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Doja Cat Pulls Out of the Weeknd Tour to Recover From Tonsil Surgery
Doja Cat has announced that she will not be able to go on tour with the Weeknd or play upcoming festival dates because she is recovering from tonsil surgery. “The surgery is routine but the recovery is going to take awhile due to swelling,” she wrote. “I feel horrible about this but can’t wait for this to heal and get back to making music and create an experience for y’all.” Doja Cat had been scheduled to open for the Weeknd on the North American leg of his After Hours Til Dawn Tour. The concerts are set to take place between early July and September. Doja Cat detailed her tonsil surgery experience on Twitter yesterday (May 19). “dr. just had to cut into my left tonsil,” she wrote. “i had an abscess in it. my whole throat is fucked so i might have some bad news for yall coming soon.” The s...
Pete Davidson to Depart SNL
Pete Davidson is expected to leave the cast of Saturday Night Live after tomorrow night’s season finale, according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Last year, Davidson alluded to the end of his tenure, remarking, “I’m ready to hang up the jersey.” Variety also reports that Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, and Kyle Mooney are set to depart the cast at the end of this season. A representative for Saturday Night Live did not respond for comment. Davidson’s tenure on SNL lasted for eight years, beginning in the fall of 2014. His next venture is playing a fictionalized version of himself on the forthcoming Peacock comedy series Bupkis, which was announced in March. SNL’s Lorne Michaels is set to produce the show, which has been described as being similar to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. ...
Norman Reedus Reportedly Confirms a ‘Death Stranding’ Sequel Is in the Works
Actor Norman Reedus has reportedly confirmed that game director Hideo Kojima is working on a sequel to Death Stranding, according to a new interview with Leo Magazine. Speaking with the publication, Reedus said, “We just started the second one,” during a discussion about his work on the original title. Later in the conversation, while talking about the work that went into capturing his role as the game’s post-apocalyptic delivery man, Reedus said, “It took me maybe two or three years to finish all the MoCap sessions and everything. It takes a lot of work. And then the game came out, and it just won all these awards, and it was a huge thing, so we just started part two of that.” Kojima Productions has not officially confirmed the sequel, though Reedus’ words provide a promising indicator of...
Disney+ Reportedly Working On New ‘Daredevil’ Series Starring Charlie Cox
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix Rejoice Marvel fans for it is happening! After reprising his role as Matt Murdock a.k.a. Daredevil in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Variety is reporting that Charlie Cox will be returning to as Daredevil as Disney has decided to revive the Netflix series on their own Disney+ platform. According to the report Disney has hired Matt Corman and Chris Ord to write and produce the new season and rumors are that the new Daredevil series will be dubbed The Man Without Fear. Even though Disney and Marvel has remained mum on the subject and have declined requests for comments, it seems like it may be happening being that Cox appeared as Matt Murdock in Spider-Man and Vincent D’Onofrio reprised his role as The Kingpin in Disney+’s Hawkeye series. Relate...
Deion Sanders Wants Nick Saban Conversation Held Publicly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jackson State University / Getty Deion Sanders made waves after joining Jackson State University, taking over the coaching duties of the men’s football team. The Hall of Fame cornerback fired back at fellow head coach Nick Saban, shooting down rumors that a Jackson State player is raking in serious cash. Deion Sanders Wants To Publicly Hash It Out With Nick Saban University of Alabama coach Nick Saban took jabs at his coaching peers in Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and Sanders during an event in Birmingham this past Wednesday. As seen on Pro Football Talk, Saban took a big swipe at his former assistant coach. Related Stories “I mean, we were second in recruiting last year,” Saban said. “A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — mad...
HHW Gaming: SoundCloud & ‘NBA 2K’ Announces Winners of 2K Beats The Search Contest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SoundCloud / NBA 2K These “SoundCloud rapper’s” dreams have come true thanks to the 2K Beats The Search Contest, which will now see their tracks live in NBA 2K22. Soundcloud and NBA 2K’s global music search for the next emerging artist for 2K Beats The Search Contest is over. Starting Friday (May 20), 4KPHIL, J Nolan, Jamari, KC Carter, Lulu Be., Neek, OttoMattic, Samad Savage, Shiwan, and Third Coast Chris were announced as the 10 artists joining the NBA 2K22 season 7 soundtrack. Fans will be able to enjoy the emerging artists’ songs while perusing NBA 2K22 menus in the updated playlist on SoundCloud. The chosen few were hand-selected by SoundCloud and NBA 2K from more than 15,000 submissions. They now join Aitch, Freddie Gibbs, Megan Thee Stallion,...
