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‘The Walking Dead’: How to Watch the Final Season Without Cable
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. Part two of the final season of The Walking Dead premiered Sunday (Oct. 2) and fans couldn’t help but notice one zombie’s likeness to another horror icon: Freddy Krueger. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Krueger look-alike appears in a scene where survivors are sloshing through the sewer. Before the Krueger zombie gets too close, Daryl (Norman Reedus) knocks him out with a gun and the group continues moving. After the zombie appeared onscreen, viewers took to Twitterto point out the undead monster’s li...
‘The Voice’ Contestant Grace Bello’s Soaring Justin Bieber Cover Gets a Four-Chair Turn
On The Voice, four-chair turns are the stuff of dreams. Grace Bello is allowed to dream. A 21-year-old, originally from Cibilo, Texas, Bello has just relocated to Lacey, Washington. Now she’s in America’s sweet spot. When Bello performed Justin Bieber’s “Ghost” during the blind auditions, the response was positive and immediate. John Legend turned two lines in. Then Blake Shelton spun around, and a frenzy of turns. “It was amazing, because so many times we’ll get singers with these big, huge voices on the show and they do really well,” Legend remarks. “But, we’ve also had those singers who were way more subtle. I actually won with a singer like that in my first season here. Her name was Maelyn. I heard that in you as well. You just have so much control, and your tone is so beautiful.” When...
Kendrick Lamar Tops 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards: Full Winners List
Kendrick Lamar dominated the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards with six wins including artist of the year and album of the year for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, which entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 in May. The awards ceremony, taped on Friday Sept. 30 at the Cobb Energy Centre in Atlanta, premiered on Tuesday (Oct. 4) on BET, BET Her, MTV2 and VH1. Lamar also won lyricist of the year and best live performer. He shared two other awards — best hip hop video for “Family Ties” with Baby Keem and video director of the year with Dave Free. This was Lamar’s eighth win for lyricist of the year, more by far than anyone else in the history of the show (which originated in 2006). This was his third win for hip-hop album of the year, which puts him in a tie...
Takeoff and Quavo Speak on Future of Migos: “We Always Family”
Takeoff and Quavo have opened up about the future of Migos with Offset, following speculation that the trio may have disbanded. Speaking on the Big Facts podcast, the pair explained that they’re currently focused on cementing their Unc & Phew duo rather than working on other projects related to Migos like Culture 4. “I just feel like we want to see our career as a duo, you know what I’m saying, because, you know, we just came from a loyal family,” Quavo shared, adding that they’re “supposed to stick together.” He continued, “Sometimes when shit don’t work out, it ain’t meant to be.” Elsewhere during the interview, Takeoff also spoke on their familial ties with Offset and ended it with a loving note in regards to the Father of 4 rapper. “We don’t know all answers. God know. So we pray a...
Arctic Monkeys Announce 2023 North American Tour Dates
Arctic Monkeys is planning an extensive tour in support of their upcoming album The Car, announcing a series of 2023 dates in North America. The four-piece will fly across the pond in late August to kick off the engagement in The Armory in Minneapolis, followed by appearances in areas like Chicago, Boston, Forest Hills, Austin, Portland and San Francisco before closing it out a month later in Inglewood, California. They will be joined by Fontaines D.C. for the North American leg, which takes place a few months after their Australian leg in January and European/U.K. leg from May to June. Arctic Monkeys is scheduled to drop The Car, the followup to 2018’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, on October 21. Check out the full list of tour dates below. Arctic Monkeys 2023 North American T...
Kompany to Headline L.A. Club Show Featuring Holiday Food Drive for the Homeless
‘Tis the season for a Kompany Christmas party in Los Angeles. But no need to go dusting off the old suit and slacks for this holiday celebration. The “Red Alert” producer is gearing up for the holidays to support a timely mission. Brought together by Exchange LA, Los Angeles Mission and Insomniac’s Bassrush, the “Kompany Christmas Party” will be bringing the heat to beat the winter blues—all for a charitable cause. Exchange LA has established a generous tradition of gift-giving over the last eight years, teaming up with local affiliates, including ABC7, to raise thousands for underprivileged children in Southern California. This year the tradition continues with an adrenaline-fueled night soundtracked by Kompany, UBUR, JOOL and Iman. Scroll to Conti...
