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Warner Bros. Fast-Tracking Wonder Woman 3
Despite an unprecedented release plan and mixed reviews, Wonder Woman 1984 has become the biggest hit of the quarantine. Now, Warner Bros. has announced in a statement that it has begun fast-tracking development on Wonder Woman 3, which will “conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy.” WW1984 bowed simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max on Christmas Day. With $16.7 million box office over the holiday weekend, the sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman ranks as the best American opening since the beginning of the pandemic. The film also shattered viewership records for HBO Max, which reported that nearly half of its retail subscribers watched the title just on the first day. Warner Bros. tried a variety of release methods worldwide, and altogether the blockbuster earned $85...
Hip-Hop Cops Back?: Rapper Lil Tjay Detained By NYPD During Music Video Shoot
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Do the Hip-Hop cops have some quotas they need to meet or what? Rapper Lil Tjay was detained, but reportedly not arrested, after his vehicle was searched—all while he was shooting a new music video. Last time for real Lol nfs who ya want on this? 😡🤔 pic.twitter.com/G2asJnmnpG — lil TJAY (@liltjay) December 21, 2020 According to TMZ, the “Pop Out” rapper was shooting the clip when NYPD figure it was good enough time to search his whip. The 19-year-old rapper was shooting the vid when cops searched his car. Lil Tjay hopped on Instagram during the stop and recorded it. A crowd gathered around the vehicle as NYPD cops conducted the search. It’s unclear if anything was found. A crowd gathered around to watch what happened. Lil Tjay, who is one of ...
GRiZ Raises $125,000 for Charity During 7th Annual 12 Days of GRiZMAS
Over the course of the past two weeks, GRiZ and his fans celebrated his annual charity event, 12 Days of GRiZMAS. While virtual this year, he still curated plenty of online activities for fans to enjoy. Like previous years, donations were collected to support a charity in his hometown of Detroit. Despite there being no in-person events this year, his fanbase was able to raise an incredible $125,000 to fund Seven Mile Music‘s efforts to support the local youth with music, coding, and art education. On Christmas Day, GRiZ wished fans a happy holiday, revealed the donation total, and thanked fans for their continuous support and inspiration. Check out his tweet below. GRiZ’s 7th annual 12 Days of GRiZMAS celebration took place December 12th to 23rd, 2020. You can check o...
Close Out 2020 With Special ‘goodbye 2020 set’ from San Holo
This year, livestreams have been the backbone of the music industry, and multi-instrumentalist and producer San Holo is following suit with the announcement of a special “goodbye 2020 set” streaming on YouTube this Monday, December 28th. Certain to make the day just a little bit brighter, the hourlong broadcast will begin on his channel at 1:30PM PT (22:30PM CET), with the artist promising to interact with fans in the stream’s chat section. “Let’s hope for a brighter 2021 but let’s also appreciate what we have now,” San Holo wrote on social media. “[It will be] an hour of music that makes me feel lots of things (hopefully you will to!).” Most recently, San Holo celebrated the holidays with a new remix of Wham!...
In the Spirit of Giving, Said The Sky Sent His Fans Money to Buy Christmas Gifts
This Christmas, EDM’s wholesome resident softboi Said The Sky took the spirit of giving to a new level, taking to Twitter and Venmo to give back to his fans in need with money for presents for their loved ones. Even more heartfelt were the messages fans shared with the artist about their intents for the money, with many using the extra funds to send special somethings to those who had lost jobs or loved ones to the pandemic. Said The Sky’s message also inspired other fans in the tweet’s comments to send money to each other, spreading the holiday cheer far and wide. “I know this year sucked a whole lot but I’d love to help in anyway I can and encourage anybody else who is able to do the same,” the artist wrote in his initial tweet. Check o...
Ricky Skaggs, Kenny Chesney, Rosanne Cash & More Pay Tribute to Tony Rice
The bluegrass giant, known for his innovative and elegant flatpicking, released dozens of albums dating back to the early 1970s and played alongside such major artists as Dolly Parton and Jerry Garcia. Rice received numerous awards over the decades, including a Grammy in 1993 for best country instrumental performance and was a six-time recipient of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) guitar player of the year honor. His death was confirmed in a statement from the IBMA. Cash tweeted that Rice’s death leaves an “enormous vacancy” in the bluegrass community and that the guitarist “never played a bad note in his life.” Chesney, meanwhile, credited Rice as an inspiration from his childhood and recalled watching the late musician perform at ...
