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‘Summer of Soul’ Producer Says Will Smith & Chris Rock ‘Robbed’ Oscar Moment With Slap, ‘Four White Guys’ Joke
One of the producers behind Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), awarded the best documentary feature Oscar immediately in the aftermath of Will Smith’s onstage attack on Chris Rock, took to social media Wednesday not only to criticize Smith for his actions, but also Rock for a joke he made about the team when they won. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Summer of Soul‘s director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and producers Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein had the unenviable task of walking to the stage to collect an award with the entire Dolby Theatre still reeling in shock from when Smith rushed the stage and assaulted Rock moments earlier. On Wednesday evening, Patel took to Twitter to give his side o...
New Around the World: Demi Lovato’s ‘Cool for the Summer’ Reheats on Global Charts
Glass Animals, GAYLE and Anitta infuse the upper reaches of the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 2) with songs from 2020, ’21 and ’22, respectively. But elsewhere on the global tallies, a hit from the mid-2010s roars back. Demi Lovato debuts in the top half of both global charts with 2015’s “Cool for the Summer,” at No. 66 on the Global Excl. U.S. list and at No. 93 on the Global 200. The song, from 2015, earned 13.4 million official streams and sold 950 downloads worldwide in the week ending March 24, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. Those figures represent increases of 224% and 573%, respectively, week-over-week. [embedded content] “Cool” is resurging as a sped-up, pitched-up remix of it has gone viral, soundtracking numerous dance videos ...
Dead & Company Plot 2022 Summer Tour
Dead & Company are going back on the road. The band will kick off their seventh tour this June starting with a two-night appearance in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. The tour runs through July, ending with a two-night performance at Citi Field in New York City. Other shows include two nights at Wrigley Field in Chicago (June 24 and 25) and two nights at the University of Colorado’s Folson Field (June 17 and 18). Dead & Company was formed in 2015 when former Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir collaborated with John Mayer, Allman Brothers’ bassist Oteil Burbridge, and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti to create a touring band. Tickets will be available for sale to the general public on Friday, April 8 at 10 am local venue time via deadandcompany.com. Early Fan R...
Competitve ‘Call of Duty’ Player Caught Cheating While Trying to Prove He Doesn’t Cheat
A competitive Call of Duty: Vanguard player has now been caught cheating while trying to prove that he doesn’t cheat. Kenji is a semi-pro esports player competing in the Vanguard tournament Checkmate Gaming and in a recent 2v2 match, his opponents accused him of cheating via wallhack, an illegal add-on that allows players to see through walls to make identifying enemies and predicting their movement much easier. Contesting the claims, Kenji decided to record a video of himself playing with an off-screen camera, but interestingly enough, he didn’t turn off his wallhack. What ensued is a clear video showing large boxes on his monitor during a match indicating enemy locations behind walls. After the video surfaced, Checkmate Gaming has since banned Kenji from participating in the competition ...
Riot Games Raises $5.4 Million USD for Humanitarian Efforts in Eastern Europe
Earlier this month, League of Legends developer Riot Games announced its plans to raise money in aid of the humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, and now it has donated a total of $5.4 million USD. The sum was raised from selling battle passes across its numerous titles including Valorant, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra and Wild Rift as well as the proceeds from the sales of its Bee skin line on League of Legends. On top of those proceeds, the company also pledged an additional $1 million USD, bringing the grand total to $5.4 million USD. The sum will now be divided equally among three humanitarian organizations working in the region. Three shares of $1.8 million USD each will be heading to International Medical Corps, Médecins Sans...
THE BLACK CROWES Sued By Former Drummer STEVE GORMAN Over Unpaid Royalties
According to TMZ, former THE BLACK CROWES drummer Steve Gorman has filed a lawsuit against the paid over unpaid royalties. In his complaint, filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against singer Chris Robinson and guitarist Rich Robinson and The Black Crowes Partnership, Gorman claims faulty accounting has resulted in him missing out on royalties from THE BLACK CROWES‘ albums. Gorman says he doesn’t know exactly how much he is owed. “For more than five years, my attorneys and I have made repeated requests to review the Partnership’s books to confirm the accuracy of royalty payments and my share, but Chris and Rich have consistently ignored my rights under the Partnership Agreement,” Gorman said in a statement. “I regret that it has come to this...
