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‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Renewed For Third Season
Good news, East High Wildcats: Disney+ has enrolled High School Musical: The Musical: The Series for its junior season, Disney announced on Monday (Sept. 13). The third season of the GLAAD Media Award-winning series will follow the Wildcats’ summer at sleepaway camp, “complete with campfires, summer romances and curfew-less nights,” according to a press release. Production for HSMTMTS will begin later this year and relocate from Salt Lake City, Utah — the home of the fictionalized East High School and original filming location of the High School Musical film franchise — to Los Angeles, Calif. “We are overjoyed to be heading to the great outdoors for season three, and grateful to our partners and friends at Disney+ for their ...
Drake Dominates With Record 9 of Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100, Led by ‘Way 2 Sexy’ at No. 1
Leading the way, Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug, launches at No. 1 on the Hot 100. In all, Drake debuts 21 songs on the Hot 100, all from his new album Certified Lover Boy (released Sept. 3 on OVO Sound/Republic Records), which blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 613,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 9, according to MRC Data, the biggest weekly sum for an album in over a year. Meanwhile, with all nine of Drake’s new Hot 100 top 10s from Certified Lover Boy, the set is the first album ever to generate as many as nine top 10 Hot 100 hits. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Sept. 18) will update on Bill...
Kelly Clarkson Salutes the Big Apple in Season 3 Opener: ‘We Can All Draw Inspiration From New York’
Clarkson revealed that the cover was actually Chenoweth’s idea. “Kristin, I love you and your taste in music. Why do you love this song?” she asked, as Chenoweth ribbed the host about having “her” initials lit up on the set. “I really wanted to say that I love Imagine Dragons and to try to find the right song … you look back in my history and Kander-Ebb wrote ‘New York, New York,’ which is ‘king of the hill, top of the heap,'” Chenoweth responded. “And this song reminded me of people coming together and being strong, and we as New Yorkers are coming back and that’s why I wanted to do it.” Hometown hero Fat Joe agreed, saying, “I’m a proud New Yorker, and our city is just a city of hope and inspi...
Rihanna’s ‘Savage x Fenty Vol. 3′ Show Will Feature Nas, Normani, Ricky Martin & More Performers
Rihanna may not have plans to release a new album in the immediate future, but her lingerie brand — Savage x Fenty — continues to put out new styles every season. As such, Rih is gearing up to drop the third installment of her Savage x Fenty fashion show, and announced via Instagram the star-studded list of performers and models set to appear on Monday (Sept. 13). So who can we expect to see at the Savage x Fenty Vol. 3 ? Nas, Daddy Yankee, BIA, Jazmine Sullivan, Ricky Martin, Normani, and Jade Novah are all set to perform. Singers Erykah Badu, Troye Sivan and Sabrina Carpenter will also be making special appearances. The teaser on Instagram features behind-the-scenes snippets of the fashion show, which is set to air exclusively on Amazon Prime. The video shows models gett...
Ja Rule Addresses 50 Cent Verzuz Rumor
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / TMZ On Tuesday night (Sept. 14), the fan-favorite Verzuz competition will be adding a new chapter when Fat Joe and Ja Rule go head-to-head and hit-for-hit in Madison Square Garden. Alhough it’s not the 50 Verzuz Ja that we had hoped for, don’t dismiss a Fofty appearance just yet. Recently TMZ caught up with the once cornerstone of the Murder Inc. record label to talk about his upcoming battle with Fat Joe in which Joey Crack promised to “drag” Ja through the streets with his block huggin’ records. Taking the “threats” in stride, Ja said he would be comfortable taking it to the streets with Joe, but when the subject came to 50 Cent, Ja felt that 50 doesn’t deserve his attention anymore saying, “He had his shot. I wanted him in the doghouse first...
Roland Martin Calls Out Chris Christie For Enabling Donald Trump
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz There’s an effort by former supporters of Donald Trump, like former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R), who are attempting to downplay any connections with him and the current state of the Republican Party. But other members of the press aren’t having it, such as journalist and broadcaster Roland Martin. During a segment on domestic terrorism on ABC’s This Week on Sunday (September 12th), host George Stephanopoulos brought up recent remarks made by Christie in a speech last Thursday suggesting that the party needs to walk away from the position of claiming that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump. “You’re now seeing more and more Republicans saying they’re buying into the conspiracy theories,” Stephanop...
