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2022 Nissan Qashqai First Look: Are You the New Rogue Sport?
See all 81 photos While its name is different, the Qashqai’s bodywork will likely carry over almost completely unchanged to the new Rogue Sport, which we anticipate to reach our shores before the end of the year. That’s a good thing, too, as the Qashqai was and is a particularly handsome little SUV. Sporting Nissan’s latest design language, the 2022 Qashqai is an attractive-looking thing that combines various styling details from a multitude of Nissan products. The Qashqai’s kicked window line resembles that of the 2022 Nissan Ariya electric SUV’s, while its headlights share a resemblance to those of the 2021 Nissan Armada and 2022 Nissan Pathfinder SUVs. See all 81 photos As before, the Qashqai’s dashboard design takes after that of the one-size-up, com...
Questlove to Direct Documentary About Sly Stone
Common will exec produce the project from MRC Non-Fiction. After making his feature directorial debut with Sundance-winning doc Summer of Love, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has set his follow-up feature on Sly Stone. Questlove will direct the documentary about the influential artist, king of funk, and fashion icon, with his partners Zarah Zohlman and Shawn Geehis producing under their Two One Five Entertainment banner. According to the announcement, the doc will follow the musician “who was breaking all the rules at a time when doing so was extremely challenging, even dangerous. The pressure of explosive mainstream pop success and the responsibility of representing Black America forced him to walk the fine line of impossible expectations.” You Deserve to Mak...
Chart Rewind: In 1981, Dolly Parton Worked ‘9 to 5′ to No. 1 on the Hot 100
The smash hit and film helped transform Parton into a pop-culture star. After a chance encounter with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda on a flight to New York helped Dolly Parton land a starring role in the 1980 female-empowerment comedy 9 to 5, the country music star found herself at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time with the film’s theme song of the same name. Parton wrote the tune to help pass time on set (as she found the pace of filming slower and less stimulating than that of a musical performer), and it topped the Hot Country Songs chart on Jan. 24, 1981, and the Hot 100 on Feb. 21. It became only the second song by a female artist to lead both lists, after Jeannie C. Riley’s “Harper Valley P.T.A.” in 1968. At the 24th annual Grammy Awards, “9...
Taylor Swift Jokes That She’s the ‘4th Haim Sister’: See More Reactions to ‘Gasoline’ Remix
“Gasoline” isn’t the first time Haim have teamed up musically with Taylor. Haim are featured on Swift’s Evermore, on the murder-mystery country track “No Body, No Crime.” Este, Danielle and Alana were more than happy to welcome their pal into the fold, writing in a tweet, “Since we released wimpiii in June, Taylor had always told us that ‘Gasoline’ was her favorite. So when we were thinking about ways to reimagine some of the tracks from the record, we immediately thought of her. She brought such amazing ideas and new imagery to the song and truly gave it a new life. Thank you @taylorswift for adding your incredible voice and spirit to a track that means so much to us.” The four musketeers weren’t the only ones lov...
Courtney Love Says She Stopped Acting Due to #MeToo Incidents
Hole frontwoman Courtney Love recently revealed that she’d stopped acting — something she said she loved doing — because of “a bunch of #MeToo” incidents. While she had memorable moments in 1986’s Sid & Nancy, Love’s first major role was in 1996’s The People vs. Larry Flynt, which earned her a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination for playing Althea Leasure Flynt. Subsequently, Love appeared in films including in 200 Cigarettes, Julie Johnson, Man on the Moon and Trapped. But she stepped away from the screen for a time, as she detailed in an Instagram post. Love writes, “For a few years, because of Milos Forman, I was a professional actress and a movie star. It was fun as hell. I was nominated for best actress, for a Golden Globe. One day I might talk about i...
Nipsey Hussle Wanted To Redo Dead Prez’s Debut Album ‘Let’s Get Free’
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Even though we lost Nipsey Hussle almost two years ago we are just getting to know how special he truly was. According to his peers he was looking to bring a classic LP back to life. Dead Prez recently made an appearance on the Juan Ep Is Dead podcast. Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenburg got the duo to discuss their seminal debut Let’s Get Free. As expected the trip down memory lane sparked some great conversation surrounding the criminally slept on effort. Eventually the talk track took an interesting twist when Stic.man revealed his budding relationship with the West Coast performer. “I had a conversation with Nipsey Hussle before he passed, maybe a year ago, actually a little bit before that,” Stic said. “He had just solidified his deal with A...
