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Nicki Minaj Makes ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Debut, Raps ‘Monster’ Just Like Adele Did: Watch
The Late Late Show With James Corden‘s popular “Carpool Karaoke” segment returned Wednesday night (April 6), with none other than the Queen herself sitting in the passenger seat. Nicki Minaj joined Corden on a hilarious ride around Los Angeles, where the duo rapped along to some of the star’s biggest hits, including “Super Bass,” “Starships” and “Chun-Li,” plus two of her newest Hot 100 entries — “Do We Have a Problem?” with Lil Baby and “Blick Blick” with Coi Leray — and, of course, “Anaconda.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “You see how meaningful the words are, the inspiration?” Minaj joked in a British accent about her 2014 ode to having junk in the trunk. “It’s motivational speaking, James, for the world.” Upon hearing her take on...
Multi-Headed Hydra Revealed on ‘The Masked Singer’: Watch
A magical trick was played, two in fact, when the latest contestant was revealed on The Masked Singer. This time, the multi-headed Hydra was sent to the exit of Fox’s popular show. But not before the masks came off, to reveal the two jokers Penn and Teller. The legendary magicians and comedians were unmasked at the climax of “Masking For a Duel — Round 2, after performing ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This week’s “mega clue” should have been a giveaway to anyone paying attention: a deck of cards. The most incredible trick of all was that Teller, the quiet of the two, performed vocal duties on the number. [embedded content] With Penn and Teller the latest celebrities to disappear, they join Christie Brinkley (Lemu...
The Best Olivia Rodrigo Merch Available on Amazon
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Can’t stop mouthing the words to “Good 4 U”? Celebrate the launch of Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Tour with a collection of T-shirts, stickers, sweatshirts and other merch available on Amazon. Rodrigo’s official tour merch can be found on her website and in venues hosting her tour, which kicked off in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday (April 5), but you might have trouble finding your size as things tend to sell out quickly. The good news? Rodrigo’s official Amazon Store carries shirts and more items that tend to cost less than most of the stuff on her official website. E...
Where to Buy Yeezy Slides Online Without Spending a Fortune
Missed out on the latest restock of Kanye West‘s Yeezy slides? New colorways in “Onyx,” “Pure” and “Ochre” were restocked last month and they sold out within minutes at Adidas, and don’t even think about trying to find them at Nordstrom. Not to worry though, if you’re looking to cop a pair — without blowing your budget completely out of the water, we searched around to find a few places to buy Yeezy slides online at an affordable price. Yeezy slides typically retail for $50-$70, but the rate tends to spike once they land on resell sites. StockX, Farfetch, and eBay are just a few of the retailers that have them for sale online without too much of a price hike. For example, at Stockx, the Yeezy Slides are available in all three colorways starting at $93 for smaller sizes. Buy: Yeezy Sl...
Michael Imperioli Won’t Slow Down
Michael Imperioli is a busy guy. His latest project has taken him to Sicily, about 4,500 miles away from his New York home, where he’s preparing to shoot the second season of HBO’s The White Lotus. The island is “pretty beautiful,” Imperioli shares, and I’ll have to take his word for it, because this interview is not being conducted while overlooking a scenic Mediterranean beach. Over Zoom, Imperioli’s well-coiffed hair is reminiscent of his star-making run as Christopher Molisanti on The Sopranos years ago, just a bit greyer now, and is accentuated by a healthy, professorial beard. But he’s not up at 9:45 am Italian time, sipping a morning espresso, to talk about being on a hit HBO show, current or past. No, he’s got music on his mind and, well, this is a music and culture publication. Im...
Noah Thompson Impresses With Rihanna Country Cover on ‘American Idol’: Watch
Noah Thompson clearly understands the true meaning of American Idol’s “Showstopper” round. On Monday night (April 5), Thompson, a 19-year-old construction worker from Louisa, Kentucky, took his turn to stop everyone in their tracks, by hitting a country cover of Rihanna’s “Stay.” Showcasing his mature, smoky tones, Thompson didn’t have a perfect outing. But it impressed those matter: the judges and everyone watching on at home. “You have a magic quality going on in your voice,” judge Luke Bryan said afterwards. “I’d love to just have 10 minutes with you, just to really fine-tune to where you have the magic from the top to the end of the song.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Bryan delivered the good news in the most painful sort of way, but the...
