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Dolly Parton Recreates Classic Playboy Bunny Look for Husband’s Birthday
Dolly Parton has recreated her iconic Playboy bunny look as a special gift for the 79th birthday of her husband, Carl Dean. About a week after the country legend said last year that she wanted to be on the cover of Playboy for her 75th birthday, the long-running adult magazine published its final issue. While the magazine may no longer be in print, Parton is still every bit a cover girl. “My husband always loved the original cover of Playboy,” Parton said in a video shared to social media, referring to her iconic 1978 magazine cover, “so I was trying to think of something to do to make him happy. He still thinks I’m a hot chick after 57 years — and I’m not going to try to talk him out of that.” Advertisement Related Video Holding up the portrait gift, she continued, “Anyway, what...
Keyshia Cole’s Mom Frankie Lons Dies of Overdose
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Francine “Frankie” Lons, the mother of R&B singer Keyshia Cole, has passed away. She was 61. TMZ reports that Lons died of an overdose and on her birthday. Reportedly, Cole’s brother Sam confirmed that she passed on Sunday (July 18) unfortunately after relapsing and taking drugs to party on her born day. Keyshia Cole was given up for adoption by Frankie and her father, Virgil Hunter, and she was raised by family friends. She would reconnect with Lons as an adult, and after she was well established as an accomplished singer. Lons had a lengthy and well-documented battle with drug addiction. Lons rose to fame while appearing on her daughter’s Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is reality television series that ran on BET for three seasons fr...
HHW Gaming: ‘FIFA 22’ Promises To Look & Feel More Realistic Thanks To New HyperMotion Technology
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / FIFA 22 FIFA’s second year on next-gen consoles looks like it will be taking EA’s iconic soccer video game to another level…finally. Last year we got a taste of what EA could do with its sports titles graphically wise, thanks to the tremendous power the PS5 and Xbox Series X offers developers. We also saw some slight improvements to gameplay in top-tier franchises like Madden NFL 21 and FIFA 21. Source: EA Sports / FIFA 22 This year EA is upping the ante with FIFA 22 and looks like it will be making a strong case for the best soccer video game on the market thanks to the introduction of HyperMotion Technology. Before Tuesday’s (Jul.20) EA Spotlight presentation that unveiled the gameplay reveal trailer showing of FIFA 22’s developer’s ne...
Kanye West Set To Perform ‘Donda’ At Rolling Loud Festival This Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ethan Miller / Getty For days it’s been rumored that Kanye West was preparing to drop his new album Donda any day now and after a listening session it seems like Yeezy is ready to unleash his latest project on the masses, live. In a now deleted tweet, Kanye’s day one, Consequence revealed that Mr. West was planning on performing the whole album at this weekend’s upcoming Rolling Loud festival in Miami. Posting what seems to be a sketch from Kanye himself showing the date and three pyramids, Con wrote “DONDA Experience Rolling Loud Miami, FL 07.25.21 Via KW Summer ’21.” This would mark Kanye’s first onstage appearance since 2019 when Kanye took his Sunday Service show to Coachella when he was out here getting right with the Lord and pledging his support to...
Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group Buys Majority Stake In Off White™
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christian Vierig / Getty It seems Virgil Abloh is about take his company to the next level. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton aka LVMH is set to buy a majority stake in Off White™. As spotted on High Snobiety the Chicago, Illinois native is leveling up in the fashion industry. Virgil Abloh and LVMH today announced a definitive agreement whereby LVMH will acquire a majority stake in Off-White LLC, the trademark owner of Off-White™️. Following the acquisition, LVMH will own a 60% interest in the trademark, and Abloh will retain a 40% interest and continue as creative director of the brand, which he founded in 2013. His partnership with LVMH began in March 2018 when he was appointed the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s mens...
Skrillex Hits the Studio With Thys of NOISIΛ
Skrillex has enough unreleased music in his hard drive to make even the most encyclopedic audiophiles swoon. The latest dream collaborator to join the dubstep legend in a studio session is Thys, a member of the fabled electronic music trio NOISIΛ. Skrillex took to social media to share a photo of the two working on new music, as well as a video that did not contain sound. The post arrives nearly a month after the release of their collab “Supersonic (My Existence),” which Thys said was created around 2010, when they “made a lot of music together.” Thys joins a slew of major artists to work on music with Skrillex over the course of the last year, including Justin Bieber, Top Dawg Entertainment artist Zacari, and Mike Einziger of Incubus, among others. S...
