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The ‘Baby Shark’ Movie Is Coming In 2023
You’ve seen the music video and heard the song (let’s face it – everyone has). Now, the world can prepare for the “Baby Shark” movie. Currently in development, Paramount+ has slated the Baby Shark feature-length film for 2023, co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation and the Pinkfong Company. Cue millions of tiny screams. Baby Shark either strikes fear in your heart, or puts a bounce in your step, but there’s no doubt it’s the apex-predator in the ocean of videos that is YouTube. Explore Explore Baby Shark See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Just last week, the “Baby Shark Dance” music video set a YouTube record, swimming its way to 10 billion views on the streaming platform, establishing it as it the most-viewed clip in the history of the site, accordin...
Is Boogie Nights the Sexiest Movie of All Time?
The other morning I found a proposition waiting for me in my inbox, courtesy of my trusted SPIN editor. It was an assignment to look over a dating website’s list of the 25 Sexiest Movies of All Time. Maybe I could do a small write-up about the films they found to be most ooh-la-la. Some assignments are no-brainers. And since I have no brain, and I love movies — especially ones with nudity in them — this seemed right up my alley. Culled from a list of 110 sexy movies, with a grading system that included categories such as sexiness (naturally, but subjective), box office earnings (nothing sexier than money), popularity (no incel flicks here) and accolades (“and the Oscar for Best Foreplay goes to…”), MyDatingAdvisor.com has compiled the perfect list for you and your partner’s nex...
Where to Stream ‘Ghostbusters’ & More Ivan Reitman Movies Online
Ivan Reitman will be remembered for Ghostbusters, Animal House, Heavy Metal, Meatballs and many more films. Tributes continue to pour in for the late director and producer, who died Sunday (Feb. 13) at age 75. Throughout his more than 50-year career, Reitman directed, produced and executive produced dozens of films and TV shows, also including Space Jam: A New Legacy (he produced the original Space Jam as well) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. In 1984, Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd teamed up with Reitman to bring Ghostbusters to the big screen. The supernatural film franchise includes Ghostbusters II and the 2016 all-female film adaptation starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the latest installment in the franchise, was directed by Rei...
Super Bowl 2022’s 10 Best Commercials: Zendaya, Arnold, Megan, Dolly & More
Some people watch the Super Bowl to see who wins. Others for the must-see music of the halftime show. But a lot of us schedule our trips to the bathroom or fridge during the gridiron action in order to catch an annual parade of commercials boasting bigger budgets and stars than some movies. After all, you know when all is said and done, someone will walk away with the Lombardi Trophy. But you gotta pay close attention so you don’t miss that one viral ad where a beloved star with high Q Score gets puts into an unexpected scenario and delivers a catchphrase or sings a classic radio hit of yesteryear to promote a brand or a product. Sorry, football – it doesn’t get more American than that. Below, check out our 10 favorite commercials of Super Bowl 2022, from Arnold returning to his Grecian ro...
Culture Vultures Are Global: Brussels Hair Salon Promotes ‘African Hair Style’ With Kim Kardashian Photo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VALERIE MACON / Getty One thing to know about cultural appropriation—it’s a global phenomenon. That’s why it isn’t terribly surprising that a hair salon in Brussels, Belgium, used the image of the culture vulture queen herself, Kim Kardashian, to promote “African hair style.” Now, as the New York Post notes, Kim’s image was likely used in the ad without her permission, but seeing as Black people have been dragging Kardashians for years because they adopt Black aesthetic like white actresses adopt Black children, it’s still kind of her fault for having so many “I wanna be a sista’ so bad” photos out there in the first place. From the Post: The incident comes right on the heels of the mogul being accused of “blackfishing” in her recent Vogue cover shoo...
‘Bel-Air’: How to Watch the ‘Fresh Prince’ Reboot Online
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. There’s a new “Fresh Prince” in town. Bel-Air, the highly anticipated Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot executive produced by Will Smith, will debut on Peacock on Sunday (Feb. 13). Jabari Banks stars as Will in the dramatic reimagining of the original series. Olly Sholotan is Carlton Banks, Coco Jones plays Hillary Banks, Akira Akbar portrays Ashley Banks and Jimmy Akingbola as the Banks family butler, Geoffrey. Explore Explore Will Smith See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Adrian Holmes and Cassandra Freemon play Uncle Phil an...
