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Letitia Wright Says ‘Black Panther 2’ Properly Honors Chadwick Boseman’s Legacy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel Studios / Marvel Studios Not much is known about how Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever will be playing out without it’s star Chadwick Boseman (R.I.P) nor how they’ll address his passing, but according to Letitia Wright, the sequel will indeed be properly honoring Boseman’s legacy. In an exclusive interview with Variety, the actress who’s expected to take up the mantle of the Black Panther in the highly anticipated sequel says that she’s “excited” about how the sequel will be paying respect to Chadwick Boseman’s legacy and can’t wait to see how fans react to the film once it’s all said and done. “It is an incredible honor for Chadwick Boseman, it’s jam packed with exciting stuff,” Wright told Variety. Related Stories “We honored him by committing our...
Kanye West aka Ye’s ‘DONDA 2’ Is Still Arriving In Final Form, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gotham / Getty The enigmatic, extended and elusive path toward the release of Kanye West’s 11th album, DONDA 2, continues. The announcement of a new soundtrack tied to the documentary on late rapper XXXTentacion includes a song that features Kanye West and is scheduled to be on the “proper” release of the aforementioned, mythical album. Donda 2 was technically released in late February, but it was only available via a Stem Player and it was not the completed project, with plans to release new songs in batches after an initial four songs. The initial singles for the project included “Eazy,” whose video featured Pete Davidson getting murdered and “City of Gods,” featuring Fivio Foreign. The critical reception to the album was tepid, and since it is sti...
‘Elden Ring’ To Receive Seamless Co-Op Mod This Friday
FromSoftware‘s action role-playing video game Elden Ring will receive a seamless co-op mod created by well-known modder LukeYui this Friday. While Elden Ring has previously integrated multiplayer modes into gameplay in a limited capacity, the new co-op mod will allow players to engage in a true multiplayer experience. According to Forbes, the mod will let players team up for combat across the game, ride horses through maps, share progression and items, vote for fast travel and turn on a “friendly fire” mode for more chaos. Additionally, the updated gameplay allows players to spectate with other players when they’ve died in a boss fight. The mod will support up to four players in one party, and notably, enemies will become more difficult in battle with more players. Users will be able ...
Kendrick Lamar Becomes Seventh Artist in History to Debut Four Songs on Top 10 Simultaneously
Kendrick Lamar has made history as only the seventh artist to debut four songs on the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 chart simultaneously. According to Billboard, that list is led by “N95” at No. 3 with 37.2 million streams, 942,000 airplay audience impressions 2,300 sold, followed by “Die Hard” featuring Blxst and Amanda Reifer at No. 5 with 27 million streams and 2.4 million airplay audience impressions, “Silent Hill” featuring Kodak Black at No. 7 with 26.5 million streams and “United in Grief” at No. 8 with 25 million streams. K-Dot joins Bad Bunny, Juice WRLD, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Drake and Future as an artist with four or more simultaneous debuts on the Hot 100 top 10. All of the other songs on Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers also debuted in this week’s Hot 100. Mr. Morale &...
MTV Announces ‘Jersey Shore’ Reboot With New Members, Old Cast Publicly Voices Disapproval
MTV officially announced a reboot of Jersey Shore, one of its most popular reality TV shows, with a brand new cast. However, the show’s original faces publicly shared that they are not on board with the idea of a revival. Original cast members Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, DJ Pauly D, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Deena Cortese and Angelina Pivarnick all shared a joint statement on Twitter with the hashtag #WeAreJerseyShore, stating that they do not approve of a show that will “exploit” their origins and that fans should watch their ongoing spinoff: “As a cast that took a chance with a network in need, we put our most vulnerable moments on television for the world to see,” the statement begins. “We gave our all over the past 13 years, became a family a...
‘Halo’ Co-creator Is “Confused” With Paramount+’s Plot Changes to the Show
Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has some words regarding Paramount+‘s TV adaptation of his video game. Earlier last week, Lehto took to Twitter to reveal his thoughts on the Halo TV show, commenting on how Paramount+’s plot has strayed far away from the original storyline of his characters. Between the years 1997 to 2012, Lehto worked at Halo‘s original franchise developer Bungie and was involved in the growth from the game as both its creative director and 3D artist. In a response to a fan comment who expressed their dislike for the new TV show adaptation, Lehto responded that he too was disappointed in the show, “I’m not sure where the inspiration for the show comes from now.” He even went as far as saying that the show was “not the Halo I made.” In a follow-up Tweet, a fan claims that Leht...
