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Pack your bug spray, secure your cabin doors, and mentally prepare for some deeply questionable lakeside supervision. We are officially heading back to summer camp. After more than a decade of agonizing courtroom battles and locked-away IP, the Friday the 13th universe has finally broken its curse. Peacock and A24 have officially unleashed the teaser trailer for “ Crystal Lake ,” a prequel series aiming to rebuild the slasher mythos from the ground up. You’ll catch a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it reveal of “bag head” Jason making his debut. We’ve slowed it down so you can get a look. Watch it below. A Summer Camp That’s Surprisingly… Functioning? The most shocking part of the trailer isn’t the impending doom—it’s how downright pleasant Camp Crystal Lake looks. Sunlight glints off the water, kids swim, and counselors exchange warm, blissful smiles. For a brief second, it looks like a place you’d willingly pay to send your offspring, rather than a notorious crime scene waiting to happen. Franchise veterans know this is a massive shift. Aside from Part VI: Jason Lives, horror fans rarely see Crystal Lake in its prime. The movies usually drop us into a dilapidated wasteland being haphazardly renovated by doomed teenagers. Or

Following a record-shattering theatrical run, A24’s Backrooms is dominating the upcoming spooky season. In fact, Spirit Halloween has officially unveiled its new costume line inspired by the blockbuster film. Halloween partygoers can suit up in everything from signature hazmat suits to full Cap’n Clark store gear. All capitalizing on the viral phenomenon that transformed from a YouTube project into a major cinematic milestone. Box Office History and Big-Screen Triumph Calling Backrooms a commercial success is a massive understatement. Produced on a modest $10 million budget, the film completely crushed its theatrical competition. It raked in a staggering $81 million domestically in its opening weekend alone. At just 19, director Kane Parsons became the youngest filmmaker in cinema history to helm a number-one movie at the global box office. That’s an unbelievable leap for a creator who began rendering low-fi animations in his bedroom. Inside the Ottoman Empire Horror Scripted by Will Soodik and adapted from Parsons’ viral web series, the story centers on Clark, portrayed by Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor. Clark is a struggling furniture showroom owner unraveling under the weight of a messy divorce, alcoholism, and shattered ambitions. However, while investigating faulty electrical wiring in his basement, he stumbles

The found-footage anthology franchise is making its biggest leap yet. Before fans even hit play on this October musical-themed entry, V/H/S/MIXTAPE , the next chapter in the series has already secured a landmark deal. V/H/S: SCP will officially bring the franchise to movie theaters, backed by indie powerhouse A24, Deadline reports. A Historic Leap to the Big Screen The partnership marks a major milestone for the franchise, which began back in 2012. A24 is co-producing the project alongside Josh Goldbloom and Spooky Pictures founders Roy Lee and Steven Schneider. Moving from digital and home releases to a full theatrical debut signals a shift toward grander scale.  Leveraging A24’s track record of elevating internet-born lore into cinematic hits. The narrative will frame its terrifying segments as redacted field documentation, recovered video evidence, and containment breaches. All while a secretive organization catalogs it. The Origins  of the SCP Foundation The project draws directly from one of the internet’s most sprawling creative phenomena. Originating in 2008 on an online forum, the SCP Foundation began as a collaborative wiki project centered around a fictional secret agency. The acronym stands for “Secure, Contain, Protect,” which doubles as the organization’s official mission statement. Writers worldwide contribute

Nygren's new responsibilities will have her overseeing the streaming giant's growth and business in both territories. Mia Nygren Courtesy Spotify Trending on Billboard Spotify has appointed Mia Nygren as vp of Latin America and Europe. Nygren, who was previously managing director for LATAM at the streaming giant, announced her new role on LinkedIn. In her prior role, Nygren oversaw users, subscription and revenue for the region. Her new responsibilities will see her helming growth and business for Europe and Latin America. Related “I left Sweden at 18, lived across Europe for nearly two decades, and built my Spotify career in Latin America,” Nygren wrote in a post on LinkedIn. “This role feels like my whole journey clicking into place. Both are regions you can only win market by market, by earning trust locally, understanding what makes each country unique, and building from the ground up. The playbook we’ve developed in Latin America translates directly to Europe. “Latin America has become one of the most powerful forces in global music,” she continued. “What’s happened here isn’t a trend, it’s a shift. And at the core of that growth is a truth I’ll carry into everything we do next: nobody understands a

