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2022 Bentley Flying Spur: More Luxury Is Standard
When W.O. and Horace Bentley put pen to paper and created the Bentley Motor Company in 1919, their objective was simple: build some of the best cars in the world. Now, more than 100 years into the company’s life, Bentley might be closer to that ambition than ever before. We’ve already gone over the excellence of the new Flying Spur in detail, but Bentley recently made some changes that will hopefully make its only sedan even better. There isn’t any more performance, as the 626-horse thump from the twin-turbo W-12 is already amply sufficient. Instead, the changes for the 2022 model year make the Flying Spur even more refined and easier to live with. To that end, Bentley has added traffic sign recognition, handsfree trunk opening, a top-view camera, and automatic dimming mi...
2022 Ford Mustang Next-Gen NASCAR Cup Series Racer Gallops Into View
Far ahead of its racing debut at next year’s Daytona 500, Ford unveiled the all-new 2022 NASCAR Next-Gen Mustang in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week. The Next-Gen Mustang, unlike its predecessor, is built for the future and changes go beyond the exterior styling, making it compliant for technological advances. This flexibility would allow Ford to use a hybrid or electric powertrain down the road. See all 19 photos Development took place at Ford’s Dearborn design center and the Ford Performance Technical Center in Concord, North Carolina. In terms of specifications, the Next-Gen Mustang race car has a 110.0-inch wheelbase, an overall height of 51.0 inches, and measures 78.6 inches wheel band to wheel band. With track-dependent power, it can develop as much as 670 hp or as li...
Elon Musk’s Net Worth Plummeted $20 Billion After Hosting Saturday Night Live
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-14T19:48:02+00:00“>May 14, 2021 | 3:48pm ET In case you didn’t hear, Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend and viewers were left feeling — uh, to put it nicely — very unsatisfied. It looks like plenty of investors were also underwhelmed, because Musk’s net worth reportedly dropped by a whopping $20 billion (!) after his SNL episode aired. As the cofounder and CEO of Tesla, Musk took quite the hit on Wall Street following his appearance. According to estimates by Forbes, shares of Tesla have fallen more than 15% so far this week, lowering Musk’s net worth by $20.5 billion total. That said, his net worth is still roughly $145.5 billion, which means Musk is still the thi...
Jesy Nelson Debuts Icy Blonde Hair: See the Pics
In their acceptance speech, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall called out the “white male dominance, misogyny, sexism and lack of diversity” in the music industry while giving flowers to the girl bands who came before them. “It’s for the Spice Girls, Sugababes, All Saints, Girls Aloud, all of the incredible female bands. This one’s for you!” Thirlwall added. They also thanked their former bandmate onstage. Nelson applauded Little Mix’s big win on Instagram by posting a picture of them holding their Brit Award with a series of heart and clapping hand emojis. See her new blonde ‘do 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 gi...
5 Things We Want to See From Olivia Rodrigo on ‘Saturday Night Live’
1. High School Musical sketch Rodrigo is no stranger to television, considering she stars as Nini on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which premiered its second season Friday. And when fellow fictional East High Wildcat Zac Efron hosted SNL in 2009, he pretended to return to his alma mater to break the news that no one sings or dances in college. Similarly, Rodrigo could come back to East High in her own spoof, maybe where she advises students that once you leave this place, the brightest ones are those who couldn’t stop singing and dancing everywhere they went. 2. “Drivers License” performance from inside a car The long-running NBC sketch comedy series already dedicated an entire sketch to the Billboard Hot 100 No...
Ally Brooke Says She Experienced ‘So Much Abuse’ Mentally & Verbally While in Fifth Harmony
Brooke was also candid about the “competitive” environment the girls were in, including the “fight for our lives” to see who got to sing the good parts of a song, and the environment felt hostile. “There was such inappropriateness, too, within the label — talking to us a certain way, talking to me a certain way, making me feel uncomfortable, making me feel inferior and knowing that they can make me feel that way because I was a woman,” she said. She told Extra on Thursday about the “inappropriateness” she experienced. Brooke recalled at one point how she approached a male executive for help when the girl group was going through a breaking point, and how his alleged behavior ended up making her feel “helpless.”...
