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Dr. Frasier Crane to Resume Listening in New Reboot for Paramount+
After three years spent on hold, a reboot of Frasier is finally coming to air. Via The Hollywood Reporter, star Kelsey Grammer will be reprising his role in a sequel series on Paramount+. Grammer has been pushing a revival since at least 2018. But the salad remained untossed and the eggs unscrambled until earlier this month, when reports surfaced that Grammer and CBS/VIacom had joined together at the negotiating table. On Wednesday, ViacomCBS finally announced the reboot as a go. Grammer sounds understandably excited about returning to the role he first originated on Cheers in 1984. “Having spent over 20 years of my creative life on the Paramount lot, both producing shows and performing in several, I’d like to congratulate Paramount+ on its entry into the streaming world,” he said. “I...
Paramount+ Reviving Rugrats and The Fairly OddParents
As part of its kids and family programming, Paramount+ is rebooting two iconic children’s TV series: Rugrats and The Fairly OddParents. The original Rugrats voice cast is set to return for an all new CG-animated series set to air in 2021. That includes E.G. Daily (Tommy), Nancy Cartwright (Chuckie), Cheryl Chase (Angelica), Cree Summer (Susie), and Kath Soucie (Phil and Lil). Rugrats originally ran on Nickelodeon for nine seasons between 1991 and 2004. The show also spawned several theatrical films, TV movies, and a spin-off series called Rugrats All Grown Up!. A new live-action/CGI hybrid film had initially been announced by Paramount Pictures, but those plans will ultimately abandoned in favor of an episodic series on Paramount +. Perhaps more intriguing is the return of The Fairly ...
Behind the Music, Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps! and Dave Grohl Coming to Paramount+
Well, that’s one way to make an entrance. Paramount+, the latest streamer to hit the marketplace, is going back to the ’90s to relive music programming’s heyday. As part of its initial lineup, Paramount+ announced on Wednesday that it is bringing back late ’90s favorites like Behind the Music, MTV Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps and even Beavis and Butt-Head. No, 1995 didn’t call, but it sure seems like it. Dave Grohl is also involved. Teaming up with his mother, Virginia Hanlon Grohl, the Foo Fighter will produce a new six-part series titled From Cradle to Stage, which also happened to be the title of his mother’s book that featured stories from other music moms and released a few years ago. The series will take a look at the relationships between mothers and t...
2022 Kia Carnival First Look: It’s a “Multi-Purpose Vehicle,” Not a Minivan
A couple of weeks ago we speculated that the new version of Kia’s Sedona minivan would get a new name, and now it’s official—Kia’s new-for-2022 minivan will wear the Carnival badge used in other markets, including South Korea. Oh, and it’s not a minivan, it’s a multi-purpose vehicle. And to judge from its slick new appearance, primary among those multiple purposes is not to get mistaken for a minivan. Picking up where the Sedona left off, the 2022 Kia Carnival further blurs the line between minivan and SUV. The Carnival’s elongated nose and bumper-to-dash-to-wheel ratio are distinctly SUV-like, as is the heavy chrome C-pillar treatment. The sliding-door tracks have been neatly integrated into the bodywork, and the whole concoction carries a cool Dodge Du...
Porsche Teases the 2022 Taycan Cross Turismo’s Wagon Bod
When it finally hits the U.S., the Taycan Cross Turismo will serve as the Taycan electric sedan’s more butch, wagon-bodied counterpart. Adding a little extra practicality to the Taycan model line is great, but one of the few flaws of Porsche’s EV is its heavily sloped roofline that results in limited rear-seat headroom. The Cross Turismo ought to remedy this problem. Porsche’s photos also reveal the Cross Turismo’s extra ride height relative to the Taycan sedan, as well as the wagon’s roof rails and tough-looking cladding around its wheel arches. All of these bits hint at the fact this Taycan will no doubt be more of a lifestyle vehicle and less of a sports wagon (or über wagen, if you will). Think Audi A6 Allroad or Mercedes E450 All-Terrain. The Cross Turism...
Cardi B’s ‘Up’ Hits No. 1 on Top Triller U.S. Chart
The rapper’s new single debuted at No. 10 on release week before vaulting nine spots to the top. A week after debuting on the tally at No. 10, Cardi B’s “Up” vaults to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Triller U.S. chart dated Feb. 27, while Shreya Ghoshal and Soumyadeep Ghoshal’s “Angana Morey” spends its first week atop the Top Triller Global tally. The Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts highlight the biggest songs on Triller based on a formula blending the amount of views of videos containing a respective songs, the level of engagement with those videos and the raw total of videos uploaded featuring each song, according to Triller. Data for the charts is represented on a Friday-Thursday tracking week, with the latest period running Feb. 12-18. “Up” rules in its second full week of tr...
