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Christoph Waltz Menaces Employees in Trailer for The Consultant: Watch
Thanks to his dry delivery, Christoph Waltz has a knack for portraying characters with evil undertones. In the new teaser trailer for the upcoming Prime Video thriller series The Consultant, he puts that talent to good use by menacing employees at the gaming company he’s hired to improve. “My purpose is to improve the business,” Waltz’s Regus Patoff says in the clip. “If it helps you to see me as a monster, so be it.” Sure enough, his methods lead CompWare employees to describe him as a “sociopath.” Watch the full teaser trailer below. Based on Bentley Little’s 2015 novel of the same name, the logline for The Consultant reads as follows: “When a new consultant, Regus Patoff (Christoph Waltz), is hired to improve the business at the App-based gaming company CompWare, employees experience ne...
Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle Announce New Co-Headlining Tour Dates
Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle have announced a new run of co-headlining 2023 tour dates. The five-date trek kicks off on January 20th in Oklahoma City and includes stops in St. Louis, Memphis, and Birmingham, Alabama before wrapping on January 27th in North Charleston, South Carolina. See the full details below. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 6th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Related Video The newly announced run comes one month after the comedians teamed up for a co-headlining nine-date jaunt toward the end of 2022. Advertisement Rock is set to perform Netflix’s first-ever live special, Selective Outrage, from Baltimore, Maryland on March 4th. His 2022 included his lengthy “Ego Death World Tour,” an infamous incident in which he was slap...
California Congressman to Be Sworn In on Classic Superman Comic Book
Nothing is more American than Superman, which is why Congressman Robert Garcia chose the very first Clark Kent comic book to be with him when he is sworn into office. Garcia — a Peruvian immigrant, former Mayor of Long Beach, California, and self-proclaimed “comic book nerd” — was elected US Representative for California’s 42nd congressional district during the 2022 midterms. Ahead of his official induction into the role, he tweeted a photo of three items he’d selected to sit under the Constitution while he was sworn in: “A photo of my parents who I lost to covid, my citizenship certificate & an original Superman #1 from the @librarycongress.” (It’s worth noting that the issue archived at the Library of Congress is a reprint, but it’s still worth several hundred thousands dollars. An o...
Bad Bunny Explains Why He Threw Fan’s Phone Into the Water
Fresh off of being named Spotify’s most-streamed artist for the third year in a row, Bad Bunny is now caught up in controversy after a viral video showing him throwing a fan’s phone into water surfaced. Making the rounds on social media, while in the Dominican Republic, the Puerto Rican artist is seen walking the streets surrounded by his team. For a brief moment, a fan is seen rushing beside him with phone in hand, filming herself while trying to get close to the artist to ensure that they are both in frame. Bad Bunny is then seen grabbing the phone and throwing it toward a nearby body of water. Many have criticized Bad Bunny for how he handled the situation, while others noted how the fan was overzealous and violated his personal space. Taking to Twitter, Bad Bunny addressed the situatio...
De La Soul’s Entire Catalog Is Heading to Streaming and Digital Retailers for the First Time
De La Soul‘s full catalog will be made available on both streaming services and digital retailers for the first time in history. The seminal hip-hop group’s first six albums, 3 Feet High and Rising from 1989, De La Soul Is Dead from 1991, Buhloone Mindstate from 1993, Stakes Is High from 1996, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump from 2000 and AOI: Bionix from 2001, is set to hit streaming on March 3 and will commemorate the 34th anniversary of their debut studio effort, while “The Magic Number” will release on streaming on January 13 alongside a 7” cassingle. On top of the albums’ addition to streaming, the trio will also be issuing exclusive merchandise, vinyl, CDs and cassettes via their AOI label. De La Soul members Posdnuos, Dave and Maseo finally owned all the rights to their mast...
Warner Music Shareholder Who Named Label in Sexual Misconduct Suit Fails to Win Board Seat
Former Atlantic Records employee Dorothy Carvello lost her bid for a seat on Warner Music Group’s board of directors last month after failing to comply with certain requirements in the company’s bylaws, spokespeople for Carvello and the record label said on Tuesday (Jan. 3). Under a new rule passed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year that makes it easier for minority shareholders to wage campaigns for board seats, Carvello sought to nominate herself for a seat on WMG’s board, to be voted on at the next shareholder meeting. The activist and author, who alleged in her memoir, Anything for a Hit: An A&R Woman’s Story of Surviving the Music Industry, that she was subjected to sexual abuse and misconduct while working at Atlantic from 1987 to 1990, plans to run again ne...
