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Arkansas Concert Promoter Begrudgingly Agrees to Follow Reopening Guidelines
Arkansas’s governor is allowing America’s first post-quarantine concert to move forward after the promoter agreed to adhere to the state’s reopening guidelines. As previously reported, Bishop Gunn singer/guitarist Travis McCready was set to play a limited-capacity concert at TempleLive in Forth Smith, Arkansas on Friday, May 22nd, marking the first such live event to take place...
George Miller Announces Mad Max: Fury Road Prequel with Young Furiosa
In a recent interview with the New York Times, apocalypse auteur George Miller officially announced his next Mad Max movie. But while it will tell the story of Furiosa from 2015’s Fury Road, it will not star Charlize Theron. That’s in part because, as Theron herself hinted at way back in 2017, the expected sequel is actually a prequel. Miller and his co-writer Nick Lathouris wr...
Tom Hardy’s Best 10 Movie Performances
Tom Hardy is one of Hollywood’s last old-fashioned movie stars — a big, magnetic leading man of the school of Marlon Brando and Orson Welles. He’s a performer of incredible subtlety and teeth-gnashing intensity in the same breath, drawing pools of weary wisdom from his big, soulful eyes one minute before screaming in a goofy accent in the next. Hardy has the capacity to be both menacing and sweet,...
Numark Introduces Two New DJ Controllers
Numark has become one of the foremost names in DJ equipment over the years with its accessible, quality gear and software. Crafted for aspiring and veteran DJs alike, the brand’s products have become a staple in the world of electronic music. Numark’s popular Mixtrack DJ controller has seen many iterations over the years, and now the company has announced two new models in the ser...
Inside The Event Safety Alliance’s Reopening Guide: Concerts Will Look Entirely Different In the Wake of the Pandemic
There’s still no telling when concerts, events, and public gatherings will be allowed to resume in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. But an industry report now predicts that should events return, they certainly won’t look anything like the way they did before. According to a new report by the Event Safety Alliance (ESA), attendees at potential concerts and event...
Axwell Confirms He Produced Three Tracks on Lady Gaga’s Forthcoming “Chromatica” Album
Little Monsters everywhere have been chomping at the bit to hear pop queen Lady Gaga‘s newest studio album, Chromatica. Originally scheduled for release on April 10th, 2020, the new album was delayed due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Chromatica is set to drop on May 29th, and EDM fans are eager to hear superstar DJ and producer Axwell‘s contribution...
Netflix’s The Eddy is a can’t-miss trip to Paris — with one bad detour
The most upsetting thing about The Eddy is that it’s already over. Netflix’s latest bingeable show is a limited series, an eight-episode run about a jazz club in Paris. Produced by Academy Award-winning La La Land and First Man director Damien Chazelle (who directed the first two episodes) and written by acclaimed playwright Jack Thorne, The Eddy feels like it brings something truly new to the man...
Disney Plus is getting a Percy Jackson series as Disney continues to mine its IP for new streaming shows
Rick Riordan’s beloved young adult fantasy series, Percy Jackson, is getting another shot at the live-action treatment seven years after the last film was released — but this time, as a Disney Plus series. Riordan announced the project on Twitter, adding a note of reassurance to fans who were left livid over 20th Century Fox’s original film adaptations in 2010 and 2013: it wouldn’t end up like las...
Apple’s supply chain is making safety changes to protect workers in response to the pandemic
Apple’s global supply chain is making safety changes to better protect workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as outlined in the company’s 2020 Supplier Responsibility report. Sabih Khan, Apple’s senior vice president of operations and the person in charge of the company’s global supply chain, detailed the changes the company’s suppliers are making in a letter at the beginning of the report. The co...
Apple to launch a new iPad and a new iPad mini with bigger screens, says Ming-Chi Kuo
Apple is planning to launch a new 10.8-inch iPad and a new iPad mini with a screen that could be as large as 9 inches, according to a new investor note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo obtained by MacRumors. The note also mentions a potential 2022 release date for Apple’s rumored augmented reality glasses. The new 10.8-inch iPad will launch in the second half of this year, while the new iPad mini, ...
Questlove & Black Thought Sign First-Look Deal With Universal Television Alternative Studio
Source: NBC / Getty As members of The Roots, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter have been rightly heralded as one of Hip-Hop’s brightest acts and now they’re taking their talents to new levels. It was recently announced that the longtime bandmates and friends have signed a first-look deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal Television. The new three...
Police confirm abduction of APC vice-chairman, daughter
The Police Command in Kaduna on Thursday confirmed the abduction of the Vice-Chairman, All Progressive Congress (APC), Kaduna State chapter, Shu’aibu Idris-Lauge, and his daughter. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident in Kaduna. According to him, Shu’aibu and his daughter were abducted from their Kwanar Zango residence along Kaduna-Zaria expressway on Thu...
