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Black Panther stars will unite on an upcoming remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Danai Gurira will star in the thriller alongside Michael B. Jordan, who is directing and producing under his Outlier Society banner.

Jordan will star as Thomas Crown, a billionaire who organizes bank robberies for fun and eventually meets his match in an insurance investigator. Gurira is set to take on the role of his confidante.

Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone and Taylor Russell are also in the cast, with Russell playing a private detective. Details about Branagh and Gladstone’s roles have not yet been disclosed.

Production for the film began in London Monday, with a theatrical release set for March 5, 2027.

This will mark the third version of The Thomas Crown Affair, following the original in 1968 and the 1999 remake.

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Puscifer has announced a pair of shows in Los Angeles to preview the Maynard James Keenan-fronted band’s upcoming album.

The performances, which are described as Puscifer’s “most intimate shows ever,” will take place back-to-back on Aug. 11 at the Exchange LA club. The first concert starts at 5 p.m., followed by the second at 8 p.m.

Tickets are on sale now. For more info, visit Puscifer.com.

A press release teases that the shows will be “filmed for a future release.” According to Puscifer’s website, the album is due out in 2026.

Puscifer’s most recent record is 2020’s Existential Reckoning. They just wrapped the 2025 leg of the Sessanta tour alongside A Perfect Circle and Primus in June.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs is due back in court on Tuesday, where his attorneys will argue for expedited sentencing following his July 2 conviction on federal charges of transportation to engage in prostitution.

Attorneys for Combs will try to convince a federal judge to skip some procedural steps and sentence him as soon as possible, citing “exceptional circumstances.” Judge Arun Subramanian last week tentatively set sentencing for October.

A remote hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET before Subramanian, who agreed to hear arguments for an expedited sentencing following a split verdict that acquitted Combs of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking but convicted him on the two counts of prostitution-related charges he faced.

The defense argued in court last week that “exceptional circumstances” that warrant an expedited sentencing include the 2018 death of Combs’ romantic partner Kim Porter.

“The mother of some of his children had passed away many years ago. These kids, the two daughters here sitting in the middle of your honor’s second row, don’t have a parent,” defense attorney Marc Agnifilo said in court last week.

Federal prosecutors appeared to oppose anything other than the usual course, including a presentence report from probation officials that would require Combs to sit for an interview.

“The only things exceptional about this defendant are his wealth, his violence and his brazenness,” prosecutor Maurene Comey said. She also said that the government plans to pursue “significant incarceration” for Combs on the prostitution charges.

Combs faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, though it’s possible that he will receive less than that for a first-time conviction. Any sentence would include credit for time served, which so far totals roughly 10 months.

Combs’ split verdict last week followed six weeks of testimony that saw the prosecution present 34 witnesses and the defense present none. The jury of eight men and four women deliberated just over two days before reaching their decision.

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Jessie J has given a positive update on her cancer treatment.

She revealed in an Instagram post that following her breast cancer surgery, she has no cancer spread.

“And…I AM OK,” she posted, alongside a video of her 2-year-old son Sky saying, “Mommy’s gonna be OK.”

“Results = I have NO cancer spread,” she continued. “Happy tears are real. Thank YOU for the prayers, the love, the well wishes, the joy and all the positive energy.”

Jessie then goes on to reference the video in her post: “This video is from the night before my surgery. We called it baby boy. You are my biggest ray of light and with you in my life the darkness will never win.”

She adds, “Lots of healing to go and one more surgery to make these cousins look more like sisters. But for now it’s gratitude time and I am changing my name to The LopJess monster.”

Last month, the singer shared that she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer and would be undergoing surgery.

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Proud South Carolina native Darius Rucker recently fulfilled his dream of living in London for a while. 

Not only did he get to soak up some British culture, he also made his next record. 

“Being over in London has been amazing,” he says. “Making this record over there has been so much fun. I can’t wait for people to hear it.”

“I met some good friends over there, so I love London,” he adds.

But Darius was anxious to get back to work in the U.S. 

“I just love getting to go out on the road, especially years like this year when you’re playing, you know, the markets you don’t get to play a lot,” he says. “It’s gonna be a fun year. I’m ready to go back out.”

Next up, Darius plays Waterside Pavilion in Solomons, Maryland, on July 10. 

You can hear Darius and his Hootie & the Blowfish bandmates recreating their classic “Hold My Hand” on Scotty McCreery‘s “Bottle Rockets.”

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Tickets are now on sale for Maroon 5‘s upcoming fall arena tour in support of their new album, Love is Like. After spending the last few years doing a Las Vegas residency and playing stadiums in foreign countries, guitarist James Valentine says the band is looking forward to seeing their fans all over the U.S.

“We weren’t really playing U.S. shows for the last couple of years, so this is going to be great,” he tells ABC Audio. “This is what we’ve been doing for 20 years. We love it. … There’s nothing like that feeling of showing up and connecting with the fans all over the country.”

While James says the band wants to acknowledge the new album, it’s always hard to fit those songs into a set list that’s pretty much nonstop hits.

“Right now, we can play two hours of songs that pretty much everybody knows,” he notes. “And we’re very lucky to have that catalog where, even if you’re not a fan of Maroon 5, you come to a show, you’ll know pretty much every song.”

That’s why, as James explains, “We’re never gonna be the band that’s gonna come out and play our entire new album that nobody’s familiar with … that’s just not been our approach.”

He adds, “New songs that come along, they have a pretty high bar that they need to clear in order to make the set. … When there is a new album, yeah, we usually do grab two or three of the new songs to add to the set, but we wanna do the ones that people are really eager to hear.”

In other words, James says, this tour is going to be “all killer, no filler.” 

The tour kicks off Oct. 6 in Phoenix.

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