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Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Tiffany Haddish, More Celebrities Get Naked in Voting PSA: Watch
Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Mark Ruffalo, and more celebrities have literally stripped down to be “completely butt-ass naked,” to quote Tiffany Haddish, for a new PSA video about voting. In the clip, titled “These Naked Celebs Have an Important Message for Voters”, a dozen famous actors, comedians, and models come together to inform viewers about “naked ballots,” a technical term for improperly filled-out ballots that require multiple envelopes. Some key states in the upcoming presidential election, such as Pennsylvania, have introduced a new rule where absentee and mail-in ballot voters must use both envelopes included with their ballot when submitting their vote. If they don’t, their votes will be automatically void. To help explain the importance of voting correctly to a...
Taylor Swift Endorses Joe Biden for President With Cookies
Taylor Swift has endorsed Joe Biden for president — and with cookies, no less. “I spoke to V Magazine about why I’ll be voting for Joe Biden for president,” Swift wrote on Twitter. “So apt that it’s come out on the night of the VP debate. Gonna be watching and supporting @KamalaHarris by yelling at the tv a lot. And I also have custom cookies.” As you’ll see below, Swift shared both the cover of V Magazine and her ridiculously spot-on cookies that feature the Biden-Harris 2020 logo. As she acknowledged, the announcement arrived only hours before the Vice President debates. V Magazine then published an excerpt from the story on their official site: The change we need most is to elect a president who recognizes that people of color deserve to feel safe and represented, that women deserv...
AVENGED SEVENFOLD Is Using Coronavirus Downtime To ‘Meticulously Work On Music’ For Next Album
AVENGED SEVENFOLD has been using the downtime during the COVID-19 pandemic to “meticulously work on music” for the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s “The Stage” album. AVENGED SEVENFOLD kept a low profile during 2019 and will likely not return to the road until next year. A blood blister on singer M. Shadows‘s vocal cords forced the band to cancel a summer 2018 tour with PROPHETS OF RAGE and THREE DAYS GRACE. Earlier today, AVENGED SEVENFOLD sent out the following e-mail to the members of its fan club: “First and foremost, we hope everyone is being as safe as they possibly can out there. As you know, we are living through unprecedented times. “This moment has taught us a lot about the fragility of being a human being and how quickly the world ...
EXODUS’s New Album Will Be ‘An Absolute Thrash Metal Masterpiece,’ Says STEVE ‘ZETRO’ SOUZA
EXODUS recently entered the studio in Lake Almanor, California to begin recording its long-awaited new album for a tentative early 2021 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The San Francisco Bay Area thrashers’ next disc will be the follow-up to 2014’s “Blood In Blood Out”, which was their first release since the departure of the group’s lead singer of nine years, Rob Dukes, and the return of Steve “Zetro” Souza, who previously fronted EXODUS from 1986 to 1993 and from 2002 to 2004. Souza discussed the progress of the recording sessions for EXODUS‘s new LP in the latest installment of his “Zetro’s Toxic Vault” video series. Speaking about the musical direction of the new EXODUS material, Zetro said (see video below): “Th...
Would AC/DC Consider Playing Reduced-Capacity Shows Amid Pandemic? ANGUS YOUNG Weighs In
In a new interview with Radio.com‘s Ryan Castle, AC/DC guitarist Angus Young was asked if he and his bandmates would consider playing drive-in concerts or 25% capacity shows or virtual events to promote their upcoming album, “Power Up”, before the coronavirus pandemic has subsided. He responded: “I think when you’ve had that excitement [of playing in front of packed audiences], if you had to kind of go and kind of make-do, a lot of space, I don’t think it would have the same vibe. Because, really, when we’ve done shows, that was always the thing… Even our first time even playing in America, that was always the thing you always the best, and the same all around the world. Playing in front of people, and they were getting excited. So that’s wha...
SEVENDUST’s LAJON WITHERSPOON, Wife Suffer Loss Of Baby Due To Pregnancy Complications
SEVENDUST‘s Lajon Witherspoon used social media Wednesday (October 7) to let the public he and his wife had suffered the loss of their unborn child. The singer took to his Instagram to write: “Hey Y’all, As many of the extended @Sevendust family are aware (you know you aren’t fans to us, but our family), there was going to be another addition to the Witherspoon family band. We never take these blessings lightly and we know these crazy times present challenges for all of us. Unfortunately, complications arose that we were unable to plan for. Even with the best efforts of everyone involved including my lovely wife Ashley, we lost our precious baby. “We are so heartbroken. Thankfully Ashley is doing ok and with the support of y’all around us, we will get th...
