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COVID-19 Relief Package Includes Provision Making Illegal Streaming a Felony
As is often the case when it comes to massive legislation spanning thousands of pages of text, lawmakers attached some unrelated line items to the latest COVID-19 relief package. Chief among them, as The Hollywood Reporter points out, is a provision that makes illegal streaming a felony. Introduced by North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis earlier this month, the “Felony Streaming” copyright proposal attaches felony penalties to commercial platforms which are dedicated exclusively to streaming unlicensed works. If found guilty of such actions, operators of these platforms could face up to 10 years in prison. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar proposed similar legislation nearly a decade ago, but the bill was met with blowback as it left open the possibility for content creators — such a...
R.I.P. Pelle Alsing, Roxette Drummer Dead at 60
Pelle Alsing, best known as the drummer for Swedish pop-rock band Roxette, has died at the age of 60. A cause of death hasn’t been revealed at this time. Roxette co-founder Per Gessle announced the news on the group’s social media on Sunday. “It is with indescribable sadness I have to inform you that our beloved Pelle Alsing has passed away. It’s almost impossible to grasp,” he wrote. “Pelle was not only an amazing and inventive drummer, helping us to create the Roxette sound since Day One, he was also the best friend you can imagine, a kind and generous human being with the biggest heart beating for everyone,” Gessle continued, adding: “He was always the funniest to be around, the one with the biggest smile on his face, the one who supported you the most when you were in doubt. He will be...
John Mulaney Enters Rehab for Cocaine and Alcohol Abuse
John Mulaney has checked into rehab for cocaine and alcohol abuse. According to Page Six and PEOPLE, the 38-year-old comedian entered a facility in Pennsylvania this past weekend. Mulaney has long been open about his history with substance abuse. In an interview with Esquire last year, he said he began drinking and experimenting with drugs at age 13. He first became sober at the age of 23. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this month, Mulaney admitted that the quarantine had negatively impacted his mental well-being, and he sought to find structure by going to work for his friend Seth Meyers. “I really needed a job. I like having a boss and having assignments to do,” Mulaney explained to Kimmel. “When I’m in charge of something… not so much the best thing. I wanted to ...
Neil Young Returns to His Hometown to Play “Comes a Time” in an Empty Theater: Watch
Coronavirus may be keeping people apart from their relatives this holiday season, but that didn’t stop Neil Young from finding a socially distanced way to tap into his own family nostalgia. Young recently returned to his childhood hometown of Omemee, Ontario to film a special performance of “Come a Time” to an empty Coronation Hall, the venue where he spent numerous evenings with his parents as a boy. The clip, which clocks in just under four minutes, sees Young walking onstage to a completely empty Coronation Hall. The tiny venue looks regal yet worn without people populating the space, especially when Young sits in a chair onstage front and center. With some papers scattered on the floor and a few microphones positioned at his height, Young begins playing his heartfelt 1978 classic with ...
Cardi B Co-Signs “WAP” Parody Encouraging Mask Wearing
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz While many a conservative and Cardi B hater have condemned her smash single “W.A.P” for its sexually suggestive content, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has decided to use its popularity to promote a simple yet life-fitsaving message: wear a mask. Parodying the Card and Megan Thee Stallion collaboration and renaming it “Wear a Mask Please,” John Hopkins University tapped Birdi Jay to drop some of the strugglest bars you’ll ever hear but with the noblest of intentions. Encouraging listeners to protect themselves and others by covering their gangsta grills, Birdi gets right to the point right out the gate “spitting,” “I said safe and chic/seven days a week/wear a mask, please/make that Covid curve weak!” [embedded content] Thou...
Teyana Taylor Reportedly Down To Play Dionne The Singer AKA Dionne Warwick Onscreen
Source: 2020 Billboard Women In Music / Getty Dionne Warwick has become something of a renewed personality via social media as a result of her hilarious tweets and pop culture inquisitiveness. It appears that the legendary singer really knows her stuff because it’s being reported she connected with Teyana Taylor in hopes of getting the New York talent to play her in a docuseries. Last week, Ms. Warwick posted a video via Twitter asking her legion of fans if they’d watch a docuseries centered on her life [of course we would!] but in the caption of the tweet, she made it clear that Taylor’s her choice as the lead. TMZ is reporting that Warwick and Taylor hopped on the phone recently to kick around the idea and Taylor, by the account of the sources close to the story, say it could very well b...
