THE GREEN ROOM

COMING SOON

Out this week

Albums

* 143 by Katy Perry: Seventh album by the American singer; follows 2020’s Smile; preceded by the singles ‘Woman’s World’ and ‘Lifetimes’; also includes the songs ‘Gimme Gimme’ (featuring 21 Savage), ‘Gorgeous’ (featuring Kim Petras), ‘I’m His, He’s Mine’ (featuring Doechii), and ‘Artificial’ (featuring JID).

Movies

* Transformers One (with the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key) – sci-fi action, based on Hasbro’s Transformers toy line; tells the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron and how they forever changed the fate of their home planet.

* Wolfs (starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams) – action comedy; two professional fixers who prefer to work alone must team up for a job.

* The Substance (starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid) – body horror; a fading celebrity (Moore) decides to use a cell-replicating serum that temporarily creates a younger version of herself.

* Omni Loop (starring Mary-Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Carlos Jacott) – sci-fi drama; a woman decides to time travel to be the person she always wanted to be.

AWARDS

2024 MTV Video Music Awards

Winners:

Video of the Year: ‘Fortnight’ – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Song of the Year: ‘Espresso’ – Sabrina Carpenter

Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift

Best New Artist: Chappell Roan

Best Collaboration: ‘Fortnight’

– Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Best Pop: Taylor Swift

Best Hip Hop: ‘Houdini’ – Eminem

Best R&B: ‘Snooze’ – SZA

Best K-Pop: ‘Rockstar’ – Lisa

Best Latin: ‘Mil Veces’ – Anitta

Best Rock: ‘Human’ – Lenny Kravitz

Best Alternative: ‘Beautiful Things’

– Benson Boone

Best Afrobeats: ‘Water’ – Tyla

Video for Good: ‘What Was I Made For?’ – Billie Eilish

Song of Summer: ‘Fortnight’ – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

Best Group: Seventeen

VMAs Most Iconic Performance: ‘Roar’ – Katy Perry

Best Trending Video: ‘Mamushi’ – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Yuki Chiba

For the complete list of nominees and

winners visit mtv.com/vma.

SPOTLIGHT

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Cast: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe

Director: Tim Burton

Tagline: You’ve waited an eternity for this.

• Comedy horror; after the Deetz family return home to Winter River, Lydia’s (Ryder) life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter (Ortega) accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
• Is the sequel to Beetlejuice (1988) and the second film of the Beetlejuice franchise.
• After the success of the 1988 film, several attempts were made to develop a sequel and various ideas were considered but ultimately all were scrapped. The current project eventually started taking shape in 2022.
• Has grossed over US$264 million on a $100 million budget.
• Has received positive reviews from critics who found it fun and praised Michael Keaton’s performance.
• Score composed by Danny Elfman.
• A third film in the series is possible but unlikely.