Blue Ivy Makes Appearance In New Ivy Park Ad, Internet Can’t Get Enough
Source: Allen Berezovsky / Getty Beyonce has been showcasing the drip with the release of her upcoming Ivy Park collection, but it was Blue Ivy who once again stole the show. On Wednesday (Feb 17), the 9-year-old heiress made a surprise appearance in the latest promo for Icy Park, the upcoming collaborative line between Adidas and Beyoncé’s Ivy Park imprint’s campaign video. While the campaign has featured appearances by a limited number of A-list talent, including Gucci Mane and Hailey Baldwin modeling head-turning pieces from the wintry collection, it’s Blue Ivy who stole the show. In the ads, you see Beyoncé and Blue standing side by side, as the eldest Carter heir dons a cropped jacket and sneakers from the upcoming collection. In another scene, Blue spins and jumps and throws up a pea...
Kanye West Is Still Rockin’ His Wedding Ring, Kim Kardashian Though…
Source: Sheri Determan/WENN.com / WENN Kanye West seems to suffer from a few things including bipolar disorder, revisionist slavery history, and even Trumpism, but could denial be one of them too? As rumors continue to swirl about a pending Kimye breakup with Kim Kardashian walking around ringless like it’s 2012 again, Yeezy has decided to keep his wedding band on regardless of what Kim does with hers. Mirror is reporting that just days after the Keeping Up With The Kardashians TV star was seen stepping out her $230 Lambo in sexy clothes and bare hands, Kanye was spotted still sporting his wedding ring in Malibu, CA. Could this whole split thing actually be more of a one-sided affair than originally thought? For months rumors had been spreading that Kimye was on the rocks with word that Ki...
Eva Marcille, Lore’l & Dominique Da Diva Host New “The Undressing Room” Podcast
Source: Reach Media / Urban One Radio personalities Eva Marcille, Lore’l and Dominique Da Diva are the hosts of a new podcast called “The Undressing Room.” Marcille is down with the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, Lore’l holds down The Morning Hustle and Dominique hails from the Quicksilva Show, while their podcast is “female-focused.“ “The Undressing Room” launched on Thursday, February 4 and is the first national personality-driven podcast from Urban One, the largest Black-owned and operated media company in the country [full disclosure: and HipHopWired’s parent company] and its nationally syndicated radio division, Reach Media. Presented by Macy’s, the pod features the radio vets deftly conversing about entertainment, pop culture, celebrity gossip, fashion, and beauty. “We are excited ...
Flux Pavilion Announces “.wav” Part 2
Flux Pavilion‘s remarkable new album .wav arrived over six years after its predecessor, but he is wasting no time to produce its follow-up. The bass music virtuoso recently took to Twitter to announce that he has already begun the writing process for .wav Pt 2. “Time to write .wav pt2,” he wrote, sharing a photo of his Moog synthesizer in a tweet shared on Sunday, February 14th. Flux Pavilion finally unveiled .wav in January 2021 to critical acclaim. The expansive 16-track record explored new sonic frontiers for the dance music vet, who had long been a tastemaker in dubstep before announcing he was moving on from the genre. Citing a lack of interest after a decade of creating some of the most seminal songs in the dubstep landscape, Flux Pavilion said at the time that...
Wolfgang Van Halen Performs ‘Distance’ on the Today Show
Wolfgang Van Halen appeared on the TODAY show to talk about his upcoming Mammoth WVH solo debut, featuring “Distance,” the single that’s a tribute to his late father Eddie Van Halen. Asked about the lyrics — “No matter what the distance is, I will be with you / No matter what the distance is, you’ll be okay” — he said, “It’s almost a mantra for you when you lose someone that’s important to you. As a parent or really anyone that plays a large role in your life,” Wolfgang said. “That’s my mantra when I think about my dad.” He also performed the song, which you can see below. Eddie Van Halen passed away in October 2020 after a long battle with cancer. But he was very much aware of his son’s musical accomplishments. “I’m so thankful that my father was able to listen to and enjoy th...
The National’s Matt Berninger Shares New Song “Let It Be”: Stream
Last year, The National’s Matt Berninger released his debut solo album Serpentine Prison. The record was delivered to streaming services with 10 songs, but fans who scooped the limited-edition double vinyl LP were treated to an additional six bonus tracks. Now, Berninger is giving everyone the opportunity to hear those extra cuts, starting with an original tune called “Let It Be”. Next month, the indie-rock veteran will include the bonus tracks in a proper deluxe edition of Serpentine Prison, which will be available both digitally and physically. The extra goodies include “Let It Be”, another original song, and four covers of tracks by Eddie Floyd, Morphine, Bettye Swan, and The Velvet Underground. Like the majority of the album, “Let It Be” is a soft and gentle track that moves at a ...
