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Matt Reeves Reveals How He Received His Dream Directorial Job With ‘The Batman’
As Matt Reeves gears up for the release of The Batman, the director reveals just how he was able to create his dream script. In a recent interview with Esquire, Reeves revealed, “I’ve always felt that the Batman story was a very special story. He’s not really a superhero. He’s someone who’s driven by the pain of his past. He’s trying to find some way to make sense of his life. It’s a very psychological story. This is the character I relate to most.” For the longest time, Reeves has had his own version of the story he was hoping to tell. When handed the Ben Affleck script Reeves said, “I read a script that they had that was a totally valid take on the movie. It was very action-driven. It was very deeply connected to the DCEU, with other major characters from other movies and other comics po...
Netflix Drops ‘Race: Bubba Wallace’ Trailer and Release Date
Netflix has officially released the trailer for its six-episode series on NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. The series was first announced last April and follows Wallace, NASCAR’s only full-time Black race car driver, in his first year with 23XI Racing. He became the first driver to sign with Michael Jordan‘s 23XI Racing team, which is founded by the basketball legend to help promote Black NASCAR drivers. The season saw Wallace become the first Black driver to win a cup-level race in 60 years. Wallace recently gained a reputation for speaking out on the racial injustices of the sport and putting to action the removal of the Confederate flag from the events. The official summary of the series dictates that audiences will catch a glimpse of who Wallace is off and on the track. Wallace shows how h...
Stellar Stream Obscured – SARCASM
RATING: 8.5/10 Veterans of the Swedish death metal underground, SARCASM first formed in 1990, split in 1994 and re-emerged in 2015 with a revamped sound and Hell’s flames blazing in their eyes. Three albums later and it seems likely that “Stellar Stream Obscured” is exactly the record the band would have dreamt about making back in the day: epic, grotesque and steeped in the grand, grim traditions of MORBID ANGEL, DISSECTION and POSSESSED, it’s also a ferociously contemporary piece of work. “Through The Crystal Portal” may be the most unhinged album opener in recent memory. Spikily melodic, but relentlessly violent and willfully angular and obtuse, it’s the kind of sonically punishing old-school riot that keeps the arcane metal flame burning throug...
PAPA ROACH Releases Music Video For New Single ‘Stand Up’
California rockers PAPA ROACH have released the official music video for their anthemic new single, “Stand Up”. Produced by Jason Evigan (Dua Lipa, G-Eazy, MAROON 5), the song brings massive energy and unique arrangements to singer Jacoby Shaddix‘s uplifting and motivating lyrics. The track seeks to provide a signature, bouncing anthem for a world that is energized to stand up against injustice, complacency, and opposition, further exercising their agency towards the obstacles in this new year. “‘Stand Up’ is inspired by the social unrest of marginalized people throughout the world. It’s about feeling of wanting to give up when you’re backed against the wall. For the ones that have been oppressed for so long that a sense of hopelessness is al...
JASON NEWSTED Says He’s Been ‘Really, Really Frugal’ With His METALLICA Earnings: ‘That’s Why I Still Have Them’
In a recent interview with the METALLICA fan-club magazine So What!, the band’s former bassist Jason Newsted was asked how he dealt with the huge commercial success of METALLICA‘s 1991 self-titled album — better known as the “Black Album” — when it first happened. He said: “All of us experienced some kind of swelly head at different levels for different amounts of time through this three-year span. [It was] inevitable and impossible for it not to happen… I remember me personally, when I went shopping with [METALLICA guitarist] Kirk [Hammett] in Paris, and he took to me a couple of nice, nice stores, and I threw down a lot of money for some nice clothes and shoes and stuff. I’d never done that before. And I thought I was the shit… So I did get caught in t...
HALESTORM Cancels European ‘Evening With’ Tour
HALESTORM‘s previously announced European “An Evening With Halestorm” European tour has been canceled. The trek was scheduled to kick off on February 1 in Frankfurt, Germany and run through March 13 in London, United Kingdom. Earlier today, HALESTORM released the following statement: “To all of our European Freaks, we’re sorry to inform you that due to the different restrictions in all of the countries we were planning on traveling to, it is logistically impossible to bring our Evening With Tour to mainland Europe this February. These shows have been canceled. Check your inbox for refund information or get it at your point of purchase. We hope you all understand that this was out of control and we are looking forward to announcing some exciting shows in the fu...
