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Top ‘Halo Infinite’ Esports Pro Suspended After Cheating Accusations
A top Halo Infinite player has now been suspended after he was accused of cheating. According to Kotaku, the Sentinels esports team’s player Royal2 recently competed in a Halo Championship Series event but was found to be “geofiltering,” which allowed him to block out high ping servers and by extension force your opponents to play in servers with higher ping for them instead. Throughout the matches, there were also suspicious “lobby connection issues” that ended up delaying the qualifying round for more than four hours. After protests were lobbied by other players who reviewed the various Twitch streams and player ping, the HCS ran an investigation into potential server manipulation and found that “from November 26, 2021, the day before NA Open Series 11-27 on November 27, 2...
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss Discuss Making ‘The Matrix Awakens’
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss recently appeared for an interview with The Verge to discuss their thoughts on the new Unreal Engine 5 game The Matrix Awakens. The conversation touched upon a breadth of topics including the metaverse, doing a reimagined Matrix video game based on the films, cryptocurrency, their upcoming The Matrix Resurrections film, VR pornography and more. In The Matrix Awakens. Reeves and Moss play ultrarealistic digital versions of themselves. The duo found it “interesting,” and “trippy,” leading to a conversation of what’s real and what’s not, and rights to digital IPs. Reeves joked that they could just stay home and just have their avatars do the work, and told a story of how some of the younger generations simply don’t care if it’s “real” or not. “I feel like it’...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Danny Klein, SPIN Creative Director
Name Danny Klein Best known for Creative Director, SPIN. Recording artist Robot Sunrise. Optimist. Current city Los Angeles Really want to be in The Indian Ocean, surfing the Mentawai Islands. Excited about Robot Sunrise. doll machine. dreamfreak. Indie electronic festivals, SCIFIGHTER, Off the Grid. My current music collection has a lot of Electronic music. And a little bit of Shoegaze, synthwave, hip hop. Don’t judge me for Listening to the same loop or track over and over. And over. Preferred format Vinyl for the warmth, experience and visuals. Streaming cause it’s all there. [embedded content][embedded content] 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without 1 HVOb Trialog The Austrian electronic duo paints aural mindscapes that transport. The sound of pe...
Top 12 Live Shows of 2021
Our 2021 Annual Report continues with our Top Live Shows list. As the year winds down, stay tuned for more awards, lists, and articles about the best music, film, and TV of 2021. You can find it all in one place here. Not to be dramatic, but the absence of live music for the majority of 2020 was miserable. In the face of some serious global trauma, many of us were looking for a communal experience to lift us up. Yet, with each scary news headline came an even scarier thought: Would live music ever return? And when it did, would it be the same? Lucky for us concertgoers, the first major wave of COVID-19 vaccinations in early 2021 allowed for us to visualize a world in which concerts could return safely, and as summer rolled around, we emerged from the fray and experienced live music again. ...
Comedian of the Year Bo Burnham Captured Our Collective Anxiety in 2021
Our 2021 Annual Report continues with the announcement of Bo Burnham as our Comedian of the Year. As the year winds down, stay tuned for more awards, lists, and articles about the best music, film, and TV of 2021. You can find it all in one place here. There’s a moment of context in Bo Burnham’s Inside where things start to click in a different way, and the whole special gets cast in a new light. At the end of the first verse and chorus of “All Eyes on Me,” Burnham describes making the decision to return to stand up comedy after a four-year hiatus from the form. In a supremely ironic fashion, he made this decision in January 2020, finally deciding that he was ready to be vulnerable in front of an audience again — all before a global shutdown. Hindsight is (clears throat) 20/20, but regardl...
Golden Globes 2022 Nominees Revealed: See the Full List
On Monday morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the nominees for the 2021 Golden Globes. The 79th annual entertainment awards are set to be given out on January 9th, 2022, and Snoop Dogg was on hand to help reveal the nominated TV and film projects. Belfast and The Power of the Dog ran away from the nomination pool with seven nods each, including Best Motion Picture, Drama; Best Director (Kenneth Branagh and Jane Campion, respectively); and Best Screenplay (again for Branagh and Campion). Jamie Doran and Ciarán Hinds from Belfast will compete against each other in the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category, where they’re also up against The Power of the Dog’s Kody Smit-McPhee. Caitriona Balfe (Belfast) and Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) are also c...
ADRIAN SMITH + RICHIE KOTZEN Announce First-Ever Shows In U.S., U.K.
