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It may only be September with 112 days to go until Christmas – but it seems Mariah Carey is defrosting early, with 'All I Want For Christmas' sneaking its way into the charts. A fan page on X/Twitter highlighted some stats that claimed the hit single received 316,000 Spotify streams on 1 September – a 75 per cent increase "compared to the same day in 2022". Carey soon responded to the tweet, passionately writing: "Not yet!!!!" She continued: "I'll allow it for my Filipino lambs though! (I don't make the rules!) The star was referencing the Philippines tradition in which Christmas starts as soon as the year hits the 'BER' months (September, October, November, and December.) "Every year, from the 1st of September, decorations will be put up around the country and the festivities will begin. You'll even start to hear Christmas songs in all the malls, restaurants and on the radio," Travel Continuously explained. Eager fans flooded Carey's tweet, with one writing: "This is my alarm song every day of the year. Say something!" "She’s the mother of Christmas," another added, while a third shared: "We haven't even celebrated HALLOWEEN yet, people!! Slow down before we get to Mariah Carey Season." The 1994 single may be a hit solely for Christmas, but it is estimated to bring in around $2.5million every single yea $2.5million every single year. In fact, by 2016 it's thought that Mariah Carey had earned around $60million from the song - a figure set to be even higher now. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

The Exorcist: Believer was originally meant to be released in cinemas on October 13, but this has since been changed after Taylor Swift announced her Eras Tour concert film will also be on the same Friday. We almost had Exorswift - an autumn sequel to our Barbenheimer summer but alas, the horror movie that is a highly anticipated direct sequel to the 1973 original classic by William Friedkin will now be out in cinemas a week earlier on October 6. This change comes in order to avoid having the same release as Swift's film which she recently announced on Instagram. "The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far," the singer wrote on social media and also added that "Eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing [are] encouraged." In response, The Exorcist: Believer producer Jason Blum shared news of the release date change, with a nod to Swift's song 'Look What You Made Me Do," from the 2017 album reputation. "Look what you made me do. The Exorcist: Believer moves to 10/6/23. #TaylorWins," he tweeted. It appears that The Exorcist: Believer release date change will happen in North America, not in the UK as only the North American release date has been confirmed for Swift's concert film. The Exorcist: Believer stars Leslie Odom Jr, Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Okwui Okpokwasili and Raphael Sbarge. Fans of the original film will also be excited to learn that Ellen Burstyn reprises her role as Chris MacNeil from the original film. The Exorcist: Believer is out in cinemas on October 6 in North America, and October 13 in the UK, while Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film is out on October 13 in North America, dates for other countries have not yet been announced. Elsewhere, Taylor Swift referenced a popular fan phrase to promote new movie. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Taylor Swift is currently in the middle of releasing the re-recorded versions of her six albums, and there have been various ways she has teased upcoming releases. One example is dropping snippets in Prime Video shows and trailers such as The Summer I Turned Pretty and most recently Wilderness. While 1989 (Taylor's Version) is set to be released on October 27, there has been a release date yet for the remaining re-records - reputation (Taylor's Version) and Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version). Here is a list of the re-recorded songs that have been teased on Prime Video shows: 'This Love' - from 1989 (Taylor's Version) Show - The Summer I Turned Pretty (season one) Ahead of the 1989 (Taylor's Version) release date announcement, Swift had already dropped two tracks from the 2014 album and this included the song 'This Love'. The first chance fans could listen to the re-record was in the first season trailer of The Summer I Turned Pretty and it was also used in the show too. In an Instagram post announcing the news last year on May 6, Swift wrote: "Thank you @jennyhan for debuting my version of This Love in the trailer for @thesummeriturnedpretty!! "I’ve always been so proud of this song and I’m very 🥺🥺🥺 about this turn of events - This Love (Taylor’s Version) comes out tonight at m i d n i g h t!" 'Back To December' - from Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Show - The Summer I Turned Pretty (season two) Swifties were overjoyed when the re-recorded version of 'Back to December' - a fan favourite from Speak Now (Taylor's Version) was used in the season two trailer of The Summer I Turned Pretty. "Go back to summer. watch the official trailer for season 2 of the summer i turned pretty, featuring “back to december (taylor’s version)” by @taylorswift," the show's official Instagram announced in June. This came ahead of Speak Now (Taylor's Version) being released on July 7 this year. 'Delicate' - from reputation (Taylor's Version) Show - The Summer I Turned Pretty (season two) There wasn't just one Swift track that was teased, there were two with the second being 'Delicate' from reputation (Taylor's Version) which was used in the pool scene with Belly (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalengo). This was the first indication to Swifties that a song from reputation had been re-recorded - however this is yet to be released. @jennyhan Is it too soon to do this yet? (Taylor’s version) #thesummeriturnedpretty #behindthescenes #lolatung #gavincasalegno 'Look What You Made Me Do' from reputation (Taylor's Version) Show - Wilderness The re-recorded version of the singer's first single from her 2017 album reputation can be heard in the trailer for Prime Video U.K.’s Wilderness. Starring Jenna Coleman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ashley Benson and Eric Balfour, the thriller series is set to be released on September 15 on the streaming service platform. Like 'Delicate', this version has not yet been released and there has been no date announced yet at the time of writing. @primevideouk Another day another drama, but all she thinks about is karma…. Your first look at #Wilderness, featuring “Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version)” by @Taylor Swift coming to Prime Video on the 15th September 🐍 With four songs teased via Prime Video, Swifties will be sure to listen out for any other possible re-recording clip in the future. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

