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STATIC-X Releases Official Music Video For ‘Bring You Down’
STATIC-X has released the official music video for the song “Bring You Down”. The track is taken from the band’s latest album “Project Regeneration Vol. 1”, which came out on July 10. The first of two volumes, “Project Regeneration Vol. 1” features 12 brand new tracks, containing many of the final vocal performances and musical compositions of late STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static, along with the original “Wisconsin Death Trip” lineup of bassist Tony Campos, drummer Ken Jay, and guitarist Koichi Fukuda. Both volumes are being worked on by longtime STATIC-X producer Ulrich Wild. “Project Regeneration Vol. 1” track listing: 01. Regeneration 02. Hollow (Project Regeneration) 03. Worth Dyin’ For 04. Terminator Oscillator 05....
Live Nation Shares Bounce on Encouraging Vaccine Trial
Stocks of out-of-home entertainment companies got a boost from biotech company Moderna’s announcement on Tuesday. As markets reacted enthusiastically to a promising coronavirus vaccine trial, shares of concert promoter Live Nation leaped 12.2% to $52.09 on Wednesday (July 15) before closing at $51.84, up 11.7%. On Tuesday, biotech company Moderna published the results of an initial study for a coronavirus vaccine called mRNA-1273. The vaccine “elicits a robust immune response” in all trial participants, said chief medical officer Tal Zaks in a statement, and will enter the next phase — with approximately 30,000 participants — later this month. Jumps in other entertainment companies’ stocks reflect how desperate investors were for good news about markets brought to a...
Kanye West Is Still In the Presidential Race
Stop the presses: Kanye West’s political ambitions aren’t finished. The unpredictable hip-hop superstar has filed with the Federal Election Commission and has qualified to appear on Oklahoma’s presidential ballot, the Associated Press reports. This just hours after a wave of reports which claimed West had failed to file the requisite paperwork and was no longer in the U.S. 2020 presidential race. West met the deadline for a spot on the state’s Nov. 3 presidential ballot and paid the $35,000 filing, according to a spokesperson for the Board of Elections in Oklahoma, where Ye now calls home. Two other independent candidates also paid fees ahead of the cut-off: concert pianist Jade Simmons and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Brock Pierce. The West campaign filed a “Statement of Organization” on W...
Queen’s ‘Greatest Hit’ Notches U.K. Chart Milestone
Long live Queen. The legendary rock outfit’s Greatest Hits (Virgin) album chalks up an impressive milestone by passing 900 weeks on the Official Albums Chart Top 100, and is just the third album to do so. Released in 1981, the career retrospective is behind just Bob Marley & The Wailers‘ 1984 hits album Legend (933 weeks) and ABBA’s Gold compilation, the longest-running U.K. Top 100 album ever, with 949 weeks, according to the Official Charts Company. There’s one category in which Queen’s Greatest Hits reigns supreme. It’s the best-selling album in British recorded music history with more than six million copies sold, the OCC reports. The 900-week-plus accomplishment comes at roughly the same time the band celebrates 50 years since their first London gig, on July 18, ...
Nick Cannon Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Comments: ‘I Feel Ashamed’
Nick Cannon posted an apology message via Twitter on Wednesday after he received criticism for anti-Semitic language used in a recent podcast episode. He was dropped by ViacomCBS earlier this week after the podcast surfaced and received wide visibility. “First and foremost I extend my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers for the hurtful and divisive words that came out of my mouth during my interview with Richard Griffin,” Cannon wrote. “They reinforced the worst stereotypes of a proud and magnificent people and I feel ashamed of the uninformed and naïve place that these words came from. The video of this interview has since been removed.” Cannon will also remain as host of Fox’s hit The Masked Singer, the network said Wednesday...
The Butcher Comin’: Benny The Butcher Aligns With DJ Drama For Black Soprano Family Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Benny The Butcher has already proven that he’s potent with the pen as a member of the celebrated Griselda crew, but now he’s emerging with his own outfit of talented spitters. Linking with DJ Drama, the Buffalo, N.Y. star will release a new mixtape featuring his Black Soprano Family crew at the top of the month as part of the Gangster Grillz series. Coming at the end of the month, The Respected Sopranos is the name of the project featuring the Butcher’s BSF team of Ricky Hyde, Loveboat Luciano, Jonesy, and Heem. Via a tweet, Benny promises that 2020 is his for the taking, echoing the sentiments of his Griselda crew and their typically powerful output. “Y’all got less than 3 weeks and I’m startin my rest of the year take over … I waited my whole life for this sh...
