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Deena Cortese Is Pregnant With Mini Meatball Number Two
Deena Cortese’s family vacation is growing: The Jersey Shore star is pregnant with her second child! “We’re so excited to announce we’re expecting Baby Buckner #2 May 1, 2021,” Deena captioned a Halloween-inspired Instagram album above featuring hubby Chris Bruckner, their “little pumpkin” CJ and Baby Buckner #2. “Our hearts are filled with so much love and joy! CJ is going to be the best big brother ever!!! #blessed #growingfamily sooo for everyone that was asking YES YES YES ..I’m pregnant.” To Deener and Chris! And little Chris and a new bundle of joy! The MTV cast member, who wed Chris in October 2017, made it no secret during Season 1 of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation that she was “so ready to go home and make a little meatball with my Ch...
Snowman & The King: T.I. vs Jeezy To Start Verzuz Season 2
Source: Prince Williams / Getty One of the best manifestations of the unfortunate Coronavirus Pandemic was the Verzuz battles that kept spirits up during quarantine. After a brief hiatus, Season 2 of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s dose of concentrated Hip-Hop competition will have T.I. and Jeezy facing off against each other. Earlier in the week, Busta Rhymes had called for T.I. for a battle. However, the King passed, and shortly thereafter Jeezy popped up saying he wanted the smoke against the fellow trap rapper, too. The game seems to have gotten its wish, with Verzuz announcing T.I. and Jeezy are first up in a new season. Per the official Verzuz IG, it goes down November 19 at 5pm via Apple Music, with drinks courtesy of Diddy’s CIROC brand. Some of the initial first season’s battles inclu...
ALEXI LAIHO’s BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT: Video Of Entire Helsinki Concert
BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, the new band launched by ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho, played its second concert ever Saturday night (October 24) at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. Fan-filmed video footage of the 17-song show, which consisted entirely of CHILDREN OF BODOM material, can be seen below. Joining Alexi in the group are drummer Waltteri Väyrynen, guitarist Daniel Freyberg (ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM), bassist Mitja Toivonen (ex-SANTA CRUZ) and touring keyboardist Lauri Salomaa. Setlist: 01. Needled 24/7 02. Silent Night, Bodom Night 03. Bodom After Midnight 04. Sixpounder 05. Platitudes And Barren Words 06. Living Dead Beat 07. Knuckleduster 08. Angels Don’t Kill 09. Hate Me! 10. Deadnight Warrior 11. Hatebreeder 12. Everytime I Die 13. Warheart 14. Downfall 15. Hate...
Watch TRIVIUM’s Entire ‘The Deepest Cuts II’ Livestream Concert
Grammy-nominated metal band TRIVIUM has uploaded video of “The Deepest Cuts II”, the second and final installment in its series of free, single-camera livestream shows that were broadcast from the group’s rehearsal room in Orlando, Florida. The performance took place on Saturday, October 24 and was streamed on frontman/guitarist Matt Heafy‘s ever-popular Twitch channel. Featured songs: 02:30 Insurrection 07:56 Falling To Grey 16:21 Declaration 24:10 Wake (The End Is Nigh) 34:10 Cease All Your Fire 42:20 The Calamity 49:12 Drowning In The Sound 55:00 Washing Away Me In The Tides 1:00:30 And Sadness Will Sear 1:07:05 Broken One 1:15:00 Drowning In Slow Motion 1:24:00 Incineration: The Broken World This marked TRIVIUM‘s third livestream overall. The first was the...
WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Shoots Down ‘Sh***y Lie’ About VAN HALEN’s Future: You Are ‘Hurting Me And My Family’
Wolfgang Van Halen has shot down a rumor that a new version of VAN HALEN is being assembled featuring him on guitar in place of his late father. Earlier today, a rumor started to make the rounds via a Wolfgang Van Halen private group on Facebook that the VAN HALEN “camp” is discussing the possibility of the band carrying with a revamped lineup that would consist of Sammy Hagar on vocals, Michael Anthony on bass, Alex Van Halen on drums and Wolfgang on guitar. Furthermore, it was suggested that Eddie Van Halen told his son and brother “I give you my blessing” with regard to the prospect of VAN HALEN continuing without him. After several fans reached out to Wolfgang on Twitter to ask him about the validity of the above-mentioned rumor, he responded: “This is jus...