A security guard who went viral for belting out Taylor Swift tracks alongside fans at Minneapolis claims he has been fired, after concert-goers took photos and filmed him in front of the singer. Calvin Denker admits he holds 'no grudges' though, as he got to work the 'coolest concert ever'. "My former security company said that they had a rule against taking photos with any of their performers...", he told his new fans on social media. "Every photo of me from that night was from behind the barricade, like any other photo from a fan would be." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter

A heavy metal singer is being praised after stopping a concert to comfort a scared little girl in the front row. David Draiman, the lead singer of Disturbed, spotted the tot named Sophia singing along to all of their songs, before becoming overwhelmed and bursting into tears when Draiman invited her on stage. “It’s okay, baby, it’s okay. I didn’t mean to scare you", he comforted her. “I love, absolutely love that Disturbed concerts have become a family affair." Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has announced that the first round of tickets for Fyre Festival II has sold out. Described by McFarland as the “adventure of a lifetime”, Fyre Festival II is an attempt to shift the narrative around McFarland and the original 2017 Fyre Festival that was riddled with scandals and resulted in McFarland spending four years in federal prison for wire fraud. McFarland took to social media to talk about Fyre Festival II after it was announced the first round of tickets sold out: “The first FYRE Festival II drop has sold out. Since 2016 FYRE has been the most talked about festival in the world. We now saw this convert to one of the highest priced GA pre-sales in the industry. FYRE is about people from around the world coming together to pull off the impossible. “This time we have incredible support. I’ll be doing what I love while working with the best logistical and infrastructure partners. In addition, all ticket sale revenue will be held in escrow until the final date is announced. We look forward to surprising the world alongside our partners as we build FYRE and FYRE Festival II into the island adventure of a lifetime,” he added. The initial tickets for Fyre Festival II went on sale for $499 (£390), with later releases set to cost up to $7,999 (£6,250). The original festival was promoted by multiple popular celebrities including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, and Hailey Bieber. Fyre Festival was promised to contain an array of musical performances, as well as other attractions. It was to be hosted on an island in the Bahamas that was claimed to have been previously owned by Pablo Escobar. Despite the hype surrounding the festival, it ultimately resulted in a disaster. So much so that both Netflix and Hulu released shows documenting the festival and how it concluded with McFarland in jail. In 2018, McFarland pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and admitted to lying to investors that funded the first Fyre Festival. He was released from prison early in March 2022, and required to return $26 million to investors of the event. Speaking in a YouTube video uploaded on Monday, McFarland spoke about Fyre Festivall II: “It has been the absolutely wildest journey to get here and it really all started during the seven-month stint in solitary confinement. I wrote out this 50-page plan of how it would take this overall interest and demand in Fyre and how it would take this overall interest and demand in Fyre and how it would take my ability to bring people from around the world together to make the impossible happen.” He added: “we decided that Fyre Festival is coming back to the Caribbean. We are targeting Fyre Festival II for the end of next year.” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Kenan and Kel's Good Burger 2 finally has a teaser trailer, 26 years after the original movie was released. The beloved comedy film based off the TV show was released in 1996, and the new version coming to Paramount+ follows a similar storyline. In the nostalgic sequel, Dexter reunites with his co-worker Ed at their old workplace, Good Burger, when things turn a little chaotic once again, with a new crew to manage. Good Burger 2 will be released in November 2023. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter

KSI has been teaching the GMB hosts how to perform a boxing 'knock out' - and was left in shock by the power in Kate Garraway's right fist. Richard Madeley held the pads as Garraway gloved-up, and the YouTuber-turned-boxer explained how to throw a solid punch. "Geez Kate calm down!", KSI squealed in surprise at how hard she managed to hit. However, when asked if she was better than Tommy Fury, unfortunately he opted for the pro. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter

