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The New iPad Air Is Already on Sale at Amazon
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. Spring tech deals are coming in hot! Earlier in the month, Apple revealed the latest in a fleet of 2022 product releases, including the Apple iPhone 13 in two shades of green and the ultra-thin iPad Air 5. Just over a week after its March 11 release date, the new Apple iPad Air has already received a slight markdown on Amazon. At press time, the iPad Air 5 was discounted $30, which knocks the price down to $570. “Whether it’s a college student taking elaborate notes, a content creator working on their latest project, or a gamer playing graphics-intensive tit...
Kylie Jenner Says Son’s Name ‘Isn’t Wolf Anymore’
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have changed their minds about their newborn son’s name. More than a month after the makeup mogul announced that her second child with the rapper was named Wolf Webster, Jenner took to her Instagram Stories on Monday (March 21) to reveal that it’s no longer the case. “FYI our son’s name isn’t Wolf anymore,” she wrote on a black screen with two laugh-crying emojis. “We just really didn’t feel like it was him. Just wanted to share because I keep seeing Wolf everywhere [prayer emoji].” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See her post on her Instagram Story before it expires here. Earlier in the day, Jenner uploaded a 10-minute video to her YouTube channel titled “To Our Son,” showing a number of sweet moments from her second pregnancy, including older sist...
Radio Promotion Vet John Boulos Launches Consulting Firm
Veteran radio promotion executive John Boulos has launched a new consulting firm, JBoulos Music, it was announced Monday (March 21). The company will aim to develop and break new artists while also mentoring young music executives. JBoulos’ current clients include BlackBox Media Agency, In2une Music, Aware Records MGMT and unnamed major labels. Boulos most recently served as executive vp, promotion at the relaunched Arista Records for three years, where he oversaw all aspects of radio promotion for the label and built and led a multi-format national promotion team. Before exiting the role in June 2021 to spend time with his loved ones, he led campaigns for JP Saxe, including the singer’s Grammy-nominated duet “If the World Was Ending” featuring Julia Michaels. Before landing at Arista, Bou...
Christina Ricci Joins Netflix’s Wednesday Series in Return to Addams Family
Addams Family fans can rest easy knowing Christina Ricci has rejoined the franchise as a series regular in Wednesday, Tim Burton’s upcoming Netflix live-action show. The streaming giant made the announcement on Monday, revealing that Ricci will portray “an exciting new character.” Ricci is the actress most closely associated with playing Wednesday, the only daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams. In the early 1990s, she portrayed the character in a pair of movies directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, The Addams Family and Addams Family Values. When the Netflix series was announced, some fans even launched a petition for Ricci to be cast as an older version of Wednesday. However, Deadline has confirmed Ricci will be playing an entirely new character rather revisiting her previous...
How Turning Red and The Baby-Sitters Club Prove We Need More Teen Girl Tales
It’s a bit funny to remember how, thirteen years ago, the enemy of fandom had a face, and it was Robert Pattinson. This is a bit of an exaggeration, except maybe it isn’t, when one remembers how the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, that annual orgy of fandom love, featured a nasty undercurrent of young men “protesting” Twilight‘s invasion of Hall H. In the year 2022, of course, Pattinson has now been embraced to some degree by the fanboys as our newest on-screen Batman. But while that might have changed, the vibes of those lackluster protests remain a too-familiar echo of an attitude to which female members of fandom have always been aware: In the pantheon of the great media landscape which distracts and delights us daily, girly shit is always seen as second-class. Not important. Not because it’s...
Judge Moves to Terminate Amanda Bynes’ Conservatorship
Amanda Bynes may be mere hours away from freedom. On March 21st, as TMZ reports, a judge ruled that the former child star’s conservatorship is “no longer required,” paving the way for the legal oversight to officially end at a hearing scheduled on March 22nd. Bynes lost control of her personal, medical, and financial affairs in 2013 after she set a neighbor’s driveway on fire. Her mother was named conservator, and since then the All That standout has struggled with drug addiction and bipolar disorder. In 2020, a judge ordered her into a psychiatric facility. After nine years, Bynes filed to end the conservatorship last month. Reportedly, her parents are supportive of the decision, which is one of the reasons that the often slow wheels of justice are moving so quick...
Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich Launches Fundraiser for Daniel Johnston’s Cat
Daniel Johnston left behind a massive cult following when he died in 2019, but he also left behind a pet cat who’s been living alone ever since. Now, Pavement drummer Bob Nastanovich is helping out by launching a GoFundMe campaign for the feline, who needs oral surgery. Nastanovich is seeking $2,000 for Spunky, who was recently discovered in pretty poor condition. Laura Anderson, Johnston’s former tour manager, explained the cat’s situation in a note posted to the fundraiser. “Daniel’s cat Spunky has lived all alone in his house since he died and was recently taken to a rescue organization,” Anderson wrote. “She has had a tumor in her mouth and a cancer scare (fortunately her biopsy was negative). She is slowly returning to health; the final challenge is to take out all her teeth, and she ...
Gunna, Lizzo and Camila Cabello Are April’s ‘SNL’ Musical Guests
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HHW Gaming: Snoop Dogg Joining The Ranks of ‘Call of Duty’ As A Playable Character
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Activision / Call of Duty Light one up, Snoop Dogg has just secured another bag. He’s joining Call of Duty as a playable character. Fresh off the news the Doggfather joined FaZe Clan, the Hip-Hop legend is now bringing his energy to Call of Duty as a playable operator. Activision announced the big news on Monday (Mar.21), revealing that the “Gin and Juice” crafter will be featured in three Call of Duty games, Call of Duty Mobile, Vanguard, and Warzone. “The D O Double G is back in Call of Duty, and this time I’m in the freakin’ game! Excited to be working with the COD team to bring some fly features for you all to enjoy. It’s dope….. y’all can play as me and get these sick items that have Snoop written all over them. Check it out,” Snoop said in a bl...
Daddy Yankee Announces That He’s Retiring From Music
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / Cartel/Republic Just as gasolina prices soar to new heights, the man that ascended to superstar status in 2004 because of it is calling it a career. According to People, Reggaeton triple OG, Daddy Yankee a.k.a. the “King of Reggaeton” has announced that he will be retiring from the music game after three fruitful decades in it. The man who burst onto the music game with his smash hit “Gasolina” back in 2004 (whew! Feel old?), is ready to hang up his microphone and chill on the shoreline of a beach in Puerto Rico, but not before dropping off one last project and giving his fans a few more live performances. “The musician, born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, went on to note plans for a farewell album. “I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 ye...
Kodak Black Mixes It Up At Mar-A-Lago, Meets Trump For First Time
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) / (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Kodak Black got the chance to meet Donald Trump for the first time since he was granted a pardon by the former president at an event last week.According to reports, the meeting took place at a dinner held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Ray J, who has met with the former president as a tech entrepreneur beforehand, invited the “Super Gremlin” rapper to come to the function with him in order to finally meet with Trump. Kodak Black was introduced to Trump at one point in the evening. “How are you?, Trump asks him during their brief interaction, which included a fist bump exchange between the two. Later, Kodak Black is seen standing next to Trump as he addresses the cr...
Kany’e Ex Julia Fox Walks Back Comments About Ye Being Harmless
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christian Vierig / Getty Julia Fox, the woman who dated Kanye West for like three weeks and, I guess, is an actress or something, appears to be wishing she never opened her mouth to speak on the hot-but-persistent mess that is Ye’s saga with his ex, Kim Kardashian, and her new boo Pete Davidson. Last week, we reported that Fox basically stepped inside her own mouth during a talk with TMZ in which she defended Yeezus and his “Easy” video and basically said that Ye is harmless and his Fatal Attraction-like behavior is all artistic expression. Well, now TMZ has caught up with the—she’s like a model or something, right?—the model is walking those comments all the way back as she admits she really hasn’t been paying attention to the Kanye-verse and didn’t know...