Boba Fett Fans Rejoice, Your Fav Star Wars Bounty Hunter Is Getting His Own Disney+ Series
Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty Many Star Wars fans felt for years that Boba Fett didn’t get the respect he deserved. The iconic intergalactic bounty hunter is finally getting his late flowers in the form of his own show. Boba Fett made his triumphant return during The Mandalorian’s epic season 2 that has finally linked this to the Disney+ original series Stars Wars films. If you saw the amazing season 2 finale and stuck around after the credits, you already know that Temuera Morrison’s Boba Fett, whom we met in 2002’s Star Wars: Attack of The Clones, will be getting his own show titled The Book of Boba Fett and it will co-star Ming-Na Wen as Fett’s new partner assassin Fennec Shand. Today (Dec.21), Disney/Star Wars confirmed the new show, and Like intergalactic spaghetti western, The Boo...
Sony Pictures Developing DJ Screw Biopic
Source: Magdelena / Radio One Houston With the success of Straight Outta Compton, All Eyez On Me and Notorious, Hip-Hop biopics have proven that it can be big business at box office and now Sony Pictures is preparing to give another Hip-Hop legend the silver screen treatment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures is developing a biopic around the life and times of the legendary DJ Screw and have tapped director Issac Yowman to spearhead the project and also serve as the film’s executive producer. For those who aren’t familiar with the man, DJ Screw made a name for himself in the 90’s for his slowed down remix techniques to Hip-Hop tracks which was dubbed “Chopped and Screwed.” Unfortunately DJ Screw passed away in 2000 at the young age of 29-years-old. The film is currently ro...
Ariana Grande And Dalton Gomez Are Engaged: ‘Forever N Then Some’
Ariana Grande is switching up the positions again — this time, as a bride-to-be. On Sunday (December 20), the 27-year-old singer took to Instagram to share the news that she had become engaged to her boyfriend, now fiancé, Dalton Gomez after less than a year of dating. “Forever n then some,” she captioned a carousel of five photos, which included snapshots of the couple cuddling as well as close-ups of a massive diamond-and-pearl engagement ring. Following the announcement, the couple received a wave of well-wishes from friends, family, and fans alike. “YAYYYYYY!!!!” Hailey Bieber commented on Grande’s post. “So happy for you guys!!” “I am so excited to welcome Dalton Gomez into our family!” Joan Grande, the pop star’s mother, wrote on Twitter. “Ariana, I ...
David Guetta Announces NYE “United At Home” Charity Stream Live from Paris
Third time’s the charm for David Guetta, who has announced a massive “United At Home” charity stream on New Year’s Eve 2020 in Paris. The barnstorming dance music superstar raised a whopping $1.5 million with his first two “United At Home” streams, which went down in Miami and New York, respectively. 50 million global viewers tuned in to watch him break the Guinness World Record for the most-watched DJ set on Facebook. Guetta has not revealed where exactly he will be broadcasting from, but a press release asserts that the performance will take place at “one of the most magical spots in Paris.” Could an Eiffel Tower stream be on the horizon? The Paris edition of the event series will benefit UNICEF and Restos du Cœur, a major French ...
A 12-Year-Old DJ Hosted a Rave in His School’s Bathroom During Lunch Break
If you want to be a good DJ, you’ve got to start from scratch. Despite that horrible pun, please continue on to read about a 12-year-old Manchester boy who DJed at his own rave held in his school’s bathroom. Instead of throwing down potato chips and a sammie during his lunch break, Cael Bell threw down electronic bangers in his school’s toilets. According to a report by The Mirror, the diminutive DJ’s set lasted for 30 minutes, at which point his teachers at St. Antony’s Roman Catholic School raided the party and confiscated his equipment. What a buzzkill. The boy’s mother, Louise Bell, took the incident in stride. “I had to laugh. It has been a terrible year and I couldn’t be angry with my son for trying to spread some cheer,&...
Zedd Curates Exclusive DJ Mix of Apple Music’s Biggest Songs of 2020
There is perhaps no EDM artist more ideal than Zedd, one of the genre’s true hit-makers, to curate a list of Apple Music‘s biggest songs of 2020. Zedd has teamed up with the streaming giant for an exclusive DJ mix that covers not only the most popular songs in dance music from this year, but also the contemporary music scene at large. There is something for everyone here, as Zedd has chosen tracks that aren’t rooted in EDM, such as Machine Gun Kelly and blackbear‘s “my ex’s best friend,” Lil Baby‘s “Woah,” and Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper‘s chart-topping single “Holy.”. However, dance music is of course well-represented with selections such as “Breaking Me” by Topic and...
