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Harrison Ford Set for First-Ever Recurring TV Role in New Comedy from Ted Lasso Writers
Believe it or not, Harrison Ford is about to star in his first-ever recurring TV series role. The Indiana Jones icon will hit the small screen alongside Jason Segel in Shrinking, a forthcoming Apple TV+ comedy from a pair of Ted Lasso alums: co-creator Bill Lawrence and writer Brett Goldstein, who also stars as Roy Kent. Ford will play a down-to-earth therapist named Dr. Phil Rhodes, whose recent Parkinson’s diagnosis pushes him outside his comfort zone in terms of both his career and relationships. He shares a practice with his protégé Jimmy (Segel), who decides to abandon his previous training and ethics and tell his clients exactly what he thinks — for better or worse. Segal, Lawrence, and Goldstein will all write and serve as executive producers. Shri...
Jared Leto Made Morbius Crew Wait While Using Fake Crutches to Go to Bathroom
Jared Leto’s commitment to method acting has wreaked havoc on another movie set. In an interview with Uproxx, Morbius director Daniel Espinosa confirmed the actor was so determined to stay in character that he used his crutches to go to the bathroom, slowing down production so much that the crew instead opted to push him to the bathroom in a wheelchair. Leto’s character, known as the Living Vampire, suffers from a rare blood disease that affects his movement. In the interview, a tight-lipped Espinosa — who does his best to keep his head held high despite the film’s terrible reviews — defended Leto’s decision to use the crutches on set, arguing that it helped the actor really understand the pain his character lives with. “I think that what Jared thinks, what Jared believes, is tha...
Twitter Shocked By Bliss Nightclub Body Viewing For DMV Rapper Goonew
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Goonew / @goonew64 The DMV Hip-Hop was recently rocked by the news that local favorite Goonew was shot and killed in Prince George’s County, Md. last month. Over the weekend, images surfaced of a going home service at a nightclub with the embalmed body of the rapper available for viewing, causing ripples of shock throughout Twitter. Via social media, the body viewing funeral service for Goonwew was held at the Bliss nightclub in Washington, D.C., and featured a large crowd saluting the fallen rapper. Goonew was fashionably dressed as he often displayed via his social media feeds and was adorned with a king’s crown. According to reports from Goonew’s family, the rapper was shot in the back after being robbed of a watch while on the way to deliver a b...
Detox On The Way?: Twitter User Spots Dr. Dre’s Long-Awaited Album’s Tracklist On Whiteboard
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ronald Martinez / Getty April 1st has passed but is this a hoax? Or is Dr. Dre’s highly anticipated album, Detox, on the way? Eagled-eyed Twitter user @ranoutofmeds shared a series of photos featuring the legendary West Coast rappers Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre in the studio cooking something up. But that’s not what really stood out in the photo. In the background on the whiteboard, the tracklisting for Dre’s mythical album Detox can be seen. Related Stories These photos come after Death Row’s new owner shared a photo of himself and Dre on Mar.31 in the studio with the caption “The chronic is bac home.” Snoop can be seen rocking the same sweatsuit with a Dr.Bombay NFT gorilla on it confirming those photos are from the same studio session. Detox’s existence has...
Cat’s Out The Bag: Doja Cat Joins JBL As A Global Brand Ambassador
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jacob Webster / JBL Doja Cat, ahead of notching her Grammy Awards win for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside SZA for the track “Kiss Me More,” another cat was let out of the bag. Via social media, the Planet Her star made a nod towards her new role as a global brand ambassador for audio tech brand JBL as only she can. Sporting a custom bejeweled JBL Clip 4 Bluetooth speaker on the red carpet, Doja Cat’s stunning evening attire was already enough to turn heads but the ante was upped to new levels via the glittery audio device. Related Stories Via a video posted on TikToko, Doja thrilled fans with a video showing off the custom Clip 4 while noshing on some food backstage as she was getting ready. The now-viral video garnered a flurry of responses from...
French Montana ft. Coi Leray & 42 Dugg “Push Start,” Lupe Fiasco “100 Chicagos” & More | Daily Visuals 4.4.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty It’s been a few months since French Montana dropped his fourth studio album, They Got Amnesia, but the Bronx rapper isn’t done dropping new visuals for the album cuts as there’s still money to be made. Coming through with some new visuals to the Coi Leray and 42 Dugg0assisted “Push Start,” the Mac with The Cheese finds himself on a subway cart surrounded by thick young ladies who twerk all around him and upside down before linking up with Dugg in a parking lot where booties continue to shake. Back in the Windy City, Lupe Fiasco keeps repping the city he loves, and for his clip to “100 Chicagos” Lupe rocks a Chicago Bulls jersey while dropping rhymes and waving his city’s flag. Wait, who’s number 15 jersey is Lupe rocking? Cliff P...
