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Bebe Rexha to Make Feature Debut in Kristen Bell Comedy ‘Queenpins’
Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly penned the screenplay and will direct the feature. AGC Studios’ Linda McDonough will produce alongside Red Hour’s Nicky Weinstock. AGC Studios chairman Stuart Ford and Miguel A. Palos, Jr. will executive produce alongside Ben Stiller and Breean Solberg of Red Hour. Patricia Braga is overseeing the project for STXfilms. STXfilms chairman Adam Fogelson said, “This is a perfect film for Bebe to be making her live-action film debut. She’s an incredible talent and international superstar and we love her for this role as Tempe Tina, an eccentric computer hacker who helps our heroines with their coupon scam. We know she will add so much fun, talent and personality to this cast.” Rexha previously voice starred in STX animated feature UglyDolls. She is rep...
Whitney Houston Becomes the First Black Artist With Three Diamond Albums
With Whitney joining the singer’s 1985 self-titled debut and the 1992 soundtrack to The Bodyguard in the Diamond column, the singer becomes the first Black artist (male, female, solo or group) to earn that three-peat designation. Whitney has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, while her debut has gone 13x Platinum and The Bodyguard soundtrack has been certified 18x Platinum. Her video for “I Will Always Love You” also recently reached its own lofty perch — one billion YouTube views. Houston will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the 35th annual induction ceremony, which will air on HBO and HBO Max on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. ET. The Houston estate also announced that it has teamed with Clive Davis, Pat Houston, Larry Mestel of Primary ...
Karen O and Willie Nelson Join Forces to Cover Queen’s ‘Under Pressure’
Raise your hand if you saw this one coming. Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O and country legend Willie Nelson have teamed up for a cover of Queen’s “Under Pressure,” which featured guest vocals from David Bowie. The song was released 39 years ago this past Monday. The song was produced by Dave Sitek, and features guitars from Nick Zinner, Imaad Wasif and Johnny Hanson and backing vocals from Priscilla Ahn. In a statement, O outlines how the duet came to fruition, crediting none other than Johnny Knoxville for the introduction. “I recalled my buddy Johnny Knoxville being friends with Willie so I asked to see if he could check in with Willie about it, and then out of sheer audacity I added ‘and if he ever wants to do a duet I’m ready and willing!’” O sai...
Tom Morello to Release New EP Comandante This Week
Tom Morello has been making the most of his time in quarantine. Despite Rage Against the Machine’s ballyhooed reunion tour being postponed, Morello has remained active, whether he’s releasing a new book, endorsing 10-year-old phenom Nandi Bushell, or teaming up for a new song titled “Stand Up.“ Today, Morello announced that he’s releasing a new five-song EP this Friday. Titled Comandante, the collection will feature Slash on a song with another dedicated to Eddie Van Halen. Presumably “Voodoo Child” will be Morello’s take on the Jimi Hendrix classic. THIS FRIDAY: My new EP entitled COMANDANTE out everywhere – 1. Voodoo Child 2. Interstate 80 (feat. @Slash)3. Secretariat (For EVH)4. Suburban Guerrilla5. Cato Stedman & Neptune Frost pic.twitter.com/9qvuj4XT8w — Tom Morello...
South Park Creators Launch Deepfake Web Series Sassy Justice: Watch
South Park returned earlier this month with the hour-long “Pandemic Special”, though there’s still no word on when Season 24 will properly begin. In the meantime, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have teamed with British comedian great Peter Serafinowicz (Amazon’s The Tick, Guardians of the Galaxy) for a new deepfake web series called Sassy Justice. The show is presented as a local Cheyenne, Wyoming news program hosted by American Consumer Advocate Fred Sassy, himself a deepfake of Donald Trump. (The name “Fred Sassy” has to be a play on Trump’s dad, right?) A description of the first episode promises Sass will go “to battle for the common man in his hometown.” First, he’s exposing the dangers of deepfakes — the technological trick of mapping a person’s face on a different person’s body...
Alice Cooper Launches His Own Horror-Themed Party Game
When he’s not satirically running for president, the legendary Alice Cooper usually has his hands in a variety of multimedia projects, from his long-running syndicated radio show to inspirational music videos. The shock rocker’s latest endeavor is just in time for Halloween: a horror-themed party game called HorrorBox. The Cards Against Humanity-style game was written by Cooper and a host of other horror fanatics. It takes the basic CAH concept of pairing setup and answer phrases from different cards to create absurd statements. For example: “‘The tenth circle of hell is for’ … ‘setting up my haunted house as an Airbnb.’” There are also dare cards mixed in with the question cards, prompting players to engage in a spooky action. Cooper’s version of the addictive game is geared specifi...
