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007 First Light has a few small cameos for you to find as you play. While you may think they are all previous Bond actors, they are actually influencers, mainly a social media star, a YouTuber, and a streamer. These are Khaby Lame, Jacksepticeye, and Shroud.
Jacksepticeye is one of the easiest to find during A Night Out, early in the game. Here is where you can find him.
In 007 First Light, Jacksepticeye can be found in Chapter 2: A Night Out. He is the person running the desk at the cloakroom of the club.
This is his one cameo, but his appearance does come alongside English Drum and Bass duo, Chase and Status who are DJing at the club.
“Follow James Bond as a young, resourceful and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6’s training program, and discover an origin story of the world’s most famous spy.
After a heroic act, young Naval air crewman James Bond is offered to join the newly revived Double 0 program. But when a mission to stop a rogue agent ends in tragedy, he must join forces with his reluctant mentor Greenway to expose a deep conspiracy and stop a looming coup at the heart of the State.”
For even more on 007 First Light, stay tuned to NME for more updates and news.
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noticed this in a rewatch of drive — the way they light gosling in certain scenes makes him seem either menacing or vulnerable depending on the context and it really shifts how you read him. like theyre telling part of the story just through how bright or shadowy his face is. saw something similar in parasite where the lighting in the rich house vs the poor house feels like its own character. does anyone else notice stuff like this? or have examples where the lighting completely changes how you feel about whats going on? links to breakdowns welcome if youve got em.
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Madonna is urging her fans to put down their phones while watching live music.
The Queen of Pop is preparing to release her 15th studio record, ‘Confessions II’, on July 3, the spiritual follow-up to 2005’s ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’. Pre-order/pre-save the album here.
In the lead-up to the album’s release, Madonna has given several high-profile live performances, including an impromptu show in New York’s Times Square earlier this week, and a surprise appearance during Sabrina Carpenter‘s Coachella headline set.
Now, off the back of those gigs, she has a message for modern audiences. Following the premiere of Confessions II – The Film earlier this week, Madonna spoke in a Q&A about how people now have a “persistent need” to document everything.
“I came to this earth to be a doer, not a watcher,” she told the audience, per Variety.
She then discussed the set with Carpenter, where they debuted their duet, ‘Bring Your Love’. Despite enjoying the experience, she suggested that the “deep tribal experience” of dancing together was ruined as she looked out on a sea of phones instead of faces.
When asked for parting words, she added: “Put your fucking phones down and connect.”
So far, she has shared three tracks from the album – ‘I Feel So Free’, ‘Bring Your Love’ and ‘Love Sensation’.
‘Confessions II’ will be Madonna’s first record since her 14th album ‘Madame X’, which arrived in 2019, and it sees her reuniting with ‘Confessions’ producer Stuart Price.
“When Stuart Price and I first started working on this record, this was our manifesto: We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna explained.
“To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” she added. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions, pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
In the run up to the album release date, Kylie Minogue has responded to rumours of a Madonna collaboration on ‘Confessions II’, and Linda Perry has expressed her desire to produce for Madonna, describing her latest music as “weak” and “trying to compete with Charli XCX“.
Madonna has also been confirmed as one of the co-headliners for the first ever FIFA World Cup halftime show, alongside Shakira and BTS.
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so i was looking into this for my cat because vet bills are no joke but then i saw the fine print and it’s like… is this even worth it? they dont cover pre-existing stuff and half the time you still end up paying a ton out of pocket. is anyone here actually using pet insurance and finding it helpful or is it just another scam to make you feel better until something actually goes wrong? i get the idea but…
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rainy days are cozy but what do you actually do?? i always end up trying to do too many things at once and getting distracted by random articles about dwarf planets or some obscure 2000s band no one remembers lol. vote!!
What’s the best way to spend a rainy day?
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Disney created a “decoy version” of Toy Story 5 to keep Taylor Swift’s involvement a secret, even from the cast and crew.
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Yesterday (June 5), Swift shared ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’, a song she wrote and produced alongside Jack Antonoff specifically for the film. The track is written from the perspective of cowgirl Jessie, and it sees Swift going back to her country roots.
The film is released on June 19, but Swift’s involvement was only officially confirmed in recent days, despite the project having been in production for multiple years. It had, however, been the subject of rampant speculation among Swifties in recent months, something that Swift fuelled when she posted a cryptic countdown on her website in May.
Now, Thomas Jordan, who worked as a VFX supervisor on the film, has revealed that even many of those working on the film did not know that Swift had contributed a song.
