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Meet Moses Ingram, One of The Inquisitors Who Will Be Giving Obi-Wan Kenobi Fits
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images for Disney It’s almost time to head back to a “galaxy far, far away” for the new Disney+ original Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi. In it, we catch up with the titular hero who will be hunted by a group of force using Jedi hunters. A newcomer to the Star Wars franchise, Moses Ingram, will be one of them. Well Hello There Obi-Wan Kenobi will mark the return of Ewan McGregor as Luke Skywalker’s mentor, and he won’t be the only familiar face… well, sort of. Hayden Christensen is also coming back as Annakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader. But for this series, the Sith Lord will be the least of Kenobi’s worries. The Inquisitors, commanded by Vader but led by the Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend), will be on Kenobi’s tail as he ...
The Cool: Lupe Fiasco Will Be Teaching Rap, Computing & Activism Course At MIT
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Schear / Getty The world does not move without Black creativity and Lupe Fiasco is about detail how Hip-Hop plays into that fact. He has been slotted to teach a Rap course at MIT. As per Complex the Chicago, Illinois native is taking his talents to one of the most prestigious and exclusive educational institutions in the world. On Friday, May 20 he announced that he will be teaching at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I been holding this for a while. I’ll put together something more sophisticated later that really captures the nuance and gravity but for now I’ll just say it straight and raw: I’m going to teach Rap at @MIT” he tweeted. Related Stories The school’s press release detailed the residency in further detail. “Grammy aw...
Idris Elba Is A Wish Granting Djinn In ‘Three Thousand Years Of Longing’ Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc / MGM Studios We feel like many women would love it if they could keep Idris Elba in a bottle all to themselves but imagine the man was able to grant you three wishes as well. Women would go crazy. Source: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc / MGM Studios That seems to be the premise for George Miller’s latest film, Three Thousand Years Of Longing starring Tilda Swinton as an unsuspecting scholar who stumbles upon a genie in a bottle played by Idris Elba. Once she accidentally releases him from his porcelain prison, Elba offers her three wishes but Swinton is all too familiar with the cautionary tales that come with wishes made by genies and monkey paws. Reluctant to make a wish, Swinton seems inclined to take Elba up on his ...
Alex G Announces Tour, Shares Video for New Song “Blessing”: Watch
Alex G has shared the new song “Blessing.” The Philadelphia musician produced the single with Jacob Portrait. Below, watch the Zev Magasis–directed music video for “Blessing” below. Also below, check out Alex G’s upcoming tour schedule. Earlier this year, Alex G released his soundtrack for We’re All Going to the World’s Fair. The artist’s most recent studio LP, House of Sugar, arrived in September 2019. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Alex G: North American Fall Headlining Tour Alex G: 06-01 Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J. Brady Icon Music Center !06-02 Richmond, VA – Brown’s Island !06-03 Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage !06-04 ...
The xx’s Oliver Sim Details Debut Album, Shares Video for New Song “Hideous”: Watch
Early on in the making of my record, Hideous Bastard, I realised that I was writing a lot about fear and shame. I imagine that might paint a picture of a dark, “woe is me” sounding album, but in recent years I’ve become a firm believer that the best antidote to these feelings can be bringing them to the surface and shedding some light on them. I haven’t written the record to dwell, but rather to free myself of some of the shame and fear that I’ve felt for a long time. So, I hear a lot of the music as joyous, because the experience of writing and recording it has been the complete opposite of what fear and shame have been for me. Two thirds in, having a good idea of what the record was about, I realised I’d been circling around one of the things that has probably caused me the most fear and...
Gunna Denied Bond, Has RICO Trial Date Set for 2023
Gunna has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, his lawyer Steven H. Sadow tells Pitchfork. The rapper, whose real name is Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, has also been denied bond. His trial is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 9, 2023. Sadow wrote in an email to Pitchfork: The Court was obviously concerned about threats and intimidation of witnesses. We believe when the Court hears evidence, not just the words of the prosecutor, it will find that Sergio’s release on bond will not, directly or indirectly, pose a significant risk to witnesses. We look forward to having an evidentiary hearing on this as soon as the Court permits. Gunna was named in a grand jury indictment that alleged that YSL (aka Young Thug’s Young Stoner ...
Gia Coppola to Direct Boy Band Documentary Superfans: Screaming. Crying. Throwing Up.
Gia Coppola is set to direct a forthcoming documentary titled superfans: screaming. crying. throwing up., as Deadline reports. The project is based on the 2020 book Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS by journalist and Pitchfork contributor Maria Sherman. Coppola will co-produce the project along with Jason Bateman’s production company Aggregate Films. Coppola’s last feature-length project was 2020’s Mainstream, a comedy-drama starring Andrew Garfield and Maya Hawke. Prior to that, she’d directed a handful of music videos: Yves Tumor’s “Applaud,” Blood Orange’s “You’re Not Good Enough,” plus Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Cut to the Feeling” and “Your Type.” Read Pitchfork’s Book Club feature “Larger Than Life Asks: Did a Boy Band Change Your Life, Too?” on the Pitch.
‘Moonage Daydream’ Uncovers Rare David Bowie Footage in New Trailer
The first trailer for director Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream, a forthcoming feature-length film documenting the late David Bowie‘s unprecedented star power and spiritual journey, is here. The movie, which is scheduled to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, includes never-before-seen footage, music and performances alongside narration from Bowie himself. Notably, Moonage Daydream marks the inaugural movie project to be officially authorized by the late musician’s estate. Morgen, whose previous works include Jane, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck and The Kid Stays in the Picture, recently discussed the project during CinemaCon, revealing that the storyline is largely shaped by hours of rare footage of Bowie, according to Variety. “Bowie cannot be defin...
Dillon Francis Debuts Long-Awaited Collaboration with ILLENIUM
After more than a year of teasing, Dillon Francis has finally debuted his unreleased collaboration with ILLENIUM. Just a few days ago, Dillon Francis used his social media channels to “preview” his long-awaited collaboration with the melodic bass superstar. In true Dillon Francis fashion, he played exactly one second of the track and continued an effort to relentlessly torture his impatient fans. Despite teasing that the song will be premiered at EDC Las Vegas, Francis decided to treat fans to an early look at the new track before he took the stage for day three of the Las Vegas festival. Captured by a fan at his show over the weekend, you can clearly hear an enormous melodic bass sound that has left fans shaking. Reminiscent of some of ILLENIUM’s older releases, the colo...
Flume, Kaytranada, The Chemical Brothers, More to Play Goldenvoice’s New San Francisco Festival, Portola
Goldenvoice is returning to California this fall for a brand new two-day event. Introducing Portola Music Festival, a new festival from the minds behind Coachella. As shared in a press release, the name comes from the Portola Festival of 1909 which was a local celebration that honored the reopening of the city after an unprecedented earthquake in 1906 destroyed most of San Francisco. Across the newly-established social media channels, the full lineup for the first edition of the event was shared. Headlining night one and night two respectively is the modern-day legend, Flume and the pioneering, veteran duo, The Chemical Brothers. The two superstar acts will be joined by James Blake, Lane 8, Peggy Gou, M.I.A, Four Tet, PinkPantheress, DJ Shadow, Channel Tres, Jaime xx, Romy, Arca,...
The xx’s Oliver Sim Announces Debut Studio Album ‘Hideous Bastard’
Oliver Sim, one-third of English indie band The xx, will be releasing his debut studio LP this fall. Entitled Hideous Bastard, the10-track project grapples with themes of fear, shame and masculinity, particularly Sim’s experience of living with HIV since he was a teenager. On the first single off of the forthcoming album, “Hideous,” Sim directly addresses his HIV-positive status, singing about how “radical honesty may set [him] free.” “Two thirds in, having a good idea of what the record was about, I realized I’d been circling around one of the things that has probably caused me the most fear and shame,” Sim wrote in a letter to fans posted on Instagram. “My HIV status. I’ve been living with HIV since I was 17 and it’s played with how I’ve felt towards myself, and how I’ve assumed others h...
Vanessa Hudgens to Host 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Vanessa Hudgens is set to host the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday, June 5. Two years ago, Hudgens hosted the MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time special, which took the place of that year’s awards show due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As previously announced, MTV made some changes to its Movie & TV Awards for 2022. Most notably, that show and a spinoff that it introduced last year, Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, will air on the same night. Last year, the two shows aired on successive nights — Sunday, May 16, and Monday, May 17. Leslie Jones hosted the Movie & TV Awards last year. Nikki Glaser hosted the Unscripted show. Im...
