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Dave Grohl’s ‘Storyteller’ Spends Another Week on the New York Times Best-Sellers List
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. Dave Grohl is on a winning streak. The Foo Fighters singer/guitarist’s memoir The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music moved up a couple of notches to land at No. 9 on the New York Times best-sellers list, which is up two spots from the previous week. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Grohl’s book has spent an impressive 20 weeks on the best-sellers list, and landing in the top 10 puts him a few spots behind Will Smith’s self-titled memoir, which is at No. 5 after notching 15 weeks on the NYT best-sellers list. Mat...
You Can Order Real Life ‘Licorice Pizza’ From Postmates for a Limited Time
To celebrate the digital release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 film Licorice Pizza, MGM is teaming up with Postmates to release a limited edition, gourmet spicy pepperoni pizza in New York and Los Angeles. From March 2 through March 6, Postmates users can order a “Licorice Pizza” that includes an exclusive code from Apple TV, which gives you access to watch the film as many times as you want. Additionally, the first orders will receive one of the film’s limited edition vinyl soundtrack, while supplies last. The special pies will be priced at $19.73, which is the year the film takes place. Explore Explore Alana Haim See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Order your own “Licorice Pizza” exclusively on Postmates here. Licorice Pizza, which stars Alana Haim as A...
Dua Lipa Accused of Stealing ‘Levitating’ From Florida Reggae Band in New Lawsuit
Dua Lipa was sued for copyright infringement Tuesday (March 1) by a Florida reggae band that claims the British pop star stole her smash hit song “Levitating” from a lesser-known 2017 track. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court, the members of a band called Artikal Sound System claim that Lipa’s “Levitating” – which spent 68 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and was the No. 1 Hot 100 song of 2021 – was ripped off from the band’s “Live Your Life.” Explore Explore Dua Lipa See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The complaint was very short and contained mostly boilerplate claims of copyright infringement, with little detail about how or why Lipa allegedly copied the song. But it said that the two tracks were so similar that it was “highly un...
ARIA Charts to Incorporate YouTube Streaming Data
Streams of official music content on YouTube will now be factored into the ARIA Charts, with effect from this Friday (March 4). YouTube data will be collected from logged-in users and contribute to all charts that involve streaming, according to the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which publishes a suite of national music sales and consumption rankings. Previously, YouTube has provided data to assist in the preparation of our ARIA’s Streaming Audio Visual Tracks chart, notes the trade body’s CEO Annabelle Herd, but “this development brings their data into play across a much greater range of charts alongside our other streaming partners including AppleMusic and Spotify.” The extension of that partnership, she continues, is “helping us to depict an even broader picture of A...
Megan Thee Stallion To Hit the Virtual Road With “Enter Thee Hottieverse” VR Concert Tour
Megan Thee Stallion and AmazeVR have announced the first ever virtual reality concert tour, “Enter Thee Hottieverse.” Fans of Thee Hot Girl can purchase tickets and head to their local movie theater, where they will be wearing the provided “Hottie Mounted Displays” VR headsets and relax at the VR Hottieverse lobby before catching Megan Thee Stallion’s performance. The VR concert set will “feature a multi-song set that moves through a series of environments as well as hot custom wardrobes designed just for the show.” “Virtual reality has always been an interest of mine and I’m glad that we’ll be able to make history with this experience,” Megan Thee Stallion said in a statement. “My hotties will get to watch me perform in a completely different and unique way and I appreciate the AmazeVR te...
The Game Says Ye Did More For His Career Than Dr. Dre On ‘Drink Champs’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Revolt Noreaga’s Drink Champs podcast has been the subject of many eye-popping interviews over the last few months and in a new clip featuring The Game as his next guest, we can already see it promises to be one of the most explosive sit-down’s on his show to date. Since coming into the game, The Game has experienced all kinds of controversial moments including his beef with 50 Cent, his falling out with his own homies, and being hit with all kinds of lawsuits over the years. In the new clip for the upcoming episode of Drink Champs, Chuck Taylor seems to touch on his falling out with G-Unit back in 2005 saying “You don’t f*ckin’ kick me out the group. I’m the “G” in G-Unit. F*ck you mean?” Related Stories But the most surprising segment came whe...