Madonna Says She Wants to Go on Tour With Britney Spears & ‘Reenact’ VMAs Kiss
Madonna wants to bring the headline-making moment of the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards to 2022. In a recent Instagram Live session, Madonna was asked if she would ever do a world tour again. “Hell yeah, I have to,” she replied. “Stadium, baby. Me and Britney [Spears], what about that? Yeah, I’m not sure she’d be into it, but it would be really cool. We could, like, reenact the original kiss.” Madonna wanna do a world tour with Britney pic.twitter.com/s1IWuHF0hH — MADONNA IS MY MOM (@Fishyboi95) January 26, 2022 Madame X, of course, was referring to her 2003 VMAs performance with Spears, Missy Elliott and Christina Aguilera, where the trio performed a medley of hits including “Like a Virgin” and “Hollywood.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Madonna...
Meat Loaf’s ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Flies to No. 1 In Australia
Following his death last Thursday (Jan. 20) at the age of 74, Meat Loaf stages a chart-topping return in the land Down Under, making history in the process. Meat Loaf’s best-seller Bat Out Of Hell (Sony) hits No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, for its ninth non-consecutive week at the summit. The classic rock LP initially spent eight weeks in the top spot between June and August 1978, en route to locking-up 25 platinum certifications. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news According to ARIA, 2,269 weeks have passed since Bat Out Of Hell last appeared at No. 1, now the longest gap in Australian charts history, easily passing the Grease soundtrack which previously had the record with 657 weeks between No. 1s, from November 1978 to June 1991. Also this week...
INXS’ Tim Farriss ‘Very Disappointed’ After Losing Court Battle Over Severed Finger
Tim Farriss, founding guitarist with new wave icons INXS, is considering his next move after losing a legal battle against the owners and operators of a vessel on which he lost a finger. Farriss launched proceedings after the ring finger on his left hand was severed in a gruesome boating accident in Sydney’s Akuna Bay back in January 2015, when it was caught in a chain as he attempted to drop anchor. The rocker was treated at the Royal North Shore hospital for a week, and required several surgeries to reattach the digit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The damage, however, is permanent. Seven years on, the finger is essentially “useless,” and he’s now in “forced retirement,” his reps told the NSW Supreme Court. It’s “in a state now where he can...
Katy Perry and Chris Redd Seem to Have Some Awkward History in ‘SNL’ Promo
Willem Dafoe brings some seriously big Green Goblin energy to this week’s Saturday Night Live promo. The 66-year-old Spider Man: No Way Home star is positively giddy in the spot featuring this week’s musical guest, Katy Perry, and cast member Chris Redd. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Oh man! I love this sketch already,” Dafoe giggles as Redd gently explains that they’re filming the promo, not the show. “Hey, whatever you call it. It’s hilarious!” In the second bit the scene turns a bit dark as Redd and Perry seem to be working out some previously private drama. “Katy, can’t believe you’re back,” a distressed Redd says with a sigh about the singer’s upcoming (Jan. 29) fourth go-round as musical guest. “Why? Does that scare you?,” Perry — wear...
Grimes Shares Video for New Song “Shinigami Eyes”: Watch
Grimes has released another new song, her second in recent months. It’s called “Shinigami Eyes” and it comes with a music video directed by Brthr and written by Grimes. Check it out below. Grimes discussed “Shinigami Eyes” in a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. She said: Well, actually, OK, so this song, I’m not sure what I should say or not say. I always say a bunch of stupid shit and get in trouble, but either way. This is the label executive decision song. I love the record, but it’s just like, everyone’s like, what’s the deeper meaning? And it’s like, well, Nino Angelo just really had just watched Death Note and really liked it. Basically, I wrote the whole space opera thing and this is the only song that wasn’t this big narrative plot. Anyway, I actually do re...
Julie Doiron and Dany Placard Announce Julie & Dany, Share New Song “Mayo”: Listen
Julie Doiron and Dany Placard have announced a new collaborative album titled Julie & Dany. It’s due out April 29 via Simone Records. The couple are teasing the record by sharing the new song “Mayo” alongside a music video by Sylvain Dumais. Check it out below. “‘Mayo’ is a day like many days in our little house in New Brunswick,” said Doiron in a statement. “And while it seems we are just singing of things like mayonnaise and carrots, we are mostly singing of the ups and downs and all the moments in between.” Spanning 11 tracks in total, Julie & Dany was written and recorded between Doiron and Placard’s homes in Quebec and New Brunswick during Canada’s mandatory stay-at-home orders. The real-life couple wanted to capture their love and desire to be with one another while end...