Russian Rapper Dies By Suicide After Being Drafted To Fight In Ukraine War
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @mrwalkie / Instagram A Russian rapper opposed to the war in Ukraine reportedly died by suicide after being drafted. Walkie, 27, posted a video that served as a final testimony and suicide note. He reportedly jumped from a high-rise building to end his life Reports TMZ: 27-year-old rapper Walkie posted a video in which he said, “If you are watching this video, then I am no longer alive. I can’t take the sin of murder on my soul and I don’t want to. I am not ready to kill for any ideals.” Walkie went on … “I choose to remain in history forever. As a man who did not support what was happening I am not ready to take up arms and kill my own kind.” He had already served in the Russian Army, and despised the experience. This time around he tried to get a d...
Jason Lee “Brokers” Peace Between Cardi B & JT, Twitter Tells Him To Stay Out of Women’s Business
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Monday, October 3, was a complete mess on social media. Kanye West went Super Saiyan coon, and Cardi B and City Girls member JT started beefing out of nowhere. The once budding friendship between the Hip-Hop stars looked shaky, but apparently, blogger Jason Lee was the only one who could save it. Twitter collectively pulled up their lawn chairs as Cardi B and JT went at each other on the social media platform, and it looked like the two were heading to a place of no return until Jason Lee decided to step in and “fix” the situation. Jason Lee, the CEO of the Hollywood Unlocked gossip site, decided to take a break from his vacation to address the situation. Lee immediately stated he would get on the phone with both artists to b...
Angelina Jolie Says Brad Pitt Choked One Child and “Struck Another in the Face”
Angelina Jolie has accused Brad Pitt of choking and striking their children on a 2016 plane ride that took place just days before she filed for divorce. As the New York Times reports, Jolie detailed the altercation in an October 4th filing in a Los Angeles court, which was a response to a lawsuit from Pitt about a French winery the couple once owned together. According to the new filing, “Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face.” He also allegedly “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her,” and at one point, “he poured beer on Jolie; at another, he poured beer and red wine on the children.” Pitt and Jolie have six children together who currently range in age between 14 and 21. Federal authorities investigated the incident but ultimately declined to...
HBO Max’s Dune Prequel Series to Star Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson
HBO Max’s Dune prequel series, The Sisterhood, has cast Emily Watson (Chernobyl) and Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter) in leading roles, Variety reports. Set 10,000 years before the events of Dune, the series is based on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s 2012 novel Sisterhood of Dune. Officially titled Dune: The Sisterhood, the show was ordered to series at HBO Max in June 2019. Per the official logline, it “follows the Harkonnen Sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit.” Watson and Henderson will portray Valya Harkonnen and Tula Harkonnen, respectively. Per the character descriptions, the sisters “have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become t...
Jack White Honors Loretta Lynn: “The Greatest Female Singer-Songwriter of the 20th Century”
Jack White has shared a tribute to his past collaborator Loretta Lynn, who passed away October 4th at the age of 90. In a video posted to Instagram, White — who worked with Lynn on the 2004 album Van Lear Rose — called the artist “the greatest female singer-songwriter of the 20th century.” “I learned so much from her working on this album Van Lear Rose together, and there were times where I just had to sort of step outside and take a pause because she was so brilliant I couldn’t believe what I was witnessing and hearing and I almost felt like she didn’t even realize it,” he said. “What she did for feminism, women’s rights, in a time period and a genre of music that was the hardest to do it in, was just outstanding and will live on for a long time, and she broke down a lot of barriers for p...
Hellraiser Review: A True Reboot That’s Pretty Darned Good
The Pitch: The eleventh film in the Hellraiser franchise finds a recovering addict named Riley (Odessa A’zion) stealing and unlocking a mysterious puzzle box, which summons sadomasochists from beyond the grave, led by their high priest Pinhead (Jamie Clayton). These mutilated “Cenobites” will drag either Riley or someone she chooses — intentionally or otherwise — into a supernatural dimension where torment and ecstasy are indistinguishable, and eternal. Now it’s up to Riley and her boyfriend Trevor (Drew Starkey) to uncover the mysteries of the box and stop the Cenobites before they drag everyone into a kinky version of hell. Yes, There Are Eleven Hellraisers: Hellraiser may be one of the most famous modern horror movie franchises, but there hasn’t been a theatrical installment in wi...
