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To infinity and beyond for Taylor Swift? Mystery billboards spark Toy Story 5 rumours

To infinity and beyond for Taylor Swift? Mystery billboards spark Toy Story 5 rumours

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Could it be that Toy Story 5 has a “Blank Space” to fill on their cast list? Taylor Swift fans are certainly hoping so. Reports that the pop superstar will have a role in the forthcoming animated film are yet to be confirmed, but that isn’t stopping Swifties from speculating – and this weekend’s unveiling of new promotional billboards will no doubt fuel the rumours. The billboards feature the giant letters “TS” and while admittedly it serves as an acronym both for Swift’s name and the film franchise, the Toy Story title has never been abbreviated as such. Also worth nothing is the fact the letters are surrounded by 13 clouds, which is known to be Swift’s favourite number. On Saturday (30 May), the official Instagram account for Pixar shared a video of cowgirl Jessie (voiced by Joan Cusack) dancing on …

Anti-ICE billboards show Angelenos how their tax dollars are ‘wasted’

Anti-ICE billboards show Angelenos how their tax dollars are ‘wasted’

There are some new billboards in town that want you to know what the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is doing with its newfound funding. “Your tax $ wasted” reads the top of these billboards that can be found around L.A. and in several other cities around the country, including Memphis, Miami and Raleigh, N.C. Other messages found on the signs are: “ICE weapons spending increases 600%, 17 million people lose healthcare;” “ICE cruelty is costing you $28 billion;” and “Funding ICE is a slippery slope to fascism.” The coordinated action was put together by the activist group Mijente Support Committee, a Latinx rights advocacy group whose ethos is “no one is coming to save us, so we have to save ourselves and each other.” Joseline Garcia — who serves as Mijente’s community defense director, as well as community defense training for L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez’s first district — spoke with The Times about the advocacy organization’s billboard campaign. “Over the past few months, we’ve seen an increase in the use of billboards for …

Harry Styles teases new album with billboards around the world

Harry Styles teases new album with billboards around the world

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Harry Styles appears to be gearing up to release his first new album in nearly four years. Since concluding his Love On Tour in 2023 following the release of his Grammy-winning album, Harry’s House (2022), the British pop star, 31, has taken a lengthy musical hiatus, largely remaining out of the public eye. However, it looks like Styles is finally ready to make his highly anticipated return with a new project seemingly titled “We Belong Together.” Billboards emblazoned with the phrase have been cropping up in major cities like New York City, Manchester, Palermo and São Paulo. Behind the words is a picture of a sold-out stadium of fans — the same image that appears at the end of the “As It Was” singer’s newest YouTube video. Titled “Forever, Forever” and posted last month, the more than eight-minute clip included scenes from his …