Morgan Wallen Kicked Off This Week’s SNL After Violating COVID Protocols
Morgan Wallen was supposed to appear as the musical guest on this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live, but a TikTok video surfaced of the country singer partying without a mask at a University of Alabama football game last weekend. In an Instagram video that was recorded from his New York City hotel room, Wallen detailed how he was disinvited from this week’s show. “I got a call from the show letting me know that I will no longer be able to play and that’s because of COVID protocols, which I understand,” he said. Wallen went on to say he did not test positive for COVID, but “my actions from this past weekend were pretty short-sighted, and they’ve obviously affected my long-term goals and my dreams.” He apologized for putting the show in jeopardy and said that he has “some growi...
Neil Young to Release 1974 New York City Concert as Live Bootleg
At this point in 2020, it’s fair to say that Neil Young has been one of the most prolific artists of the year (that doesn’t count his political disputes either). He’s continuing that run with the announcement that he’s releasing one of his most memorable concerts. In 1974, Young dropped by New York City’s the Bottom Line where he ended up playing a set of new songs during a late-night show that would ultimately become On the Beach. “In my mind it’s a hazy memory, but this moment really captures the essence of where I was in 1974,” Young recalled on his Neil Young Archives website. “Folks at ‘The Bottom Line’ heard seven new songs for the first time. I just remember I was 24 years old, bare and letting it all out,” he continued. “Two months later, the album ‘On The ...
MAGA Jig: Kanye West Files Docs That Say He’s Worth Hundreds Of Millions, Not Billions
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Kanye West is very wealthy. However, financial docs he had to file since he’s running for President (spoiler: he won’t win) indicate he isn’t worth near the billions of dollars he’s been claiming. Business Insider initially reported about Yeezy’s financial disclosures, which he had to present to the Federal Election Commission. As the Daily Mail points out, West claims he has three companies (Yeezy LLC, Yeezy Apparel LLC, and Yeezy Footwear LLC.) that are worth $50 million each while his partnerships with adidas and Nike are worth a combined $30 to $75 million. Note, we’re not sure how the latter works considering he’s rocking with adidas, although he did threaten to roll with the Jumpman if the other brand doesn’t put him on its board during a recent Tw...
Legendary Rock Guitarist Eddie Van Halen Passes Away
Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Yesterday (Oct. 6), 2020 decided to give the world yet another “L” when legendary rockstar and icon Eddie Van Halen passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 65. Much to the shock of everyone, yesterday his son Wolf Van Halen shared the heartbreaking news on Twitter writing ““I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning. He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I shared with him on and off stage was a gift. My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss.” Many hardcore Rock-N-Rollers consider Eddie Van Halen arguably the greatest guitarist of all-time this side of Eric Clapton. A child of Dutch immi...
Scathing Report Reveals Jeff Sessions & Rod Rosenstein’s Involvement In Child Separation Policy
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Before the unfortunate arrival of COVID-19, one of the Trump administration’s biggest scandals was its abhorrent family separation policy at the border. Tuesday (Oct.6), the New York Times published details from a draft of the Department of Justice inspector general report into the administration’s family separation policy. It explicitly details how those involved did not care how inhumane the idea of separating children from their parents was. According to notes taken by people in the room, during a meeting with five U.S. attorneys along the border, Jeff Sessions told them: “We need to take away children, If you care about kids, don’t bring them in. Won’t give amnesty to people with kids.” Jeff Sessions wasn’t alone either in pushing for enforcement of Tru...
Hypebeast Alert: Master & Dynamic Unveil Latest Virgil Abloh Designed Louis Vuitton Collab
Source: Master & Dynamic / Louis Vuitton Master & Dynamic links up with Louis Vuitton again to supply you with the most luxurious wireless earbuds on the market. Louis Vuitton unveiled the second iteration of its Horizon earbuds, but this time iconic fashion house enlisted Virgil Abloh to apply his touch to the accessory. The new buds, made in collaboration with New York-based audio brand Master & Dynamic, take its cues from the latest Louis Vuitton Men’s fashion line trends. Source: Master & Dynamic / Louis Vuitton The second-generation Horizon earbuds feature monogram detailing with neon green accents to help them stand out while you’re wearing them. They also have noise-canceling and ambient listening modes, wireless charging, and allow up to 30 hours of listening. The s...
