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R Kelly explains his Single Ladies Tour to Billboard Magazine
R&B singer, R Kelly may be calling it the Single Ladies Tour, but the Chicago R&B stalwart promises to turn the venues he’s playing into “one big, giant dating game” for both genders. “I want to have some fun with the single ladies,” Kelly tells Billboard, explaining that the 22-date trek was inspired by “Feelin’ Single,” the second No. 1 Adult R&B Airplay from his latest album, “Write Me Back.” “That (single) goes No. 1 and I said, ‘Y’know what, I want to do a whole concept tour called the Single Ladies Tour and bring the single ladies out.’ I know there’s going to be couples in the audience, which is great. At the same time…I feel like wherever there’s a single ladies party, there’s gonna be a whole bunch of single guys, so we’ll just call it one big dating game.” Kelly says he has “a lot of different stuff I want to try on stage” and “a lot of exciting surprises for this tour,” which begins Oct. 13 in Columbia, S.C. He’s not giving those away yet, but he does guarantee that the repertoire will not restricted to the old school flavors, gentlemanly tenors of “Write Me Back” and its predecessor, “Love Letter.” “Make no mistake about it; R. Kelly is gonna do old school R. Kelly. There’ll be a lot of the ’12 Play’ version of R. Kelly, mixed with the gentleman R. Kelly.” He also promises the tour will be documented on both audio and video. “We’re working on that,” Kelly says. “You’ve got to package a show like this. It’s something you’ve got to put on the shelves.” The Single Ladies Tour will also be Kelly’s first prolonged road trip since he had emergency throat surgery in July of 2011 to drain an abscess in one of his tonsils. Kelly says that he’s feeling “really good about my throat. I’ve been through a lot with it, but I feel real good now. I’ve been singing in the studio every night, hitting it real hard, and I feel good about it.” Kelly is, in fact, working on his next album, the heavily sexual “Black Panties,” while a third edition of his “Trapped in the Closet” series is expected to debut this fall.]]>
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The Un Certain Regard Jury of the 77th Festival de Cannes
The Canadian actor, director, screenwriter and producer Xavier Dolan will be the President of the Un Certain Regard Jury of the 77th Festival de Cannes. He will be joined by French-Senegalese screenwriter and director Maïmouna Doucouré, Moroccan director, screenwriter and producer Asmae El Moudir, German-Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps, and American film critic, director, and writer Todd McCarthy. They will be in charge of awarding prizes for the Un Certain Regard section, which showcases art and discovery films by young auteurs.
This year, 18 films have been selected, including 8 first films. The 2023 Un Certain Regard top prize went to director Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature How to Have Sex.
When the light breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson will open the Un Certain Regard section on Wednesday May 15, 2024.
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