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Bruce Willis and John Travolta to Co-star for First Time Since Pulp Fiction in Paradise City
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-16T16:59:11+00:00“>May 16, 2021 | 12:59pm ET 27 years after last co-starring together in Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis and John Travolta will once again share the screen in the upcoming film Paradise City. As Deadline reports, it’s directed by Chuck Russell, best known for The Mask, Eraser, and The Scorpion King. Technically, this is the fourth time Willis and Travolta will have received co-billing. But two of the previous occurrences — 1989’s Look Who’s Talking and 1990’s Look Who’s Talking Too — had Willis providing voiceovers for a chatty baby. The only time they’ve linked in front of a camera was Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction...
The Strokes Play First-Ever Acoustic Show to Support NYC Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley
On Saturday evening, the Strokes played their first-ever acoustic show. The virtual event, aptly titled The Strokes Unplugged, was a fundraiser for Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley. The four-song set began with a fuzzy rendition of the U.S. national anthem. From there, the band played a stripped down version of their This Is It classic, “Someday,” and “The Adults Are Talking” off The New Abnormal before jamming out while credits began to roll. Watch the performance below. [embedded content] This isn’t the first time the Strokes have showed their support of a political candidate — during the 2020 presidential campaign they played at a Bernie Sanders rally — however, though the band has taken a firm stance on its political views, Julian Casablanc...
AJR and Glass Animals to Perform at 2021 Billboard Music Awards
“Heat Waves” is Glass Animals’ first Hot 100 single, and the track also hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay songs chart. Their album Dreamland made its debut at No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums chart as well — and it charted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Performers are being announced daily leading up to May 23, when the Billboard Music Awards will broadcast live from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater. BTS, DJ Khaled with H.E.R. and Migos, Duran Duran, The Weeknd and twenty one pilots have previously been announced as performers, as well as P!nk, who will perform and receive the Icon Award. It’s also been revealed that Drake is set to receive the Artist of the Decade Award, and Trae Tha Truth will be honored with the Change Maker Award...
9 Memorable Moments From Clive Davis’ Grammy Museum Benefit With Elton John, H.E.R. & More
Yes, the Grammy Awards took place two months ago, but in the topsy-turvy world of the last 14 months, the sequel to part one of the Pre-Grammy party didn’t take place until now. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Davis’s annual Pre-Grammy gala, traditionally held the night before the Grammy Awards, went online in 2021 and Davis decided to break it into two events. The first edition, benefitting MusiCares, was held Jan. 30, which would have been the night before the Grammys, but the Grammys got postponed to March 14. Then, the second edition, benefitting the Grammy Museum, was slated to take place on March 13 — the night before the rescheduled Grammys — but Davis contracted Bell’s palsy and postponed the event until May 15. Still with us? Saturday night’s event followed the same temp...
Mazda Just Restored Its Amazing MX-81 Aria Concept Styled by Bertone
At the intersection of Italian design and Japanese technology, Mazda unveiled the MX-81 Aria concept at the 1981 Tokyo Motor Show. It was Mazda’s first model to receive the MX badge (for Mazda eXperimental), a moniker the Japanese automaker would reserve for vehicles that pushed boundaries, and the futuristic MX-81 set the standard. See all 45 photos Marc Deschamps, head of design at Turin-based coachbuilder Bertone, designed the MX-81 and borrowed styling cues from the 1979 Volvo Tundra concept. The prolific Italian designer Marcello Gandini had created the wedge-shaped Volvo concept, which Volvo ultimately rejected. The collaboration with Bertone began in the early 1960s when Mazda hired Giorgetto Giugiaro to work on the first-generation Familia and Luce 1500 show car. Painted...
Janet Jackson’s ‘Scream’ Video Ensemble Sells for $125K at Auction
A portion of the proceeds will go toward Compassion International, an organization that helps children escape from poverty. Jackson’s floor-length metallic silver coat with lambskin shearling lining, cuffs and collar, designed by Helen Storey, was bought for $50,000. Her silver string bikini and a pair of matching pants worn underneath the coat by Jackson sold for $25,600. On Friday, Jackson’s original jacket from her 1990 Rhythm Nation Tour along with a black “1814” cap and black satin gloves with metal plaque decoration was sold for $81,250. Other items such as Jackson’s silver-tone hoop earring suspending a key worn at the 1987 Soul Train Awards and her Rhythm Nation Tour sold for $43,750. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dati...
