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Dave Franco Will Star as Vanilla Ice in New Biopic
Dave Franco will step into the parachute pants of Vanilla Ice for an upcoming biopic. Born Rob Van Winkle, Vanilla Ice’s popularity peaked in the ’90s as a one-hit wonder with gravity-defying hair. His “Ice Ice Baby” became the first hip-hop single to top the charts, simultaneously pushing rap music into the mainstream while proving that white people have questionable taste. Franco revealed that he’ll star as Van Winkle in a new interview with Insider. He suggested that the movie is “inching closer to preproduction,” and that he has been in contact with Vanilla Ice himself. “Rob is such a sweet and intelligent guy and he’s been super helpful in the process of getting all the details correct and making us privy to information the public doesn’t know,” Franco said. “Just talk...
Cthulu Rises in First Official Trailer for Lovecraft Country: Watch
HBO has unveiled the first official trailer for Lovecraft Country, a new prestige horror series from Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, and showrunner Misha Green. It premiered at Comic-Con this weekend, when the cast participated in a virtual panel discussion and shared an exclusive three-minute scene from the show. Lovecraft Country is based on the 2016 book by Matt Ruff, which sets Lovecraft’s cosmic horrors in the Jim Crow south of the 1950s. The story tracks avid reader Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he searches for his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams) with his childhood pal Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance). The first and second teasers emphasized the relationships between the main characters, while dwelling on the white, hu...
Tiësto Debuts VER:WEST Side Project at Tomorrowland Around the World
This weekend’s Tomorrowland Around the World digital festival showcased some of the best and brightest in dance music. Fans all over the world were able to tune in and see their favorite artists take the helm across a number of virtual stages. One of the most anticipated performances at the event was the debut of Tiësto‘s new side project, VER:WEST. Formally announced earlier in the month, VER:WEST is representative of Tiësto’s foray into melodic house music. Fortunately for fans who may have missed the debut performance, several clips have been circulating online. While short, you can still hear a bit of Tiësto’s melodic sound and see how he incorporates it in his live show. In addition to Tiësto, the virtual event features perfo...
Dutch Duo Mr. Belt & Wezol Preview Upcoming Hot Air Balloon Performance
Mr. Belt & Wezol have been creative with their performances during the COVID-19-induced worldwide live music shutdown. While some artists have performed from their homes or backyards, they’ve decided to step outside the box, performing on a moving tram, in a bowling alley, in the middle of a ball pit, and even on an alpaca farm. This time, the Dutch duo took to the skies for a new hourlong set from a hot air balloon. They recently shared a short preview of their performance, showing fans what to expect when it’s released early next month. They were able to achieve such views with a custom DJ rig with cameras mounted all around. In an effort to capture the perfect shot, they also had cars following them on the ground and two drones circling them in the sky. Mr. Be...
Toro y Moi Produced Two Tracks on Logic’s Final Album “No Pressure”
Earlier in the month, Logic announced that his recently released album, No Pressure, would be his last. Rather than releasing music, he’ll be exploring his other passion—video games—after signing an exclusive, seven-figure streaming contract with Twitch. Despite his new venture, his latest album has been celebrated by fans, artists, celebrities, and critics alike. To the delight of electronic music fans, the Maryland-born hip-hop star collaborated with eclectic producer and Flume Flume collaborator Toro y Moi on the tracks “5 Hooks” and “Dark Place.” On the former, listeners traverse through a chaotic barrage in the introduction before the song opens up to high-speed drums mixed with soft, twinkling keys and vocal samples that gradually become m...
Is MARILYN MANSON Collaborating With Hip-Hop Star A$AP FERG?
Marilyn Manson appears to be working on a recording project with A$AP Ferg. Late Saturday night (July 25), Manson shared a photo of him hanging out with the hip-hop star, captioning the picture: “MM & A$AP Ferg in the studio tonight.” Meanwhile, A$AP Ferg posted a short video of him and Manson in the vocal booth and wrote in a caption: “Running it up @marilynmanson” The social media posts come a little over a week after Manson shared a new selfie alongside the mysterious words “Never-ending Astral Vampire. Prepare…” Marilyn Manson recently completed work on his highly anticipated new studio album. The project’s status was revealed by collaborator Shooter Jennings, who took to his Instagram to say that the follow-up to 2017’s “Heaven...