HHW Gaming: Sony Ramping Up PS5 Production To Meet Gaming Demand This Fall
Source: Sony / PlayStation If you were worried there wouldn’t be enough PS5’s to go around when it the console drops, this news should definitely ease your mind. Back in April, Bloomberg reported that the PS5 would be released this year in “limited” quantities due to the due to Sony’s dilemma with pricing due to how technically advance the PlayStation 5 is to its predecessor. Now the publication, along with Nikkei, is reporting that the tech company will be ramping up production to meet the demand for its next-generation console due to “the prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting demand for gaming,” sources close to the situation revealed to Bloomberg. Per Bloomberg: “The electronics giant has informed assembly partners and suppliers it’s radically increasing orders for its nex...
Tech CEO Found Decapitated & Dismembered In NYC Apartment
Source: Mona Makela Photography / Getty We’re not sure if it’s the sudden removal of NYPD’s plainclothes cops, the unemployment situation or the Coronavirus pandemic, but crime in New York City has erupted in the past few weeks. A grisly discovery in Manhattan’s Lower East Side seems to show that it’s only going to be getting wilder as the summer of 2020 chugs along. According to the New York Post, police discovered the dismembered body of tech CEO Fahim Saleh on Tuesday (July 14) after they received a welfare check call from his cousin. When officers showed up at his East Houston Street apartment what they found was a scene straight out of a Saw movie. Saleh’s body was deconstructed as his head, arms and legs had been removed with his body parts found in bags around the apartment. “This i...
French Montana ft. Tory Lanez “Cold,” Freddie Gibbs ft. Rick Ross “Scottie Beam” & More | Daily Visuals 7.15.20
Is French Montana and 50 Cent still beefing or did the COVID-19 pandemic make the two men rethink their priorities? Regardless of what happened with that unnecessary drama, it seems like Montana done moved on from that f*ckery and returned to making music visuals instead of IG videos. For his latest joint to “Cold” the Bronx rapper links up with the Canadian crooner, Tory Lanez to entertain some attractive young women from the rain forest to the frozen igloo-ish club where everything is made of ice. Elsewhere Freddie Gibbs hits the road with his ride or die where he catches a body with a badge before getting a Magic assist from Rick Ross in his clip to “Scottie Beam.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Lil Gotit, J.T.L., and more. FRENCH MONTANA FT. TORY LANZE – “COLD”...
Oh God Kanye Is Really on the Ballot in Oklahoma
Just when you think he was out, he pulls you back in. Despite the report from the Intelligencer that Kanye West was done with his presidential campaign, it turns out that was wrong. The AP reports that West has filed and will be on the Oklahoma presidential ballot. It was the first state where he’s qualified to be on the ballot. A rep for the rapper-turned-presidential candidate paid the $35,000 filing on the last day he was eligible to file. West joins concert pianist Jade Simmons and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Brock Pierce as the independent candidates to pay the filing fee. Earlier in the week, the first national poll with West’s inclusion had him 2% of the vote, which isn’t getting him elected because math. Interestingly, when he was included in that poll, West took vot...
Peacock Officially Launches: Full List of TV Shows and Movies, How to Sign Up, and Everything Else to Know
Peacock has descended upon us. Today brings the launch of NBCUniversal’s brand new streaming service, and with it comes the arrival of 15,000 hours of television and movies both new and old. On the television front, fans can warm up to classics from NBC’s back catalogue, particularly 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Friday Night Lights, Frasier, Unsolved Mysteries, and all the Law and Order series. On the film front, there are dozens of iconic Universal blockbusters, including Jurassic Park, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Back to the Future, and the list goes on. There is also plenty of original programming to behold, specifically Brave New World, Cleopatra in Space, Curious George, In Deep with Ryan Lochte, Intelligence, Lost Speedways, Psych 2: Lassie Come Home, The Capture, and Where’s...
R.I.P. Joanna Cole, Author of The Magic School Bus Dies at 75
Joanna Cole, who combined wacky humor and plainspoken science in The Magic School Bus book series, has died at the age of 75. Her publisher Scholastic announced that she died last Sunday, July 12th. According to the New York Times, the cause was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that leads to irreversible lung scarring. Cole grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and graduated from City College of New York. She spent time as an elementary school teacher, a librarian, and an editor for magazines and children’s books. Her authorial debut was called “Cockroaches”, and she later said it was inspired by her “low-budget New York apartment.” Her humor and inventiveness attracted Scholastic senior editorial director Craig Walker. Walker had been hearing from teachers that they wanted more...
