Lady Gaga recording new music

Lady Gaga is recording new music, and is teasing the process on social media. The 38-year-old singer and actress shared a black-and-white photo carousel to her Instagram page.

Gaga recently wrapped her Las Vegas Jazz & Piano residency, which showcased songs she created alongside late singer Tony Bennett and Great American Songbook classics. Her last album, Chromatica, dropped in 2020, and HBO released a concert special for her 2022 tour in May. That film ends with the message “LG7 Gaga Returns,” referencing an upcoming album.

“I have written so many songs,” she said during the premiere. “I’ve been producing so many songs, and it’s nothing like anything that I’ve ever made before. I love to break genre and I love to explore music.”

New teaser for Dune: Prophecy

Max shared a teaser trailer for Dune: Prophecy, featuring Emily Watson and Olivia Williams. Inspired by the novel Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, the series is a prequel set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s Dune, exploring the origins of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood.

Watson and Williams play Valya and Tula, two Harkonnen sisters who combat forces threatening humanity’s future and establish the Bene Gesserit. The teaser, titled “Control,” shows the Sisterhood striving for power alongside other factions. Created by Diane Ademu-John, with Alison Schapker as showrunner, Dune: Prophecy premieres on Max this fall. Frank Herbert’s Dune has also been adapted into films, including David Lynch’s 1984 version and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024).

Minecraft celebrates 15th anniversary with Beats headphones

Minecraft is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a special Beats Solo 4 headphone collaboration, featuring lime green branding and Unicode symbols inspired by the game’s iconic pixel art textures.

Available exclusively at Target for $199.99, these headphones offer crystal clear audio, a built-in microphone, up to 50 hours of battery life and Personalised Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking. The set includes a Minecraft-branded carrying case, USB-C to USB-C charging cable, 3.5 mm analogue audio cable and a one-year warranty card.

Published in Dawn, Young World, August 17th, 2024