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Carrie Brownstein to Direct New Annie Murphy Film Witness Protection
Carrie Brownstein is set to direct Annie Murphy in MRC Film’s upcoming comedy Witness Protection, Deadline reports. Unsurprisingly, Witness Protection follows Murphy she enters a witness protection program. Her character has grown used to defining herself based on her romantic relationships, but as she starts over in an unknown place where her identity must be kept secret, she struggles to figure out who she really is alone. The film reunites Schitt’s Creek star Murphy with writers Rupinder Gill and David West Read, who served as writers and producers on the sitcom. Becky Sloviter, Elysa Dutton, and Leslie Morgenstein serve as producers for the project, which doesn’t yet have a release date. Advertisement Related Video Brownstein may have made a name for herself as the ...
David Mamet Claims Teachers Are “Inclined” to “Pedophilia”
To quote David Mamet’s Romance, “Uh, what the fuck?” The film director and Pulitzer-prize winning playwright claimed in a conversation with Fox News’ Life, Liberty & Levin that teachers are “inclined” towards “pedophilia.” Mamet, whose plays include Glengarry Glen Ross and American Buffalo, and who was nominated for Academy Awards for his screenplays for The Verdict and Wag the Dog, was on the program to promote his new book Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch. “We have to take back control,” he said. “If there’s no community control of the schools, what we have is kids being not only indoctrinated but groomed in a very real sense by people who are — whether they know it or not — sexual predators. Are they abus...
Krist Novoselic, Matt Cameron, and Kim Thayil Form New Band 3rd Secret, Release Debut Album: Stream
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has teamed up with drummer Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden) and guitarist Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) to form a new band called 3rd Secret. What’s more, they’ve already dropped their self-titled debut album, available on streaming services as of today (April 11th). The outfit is rounded out by guitarist Bubba Dupree (of the ’80s hardcore band Void) and singers Jillian Raye (of Novoselic’s group Giants in the Trees) and Jennifer Johnson. According to the credits listed on the band’s official website, Novoselic and Cameron are among the primary songwriters of the 11-track album. Jack Endino, who famously worked on Nirvana’s Bleach, co-produced and mixed the LP. Both the band and the album come as a surprise, although Novoselic did mention in a since-d...
Britney Spears Announces Pregnancy
Britney Spears has announced that she is pregnant with her third child, sharing the news today (April 11) on Instagram. It will be Spears’ first child with her partner, the actor Sam Asghari, and her first child since the dissolution of her conservatorship. Spears, who is 40 years old, has two sons—16-year-old Sean Preston and 15-year-old Jayden James—with her ex-husband Kevin Federline. Spears’ life and finances were controlled by a court-mandated conservatorship from 2008 until its termination in November 2021. For much of its existence, the conservatorship was overseen by Spears’ father James “Jamie” Spears. During a bombshell hearing last June, Britney Spears alleged that she was not allowed to get married, have children, or have an IUD removed due to the conservatorship. Spears and As...
T.I. Booed Over The Weekend During Brooklyn Comedy Set
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty T.I. is going full speed ahead with his fledgling comedy career but it looks like the early returns coming his way aren’t necessarily working in his favor. Soon after a rather tense incident involving another comedian that has since been squashed, Tip was at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn where he was greeted with a chorus of boos. The rapper and comedian born Clifford Harris was part of the lineup for the April Fools Comedy Jam featuring Bruce Bruce, Michael Blackson, Joe Torry, Jacob Williams, Rip Micheals, Nick Cannon, HaHa Davis, Eddie Griffin, B. Simone, and Tony Roberts. The show also featured performances from Lil’ Kim, Moneybagg Yo, and T.I. himself. Related Stories News of T.I. getting booed began to crop up on social med...
Kanye West Seeking “Behavioral” Treatment At “Luxury” Facility, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ronald Martinez / Getty Kanye West stays in the news cycle. The latest from the prolific “free thinker” is that he’s actively seeking “behavioral” treatment but only if it goes down in a “luxury” facility. Please keep in mind that this info doesn’t come directly from Ye’s usual communication channel of choice, Instagram, but via unnamed “sources.” Related Stories According to Page Six, of course, someone allegedly on the Kanye Squad says, “West’s team has been looking at treatment facilities for him,” while added, “he wants to enter a behavioral treatment center to be a better human and a better dad.” West, who recently dropped out of headlining Coachella, has spoken candidly about his bipolar disorder diagnosis before as well as the difficulty he’s had i...