Which Snubbed Hot 100 Hitmaker Should’ve Received a Best New Artist Grammy Nomination? Vote!
Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 Songs chart included a total of 15 artists who were both entered and eligible for this year’s Grammy’s best new artist award, but only two musicians — Latto and Muni Long — were able to make this cut for 2023. One of the biggest Hot 100 success stories is Gayle and her breakout track “abcdefu.” Though she is not nominated for best new artist this year, the track allowed her to peak at the year end Hot 100 at No. 17, and earned her a nomination in the coveted song of the year category, but also has a series of fellow hitmakers who fans believed deserved a spot in the best new artist category at the Grammy’s this year. Former Disney Channel star Dove Cameron came into her own in 2022 — the singer release her EP, Girl Like Me, in December, which included hit ...
Cardi B Covers a Fall Out Boy Classic to Ring in the New Year
A loaded god complex, cock it and pull it! Cardi B celebrated New Year’s Eve on Saturday (Dec. 31) by covering Fall Out Boy‘s seminal hit “Sugar We’re Goin’ Down.” The superstar’s delightfully emo moment came during her performance at Miami’s E11EVEN nightclub to ring in 2023. With a drink in one hand and a mic in the other, Cardi excitedly launched into the 2005 single in a fan-captured TikTok video. “Anything you wanna hear/ But that’s just who I am this week/ Lying in bed/ Next to the mausoleum,” she wailed a capella as the crowd excitedly sang along. “Cardi b singing fall out boy first thing after midnight on new year’s day is exactly how i wanted to start my year,” the TikTok user wrote on the clip, which also features Offset on stage, playing to a different part of the packed crowd. ...
Wynonna Judd Shares Candid Mental Health Update: ‘Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down’
Wynonna Judd assured worried fans with a mental health update posted to Instagram on Tuesday (Jan. 3), which she decided to share after realizing that some of her followers were “genuinely concerned” about her. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Well, I’m OK,” she began, in response to a comment that Judd displayed in the video, accusing the star’s manager “pushing her too hard.” The commenter wrote, “For God’s sake…she just tragically lost her mother. Seems like her manager is getting a little greedy at the expense of her health. She just doesn’t appear well. I would like to see her take an extended break for her own mental and physical health.” “I am working so hard on my mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing,” Judd explained. “I hav...
Master P & Romeo Miller End Their Feud
HipHopWired Featured Video Romeo Miller and his father, Percy “Master P” Miller engaged in an unfortunate back and forth on social media that shocked fans of the pair, especially those who thought their bond was inseparable. After some time and plenty of fence-mending, Master P and Romeo are back on speaking terms as a father and son should be. The feud between Romeo Miller, 33, and Master P, 52, began with Miller accusing his father of prioritizing the mental health struggles of others over his late sister, Tytyana Miller, in the wake of the passing of Steven “tWitch” Boss. The online spat involved the elder Miller posting a video about his son, while the younger Miller accused his father of being addicted to social media. Related Stories Over the weekend, the Millers patched it up with R...
Angela Bassett’s Son Apologizes For Fake Death TikTok Prank
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty The son of heralded actress Angela Bassett, Slater Vance, landed in hot water, issuing an apology after pulling a video prank involving faking the death of Michael B. Jordan on TikTok. On New Year’s Eve, Slater Vance filmed a video that he shared on the social media platform apologizing for the stunt where he claimed that her fellow Black Panther actor Jordan had died to the actress and his father, actor Courtney B. Vance. “I apologize to Michael B. Jordan’s entire family, his extended family, and him directly as he is an idol of mine,” he said in a video posted to his Instagram account which was deleted shortly after. “Taking part in a trend like this is completely disrespectful. I don’t wish any bad ramifications upon his fami...
Last Installment Of ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Series Details How He Allegedly Groomed Young Men
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Even though R. Kelly is serving time for his crimes, the world will find out more about his creepy ways. The final installment of Surviving R. Kelly premiered on Lifetime Jan. 2. As per Variety, it seems the disgraced crooner’s ways will be the talk of the town again in 2023. The Lifetime documentary will be returning with a third and final installment. This time the series will not only give updates going into Kelly’s trial and subsequent incarceration, but also detail how he allegedly groomed younger men. Some of the other themes covered include how witnesses were intimidated, following some of the survivors post trial, as well as sourcing feedback from legal and trauma e...