ASKING ALEXANDRIA’s BEN BRUCE Wants To Start A Food Truck Business Called ‘Sex, Drugs And Sausage Rolls’
ASKING ALEXANDRIA guitarist and co-founder Ben Bruce recently appeared on “Side Jams With Bryan Reesman” to discuss his newfound love for cooking and embracing fatherhood. Beyond enjoying cooking all kinds of meat, he revealed that he had a dream of having a food truck, but that it probably wouldn’t go the way he’d like. “I’ve always wanted a food truck,” Ben said. “I feel like I’ve just had this idea in my head forever, which, once I tell you the name of it, you’ll realize very quickly why it can’t happen. Because I’ll be getting all kinds of the wrong people queuing up for it. But I would love to have a food truck just with a British flag painted on the side. [We have] something in England — a fast food, quick snack ...
PANTERA Teams Up With KnuckleBonz For ‘Vulgar Display Of Lager’
KnuckleBonz, Inc., along with Great South Bay Brewery and Bravado, have teamed up with PANTERA to bring a new beer, Pantera “Vulgar Display Of Lager”, to the KnuckleBonz limited-edition beverage series. The Pantera “Vulgar Display Of Lager” (5.9%) is brewed in accordance with the oldest regulation related to food or drink in the world, The German Purity Law of 1516: in order to call your product beer, its production must be limited to only four simple ingredients hops, barley, water, and yeast. By selecting nothing but the finest of these ingredients coupled with traditional methods, the result is quite a “Vulgar Display Of Lager” with a complex flavor profile that is cold fermented for the crisp and refreshing experience you’d expect from a world-...
DAVE MUSTAINE Confirms STEVE DIGIORGIO Played Bass On New MEGADETH Album
Dave Mustaine has confirmed that TESTAMENT bassist Steve DiGiorgio laid down the bass tracks on the new MEGADETH album, “The Sick, The Dying, And The Dead”. Due on July 8, the follow-up to 2016’s “Dystopia” features a cover of DEAD KENNEDYS‘ “Police Truck” and Sammy Hagar‘s “This Planet’s On Fire”, the latter of which includes vocals from Hagar himself. The MEGADETH leader shared the news of DiGiorgio‘s involvement in the LP in an interview with Jose Mangin of SiriusXM Liquid Metal. He said: “We obviously had that weird little…well, it wasn’t little, but we had something happen that we needed to make a decision on, and it set us back a little bit timing-wise, because we needed to recalibrate and find someon...
HHW Gaming: A ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Bug Is Making Life Miserable For PS5 Owners
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Crystal Dynamics/ Marvel’s Avengers After its not-so-stellar launch in 2020, Crystal Dynamics Marvel’s Avengers was supposed to find its second wind with its post-game content. Sadly that hasn’t been the case. Marvel’s Avengers has seen some decent post-launch content and solid expansions that introduced new characters with the addition of Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, Black Panther, and, recently, Spider-Man. Unfortunately, the game is still a mess, and now a new game-breaking bug is making life miserable for the few who still play the game on PS5 consoles. Related Stories The bug causes Marvel’s Avengers to crash every time players load up the game, and the only way to get around it is by deleting their game progress. The development team behind the game is wel...
OG Aunt Viv Janet Hubert Comes To Will Smith’s Defense, Calls Chris Rock “Mean Spirited”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rob Kim / Getty Will Smith’s pimp slapping of Chris Rock this past Sunday night at the Academy Awards is still reverberating across the entertainment industry and across the culture alike and while everyone has their opinions on the matter, ultimately it can be understood from both sides of the field. After days of celebrities taking to social media to express their support or disgust for Will Smith’s actions, actress Janet Hubert is the latest to come to Will Smith’s defense at a time when social media has decided to come for the iconic actor. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the OG Aunt Vivian from the first three seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air came to the defense of Smith on her IG page even though their relationship hadn’t been the best ...
Halle Bailey & DDG Make It Official with Loving Birthday Post
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty After ongoing speculation regarding their relationship status, DDG and Halle Bailey have finally made it official. The “Elon Musk” MC took to Instagram to show Bailey some love for her 22nd birthday, by posting a photo dump full of pictures of the two and a video showing the Grown-ish star flossing an enormous studded “Halle” necklace as DDG placed it on her neck before embracing her with a hug. “Happy Birthday to the beautifulest, the flyest, the sweetest ❤️,” he wrote. “Love you forever 🥺💎,” prompting Bailey to respond to the kind gesture, commenting “u will make me cry again” with a few heart emojis. The confirmation comes three months after the two were spotted together at Usher’s Las Vegas concert on...
