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‘Pokémon GO’s First Community Day of 2022 Brings on Spheal
With 2021 soon coming to an end, Niantic has now announced its first Pokémon GO Community Day for 2022. Slated to take place on January 16, 2022, the upcoming event will place Spheal in the spotlight, with the Clap Pokémon and its shiny variant appearing more often for those playing the game. Once you’ve evolved it to Sealeo, you’ll also be able to evolve it afterward to a Walrein that knows two special attacks limited to the event and two hours after: Charged Attack Icicle Spear and Fast Attack Powder Snow. On top of Spheal’s increased appearance, you can expect the usual Community Day bonuses, including 3x experience points for catching Pokémon, extended durations for Lure Modules and Incense which will both last three hours, and receive a special “surprise” for taking snapshots. There’l...
‘Chainsaw Man’ Anime Receives New Teaser and Premiere Announcement
Along with all the news that came out of Jump Festa 2022, fans were also treated to a new teaser for the anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man manga. The frenetic look cycles through various panels from the manga into a look at animated Makima, the high-ranking Public Safety Devil Hunter, who takes Denji in as her human pet. The brief teaser ends by noting that the anime adaptation will see an official premiere sometime in 2022. Additionally, the Chainsaw Man manga will also see the release of its second part come Summer 2022. Check out the teaser for the upcoming Chainsaw Man anime adaptation above and catch Viz Media’s synopsis for the series below. Denji’s a poor young man who’ll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil-dog Pochita. He’s a simple ...
Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock’s ‘Bullet Train’ Now Delayed to Summer 2022
Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock‘s upcoming action flick Bullet Train has now been delayed. Originally slated to release in April 2022, Sony Pictures has now pushed back its date to July, although no particular reason has been provided by the studio. The film is helmed by Deadpool director David Leitch and is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka, following five assassins who are assigned missions on the same bullet train. Unbeknownst to them, all five will have to fight against each other to obtain a suitcase full of cash, making it to the final stop of the journey. Joining Pitt and Bullock is an all-star cast including Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Andrew Koji, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sanada, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry and Benito A Martinez Ocasio. “Brad di...
Everything Coming To and Leaving HBO Max in January 2022
With the year coming to an end, HBO Max has unveiled its slate of new programming for January 2022. The turn of the new year will offer subscribers highly-anticipated titles such as the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special, John Cena and James Gunn’s Peacemaker, Zendaya’s Euphoria season two and The Righteous Gemstones season two. Meanwhile, January 2022 will be the last month to stream classics such as Deep Cover, 1983’s Hercules and more. Take a full list of titles coming to and leaving HBO Max below. Coming to HBO Max Exact Dates to be Announced: The Fallout, 2021 January 1: 2 Guns, 2013 (HBO)2001: A Space Odyssey, 196817 Again, 2009300: Rise of an Empire, 2006Acuitzeramo, 2019 (HBO)All Star Superman, 2011The Animatrix, 2003Annabelle Comes Home, 2009Amityville 3-D, ...
More Than 50,000 Fans Petition For Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Season 2
Netflix‘s recent cancellation of the live-action Cowboy Bebop has left many fans disappointed, and now more than 50,000 of them have signed a petition to bring the show back for a second season. “It wasn’t a direct copy of the anime but the world they put together was amazing and deserve a second season,” reads the description of the petition over on change.org which has now amassed almost 53,000 signatures as of writing. The show debuted to massive popularity, racking up 74 million hours watched over the first week, but the figures quickly declined afterward, dropping by a staggering 59%. Netflix ultimately decided to ax the show after just one season, leaving many to mourn over its loss, including the show’s creative team. “I truly loved working on this,” the show’s co-executive pro...
Judge Recommends Russian Stream-Ripping Sites Pay $82.9M in Damages
A federal judge has recommended that the operators of two Russian stream-ripping websites pay more than $80 million in damages for circumventing YouTube’s anti-piracy measures and infringing copyrights of audio recordings. In a case brought by more than a dozen record labels, including UMG Recordings, Warner Records and Sony Music Entertainment, U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan said the sites operated by Tofig Kurbanov, a Russian national, should be shut down permanently via injunctions and that statutory damages of $50,000 be awarded for each of the 1,618 copyrighted works the sites infringed. Kurbanov operates www.FLVTO.biz and www.2conv.com, which the Fourth Circuit has previously recognized as “two of the most popular stream-ripping websites in the world and…among the most popula...