Diddy’s Alleged Side Pieces Yung Miami & A “Onlyfans Model” Beef Over The Music Mogul On Social Media
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Sean Diddy Combs might be all about love now, but things got testy between his alleged boo Yung Miami and rumored side piece Gina Huynh an internet (Onlyfans) model. Diddy, aka Love, hasn’t claimed anyone yet, but it’s evident that he is rubbing off on City Girl Yung Miami and Huynh based on their social media antics. Twitter grabbed a seat and some popcorn when they got into a heated exchange spanning across Twitter and Instagram. Related Stories Complex reports the “beef” was on the stove sizzling when Diddy hit the stage to host the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Both Yung Miami and Huynh were in attendance, with the model going the extra mile by sharing a photo of herself and “Baby Daddy” kissing her on the cheek. Diddy s...
Watch the First 8 Minutes of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4
One week prior to the hotly-anticipated return of Stranger Things, Netflix has dropped off the first eight minutes of season four in a new sneak peek clip. The preview sees Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) attempting to conduct routine testing on another superhuman child in the same facility that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) was held in. Between sounding alarms, haunting screams and signature, chilling nose bleeds, the introduction promises an on-the-edge-of-your-seat season ahead. The visual also revealed that the season will be released in two parts — the first volume, arriving May 27, will include seven of nine total episodes, and the second installment, which releases on July 1, will offer up the remaining two episodes. Notably, this season’s episodes are much longer than past i...
Idris Elba Stars in George Miller’s ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ Trailer
Seven years following his highly-acclaimed Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller has returned to direct Three Thousand Years of Longing, an epic romance movie starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. The trailer, which was released on Friday, sees a bright scholar named Alithea (Swinton) encounter an imprisoned Djinn (Elba), who offers to grant the intellectual three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Based on A.S. Byatt’s 1994 short story The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye, the film sees Alithea and the Djinn travel through time and develop unexpecting feelings for one another. Miller is directing the film based on a script he co-wrote with Augusta Gore, while Doug Mitchell is co-producing with the filmmaker. The movie, which was first announced in October 2018, experienced several d...
The Rome and Duddy Show, Live from TGATS
Listen via: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Pocket Casts | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS The Rome and Duddy Show is back on the Facebook airwaves with another live streaming episode. Sublime with Rome’s Rome Ramirez and Dirty Heads connected with fans to answer more fan Q&As and present a fresh round of The Great American Talent Show. Related Video The guys talk about what they’re looking forward to on their upcoming summer tours (get tickets to Rome’s gigs here, and Duddy’s over here), pop culture ratings, new music and more. Check it all out above, or watch the livestream replay below. Advertisement Plus, fans can win tickets to Sublime with Rome’s u...
Pete Davidson Is Exiting Saturday Night Live
Pete Davidson is exiting Saturday Night Live, multiple outlets report. Tomorrow’s Season 47 finale, hosted by Natasha Lyonne and featuring Japanese Breakfast as the musical guest, is expected to be his last episode. Davidson joined the sketch program in 2014 at only 20 years old, making him the fourth-youngest cast member behind Robert Downey Jr. (also 20), Eddie Murphy (19), and Anthony Michael Hall (17). A relative unknown at the time, Davidson has evolved into one of the biggest names among the current cast, in part because of breathless tabloid coverage of his romantic entanglements — from his short-lived engagement to Ariana Grande to his current partnership with Kim Kardashian — and in part because of an increasing presence in buzzworthy films, such as The King of Stat...
An A-Z Guide to Harry Styles’ New Album Harry’s House
Welcome to Harry’s House, the luminous third album from Harry Styles. We get it: it can be a lot to take in — it’s a thirteen track collection from the beloved Brit, spanning genre and era, but also finds Styles at his most confident musically. The album arrived today (May 20th), and we’ll be spinning it all weekend — and all summer — long. To help make sense of all the things in this beautiful home Styles constructed for us like Ryan Gosling in The Notebook, we’ve broken down some of the most essential, can’t-miss details in alphabetical order. A – “As It Was” Harry describes “As It Was” as a metamorphoses of finding and losing yourself. His lead single sets the dreamy ’80s dance pop tone for a new Harry era. He’s long been fixated on the passage of time, and this track appropriately keep...
