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Jeopardy! Selects Mike Richards to Permanently Replace Alex Trebek
Answer: This Jeopardy! executive producer is reportedly set to become the permanent host of the beloved trivia show. Question: Who is Mike Richards? It’s true — after the death of Alex Trebek last year, Sony Pictures Television has decided who’s worthy enough to follow the iconic television personality’s footsteps (although nobody can truly emulate him). Variety reports that Richards is in advanced negotiations with Sony Pictures Television to become Jeopardy!’s permanent host Advertisement Related Video If Richards looks familiar to you, you might’ve seen him as a guest host of Jeopardy! earlier this year. Savannah Guthrie, Katie Couric, Bill Whitaker, Anderson Cooper, LeVar Burton, and the show’s highest-grossing contestant, Ken Jennings, were all just a few of the faces who graced Trebe...
BLACKPINK Are Getting Their Own Island on Animal Crossing
BLACKPINK (Island) in you area! Today, YG Entertainment announced the K-pop idols will be getting their very own Animal Crossing island. “#BLACKPINK Island colored in pink is coming to you. Are you ready for a trip to BLACKPINK Island?” YG tweeted from its official Twitter account. The company also shared a 30-second sneak peek of what fans can expect from the exclusive location, including fields of flowers in the group’s signature color palette, coffee shops emblazoned with the BLACKPINK logo, and multiple sets showing off animated recreations of the quartet’s stage costumes. Check out YG’s teaser of BLACKPINK Island below. The collaboration with the ultra-popular Nintendo game comes as part of the girl group’s celebration of their five-year anniversary as a band. The island is set to be ...
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Shares Snippet Of New Version Of ‘The Bleeding’ From Upcoming ‘The Way Of The Fist’ Re-Recording
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH recently entered the Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada to begin recording its new album for a 2022 release. In addition, the band has commenced re-recording its debut LP, 2007’s “The Way Of The Fist”, for its 15th anniversary. Late last night, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory took to his Instagram to share a snippet of the new version of the song “The Bleeding”, which originally appeared on “The Way Of The Fist”. Check it out below. Back in May, Bathory explained the decision to rework the LP, writing in a social media post: “It was a truly self produced DIY album, mostly recorded in my living room, so we thought it would be really interesting to hear it with a proper big production”. ...
MUDVAYNE, ATREYU, CROWN THE EMPIRE And AFTERLIFE Added To Lineup For Inaugural ‘Voragos: Destination Lunasea Beach’ Cruise
Voragos: Destination Lunasea Beach has announced several exciting additions to the lineup for the private island festival and five-day rock cruise coming in early 2022. The list of newly added acts includes the recently reunited MUDVAYNE (which continues to partner with Danny Wimmer Presents for their first live performances after a 12-year hiatus), ATREYU, CROWN THE EMPIRE and AFTERLIFE. MUDVAYNE will play both on board and at Lunasea Beach and will replace CHEVELLE who regrettably have to cancel their Voragos Lunasea Beach appearance due to a conflict with their upcoming touring schedule. All other previously announced acts will be appearing, including ROB ZOMBIE, MASTODON and more. “I still can’t believe I’m saying…MUDVAYNE IS BACK,” says Chad Gray of MUDVAYNE. &...
JOHN CORABI Says A Lot Of People Started Treating Him Differently After He Joined MÖTLEY CRÜE
In a recent interview with Guitar Wishes, former MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman John Corabi, who joined the band in 1992 as the replacement for original singer Vince Neil, discussed some of the lessons he has learned from his three decades in the music business. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “When money comes to play, in between a relationship, when money becomes whatever, you really find out who your friends are. People, you can be great friends with ’em, but ‘it’s just business,’ is the line you hear all the time. “I did a few things early on in my career with contracts and different things, thinking, ‘We’re bros, man. They’ll never screw me over,’ just assuming that everybody would look at it the way I look at it. People ...
THE ROLLING STONES Drummer CHARLIE WATTS To Sit Out Band’s U.S. Tour
THE ROLLING STONES drummer Charlie Watts won’t be able to join his bandmates on their fall USA tour. The 80-year-old musician was planning to take part in the “No Filter” trek, which is scheduled to kick off on September 26 in St. Louis. Filling in for him will be his “great friend” Steve Jordan. “Charlie has had a procedure which was completely successful,” a spokesperson the group said in a statement, “but I gather his doctors this week concluded that he now needs proper rest and recuperation. With rehearsals starting in a couple of weeks it’s very disappointing to say the least, but it’s also fair to say no one saw this coming.” “For once my timing has been a little off,” Watts added. “I am working hard ...