Bronx Man Pinched For Alleged Subway Poop Attack
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Richard Levine / Getty The New York City subway system has seen its fair share of disturbing incidents in the past few months, and one recently appalling case involving a man smearing feces in a straphanger’s face in the Bronx has led to the culprit being arrested. The New York Police Department announced on Monday (February 28th) that they arrested Frank Abrokwa for attacking a woman with feces at the Wakefield-East 241st Street station in the Bronx, which took place the week before. The woman, who is unidentified, was sitting on a bench on the southbound side of the platform during rush hour at 5:15 P.M. According to police reports and videotape footage that captured the entire incident, Abrokwa approached the woman while wielding a black plastic bag. W...
Bronx Man Pinched For Alleged Subway Poop Attack
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Richard Levine / Getty The New York City subway system has seen its fair share of disturbing incidents in the past few months, and one recently appalling case involving a man smearing feces in a straphanger’s face in the Bronx has led to the culprit being arrested. The New York Police Department announced on Monday (February 28th) that they arrested Frank Abrokwa for attacking a woman with feces at the Wakefield-East 241st Street station in the Bronx, which took place the week before. The woman, who is unidentified, was sitting on a bench on the southbound side of the platform during rush hour at 5:15 P.M. According to police reports and videotape footage that captured the entire incident, Abrokwa approached the woman while wielding a black plastic bag. W...
Authentic Brands Plans To Get Reebok In The NFT & Crypto Payments Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Reebok / Reebok In an attempt to boost Reebok‘s name and popularity out in these Nike ran streets, Authentic Brand seems to be getting with the times and actually getting into the world of NFT’s to get some potential customers to invest in the OG sports attire. According to Bloomberg, Authentic Brands Group Inc. (who purchased Reebok in 2021 for $2.46 billion) is looking to add clothing offerings and add NFT’s and crypto payments to help get the Reebok brand back in the limelight in the coming future. But that’s just the beginning and Authentic Brands Group are already taking steps to get Reebok attire all over the world and once again become one of the hottest sports brands in the game. Related Stories “With acquisition of the athleticwear brand com...
Authentic Brands Plans To Get Reebok In The NFT & Crypto Payments Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Reebok / Reebok In an attempt to boost Reebok‘s name and popularity out in these Nike ran streets, Authentic Brand seems to be getting with the times and actually getting into the world of NFT’s to get some potential customers to invest in the OG sports attire. According to Bloomberg, Authentic Brands Group Inc. (who purchased Reebok in 2021 for $2.46 billion) is looking to add clothing offerings and add NFT’s and crypto payments to help get the Reebok brand back in the limelight in the coming future. But that’s just the beginning and Authentic Brands Group are already taking steps to get Reebok attire all over the world and once again become one of the hottest sports brands in the game. Related Stories “With acquisition of the athleticwear brand com...
Here’s What Critics Are Saying About Robert Pattinson As The Caped Crusader In ‘The Batman’
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jonathan Olley™ & © DC Comics / The Batman The reviews are, and the critics and folks who had the opportunity to see The Batman are calling it a hit. Move over Christopher Nolan. It looks like The Dark Knight Trilogy will have some company at the top with the arrival of Matt Reeves’ 3-hour epic, The Batman. Outside of fans of the actor, Batman fans were skeptical when Warner Bros. first revealed that Robert Pattinson would be taking on the role of the Caped Crusader in the film that was initially supposed to star Ben Affleck. Most reviews about Reeves’ film based on the “Year One” and “The Long Halloween” Batman comics contain high praise for Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, and Paul Dano. Speaking on Pattinson’s performance, ABC News Peter Tavari...
Here’s What Critics Are Saying About Robert Pattinson As The Caped Crusader In ‘The Batman’
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jonathan Olley™ & © DC Comics / The Batman The reviews are, and the critics and folks who had the opportunity to see The Batman are calling it a hit. Move over Christopher Nolan. It looks like The Dark Knight Trilogy will have some company at the top with the arrival of Matt Reeves’ 3-hour epic, The Batman. Outside of fans of the actor, Batman fans were skeptical when Warner Bros. first revealed that Robert Pattinson would be taking on the role of the Caped Crusader in the film that was initially supposed to star Ben Affleck. Most reviews about Reeves’ film based on the “Year One” and “The Long Halloween” Batman comics contain high praise for Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, and Paul Dano. Speaking on Pattinson’s performance, ABC News Peter Tavari...
