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Chris Pratt Says Mario’s Voice Has Been “Updated”
With the upcoming animated Super Mario Bros. film, many fans question what to expect from Chris Pratt’s rendition of Mario. Charles Martinet has always voiced the Italian plumber throughout many video games featuring the character. Mario, for the longest time, has always had an Italian accent — leading to a discussion on what Pratt’s Mario would sound like. Pratt, who does not have any Italian background, spoke to Variety and claimed that Mario’s voice has been “updated”. “I worked really closely with the directors and trying out a few things and landed on something that I’m really proud of and can’t wait for people to see and hear,” the actor said. “It’s an animated voiceover narrative. It’s not a live-action movie. I’m not gonna be wearing a plumber suit running all over. I’m providing a...
Khaby Lame Is Now the Most-Followed TikTok User
Khaby Lame has now surpassed Charli D’Amelio on TikTok as the most followed user on the platform. The 22-year-old hit the 143 million followers mark to dethrone teen dancer D’Amelio, who has 142.3 million followers. Born in Senegal, the TikTok star currently resides in Italy. He started making dancing videos, comedy skits, and videos of him reacting to video games. However, it was not until late early 2021 that he began to rise to fame. Lame reacted to life hacks and started to mock them, which led him to see an upwards trend in viewership. Most of his video features his expressive reaction — but he does not speak in any of them. His fans recently began launching efforts to push Lame up top, which looks like a success as he sits up top on TikTok. “I came up with the idea because ...
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Final Trailer Reveals Celestials
Following the release of official character posters, Marvel Studios releases the final trailer for its highly-anticipated Thor: Love and Thunder film. With Sweet Child O’ Mine playing in the background, the trailer depicts the movie’s main cast of Thor (Chris Hemsworth), King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi), and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) as they devise a plan to stop Gorr’s (Christian Bale) plan of eliminating all the gods from the world. Other characters peeking in include the team from Guardians of the Galaxy featuring Baby Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Drax (Dave Bautista), Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) as well as two giant magical goats known as Toothgrinder and Tooth Gnasher. Scenes from the trailer offer a few exclusive nuggets of information ...
BTS’ Jungkook Joins Forces With Charlie Puth on “Left And Right”
Shortly after BTS announced that they were taking a hiatus to focus on independent projects, Jungkook has hopped on a new track with Charlie Puth titled “Left And Right.” The track, which arrived on Friday alongside a bubbly music video featuring the duo in a series of colorful outfits and sets, arrives off of Puth’s forthcoming album Charlie, scheduled to release sometime later this year. As Puth and Jungkook attempt to cure their lovesickness with a visit to the Love Doctor, the visual includes a QR code and unique phone number that fans can text for bonus content from the artists. “Memories follow me left and right/I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here/You take up every corner of my mind,” the pair sings in the chorus. “Left And Right” marks Puth’s third track this yea...
Massimo Morante, Goblin Founder and Guitarist, Has Died
Massimo Morante, founder and guitarist of Italian prog-rock project Goblin has died. “With extreme pain and disbelief we are forced to announce that Massimo Morante, founder and irreplaceable guitarist of the Goblin, has left us today,” the band wrote on Facebook. A cause of death was not provided. Morante founded Goblin alongside Claudio Simonetti in 1973, and they took to London to record their first album. Their label, Cinevox, put Goblin in touch with the director Dario Argento, who was working on his 1975 film Deep Red. The band did the Deep Red soundtrack and collaborated with Argento again for Suspiria. The band earned accolades for its harrowing complements to Argento’s work, especially with Suspiria. Goblin had another major horror soundtrack highlight with their contribution to G...
Massimo Morante, Goblin Founder and Guitarist, Has Died
Massimo Morante, founder and guitarist of Italian prog-rock project Goblin has died. “With extreme pain and disbelief we are forced to announce that Massimo Morante, founder and irreplaceable guitarist of the Goblin, has left us today,” the band wrote on Facebook. A cause of death was not provided. Morante founded Goblin alongside Claudio Simonetti in 1973, and they took to London to record their first album. Their label, Cinevox, put Goblin in touch with the director Dario Argento, who was working on his 1975 film Deep Red. The band did the Deep Red soundtrack and collaborated with Argento again for Suspiria. The band earned accolades for its harrowing complements to Argento’s work, especially with Suspiria. Goblin had another major horror soundtrack highlight with their contribution to G...
