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Netflix Orders White House Murder-Mystery Series ‘The Residence’ From Shondaland
Netflix has tapped Shonda Rhimes and her longtime Shondaland partner Betsy Beers to executive produce an upcoming White House murder-mystery series, titled The Residence. The eight-episode drama, which has been ordered straight to series, is largely inspired by Kate Anderson Brower’s nonfiction book, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, which explores the realities of America’s first families from the point of view of their staffers. Paul William Davies, a Shondaland veteran who previously worked on the hit ABC series Scandal and legal drama For the People, will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series. “132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner,” the official synopsis reads. “The Residenc...
Zoë Kravitz Recalls Being Told She Was Too “Urban” to Audition for ‘Dark Knight Rises’
Zoë Kravitz, who is currently receiving widely positive reviews for her portrayal of Selina Kyle, or Catwoman, in Matt Reeves‘ The Batman, recently spoke out about being called too “urban” to audition for a role in Christopher Nolan’s 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises. “I don’t know if it came directly from Chris Nolan,” the actress said in an interview with The Guardian. “I think it was probably a casting director of some kind, or a casting director’s assistant.” Kravitz, who is of Black and Jewish descent, continued, “Being a woman of color and being an actor and being told at that time that I wasn’t able to read because of the color of my skin, and the word ‘urban’ being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment.” It is unkown which ...
Tour L.A.’s Hottest Spots with Wes Armstrong from ‘North of the 10’
Chasing their dreams of becoming famous in Hollywood, North of the 10 is a new movie about a group of five talented friends. Featuring a cast that includes internet stars like Wes “Wuz Good” Armstrong, the movie, which is now streaming on BET+, offers a comedic spin on the adventure of trying to make it big from Chicago. Playing Shane Brooks, an aspiring dancer, Wes brings HYPEBEAST on a tour of his favorite places in L.A. where he hangs out when he’s not working. His tour begins at Goldenhour Grooming, in the San Fernando Valley, for a quick grooming session. Wes enjoys the friendly atmosphere of this barbershop and he shares that he’s been coming to get his cuts here for the last four years. Tapping in with the barbershop’s owner Jalon Webster, Wes sits down for a trim before plot...
RAMMSTEIN To Release New Music This Week
RAMMSTEIN will apparently drop a music video for a new song later this week. Earlier today, the German industrial metallers revealed that the track, which is believed to be titled “Zeit”, will make its online debut on Thursday, March 10 at 8:00 a.m. PST. Last November, RAMMSTEIN guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe confirmed that the band’s already completed new album will be released before the launch of the group’s next world tour. RAMMSTEIN is scheduled to kick off the European leg of the band’s 2022 tour on May 15 in Prague, Czech Republic. A North American stadium run will begin on August 21 in Montreal and end on October 4 in Mexico City. Last October, RAMMSTEIN drummer Christoph Schneider said that European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet was one of ...
SKID ROW And WARRANT Announce ‘Live To Rock’ Spring/Summer 2022 U.S. Tour
SKID ROW and WARRANT will join forces this spring and summer for the “Live To Rock” tour. The trek is scheduled to kick off on April 30 in Ashland, Kentucky and conclude on September 15 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Support on select shows will come from QUIET RIOT, WINGER and Lita Ford. SKID ROW and WARRANT “Live To Rock” 2022 tour dates: Apr. 30 – Ashland, KY @ Paramount Arts Center * May 07 – Dodge City, KS @ United Wireless Arena ^ May 20 – Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphitheater & May 26 – Morton, MN @ Jackpot Junction Casino & June 02 – Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center * June 03 – Cincinnati, OH @ Hard Rock * June 04 – Gary, IN @ Hard Rock # June 18 – Lampe, MO @ Black Oak Mountain Amphitheatre &...
Watch Pro-Shot Video Of METALLICA’s ‘Battery’ Performance From Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium
METALLICA played its first concert of 2022 on February 25 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show, which was reportedly attended by 60,000 fans, featured support from GRETA VAN FLEET and ICE NINE KILLS. Professionally filmed video of METALLICA‘s performance of the song “Battery” from the Vegas gig can be seen below. METALLICA‘s setlist was as follows: 01. Whiplash 02. Ride The Lightning 03. The Memory Remains 04. Seek & Destroy 05. Fuel 06. One 07. Sad But True 08. Moth Into Flame 09. Wherever I May Roam 10. For Whom The Bell Tolls 11. Creeping Death 12. Fade To Black 13. Master Of Puppets Encore: 14. Battery 15. Nothing Else Matters 16. Enter Sandman The Las Vegas show took place more than two months after METALLICA‘s two 40th-anniversary conc...
