message of positivity and unity. In today’s world it’s so easy to become alienated by the pressures of everyday life. Whether it’s social media, stress at work, an illness, the list goes on. It’s so important to stay open with your loved ones and community so we can all thrive in full bloom.”

For more information, head to 311.com.
Pre-order Full Bloom: HERE.

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Taylor Swift donates $5M to hurricane relief efforts in southeast

Taylor Swift has donated $5 million to the organization Feeding America, which is providing aid to Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina as the hurricanes such as Helene and Milton continue to devastate those areas.

Feeding America posted Wednesday on Instagram: “Thank you @taylorswift for standing with us in the movement to end hunger and helping communities in need in the wake of #HurricaneHelene and #HurricaneMilton.

Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot said in a statement: “We’re incredibly grateful to Taylor Swift. This contribution will help communities rebuild and recover, providing essential food, clean water and supplies to people affected by these devastating storms. Together, we can make a real impact in supporting families as they navigate the challenges ahead. Thank you, Taylor, for standing with us in the movement to end hunger and for helping communities in need.”

Country music artists Dolly Parton and Morgan Wallen also recently made large donations to relief organizations last week.  Following Hurricane Helene, Parton donated $1 million to victims of the devastating storm, and announced that through her businesses — Dollywood Parks & Resorts, Dolly Parton’s Stampede and Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show, and the Dollywood Foundation — that another $1 million would be matched and made to the Mountain Ways Foundation nonprofit.  Wallen promoting a food drive in Knoxville, Tenn., in addition to donating $500,000 to the American Red Cross.

Fellow country stars Luke Combs and Eric Church announced earlier this week that they were organizing a star-studded ‘Concert for Carolina’ fundraiser for hurricane relief, alongside artists including Billy Strings, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow and Keith Urban.

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Melissa McCarthy & Clive Owen to star in JonBenét Ramsey limited series for Paramount+

Variety reports that Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen are set to lead a limited series on the unsolved 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey at Paramount+.

The story will follows the Ramsey family “before and after” the tragic murder of six-year-old JonBenét, who had participated in numerous child pageants growing up in Boulder, Colorado. The mysterious circumstances of her death generated major media attention, putting her parents as well as her brother Burke in the center of controversy.

McCarthy will play JonBenet Ramsey’s mother Patsy Ramsey and Owen will play father John Bennett Ramsey in the eight-episode true crime project, tentatively titled JonBenét Ramsey. Deadline previously reported that the limited series was expected to land at Paramount+.

The series synopsis reads that the project “follows the Ramsey family, before and after the tragedy as they go through the painful loss of a child while facing intense public scrutiny caused by a media frenzy that caused this case to captivate an entire nation. At the heart of the series, it is the story of Patsy and John Ramsey – exploring the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people – as husband and wife, as mother and father – who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996.”

Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President/CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, said in a statement: “Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen are an extraordinary duo to delve into this tragic story that has cast a long, haunting shadow over American culture for nearly three decades,” said 

Jeff Grossman, Executive Vice President of Programming for Paramount+ adds: “JonBenét Ramsey continues to be one of the country’s most fascinating unsolved murders. The incredible talent of Melissa McCarthy, Clive Owen and the creative team led by Richard LaGravenese will illuminate her story with the acuity and nuance it deserves.”

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See Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth in trailer for Netflix’s ‘Lonely Planet’

Netflix shared a trailer for the new film Lonely Planet, featuring Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth.

The official synopsis states that the film “follows a novelist named Katherine (Dern), who in search of inspiration, books a trip to a writer’s retreat in Morocco. There, she meets a young man (Hemsworth) whose acquaintanceship evolves into an intoxicating, life-altering love affair.”

The romantic drama is written, directed and produced by ‘Erin Brockovich’ writer Susannah Grant., and also stars Diana Silvers, Ben Youcef, Bellina Logan, Gustav Dyekjær Giese and Dillon Lane.

Lonely Planet premieres Oct. 11 on Netflix. See the trailer: HERE.

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