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen‘s project SMITH/KOTZEN will play its first ever-live shows in the U.S. and U.K. in early 2022. The dates are as follows: U.S. tour dates Jan. 15 – Ventura Theatre – Ventura, CA Jan. 20 – The Whisky A Go-Go – Los Angeles, CA Jan. 22 – Count’s Vamp’d – Las Vegas, NV Jan. 23 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA Jan. 26 – Goldfield Trading Post – Roseville, CA Jan. 27 – The Siren – Morro Bay, CA U.K. tour dates Feb. 27 – Manchester Club Academy Feb. 28 – Leeds Brudenell Social Club Mar. 02 – Glasgow Garage Mar. 03 – Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill Mar. 05 – Leamington Spa Winters End Mar. 07 – Bristol Fleece Mar. 08 – London Islington Asse...
KORN’s BRIAN ‘HEAD’ WELCH Partners With New App PYVOTT To Fight Human Trafficking
Brian “Head” Welch (KORN, LOVE & DEATH) and Tommy Green (SLEEPING GIANT) have partnered with new ethical social media app Pyvott to raise funds for the nonprofit Run Against Traffic, which supports aftercare initiatives for survivors of human trafficking. The partnership comes in the form of a unique dollar-per-download model. The social media startup Pyvott will be donating one dollar to Run Against Traffic for every app download between now and January 11, up to 100,000 downloads. It’s a method that opens the door to new ways of doing both social media and counter-trafficking activism. Green, formerly of metalcore outfit SLEEPING GIANT, is the founder of Run Against Traffic. “Our long-term vision was to create a foundation for supporting human trafficking surv...
SLIPKNOT’s COREY TAYLOR Surprised With Ultimate Cake For 48th Birthday
SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor celebrated his 48th birthday this past Friday (December 10) at Steel City Con, the pop culture celebration that takes place a few times a year at the Monroeville Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The organizers of Steel City Con surprised Corey by presenting him with a special cake in the shape of his current SLIPKNOT mask, which Taylor — whose birthday is actually on December 8 — designed earlier this year with the help of a Halloween mask sculptor named Connor Deless. Steel City Con uploaded a video of the cake presentation to its Facebook page and included the following message: “Steel City Con sings Happy Birthday to Corey Taylor! Now that’s a cake! We hope it tastes as good as it looks and our singing wasn’t to...
Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Alana Haim, Lady Gaga Nominated for Golden Globes
Awards show season is in full swing. On Monday morning, the Golden Globes announced its nominees for 2022, its 79th edition. From a music standpoint, there’s some representation in the acting categories. Lady Gaga received a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her portrayal of Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. Alana Haim also received a nod in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role in Licorice Pizza. Cynthia Erivo also was nominated for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. As for the Best Original Song category, Beyonce will compete against Billie Eilish, Van Morrison, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Carole King, and Jennifer Hudson. In the Best Original Score category, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood ...
Coldplay, Lil Nas X Drop Off UK Jingle Ball Show After Positive COVID Tests in Camps
Both Lil Nas X and Coldplay were forced to drop off the line-up of the UK’s annual Jingle Ball all-star concert after unspecified members of their teams tested positive for COVID-19. “Sadly we have to announce that Coldplay and Lil Nas X have had to pull out of performing at this weekend’s Jingle Bell Ball with Barlaycard,” read a statement from host Capital FM released on Saturday (Dec. 11). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Both acts have had members of their teams test positive for COVID-19 and therefore are not able to perform. We’d like to wish the very best and a speedy recovery to Coldplay, Lil Nas X and their teams. Of course, everyone at Capital is absolutely gutted, but the show must go on…” Their slots were filled by newly added acts ...
Evanescence, Halestorm Postpone Cincinnati Date Due to COVID Cases: ‘Grateful We Are All Vaccinated’
Yet another tour has been interrupted by COVID-19 cases in their camps. “Our tour has been hit by COVID and we are forced to postpone our show tonight in Cincinnati,” Evanescence announced on Sunday morning (Dec. 12), just hours before they were set to co-headline the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati alongside tour mates Halestorm. “We were able to reschedule the show for Monday, Dec. 20th, so hold onto your tickets! Be on the lookout for an email with additional information. Please be safe out there! ” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In a follow-up tweet, Evanescence added, “Even when you have every precaution in place, you can still get and transmit this virus. Grateful we are all vaccinated and nobody’s symptoms are severe. Please be smart...