Chris Wallace Doesn’t Think Young Civil Rights Era White People Were Racist, Nikole Hannah-Jones Sets Him Straight
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty Booooy, CNN+ host Chris Wallace should’ve just stayed his a** at Fox News because he just doesn’t fit the brand when it comes to non-conservative platforms where “not all white people” arguments just don’t fly. Recently, Wallace sat down with historian and creator of The 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones and really tried to whitesplain to this scholar of African American studies that during and even before the civil rights era, it was only really old white people who were racist. Now, obviously, this isn’t even a debate worth having. We’ve seen the iconic photos of school-aged white people verbally and physically attacking Black students like Ruby Bridges who integrated into their schools. The white people pouring liquid over the h...
Listen to New Seattle Supergroup 3rd Secret’s Debut Album
Surprise! A few months ago Krist Novoselic shared that he was working on some new music with a bunch of familiar faces. Matt Cameron also teased that he and Novoselic were up to something in the studio. Well, today, we learned what exactly he and his pals were up to: 3rd Secret. Novoselic, along with pals Bubba Dupree, Cameron, Jennifer Johnson, Kim Thayil and singer Jillian Raye have joined forces for the new project. The group dropped their self-titled today, which you can hear below. At 11 songs and just under 50 minutes, the album is a mix of delicate alt-folk and crunchy rock. As for everything, Cameron is about to hit the road with Pearl Jam next month and Thayil recently chimed in on how he thinks the Mariners are going to fare this season. Needless to say, he’s pretty realistic abo...
Fivio Foreign Drops Debut Album ‘B.I.B.L.E.’ Featuring Kanye West, A$AP Rocky and More
Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign has dropped his highly-anticipated debut album B.I.B.L.E., featuring executive production by Kanye West. The 17-track record, which was originally expected to arrive in March, includes guest appearances from Ye, A$AP Rocky, Lil Yachty, Polo G, DJ Khaled, Coi Leray, Lil Tjay, Chlöe, Blueface, Quavo, Yung Bleu, Ne-Yo, KayCyy, Queen Naija and more. B.I.B.L.E. lands as the follow-up to the 32-year-old rapper’s 2020 EP 800 B.C. Following the record’s release, Nicki Minaj, who previously collaborated with Fivio on “We Go Up,” took to her Instagram Story to share her admiration for the album. “This fivio foreign album rlly hittin the mthafkn spot,” Minaj wrote. “Sooooo SOLID. Sonically authentic & well thought out. Cohesive body of work with a sign...
Jim Carrey May Consider Doing ‘Ace Ventura 3’ but Only if Directed by Christopher Nolan
Earlier this month, Jim Carrey announced that his contemplating retirement. The 60-year-old actor is considering making Sonic the Hedgehog 2 his final project, however, he can revealed that he could potentially be swayed. Speaking in a new interview with E! News Daily Pop, Carrey shut down future ideas of reprising his old roles. Though that is the case, he did tease fans that he will consider returning for Ace Ventura 3 under one condition, “I think after the fact, when there’s been a lot of years, unless some genius person, director, auteur comes to you with a completely new take on what’s going on, you know. If Chris Nolan came to me and said ‘I want to make Ace Ventura real and I want to do something, you know, something more interesting’…then I might listen. But for the most part, you...
Giancarlo Esposito Reveals ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Release Window
Moff Gideon actor Giancarlo Esposito has now revealed a potential release window for season three of Disney+‘s The Mandalorian. Making an appearance on a recent episode of The Rich Eisen Show, the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul veteran revealed that the third season of the massively popular Star Wars series will premiere sooner than fans expected. “You’ll get it soon. You’ll get it soon,” Esposito reassured. “I got a little few things to do in regards to that, to put some finishing touches on what I do, but I believe it will be sometime this summer. No date set yet, but coming soon.” Esposito also revealed that The Mandalorian co-creator Jon Favreau wrote Moff Gideon specifically for him and that the one condition he had for joining the series was for his c...
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Will Return for Season 12, Larry David Announces
Curb Your Enthusiasm will return for a twelfth season, Larry David confirmed during a TV Academy event at the DGA on Sunday evening. The Emmys event, which was presented by HBO, featured a screening of Season 11, episode four, “The Watermelon,” along with a panel discussion with David, executive producer Jeff Schaffer, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Cheryl Hines and Richard Lewis, hosted by Rich Eisen. Following the event, Eisen took to Twitter to share the news, writing, “So, I was honored to emcee an [Emmys] panel for ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ tonight here in LA with most of the cast and asked Larry David the ultimate question: Will there be another season of Curb? He said yes.” So, I was honored to emcee an @TheEmmys panel for “Curb Your Enthusiasm” tonight here in LA with mo...
