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Who Should Play Madonna in Her Biopic? Vote!
Madonna is underway co-writing (and soon directing) her biopic that Universal Pictures confirmed Tuesday (Sept. 15), but she’s still searching for a star to portray her. Fans began suspecting she has her eye on Primetime Emmy-winning Ozark actress Julia Garner after they noticed the singer and her manager Guy Oseary had followed the 26-year-old star on Instagram. Miley Cyrus is a fan-favorite option, especially for their striking resemblance in photo shoots and jaw-dropping musical career moments. But casting Lady Gaga would rebirth the star on the silver screen and potentially snag her more Oscars. Paris Jackson, daughter of the King of Pop Michael Jackson, was always rumored to play the Queen of Pop for an earlier biopic about her Blonde Ambition ...
Happy Birthday Marc Anthony! Vote for Your Favorite Song
Here’s to one of the great ones: Marc Anthony turns 52 today (Sept. 16). We join the fans toasting to one of Latin music’s most powerful voices. And he can act, too! Like the late Hector Lavoe, whom he brought to life in the biopic El Cantante, Anthony is a salsa giant. But the Nuyorican star has also transcended the genre and ventured successfully into English and Spanish-language pop. To choose a favorite Marc Anthony anthem is almost impossible, but that’s why it’s fun. “Valió La Pena” Anthony is a master of the clave and when paired with friend/producer Sergio George, this is the type of magic they make. [embedded content] “Vivir Mi Vida” An anthem to living life to the fullest. What’s not to like? [embedded content] “Ahora Quien” One of Anthony’s epic break-up anthems. Can’t...
All Time Low Earns First Radio Chart No. 1 With ‘Monsters’
The band crowns Alternative Airplay with its Blackbear-assisted hit. In its first appearance on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart, All Time Low is a winner, as “Monsters,” featuring Blackbear, rises to No. 1 on the Sept. 19-dated ranking. While All Time Low’s discography dates to its 2005 debut album The Party Scene, “Monsters” became the first song from the pop-punkers to reach Alternative Airplay when it debuted in late May. Now the song marks All Time Low’s first radio chart No. 1. The act previously hit a No. 13 best on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart with “Good Times” in 2017. Blackbear also scores his first airplay No. 1 after reaching a No. 2 high on Pop Songs with “Hot Girl Bummer” in March. All Time Low i...
My Morning Jacket Nabs First Adult Alternative Songs No. 1 With ‘Feel You’
The rockers rule after first charting in 2008. My Morning Jacket reaches No. 1 on a Billboard songs chart for the first time, with “Feel You” crowning the Adult Alternative Songs airplay list dated Sept. 19. The song surpasses the Kentucky band’s previous best peak, as “I’m Amazed” hit No. 5 on Adult Alternative Songs in 2008. That also marked the act’s first appearance on a Billboard radio chart. The act is the fifth to land a first Adult Alternative Songs No. 1 in 2020. Two bands completed a similarly lengthy career trajectory: The Strokes (“Bad Decisions”) and Tame Impala (“Lost in Yesterday”) also landed multiple successful albums prior to reigning for the first time. Concurrently, “Feel You” jumps into the t...
DMC, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and More Appear in Harry Chapin Documentary Trailer
Singer/songwriter Harry Chapin is the subject of a new documentary and the trailer featuring an all-star cast of characters has been released. In the two-minute trailer, artists like DMC, Billy Joel, Sir Bob Geldof and Pat Benatar are interviewed about Chapin’s legacy while previous footage of Bruce Springsteen and Kenny Rogers speaking highly of the songwriter dot the trailer. The film takes a look at Chapin’s life beginning as the son of a musician, his career, his charitable work including founding hunger nonprofit WhyHunger before his death at the age of 38 in 1981. “Harry Chapin was one of the greatest storytellers of all time. He wanted to change the world. And he did,” said Ken Kragen, Harry Chapin’s manager and co-creator of USA for Africa and Hands Across America. The film will re...
Tom DeLonge Alludes to Alien Presence During Jesus Christ’s Birth
The second season of Tom DeLonge’s Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation premiered on The History Channel in July. But the Angels & Airwaves frontman and alien expert sat down with The Guardian for the program’s UK premiere about his favorite topic — along with a new discovery. While they discussed what the new season of the UFO show is bringing, DeLonge brought up that the star of Bethelehem, which is also known as the Christmas star that the Bible says was above Jesus’ manger after the Christian figure’s birth, could have been a star but also alluded to the possibility of it being a an alien aircraft. “Things were written in text thousands of years ago, like hearing voices in your head, a burning bush that was talking,” he told The Guardian. “The ancient texts may have cal...
