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John Legend Performs ‘Pieces’ for Moving 2022 Emmys In Memoriam Segment
John Legend took the stage at the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday night (Sept. 12) to deliver a moving, emotional rendition of “Pieces” from his freshly released eighth studio album, Legend. The song was performed during the In Memoriam segment, which paid respects to many of the performers and behind-the-scenes players who lent their talent to our TV screens over the years, including Betty White, Vin Scully, Bob Saget, Nichelle Nichols, James Caan, Louie Anderson, Anne Heche, Ray Liotta, Sidney Poitier and more. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Legend has performed on the Emmys in the past. In 2018, he joined Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Tituss Burgess, Kristen Bell, Sterling K. Brown, Ricky Martin, Andy Samberg and RuPaul t...
Lizzo, Zendaya & Amanda Seyfried Among 2022 Primetime Emmys Winners
Lizzo, Zendaya and Amanda Seyfried were among the winners at the 74th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, held on Monday (Sept. 12) at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls was an upset winner for outstanding competition program. It beat RuPaul’s Drag Race, which won the previous four years, as well as The Amazing Race, The Voice and Top Chef, all of which have also won in the category, and Nailed It!, a four-time nominee in the category. This is Lizzo’s first Emmy. She has won three Grammys and is a likely Grammy nominee this year for her No. 1 smash “About Damn Time.” This marks the first time a first-season show has won in this category since it was introduced in 2003. Zendaya won outstanding lead actress in a drama series for the second time in three yea...
The Off-White™ x Nike Air Force 1 Low “Brooklyn” To Drop Tomorrow Via SNKRS Crap Shoot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Virgil Abloh may be gone (Rest In Power, King) but his Off-White™ creations are still a hot commodity out in these streets, and tomorrow (September 13) hypebeasts will be foaming out the mouth when some limited-edition Off-White™ Air Force 1’s drop on the dreaded Nike SNKRS app. HypeBeast is reporting that the bright green colorway to the Off-White™ Air Force 1’s will be releasing on Tuesday (September 13th) via raffle on the Nike SNKRS app as a way to celebrate the late-great Virgil Abloh’s “Figures of Speech” exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Related Stories Previously referred to as the “Light Green Spark” colorway, the “Brooklyn” entry in the partnership features a striking all-green look accented by me...
Twitter Gives Jeff Bezos The Bird For Attacking Black Professor
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty A tweet made by Jeff Bezos blasting a Black professor over her comments regarding the death of Queen Elizabeth II has brought him a whirlwind of condemnation from many users on Twitter. Last Thursday (September 8), the death of the British monarch elicited a vast array of reactions online – with some not too broken up over her passing. As initial reports spoke of her grave condition an hour before, Carnegie Mellon University professor Uju Anya expressed her thoughts on Twitter. “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying,” she wrote. “May her pain be excruciating.” Related Stories The billionaire founder of Amazon wasn’t thrilled with Anya’s comment, quote-tweeting it and saying: “This is s...
PnB Rock Shot Dead While Dining In L.A. Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Rapper PnB Rock was shot today (Sept. 12) while he was out dining at a Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, he has passed away. According to TMZ, PnB was eating at the Inglewood location of the restaurant with his girlfriend on Monday afternoon. A little before 1:30 pm PT, a gunman came in and shot PnB. Reportedly, the assailant removed jewelry from PnB’s person before fleeing, and didn’t target anyone else in the restaurant. Related Stories Video of PnB as he laid shot on the floor of the restaurant soon started circulating on social media but we will not be sharing that footage. It’s likely his Opps may have moved on PnB after his girlfriend shared footage of where they were eating [Note: Blame the sho...
Nick Cave Discusses Grieving Two Sons in In-Depth Interview: “The Audience Saved Me”
Back in May, Nick Cave’s oldest son, Jethro Lazenby, died at the age of 31 — a tragedy made all the more agonizing by the fact that another of Cave’s sons, Arthur, died only seven years earlier at 15. Naturally, music has long been an outlet of grief for the musician, and he chatted about his experience grieving loved ones and how his fans lured him out of the trenches in a new profile with the New York Times. The interview arrives just ahead of the September 20th release of Faith, Hope and Carnage, a book comprising interviews between Cave and journalist Seán O’Hagan. Sadly, Jethro died shortly after the interviews were completed, but Cave discusses his feelings towards Arthur’s death at length: “I think grieving people are conscious of the sell-by date of their own misery,” Ca...
