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JoJo and Actor Dexter Darden Are Engaged
JoJo and Dexter Darden are engaged. The singer and actor shared their happy news on Dec. 25. “forever with YOU? Sign me UP,” JoJo gushed in a Christmas day post on Instagram, where she uploaded a series of photos and video clips celebrating the couple’s special moment — including a closeup of a sparkling engagement ring. “celebrating Christmas a whole fiancé!!! the most thoughtful, creative, positive, handsome, strong, loving, uplifting human being asked me to marry him. so obviously I said YESSS!!!” she wrote. Explore Explore JoJo See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news JoJo added, “thank you for the most epic birthday surprise ever. and for flying out my mom, your mom, and both of our best friends to share in that incredible moment with us. you are one of on...
Roddy Ricch Reveals He Told off the Grammys for Snubbing Lil Baby and Lil Uzi Vert
Roddy Ricch recently stoped by Kevin Durant‘s The ETCs Podcast with Eddie Gonzalez to share his thoughts on the Grammys nominations. The Compton rapper addressed his criticism for the Recording Academy and recalled a time when he confronted the organization for snubbing fellow rappers Lil Baby and Lil Uzi Vert. Towards the end of the first five minutes of the interview, Ricch revealed the details of his conversation with the Grammys, “I feel like it’s more, for sure, more a collaboration because we run into each other more. But I feel like everybody got their own lane, everybody got their own thing they do. You know what I’m saying?” He added, “Uzi is like, like when I was talking to the Grammys, I’m like, ‘Y’all ain’t nominate Uzi for [Best] Rap Album?’ I was tripping on them. Even like L...
Tom Holland Claps Back at Martin Scorsese’s Criticism of Marvel Movies
Tom Holland has a message for Martin Scorsese, courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man: don’t knock it till you try it. In the wake of Spider-Man: No Way Home’s massive arrival at the box office, the Marvel star responded to the director’s belief that the superhero films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe don’t qualify as art. “You can ask [Martin] Scorsese ‘Would you want to make a Marvel movie?’ But he doesn’t know what it’s like because he’s never made one,” Holland asserted in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve made Marvel movies and I’ve also made movies that have been in the conversation in the world of the Oscars, and the only difference, really, is one is much more expensive than the other. But the way I break down the character, the way the director etches out...
Peter Dinklage Addresses Game of Thrones Ending: “It’s Fiction. There’s Dragons in it. Move on.”
It’s been more than two and a half years since Game of Thrones aired its series finale, and Peter Dinklage is finally speaking out about the fan backlash to the polarizing episode. In a profile with The New York Times, the actor who played Tyrion Lannister for all eight seasons of the hit fantasy drama quipped, “[Fans] wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset together. By the way, it’s fiction. There’s dragons in it. Move on.” Taking a more serious tone, Dinklage added, “No, but the show subverts what you think, and that’s what I love about it. Yeah, it was called Game of Thrones, but at the end, the whole dialogue when people would approach me on the street was, ‘Who’s going to be on the throne?’ I don’t know why that was their takeaway because the show really was more t...
The First Teaser Trailer for Donald Glover’s ‘Atlanta’ Season Three Is Here
FX has dropped off the first official teaser trailer for the third season of Donald Glover‘s Atlanta, which is set to premiere in 2022. The preview, titled “Visitors,” sees Glover’s Earn, Brian Tyree Henry’s Paper Boi, LaKeith Stanfield’s Darius and Zazie Beetz’s Van on a European tour, where they find themselves unacquainted with the local vernacular and meet a series of new characters. “Do I got to get naked for this?” Paper Boi asks Earn while holding a spa invitation towards the end of the teaser. “Nudity isn’t required, I think,” Earn responds doubtfully, to which Paper Boi replies: “I don’t know, man. Europe.” Following an almost four-year hiatus, the Emmy-winning comedy-drama series is set to return to the network on March 24, 2022 with a two-episode premiere that will become availa...
‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Opens With $69.8 Million USD at the Global Box Office
According to reports, The Matrix Resurrections debuted with $69.8 million USD during its debut weekend at the global box office. It’s important to note that the film, which officially hit theaters on December 22, received a simultaneous release on HBO Max. Still, the movie managed to rake in $22.5 million USD in the domestic box office. Additionally, the film reported its top ten markets in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, Atlanta and Washington DC, respectively. Prior to its widespread release, The Matrix Resurrections received a largely mixed batch of reviews from critics, clocking in at a conservative 70% on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience score has since landed at 64% on the site. The long-awaited sequel stars Keanu Reeves, Carri...
