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R Kelly’s Manager Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Harassing Victim
R Kelly’s manager, Donnell Russell, was sentenced to 20 months in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to stalking and harassing one of the disgraced singer’s sexual abuse victims. According to the Department of Justice (per Rolling Stone), Russell, 47, used text messages, phone calls, and emails to intimidate one of Kelly’s victims, identified as Jane Doe, and her mother out of coming forward about her experience with the singer. Russell allegedly threatened to release explicit photos of the victim if she did not withdraw her civil suit against Kelly. “Pull the plug or you will be exposed,” he wrote in a text sent on January 3rd, 2019. Russell also posted the photos to a Facebook page he made with an alias called “Surviving Lies” — a play on the 2019 Surviving R Kelly docu...
MGM+ and Prime Video Announce Silk: Spider Society, Other Spider-Man Series to Follow
MGM+ and Prime Video have inked a new deal to produce a new suite of television shows based on Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. The first series, Silk: Spider Society, comes from showrunner Angela Kang and centers on the superhero Silk. Silk is the alias of Cindy Moon, a Korean American woman who was bit by the same spider that bit Peter Parker. The character was created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramo and first appeared in a 2014 Marvel comic. Silk: Spider Society serves as a bit of the superhero’s origin story, following Moon as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family before she officially becomes Silk. Kang, who currently serves as showrunner of The Walking Dead, signed a multi-year deal to create television for Amazon Studios. On Silk: Spider Society, ...
Bikini Kill Announce 2023 Tour Support with Mannequin Pussy, HC McEntire, and More
Bikini Kill have expanded their 2023 North American tour with a new live date and a slate of supporting acts including Mannequin Pussy, H.C. McEntire, and more. The “Rebel Girl” band will embark on a 17-date tour in North America with several shows rescheduled from a previously planned 2022 outing. The trek will continue the reunion of the group’s core trio of Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox, while guitarist Sara Landeau will also return to the live lineup. Along with Mannequin Pussy and H.C. McEntire, Bikini Kill will be joined by Hurry Up, Brontez Purnell, CB Radio Gorgeous, Donkey Bugs, Soup Activists and Snooper for select shows. See the full itinerary and accompanying support below. The leaders of the ’90s “riot grrrl” revolution have also included an additional ...
Consequence Shop’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals Start Now With up to 50% Off
Halloween is behind us and Thanksgiving is right ahead, which means it’s time to get that early holiday season shopping underway. We’re making it easier than ever to check all those names off your list by giving you the best deals at the Consequence Shop during our Black Friday/Cyber Monday extended sale. From November 18th through the 28th, we’re offering up to 50% off select items storewide! Get our biggest discount of the year — a full 50% off — on Flower Lab CBD products like our line of tinctures (including the new high strength varieties), balms, capsules, and KOAST blueberry gummies. For the music lovers in your world, we’re also offering half off select GWAR Bud of Gods products and accessories (hoodies, long-sleeve tees, rolling papers, and card grinders), as well as our entire Fe...
Stanning BTS Introduces MiniMonis: RM x Pharrell
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS Stanning BTS is here to cover all things big and small in BTS — just like the small/large pairing of Jimin and Namjoon! That’s why we’re introducing MiniMonis, a series of miniature episodes where hosts Kayla and Bethany cover topics they weren’t able to fit into their regularly scheduled programming. Today, MiniMonis debuts with a talk about RM’s recent interview with Pharrell Williams for Rolling Stone. Advertisement Related Video The reverence that RM has for Pharrell warmed everyone’s hearts and makes this interview a powerful one. During the chat, RM gets some much-needed insight and advice from one of his idols on how to have a career w...
Ticketmaster Cancels General On-Sale for Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour”
Ticketmaster has canceled the general on-sale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” that was scheduled to begin Friday, November 18th. “Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow’s public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled,” the company wrote in a social media statement. Pre-sale for “The Eras Tour” began on Tuesday, November 15th, and quickly overwhelmed Ticketmaster’s website. Representatives for the company said that 14 million people attempted to book seats, while they had only planned for 1.5 million fans to purchase tickets with a waitlist designed for an additional two million prospective buyers. Ticketmaster also wasn’t prepared for the sheer volume of bots ...
