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Jamie xx Announces ‘The Floor’ Residencies in New York City and Los Angeles
While still a few months out from In Waves' release – scheduled to drop on September 20 – Jamie xx is shifting focus to readying his next run of shows. After soft-launching The Floor concept overseas a few months back, the DJ is bringing the residency to the U.S., presenting The Floor residencies in New York City and Los Angeles this summer.Locations have yet to be revealed, but dates are confirmed; Jamie xx will head to Brooklyn – Bushwick, to be exact – from July 23 through July 27, before heading out to Downtown LA from July 30 through August 3, making for five consecutive shows in each city."It’s already been two months since The Floor. It was a mad and inspiring experience. I got to open my dream club, play 10 nights in a row with friends and collaborators, and create a space inspired...
Duffer Brothers Reveal Plans After ‘Stranger Things,’ Set To Produce Netflix Horror Series ‘Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen’
Duffer Brothers are already gearing up for a new Netflix project. Still a year out from the release of the final season of Stranger Things, the new horror series on Netflix has been greenlit. The series is from Haley Z. Boston and titled Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen. The official synopsis describes the show as "an atmospheric horror series set at a wedding, following a bride and groom in the week leading up to their ill-fated nuptials. That’s not a spoiler – just read the title..." Boston is the creator of the series and will also be the executive producer and showrunner. The Duffer Brothers will serve as executive producers with Hilary Leavitt and Andrea Sperling which have existing deals with the streaming platform. The Duffer Brothers commented on the script stating, "We were k...
Netflix Drops Trailer for Part 1 of ‘Simone Biles Rising’ Documentary
The official trailer for Part 1 of Netflix's Simone Biles Rising documentary is here.The teaser hears EGOT winner Viola Davis narrate an excerpt from Dr. Maya Angelou Poem, "Still I Rise" — the inspiration for the four-episode docuseries' title but also Biles' mantra, which she has tattooed on her. "Simone Biles has unfinished business. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she was one of the biggest stories leading into the Games. But in sport, as in life, competitions do not always go as planned," the official synopsis reads."And for Simone, the world had a front row seat as her private struggle with mental health exploded on the international stage – forcing her to withdraw from the competition. Since then, Simone has put in the hard work: facing the difficult traumas of her past, learning to man...
Ice Cube Sets First-Look TV Deal With Paramount
Ice Cube and his production company Cube Vision are officially expanding their partnership with Paramount Global. The multi-hyphenate business mogul has signed a first-look TV deal with the company. In the past, Ice Cube has worked alongside Paramount for various projects. He has previously partnered with the studio for Cube Vision's Big3 basketball league that airs on CBS as well as an unscripted series titled Hip Hop Squares for VH1. As for other Paramount films, Cube voiced Superfly in the Paramount animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. With the new deal, Ice Cube is slated to develop projects across all platforms. Amongst his first projects is an scripted series that is in development at Showtime Studios at the moment which is said to explore "the cutthroat world o...
Sampha and Little Simz Collide on “Satellite Business 2.0”
Sampha is breathing more life into one of Lahai's favorite cuts. After confirming the collaboration earlier this week, Sampha enlisted Little Simz to contribute to an expanded, and even more otherworldly iteration of "Satellite Business" dubbed "Satellite Business 2.0."While the initial Lahai track serves as almost an interlude of sorts, clocking in at a concise minute-and-a-half, the standalone single "Satellite Business 2.0" rounds out at almost five minutes long."This song has evolved from playing it live over the last year and some change taking in the energy that the audiences have given to us on stage guiding it to this current incarnation that I’m so glad to be sharing with you all today," Sampha explained of "Satellite Business 2.0" in an Instagram post, signaling the only Lahai tr...
Documentary on Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard to Premiere Next Month
Ol’ Dirty Bastard is the subject of a forthcoming documentary premiering on A&E next month. Entitled Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys, the film serves as the first authorized documentary on the late Wu-Tang Clan rapper, who passed away at 35 from an accidental drug overdose.For the two-hour project, father-son director duo Sam and Jason Pollard interviewed fellow Wu-Tang members Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, Mariah Carey and industry executives. They also spoke to ODB’s wife Icelene Jones, his son Bar-Sun Jones and his parents.Interspersed with the interviews is never-before-scene footage shot by Icelene, featuring snapshots of ODB’s home life as a husband and father.The documentary will chart ODB’s childhood and subsequent rise in the rap scene. It’ll also hone in on his strugg...
Judge Presiding Over Young Thug’s Case Has Been Removed
Young Thug's trial continues to get even more bizarre. The judge who has been overseeing the case since it started has just been removed.
Adele will take a ‘big break’ from music after Las Vegas and Munich shows
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Natalie Portman calls Bluey her “most important” credit
The actor appeared in the Season 3 episode "Whale Watching," narrating a nature documentary. Natalie Portman Calls Bluey Her “Most Important” Credit Eddie Fu
Jack Black Axes Tenacious D Tour After Bandmate’s Trump Gaffe
Jack Black announced in an Instagram post that the remaining tour dates for Tenacious D would be canceled after bandmate Kyle Gass' joke regarding the assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life.
Sebastian Stan undergoes a radical transformation in A24’s A Different Man trailer
Stan plays an an aspiring actor with neurofibromatosis who can't shake the ghosts of his past. Sebastian Stan Undergoes a Radical Transformation in A24’s A Different Man Trailer: Watch Mary Siroky
Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones get marked down for Prime Day 2024
Bose is offering major discounts on its high-fidelity over-the-ears headphones. Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones Get Marked Down for Prime Day 2024 Scoop Harrison