Lawmakers Introduce Conservatorship Reform Bill Inspired by Britney Spears
Britney Spears is on everyone’s mind lately, not just celebrities and longtime friends. A new bipartisan bill has been introduced to the US House of Representatives that’s directly influenced by Spears’ ongoing conservatorship battle. If passed, the bill would make it easier for people under conservatorships to seek a different guardian other than the one appointed to them by the court if they’re experiencing abuse or fraud, reports The New York Times. Introduced by Representatives Charlie Crist (D-Florida) and Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), the bill is called the Freedom and Right to Emancipate from Exploitation Act, or the FREE Act — a clever nod to the #FreeBritney movement that the pop star herself has embraced. It was introduced by the sponsors Representatives Charlie Crist (D-Florida...
Lily Cornell Talks Mental Health with Mom Susan Silver to Mark the Late Chris Cornell’s 57th Birthday
Lily Cornell Silver, the eldest daughter of Chris Cornell, welcomed her mother, Susan Silver, on her IGTV series Mind Wide Open on Tuesday (July 20th), which would’ve been the late Soundgarden singer’s 57th birthday. The conversation also marks the last episode in a series that launched a year ago today. Throughout the past year, Lily has interviewed such guests as Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, Heart’s Ann Wilson, The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen, Jack Osbourne, and more. For the series finale, Lily chatted with her mom, Susan, who was not only Chris Cornell’s first wife, but also the manager of Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, and Alice in Chains (whom she still co-manages). Advertisement Related Video At one point, Susan spoke of her decision to have a child with ...
HBO’s The Last of Us Could Be One of the Most Expensive TV Shows in History
HBO is reportedly shelling out big bucks to put some extra pop in its apocalypse. The Last of Us, the upcoming TV adaptation of the blockbuster video game of the same name, purportedly “well exceeds the eight figure per episode mark,” which would make it among the most expensive TV shows ever made. There are a couple of ways to judge the most expensive shows, but no matter how you slice it, you’ll probably land on three names. For a total series, the current record is thought to be held by the 73 episodes of Game of Thrones, which started off around $10 per episode and by the final season was costing over $15 million per pop — a pretty penny, considering there are much cheaper ways to piss off your fans. If you want to know the most spent on a per episode basis, then look no...
Here’s Why Normani Thinks Cardi B ‘Manifested’ Her ‘Wild Side’ Feature
By the time she dropped her debut solo single “Motivation” on Aug. 16, 2019, almost one year to the date before the release of “WAP,” Normani revealed her debut album was in the works. She added that she’s looking for one more song to complete the 14-track project before she puts it out into the world, but admitted her strategy in the studio requires a lot of experimentation, which also requires a lot of time. “I needed time to play, I needed time to experiment,” she said. “I’m a blessing to work with, but I know that I’m also hard because I have a vision, and I’m always willing in the studio to go the extra mile.” “Wild Side” was finished around six months ago, during quarantine, Normani noted, but Cardi g...
Vote for the Best Latin Remix of 2021 (So Far): ‘911,’ ‘Kesi,’ ‘AM’ & More
As the world slowly but surely goes back to normal, Latin artists have not held back from teaming up and releasing new music. The results can be seen in the countless remixes that have dropped in 2021 alone. Wisin dropped remixes of his hits “Mi Niña” and “Fiel,” Maluma joined forces with Colombian newcomer Blessd, Bad Bunny jumped on two remixes as well (Nio Garcia’s “AM” and Mora’s “Volando”), and Shawn Mendes even sings in Spanish on Camilo’s “Kesi,” to name a few. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenu...
Britney Spears Says She’s ‘Not Even Close’ to Telling the Full Story About Conservatorship
Spears has spoken in the past two hearings in front of Los Angeles Superior Court judge Brenda Penny regarding the conservatorship that has controlled the pop star’s personal life and finances for 13-plus years. Spears made shocking claims in court, including that she’s unable to remove her implanted birth control and have more children and that she was once put on lithium against her will. She was granted the right last week to choose her own attorney after having only court-appointed counsel for the duration of the conservatorship so far. In addition to speaking out in court, Spears has also been newly vocal on social media, with a few scathing posts over the weekend that targeted those closest to her, including sister Jamie-Lynn Spears and dad Jamie Spears. “My so-call...