Christine and the Queens Shares New Song “Je te vois enfin”
Christine and the Queens is back with a new song. It’s called “Je te vois enfin.” Christine and the Queens wrote, produced, and performed the single, which got mixed by Mike Dean. Check it out below. Christine and the Queens shared the La vita nuova EP —featuring the single “People I’ve Been Sad”—in February 2020. Since then, she’s released “Eyes of a Child” and collaborated with Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek on “New Shapes.” More recently, she teamed up with 070 Shake for “Body.” Revisit Pitchfork’s review of Christine and the Queen’s 2018 LP Chris. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Musicians Express Outrage As Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
The music community is expressing outrage this morning (June 24) after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year-old federal law guaranteeing the right to abortion established in the Roe v. Wade case. “No one, not the government, not politicians, not the Supreme Court should prevent access to abortion, birth control and contraceptives. People should have the FREEDOM to choose,” longtime abortion rights advocates Pearl Jam wrote on Twitter. “Today’s decision impacts everyone and it will particularly affect poor women who can’t afford to travel to access health care. We will stay active, we will not back down and we will never give up.” “I don’t even know what to say other than absolutely fuck this,” Finneas wrote on Twitter. Added Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, “Voting fucking matters...
Christine and the Queens Shares New Song “Je te vois enfin”
Christine and the Queens is back with a new song. It’s called “Je te vois enfin.” Christine and the Queens wrote, produced, and performed the single, which got mixed by Mike Dean. Check it out below. Christine and the Queens shared the La vita nuova EP —featuring the single “People I’ve Been Sad”—in February 2020. Since then, she’s released “Eyes of a Child” and collaborated with Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek on “New Shapes.” More recently, she teamed up with 070 Shake for “Body.” Revisit Pitchfork’s review of Christine and the Queen’s 2018 LP Chris. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Listen to Taylor Swift’s New Song “Carolina”
Taylor Swift has released her new song “Carolina.” She wrote the track for Where the Crawdads Sing, a forthcoming adaptation of Delia Owens’ 2018 novel of the same name, and previously teased it in a trailer for the movie. Aaron Dessner co-produced the track with Swift. Give it a listen below. Along with co-producing “Carolina,” Dessner plays banjo, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, and synthesizer on the track. In addition, he co-engineered “Carolina” with mixer Jonathan Low. The single also features fiddle from Reid Jenkins, the New York musician who’s in the band the Morningsiders and whose older sister is Cassandra Jenkins. “Carolina” follows Swift’s 2020 studio albums Evermore and Folklore in 2020. Since sharing those records, Swift has been hard at work on the expansive rollout campaigns...
Brent Faiyaz Details New Album Wasteland Featuring Drake, Tyler, the Creator, Alicia Keys, and More
Brent Faiyaz has announced the details of his new album, Wasteland, which arrives July 8 via Lost Kids. The R&B singer and producer’s new LP is executive produced by Jonathan “Freeze” Wells and includes contributions from Alicia Keys, Raphael Saadiq, and Tre’ Amani, plus the previously released songs “Wasting Time” with Drake and the Neptunes and “Gravity” with Tyler, the Creator. Faiyaz has also shared the album’s latest single, “Price of Fame.” Check out Wasteland’s album artwork, tracklist, and watch the video for the new track below. Scroll down for a longer version of “Price of Fame.” Faiyaz released his most recent EP, Fuck the World, in 2020. Last year, he collaborated with Baby Keem on a new version of “Lost Souls” and Meek Mill on the Expensive Pain track “Halo.” Content This ...
Snoop Dogg, Eminem Transform Into Bored Apes on New Single, Video
Snoop Dogg and Eminem have teamed for a new single, “From the D 2 the LBC,” accompanied by a video in which they transform from human into animated Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT characters. The veteran rappers performed the track live for the first time last night (June 23) during ApeFest at New York’s Pier 17. [embedded content][embedded content] Although Snoop previously appeared in tandem with Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg and Xzibit on “Bitch Please II” from Eminem’s 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP, this is the first time the two artists have released a song with just the two of them. Snoop, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige also performed together earlier this year as part of the Super Bowl halftime show. The “From the D 2 the LBC” video appears to tease the upcoming release of Emi...
