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Pioneering House Music Artist Jesse Saunders Hospitalized Following Stroke
Influential DJ and house music producer Jesse Saunders has been hospitalized after suffering a “major stroke,” according to Chosen Few DJs, a collective of which he is a founding member. “We have to sadly share some difficult news and ask for your prayers and support,” reads a statement released by the collective. “Our brother Jesse Saunders has suffered a major stroke and is currently hospitalized in the Las Vegas area. Jesse will likely be facing a long and difficult rehab, and will need the love and support of the house music community to which he has given much.” Saunders was only in high school when his mentor, Wayne Williams, invited him to become a part of Chosen Few DJs, a legendary collective forged on Chicago’s South Side that is wid...
Kevin Spacey Books First Movie Since Winning Anthony Rapp Lawsuit
Despite being accused of sexual misconduct by several men, Kevin Spacey has booked a role in a new movie. The news comes after he was found not liable for damages brought forth in a contentious lawsuit from Anthony Rapp, whose accusations against Spacey were the first made public knowledge. As Variety reports, Spacey has booked a voice role in Control, a thriller from the British indie production company Cupsogue Pictures. Written and directed by Gene Fallaize, the movie follows Stella Simmons (Lauren Metcalfe), a British government minister who is having an affair with the Prime Minister (Mark Hampton). Spacey plays a hijacker who knows her secret and takes over her self-driving car, taking a trapped Simmons on a rampage through London. According to Variety, Space...
This AI-Powered App Makes You the Subject of a Fred again.. Song
You can now generate an endless feed of song titles using Fred again..‘s distinct discographic nomenclature—all with the help of artificial intelligence. If you’ve ever wondered what being the subject of a Fred again.. song would look like, visit the AI-powered “You as a Fred again.. Song” site. Enter your first name and a selfie, and viola—you too can (spiritually) become a part of Fred’s Actual Life 3 universe. Built by Claire Wang, the programmatic platform applies Fred’s signature transparent blue tint to your image and generates a song title with your name, followed by a tongue-in-cheek parenthetical ad-lib. “You as a Fred again.. Song” was so true to form that even Fred himself couldn’t resist the urge to use it.&nb...
Pusha T Disavows Kanye West: “As a Black Man in America, There Is No Room for Bigotry”
Pusha T has distanced himself from one of his longtime collaborators, telling the Los Angeles Times that Kanye West’s string of antisemitic comments has been “very disappointing.” “It’s definitely affected me,” King Push said. “It’s been disappointing. As a Black man in America, there is no room for bigotry or hate speech.” Pusha T most recently worked with Ye on 2022’s It’s Almost Dry, which pitted West’s beatmaking against the musicality of Pharrell Williams to create a kind of coke rap dialectic. “Creatively, Ye has meant freedom to me,” Push said. “A lot of times, people would try to get me to change certain things about my process, change certain things about me lyrically, change certain things about the content. He never has been like that. He always saw me for wh...
Pusha T Disavows Kanye West: “As a Black Man in America, There Is No Room for Bigotry”
Pusha T has distanced himself from one of his longtime collaborators, telling the Los Angeles Times that Kanye West’s string of antisemitic comments has been “very disappointing.” “It’s definitely affected me,” King Push said. “It’s been disappointing. As a Black man in America, there is no room for bigotry or hate speech.” Pusha T most recently worked with Ye on 2022’s It’s Almost Dry, which pitted West’s beatmaking against the musicality of Pharrell Williams to create a kind of coke rap dialectic. “Creatively, Ye has meant freedom to me,” Push said. “A lot of times, people would try to get me to change certain things about my process, change certain things about me lyrically, change certain things about the content. He never has been like that. He always saw me for wh...
Aubrey Plaza Pranked Her White Lotus Co-Stars by Putting Blair Witch Symbols in Their Dressing Rooms
Aubrey Plaza plays a normie lawyer on Season 2 of The White Lotus, but she was up to her usual tricks on the set of the HBO comedy. In a new GQ profile, Plaza owned up to pranking her White Lotus co-stars by planting Blair Witch-style symbols in their dressing rooms — and pretending it wasn’t her. Adam DiMarco was Plaza’s first victim. He came back to his dressing room in Italy and discovered the room’s reed diffusers arranged in an ominous symbol on the floor. After that, to throw her co-stars off the scent, Plaza ravaged her own room. “Who did this?” she asked Haley Lu Richardson and Meghann Fahy. Maybe it was a poltergeist, she suggested. Of course, the staff at the Four Seasons San Domenico Palace — which the cast took over for five months of shooting — knew it was ...