Speaking at a SXSW London panel, he said only “a very small group” knew about ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’, with Disney and Pixar showing press and staffers a version of the finished film without the song.
“The crew that made Toy Story 5 did not know about this secret until last week,” Jordan said (via Variety), explaining that a “decoy version” was used in early previews.
“Turns out, Taylor Swift is a huge Toy Story fan like many of us,” Jordan added. “She actually saw an early version of the film, she requested to see it before it was finished and she wrote the song and then asked us if we wanted it. And we said, ‘Uh, yes! Yes we do.’ That was in February, so we’ve had to keep it a secret ever since then.”
After the song was finally announced, Swift wrote: “I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a five year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie. I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening. Sometimes you just know, right?”
She added a video of herself as a child dressed as Jessie, noting: “Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time.
“Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once. And being a @toystory kid from the age of five til now… is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.”
The film will pick up after Woody left to stay with Bo Peep at the end of the last movie. Jessie is now the leader of Bonnie’s room, with Buzz Lightyear her second-in-command, but Bonnie is now enamoured with her new favourite toy, a frog-like tablet named Lilypad.
Bad Bunny is another music superstar involved in the project, after it was recently revealed that he will be the voice of a talking pizza slice, ‘Pizza With Sunglasses’, who is described as a forgotten toy living in an abandoned backyard shed.
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Ariana Grande returned to the stage last night (June 6) for her first live performance since 2019. Watch the footage and see everything she played, below.
The singer kicked off her 2026 ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour at Oakland Arena in California yesterday, marking her first run of live dates in seven years. The trek features a huge 10-show residency at The O2 in London between August and September, and you can find any remaining tickets here.
She’s rarely played live since she completed her huge tour in 2019, only making a handful of appearances at non-profit events and award shows. Grande also performed on Saturday Night Live in 2024. Around the time of the tour announcement, Grande said it would likely be her “last hurrah”.
Though the tour was named after her 2024 album, Grande has also released 2021’s ‘Positions‘ since her last time on the road, meaning there were plenty of tracks receiving their live debut.
She opened the concert with the ‘Eternal Sunshine’ track ‘Yes, And?’, and played hits from across her career, such as ‘Thank U, Next’, ‘Dangerous Woman’ and ‘Honeymoon Avenue’, though she didn’t perform any songs from 2018’s ‘Sweetener‘.
As the show drew to a close, she performed her latest single, ‘Hate That I Made You Love Me’, which is currently the only track to have been released from her forthcoming album ‘Petal’.
Check out a full setlist and clips from the show, below.
Ariana Grande performing the choreography to ‘yes, and?’ at the opening night of the eternal sunshine tour.
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Ariana Grande performs ‘eternal sunshine’ on the eternal sunshine tour.
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Ariana Grande performs ‘the boy is mine’ with a whip on the eternal sunshine tour.
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Ariana Grande’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour setlist was:
‘Yes, And?’
‘Positions’
‘Dandelion’
‘The Boy Is Mine’
‘Eternal Sunshine’
‘Just Like Magic’
‘Thank U, Next’
‘7 Rings’
‘Imperfect for You’
‘Warm’
‘Safety Net’
‘One Last Time’
‘Rain on Me’
‘Break Free’
‘Twilight Zone’
‘Past Life’
‘Dangerous Woman’
‘Honeymoon Avenue’
‘Hampstead’
‘Into You’
‘Hate That I Made You Love Me’
‘We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)’
‘Supernatural’
Last month, the pop star announced her eighth studio album, ‘Petal’. She has described the LP as being “full of life and growing through the cracks of something cold and hard and challenging”.
It will be made available in a range of digital and physical formats, and marks the highly anticipated follow-up to 2024’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’ and the deluxe edition, ‘Brighter Days Ahead’.
It comes after Grande reassured fans last year that she wasn’t “abandoning” music after turning her attention to acting.
In other news, Grande is due to appear in the comedy sequel Focker-In-Law alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. In summer 2027, she’s heading to London’s West End to star in Sunday In The Park With George opposite Jonathan Bailey. She also played Glinda The Good in Wicked and Wicked: For Good.
Elsewhere, she recently shared fan-favourite song ‘Knew Better Part II’ to mark the 10th anniversary of her third album ‘Dangerous Woman’.
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Bruce Springsteen was joined by Bon Jovi, Public Enemy and others at a star-studded New Jersey event – see footage below.
The two-day concert series was thrown for the opening of the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey this week (June 4 and 5). The institution officially opens on June 13.
