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Michael Keaton Bringing Batman Back for Batgirl Movie
Holy Bat-nostalgia! Michael Keaton is reportedly reprising his iconic role as Bruce Wayne/Batman for the upcoming Batgirl movie. As The Hollywood Reporter has it, production on the film is already underway in London, but a new cast list sent to media includes Keaton’s surprise appearance. The actor is already dusting off the ol’ cape and cowl from 1989’s Batman and 1992’s Batman Returns for his upcoming multiversal role in The Flash movie. It now appears it’ll be a little while longer before the suit goes back in the closet, though it’s unclear exactly how it will all work. Batgirl is rumored to be set within the Snyderverse of Justice League (seemingly confirmed by J.K. Simmons reprising his role as Commissioner Jim Gordon), so how Keaton’s Batman will factor into a world p...
The Matrix Resurrections Ending Explained: How Exactly Did Neo and Trinity Return to Do Kung Fu?
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for The Matrix Resurrections.] The Matrix movies are, well, dense — a veritable gumbo of artistic influences and philosophical musings on the nature of identity couched in dingy cyberpunk and some of the slickest, most revolutionary action Hollywood had to offer at the turn of the millennium. It’s the same series that paired high-kicking setpieces and epic-length freeway chases alongside Keanu Reeves standing in a room with a bearded Colonel Sanders lookalike to talk about the preprogrammed choices we’re given throughout our lives. It’s no surprise, then, that The Matrix Resurrections, Lana Wachowski‘s bold, messy, ambitious, romantic return to the series for the first time in almost twenty years, is just as complicated and unwieldy. Not only...
Home Alone Actor Devin Ratray Charged with Felony Domestic Assault
Devin Ratray, the actor best known for playing Buzz McCallister in the Home Alone franchise, has been charged with felony domestic assault. The 44-year-old actor turned himself into Oklahoma City police on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was booked for domestic assault and battery by strangulation, a felony, as well as misdemeanor domestic assault and battery, according to TMZ. He was released after posting $25,000 bond. A woman identified as Ratray’s girlfriend filed a police report on December 10th, following an altercation the evening before. According to the affidavit, Ratray was intoxicated when he became angry with the woman after she gave away an autograph photo of him without charging for it. The woman alleges that Ratray got physical once they returned to t...
Jimmy Jazz Gave Away Over 1000 Sneakers To Families In Need Across NYC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @slingshotmenace / Jimmy Jazz Last week we reported that Jimmy Jazz would be giving away a gang of sneakers as a way to show appreciation to the community and help families in need this 2021 Holiday season, and all signs point to the giveaway being a huge success! Source: @slingshotmenace / Jimmy Jazz Jimmy Jazz hit up spots in Harlem, Brooklyn, and the Bronx to bless those in need and its residents couldn’t have been more grateful for their free Christmas presents. From the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in the BX where Jimmy Jazz gave away 200 pairs of Nikes to John B. Russwurm Elementary School where 300 children were gifted Adidas kicks and toys, the giveaway left a thousand New Yorkers feeling the Christmas spirit at a time when it was sorely needed....
Twitter Responds To Kyle Rittenhouse Becoming Right-Wing America’s New Hero
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We really need to talk about white America and Republican thug culture. Kyle Rittenhouse has only done one notable thing in his life—he traveled across state lines with a weapon he had no business carrying and he used it to kill two people and seriously injure a third during a protest he had no business being at. Related Stories Now, a jury decided his actions were self-defense, so there’s not much point in beating that particular dead horse, but how is it that Rittenhouse has become a hero to conservatives? No one else in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was seriously hurt or killed outside of his shooting victims, so what makes him a hero? Who did he save? Who did he protect? Who did he bring to justice or achi...
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Peep The Trailer to ‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness’ [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marvel / Marvel Now that Spider-Man: No Way Home is officially in the record books, Marvel will no doubt be shifting it’s focus to it’s next potential blockbuster film, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness and we’ve just gotten our first teaser trailer for it (a Spider-Man: No Way Home post credits scene actually). Seemingly picking up where No Way Home left off, Doctor Strange sets out to find Scarlett Witch but not to reprimand her for her transgressions in WandaVision, but to ask for her help. After seeing just how fragile the Marvel multiverse was left due to his actions in Spider-Man, Dr. Strange has enlisted the help of Scarlett Witch but to what end, we do not know. Unfortunately for him Baron Mordo is still out and about collecting mag...