Brendan Fraser Calls Batgirl Cancellation “The Canary in the Coal Mine”
Brendan Fraser is basking in a career renaissance led by his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, but his turn as the villain Firefly in Batgirl sadly won’t be part of his comeback after Warner Bros. Discovery canceled the project for tax write-down purposes. In an interview with Variety, the actor called the decision “disappointing” while commenting on how it serves as an early warning sign that the film industry is in big trouble. “It’s disappointing. The fans really wanted to see this film made,” Fraser said. “The movie itself was shot and conceived for a smaller screen. In this age that we’ve come out of now between streaming service versus theatrical release, it wound up being the canary in the coal mine. So, what can we learn from this? Work with trusted filmmakers,...
Hardcore Show Takes Over Sonic Drive-Thru in New Jersey: Watch
“Hi, we’ll have a SuperSONIC double cheeseburger combo, a jumbo popcorn chicken, a cherry burst slush … and, oh, what the hell, throw in a killer hardcore show while you’re at it!!” That’s right, a hardcore concert featuring the bands Gel, Scowl, Exhibition, Chemical Fix, and Phantom took place at a Sonic drive-thru in New Jersey on Saturday night (September 10th). Perhaps inspired by a raucous hardcore show that took place at a Denny’s in Santa Ana, California, three years ago, the aforementioned bands descended upon the drive-thru of fast-food chain Sonic’s location in Hainesport, New Jersey. Hardcore videographer hate5six captured all the action, as did fans in attendance at the show. One look at the footage, and it’s easy to see that the mosh pits were in full force at the gig, with a ...
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2022 Emmy Award Winners: Who Will Win Big This Year? [Updating Live]
The 2022 Emmy Awards represent, in some ways, a wild range of diversity in terms of the people and projects being nominated. A Korean language dystopian thriller nominated for Best Drama Series? An honest-to-god broadcast comedy about schoolteachers, created by its Black star, not just nominated but arguably a frontrunner in several categories? Jennifer Coolidge on the verge of getting an actual dang Emmy? Pretty exciting times. Of course, there’s every chance that the ultimate winners on Monday evening could hew closer to the TV Academy’s long-standing tradition of honoring more familiar shows, as already witnessed by 2020 drama winner Succession being the nominations count leader. But the potential for chaos is real this year, whether it be the possibility of Ted Lasso repeating last yea...
PnB Rock Reportedly Dead at 30 Years Old
PnB Rock has died at 30 years old. According to reports, the rapper was fatally shot as he and his girlfriend were dining at Roscoe’s House of Chicken ’N Waffles in Inglewood, California. Los Angeles police Captain Kelly Muniz has not yet identified the victim but confirmed that a shooting took place at 1:15 p.m.; the suspect entered the restaurant with a firearm and demanded items from the victim, with sources adding that the rapper was a target for his jewelry. “He shot the victim and ran out the side door to a getaway car and then fled the parking lot,” Muniz said. Rock, whose real name is Rakim Hasheem Allen, was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and started his music career with the 2014 mixtape Real N***a Bangaz, which was written while he was incarcerated. He eventually ...
A 15-Piece Classical Drum & Bass Band Actually Exists—And They’re Making Their Festival Debut
Polyphonic paints drum & bass music a truly unique way—by uniting a 15-piece orchestra. Led by Fiber and The Fiber Pianist, the band aims to reframe the genre’s timeless hits into an awe-inspiring orchestral performance, breaking its boundaries by integrating classical music, jazz, hip-hop and even metal. The project’s lineup includes highly acclaimed musicians, like drummer Koen Herfst (Armin van Buuren), hardstyle vocalist Diandra Faye (Da Tweekaz) and members of the Phion Orchestra, who regularly perform for the King of the Netherlands. Polyphonic’s live debut in July 2021, which was funded by the Dutch Performing Arts Fund, saw them reimagine classics from a number of iconic drum & bass acts, among them Noisia, Chase & Status, High Contrast, Dimension, Netsk...
Police Report 16 Arrests, 1 Death at Burning Man 2022
Despite some crappy things that went down at this year’s Burning Man, police are reporting one of the tamest years in the event’s history in terms of its criminal activity. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office, which works with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to ensure the safety of Burning Man’s attendees, reported just 16 arrests. That’s down from 58 arrests at last year’s iteration. According to SFGATE, charges included battery of substantial bodily harm, domestic battery, possession of controlled substance, obstructing of a police officer, possession of paraphernalia and sales of controlled substance, among others. Police also reported one death. Judge John Everett Williams, 69, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died of natural causes on September 2n...