ANTHRAX’s FRANK BELLO Recalls Being Infected With Parasites After Eating Undercooked Meat In Mexico
During a recent appearance on “The Jasta Show”, the video podcast hosted by HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello recalled a time when he got sick from eating meat that was not properly cooked while on tour with PANTERA nearly 25 years ago. “I had to give up coffee,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I had to — because of my gut. And this happened way back when. Years ago, we were on tour with PANTERA. We went out and we got loaded one night in Mexico City. On the streets of Mexico City, PANTERA and ANTRAX, just loaded off our asses… You know those street carts you’re not supposed to eat the fucking food out of? Sausage… Who knows? It was fucking red. I shouldn’t have eaten it. I was starving. I wanted to soak up ...
TESLA’s FRANK HANNON Says Lyrics To New Single ‘Cold Blue Steel’ Have Been Misinterpreted
TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon recently spoke to Let’s Rock about the band’s latest single, “Cold Blue Steel”. A music video for the song was released in August, directed by Brandon Gullion and produced by Hannon. Regarding the inspiration for the track, Frank said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s an example of [late LYNYRD SKYNYRD singer] Ronnie Van Zant being our influence in a way of telling a story. When you’re listening to “Saturday Night Special’, you can picture the story. “So Jeff [Keith, TESLA singer] was really fired up about that song. One day he was coming over to my house a couple of months ago and we were gonna work on some music and he was listening to that track. And that’s where it started.” H...
GLENN HUGHES: ‘Being In BLACK SABBATH Was Not Something I Wanted To Do’
During an appearance on a recent episode of the “In The Trenches with Ryan Roxie” video podcast, legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes reflected on his time fronting BLACK SABBATH in the mid-1980s. Regarding how his collaboration with the Tony Iommi-led outfit came about, Glenn said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Tony was going to make a solo album in 1985. Myself, my dear friend Ronnie James Dio and Rob Halford were all gonna sing a couple of songs each. I was the first guy to go down to Cherokee Studios in Hollywood to do a couple of songs with Tony. And I wrote and sang a couple of songs in the first night. And he asked me to come back the next day, and it kept going and going and going, and I ended up being the only singer on that solo album. On the last son...
JOHN 5 Doesn’t Think ‘NAMM Show’ Will Last More Than Another Five Years
ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 and TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda were guests on a recent episode of the “Hangin’ & Bangin’: Artists On Lockdown” online show, where they were joined by Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO), Carmine Appice (OZZY OSBOURNE, VANILLA FUDGE) and host Ron Onesti. During the wide-ranging chat, they discussed the recent announcement by producers of the annual music convention NAMM Show that its normal January date was being postponed to June 3-5, 2022 at the Anaheim Convention Center due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year, over 100,000 musicians, instrument makers, vendors, educators and more from all over the world come together in Anaheim to celebrate the latest in entertainment technology during the NAMM (which stands for National Ass...
J.D. Crowe, Influential Bluegrass Musician, Dies at 84
Grammy-winning bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe, whose influential career spanned more than 50 years, has died. He was 84. His son, David, confirmed the death on Saturday (Dec. 25) to The Associated Press. “We just want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. As great of a musician as dad was, he was even better husband, father and friend,” David said in a brief message. Crowe died Friday of undisclosed causes, the family earlier announced via Facebook. Explore Explore J.D. Crowe See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Born James Dee Crowe in 1937, his career included stints with Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys, Mac Wiseman and his own band, the Kentucky Mountain Boys, which later became the New South. According to the Blue...
Rihanna, Britney Spears, Billie Eilish & More Celebrate Christmas 2021
Merry Christmas 2021! Dozens of music stars took to social media over the weekend to spread yuletide cheer ahead of the new year. Artists like Rihanna, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo and many others shared festive posts on Instagram in celebration of Christmas on Saturday (Dec. 25), including sweet family photos and videos, hilarious childhood throwbacks, and inspiring messages in celebration of the holiday season. “My favorite time of year,” Eilish captioned a wintery photo gallery filled with snapshots of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, colorful lights and beautifully wrapped gifts. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Rihanna and Dua Lipa gave fans a peak into their childhood by sharing adorable photos of themselves sitting on Santa’s lap ...