Aubrey Plaza Pranked Her White Lotus Co-Stars by Putting Blair Witch Symbols in Their Dressing Rooms
Aubrey Plaza plays a normie lawyer on Season 2 of The White Lotus, but she was up to her usual tricks on the set of the HBO comedy. In a new GQ profile, Plaza owned up to pranking her White Lotus co-stars by planting Blair Witch-style symbols in their dressing rooms — and pretending it wasn’t her. Adam DiMarco was Plaza’s first victim. He came back to his dressing room in Italy and discovered the room’s reed diffusers arranged in an ominous symbol on the floor. After that, to throw her co-stars off the scent, Plaza ravaged her own room. “Who did this?” she asked Haley Lu Richardson and Meghann Fahy. Maybe it was a poltergeist, she suggested. Of course, the staff at the Four Seasons San Domenico Palace — which the cast took over for five months of shooting — knew it was ...
Kanye West Storms Off Podcast After Being Challenged Over Antisemitic Views
Kanye West walked off the set of a live podcast taping on Monday after being challenged over his antisemitic views. West and his posse of white nationalists, Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes, appeared on Tim Pool’s Timcast podcast. Pool actually began the interview by asking West about his recent dinner with Donald Trump, but West immediately took the conversation in a different direction. “I just got to go to the heart of this antisemite claim,” West said as he launched into an incoherent rant in which he accused Gap, adidas, Vogue, former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and even his personal trainer of participating in a Jewish-led conspiracy to end his career. Advertisement Related Video Once Pool began to push back, West threatened to walk off. “I feel like it’s a setup… I’...
Kanye West Storms Off Podcast After Being Challenged Over Antisemitic Views
Kanye West walked off the set of a live podcast taping on Monday after being challenged over his antisemitic views. West and his posse of white nationalists, Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes, appeared on Tim Pool’s Timcast podcast. Pool actually began the interview by asking West about his recent dinner with Donald Trump, but West immediately took the conversation in a different direction. “I just got to go to the heart of this antisemite claim,” West said as he launched into an incoherent rant in which he accused Gap, adidas, Vogue, former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and even his personal trainer of participating in a Jewish-led conspiracy to end his career. Advertisement Related Video Once Pool began to push back, West threatened to walk off. “I feel like it’s a setup… I’...
Why Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon Had to Sing “For Real” in Bio-Drama George and Tammy
When it comes to taking on a challenge like the Showtime limited series George & Tammy, Oscar winner Jessica Chastain says that the challenge is the point. “I’ve always kind of been all in when it comes to this,” she tells Consequence. “It has to cost me something. It can’t be too easy.” No one would ever describe George & Tammy as “too easy” — the six-episode biographical drama spotlights the complicated bond between iconic country singers George Jones (Michael Shannon) and Tammy Wynette (Chastain), with both Shannon and Chastain not only physically transforming themselves as much as possible for their respective roles, but performing all the songs sung by the duo in the series, including hits like “Stand By Your Man,” “Two Story House,” and “Golden Ring.” Jones and Wynette met at...
Jennifer Lopez Reflects on 20th Anniversary of ‘This Is Me… Then’ & How Ben Affleck ‘Knows All the Words’
It’s been 20 years since Jennifer Lopez unveiled her third studio album, 2002’s This Is Me… Then, much of which was inspired by her then-relationship with Ben Affleck. Now, the singer is reflecting on the album and her rekindled romance with her now-husband. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It is a little bit like the Twilight Zone. It doesn’t happen,” Lopez told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe this week. “That album, This Is Me… Then really captured a moment in time where I fell in love with the love of my life. It’s all right there on the record. I didn’t even realize what was happening and what I was doing. It was just every day going from the set to the recording studio, doing the thing, being in love, him coming into the stu...
Stormzy Leads U.K. Albums Chart Race With ‘This Is What I Mean’
Stormzy is eying a hattrick on the U.K. albums chart with This Is What I Mean (via 0207/Merky), which leads at the midweek point. The Croydon, England rapper is a perfect two-from-two, having led the Official U.K. Albums Chart with with his 2017 debut Gang Signs & Prayer and 2019’s Heavy Is The Head. The Brit Award winner’s latest LP starts at No. 1 on the midweek chart, just ahead of pop veteran Cliff Richard’s festive collection, Christmas With Cliff (EastWest/Rhino). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Richard’s first Christmas release in almost two decades is on track to become the iconic British artist’s 47th Top 10 solo album, a feat that includes seven leaders. It’s nearly that time of year, which means a batch of Christmas-themed record...