Adele’s ‘30’ Becomes 2021’s Best-Selling Vinyl Album, Holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart
Adele’s 30 spends a fourth consecutive, and total, week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Dec. 25) – and also becomes 2021’s top-selling album on vinyl. Across all of its available formats, both physical and digital, 30 sold 146,000 copies in the United States in the week ending Dec. 16 (down 2%) according to MRC Data. Its total sales climb to 1.21 million. It is the only album released in 2021 to sell a million copies. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news 30 also rules the Vinyl Albums chart for a fourth week, selling 41,000 copies (up 16%). Its total sales on vinyl now climb to 234,000 – becoming 2021’s top-selling album on wax. It surpasses the previous top-seller, Taylor Swift’s Evermore, which has sold 232,000 on vinyl throug...
Brandi Carlile, Billie Joe Armstrong And More Set to Perform at ‘Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party’
Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson are set to ring in the New Year’s Eve party on NBC. And they’re bringing friends. An all-star lineup will perform at Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, including Brandi Carlile, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Saweetie, Anitta, Jack Harlow, 24kGoldn and Kitty Ca$h, organizers have announced. The network also promises “more surprises to come” in the lead-up to the NYE party, hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson. Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party will be broadcast live from Miami on the night of Dec. 31 from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET on NBC. Viewers will also be able to livestream the festivities on Peacock, the network’s streaming service. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As previously reported, Saturday Night Live crea...
Adele’s ‘30’ Heading For U.K. Christmas No. 1
Adele should be top of the tree this Christmas. The superstar British singer is all set to land the U.K.’s Christmas No. 1 album, with 30 (Columbia) leading the midweek chart and holding course for a fifth consecutive week atop the national chart. If it maintains its position when the survey proper is published this Friday — Christmas Eve — it’ll tie Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour as the longest-running No. 1 album of the year. Sour, however, completed its five-week run in separate blocks. 30 would be Adele’s second Christmas leader, following 2015’s 25, part of its 13-week reign. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Elsewhere on the chart blast, Michael Buble’s Christmas (Reprise) lifts 5-4, while Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra’s Happy Together...
The Story Behind Crowded House’s “Hey Now, Hey Now” Anthem “Don’t Dream It’s Over”
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSS Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over” is one of the most memorable tunes of the ’80s, and the band’s Neil Finn explores that lasting legacy on the latest edition of The Story Behind the Song. Crowded House helped launch a new post-New Wave era in pop music in 1986, creating beautifully simple, earthy melodies driven by guitars rather than synths. Lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Neil Finn founded the band after the demise of Split Enz (a Kiwi band out of New Zealand with several iconic songs of its own.) Over the years, the band has somewhat quietly sold over 15 million albums worldwide and continues to release new music; just earlier this year, the band rele...
Alabama Shakes Drummer Steve Johnson’s Child Abuse Case Dismissed
The child abuse case against Alabama Shakes drummer Steve Johnson was dismissed last Thursday (December 16th). Per local CBS affiliate WHNT, Circuit Judge Matthew Huggins dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it can’t be refiled. Back in March, Johnson was arrested after being indicted on charges of “willful torture, willful abuse, and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18.” He spent 15 days in jail before being released on a $26,5000 bond. Johnson previously pleaded guilty in March 2020 to violating a domestic violence protection order. He received a suspended sentence of a year in jail, with 24 months on probation. Advertisement Related Video The musician’s attorney Nick Lough told The Associated Press on Friday that the allegations were rela...
Mac DeMarco Covers “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”: Stream
Mac DeMarco is back with a new addition to his Christmas covers cannon. This year, he’s taken on the 1943 classic “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Written by Kim Gannon and Walter Kent, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” was originally recorded by Bing Crosby, centering around Crosby’s slow crooning and a swell of lush strings. In DeMarco’s chilled-out version, the singer’s go-to piano adds a jazzy touch to the standard, and a bent-note guitar solo makes the song sound like a DeMarco original. In the accompanying music video, an anthropomorphic inflatable tree traverses the streets before setting up shop in a Christmas tree farm. Check out the video below. Advertisement Related Video DeMarco has been covering Christmas songs for some time now, and they somehow always manage to stand out among the j...