The Best Driver’s Car Under $100K—According to Top Gear America
$100,000 sounds like a lot for a car, but when it comes to the performance car spectrum, it’s actually kind of reasonable. Sure, not 300hp Honda Civic Type R-reasonable but compared to the eye-watering price tag of a Bugatti Chiron; $100,000 is reasonable enough. There are so many great driver’s cars available for under 100k, but which is best? Top Gear America has narrowed it down to three contenders: The 2020 C8 Corvette Z51, 2020 Porsche Cayman GT4 and the 2020 Lotus Evora GT. It’s easy to compare cars on paper—and a complete waste of time. The C8 Stingray comes in so much cheaper than the Lotus and the Porsche and flat-out whallops them in the 0-60 sprint. Plus, Dax Shepard bleeds Corvette. We’re not joking, he has the Crossed Flags tattooed in-between his shoul...
Self-Driving Volkswagen ID Buzz Minivans Entering Real-World Autonomous Trials
The goal is to get self-driving ID Buzzes ready for commercial delivery service in 2025. The test program hopes to have the vehicles out of the test facility and onto public roads later this year. Unlike a particularly bullish-on-self-driving-cars automaker and its driver assistance system that eschews lidar (it rhymes with “besla”), Argo AI’s sensor suite embraces the more comprehensive scanning tech. The company’s new “Argo Lidar” can resolve an object from 437 yards away and can sense just a single photon being reflected from a low-reflectivity object. In addition to lidar, the system includes radar and cameras. While it’s early days yet, the system already has a user signed up: VW’s subsidiary MOIA, which is a ride-sharing company in Germ...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (May 15)
“As a synesthete myself (chromesthesia & original linguistic personification), I’ve always been obsessed with the relationship between music and visuals,” Mancuso said in a statement. “Although at times debilitating, I’ve found that this condition has enhanced my abilities as a creative and is ultimately what inspired this experiment. We’ve seen art pieces created to sound or inspired by music. What we haven’t seen much of is art that’s actually being created by the music. For the first time done in this way, we’ll see what the music actually looks like. The music is the artist.” The four-piece NFT series is now available here. To get a better understanding of how the performance art was actually created, watch the video below. Juanes album + documentary Ju...
Justin Timberlake and Son Have a Blast With Lightsabers at Walt Disney World
In one clip, the father of two is seen holding a green lightsaber while giving a fist bump to Silas, who is wielding a smaller-sized blue laser sword. Timberlake posted a second video to his Instagram Story of the two assembling the Jedi weapons. The building process proved to be a challenge for the 10-time Grammy winner. “When your six year old assembles his light saber twice as fast as you,” the star joked in the caption. Timberlake and his wife, Jessica Biel, share two children together. Earlier this year, he announced the birth of the couple’s second son, Phineas, during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “He’s awesome and so cute. Nobody’s sleeping,” Timberlake said. “But we’re thrilled. We’re thrilled and couldn̵...
Millie Bobby Brown Rocks Out to Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Good 4 U’ in Intense Lip-Sync Video
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is all about Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U.” The actress filmed herself lip-syncing and dancing wildly to Rodrigo’s new single in front of a bathroom mirror on Saturday (May 15). “thank you @Oliviarodrigo you are a legend and i love you. okay bye. thanks again,” Brown calmly captioned the clip on Instagram. She also shared a screenshot of a DM with Rodrigo that read: “I love you. period.” “OMG I LOVE YOUU,” wrote Rodrigo, who eagerly shared Brown’s Instagram Story ode to her song. 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 proc...
Nicki Minaj Didn’t Expect to Spark a Crocs Craze
“Did you expect Crocs sales to soar after posting your picture?” one fan asked Minaj in a tweet on Saturday (May 15). “Absolutely TF NOT. LOL,” Minaj replied. While answering some questions from her Barbz, Minaj also offered a fun fact about her verse on her team-up with Lil Wayne and Drake, “Seeing Green.” “Honestly I kept coming back to it for like a week. I have like 7 diff versions of my verse on that song,” she revealed, “and no I’m not gonna upload them.” See some of her Saturday afternoon tweets below. 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 rewa...