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ To Debut on HBO Max Next Week
Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, will be receiving an HBO Max release. Nearly a month after hitting theaters across the United States, the fantasy drama will be making its way to a wider audience on the streaming platform. The David Yates-directed film arrived as the third installment in the spinoff series, following 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore, the narrative is set several years after its predecessor and sees the two wizards take on the dark magic of Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen). Magizoologist Scamander assembles a powerful team of wizards and witches and even taps one brave Muggle bake...
New ‘Elvis’ Trailer Sees Austin Butler Transform Into the King of Rock and Roll
Warner Bros. on Monday dropped off the second official trailer for Elvis, Baz Luhrmann‘s upcoming biopic on the “King of Rock and Roll” starring Austin Butler. The trailer provides a closer look at the film’s exploration of Elvis Presley‘s (Butler) life and career through the lens of his complicated relationship with his manager Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks. “The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America,” the official synopsis reads. “Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge).” Aside from Butler,...
Noel Gallagher Got Headbutted, “Covered in Blood” Celebrating Manchester City Win
More than a few people would like to smash Noel Gallagher’s face in, including, as it turns out, some of his friends. During the thrilling final minutes of his beloved Manchester City F.C.’s victory on Sunday, which clinched the team’s fourth Premier League title in five years, the father of one of the players accidentally — but violently — headbutted Gallagher in the face, leaving him “on the floor covered in blood.” Man City entered the final five minutes down 0-2, before going on one of the greatest rallies in Premier League history to narrowly take the title. “As the third goal goes in, right, there is absolute bedlam,” Gallagher told talkSPORT. He added that he had been sitting near the family of the team’s defender Rúben Dias. “In the stadium where we sit, Rúben Dias’s fami...
How to Get Tickets to Kehlani’s 2022 Tour Dates
Kehlani has charted quite the course for her upcoming “Blue Water Road Trip” across North America and Europe this year, and she’s got plenty of new material in tow thanks to her latest album blue water road. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Kehlani’s Next Tour? The “Blue Water Road Trip” consists of two legs, with 28 shows in North America followed by 15 in Europe. The journey begins in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 30th and continues along the East Coast to the likes of Miami, Washington, DC, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia into mid-August. Heading to the Midwest via Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, the tour hits Minneapolis on August 19th, Detroit on August 22nd, Chicago on August 26th, and Indianapolis on August 28th before turning south fo...
Danny Boyle Wants John Lydon to “Attack” His Sex Pistols Series
John Lydon has long been an outspoken opponent of Danny Boyle’s upcoming Sex Pistols series, but his criticisms haven’t hurt the director. In an interview with The Guardian, Boyle took the artist’s critiques in stride, proclaiming, “I don’t want him to like [Pistol] — I want him to attack it.” Last year, Lydon attempted to block Boyle from using the Sex Pistols’ music in Pistol, the six-part series detailing the band’s whirlwind rise and fall. However, his former bandmates, guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook, countersued, ultimately allowing the band’s catalog to be featured in the show. Soon after, Lydon proclaimed that the series, which is based on Jones’ memoir, Lonely Boy: Tales From a Sex Pistol, would “water down” the Sex Pistols’ legacy, and complained that ...
Freddie Gibbs Goes Country in Trailer for Film Debut Down with the King: Watch
This summer, Freddie Gibbs is heading from the stage to the country. The rapper’s film debut, Down with the King, has officially scored a June 28th digital release date, and as a preview, the project’s first trailer is out now. Directed by Diego Ongaro (Bob and the Trees) and co-written by Ongaro and Xabi Molia, Gibbs stars in Down with the King as Mercury “Money Merc” Maxwell, a superstar rapper who is sent by his manager to a small town farm community in order to escape the stresses of city and celebrity life. But while the trip initially appears to be some sort of writing retreat, Money Merc quickly takes to farm life, and contemplates leaving the music business altogether. After all, “What other job in music do you gotta worry about getting shot?” he asks in the trailer. Bob ...
