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Saturday, May 18, 2024

Prince's 'Purple Rain' To Be Released In 4K Ultra HD For 40th Anniversary

Warner Brothers is set to release Prince's Purple Rain on 4K Ultra HD and digital platforms on June 25th in celebration of the iconic film's 40th anniversary.

Prince, who made his acting debut with Purple Rain, starred as The Kid in the movie, alongside Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, and Clarence Williams III.

Albert Magnoli directed the film, co-writing the screenplay with William Blinn. Robert Cavallo, Joseph Ruffalo, and Steven Fargnoli produced the film, and Prince composed and produced the original songs.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score (Prince), the Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (Prince and the Revolution), and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Prince).

The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc will include the theatrical version of the feature film in 4K with HDR and a Digital download of the film.

For the 40th anniversary of Purple Rain, the film has been completely restored digitally from an 8K scan of the 35 mm Original Camera Negative (OCN), and audio has also been restored from the original Dolby Stereo (LCRS) archived 35 mm magnetic film source elements containing the separate dialogue, music, and effects (DME) tracks.

The special edition features commentary by director Albert Magnoli, producer Robert Cavallo, and cinematographer Donald E. Thorin as well as music videos for "Let's Go Crazy," "Take Me With U," "When Doves Cry," "I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star," "Purple Rain," "Jungle Love," "The Bird," and "Sex Shooter.

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French Montana Announces 2024 Tour With Fabolous, Fivio Foreign

French Montana has announced his 2024 "Gotta See It To Believe It" Tour featuring special guests Fabolous and Fivio Foreign. The 7-city tour kicks off on August 1 at Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, making stops across North America in Buffalo, Chicago, Toronto and more before wrapping up at The Fillmore in Philadelphia on August 25.

French Montana has announced his 2024 "Gotta See It To Believe It" Tour featuring special guests Fabolous and Fivio Foreign.

The 7-city tour kicks off on August 1 at Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, making stops across North America in Buffalo, Chicago, Toronto and more before wrapping up at The Fillmore in Philadelphia on August 25.

The general on sale begins Friday, May 17 at 10am local time at LiveNation.com.

Moroccan-born, Bronx-raised French Montana is a 3-time Grammy Award-nominated, Diamond-certified rapper, humanitarian influencer, and philanthropist, actively fighting for global health care efforts in Uganda as Global Citizen's first-ever rap ambassador.

French Montana released the fifth edition of his Mac & Cheese series on January 5. The record sees guest spots from Kanye West, Drake, Lil Durk, Lil Baby and more.

French Montana 2024 Gotta See It To Believe It Tour Dates:

Aug 1 - Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre Aug 2 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring Aug 8 - Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo RiverWorks Aug 10 - Chicago, IL @ Radius Chicago Aug 15 - Toronto, ON @ REBEL Aug 16 - Albany, NY @ The Palace Theatre Aug 17 - Boston, MA -@ Citizens House of Blues Boston Aug 22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Aug 24 - Portsmouth, VA @ Portsmouth Pavilion Aug 25 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia

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Cardi B Says She's Not Dropping A New Album This Year

Cardi B says she is not dropping a new album this year, as she had promised a few weeks back. It has been six years since the rapper released her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy.

Cardi B says she is not dropping a new album this year, as she had promised a few weeks back.

The rapper made the announcement in a conversations with fans online about the follow up to her 2018 debut album.

It has been six years since the rapper released her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy.

Cardi B had earlier indicated that her new album is expected to be release in 2024.

Apparently provoked by a fan's tweet poking fun at Cardi's past promises of her delayed album, the 31 year-old artist wrote on X, "Exactly and I tell myself this all the time .. and I hate that I fall back and start interacting again and it bites me in the a**."

She followed it up with the disappointing statement, saying, "Anyway NO album this year I don't care I'm relaxing this year .. Dropping these features I already committed to and traveling and enjoying my summer."

In celebration of the sixth anniversary of Invasion of Privacy in April, Cardi B had promised, "6 years later I'm preparing to drop the next one this year.. it's so different from what everyone is expecting and I'm sooo excited."

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