Michelle Branch Opens Up After Suffering Miscarriage, Thanks Husband Patrick Carney for Support
The “Everywhere” singer went on to thank her husband, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, as well as her sister, for their support during the difficult time. “But alas, between the crying and binge eating of Christmas cookies, I decided to put on lipstick and a dress. We drank champagne alllll day. Made an incredible meal and sang Christmas songs snuggled up by a roaring fire,” Branch wrote. “Five more days until 2021. I’m limping to the finish line.” Her emotional post included a slideshow of family snapshots, including one of her cozying up to Carney, and others of her toddler son and teenage daughter. “These people, my precious family, my husband, sister and kids have been the MVP’s,” she continued. “I couldn’t imagine spending a year isolated with anyone el...
Nile Rodgers Mourns the Death of His Mother Beverly Goodman
“The saddest part of this #COVID holiday is not being able to visit my #mom,” he said. “She’s always happy and entertaining even w late stage #Alzheimer’s. I’ve learned to redirect or not, so she’s never uncomfortable with her memory loss.” Along with his tweet that day, he shared a home video of the pair bantering. “This was 2 years ago and she’s still sharp today,” he noted. In an interview with the BBC in the summer of 2019, Rodgers said that while caring for his mother, he had become “more involved in her life than I have been since I was 14 years old … It’s really strange because we, right now, seemingly have the best relationship we’ve ever had in our lives.” Remarkably, the legendary musician, co-founder of ...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Of Evermore’s 169,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Dec. 24, album sales comprise just under 102,000 (down 34%), SEA units comprise 66,000 (down 61%, equaling 86.15 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprise a little a little over 1,000 (down 85%). Evermore’s second week was aided by the arrival of the album on CD on Dec. 18. The set was only available to purchase as a digital download in its first week of release. Cassette and vinyl LP configurations are due in 2021. Evermore is the companion set to her earlier No. 1 album Folklore, which bowed atop the Aug. 8-dated Billboard 200. Folklore descends 3-8 on the new Billboard 200 with 53,000 equivalent album units (down 61%). Both albums were released with little advance notice. Pa...
ACCEPT’s MARK TORNILLO On WOLF HOFFMANN: ‘We’ve Got A Great Mutual Respect For Each Other’
On December 8, ACCEPT singer Mark Tornillo was interviewed on “That Jamieson Show”. You can now watch the chat below. Tornillo joined ACCEPT in 2009 as the replacement for the band’s original lead singer, Udo Dirkscheider. He can be heard on ACCEPT‘s last five studio albums, “Blood Of The Nations” (2010), “Stalingrad” (2012), “Blind Rage” (2014), “The Rise Of Chaos” (2017) and the upcoming “Too Mean To Die” (2021). Asked about ACCEPT‘s overall approach since he came into the group, Tornillo said: “Basically, [we went] back to what we did in the ’80s — what everybody did back in the day. The whole thing was, when I joined the band, Wolf [Hoffmann, guitar] did not want the band to rest on it...
SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s TANKIAN And ODADJIAN Reflect On ‘Chop Suey!’ Being Released Shortly Before 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s music video for the song “Chop Suey!” recently surpassed one billion views on YouTube. It is the first SYSTEM OF A DOWN track to reach the milestone. SYSTEM OF A DOWN joined a diverse and elite group of artists to surpass the one-billion mark, a list which includes NIRVANA‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Novemeber Rain”, QUEEN‘s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and LINKIN PARK‘s “Numb” and “In The End”. “Chop Suey!” was the first single from SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s second album, “Toxicity”. The single was released in August 2001 and earned the band its first Grammy nomination in 2002 for “Best Metal Performance.” In a new interv...
What Is Heavy Metal? JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD Responds
During a recent appearance on SiriusXM‘s “In The Light”, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked what heavy metal means to him. He responded (see video below): “Oh, it’s a lot of things, but I think just to kind of coalesce it and get it down, for me, it’s always been about the dynamic expression of the music. And that’s the way that the basic elements of any band — the bass, the drums, guitars and vocals — they’re all at this really strong, potent place with so much power and, for the most part, with so much volume that it almost defines itself. “It’s very difficult to say what is metal, because you have to really be able to absorb and experience it without slicing it and dicing it, without super-analyzing the components of a m...