‘Drag Race’ Star Bosco Comes Out as Transgender: ‘I’m the Happiest I’ve Ever Been’
Season 14 of RuPaul’s Drag Race has already broken records for the franchise, with two contestants on the show — Kornbread Jeté and Kerri Colby — openly identifying as transgender. Now, one more queen from the season is revealing that she, too, is trans. In a series of tweets posted on Thursday night (Feb. 10), Drag Race contestant Bosco revealed that she identifies as trans, and goes by “she/they” pronouns out of drag. “I’m a very private person but it would feel silly to not talk about this while I have this platform,” they wrote. “After filming wrapped this summer, I began focusing on figuring out what medical transitioning would look like for me. I started HRT [hormone replacement therapy] after getting back from Drag Race.” Sharing an image of herself wearing a sho...
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Prequel Series Put on Hold at Disney+
Beauty and the Beast’s TV spinoff has hit a speed bump. Disney+ has put its musical prequel spinoff from its 2017 feature film on hold amid delays with creative elements and scheduling challenges with its cast. Sources close to the streamer say the show will eventually be made though it’s unclear if the cast, including film stars Josh Gad and Luke Evans, will be available when (and if) that comes to pass. As THR exclusively reported in March 2020, the project was developed as a six-episode series that would feature Gad and Evans reprising their roles as Gaston and LeFou, respectively, in an origin story for the beloved characters. The show was picked up to series with an eight-episode order in June 2021 with Briana Middleton (The Tender Bar) cas...
Will Smith Reinvents ‘Fresh Prince’ Theme Song for Super Bowl Commercial: Watch
Yo, Holmes, to Bel-Air! Will Smith debuted his Super Bowl commercial on Wednesday (Feb. 9) to celebrate the upcoming premiere the Fresh Prince reboot with a new version of the show’s iconic theme song. The actor kicks things off over FaceTime with help from a young beatboxer, rapping, “Now this is a story all about how …” before being joined by a parade of multicultural musicians, rappers and average Joes, including an accordion player, a young Black man dancing in an airport, an Indian tuba player and more. Explore Explore Will Smith See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “In West Philadelphia born and raised/ On the playground is where I spent most of my days/ When a couple of guys who were up to no good/ Started making trouble in the neighborhood/ I got in...
Dying Light 2‘s Composer Scores a Perfectly ‘Broken’ Open World Zombie Game
Dying Light pretty much raised the bar for all zombie games when it released in 2015, so it’s no surprise that fans have been anticipating Dying Light 2 Stay Human (pretty much unanimously referred to simply as Dying Light 2) since then. Now that the sequel is finally out — and already seeing a higher player count than the original ever received — gamers and horror fans around the world are embracing the world and struggles of protagonist Aiden Caldwall. To provide the score to the massive (both in scale and in popularity) title from Techland, BAFTA-nominated French composer Olivier Derivière (A Plague Tale: Innocence, Vampyr, Greedfall) blends a unique mix of high-octane action and the hopelessness of the post-apocalyptic dystopia into every bit of music within the game. After premiering ...
Jane Campion Wanted Oscar Nomination for Lady Gaga
If an individual artist can be named MVP of Oscar nomination morning, that title would go to Jane Campion. Her film, The Power of the Dog, earned the most nods of any film from the Academy this year, including, for her personally: best picture, director and adapted screenplay. “I feel like I’ve been carrying a load of emotion wondering what’s going to happen,” she recounts to The Hollywood Reporter of hearing the news today. “I did cry a little tear and go, ‘Oh, my God, that’s incredible.’ I’m so thrilled for my colleagues as well, the four actors, and so many of the people working on the film [who] did a beautiful job.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Campion makes history as the first woman to be nominated twice for the top directing prize, h...
Chuck Klosterman Returns in the Nick of Time
“[W]hat I have come to realize is that those four or five years represent the only time when things can seem new. When you’re a teenager, you can’t appreciate innovation intellectually and when you reach 30, you can’t enjoy innovation viscerally. And yet there is a very specific window of time when newness can feel truly authentic, and it’s a really amazing moment in your life.”“…I miss when things were new.” – Chuck Klosterman, “Out of Time,” SPIN In 2004, Chuck Klosterman wrote an essay for SPIN titled “Out of Time,” wherein, as the quote above says, he asserted the following: that our individual conceptions of newness are shaped by our experiences during the ages of 20 to 25; consequently, our reception of the world and of culture is forever mediated through this fixed understanding. It...