MEGADETH’s DAVID ELLEFSON Isn’t Bothered By ‘JUNIOR’ Nickname Anymore
In the 1980s and 1990s, MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine used to call the band’s bassist David Ellefson “Junior.” Since some people have interpreted the moniker as condescending, Ellefson was asked in a new interview with “The Mark And HooGie Show” if he still objects to the nickname. He responded (see video below): “Honestly, I don’t give a damn, really, that much anymore. It started out [in 1983]. We were in a grocery store down on Kings Road and Santa Monica Boulevard. This was right when I’d probably known Dave maybe a month, maybe two months. And there was another guy named Peyton Tuthill. And he was an artist. He was a bass player from Minnesota. And me and Dave somehow ended up crashing at their house… So Peyton Tuthill was a great arti...
New EXODUS Album Will Be ‘Very Special’, Says STEVE ‘ZETRO’ SOUZA
On July 21, EXODUS singer Steve “Zetro” Souza spoke to Rock Immortal Productions‘ “Rock Talk” live interview series about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s long-awaited new album. 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 Souza, who previously fronted EXODUS from 1986 to 1993 and from 2002 to 2004. Regarding the musical direction of the new EXODUS material, Souza said (see video below): “I know what you guys know, and I’ve heard nothing. But I have had conversations with [guitarist Gary Holt] and [drummer] Tom Hun...
COREY TAYLOR’s New Single ‘CMFT Must Be Stopped’ To Feature Rappers TECH N9NE And KID BOOKIE
Corey Taylor will release the first music from his debut solo album on Wednesday, July 29. According to Spotify, the SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman will unveil two songs, “Black Eyes Blue” and “CMFT Must Be Stopped”, the latter of which features hip-hop artists Tech N9ne and Kid Bookie. Taylor previously worked with Tech N9ne on a song called “Wither” in 2015, and with Kid Bookie on a reworked version of the rapper’s track “Stuck In My Ways” last year. Taylor recorded the solo effort — which is tentatively due in September — with his band consisting of Jason Christopher on bass, Dustin Schoenhofer on drums, and Zach Throne and Christian Martucci (STONE SOUR) on guitar. Corey told Terry “Beez” Bezer of Knotfest.com‘s ...
Raffi Wrote a Song About the Wall of Moms in Portland
Step aside Tom Morello, Raffi Cavoukian, better known to kids around the world simply as “Raffi,” has written 2020’s next protest anthem. Over the weekend, the beloved children’s singer shared a new song called “Portland Moms” that shows support for Black Lives Matter and calls out the civil unrest currently happening in Portland, Oregon. “in solidarity with #BlackLivesMattter, a tribute to the heroic protests vs injustice in Portland and elsewhere,” the “Baby Beluga” singer tweeted, “an idea that woke me up 3 am, now recorded.” The simple lyrics ask “Portland Moms won’t you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight / Portland Moms won’t you come out tonight, by the light of the silvery moon,” and repeats the request for Black Lives Matter, Wall of Vets, and Strong and Peaceful....
AMC Theatres Delays Reopening Until Mid-to-Late August
AMC Theatres will remain closed until mid-to-late August across the US. On Thursday morning, the world’s largest theater chain confirmed that it would not be re-opening on July 30th as previously reported. Mind you, this marks the third postponement. “This new timing reflects currently expected release dates for much anticipated blockbusters like Warner Bros.’ Tenet and Disney’s Mulan, as well as release dates for several other new movies coming to AMC’s big screens,” the company said in a statement. On Monday, Tenet was indefinitely postponed, while Mulan remains slated for an August 21st release. Both titles are expected to adrenalize the industry. Of course, it should also be noted that AMC has opened its theaters across Europe and the Middle East. Reason being, those cou...
R.I.P. Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-Winning Actress and Star of Gone With the Wind Dies at 104
Olivia de Havilland, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and one of the last remaining stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, has died at the age of 104. de Havilland died of natural causes at her home in Paris, according to her publicist. The British-American actress is perhaps best known for her role as Melanie Hamilton in 1939’s Gone With The Wind, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but lost to fellow cast member Hattie McDaniel. de Havilland won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1946 for the film To Each His Own, and then again in 1949 for her performance in William Wyler’s The Heiress, which was based on the Henry James novel Washington Square. Arguably her most popular films, though, were the string of adventure films she made with Errol Fl...