Ciara Scores First Top 10 on Hot Gospel Songs Chart With Tasha Cobbs Leonard Collab
Leonard lands her 12th Hot Gospel Songs top 10, extending her mark for the most among women. Among all artists, she ties Marvin Sapp for the second-best sum. Kirk Franklin leads with 16, dating to the chart’s 2005 launch. The track is Ciara’s first Hot Gospel Songs entry, following her run of secular hits in the 2000s and ’10s. She arrived on the Billboard Hot 100 with five consecutive career-opening top three hits in 2004-05, among eight total to-date: “Goodies,” featuring Petey Pablo (her lone No. 1, for seven weeks); “1, 2 Step,” featuring Missy Elliott (No. 2); “Oh,” featuring Ludacris (No. 2); “Lose Control,” by Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop (No. 3); and “Like You,” by Bow Wow featuring Cia...
Black History Month: Saint Bodhi Taps Beyonce, Jhene Aiko & More for Her ‘Ultimate Girl Power’ Playlist
This year for Black History Month, Billboard looks to salute Black women for their strength, resiliency, and courage. With Black female artists always being innovative and audacious with their art and platforms, especially during last year’s fight for racial equality, it was necessary to empower those with our stage this month. Every Monday and Wednesday for Black History Month, Billboard will dish out new playlists from Black women artists highlighting powerful messages. Def Jam signee Saint Bodhi hasn’t shied away from the spirit of Black History Month. Not only did she team up with Marvel to co-write the final three issues of the comic book classic Black Panther alongside her labelmates Bobby Sessions and Kaash Paige, but on Wednesday (Feb. 24),...
Tiger Woods Suffered Compound Fractures To His Leg In Terrible Car Accident, Recovering
Source: Los Angeles Times / Getty Just when it seemed like Tiger Woods had finally expelled the dark clouds out of his life and begun anew, yesterday the legendary golf champion suffered a life-altering setback when he got into a car accident in Los Angeles. Yesterday (February 23),Tiger Woods was injured in a one-car accident in Los Angeles that caused his car to flip over a few times and required the jaws of life to extract him from the car wreck. Luckily for Tiger and his millions of fans, he only suffered bodily injuries that were not critical, but could prove to be career-threatening as he suffered a compound fracture in his leg that required hours of surgery on his right leg and ankle. Deadline is reporting that Tiger’s car accident led to “comminuted open fractures affecting both th...
DC To Debut Its LatinX Superhero On The Big Screen, ‘The Blue Beetle’
Source: DC / DC While Disney+ seems to be successfully building around the Marvel Cinematic Universe with series such as WandaVision, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and She-Hulk down the line, HBO Max is trying to figure out it’s own DCEU and are looking to appeal to audiences in new and diverse ways. With Zack Snyder’s Justice League readying for deployment and franchises like The Green Lantern and Justice League Dark coming to the new streaming service, HypeBeast is reporting that Warner Bros. is now looking to get production started on a new superhero, the Blue Beetle. The film will be the first time that a LatinX-lead will be cast as a superhero in a DC film. If you’re unfamiliar, Blue Beetle is Jaime Reyes, a Mexican-American teen who gets his powers after finding the Scarab,...
Petition Started To Name A Long Island Street After KMD And MF DOOM
Source: PYMCA / Getty MF DOOM is gone but not forgotten. A request has been filed to make an intersection in Long Island, NY a tribute to Hip-Hop’s only true supervillain. As spotted on Hypebeast, a petition has been created to honor the late great MC. Reportedly, professor and Long Beach, NY native Dr. Patrick Graham, has formally requested that the East Hudson Street block between Riverside Boulevard and Long Beach road be changed to “KMD-MF DOOM Way”. This is the area where the “Rapp Snitch Knishes” rapper grew up. “Hip-hop leaders credit Mr. Dumile as one of the most prolific rap artists of all time. His life served as an example of inclusive community building and growth through individual struggle. Long Beach profoundly influenced his adolescents,” the petition reads. “Mr....
Infamous Cocaine Kingpin Rayful Edmond’s Life Sentence Reduced, Told On Everybody, Allegedly
Source: The Washington Post / Getty The name Rayful Edmond III rings bells in the DMV and throughout hood barbershops across the nation due to his cocaine trafficking exploits in the 1980’s and 1990’s. While he may have been serving a life sentence for his crimes, word is he is now getting released after years of dropping dime, on everyone, allegedly. FOX 5 DC reports that his sentence has been reduced because he cooperated with federal prosecutors, and there are court documents indicating as such. Often credited with introducting crack cocaine to Washington, Edmond is now 54 years old and had been in jail since 1989, but continued to sell drugs even after his incarceration. However, federal prosecutors agree that he has been a help to the government, and asked that his sentence be reduced...