‘Urban One Honors’ Honoree Robin Rue Simmons Is A Trailblazer for Reparations
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Just a few miles north of Chicago, the city of Evanston, Illinois is known as the home to Northwestern University and regarded as one of the best places to live in the U.S. But in 2019, a vote by the city council gained Evanston more notoriety as the first city in the United States to officially install a program dedicated to repairing the widening gap between white and Black people in terms of opportunity and wealth. Resolution 126-R-19 made the world stop and take notice of the woman that helped to make it all possible—Robin Rue Simmons, Alderman of Evanston’s 5th Ward. Her personal journey to this point and her commitment to make this happen, is something to take note of as she gains more recognition with her recent nomina...
Jack Harlow Issues Statement After DJ Indicted In Louisville Club Shooting
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rich Fury / Getty A shooting incident on the eve of the Kentucky Derby at a Louisville nightclub left one woman dead, with the incident making headlines due to rapper Jack Harlow being in attendance. Harlow has issued a statement regarding the shooting after his DJ, Ronnie O’Bannon, was indicted this past Tuesday on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence. Local outlet WDRB reports that the 27-year-old O’Bannon, also known as DJ Ronnie Luciano, was connected to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Kasmira Nash on May 1 at Vibes Restaurant and Ultra Lounge. A warrant for O’Bannon’s arrest went out and he turned himself in to Louisville Metro Police. Video accounts of the shooting show two people, presumed to be O’Bannon and Nash, having an argu...
Another Accuser Alleges T.I. & Tiny Forced Her To Have Sex With Nelly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Manny Hernandez / Getty The sexual assault allegations continue to mount against T.I. and Tiny. Now fellow Hip-Hop artist Nelly is involved. As spotted on Madame Noire, another unidentified woman has come forward with some serious allegations against the couple, claiming they forced her to have sex with Nelly in 2014. In a heart-wrenching video shared on Instagram on an account named @notyourmodelvictim back in February, it details numerous sexual allegations that have been levied against the Atlanta rapper and his wife. The caption for the post reads: “The following allegations are apart of a criminal referral sent to the following agencies: California Attorney Generals Office, Georgia Attorney Generals office, United States Attorneys Office for the Nort...
Mother Nature Shows & Proves That Chicago Will Always Have Something To Say
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nicci Briann / N. Briann Chicago has long cemented its place as a hub of some of Hip-Hop’s brightest and best artists, and the pride of residents of the Windy City shines through their bars and beats. Adding on to an already strong tradition is Mother Nature, a duo with a focus on lyrics but also sisterhood, securing foundations within their hometown and promising to always have something to say within their music. The Early Grind Mother Nature consists of rappers Klevah and TRUTH, with both in strong possession of distinctive rhyme styles and equally razor-sharp lyrical ability. Over the course of four projects, Mother Nature has uniquely shifted their sound with each release, culminating in the ear-pleasing collection of records on their latest full-len...
Leon Bridges Announces New Album Gold-Diggers Sound, Shares “Motorbike”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-14T19:59:04+00:00“>May 14, 2021 | 3:59pm ET Leon Bridges has announced his new album, Gold-Diggers Sound, out July 23rd. It is the follow-up to his 2018 sophomore full-length, Good Thing, and features the lead single, “Motorbike”. The 11-track Gold-Diggers Sound is named after the Los Angeles speakeasy and studio in which Bridges recorded the project over a two-year window. He executive produced the album with Ricky Reed and recruited Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, and Ink for features. “I spent two years jamming in what often felt like a musician’s paradise. We effortlessly moved from the dance floor to the studio,” recalled Bridges in a press statement. “We would be finishing ...
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard Reschedule Tour for 2022
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-14T20:28:39+00:00“>May 14, 2021 | 4:28pm ET Mötley Crüe’s reunion tour will have to wait another year, as their co-headlining stadium outing with Def Leppard has been pushed to 2022. Originally scheduled support acts Poison and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts will still be along for the ride. After signing an agreement that they would never tour again following the end of their farewell tour in 2015, Mötley Crüe dramatically blew up the legal paperwork in announcing their return in November 2019. The band then announced a 2020 summer stadium tour with Def Leppard, only to postpone it to 2021 due to the pandemic. Now, they’re pushing the tour to 2022. The newly announced tour dates ...