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by Kenneth Michael White, Kennesaw State University, Despite being divided on most issues, an overwhelming majority of Americans agree that their democracy is in a state of crisis or facing serious challenges. A few of the symptoms of the problem: Close allies see the U.S. as a threat to peace. Immigration raids by poorly trained federal agents have terrorized cities. President Donald Trump claims that only his own sense of morality limits his power. The Trump administration has politicized the Justice Department, and many of Trump’s political nominees refuse to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. Plato warned that an unhealthy democracy can easily fall prey to a tyrant. As a scholar of American government, I see dishonest leaders, an environment of declining trust and a cultural penchant for violence as symptoms of Plato’s scenario. The courts, which research suggests are ineffective at instituting significant political change, cannot adequately counter today’s democratic crisis. So what can? One thing I’ve learned over two decades is that when it comes to the fundamentals of democracy, political science is not rocket science. A healthy democracy requires educated citizens, including a

Trending on Billboard On Wednesday (Sept. 9), Suno announced its new line of AI music models, which the company says are its first “in partnership with the music industry.” Called v6, the models are said to be the fastest models released by the AI music start-up to date — and they are also the first to provide compensation to Suno’s music industry partners in the process.  Related The news comes after a string of announcements from Suno over the last year, touting new agreements with Warner Music Group, BMG and — as of Tuesday (Sept. 8) — Believe. Still, while these music companies are coming to the table to build products in conjunction with Suno, the AI music company faces ongoing litigation from several others, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music, SOCAN and Koda. It also recently lost a copyright infringement lawsuit in Germany filed by local collection society GEMA over illegal training of its model on copyrighted works.  As part of the v6 roll out, Suno also announced that it has retired all past models and is working towards future products that allow for users to take participating songs from their favorite artists and remix, sample and otherwise make

Dunedin Venues operates Dunedin Centre, which includes the Dunedin Town Hall, and the 36,000-capacity Forsyth Barr Stadium. Phil King TEG Trending on Billboard SYDNEY, Australia — Ex-Ticketmaster Australia managing director Phil King is now at the helm of Dunedin Venues Management as chief executive officer. King had led Ticketmaster Australia, one of the big two ticketing giants in these parts, since December 2023. Prior to that, he was chief commercial officer at the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). Related According to a statement from Dunedin Venues, which operates Dunedin Centre, an historic facility made up of two main structures — the Municipal Chambers building, and the Dunedin Town Hall — and the 36,000-capacity Forsyth Barr Stadium, it was the South Island city’s “reputation as a world-class destination for major events, combined with its passionate sporting community and vibrant city atmosphere,” that made the opportunity “impossible to resist.” In a post on LinkedIn, King remarked on his “incredible chapter” with Ticketek Australia, a division of TEG, the Sydney-based ticketing, live content and data analytics giant. “Leading this business has been one of the true joys of my professional life. It has challenged me, shaped me, and provided immense growth as a

Trending on Billboard Suno launched v6, its latest batch of AI music models on Wednesday (Sept. 9) — its first “in partnership with the music industry,” as the company says. Suno, which was recently valued at $5.4 billion, also announced that in the future it will be launching products to provide AI-enabled remixing, sampling and other derivative features for music from participating partners. The news comes just hours after Suno inked its latest music partnership with French giant Believe. Alongside Warner Music Group and BMG, Suno’s two other music industry allies, Believe’s participating music will train the v6 models, along with what’s called “user inputs.” On a special bonus episode of Billboard On the Record, Mikey Shulman, CEO and co-founder of Suno, explains the training process and how user input plays into it. Related “When users make a song, they will implicitly tell us whether it is good or bad — or more accurately, will give users two songs and they will implicitly tell us one of those is better than the other,” Shulman says. “We are able to take that signal and learn from it what makes a song particularly catchy, particularly good and use that information about