Showtime’s ‘Bitchin” Documentary Takes an Intimate Look at the Legacy of Rick James
Showtime has released the official trailer for Bitchin’: the Sound and Fury of Rick James. Directed by Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men‘s Sacha Jenkins, the documentary is billed as “an intimate yet propulsive look at Rick James, one of rock, funk and R&B’s most legendary and often under-appreciated figures.” Its trailer begins with an example of James’ need for honesty in his music — something fans truly appreciate — and words from the likes of Ice Cube, Bootsy Collins and more, who comment on the parallels of the late artist’s music and history, as well as his drug abuse and the allegations of sexual misconduct. “The ‘wild’ side of Rick James often eclipses his musical genius, but the mathematical equation that is his life depends on all of the numbers to make a whole,” Jenkins aid...
Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts Exits 2021 U.S. Tour
Watts, 80, said in a statement he did not want his recovery to further delay the tour, which is set to visit several U.S. cities including Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. “For once my timing has been a little off. I am working hard to get fully fit but I have today accepted on the advice of the experts that this will take a while,” Watts said. Watts successfully underwent treatment for throat cancer in 2004. He will be replaced by understudy Steve Jordan, who has played with Keith Richards for years. The Rolling Stones — No Filter Tour 2021 U.S. dates Sept. 26 — St. Louis, MO @ The Dome at America’s CenterSept. 30 — Charlotte, NC @ Bank Of America StadiumOct. 4 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Heinz FieldOct. 9 — Nashville, TN @ Nissan StadiumOct. 13 —...
UK Artists Granted Visa-Free Touring in 19 EU Countries in Post-Brexit Agreements
The coronavirus pandemic and accompanying shutdown of the live music industry have masked many of the problems created by Brexit for the live-music sector. And fears have lingered about extra customs checks and performers and crews requiring visa and work permits for when European touring does resume. According to a survey conducted by the Musicians’ Union and Incorporated Society of Musicians in April and May, 77% of U.K. musicians expected their earnings in Europe to decrease when touring resumes due to additional Brexit-related red tape and touring costs. In January, over 100 acts, including Elton John, Ed Sheeran and Radiohead, signed an open letter to the British government saying it had “shamefully failed” them with the EU trade deal that was finalized on Dec. 24 by not s...
Ashley Tisdale Backs Up Selena Gomez After Kidney Transplant Joke on ‘The Good Fight’
Gomez herself called out the “tasteless” joke on Tuesday after her fans brought it to her attention on social media. “I am not sure how writing jokes about organ transplants for television shows has become a thing but sadly it has apparently,” she wrote. “I hope in the next writer’s room when one of these tasteless jokes are presented it’s called out immediately and doesn’t make it on air.” She went on to thank fans for always having her back and also urged followers to become organ donors and provided a link to sign up. Selenators blasted The Good Fight (a spin-off of CBS’ The Good Wife) for a joke in its new season about Gomez’s 2017 kidney transplant, not even a year after Peacock’s Saved by the Bell&nbs...
Example Signs to Call & Response, Joining Global Management Team: Exclusive
The company also represents the likes of Carmouflage Rose, James Angus, Toby Hobart and Brooke Toia. Micky McNeice of Circle Eight (Todd Edwards, Andy Sheldrake) and Joshua Taylor-Anderson of Call & Response will jointly guide Example’s career into album eight and beyond. “We are at the beginning of taking him to new heights. With a global team in place and his most exciting, true to form and contemporary music to date,” Taylor-Anderson, Call & Response founder and CEO, tells Billboard. McNeice adds, “Example is the hardest working artist I know, the past two years as management have been a blessing. With Elliot now being based in Brisbane the link up with Josh at Call & Response was the perfect addition to our global team”. Example is an established artist in the U.K., w...
Westside Gunn Announces Release Date of “Double” Album ‘Sincerely Adolf’
Westside Gunn has officially announced the release date of his upcoming record, Sincerely Adolf. Taking to social media to share the information, the Griselda titan revealed an August 20 release date and the project’s album art, which is a portrait of Adolf Hitler painted over with X marks on his eyes, horns and face tattoos. He also referred to the record as a “double album” — the first of two projects he previously stated he will drop in 2021; the second will supposedly release on Halloween. The eight project in Westside Gunn’s Hitler Wears Hermes series will mark his first full-length since October 2020’s WHO MADE THE SUNSHINE, which also marked his Shady Records debut, and the first in the series since November 2019. Take a look at the announcement below. Westside Gunn’s ...