Was Any Band Wrongly Excluded From ‘Big Four’ Of 1980s Thrash Metal? ANTHRAX’s SCOTT IAN Weighs In
In a new interview with Ultimate Guitar, ANTHRAX‘s Scott Ian was asked if he thinks there was one band that was “unrightfully excluded” from the so-called “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal (METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX) — the dominant thrash metal groups that helped bring that genre into the mainstream. He responded: “Well, I don’t really understand that. Nobody was ‘unrightfully’ put out of anything. METALLICA didn’t sit around and make a decision and say, ‘These are the four bands that we’re picking.’ It’s not really how it worked. The ‘Big Four’ was a title created by the press, calling these four bands as the ‘Big Four’ bands of thrash. “When you say ‘unrigh...
Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’ Is This Week’s Fan Favorite New Music
The new song serves as Grande’s first solo single since 2019’s Thank U, Next and will be featured on her upcoming sixth studio set of the same title, which is expected to drop on Friday (Oct. 30) through Republic Records. In the interim, the pop superstar has kept busy adding to her growing collection of No. 1 hits thanks to high-profile collaborations with both Lady Gaga (“Rain on Me”) and Justin Bieber (“Stuck With U”). Grande recently revealed the track list for Positions, which features appearances by Doja Cat, The Weeknd and Ty Dolla $ign. Earlier this week, the singer also shared the accompanying music video for “Positions, which finds the pop superstar looking presidential in Jackie O-inspired fashions. Placing second on the tally was the &#...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Has a Not-So-Nice Message for Coronavirus Deniers
Keenan, whose musical project Puscifer is releasing new album Existential Reckoning on Oct. 30, did later note that prior to hopping on the flight, he got a mask to wear. After arriving in New Zealand, the musician said that he stayed in his hotel for four days because the band had a few days off. “So I was just drinking water, hot showers, taking care of myself, hot tea. Just trying to get through it. It sucked!” he said. “But you didn’t know yet how bad this thing could’ve been; if I had known how bad this thing could’ve been, I would’ve been freaking out! So we isolated pretty well.” But because of his illness — which a doctor in New Zealand told him wasn’t COVID-19 — Keenan says that the band had to tweak their sets a bi...
Russell Wilson Pens Sweet Birthday Tribute for ‘Queen’ Ciara
Ciara rang in her birthday with a heartfelt message from her family on Sunday (Oct. 25). Russell Wilson shared some family snapshots on Instagram, along with a sweet note about his wife on her 35th birthday. “My Queen. You are everything a man, husband, lover, friend, dad, a family, and our kids could ever ask for! You are Heaven sent. You have changed my life for the better. You, my Queen, are the most loving mother to our beautiful 3 babies. I am grateful for how you always love,” he wrote. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users bac...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart for Eighth Week
Of Folklore’s 77,000 units earned in the tracking week ending Oct. 22, album sales (as noted above) comprise 57,000 (up 709%), SEA units total 20,000 (down 7%, equaling 26.35 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprise a little under 500 (up 2%). With another 57,000 copies sold in the latest tracking week, Folklore’s total album sales jump past 1 million (to 1.038 million), making it the first album to sell a million copies in 2020. It’s also the first album released in 2020 to sell a million. Folklore is Swift’s ninth album to sell at least 1 million copies in the U.S. Those nine albums include all eight of her studio efforts, along with her Christmas release The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection. Folklore’s eighth week at No. 1 also marks its third total visit to...
Eddie Van Halen Saluted with Stylophone Cover of “Eruption”: Watch
The passing of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen earlier this month has sparked countless tributes. One of the most unique is a cover of his instrumental classic “Eruption” on a pair of Stylophones. Before getting into the musical tribute, the first question you may have is, “What’s a Stylophone?” And that would be a very good question. A Stylophone is an analog keyboard operated by a stylus. It was invented in the late ’60s, and mostly sold as a children’s toy. However, it did make its way into some notable recordings, including David Bowie’s iconic song “Space Oddity”. The instrument was revived in 2007 by the original inventor Brian Jarvis’ son Ben, and a handful of models have been released since then. That brings us to YouTuber maromaro1337, who posted the unique “Eruption” cover in tribu...
Dolly Parton Is a Literal Angel in Trailer for Netflix’s Christmas on The Square: Watch
Did you know that, legally, Dolly Parton is the only person allowed to celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving? Queen Kringle is taking full advantage this year, having already released her new album A Holly Dolly Christmas in September. Now, Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for Dolly Parton’s Christmas on The Square, in which Parton fulfills her destiny and appears as a literal angel. Oh, did we mention it’s also a musical? Because hark, this herald angel can sing. This twist on Charles Dickens stars Christine Baranski as a modern-day Scrooge named Regina Fuller. Ms. Fuller-herself has plans to evict an entire town, and on Christmas Eve no less. Luckily, an angel in rhinestones appears to try and warm her frozen heart. Will Dolly succeed? Yes, definitely — but then again m...