Welcome to Chippendales Is True Crime at Its Most Compelling and Unexpected: Review
The Pitch: If you don’t live under a rock, chances are you’ve heard of Chippendales: the elegant, trailblazing first-ever all-male strip-tease troupe that has been bringing delightfully scandalous thrills to audiences since the 1970s. What you may not know, however, is that the burlesque’s history is brimming with conspiracy, racketeering, arson, and murder. Over the course of 10 episodes, Welcome to Chippendales, Robert Siegel’s limited series based on K. Scot Macdonald and Patrick MontesDeOca’s 2014 literary exposée Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders, shrewdly examines and unravels the club’s shocking, harrowing history. The show rigorously dissects the troupe’s inception, rise to fame, and subsequent descent into the deepest, most gruesome bowels of corruption. A Killer Strip Tease:...
Why We’re So Obsessed With A Christmas Story 28 Years Later
Suppose you’re a red-blooded American growing up anywhere near a television for the last thirty years. In that case, chances are A Christmas Story is at least a tangential part of your holiday memories. Regardless of your thoughts on the film itself — I think it’s perfectly fine, if exceedingly overplayed — there’s no mistake that it’s wormed its way into the American lexicon by sheer dint of its omnipresence on TV screens during the holidays. But how did such a small, independent holiday film — one with a decidedly jaundiced (and BB-pelted) eye towards the nostalgia of the 1940s — turn from a theatrical shrug into an unlikely American treasure? Let alone one that would spawn multiple sequels, with the latest, A Christmas Story Christmas, coming to VOD and HBO Max on November 17th. Let’s t...
Bob Dylan Reveals Bootleg Series Boxset for Time Out of Mind, Shares “Love Sick” Alternate Take: Stream
Bob Dylan will unveil the seventeenth installment of his Bootleg Series, centered around his 1997 comeback album and Grammy Album of the Year winner Time Out of Mind, on January 27th via Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings. Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 will be offered in 5xCD or 10xLP collections and comprised of a complete remix of the original album, two full records of studio outtakes and alternates, and two live compilations from that touring period. A scaled-down, 2xCD or 4xLP package is also available with the new remastered edition and select live cuts from the remaining discs. The boxset announcement arrives just after Time Out of Mind’s 25th anniversary in September. At the time of its release, Dylan’s 30th album was ...
Quentin Tarantino Plans to Do a Television Series Next Year
Quentin Tarantino is looking to scale down his notoriously gargantuan style for the small screen. Speaking at an event this week for his new book Cinema Speculation, the filmmaker said he’s planning to take on a television series next year. Though Tarantino didn’t share any details about a plot or production, via Variety, he did disclose that he anticipates helming an eight-episode series. And while he’s certainly best known for his action-packed blockbusters, this wouldn’t be the first time he’s done TV: Back in 2005, he directed two episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Tarantino has hinted at a return to television a few times in the years since then. Just last February, he was reportedly in talks to direct Timothy Olyphant in one to two episodes of ...
Ozzy Osbourne on Receiving Four 2023 Grammy Nominations: “The Business Forever Surprises Me”
Metal icon Ozzy Osbourne earned four Grammy nominations on Tuesday (November 15th) for his 13th solo album, Patient Number 9. That’s the most nominations he’s ever received for a single LP. Patient Number 9 picked up nominations for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for “Patient Number 9″ (featuring Jeff Beck); Best Metal Performance for “Degradation Rules” (featuring Tony lommi); and for Best Rock Album. Before this year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer had scored three Grammy wins and eight nominations. In a Q&A provided by Osbourne’s camp, the Prince of Darkness expressed gratitude for the Grammy nominations and a bit of surprise. Advertisement Related Video “I’m honestly overwhelmed,” he said. “Making this record was a great way to me to get back to work as I continued to he...
GloRilla Announces First Headlining Tour
It’s a big week of firsts for GloRilla. Days after earning her first Grammy nomination, the rising Memphis rapper has announced her inaugural headlining tour. The “Anyway.. Life’s Great Tour” comes in support of GloRilla’s debut EP of the same name. Kicking off in late January, the trek includes stops in Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and more. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 18th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Related Video Earlier this week, GloRilla’s breakout single, “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance. Advertisement GloRilla 2023 Tour Dates:01/27 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground01/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Hell At The Masquerade01/30 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio01/31 – Dallas, TX @ The Cambridge Room at H...