Megan Thee Stallion, Ariana Grande’s r.e.m. beauty & More Nominated for 2022 Webby Awards
Megan Thee Stallion, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Questlove and Janelle Monaé are among the nominees for the 26th Webby Awards, which honors creativity on the internet. Other nominees include Cynthia Erivo, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Laverne Cox, Lilly Singh, Anthony Anderson, LeVar Burton and Lena Waithe. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Established in 1996, the Webby Awards is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence online, including websites and mobile sites; video; advertising, media and PR; apps & software, social; podcasts; games; and virtual & remote. The Webby Awards had another record-breaking year for submissions with more than 14,000 entries from all 50 states and 70 countries worl...
FKA Twigs Joins ‘The Crow’ Reboot
FKA Twigs, the British singer and dancer who is making inroads into acting, is co-starring in the reboot and re-imagining of The Crow, the supernatural revenge thriller being directed by Rupert Sanders. Bill Skarsgård, who played Pennywise the Clown in the It horror movies, is toplining the project, which has seen numerous iterations and close calls come and go amid years of development. Crow was an indie comic written and drawn by James O’Barr in the late 1980s that told the dark tale of a man and his fiancee who are assaulted and killed by a gang after the couple’s car breaks down. The man is resurrected by a crow and exacts vengeance on those who took his life and the life of his love. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Twigs is playing the gir...
The Crash of the Unicorns
And here we have it, gather around, gather around, for the new American Dream — no no, you’ve not misheard, it is not dead, it has just been repackaged, refreshed and is still equally out of reach for most. Lean in, and listen up: all you do is take a company with an ad agency delivered logo, and value it at whatever you would like — just ensure that you like it above $1 billion. Next, you can quickly scramble to get that initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange followed by a massive party with circus animals, prostitutes and Ketamine. And bingo, here we are. Welcome ladies and gentleman, we present the so-called Unicorn. But unicorns tap into another American pastime, the snake eating its own tail. That eternal cycle of building up to unattainability, and then the crass hand...
Netflix Backs Away from Will Smith Film ‘Fast and Loose’
The week before the Oscar ceremony, director David Leitch — in a stroke of unintentional good timing — withdrew as the director of a planned Netflix movie Fast and Loose, starring Will Smith. Instead, he moved onto Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling, for Universal, which is supposed to start production in August. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news A source says Netflix was competing with Universal to be the next project for Leitch, but Universal pulled ahead. According to sources, Netflix put out an urgent call for another director to take over a project featuring the star who was heavily favored to win best actor at the Oscars. But soon after Smith’s attack on Chris Rock on the Oscars stage, Netflix quietly...
Jerrod Carmichael Shares Personal Coming-Out Story on HBO Special ‘Rothaniel’
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael publicly shares that he is gay in his new HBO special Rothaniel, premiering Friday night (April 1). In Rothaniel, the comedian, who is set to host Saturday Night Live this weekend, details coming out while sharing stories about his family history, including one that recalled the moment he caught his father cheating on his mother and the feelings that came with holding on to that secret. “I don’t know if I would’ve said anything if I had the courage because I only saw this secret as something that could’ve torn our family apart,” he says, adding that he later made his father tell his mother the truth. Reflecting on the event made Carmichael share the internal conflicts he was left to confront. “Once that was done, I was...
The Greatest WrestleMania Entrances
Skull-cracking elbow drops and ground-trembling suplex slams are only part of what makes WrestleMania great. The WWE’s biggest annual event — considered the pinnacle of “sports entertainment” by its creators (aka “Showcase of the Immortals,” “Grandest stage of ‘em all”) — happens at the intersection of athleticism and theatrics. Equally as thrilling as the high-flying and brutish displays of wrestling tactics are the elaborate ways in which wrestlers make their way from the locker room to the squared circle. As seen in Shawn Michaels’ famous aerial entrance to Randy Savage riding on a Roman sedan, the action starts the second the superstars start marching toward the ring. To rewind some of our favorite WrestleMania entrances, we enlisted the color commentary of independent wrestling broadc...
