Tribeca Film Festival to feature talks by Michael Stipe, Jon Batiste, Nas and more. The 23rd edition of the festival is set to take place from June 5-18.

The Tribeca Film Festival is set to feature talks by R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Jon Batiste, Nas and more.

The 23rd edition of the festival is set to take place from June 5-18. It will also feature appearances from Judd Apatow, Kerry Washington and Succession's Kieran Culkin in the Storyteller Series segment.

The Storytellers Series of live conversations will include an event with Stipe and another with Batiste talking to music journalist Marcus J. Moore about Nat King Cole.

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro will be in conversation with Nas to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mean Streets. Nas is also set to introduce a screening of the hip-hop drama Beat Street on its 40th anniversary.

Tribeca will also feature a reunion to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "The Sopranos," seeing members of its cast and crew reunite for the conversation.

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Afropop star Ayra Starr has announced that she will release her sophomore album The Year I Turned 21 on May 31. Ayra also revealed the album artwork, which features the singer sticking out of a red car in a floral dress.

Afropop star Ayra Starr has announced that she will release her sophomore album The Year I Turned 21 on May 31.

Ayra also revealed the album artwork, which features the singer sticking out of a red car in a floral dress. She also shared the tracklist for the 14-track project, which features collaborations with Asake, Anitta and Coco Jones, Giveon, Seyi Vibez and Milar.

Starr's previously released singles "Commas" and "Rhythm & Blues" will also be included on the LP.

"The Ayra Starr I want to introduce is excellent, sonically amazing. This album is unique, because I've been evolving sonically," she told Billboard in February.

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Beyonce's first name is among the new words included in the new edition of the French encyclopedic dictionary Le Petit Larousse.

Beyonce's first name is among the new words included in the new edition of the French encyclopedic dictionary Le Petit Larousse.

According to Sky News, "Beyonce" will appear as an entry alongside about 40 celebrities such as Cate Blanchett, French actor Omar Sy, Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan, and French rugby captain Antoine Dupont.

Bey is listed as a proper noun in the dictionary, and her entry reads, "American singer of R&B and pop."

The new entries "reflect concerns, developments or strong movements" in 2024, Carine Girac-Marinier, director of the dictionaries and encyclopaedias department, told French news magazine Le Point. "That's when you know you've succeeded," commented a fan of the 'Cowboy Carter' star. Another person said, "Beyoncé's influence knows no bounds!," while a third user commented, "Star power."

"Creole French queen," another person wrote, referring to Beyonce's Louisiana Creole ancestry (via Nola).

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