The shows celebrated 250 years of American music, with the first night focusing on pioneering artists such as Robert Johnson, Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams, while the second saw performances of songs by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Dion and Public Enemy.
The latter two artists were on hand, as were Darlene Love, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne, Nils Lofgren and Gary Clark Jr., while Little Steven’s Disciples of Soul served as the house band.
Springsteen covered Presley’s ‘Jailhouse Rock’ and ‘Burnin’ Love’ and joined Sheryl Crow for Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released’ and Gary Clark Jr. for Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland’s ‘Further Up The Road’. Jon Bon Jovi then took to the stage for a version of Chuck Berry’s ‘Johnny B. Goode’, his first time singing in his home state since 2018.
Bon Jovi, Jackson Browne and Public Enemy joined forces for a rendition of Eddie Floyd’s ‘Raise Your Hand’, while Springsteen brought the show to a close with a solo version of ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’.
“My God,” Springsteen told the crowd. “At 19, I was on this campus…not going to school. But played here on the steps over at the big building they have over there. If you had told me then, in 1969, that anything like this would ever, ever occur, I would’ve said, ‘You are out of your fuckin’ mind, my friend’.”
Springsteen has playing on his ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’ tour in recent months, using his time on stage to mount criticisms of the Donald Trump regime. It was prompted by the killing of two Minneapolis citizens by ICE agents earlier in the year, with the Boss saying that US citizens are “living through some very dark times” as the “American values that have sustained us for 250 years are being challenged as never before”.
In response, Trump has labelled Springsteen as a “pushy, obnoxious JERK” and a “dried out prune of a rocker”, although the musician took a principled stand in the wake of a recent assassination attempt on the President.
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Staff at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. have started to remove all references to Donald Trump.
In December last year, the Trump-appointed board of the arts venue voted to rename the institution to the ‘Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts’, or the ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ in short.
In May, however, a US district judge ruled that the board had no authority to make that change because the centre’s name is fixed by federal statute and can only be amended by Congress. He ordered all references to Trump’s name to be removed from the building and the official name to be restored to the Kennedy Center.
Trump reacted angrily to the order, writing on social media that he would be “working with Congress to transfer this failing institution back to them”, and added that the “radical left would rather see it DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be proud of”.
This week, a memo was sent to staff at the institution directing employees to stop using Trump’s name in reference to the Kennedy Center on any formal communications or press materials. A deadline of June 12 was set to update all physical and digital signage too, with the letters in Trump’s name being removed from the exterior of the building.
Also this week, the Trump administration’s lawsuit against a jazz musician who cancelled his annual Christmas concert at the Kennedy Center in the aftermath of the name change was dismissed.
The venue’s president Richard Grenell had strongly criticised Chuck Redd’s decision and demanded $1million in damages for what he described as a “political stunt”, but on Friday (June 5), a judge ruled in Redd’s favour, citing Anti-SLAPP laws that protect defendants against meritless lawsuits and “political retribution”.
Ben Folds also wrote an open letter this week to rally support for the National Symphony Orchestra, who are based at the Kennedy Center. Folds resigned as the NSO’s artistic advisor in the light of Trump’s takeover, but has now said the orchestra “doesn’t have the luxury of time” to get back on its feet.
A string of performers have also withdrawn from the Trump-linked Freedom 250 events at the Washington State Mall’s 250th anniversary of American independence celebrations, which are scheduled to start at the end of this month.
Milli Vanilli, The Commodores, Bret Michaels, Young MC, Martina McBride and Morris Day & The Time have all pulled out, with many choosing to distance themselves once its political associations became clear.
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There are many people who always listen to radio all the time. They are kind of addicted to listening to radio. Having said that, I am not at all a huge fan of listening to radio. So, do you listen to radio very often?
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like, i dont need a robodog that just sits there looking vaguely sad when i forget to charge it for three days. lowkey im talking about one that can remind me im late for work, knows when im stressed and plays calming whale sounds (lol, yeah im into that), and maybe even roleplays as a hype squad when im trying to finish a side project?! theres gotta be a way to program that... right? imagine a little robo-kitten that climbs on your keyboard but instead of being annoying it auto-saves your half-baked draft first or better yet, it tells you **exactly** where you left off because lets face it, i cant keep track of anything anymore... idk maybe this is too much to ask but between space launches and indie bands dropping albums named after pulsar coordinates (look up psr b1919+21, its wild), i feel like we should be farther along with this tech by now. anyone else feel this way or am i just overcomplicating my life again???
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