PAT TRAVERS Releases New Single ‘Push Yourself’
Legendary guitarist Pat Travers and his band have just released a blazing new single, “Push Yourself”. Built around Travers‘s trademark Fender Strat, the track crackles with intensity and bravado. The guitar playing is matched in grittiness and power by Travers‘s own vocals, which ring out like a wakeup call to anyone thinking that this veteran blues rocker will be resting on his laurels. As Travers himself puts it: “‘Push Yourself’ is a mantra I use when I need to get my ass in gear and get stuff done. Pretty simple.” The “Push Yourself” music video, which was assembled using recent live footage of Travers tearing up the stage intercut with scenes from the recent LYNYRD SKYNYRD dramatization “Street Survivors: The True Stor...
How to Get Tickets to Phoebe Bridgers’ 2022 Tour
Phoebe Bridgers is back for more with another installment of her “Reunion Tour,” which began last fall in support of her Grammy-nominated second album Punisher. Fresh off receiving Billboard’s Women in Music Trailblazer Award and becoming the host of her own monthly Sirius XMU show Saddest Factory Radio, Bridgers is extending her reach across the globe with a full European leg and just about every festival appearance possible through the end of summer, and tickets for her tour will soon be available. Get tickets here, and read on for more info including pre-sale dates. What Is Phoebe Bridgers’ Next Tour? The 2022 “Reunion Tour” takes Phoebe Bridgers back across North America with even more stops than its massive 2021 iteration. It begins on April 13th in Phoenix, Arizona and hits all major...
J.K. Rowling Thinks Reducing Paperwork for Trans People Will Somehow Lead to More Assaults
Occasional author and constant bigot J.K. Rowling has been tweeting for days about how Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which merely reduces the red tape around obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate, will somehow lead to more sexual assaults. A Gender Recognition Certificate “means a trans person is legally recognized in their acquired gender and can obtain a new birth certificate showing that gender.” First Minister Nicola Sturgeon helped introduce the reform bill to Scotland’s parliament last week. It takes what is currently a horrifyingly invasive process — requiring applicants to receive a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, provide “medical reports and evidence,” plod through a two-year wait, and be over 18 — and changes the process to be merely arduous. If the bill pas...
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Announce New Album, Share 18-Minute Single “The Dripping Tap”: Stream
As has been said many times before, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are coming out with a new album. The Australian rockers are gearing up to share Omnium Gatherum, their first double LP and — if we have our math right here — their 20th album overall. As a preview, King Gizzard have shared the whopping 18-minute single “The Dripping Tap.” After releasing three albums during lockdown that were written and recorded entirely remotely, Omnium Gatherum marks some of the first music K.G. were able to record in the same space post-pandemic. The result is some of the most ambitious music they’ve ever put to tape: “We decided, this is like our classic sprawling ‘double album,’” frontman Stu Mackenzie said in a statement. “Our White Album, where anything goes.” “The Dripping ...
Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
Six years after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing in nearly two decades, The Philosophy of Modern Song, set to be published by Simon & Schuster on November 8th, 2022. Dylan began writing the collection of over 60 essays in 2010. Described in a press release as “a master class on the art and craft of songwriting,” the book will see Dylan break down songs by artists like Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Nina Simone, and Hank Williams. The singer-songwriter’s analysis includes “what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal.” The Philosophy of Modern Song also contains 150 photos curated by Dylan, as well as a seri...
Kodak Black Shoots His Shot At Kim Kardashian On Instagram
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Ever since shooting his shot at well-known lesbian, Young M.A, Kodak Black has developed a rep for taking swings and misses at whichever young lady that catches his eye and now he’s got Kim Kardashian square in his crosshairs. Taking to Instagram to flirt with the newly declared single woman, Kodak posted a picture of himself and Kim wearing similar outfits and captioned it with “You Need A Real Nigga Out Dat Pompanoya Bae , Ain’t Even Gone Play 😈 Real Gangsta @kimkardashian.” Can’t help but wonder why these rap dudes have no respect for Pete Davidson at all. That man has been publicly dating Kim Kardashian for a hot minute now, but Kodak either doesn’t know or doesn’t seem to c...