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Was Arrested In London
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty Over the weekend Bronx rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie was set to showcase his talents to the UK, but instead of performing for fans across the pond, the “Swervin” rapper found himself behind bars. The Grio is reporting that A Boogie was arrested by UK authorities before he was supposed to perform in London on Saturday afternoon. Though the charges still remain a mystery, A Boogie took to social media to state that he was handcuffed for something “I was accused of two years ago.” What the hell was he accused of two years ago in the UK?! Naturally, fans of the Bronx representative who attended the show at Wireless were disappointed, but the matter seems to be serious enough to have UK po-po pull up on A Boogie right before his set. A Boo...
Apple’s iPhone 13 Pro & 13 Pro Max Will Be The First To Have 1TB of Storage : Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty This news is specifically for the iPhone user who runs out of space on their smartphones. The one thing we can expect every year is for Apple to make us side-eye our current iPhones with the announcement of a new one. Days before its big showcase on Tuesday (Sep.14), word on the street is that Apple is gearing up to announce the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. According to very reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo via 9to5Mac, they will be the first phones from the tech company Jobs built to sport 1TB of storage space. Previous rumors about the iPhone 13 claimed the this year’s version of Apple’s insanely popular flagship smartphone would include four models and come to the same size offerings as the previous models. As with any new phone, ...
Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd Confirm Collaboration: Listen to a Preview
When we anticipated a collaboration between The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia last month, little did we know how quickly it would actually come to fruition. Both of them have now teased a new collab in cryptic fashion, taking to social media to share short previews. The clips feature a glimpse into what appears to be a music video as well as the song’s lyrics, as The Weeknd croons, “Like a moth to a flame.” The teasers end in a message that reads, “To be continued,” fueling speculation that an official release is on the horizon. The pop and R&B superstar poured gasoline on the rumors in a recent episode of his Memento Mori radio show on Apple Music, wherein he explored “new Dawn era,” a reference to his next album....
HELLOWEEN Teams Up With INCENDIUM For Comic Book And Action Figures
Pumpkin fans, unite! HELLOWEEN and Incendium are teaming up for the launch of “Seekers Of The Seven Keys”, a supernatural horror-fantasy comic book that explores the iconic cast of characters depicted on album covers from the legendary German heavy metal band, known as the “godfathers of melodic speed metal.” Incendium is also thrilled to announce a line of collectible HELLOWEEN action figures inspired by the band’s’ cover artwork and lyrical lore: The Keeper Of The Seven Keys, The Witch and Jack O. Lantern. Published under Incendium‘s music-focused Opus imprint, “Seekers Of The Seven Keys” is crafted by horror masters, writer Joe Harris (“Creepy”, “The X-Files”, “Rockstars”) and artist Axel Medellin ...
OBITUARY To Debut New Song During ’11th Hour 12-Pack Studio Live Stream’
Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY have announced the “11th Hour 12-Pack Studio Live Stream”, set to take place Saturday, September 25 at 5 p.m. EDT. Tickets and merch bundles are available at www.ObituaryLive.com. The broadcast will be available for viewing up to two weeks after the initial stream and on demand for an additional two weeks after. OBITUARY comments: “Down to the wire…as the band is in the studio, putting the final touches on the new album, we are also gearing up and preparing for the U.S. tour with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY which is just a few weeks away. With that said, we know that fans around the world are also waiting and wondering when they will be able to see us perform live so this is what we are going to do: We are setting the cameras back up in...
ROSS THE BOSS Once Again Apologizes For Calling MANOWAR’s New Music ‘Terrible’ And Referring To JOEY DEMAIO As A ‘Scumbag’
Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross “The Boss” Friedman has once again apologized for his disparaging comments about the band in a recent interview, saying that he takes “full responsibility” for the words that came out of his mouth. A founding member of MANOWAR, Ross recorded six albums with the band before leaving after 1988’s “Kings Of Metal”. His work with MANOWAR included such classic LPs as 1982’s “Battle Hymns”, 1983’s “Into Glory Ride” and 1984’s “Hail To England”. Friedman discussed his time with MANOWAR during a chat with Waste Some Time With Jason Green. Recalling the circumstances surrounding his exit from the group more than three decades ago, he said: “When a band gets big and the ...