David Bowie Undergoes a Transformation in First Official Stardust Trailer: Watch
Stardust is an upcoming film that recounts David Bowie’s first-ever US publicity tour. The 1971 trip would go on to heavily influence his Hunky Dory album, as well as helped birth his iconic Ziggy Stardust character. Following a teaser clip earlier this year, a full official trailer has been released today. In the visual, we witness Bowie (played by Johnny Flynn) slowly undergoing a transformation into otherworldly alter ego Ziggy Stardust. Guiding him on this path is his Mercury Records press person Rob Oberman (Marc Maron), one of the few label employees to really believe in his music and potential. Bowie’s first wife Angie (Jena Malone) also offers him uplifting pep talks. “Rock star or somebody impersonating a rock star, what’s the difference?” Flynn’s Bowie says to those confused by h...
Autechre Drop Surprise Album PLUS: Stream
Autechre have dropped the new surprise album PLUS. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. This is the second new album from the electronic duo in less than a month, following on the October 16th release SIGN. Before that, fans waited seven years for the album-length follow-up to 2013’s Exai, although the British veterans were hardly idle in-between. In 2016, Rob Brown and Sean Booth released elseq 1-5, which was made of five 50-minute segments, while 2018’s NTS Sessions was taken from an NTS Radio residency and had a total running time of about eight hours. The pair continue to program their own sounds themselves, though their relationship to technology has evolved. Autechre’s current system allows for many more channels — more layers of complexity — than their early efforts. But the...
Watch the Trailer for New David Bowie Film Stardust
The “Starman” will take flight again in the Ziggy Stardust origin picture Stardust, which stars Johnny Flynn as David Bowie and podcaster/actor Marc Maron as his publicist. A trailer came out today (Oct. 28) and the film hits theatres and VOD on Nov. 25. IFC Films, whcih is releasing the movie, offered a summation: “In 1971, a 24-year-old fledgling David Bowie s sent to America to promote his newest record, The Man Who Sold the World. Leaving behind his pregnant wife Angie (Jena Malone), Bowie and his band embark on a makeshift coast-to-coast promotional tour with struggling Mercury Records publicist Rob Oberman (Marc Maron).” Check out the trailer below. [embedded content] The album titled The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was Bowie’s fifth. The loose...
Billy Joe Shaver, Outlaw Country Singer, Dies at 81
Billy Joe Shaver, who had solo hits and was known for writing songs like “Honky Tonk Heroes,” has died at the age of 81, SPIN has confirmed. According to SiriusXM, Shaver died of a massive stroke. Born in Corsicana, Texas, on Aug. 16, 1939, Shaver’s catalog featured a number of hits, including “Georgia on a Fast Train,” “Wacko in Waco” and “Live Forever” (which Robert Duvall performed in 2009’s Crazy Heart) His songwriting has been long admired by other artists. He wrote 10 of the 11 songs on Waylon Jennings’ 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes and his tunes have been recorded by the likes of Willie Nelson, Bobby Bare and Johnny Cash. He was also namechecked by Bob Dylan on his 2009 song, “I Feel a Change Comin’ On.” Shaver was one of the few outlaw country singers w...
‘There’s A Lot To Be Said’: Kailyn Reveals The Truth About Her Teen Mom 2 Pregnancy
Kailyn confessed that she was dealing with “a lot of things privately” at the onset of tonight’s Teen Mom 2 episode. She painfully said she had let “toxic” people stay in her life for too long and that she “lost herself” in the process. And during the show’s final moments, Kail revealed her “private issue” had now become public. “Chris’ aunt decided to post a photo of my ultrasound on social media, which obviously went viral,” Kail said as footage of the reports claiming she was expecting her fourth child were shown. “I haven’t really said anything publicly about it.” Then she confirmed her life-changing news: “I’m pregnant.” She continued that she had not spoken with him and t...
Git Up, Git Out: Big Boi Supplies Meals To Atlanta Poll Workers
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN The A’s Rap community continues to encourage fans and locals alike to make sure their voice is heard with this upcoming election. Big Boi has given back to city essentials workers in a thoughtful way. As spotted on TMZ the still very active OutKast member is putting his money where his mouth if when it comes to our boots to the ground representation in Atlanta. On Saturday, October 24 the “SpottieOttieDopaliscious” rapper partnered with Postmates and World Central Kitchen to serve meals to poll workers. He used the app to send over trays of shrimp tacos and pan-seared chicken. The gesture was well received by the staff as the city has been facing massing lines during the early voting phase. While Daddy Fat Sacks did not take to his social med...