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The New Kids On ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Block Talk About Morpheus’ Drip, Neo & Trinity & More [Exclusive]
Source: Warner Bros. / The Matrix Resurrections The Matrix has been rebooted, and Hip-Hop Wired/Cassius Life is plugged in. It’s been 18 years since 2003’s The Matrix Revolutions, which left many fans believing that was the last time we will ever see Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, Agent Smith, Niobe, and others. But as we learned, stories never truly end, and Lana Wachowski decided to bring back the popular franchise with a fourth film, The Matrix Resurrections. Source: Warner Bros. / The Matrix Resurrections Yes, Keanu Reeves’ Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss’ Trinity are back, but there is something different about this version of The Matrix. While they are the same, other characters in the legendary story of Neo of Trinity have been changed, and that’s where the new kids on The Matrix block come in. M...
Which Band Is More Important: DEEP PURPLE Or BLACK SABBATH? ROB HALFORD Weighs In
In a recent interview with Spain’s Mariskal Rock, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked which fellow British band was more important to him personally while he was coming up in the music scene in Birmingham, England in the late 1960s and early 1970s, DEEP PURPLE or BLACK SABBATH. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “They’re all important to me for all of the styles and variety of music that they presented. I was naturally drawn to SABBATH because of the heaviness. If you put PURPLE on and then you put SABBATH on, or SABBATH on then PURPLE, they’re both really strong, powerful bands, depending on which album you’re listening to. “PURPLE are hard rock; to me, they’re not metal,” he continued. “I’ll probably be kil...
ERIC CLAPTON’s Management Defends Lawsuit Against German Widow Who Tried To Sell Bootleg CD On eBay
Eric Clapton‘s management has released a “clarification” regarding the musician’s lawsuit against a German widow after she posted a listing for a pirated version of his “Eric Clapton – Live USA” album for $11 on eBay. Last week, Clapton won the lawsuit against the woman, who claimed she was unaware that her dead husband’s CD was pirated and removed the listing a day after posting it. The judge in the case said that the fact that she didn’t acquire the CD herself was irrelevant and ordered her to pay for both parties’ legal fees (about $3,900). Now Clapton‘s management has issued a statement to the guitarist’s fan club clarifying the 76-year-old’s role in the situation, as well as why they pursued legal action in ...
SOILWORK Frontman ‘Cried For Two Hours’ After Being Praised By ROB HALFORD
In a new interview with Metal Musikast, SOILWORK singer Björn “Speed” Strid spoke about the time more than a decade and a half ago when the Swedish metallers managed to secure an official endorsement from The Metal God himself, JUDAS PRIEST‘s Rob Halford, who praised them as a band that is “taking metal forward with its cutting-edge [approach].” “That’s just simply amazing,” Strid said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I remember when I read that. ‘Cause somebody told me [about it]. They said, ‘Oh, have you seen that Rob Halford is talking about you in this Belgian metal magazine?’ I said, ‘What? No. No. Are you crazy? No. C’mon.’ Then he managed to… I don’t know — he picked it up somewhere...
TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS Says JON SCHAFFER ‘Messed Up’ And Will Be ‘Paying For It For A Long Time’
Former ICED EARTH singer Tim “Ripper” Owens says that Jon Schaffer will “pay for a long time” for his role in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Owens, who joined ICED EARTH in 2003 and stayed in the group for four years before being fired in December 2007, addressed his time with the band in a new interview with “The Loaded Radio Podcast”. Asked if he was surprised to see Schaffer involved in the Capitol riot, Owens said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I really lost contact [with him]. I didn’t leave on good terms. We weren’t friends when I left. I never burn bridges, but the way he fired me, the way he let me go, we never were on good terms. “We never talked politics when I was in the band,” he continued. ̶...
Congressional Committee Launching Astroworld Festival Investigation
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is launching an investigation into Live Nation over the 2021 Astroworld Festival, The Washington Post and The Associated Press report. In a letter to Michael Rapino (president and CEO of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.), the Congressional committee members wrote: Live Nation Entertainment (Live Nation) was the concert promoter reportedly responsible for “planning, staffing, putting up money, securing permits, finding vendors, communicating with local agencies,” for Astroworld Festival. Recent reports raise serious concerns about whether your company took adequate steps to ensure the safety of the 50,000 concertgoers who attended Astroworld Festival. The committee is asking Rapino and Live Nation for details on the company’s role in security, crowd c...