Martin Garrix Announces Release Date of Debut Club Album, “Sentio”
Martin Garrix‘s return to touring has sparked inspiration for one of the artist’s biggest efforts yet, his debut club album, Sentio. Over the last two years, Garrix has released numerous massive pop collaborations alongside some of music’s biggest names including Bono & The Edge of U2, G-Eazy, and more. Garrix and Maejor additionally dropped the dynamic debut album under their AREA21 alias, Greatest Hits Vol. 1, late last year. During that time, Garrix was simultaneously taking a break from producing new club hits, especially as events were on hold with the onset of the pandemic. “The crazy thing is I’ve never released a Garrix album. During COVID I made zero club music because it felt weird to make festival music when the...
The Changing Role of a Music Distributor in 2022
Words by Clayton Durant and Alex Jeffrey. Music distribution is nothing new. Even since the earliest days of music, distribution has been a critical component for driving the recorded and publishing business. However, the function of the music distributor has changed over the past few years as technology, consolidation, and the emergence of new, well financed companies has forced many to ask: “What is the role of the music distributor in 2022?” Today’s music business has found the convergence of independent artists and distribution to be one of the most important areas of growth. According to MiDIA, independent labels and artists increased their combined streaming market share to 31.5% in 2021. This growth comes alongside RIAA’s annual year-end data, which noted that the record...
Spotify Testing New Feature That Spotlights User-Created Playlists on Homepage
Spotify is rolling out a new Featured Curators pilot, which will test a new feature that allows listeners to discover music through a collection of playlists created by selected Spotify users and influencers, the company announced on Monday. The audio-streaming giant disclosed that the curators it has selected for the new feature include “music lovers with established followings and popular playlists” as well as users that are “telling unique stories through playlists and creating authentic connections with other users.” “Our goal is always to make Spotify the number one destination for the best listening experience, and with this pilot, we’re giving listeners a new way to discover music from fellow fans who are as engaged as they are,” the company wrote in a blog post about the new test. ...
Kanye West No Longer Playing Coachella 2022
Kanye West has pulled out of Coachella, TMZ, Variety, and Billboard report. His representatives have not yet supplied a reason for his withdrawal, nor has the festival commented. West was due to headline the festival on Sunday April 17 and 24. While the reasons remain unclear, West suggested in February that he would cancel his set if fellow headliner Billie Eilish did not apologize to Travis Scott. West believed that Eilish had insulted Scott—whom West intended to bring out at Coachella—when she paused a show to help a fan, not long after the Astroworld tragedy. Eilish said she “literally never said a thing about travis” and “was just helping a fan.” Pitchfork has emailed representatives for West and Coachella. In addition to Friday night headliner Harry Styles, Variety notes that the ori...
FKA twigs Cast in Reboot of The Crow
FKA twigs has been cast as in a forthcoming cinematic reboot of The Crow, according to Entertainment Weekly. She’ll star alongside Bill Skarsgård in the update, a “modern reimagining” of James O’Barr’s comic book series, with a script by Zach Baylin (King Richard) and directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman). Since the 1994 screen adaptation of The Crow—which was notable for the accidental on-set death of star Brandon Lee—multiple attempts have been made at rebooting it. Jason Momoa, Mark Wahlberg, Bradley Cooper, and director Corin Hardy have all been attached to the project at different points since 2010. FKA twigs’ most recent acting credit was in the 2019’s Honey Boy, and this year she issued the new Caprisongs mixtape.
Nina Nastasia Announces First Album in 12 Years, Shares New Song: Listen
Riderless Horse is my first solo record, and it’s the first record my former partner, Kennan Gudjonsson, didn’t produce. I haven’t made an album since 2010. I decided to stop pursuing music several years after my sixth record, Outlaster, because of unhappiness, overwhelming chaos, mental illness, and my tragically dysfunctional relationship with Kennan. Creating music had always been a positive outlet during difficult times, but eventually it became a source of absolute misery. Kennan, a cat, and I lived in a studio apartment in NYC for 25 years, finding ways to survive while making records and going on tours. Our apartment was the place where people would come stay, eat, drink, play music, and use our tub. It was quite a home we had created, but it was decaying steadily from the moment we...