Live Nation Will Turn Concert Venues Into Polling Centers
With the election less than 50 days aways, Live Nation announced that it plans on converting its concert venues into polling centers in cities like Los Angeles, Atlanta, Austin and more in order to make voting easier. Venues like The Wiltern and Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, Emo’s in Austin and the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta are confirmed to serve as polling sites on Nov. 3. “We are proud to partner with Live Nation and announce The Hollywood Palladium and The Wiltern will be Vote Centers in the upcoming Presidential General Election,” Dean C. Logan, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, said. “Live Nation has stepped up to the mic in providing our community safe in-person voting experiences at two iconic music venues. It is collaborations such as this t...
Netflix ‘Cheer’ Star Jerry Harris Under Investigation For Allegedly Soliciting Sex From Minors
Source: Jim Spellman / Getty A star of the Netflix series Cheer, Jerry Harris, is under investigation for allegedly petitioning minors to have sex. According to USA Today, the FBI is investigating allegations that celebrity cheerleader Jerry Harris solicited sexually explicit photos and sex from minors. On Monday afternoon at a home in Naperville, Illinois, as part of that investigation, agents executed a search warrant. “The FBI is conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity in the area,” FBI special agent, Siobhan Johnson said before declining to further comment. Harris, who gained national prominence when he was featured in Netflix’s recent “Cheer” docuseries, has not been criminally charged, but the investigation is based on allegations by 14-year-old twin brothers, who d...
‘Lovecraft Country”s Jonathan Majors Cast As Kang The Conqueror In ‘Ant-Man 3’
Source: Jaime Espinoza/WENN.com / WENN With 2020 being the struggle year that it’s been for, well, the whole world, one of the few bright spots we can all appreciate it HBO’s new sci-fi series Lovecraft Country and it’s breakout star, Jonathan Majors. After bursting onto the scene in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods and now the culture’s new favorite HBO show this side of Watchmen, 2020 is turning out to be a stellar year for Majors as he’s now been called up to the big leagues for real to be the next big villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to Deadline the bright new Hollywood star has just been cast to take on the role of one of the Avengers most dangerous super-villains, Kang The Conqueror, in Marvel’s upcoming Ant-Man 3. That’s what’s f*ckin’ up! While Marvel has yet to conf...
The Big Ten Announces Official and Allegedly Safe October Return
Source: Quinn Harris / Getty College football fans rejoice! According to CBS Sports, on Tuesday (Sept 15), The Big Ten announced that its Council of Presidents and Chancellors has voted to allow the league to play football in fall 2020. The Big Ten also added that they will open its season on the weekend of Oct. 24 with teams playing eight regular-season games over eight weeks along with a Big Ten Championship Game and six additional consolation games. “Our focus with the Task Force over the last six weeks was to ensure the health and safety of our student-athletes,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said in a statement. Big Ten also announced, “significant medical protocols” that will be implemented, including daily COVID-19 antigen testing. Student-athletes who test positive for the coro...
Peep The Full Trailer For Disney+’s Second Season Of ‘The Mandalorian’
Source: Disney+ / Disney The first full trailer for the second season of Disney+’s Emmy nominated and fan captivating Star Wars spinoff series, The Mandalorian is here and best believe it’s got the Star Wars universe anxiously awaiting it’s October 30th stream date. Once again we find The Mandalorian rolling with Baby Yoda (it’s not actually Yoda as a baby) through a galaxy far, far away looking to deliver the baby to the Jedi, or as he refers to them, “enemy sorcerers.” But naturally every journey has it’s pitfalls as The Man ends up in getting chased by storm troopers, exploring the high seas, and getting into a shootout with, well, we’re not sure what alien race they are but their guns are out of this world. While we once again see Carl Weathers rolling out the welcome mat for The Man a...
Angel Olsen and Composer Emile Mosseri Share Cover of “Mr. Lonely”: Stream
Back in July, Focus Features shared the trailer for writer/director Miranda July’s new film, Kajillionaire. The preview promised some quirky cons — and a new cover of the Bobby Vinton classic “Mr. Lonely” from Angel Olsen and composer Emile Mosseri. Today, a standalone stream of the pair’s rendition has been revealed. It’s a soft and haunting version, sounding like it could have come from Olsen’s Whole New Mess sessions. Add in the distant organ, and there are definitely some David Lynch vibes. In a press statement, Olsen recalled receiving the first text message from July asking her to work on the song with Mosseri. “So I met with them both, and we talked about cadence and we talked about life and we talked about the film,” Olsen said. “And Miranda directed me to sing the cover in the way...
