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Jaqueline Avant’s Killer Gets Triple-Digit Jail Sentence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gabriel Olsen / Getty The man responsible for killing Jaqueline Avant, wife of iconic entertainment mogul Clarence Avant, has been given a hefty sentence of life in state prison according to authorities. On Tuesday (April 19), a press release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office stated that Aariel Maynor was given a sentence of 190 years in prison. Maynor pleaded guilty last month in court to first-degree murder, attempted murder, firearm possession, and residential burglary. The 30-year-old broke into the Avant family’s Beverly Hills residence on December 1, 2021, with the intent to rob the place. Related Stories Maynor e shot Mrs. Avant in the back with a rifle, then he shot the couple’s security guard, according to the given testimony...
Peep The Latest Teaser Trailer for ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS” / Marvel Marvel Studios finally released the trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder, but before we get back into the life of the God from Asgard, we still have some unfinished business to attend to in the Marvel Multiverse courtesy of Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch. In a new teaser trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, we’re getting a few more bits and pieces of what we can expect when the good doctor and Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) wander into the multiple Marvel realities that Strange opened up during the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Related Stories Teaming up with Wanda and Wong to help him restore the fabric of realities back to their rightful place, Doctor Strange finds that it’s ...
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon To Write & Direct Film About Nike’s Pursuit of Michael Jordan
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Franco Origlia / Getty Have y’all sneakerheads ever wanted to see a movie about how Michael Jordan ended up signing with the Nike brand? Well, y’all are about to get your chance to find out. According to Nice Kicks, childhood buddies turned Hollywood heavyweights, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are once again teaming up to star in a film about Sonny Vaccaro, who was the main catalyst that swayed Air Jordan to sign with the Nike brand instead of his preferred brand at the time, Converse. Related Stories Damon will be taking on the role of the aforementioned Nike executive while Affleck will play another famous Nike head honcho, Phil Knight, with both men also taking on writing, directing, and producing duties on the film. The film will mainly focus on the damn...
Midem to Return in 2023 After City of Cannes Purchases Brand
The municipality of Cannes has officially purchased the Midem brand from RX France, according to a release from the office of Cannes mayor David Lisnard. The city of Cannes will now host a “new” Midem, slated to take place at the beginning of 2023 at Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The event will focus on technological innovations and feature concerts throughout the city for residents and visitors. Making Midem an official Cannes event dovetails with the city’s strategy of developing an entire chain of “audiovisual creation” in Cannes. “Organized since 1967 in Cannes, the International Market for Records and Music Publishing [MIDEM] was the largest annual global event devoted to the music scene,” said Lisnard in a statement. “In order to rediscover this emblematic event on the Cannes ...
‘The Flight Attendant’ Has Landed: How to Watch Season 2 on HBO Max for Free
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. Buckle your seat belts! The Flight Attendant is now streaming on HBO Max. The first two episodes from season two of critically acclaimed dark comedy starring Kaley Cuoco landed on the streaming platform on Thursday (April 21). The full season will include eight episodes, with two new episodes next Thursday (April 28), followed by a new episode weekly leading up to the season finale on May 26. The second season centers around Cassie Bowden (Cuoco) living her best sober life in Los Angeles while working a CIA gig on the side. She inadvertently witnesses a murd...
Astroworld Report Leads to Finger-Pointing Over Jurisdiction and Blame for Tragedy
Travis Scott‘s Astroworld festival, where 10 attendees died last November, suffered from permitting issues and insufficient training for security, according to a report released Tuesday by the Texas Task Force on Concert Safety (TFCS). The task force, which was created by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to investigate the tragedy and make policy recommendations, concluded that establishing standardized safety procedures could help prevent a similar mass casualty event from happening in the future. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Released five months after the tragedy, the report highlights a confusing web of permitting power over events like Astroworld. Harris County should have had permitting jurisdiction over NRG Park, the report says, but the...
Justin Bieber, Dan + Shay Accused of Stealing ‘10,000 Hours’ in New Lawsuit
Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay are facing a new copyright lawsuit that claims they copied large parts of their Grammy-winning country hit “10,000 Hours” from a decades-old song. In a complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, a company called Melomega accused the stars of stealing the “core portion” of their hit song from a little-known 1980 song called “The First Time Baby Is A Holiday.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Defendants’ theft is impudently bold,” lawyers for the company wrote, also naming Warner Music Group as a defendant. “One need only listen to ‘First Time’ and the infringing ‘10,000 Hours’ to discern the unmistakable similarities between the songs.” Melomega said their claims against Bieber and Dan + Shay had been cor...
Exclusive: Watch Swedish House Mafia Discuss Early Ambitions and 2010s EDM Boom
Thanks to Swedish House Mafia, it feels like 2010 again. Back then, electronic dance music was enjoying its heyday. And Swedish House Mafia were emblematic of the scene at the time—cohesive and tight-knit, but combustible and ready to explode. You couldn’t go to a music festival without hearing the visceral, signature sound of the trio, who dominated the circuit like Michael Jordan in Game 6. Generational anthems like “Miami 2 Ibiza” and “Don’t You Worry Child” soundtracked the EDM boom of the early 2010s, a timeframe which Swedish House Mafia conjured with their long-awaited debut album, Paradise Again. Released just days ago, the record functioned as a neurotransmitter, triggering the elusive serotonin rush that fans thought would never happen aga...
AFEM Launches First-Ever Survey to Explore Neurodiversity In Electronic Music Industry
The music industry has historically struggled to be inclusive to people who are neurodiverse. But as new information and research arise rapidly, music professionals in all sectors of the industry are broadening their horizons and understanding the importance of neurodiversity, the viewpoint that various neurological conditions are normal as opposed to being considered deficits. The Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) just launched a first-of-its-kind survey that will collect information from music industry workplaces. The data will be used to inform organizations and employees alike about what it’s like to work in the electronic music industry with a neurodiverse condition as well as employ people that have one. Neurodiversity includes the following: ASD (autism spectr...
This Teacher Plays House Music Bangers Every Morning While His Students Arrive at School
I wish my elementary school teacher played house music when we arrived for school. The self-proclaimed “Tech House Teacher” on TikTok, better known as Mr. P by his students, is a teacher based in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. P has been playing tech house bangers for his students to motivate them as they arrive to school each morning. One even penned a letter, urging him to keep it up. “Dear Mr. P, can you please keep playing house music when we come into school in the morning?” reads the note. “It really makes me happy and ready for the day.” Mr. P is also pursuing a career as a DJ and producer, creating tech house tracks under the moniker Jakeshoredrive and releasing them on a number of notable record labels, like Hood Politics. And his educational meth...
Flux Pavilion Taps Into His Roots for Cinematic Dubstep Banger, “Lore”: Listen
No matter how much we grow and adapt, it’s impossible to ignore our roots. Just Flux Pavilion, whose new single harkens back to his pioneering dubstep days of yesteryear. “After a couple years of exploring the space in-between the drops, I woke up one morning with a distinct feeling in my heart that I needed to write a f***ing banger,” said Pavilion, whose new single “Lore” dropped today. “So I’ve done exactly that.” He also said the track lays the foundation for the concept of the “Fluxiverse,” a fictional universe developed by his team over the last four years. Its mystical themes are conveyed by his new song’s eerie spoken-word segment, a soliloquy that serenades us to its eventual climax. “The elder gods...
Editrix Announce New Album, Share New Song “One Truck Gone”: Listen
Editrix II: Editrix Goes to Hell: 01 Editrix Goes to Hell02 The Hunt03 Queering Ska04 One Truck Gone05 Cowboy06 Hieroglyphics07 Horse Girls08 Gut Project09 I Can Hear It10 Two Questions11 Mythic Victims12 Time Can’t Be Redeemed Editrix: 05-04 Somerville, MA – Crystal Ballroom @ Somerville Theatre *05-05 Montreal, Quebec – Théâtre Plaza *05-06 Portland, ME – Space *05-07 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom *05-09 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere * * with Deerhoof