With the release of Red, White & Royal Blue, fans have positively responded to the film and declared it is their "new personality." Based on the bestselling BookTok novel by American author Casey McQuiston, the story focuses on the relationship between Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Sakhar Perez), the first son of the United States, and Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine), a British prince. The romantic comedy - directed by Matthew Lopez - sees the pair transform their tension as rivals from across the pond into a blossoming romance, depicting the popular "enemies to lovers" trope. Since its release on Amazon Prime Video, the film has been widely discussed as critics and viewers give their verdicts. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has received a critical consensus of 79 per cent while the audience score gave a higher rating at 94 per cent. Meanwhile, Metacritic which similarly rounded up critic's opinions gave it 62 out of 100 with "generally favourable reviews," while the audience gave it 6.8 out of 10. It was a similar story on IMDB, where the movie was received positively and got a 7.2 out of 10. The film has also been a hot topic on social media, with fans sharing their love for the adaptation. One person said: "Red, white and royal blue is my new personality." "Red White and Royal Blue was excellent. It was pure fantasy. Completely ungrounded in every way. Like any good rom-com should be," another person said. Someone else added: "Red white and royal blue movie is probably the best book-to-movie adaptation I've ever seen." "No but seriously WHAT did they put in Red, White and Royal Blue that makes us rewatch it so much???" a fourth person commented. Here are some more of the best reactions: While many also praised the film - which is now in Prime Video's top 3 most-watched romantic comedies of all time - for its LGBT+ representation. Red, White & Royal Blue is now available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Russians are going to see bootleg viewings of the Barbie movie thanks to Hollywood pulling out of Russia. Warner Bros and other big Hollywood names like Disney and Netflix pulled out of the country after Putin invaded Ukraine last year. So, since then, copies of popular films have come into the country through other Russian-speaking markets, such as Kazakhstan, to work around the sanctions. To get around the system, some cinemas sell people tickets for a little-known Russian documentary or short film and then show a different film during the preview, to skirt American copyright laws and Russian laws that require distribution certificates from the Russian Ministry of Culture. But in June, the primary Kazakh-based distributor that had been illegally delivering Hollywood-licensed films to Russian cinemas announced it was pulling out of the business for financial reasons. This is how pirated viewings have started becoming popular. Nikita Zabolotskikh, 17, has spent an estimated Rbs300,000 — or more than $3,000 — bringing Barbie to the big screen in the city of Perm by acquiring a pirated copy, hiring a Russian dubbing company and rolling out an extensive marketing campaign. He told the Financial Times that he and a friend came up with the idea after reading news reports that the Kazakh company was ending its business — just as Barbie was about to hit cinemas worldwide. “The demand was unbelievable. People were losing their mind buying tickets . . . A huge number of people want to see Barbie,” he said. They now plan to show a higher-quality, re-dubbed version of the film at Kinomax, one of Russia’s biggest cinema chains — with plans to expand to 15-20 other Russian cities afterwards. “It’s the best-quality version on the [Russian] market,” he said. “And probably will be for the next two to three months.” Meanwhile, in Russia’s central city of Tyumen the Gorkiy cinema has already shown a pirated version of the film on its rooftop. Organisers noted that the quality might not suit “lovers of 4k resolution and ideal sound”. Some Moscow politicians don't like the liberal western values shown in the film. Maria Butina, a Russian lawmaker convicted in the US for operating as an unregistered foreign agent, has called for a ban on the sale of Barbie dolls and the new Mattel movie, which she labelled as an “advertisement” for the agenda of the US Democratic party. “What do we see [in the film]? Gays. Trans people. Women who have taken over the world. Nothing about the union between men and women, nothing about love,” she said in an appearance on the Russian Duma TV channel. But that is clearly not enough to stop Barbiemania. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

The man who inspired film, The Blind Side, is taking his foster parents to court, after he alleges they 'tricked' him into signing a conservatorship agreement. Michael Oher, who used to be an NFL player, was fostered by the Tuohy family, and alleges they had profited from his misfortune. He also recently discovered they'd never 'officially adopted' him. The 2009 film earned Sandra Bullock an Oscar for her portrayal as Leigh Anne Tuohy and co-starred Tim McGraw as her husband, Sean, alongside Quinton Aaron as Oher. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter

DJ Crazy Times' 'Planet Of The Bass' has taken over the internet...and now it's making its way into the mainstream too. While the Jonas Brothers were performing in Boston, comedian Kyle Gordon stormed the stage to perform the hit track during an intermission mid-show. Apparently Joe Jonas, whose birthday it was that day, is a huge fan of the song, and the announcer dubbed it a 'treat' for him. However, few fans in the crowd knew what was going on as the arena transformed into a 90s Eurodance club. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter