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Supreme Court Won’t Review Decision That Freed Bill Cosby
The U.S. Supreme Court quietly announced Monday that it would not review Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case, leaving him a free man and ending a two-decade legal drama that shifted the cultural landscape, destroyed the groundbreaking Black actor’s reputation, and sent him to prison for several years late in life. The high court, without comment, declined to review a stunning decision out of Pennsylvania that released Cosby from prison in June over the word of a former prosecutor who said he had made a secret promise to Cosby’s lawyers that he would never be charged. A Cosby spokesperson expressed “sincere gratitude to the justices” on behalf of Cosby and his family for the announcement and said he was the victim of “a reprehensible bait and switch” by the district attorney and judge in the c...
Foo Fighters Set 2022 Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand
Foo Fighters’ one-off stadium show last week in Australia was just an entrée, with the rock legends set to mount a full-scale stadium tour later this year. Dave Grohl and Co. will head south in the run-in to Christmas, for a six-date tour of Australia and New Zealand. Produced by Frontier Touring, the trek starts Nov. 30 at Perth’s HBF Park, then visits open-air venues in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, before leaping the Tasman for shows at Wellington’s Sky Stadium, and Auckland’s Western Springs Stadium. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The Foos are box-office dynamite in these parts, with 12 arena and stadium tours under their belts, most recently in 2018. That trek, like so many others, was organized by Frontier Touring, the company build by the late Mushroom Group chairman M...
Charlotte Adigéry / Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer
Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul’s Topical Dancer is as blunt and emphatic as pop art—if you don’t get its bright, assertive takedowns, you’re not paying attention. The Belgian musicians take as much pleasure in sardonically dressing down racism, misogyny, and xenophobia as they do in crafting effortlessly propulsive electro pop fit for warehouse parties. That mischievous friction is at the heart of Topical Dancer, a riveting debut from two artists whose music pokes you in the side as often as it makes you move. Released on veteran Belgian duo Soulwax’s DEEWEE label, Topical Dancer openly draws on that group’s sweaty, mid-’00s-flavored blend of rock and electronic music. (Soulwax also contributed co-production and writing to the album.) Miss Kittin and Felix Da Housecat’s talky electrocla...
“This One’s for Flinty”: The Prodigy Announce First Tour Since Keith Flint’s Death
“This one’s for Flinty… Now lets fukin’ go,” The Prodigy wrote in the announcement of their triumphant return to the stage. Slated for summer of this year, The Prodigy’s 2022 live shows will take place in July throughout major tour stops in the U.K. In their announcement, the iconic band said they felt now was an especially good time to get the show on the road, given the 25th anniversary of their seminal album, The Fat of the Land. This marks The Prodigy’s first tour since the passing of charismatic frontman Keith Flint in 2019. The news of the tour arrives a mere days after the band posted a heartfelt tribute to remember Flint three years after his tragic death. “We feel u always with and around us,” the band wrote....
This Raver Has Become an EDM Darling—Because of His Stank Face
Fortune favors the bold in the weird and wonderful world of electronic dance music. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Nick Wise captured the hearts of the EDM community when he went viral for—well, just being himself. Thanks to a serendipitous appearance on a livestream, Wise, a dubstep fanatic who also produces music under the moniker Biotechnick, has become a darling of the bass music festival scene. One of the constants of these fests are the battalions of head-bangers maniacally riding the rails at any given stage—but they quake just a little bit harder when Wise is there. If you attend Lost Lands, Bass Canyon or practically any other major dubstep festival, odds are you’ll see an afro whipping like a dandelion petal in a hurricane. That’s Wise, w...
Square Enix’s PlayStation 5 Exclusive ‘Forspoken’ Delays Release Date
Square Enix‘s upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Forspoken has now been delayed. In a message to fans over on Twitter yesterday, the game’s developer Luminous Productions announced that Forspoken‘s original release date of May 24 has now been pushed back to October 11 to allow for more time to polish up the experience. “Our vision for this exciting new IP is to deliver a game world and hero that gamers across the globe will want to experience for years to come, so getting it right is extremely important to us,” the statement reads. “To that end, during the next few months we will focus all of our efforts on polishing the game and can’t wait for you to experience Frey’s journey this fall.” First announced back in March last year, Forspoken is a brand new property from the ...
Bandai to Launch Official ‘One Piece’ Trading Card Game
The bestselling manga series in the world, One Piece, is receiving an official trading card game courtesy of toy company Bandai. One Piece Trading Card Game will launch with four starter decks themed after four groups from the series including the Straw Hats, the Worst Generation, Animal Kingdom Pirates, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The first series of booster packs will be titled titled “Romance Dawn” after the first chapter of the manga. Series creator and artist Eiichiro Oda shared his excitement in a post writing, “A new trading card game is on the way!!! I don’t know much about card games but this is something like Yu-Gi-Oh! right?! They jump out from the cards, yeah?!! I heard they’re going to use illustrations from the original work and release it worldwide. They’re reall...
Riot Games Will Donate All Battle Pass Proceeds to Ukraine
League of Legends developer Riot Games will now be donating its proceeds from in-game battle pass purchases to Ukraine. According to the company, the money earned from selling passes for Valorant, Legends of Runeterra, Teamfight Tactics and League of Legends: Wild Rift between March 5 to March 12 will be donated to Ukraine on top of proceeds from the new Bee skin line in League of Legends itself. In addition, Riot Games will also donate $1 million USD out of its own pocket to three humanitarian non-profits, including International Medical Corps, the Polish Red Cross, and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders. “The war in Ukraine has caused an expanding humanitarian crisis,” the company said in a statement. “Since it began, we’ve heard from players around...
Man Who Obtained $57,000 USD Pokémon Card Using COVID Relief Funds Sentenced to Prison
Federal prosecutors have sentenced a Georgia man to prison for three years for illegally obtaining a COVID relief loan to purchase a collectible Pokémon card for over $57,000 USD. According to the Department of Justice, Vinath Oudomsine pled guilty to “one account of Wire Fraud.” Oudomsine has agreed to fofeit the Pokémon trading card of the popular character Charizard. Oudomsine initially applied for the loan in 2020 and claimed that he would use it to run a small business that employed ten other people. His application was successful and he garnered $85,000 USD from the government. However, he has instead spent a bulk of his relief fund on a single, rare Pokémon card that cost $57,789 USD. The card in question is a 1999 Pokémon Base Set First Edition Shadowless Holo Charizard with a 9.5 ...
Lil Wayne on Signing Drake and Nicki Minaj: “I Saw Way More Than Just Potential”
Lil Wayne hopped on a recent episode of the I Am Athlete podcast where he touched on career longevity and signing two of Young Money’s biggest stars, Drake and Nicki Minaj. Weezy shared that his decision to sign Drake and Minaj was based on more than just turning them into “the next one,” but rather the potential he initially saw in them. “That’s when I saw way more than just potential,” he said, further touching on Drizzy’s shining star. “When Drake’s music was brought to me from the homie Jas, it was about rap. I was like, ‘This dude sound different.’ What I loved about him, he was sounding just as dope as we were. When I say we, I’m talking about the streets and what we came from.” He continued, “I told him, ‘You could make working in the cubicle — you know how to make that the dopest t...
How to Get Tickets to Lady Gaga’s “The Chromatica Ball” Tour
Lady Gaga is officially making it a date with her 2022 “Chromatica Ball.” The twice-postponed stadium tour, first announced in 2020 in support of her sixth album Chromatica, finally lands this summer after pandemic-related delays. In the meantime, Gaga has released three more albums, added another round to her “Jazz & Piano” residency in Las Vegas, and commanded the screen as star of Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci. Get tickets here, and read on for more info including pre-sale dates. What Is Lady Gaga’s Next Tour? The “Chromatica Ball” tour features European and North American legs that include stops to Paris, Stockholm, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Advertisement Related Video The European tour begins in Düsseldorf, Germany on July 17th and wraps with two nights in Lond...
DeVaughn Nixon on Portraying His Dad in HBO’s Winning Time and Working with Adam McKay
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS DeVaughn Nixon joins Kyle Meredith to talk about HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of The Lakers Dynasty, in which he plays the role of his real life father, Norm Nixon. Related Video The actor tells how he still had to audition for the part, his dad feeling threatened by Magic Johnson’s arrival, and this series being released on the heels of the Michael Jordan doc The Last Dance. Nixon also discusses what it was like to work with Adam McKay on the dark comedy and where the story could go with future seasons. Advertisement We also travel back to 1992 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Bodyguard, which found Nixon staring at W...
